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Blockchain 4 Impact

26 - 27 September, 2019

United Nations Office at Geneva, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
"Blockchain 4 impact" aims at offering a new space for information exchange, debate and critical reflection on opportunities and limitations of the Blockchain technology in achieving Sustainable Development Goals. The conference links technical aspects of Blockchain to policy objectives and discusses concrete use-cases and their potential. It offers a space for discussion and exchange around concrete examples in order to help developers, regulators and users better understand each other and the technology.

Blockchain 4 Impact

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26 - 27
Sep

Blockchain 4 Impact

United Nations Office at Geneva, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
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Speakers

Petru Dumitriu
Renate Günther
Ekkehard Ernst
Emanuelle Ganne
Paul Wang
Gianfranco Moi
Jörn Erbguth
Inma García Sáez
Pierandrea Quarta
Laurent Favre
Derek Queisser de Stockalper
Richard Byworth
Curt Hopkins
Maike Gericke
Séverine Ambrus
Alexander Schell
Alessandro Sanos
Robert Zapfel
Thomas Nägele
Jessica Camus
Bertrand Perez
Thomas Moser
Ralph Chami
Blanca Zutta
Emilie Raffo
Olivia Chang
Leonardo Gammar
Guido Buehler
Reto P. Gadient
Marianne Schörling
Pierre Maudet

Agenda

08:00 - 08:30

Arrival

Room XXI (Bat E)

08:30 - 09:30

Participants registration

Room XXI (Bat E)

09:30 - 09:40

Organizer Welcoming Remarks

Room XXI (Bat E)

09:40 - 10:00

Opening Remarks by State Councillor of the Republic and Canton of Geneva

Room XXI (Bat E)

Pierre Maudet

10:00 - 10:30

Keynote: Digital assets and SDGs + Q&A

Room XXI (Bat E)

10:30 - 11:20

Panel: Opportunities and limitations of the Blockchain technology in delivering on the SDGs

Room XXI (Bat E)

11:20 - 11:40

Networking coffee break

11:40 - 12:30

Q&A: Opportunities and limitations of the Blockchain technology in delivering on the SDGs

Room XXI (Bat E)

Olivia Chang

12:30 - 12:50

Summary of highlights and results of the morning session

Room XXI (Bat E)

12:50 - 14:00

Lunch break - Networking

14:00 - 15:00

World Cafés: Use cases of Blockchain 4 Impact

Room XXI (Bat E)

15:00 - 15:45

Chimney talks: Technical applications and challenges of Blockchain

Room XXI (Bat E)

15:45 - 16:30

Q&A: Technical applications and challenges of Blockchain

Room XXI (Bat E)

Emilie Raffo

16:30 - 16:50

Summary of highlights and results of the afternoon session and outlook

Room XXI (Bat E)

16:50 - 17:00

Please proceed to Restaurant des Délégués

17:00 - 18:30

Diginex Rooftop Reception

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