In collaboration with the WLOUNGE ecosystem, Finlab AG, KPMG, Iconiqlab and EOS Berlin, Iryo – a Slovenian startup building a global open-sourced, permissionless protocol for healthcare solutions on EOS, is organizing an event to shed light on the latest hot topics in the crypto world.
This event will aim to tackle the following questions:
– How are blockchains evolving – will Bitcoin & Ethereum stay relevant after the release of faster, more scalable chains?
– How does blockchain fit into healthcare, what are the misconceptions and what won’t it solve?
– Is the ICO environment turning from hype to maturity? Are ICOs dead and what does it take to execute a successful one today compared to a few months or a year ago?
– How are traditional VCs integrating blockchain startups in their portfolios?
– What are the key changes coming with GDPR for both blockchain and traditional startups?
BACKGROUND
Powered by the rise of the Ethereum blockchain, 2017 saw a surge of blockchain projects, many of them holding ICO’s. Lacking regulation, this influx of capital opened the floodgates for a large number of scams. More than $5 billion was raised through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) in 2017, $6.3 billion in Q1 of 2018, shortly after the market experienced a large downturn in April. With GDPR, legislation catching up, advertising bans on social media and other restrictions, the market is slowly but surely maturing, however, the rapid pace of change is opening up new questions, requiring new answers.
AGENDA
18:30 Registration
19:00 – 19:20 How are blockchains evolving – will Bitcoin & Ethereum stay relevant after the release of faster, more scalable chains? (Severin Deutschmann, EOS Berlin)
19:20 – 19:40 What is blockchain not solving in healthcare? (Vasja Bočko, CEO Iryo)
18:45 – 20:30 Are ICOs dead, how are traditional VCs looking at blockchain startups and what are the key things GDPR will challenge? (Panel discussion)
Florian Daniel (Senior Associate at DWF Legal),
Stefan Schütze (Board member at FinLab AG),
Thomas Cox (Blockchain Governance Expert),
Lukasz Musialski (Co-founder of Iconiqlab),
Mike Lobanov (General Partner at Target Global),
Moderated by: Tjaša Zajc (Business Developer at Iryo)
20:30 – 20:45 Q&A with the audience
20:45 – 21:30 Networking
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