Blockchain Connect Dublin
Welcome to our Blockchain Connect Dublin showcase – a day of talks, demos and networking with the industry’s leading innovators. The event was hosted on 5th March at Dogpatch labs, in the heart of Dublin’s tech innovation district – attendees could visit physically or tune in online across the event.
Our CEO Gareth Mee highlighted how blockchain is transforming industry, alongside industry leaders from Vodafone, VT-IoT, dxc, R3 and WIA. This discussion featured real products, use cases listen to our expert webinar focusing on ‘Smart Cities: The facts of IoT and blockchain’.
Blockchain Connect – Be Informed. Be Inspired.
Smart Cities: The Facts of IoT & Blockchain Webinar
Blockchain Connect Dublin
This webinar included a panel of industry experts from across the market, discussing how firms are preparing to capture the opportunities of Smart Cities. Delving into the real-life applications of Blockchain & IoT technology, what products and services are leading the way, and where is the smart money being invested.
Separating the fact from the fiction with perspectives from businesses, governments, developers & systems integrators discussing what it means for Smart Citizens and the environments we live and work in.
Introducing our Panellists
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Gareth Mee is responsible for the growth and strategic direction of Invenica, a specialist software services business. He is currently working extensively within the emerging technologies space covering AI, Blockchain, Chatbots and Conversational Language, with experience in enterprise integration, mobility and UX – delivering mission critical solutions and complex enterprise projects.
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David Palmer has worked in the IoT sector for 10 years and has been instrumental in the Vodafone Business assessment and exploration of blockchain technology and its potential to add value in the IoT eco-system.
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Thomas Spencer is responsible is responsible for business development, partnerships, and strategy to support CSPs delivering the future of blockchain on Corda. Leading the industry effort by setting our sector strategy, engaging with partners developing CorDapps, building relationships with CSPs and expanding the R3 Corda brand across the CSP/Telecoms sector.
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Monty Munford has been keynote speaker/emcee/panellist/moderator/interviewer who has spoken at more than 200 tech events around the world, focusing on technology change;, good and bad.He has also interviewed on stage leading icons such as Kim Kardashian, Steve Wozniak, Gary Vaynerchuk, John McAfee, Brock Pierce, Brian Solis and many others.He was previously a weekly tech columnist for Forbes in New York, the Telegraph in the UK and continues to write regularly for the BBC and The Economist. He is also the founder of tech consultancy Mob76 that helps leading companies raise their profile and he publishes a Google News-verified blog, Mob76 Outlook, which has more than 110,000 unique visitors per month.
"Operators share a common objective, they want to improve the operational efficiency, reduce the cost, and eliminate fraud - DLT will help them to do all these things."
Gareth Mee, CEO, Invenica
"Uber are about to start offering financial services to their customers. This is an example of financial services being poured into each of the verticals and I think from a telco perspective, they are very much l at the forefront of that, will be able to have a billing circuit with most of the population."
Richard Crook, Director, LAB577
