The Dare to Solve: Roadworks challenge will offer up to £10,000 to one business to encourage innovation to mitigate the public disruption and frustration that go hand in hand with planned and emergency works. 

The winning company will not only benefit from funding, but also from the opportunity to work with commercial partners Staffordshire County Council, Amey and Elgin to accelerate development of their technology.

We want to see unique solutions with potential appeal to a wide commercial market; successful applicants will then embark on the opportunity to trial their proposed solutions with the industry partners for a minimum duration of 3 months.

This briefing event will give applicants the chance to find out more about the application and contest process, gain helpful hints and tips on applying, and will be an opportunity to hear more about the challenge.

This is an ideal opportunity for applicants to find out all they need to know for applying to the Dare to Solve: Roadworks contest. 

The Engaging Youth Conference – Hot Trends & Insights

Boost Your Impact & Returns With The Latest Actionable Insights Into Changing Behaviours, Key Influences & Emerging Trends In Social Media, Channel Choice, Content, Customer Journeys & Advertising For Inspiring Marketing Campaigns To Engage Youth & Students A One-Day, Brand-Led Conference & Networking Event, 12th October 2016, One America Square

Download the brochure here to see the full agenda: www.youthmarketingconference.com/programme/brochure

26 Senior Speakers From Leading Youth Brands: Barclays UK • Topman • RB – Durex • TheLADbible • Superdry • Lucozade Ribena Suntory • Soap & Glory • Warner Bros. Pictures • Money Advice Service • Ticketmaster • boohoo.com • Universal Pictures • Cosmopolitan • Transport for London • Lonely Planet • University of Warwick • HMV Digital • The University of Nottingham • ITV • Fred Perry • O2 (Telefónica UK) • Channel 4 • The University of Manchester • Vevo • Twitter.

Create Inspirational Campaigns With Insights Into Hot, New Trends & Behaviours To Generate Excitement With Targeted, Innovative Campaigns Which Entice Youth & Students  

  What’s In & What’s Out? Monetise Youth Trends & Behaviours: Keep up to speed with what is hot and what is not to profit from emerging opportunities

 Fast-Paced Social Media Strategies: Exploit insights into the latest youth social activities to maximise engagement with adaptive, cross-channel strategies

 Build Best-In-Class Snapchat Presence & Exploit The Full Potential Of Instagram: Drive ROI with hot content and engagement strategies

 Engage, Inspire & Excite With Insight-Led Content Strategies: Resonate with youth and students

 Impactful Digital Integration: Powerful and authentic comms aligned to the latest youth trends and online channel choices

 Harness Advertising & Targeting Opportunities: Exploring and exploiting the potential of paid social, programmatic, disruptive and digital advertising

Quick, Simple & Cost-Effective Measurement Strategies? Demonstrate and optimise the value of your youth engagement campaigns

Optimising Youth & Student Customer Journeys: Inspire young people on the path to purchase and create a seamless journey

 Make A Noise With Exciting Video Campaigns: Achieve maximum impact and reach

Shaping Student Decision Making: Insights into student behaviours, purchasing habits, inspirations and social media activities for campaigns with influence

For more information please email infoyouthmarketingconference [dot] com or call +44 (0)20 3479 2299.  

We are excited to have Eoin Cosgrave, UK Enterprise Lead at Amazon Web Services, join us for a talk about "Enterprise Sales in the New IT Economy". 

Eoin leads cloud services sales for Amazon in the UK and he will share his strategies and tactics in this candid talk on what works and does not work in this new age of selling to the savvy technology buyer and what buyers are expecting in the fast changing world of cloud services.

Places are limited, so sign up and RSVP now and we look forward to seeing you Wed, July 13th at 6:30 PM for the launch of our B2B sales community! 

Harnessing Real-World Digital Customer & Retailing Insights With The Latest New Hot Trends For Profitable, Inspirational Innovations In Beauty: Boost Business Turnover With Engaging, Influential & Exciting Product & Marketing Innovations Across Digital, Social Media & In-Store

A One-Day, Industry-Led Conference & Networking Event, 29th September 2016 At A NEW Venue, The Waldorf Hilton, Central London. 

Download the brochure here: www.beautytrendsconference.com/brochure

Real Insight From 35 Leading Beauty Brands & Retailers In Just One Day: L'Oréal Paris ● AVON ● Benefit Cosmetics ● Debenhams ● NARS Cosmetics ● New Look ● Rimmel/Manhattan ● Hearst Magazines ● Illamasqua ● Superdrug ● NUDE Skincare ● Bouclème ● CODE Beautiful ● Elemental Herbology ● Feelunique ● GLOSSYBOX ● GROUPE ROCHER ● Guinot-Mary Cohr ● ManCave ● MMR Research Worldwide ● OK! Magazine ● Oriflame ● OSKIA Skincare ● QVC ● Revlon ● Yardley London ● TJX Europe ● Wilko ● Woman&Home ● My Beauty Matches ● Nails Inc ● Neal's Yard Remedies

PLUS! Don’t miss our separately-bookable, pre-conference Social Media In Beauty Day on 28th September with speakers including: Superdrug, Hearst Magazines UK, Revlon and many more.

Boost Business Turnover By Harnessing Tomorrow’s Hot Trends To Create Exciting, Influential Beauty Brand Innovations & Hard-Hitting Marketing Across Digital & In-Store Inspire & Innovate With Tomorrow’s Hot Beauty Trends: Stay at the heart of what beauty customers want to create exciting brand innovation and hard-hitting marketing Real-World Customer Insight, Routines & Behaviours: Stay relevant, innovative and engaging with insight-driven brand and marketing strategies Digital Innovations To Boost Profit & Showcase The Best Of Beauty: Take full advantage of the evolving digital landscape to turn visits and engagement into profit Engaging Social Media Strategies: Increase engagement, awareness and purchase with cut-through content on social media Drive Beauty Innovation To The Next Level: What’s the next big trend, technology or ingredient? Get ahead of the curve and monetise long-term beauty innovation Harness Top Retailing Trends To Win The Buyer & Stand-Out In-Store & Online: What gets a retailer’s attention and what’s next for beauty retail? Attention-Grabbing Product Launch Case Studies: The lessons learned on bringing real-world insight and trends to create commercially-successful beauty brands and innovation Maximum Impact, Seamless Multi-Channel Marketing: Capitalise on beauty trends and innovations to create next-level, personal marketing across the channel mix to encourage customers to checkout, again and again  

For more information please call us on +44 (0)20 3479 2299 or email infobeautytrendsconference [dot] com

This event is CPD Certified

Bringing together key policymakers and stakeholders from across the financial services sector, this timely conference will discuss the future for payments policy and regulation in the UK.

Delegates will assess the future of proposals set out in the European Commission’s recently revised Directive on Payments Services (PSD2) - particularly relating to the UK’s position in light of the EU Referendum - following the publication of the European Banking Authorities finalised Regulatory and Technical Standards on passporting under PSD2 later this year. The seminar will also consider the impact of the Financial Conduct Authority’s current consultation on the guidance provided to firms in complying with the future payment services regime.

Planned sessions focus on next steps for facilitating innovation and competitiveness across payments markets, whilst also ensuring adequate safeguards for consumers - particularly in terms of payment security and tackling financial fraud. Delegates will also have the opportunity to consider latest challenges in developing competitiveness in UK payments infrastructure, in light of the Payment System Regulator’s ongoing market studies on indirect access and ownership of payments systems.

Speakers and other delegates at this conference are expected to be a senior and informed group including Members of both Houses of Parliament, senior UK and European officials, together with academics, banks, building societies, charities, commentators, consultants, consumer groups, infrastructure providers, intermediaries, lawyers, merchant acquirers, money remitters, payments service users, payments system operators and technology firms, as well as members of the national and trade press.

At this early stage we are delighted that Andrea Enria, Chairperson, European Banking Authority

Sarah Francis, Consultant, Polymath Consulting; Fiona Ghosh, Partner, Payment Systems Group, Addleshaw Goddard; Simon Grossman, Vice President, Regulatory and Public Policy, MasterCard; Jeremy Light, Managing Director, Accenture Payment Services; Carl Packman, Research and Good Practice Manager, Toynbee Hall and a speaker confirmed from Bacs have also agreed to speak.

For more information inlcuding booking, please click here,

Register for 

Technical Workshop on Blockchain

http://fintechstormtechnicalblockchainsep2016.eventbrite.com 

In continued tradition of our stupendously successful Fintech Storm Series

Genius Incubator Presents 

Fintech Storm Distributed Ledgers & Smart Contracts 

A Full Day Technical Workshop for Developers  

5 September 2016 

Enlightening, Thought-Provoking, Inspirational

What will you be doing this summer to boost your skills and wealth-creation ability ?

So you reckon Blockchain is Big!

You have attended plenty conferences, seminars and meetups on Blockchain to pull off a conversation on Distributed Ledgers, Consensus, Trust less mechanism, Proof of Work, Proof of stake etc..

You know all about how Blockchain is revolutionising the thinking of Bankers across the globe. 

You know the hundreds of millions of dollars already chasing the fintech startups focused on Blockchain.

But, you are not sure how to create a decentralised application.

You have had enough of theory, and now you want deep technical knowledge.

You have come to the right place!

Fintech Storm is committed to excellence in knowledge-sharing, training, networking and building the eco-system of next generation wealth-creators around the globe!

We have recognised Blockchain as the next big thing that will create the most employment and highest paying jobs of the next decade and chosen Blockchain as one of our focus areas for training in Europe & India. 

Blockchain 101 - A Technical Workshop for Developers

We have invited the most talented developers in Blockchain to give practical training to other developers.

Register here:

http://fintechstormtechnicalblockchainsep2016.eventbrite.com

Time : 9:00am to 6:00pm 5 September 2016

Lunch: 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Venue: Grange Tower Hotel (TBC)

45 Prescot Street, London

2 min walk from Tower Hill and 5 min walk from Aldgate Station 

Topics Covered 

- What is Ethereum and how's it's different from other Blockchain solutions.
  - Smart contracts

  - How to write a Smart Contract 

  - How to develop decentralised applications using Solidity programming language

  - How to leverage data into Smart Contracts via Oracles

  - Real-life applications, which problems were actually solved by applying Blockchain Technology

  - Scalability issues

  - Demo of several real-life Ethereum-based projects 

  - Overview of Distributed Ledger Tehhnologies : Hyperledger, Multichain, Bigchain, Coloured Coins etc 

Trainer 1

Edward Ruchevits is an eternal student, self-learner, open-minded developer and an open source enthusiast, who is particularly interested in FinTech, cryptocurrencies and decentralization in all its exposures. He is currently working as a lead developer at a blockchain platform which automates invoicing, invoice factoring and payments. The current stack includes private Ethereum network, NodeJS application which serves as a middleware between the blockchain and the end user and various integrations with third-party ERP systems and payment providers. 

Trainer 2 

Thomas Bertani is a long time blockchain expert. His career started with important contributions in the fields of high performance computing. Today he works mainly on Bitcoin and Ethereum as an entrepreneur and consultant. In August 2013 he started Bitboat, which today is among the leading 'cash to bitcoin' marketplaces in Europe. In the last 4 years his experimentations in this industry ranged from the managing of "Virtual Companies" listed on a Bitcoin Equity Crowdfunding Exchange to the incorporation of Oraclize srl (the 1st company in Italy and 2nd in Europe incorporated with Bitcoin as capital contribution). After his work at
Cointerra in designing high performance bitcoin miners and managing 5% of the global Bitcoin hashrate, his focus is now in providing reliable infrastructure layers for smart contracts via the Oraclize oracle solution.

Thomas has worked on a range of projects from web development (fullstack) to low level applications on embedded systems, scientific applications on GPUs via OpenCL/CUDA, GSM packet low level sniffing apps (osmocom), kernel-level coding to implement multithreading support on microcontrollers and much
more. He moved to bitcoin in 2012 and worked on things ranging from drivers for ASIC miners, hardware wallet firmware code, fullstack bitcoin marketplace (bitboat.net), architecture to manage thousands of
bitcoin miners, "state of art" oracle systems for Ethereum (Oraclize) and many DApps/smartcontracts.

Workshop Guest Speaker Mr Eddy Travia, CEO Coinsilium 

Below is an image of Eddy Travia speaking at Fintech Storm London April 2016

Workshop Co-Host Ms Arifa Khan, CEO Zero Field Labs

Below is a picture from Fintech Storm London Summit July 2016

Workshop Co-Host Dr Marc Pilkington, Chief Trainer - Zero Field Labs, Academician & Researcher

Below is a picture of Dr Marc Pilkington giving a Blockchain Seminar at Fintech Storm India Summit May 2016

Prof Marc Pilkington is one of the most read academics worldwide on the topic of the Blockchain on SSRN. Access his paper here . The paper is also the 223rd most downloaded paper worldwide over the last 12 months (amongst all papers ever referenced on the database that is more than half a million papers)

Who Should Attend?

Anyone who is interested to learn :

More about the applications of Blockchain

The latest advances in distributed ledger technologies

How can distributed ledgers solve real word probelms

Technical challenges in coding 

How the applications exist and operate in the real-world 

The impact of these applications upon businesses and professions

 
Typical attendee profile

•     Founders & Entrepreneurs

•     Bitcoin & Blockchain companies that want to showcase at this event

•     Developers

•     Startups looking to hire Blockchain talent

•     Academic Researchers

•     IT professionals and Companies

•     Strategy Consultants

•     Accountants

•     Legal Professionals

•     Financial Professionals, IFA’s

•     Insurance Professionals

•     Brokers, Financial Market Participants 

•     Journalists 

We are committed to creating and connecting the Blockchain Inventor Community in Europe.

Here are some images of our recent workshops in London. Enjoy!

Come join the Blockchain Revolution ! 

Coming Soon!

Europe-India Conclave 6-8 December, New Delhi

If you are an European Tech company or a Blockchain startup looking to make headway into Asian markets or to strike partnerships or to learn to navigate the Banking, Payments & Fintech landscape (India, Singapore, Hongkong, China), mark your calenders for Europe-India Conclave 6-8 December 2016, New Delhi, India and get in touch with Conclave Chair Person Arifa Khan at arifafintechstorm [dot] com to reserve your spot in the European delegation going to India! See details of our previous Europe-India Conclave 2015 at http://fintechstorm.com/europe-india

ARTHUR C CLARKE once famously remarked: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Catalysed by the internet, the pace of technological change and scientific breakthroughs is accelerating making it impossible to predict the next big idea.

This summit will bring together high profile leaders from the most innovative companies that are reshaping, creating, disrupting, and expanding markets across the technology landscape. We will discuss what impacts these technologies could have for growth and performance of organisations and society, and ultimately what it will take to be successful in this brave new world.

Codex is proud to present the most significant London Innovation Summit of 2016 examining:  The Sharing Economy; Nature and Power of Digital Technologies; Managing Innovation in Corporates; Blockchain Technologies;  Virtual and Augmented Reality; and Robotics.

The London Innovation Summit 2016 has attracted an impressive line up of speakers. Click here for speakers and latest agenda: https://www.codex.com/?p=1790


Confirmed speakers so far include:

Dave Coplin, Chief Envisioning Officer, Microsoft

Luis Alvarez, CEO, BT Global Services

Patrick Robinson, Head of Public Policy, EMEA & Canada,  Airbnb

Daniel Benamran, Country Manager UK, BlaBlaCar

Leanne Kamp, Founder & CEO, Everledger

Vitalik Buterin, Founder and Chief Scientist, Ethereum

Moiz Kohari, Executive Vice-President, London Stock Exchange

Dominic Collins, Head of EMEA, Jaunt VR

Maria Rakusanova, Mobile & Gear VR Marketing Manager, Samsung

Prof Tony Prescott, Director, Sheffield Robotics

Rich Walker, Managing Director, Shadow Robot Company

Dr Mirko Kovac, Head of Aerial Robotics Lab, Imperial College London
 

Media Partners:  Tech City News

To register online for this event, please visit www.codex.com . All major credit/debit cards are accepted. When payment has been successfully made, you will receive a confirmation email from Pay Pal and a written confirmation from Codex.

Come and join CEOs, tech entrepreneurs, scientists, investors and media commentators, from across UK, Europe and America, for one of the most significant conferences on innovation this year, and see live demonstrations of the latest technologies. To join us, please visit www.codex.com

Sophia Alimperti | Events & Partnerships | Codex | M: +44 7 956 101 101 | E:s [dot] alimperticodex [dot] com | W: www.codex.com |
Codex - International Business Leaders Network

To view the latest agenda and to book your place, please click here.

This seminar will focus on the progress being made and next steps for protecting children and young people online.

It takes place as the Digital Economy Bill passes through UK Parliament which includes stricter age verification requirements for commercial providers of online pornographic content, a new regulatory framework for enforcement, and enabling payment providers to withdraw their services from infringing sites.

Bringing together policymakers, industry representatives, parents, educators and charities, areas for discussion include progress made in filtering and technologies; latest progress on tackling emerging new dangers, and longstanding risks - including cyber-bullying, sexual grooming, pornography and radicalisation; the changing role of parents and teachers - particularly in light of increased mobile internet access out of the home and at school; how well different organisations and sectors are helping tackle the issues; and the developing policy framework in light of Brexit, as well as longer-term issues for government and regulators.

We are delighted that Carolyn Bunting, General Manager, Internet Matters has agreed to deliver a keynote address at this conference.

At this early stage, David Austin, Chief Executive Officer, British Board of Film Classification; John Carr, Secretary, Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety (CHIS) and Member, UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS); Susie Hargreaves, Chief Executive Officer, Internet Watch Foundation; Estelle Lloyd, Founder, Azoomee and Amber Melville-Brown, Partner, Withers Worldwide have also agreed to speak.

Free workshop: Preparing UK Startups for 4YFN (MWC 2017) Date: Friday 23rd September 2016 Time: Registration – 13.30 Workshop: 14.00 – 16.00 Location: GSMA Head Office, Floor 2, The Walbrook Building, 25 Walbrook, London, EC4N 8AF, UK 4YFN is the fastest growing digital startup event in the world! The home of the growing global tech startup community, creating lasting connections among startups, investors and corporations. Over three days, 4YFN will house 600 exhibitors across 8,600sqm, talks from leading names on our three large stages, hold workshops for aspiring entrepreneurs, pitching sessions for budding startups in front of investors and media and networking areas for all walks of the world to connect. More information on 4YFN taking place from 27th February -1st March 2017 can be found here. This free workshop has been designed to provide a free mentoring session for those exhibiting and attending 4YFN, along with companies interested in knowing more about the event, exhibit packages, and Department for International Trade (DIT) grants available through the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP). The workshop will help you learn about what is going on at the show, how best to prepare for the event, work out how to maximise your time and realise the importance of your actions post-event. LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE - REGISTER NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT, click HERE to register Agenda and speakers: 1.      Introductions and welcome: John Davies 2.      The Mobile market and the importance of 4YFN industry insight: Mike Short - Telefonica 3.      The UK presence and UKTI activities at 4YFN: Mark Birchall, Tradefair 4.      4YFN presentations: Esteban Redolfi – 4YFN Director          a. 4YFN 2017 Barcelona main exhibition, investor programme and conference 5.       Startup perspective; Importance of planning - Pre, during and post event: Ofri Ben Porat, Pixoneye winner of the global 4YFN competition. 6.    Pitch Like A Rockstar, Practical tools to deliver engaging pitches. – Mariana Lucia Marquez – Meta Speech 7.    Open forum panel discussion to include Ofri Ben Porat, investor, incubator/accelerator, Esteban Redolfi 4YFN - Chaired by John Davies 7.    Q&A 8.    Networking Free workshop: Preparing UK Startups for 4YFN (MWC 2017) Date: Friday 23rd September 2016 Time: Registration – 13.30 Workshop: 14.00 – 16.00 Location: GSMA Head Office, Floor 2, The Walbrook Building, 25 Walbrook, London, EC4N 8AF, UK 4YFN is the fastest growing digital startup event in the world! The home of the growing global tech startup community, creating lasting connections among startups, investors and corporations. Over three days, 4YFN will house 600 exhibitors across 8,600sqm, talks from leading names on our three large stages, hold workshops for aspiring entrepreneurs, pitching sessions for budding startups in front of investors and media and networking areas for all walks of the world to connect. More information on 4YFN taking place from 27th February -1st March 2017 can be found here. This free workshop has been designed to provide a free mentoring session for those exhibiting and attending 4YFN, along with companies interested in knowing more about the event, exhibit packages, and Department for International Trade (DIT) grants available through the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP). The workshop will help you learn about what is going on at the show, how best to prepare for the event, work out how to maximise your time and realise the importance of your actions post-event. LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE - REGISTER NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT, click HERE to register Agenda and speakers: 1.      Introductions and welcome: John Davies 2.      The Mobile market and the importance of 4YFN industry insight: Mike Short - Telefonica 3.      The UK presence and UKTI activities at 4YFN: Mark Birchall, Tradefair 4.      4YFN presentations: Esteban Redolfi – 4YFN Director          a. 4YFN 2017 Barcelona main exhibition, investor programme and conference 5.       Startup perspective; Importance of planning - Pre, during and post event: Ofri Ben Porat, Pixoneye winner of the global 4YFN competition. 6.    Pitch Like A Rockstar, Practical tools to deliver engaging pitches. – Mariana Lucia Marquez – Meta Speech 7.    Open forum panel discussion to include Ofri Ben Porat, investor, incubator/accelerator, Esteban Redolfi 4YFN - Chaired by John Davies 7.    Q&A 8.    Networking  

After the last successful UX event around VR, this event is a continuation in a similar theme, around mixed realities.

Speakers
Maximilian Doelle is Chief Prototyper at Kazendi – Max will talk about Designing Mixed Reality Experiences, a brief intro to designing experiences in mixed reality using the example of Microsoft HoloLens.

Christopher Lee Ball is Executive Experience Director at DigitasLBi, Chris will talk about how they were planned, executed, and received, and what it’s like working with high-profile brands when they don’t necessarily understand this new medium and its uses.

Also check out our next Mobile UX London conference at www.mobileuxlondon.com

London Food Tech Week is the world’s largest week-long celebration, showcase and collaboration of the companies and trends that are transforming Food Tech and the future of food. Running from 17-21 October, the week is all about bringing together big and small players to tackle challenges in food and agriculture: startups, creators, innovators, entrepreneurs, industry-leading brands and investors. Designed to educate, foster partnerships, grow your network and help businesses enhance their impact on Food Tech; London has never been hungrier for disruption.

London Food Tech Week will be a creative hub where visitors can explore topics such as lab-grown meat; How data, blockchain and artificial intelligence can help deliver better solutions for the hospitality industry; Traceability, transparency and packaging solutions, and the potential of 3D printing food through a series of inspirational talks and debates, immersive technology experiences and new product showcases.

Wednesday 19 October will be dedicated to The Power of Digital and Consumer Engagement with digital and social media masterclasses, fireside chats with top influencers The Food Busker and the legendary SORTEDFoods and experiential events including the Supermarket of the Future and a Multi Sensory Drinks Evening.

We’re offering Chinwag members 20% off individual event tickets as well as day ticket packages. To redeem this offer, please email getintouchfoodtechweek [dot] london quoting the discount code ‘ChinwagDiscount’ and detailing what tickets you're after.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Hewlett Packard Enterprise from Newcastle is aiming to raise more than £10,000 for youth charity The Prince’s Trust by organising a Carnival Event based within the Newcastle United Football Club Grounds.

The team from Hewlett Packard Enterprise devised ‘The Princes Trust FUNdraiser’ as part of their involvement with The Prince’s Trust Million Makers competition, which aims to raise over £1 million nationwide.

The Carnival will feature a variety of Food, Drinks and Sweets all included within ticket purchase. This will be followed by an evening of a variety of challenging games paired with prizes and raffles to test your luck, whist trying to hook that duck. 

Children’s app Azoomee is holding a free investor evening in conjunction with its crowdfunding campaign (it has already exceeded its target on Crowdcube and is now overfunding).

This is a chance to learn more about the EdTech sector and, more specifically, the children’s media industry and the opportunity Azoomee is exploiting. The evening will include a talk from Patrick Lou, partner at EdTech research company, Optim Insights.

You will also get the chance to meet the Azoomee management team and find out more about the crowdfunding campaign.

There will be complimentary drinks and snacks available. 

GOOD TO GROW provides advice and guidance for Founders and Management Teams to successfully expand their brand and secure the right advice for growth.

Join the GOOD TO GROW team for a FREE half-day workshop and meet our expert panel of investors and professional service providers.

Hear from Raj Sinhal from Realise Capital Partners, on how to secure investment to support your growth plan.

Network with a peer-2-peer community of senior professional service teams who will ensure your business grows further and faster.

GOOD TO GROW - EXPERTS

• Raj Sinhal REALISE CAPITAL PARTNERS
• Michael O’Brien, KRESTON REEVES
• Barry Jennings BIRD & BIRD
• Michael Davis JLL
• Osmond Dasilva TECH CITY COFFEE MEET UP
• Sam Michel CHINWAG
• Michelle Roberts-Clarke BRAND REMEDY

GOOD TO GROW - AGENDA

• 8.30 am Registration, coffee introductions and networking
• 9.15 am How to be GOOD-TO-GROW through building and realising value in your brand. Michelle Roberts-Clarke
• 9.30 – 11.15 am Bespoke sessions and face to face mentoring on Brand and Digital Marketing, Business Growth and Management, IP and Data, Investment and Exit Strategies and Business Location and Site Selection
• 11.15 – 11.30 am Coffee and networking
• 11.30 – 12.00 pm Securing the right Investment for Growth. Raj Sinhal
• 12.00 – 1.30 pm lunch and networking

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN ATTENDING

To qualify for The GOOD TO GROW workshop participant businesses must be turning over £1 million. Each workshop has capacity for only 10 businesses per session and therefore places are subject to application.

GOOD TO GROW provides advice and guidance for Founders and Management Teams to successfully expand their brand and secure the right advice for growth.

Join the GOOD TO GROW team for a FREE half-day workshop and meet our expert panel of investors and professional service providers.

Hear from Raj Sinhal from Realise Capital Partners, on how to secure investment to support your growth plan.

Network with a peer-2-peer community of senior professional service teams who will ensure your business grows further and faster.

GOOD TO GROW - EXPERTS

• Raj Sinhal REALISE CAPITAL PARTNERS
• Michael O’Brien, KRESTON REEVES
• Barry Jennings BIRD & BIRD
• Michael Davis JLL
• Osmond Dasilva TECH CITY COFFEE MEET UP
• Sam Michel CHINWAG
• Michelle Roberts-Clarke BRAND REMEDY

GOOD TO GROW - AGENDA

• 8.30 am Registration, coffee introductions and networking
• 9.15 am How to be GOOD-TO-GROW through building and realising value in your brand. Michelle Roberts-Clarke
• 9.30 – 11.15 am Bespoke sessions and face to face mentoring on Brand and Digital Marketing, Business Growth and Management, IP and Data, Investment and Exit Strategies and Business Location and Site Selection
• 11.15 – 11.30 am Coffee and networking
• 11.30 – 12.00 pm Securing the right Investment for Growth. Raj Sinhal
• 12.00 – 1.30 pm lunch and networking

REGISTER YOUR INTEREST IN ATTENDING

To qualify for The GOOD TO GROW workshop participant businesses must be turning over £1 million. Each workshop has capacity for only 10 businesses per session and therefore places are subject to application.

Nov 8th, London: MusicTank & Word in Your Ear bring you: Music Biz Blunders...our new chat-style series dedicated to a fun and practical 'lessons learned' approach.

Chaired by fellow Word Magazine alumni and one of the UK’s leading music industry writers Eamonn Forde, over the next 12-months we will put a different sector of the music biz under the spotlight in a unique and humorous way that puts ‘learning from mistakes’ centre-stage.
First off - Rock ‘n’ Roll Disasters with these great writers:Sylvia Patterson - author of 'I'm Not With The Band' (2016) & music journalist veteran
[ Read Sylvia's new 'disaster' post - http://bit.ly/2eMI6g1 ]John Doran - co-founder, The Quietus & author of the acclaimed memoir 'Jolly Lad' (2015) Zoë Howe - writer (Virginia Prize for Fiction shortlister), musician & visual artist
Join us for a fun evening of blunders, lessons & networking...
November 8, 2016 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Venue: Fyvie Hall, Regent's Street, London (by Oxford Circus tube)

Book now | Find out more...

 **SPECIAL RATE **   USE THIS PROMOTIONAL CODE: rnrnov816 (subject to availability) and save £5 on the full price option – early bird rates currently apply for additional savings. Limited availability.

The Knowledge Transfer Network is hosting an exclusive event that will bring industry leaders together with high-growth potential entrepreneurs offering innovative digital solutions that use data to transform the transport industry.

This ‘Digital meets Transport' networking session will open doors to larger brands who are looking to the digital community to implement agile innovation. The session will showcase companies developing disruptive data capture technologies, innovative data-driven applications, artificial intelligence algorithms, cyber-security solutions and open-source payment systems.

Confirmed partners currently include Nissan, Transport for London, Network Rail, Rolls-Royce, Amey, Transport for Greater Manchester, Transport for West Midlands and the Travel Spirit Foundation.

The event will take place from 14:00-17:00 on Thursday 8th December at the Digital Engineering Test Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Here East, London. Up to 16 of the most innovative companies to apply to attend will be invited to meet with established industry brands, for an afternoon of facilitated networking. To take part, apply by Monday 21st November here.

33 Senior Corporate Communications Innovators From Brands Including BP, MetLife, BBC News, The Co-op, BMW, The Body Shop, Avon, NHS England, Channel 4 & Many More Confirmed To Speak At The Corporate Communications Conference – Influential, Innovative, Impactful.

www.corporatecommsconference.com

 Fresh Ideas, Pioneering Approaches, New Tactics For Innovative, High-Impact Corporate Communications Strategies Which Deliver Results.

A One-Day, Industry-Led Conference & Networking Event, 8th February 2017, One America Square, Central London.

 How Can You Deliver Real Results & Demonstrable Impact With Innovative, Attention-Grabbing Corporate Comms Strategies?Maximising Social Media Engagement, Impact & Value: Seizing opportunities for harnessing social media to deliver powerful corporate communications with real impact Mitigating Crises: Be Proactive, Not Reactive! Establishing versatile, robust plans to manage and mitigate reputational risk in times of negativity and crisis Cutting-Edge Digital Innovations & New Technologies: Keep corporate communications fresh and up to date with the latest technologies, digital developments and future innovations Evaluate Impact, Demonstrate Results: Pinpointing the best measures for proving the value and ROI of your corporate communications strategy Optimise Internal Collaboration & Team Structures: Achieve a joined-up communications approach with the perfect team make-up and effective collaboration Reactions To Brexit & Uncertainty: How can communicators deal with the realities of challenging, unpredictable times? Maximise Your Reach & Stand Out: Taking advantage of insights into corporate communications channels and audience trends to ensure targeted, impactful messages Seamlessly Integrated Multi-Channel Campaigns: Integrating new and traditional channels for dynamic, engaging messages and campaigns Capture Journalists’ Attention & Engage The Media: How can you ensure your messages stand out, engage journalists and secure coverage?  Download the full agenda here: www.corporatecommsconference.com/brochure

50% more BRAND speakers than ever before sharing fresh ideas, pioneering approaches and new tactics for high-impact corporate communications: Social Media Strategies • Twitter • Instagram • Facebook • Crisis Comms & Reputational Risk • Crisis Comms Practical Exercise • Digital Innovations, New Technologies • Reaching Target Audiences • Brexit & Uncertainty ‘Question Time’ • Evaluating Impact & Results • Engaging Journalists • Integrated Channel Mix • Limited Budgets & Resources • The Internal Role Of Corporate Communications

Register for Blockchain Storm London Summit

http://crypto3blockchain.eventbrite.com

In continued tradition of our stupendously successful Fintech Storm Series

Blockchain Storm London Summit - 21 November 2016 

Come meet the disruptive thought leaders that are imagining the future of banking & financial services. 

We invited the most innovative firms in Distribted Ledger (Blockchain) & Decentralised Applications  

Register here:

http://crypto3blockchain.eventbrite.com

Time : 8:00am to 4:00pm 21 November 2016

Lunch: 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Venue: 15 Canada Square

Listen to presentations from 10 speakers/ thought leaders

Bonus - Get a taste of an hour of hands-on coding with Dapp developers 

Discussion Themes - Blockchain Applications:

**Payments

**Internet of Things

**Bitcoin & Blockchain

**Online Funding , P2P Funding Marketplaces

**Wealth Management

**Capital Markets, Trading, Broking & Settlement

**Financial Inclusion, Credit Services

**Insurance 

Watch Our Video  Fintech Storm - An Overview

Enlightening, Thought-Provoking, Inspirational

What will you do this winter to boost your skills and wealth-creation ability ?

(Actually, what will you be doing any season to become a blockchain game-changer? :))

Crypto 3.0 Co-Host Ms Arifa Khan  

CEO Zero Field Labs

Arifa Khan is a London based Blockchain Researcher, a seasoned Banking & finance, strategy and

operations executive, with over 15 years experience in Investment banking,

Leveraged Finance/ Financial Sponsors Coverage/ Debt Products & Credit.

She has worked with two suisse banks Credit Suisse & UBS.

She currently advises Government of India on infrastructure financing.

Her profile features in Femtech Leaders. (http://www.femtechleaders.com/europe/arifa-khan/ )

Arifa's latest project is setting up a Blockchain eco-system in India through a Blockchain Excellence Centre,

a Blockchain Startup Accelerator, and a fund for Blockchain Startups. 

Arifa is Member Wharton UK Alumni Club Committee, Founder Europe-India Conclave & Fintech Storm.

http://europeindiaconclave.com

Read here article on Cryptoeconomy here 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/besotted-blockchain-part-3-inevitability-arifa-khan  

Guest Speaker Eddy Travia 

CEO Coinsilium 

Eddy Travia is a pioneer investor in blockchain technologies and CEO of Coinsilium, 

the first London-quoted blockchain investment firm. 

In 2013, following nine years as a private equity fund manager in Greater China, 

Eddy co-founded Seedcoin, the world’s first global incubator of digital currency startups, 

and was recognized a year later as one of the ‘Top 3 Most Influential Investors’ in Blockchain 

along with Marc Andreessen and Roger Ver at the Blockchain Awards 2014 in Amsterdam. 

Eddy has led investments in more than 16 cutting-edge blockchain startups world-wide 

including Factom, RSK Labs, Magnr and SatoshiPay. 

He is also the co-founder of Block Chain Space, the first blockchain startup accelerator

in Europe which launched in February 2016 in Barcelona.

Marc Taverener (TBC)

Head Business Development, Bitfury

BitFury USA, Inc. provides integrated bitcoin blockchain security and infrastructure solutions. 

It develops semiconductors and servers for Blockchain transaction processing. 

The company was founded by Valery Vavilov and Valery Nebesny and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Marcus O'Dair

Marcus O’Dair is a senior lecturer in popular music at Middlesex University in London, where he co-leads the Popular Music programme and is the convenor of the Blockchain for Creative Industries research cluster. The cluster’s Music on the Blockchain report was published in 2016 and received widespread media coverage. Different Every Time, Marcus’ 2014 biography of the musician Robert Wyatt, was a Radio 4 book of the week and was shortlisted for the Penderyn music book prize. As well as academic journals including Popular Music (Cambridge University Press) and Strategic Change (Wiley), he has written for the Guardian, the Independent, the Financial Times, the Irish Times, Uncut, the Wire and Jazzwise. As one half of Grasscut, he has released three acclaimed albums and performed across Europe, having previously been on retainer as a session musician with Passenger. 

Adi Ben - Ari 

Adi Ben-Ari co-founded Applied Blockchain and more recently Tallysticks. Adi has extensive experience in enterprise technology spanning almost two decades. He has delivered significant software projects with major institutions both in the UK and abroad in different industries including finance. Tallysticks, a blockchain-based invoicing, invoice financing, and invoice trading solution. Using blockchain technology to drive cross-organization workflow, it reduces invoice related fraud and increases speed and efficiency. The start-up recently graduated from the Barclays Techstars Accelerator programme in London after being selected from 700 companies, and is now running a live pilot. Tallysticks was also voted one of the top 3 blockchain companies at the European Fintech Awards 2016.

Richard Caetano, CEO Stratumn (TBC)

Blockchain

Richard is a veteran software developer from California who discovered the Bitcoin Whitepaper in 2011. He is the author of the book Learning Bitcoin and developer of the popular iPhone app, btcReport.

Stratumn removes all barriers to building, deploying and running Blockchain Apps by providing you with the infrastructure and tools to get your ideas off the ground fast. We help developers leverage the power of the Blockchain to write, execute and verify any workflow or business process. By leveraging “proof-of-existence” and smart contracts, business partners can more easily and efficiently work together with less risk and more transparency without depending on third party auditors and regulators.

Building and Securing Smart Workflow Using Chainscript and the Stratumn Blockchain Development Platform

Stratumn has built a high performance proof-of-existence engine, which we apply to workflows and integrate to the Bitcoin blockchain. We will demonstrate how easy it is for developers to start building workflows that are protected by the blockchain using our open standard Chainscript.

Pavlo Tanasyuk

CEO, Blockverify

Pavlo Tanasyuk graduated with a degree in analysis, design and management of Information Systems from the LSE and has a MPhil in Technology Policy from Cambridge University. Pavlo founded a number of sucessful financial startups. He is currently the CEO of Monexy, a company that was developed by Pavlo, which has processed billions in transactions in Eatern Europe. Pavlo is now active in developing new blockchain applications and is a firm believer of its potential outside of financial world as well.

Block Verify believes the blockchain holds the technology needed to combat counterfeit goods on an universal scale. Block Verify will use an advanced blockchain solution to allow monitoring of the whole supply chain including trading partners and product sourcing.

Dapp Coding Sampler Workshop

So What is a DApp?

A decentralised application (DApp) or a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) is a company or service that isn't controlled by any single individual, board or other central entity.

See some examples of DApps here 

DApps are the outcome of Blockchain. When you agree that Blockchain's potential on the modern digital economy is huge, the potential will be realised through millions of DApps. 

Imagine how the Smart Phone changed our lives, with the App Store encourage inventors to come up with a myriad of Apps from Gaming & Entertainment to Productivity Enhancing to Google Maps, Uber etc. Some ultra successful compnaies of the modern economy started and remain as Apps - Instagram, Uber etc. 

So let's welcome DApps! If you want to leverage blockchain, you have got to imagine and create a DApp.

You have gulped down reams of reports, digested hours of talks by Blockchain experts and think you get "Satoshi's plan".

But, you are not sure how to create a decentralised application!

You have had enough of theory, and now you want deep practical knowledge.

Come, lets get-together with other aspiring DApp developers and get building DApps..

Dapp Trainer  

Mark Simpson, Distinguished Engineer, Royal Bank of Scotland (TBC)

Mark 'Bart' Simpson is a software engineer with over 20 years of development experience in the financial industry. He has designed and built algorithmic trading, portfolio trading, trade processing, reference data, market data, risk, cash management, clearing and data distribution systems. He has built systems using JavaScript, C#, C++, Java, kotlin, Python, Go, SQL, Assembler and even COBOL! He currently works at RBS in the Innovation Engineering Department where his current focus is building financial solutions on distributed ledger technology. He has worked primarily with Ethereum, Hyperledger and Corda. Mark believes that distributed ledger technology is a game changer for the finance industry, but with this comes a number of challenges that we must overcome.

More Speakers TBA

Who Should Attend?

Anyone who is interested to learn :

More about Fintech and the applications of Blockchain

How Fintech is affecting Banking & Financial Services industry worldwide

The opportunities for Fintech entrepreneurs

How to benefit from being part of the early ecos-system in Blockchain

The latest advances in distributed ledger technologies

How can distributed ledgers solve real word probelms

How the applications exist and operate in the real-world 

 
Typical attendee profile

•     Fintech Founders & Entrepreneurs

•     Bitcoin & Blockchain companies that want to showcase at this event

•     Developers

•     Startups looking to hire Fintech & Blockchain talent

•     Academic Researchers

•     IT professionals and Companies

•     Strategy Consultants

•     Accountants

•     Legal Professionals

•     Financial Professionals, IFA’s

•     Insurance Professionals

•     Brokers, Financial Market Participants 

•     Journalists 

We are committed to creating and connecting the Blockchain Inventor Community in Europe.

Here are some images of our workshops in London. Enjoy!

Come join the Blockchain Revolution ! 

Coming Soon!

The first ever Blockchain India Summit - presenting for the first time Blockchain Council India featuring Vitalik Buterin and others 

Europe-India Conclave 6-8 December 2016, New Delhi, India 

If you are an European Tech company or a Blockchain startup looking to make headway into Asian markets or to strike partnerships or to learn to navigate the Banking, Payments & Fintech landscape (India, Singapore, Hongkong, China), mark your calenders for Blockchain India Summit 6 December 2016, New Delhi, India and get in touch with Conclave Chair Person Arifa Khan at arifa [dot] khangeniusincubator [dot] com to reserve your spot in the European delegation going to India! See details of our previous Europe-India Conclave 2015 at http://fintechstormindia.com

Book your place in the Europe-India Conclave delegation at http://blockchainindia2016.eventbrite.com

Visit http://europeindiaconclave.com

Blockchain Storm Zurich 20 January 2017 , Switzerland

Register here for Zurich 20 Jan 2017: http://blockchainstormzurich.eventbrite.com

See details of recent Geneva event at http://blockchainstorm.co

Please email infoblockchainstorm [dot] co if interested in any of our events as attendees, speakers, sponsors. 

How to stay updated with Fintech Storm future events? 

Signup for one of our events or see past events : http://fintechstorm.eventbrite.com

Join our Meetup groups in London & India 

https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-SmartContract-Innovators/

https://www.meetup.com/Mobile-payments/

https://www.meetup.com/Fintechstormindia/

http://facebook.com/fintechstorm

http://fintechstormindia.com

http://blockchainstorm.co

@fintechstorm

Anyone interested in learning more about speaking, sponsorship opportunities can contact infoblockchainstorm [dot] co

Zero Field Labs Presents 

Blockchain India Summit  6 Dec 2016 New Delhi featuring Vitalik Buterin

A Full Day Conference  

6 December 2016 

Path-breaking, Aspirational, Invigorating !

Hey adventurers, what’s on the menu in India this winter?

Blockchain India Summit 

“The raging potential of Blockchain Technology -

The next Trillion dollar opportunity that will boost Indian economy? “ 

What : Blockchain India Summit

Visit website http://europeindiaconclave.com

Full Day Sessions 

with the youngest geniuses, most influential thinkers , movers and shakers , talent force of tomorrow in Blockchain 

Venue : Shangri La Hotel, Connaught Place, New Delhi, India 

When : 6 December 2016 9 am to 6 pm

What’s hot this Winter : Blockchain in the Indian Capital 

You can join us for a day trip to Taj Mahal after the conference!

Presenting Young Genius Vitalik Buterin for the first time to India 

Hello Genius! 

The land where mathematics was born - India Welcomes you! 

Agenda & Key Themes 

1. Blockchain & Banking

Title: Blockchain Banking 2020 vision Disruption or Seamless integration?

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2. Blockchain’s Potential to transform the future of Financial Services Infrastructure

Title: The changing landscape & new services to emerge

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3. Blockchain & Identity / Authentication  

Blockchain & The India Stack

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4. Blockchain & Regulation 

“Countries Blockchain Readiness”

“Regulation – The untold story”

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5. Blockchain & Capital Markets

What Blockchain solutions are in the making?

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6. Blockchain & Investment Management

Automated Compliance & Proxy Voting

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7. Blockchain & Deposits/Lending 

Syndicated Loans & Trade Finance

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8. Blockchain Stacked with other Key Tech trends

– Cloud

 – IoT

– Big Data

– VR/AR

– Robotics

– Cyber Security

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9. Blockchain Startup Showcase

Tomorrow’s Ideas : New Product Demo Zone

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30 minute Sessions 

1. The Mega trends unleashed by Blockchain 

2. Industrial Mashups 

3. Blockchain & the Sharing Economy 

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Our Distinguished Speakers 

We are proud to welcome the young hurricane of the intellectual world  

Conference Chief Guest & Keynote Speaker

Vitalik Buterin  

Co-Founder Ethereum

Buterin was born in Moscow, Russia and lived in the area until the age of six when his parents emigrated to Canada in search of better employment opportunities. While in third grade of elementary school in Canada, Buterin was placed into a class for gifted children and started to understand that he was drawn to math, programming, and economics. He also had the ability to add three digit numbers in his head at twice the speed of his peers. In 2012, he obtained a Bronze Medal in the International Olympiad in Informatics. He attended the University of Waterloobut dropped out to work on bitcoin full-time.

Buterin currently resides in Zug, Switzerland. In 2014 Buterin received the Thiel Fellowship.

Endeavors Pybitcointools (2013-2014) Bitcoin Magazine (2011-2014) Ethereum (2013-) Beginnings at Bitcoin Magazine In September 2011, Buterin would accept to be the first co-founder and contribute as a leading writer to a new publication called Bitcoin Magazine. In addition Buterin had written about bitcoin-related topics for other publications, including Bitcoin Weekly. Bitcoin Magazinein 2012 later began publishing a print edition and has been referred to as the first serious publication dedicated to cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin Magazine was then purchased by BTC Media, where Buterin continued to write until mid-2014.

In addition, he held a position on the editorial board of Ledger, a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes full-length original research articles on the subjects of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

Ethereum He is a co-creator and inventor of Ethereum, described as a “decentralized mining network and software development platform rolled into one” that facilitates the creation of new cryptocurrencies and programs that share a single block chain (a cryptographic transaction ledger).

Buterin has contributed as a developer to other open source software projects. Some early examples are: Kryptokit, pybitcointools, multisig.info, and btckeysplit. He also contributed to DarkWallet by Cody Wilson, Bitcoin Python libraries, and the cryptocurrency marketplace site Egora.
 

Abhay Prasad Hota 

MD & CEO NPCI, National Payments Corporation of India Architect of India's biggest disruption - UPI - Unified Payments Interface (TBC)

Unified Payments Interface (UPI), launched in April 2016 by the NPCI, is going live for 21 banks. A.P. Hota Ji spoke about UPI at Fintech Storm India Summit, Mumbai on 12 May 2016.

UPI offers instant, online bank payments, and is seen as a major change to the Indian financial sector. It enables banks to provide real-time payments through QR code enabled addresses and offers device fingerprinting for additional security.

Abhaya Prasad Hota, MD and CEO, NPCI, says: “Real-time sending and receiving money through a mobile application at such a scale on interoperable basis had not been attempted anywhere else in the world.”

For the last few months it has been on a pilot run mainly with employees and customers. After assessing the “success” of the pilot run, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave their final approval for the public launch.

NPCI decided that only banks with 1,000 pilot customers, 5,000 transactions and a success rate of around 80% would be permitted to go live. It says such a threshold criteria helped the banks to refine their systems and procedure.

Arifa Khan  

CEO Zero Field Labs

Founder Blockchain Council India

Arifa Khan is a London based Blockchain Researcher, a seasoned Banking & finance, strategy and

operations executive, with over 15 years experience in Investment banking,

Leveraged Finance/ Financial Sponsors Coverage/ Debt Products & Credit.

She has worked with two suisse banks Credit Suisse & UBS.

She currently advises Government of India on infrastructure financing.

Her profile features in Femtech Leaders. (http://www.femtechleaders.com/europe/arifa-khan/ )

Arifa's latest project is setting up a Blockchain eco-system in India through a Suite of Blockchain Solution Providers for Indian market, Blockchain Excellence Centre, a Blockchain Startup Accelerator, and a fund for Blockchain Startups. 

Arifa is Member Wharton UK Alumni Club Committee, Founder Europe-India Conclave , Fintech Storm and Blockchain Storm.

http://europeindiaconclave.com

Bruce Pon 

CEO BigChain DB  

BigchainDB unlocks the promise of blockchains.

BigchainDB enables the tokenization of any asset, which can then be stored and transferred 

without the need for trusted intermediaries. 

Our blockchain database is for enterprises that want to implement trading systems, clearing and settlement, 

decentralized energy grids, IoT and supply chain use cases, without sacrificing scale, security or performance. 

With 200,000 transactions per second, petabytes of capacity, sub-second latency and a rich query language, 

BigchainDB looks, acts and feels like a database but has blockchain characteristics. 

BigchainDB brings the key features of blockchain; decentralized control, immutability 

and asset autonomy to databases.

Eddy Travia 

CEO Coinsilium 

Eddy Travia is a pioneer investor in blockchain technologies and CEO of Coinsilium, 

the first London-quoted blockchain investment firm. 

In 2013, following nine years as a private equity fund manager in Greater China, 

Eddy co-founded Seedcoin, the world’s first global incubator of digital currency startups, 

and was recognized a year later as one of the ‘Top 3 Most Influential Investors’ in Blockchain 

along with Marc Andreessen and Roger Ver at the Blockchain Awards 2014 in Amsterdam. 

Eddy has led investments in more than 16 cutting-edge blockchain startups world-wide 

including Factom, RSK Labs, Magnr and SatoshiPay. 

He is also the co-founder of Block Chain Space, the first blockchain startup accelerator

in Europe which launched in February 2016 in Barcelona.

Andrew Keys 

Consensys

Andrew comes to ConsenSys with capital markets, technology, and entrepreneurial experience. Previously, Andrew worked for UBS investment bank in equities analysis. Later, he was responsible for creation and distribution of life settlement products to hedge funds and investment banks. After, he co-founded a revenue cycle management company where he learned about Bitcoin and eventually Ethereum.

Andrew drives strategic technological partnerships, business development, and communications for ConsenSys and co-founded ConsenSys Enterprise, to create Ethereum blockchain solutions for Fortune 500 clientele.

Andrew graduated from Loyola University Maryland and University of Auckland with degrees in economics and international finance.

More Speakers to be announced soon..

Event Overview

Blockchain Storm calls for Academic Papers for the competition 

“Blockchain and Man 2016” 

Is another industrial revolution afoot, in the form of Blockchain ? 

In the ongoing relationship between Man and Machine, what are the catalysts ? 

Will man be able to  leverage blockchain to the collective advantage of humanity? 

– Mystery Prize for the winning paper submission – Sponsored by Knowledge Sponsor 

Papers to be submitted by 25 September 2016

Shortlisted entries will be invited to present at Blockchain Storm Geneva!

Final Winner to be announced at Europe-India Conclave December 2016 – New Delhi

Want to sponsor or exhibit at the most though-elevating day 

you will see over the most tranquility inducing experience by Lake Geneva? 

Get in touch today! 

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Let’s go to Blockchain India Summit ! 

Save the Date 6 December 2016 

Register Now! (http://blockchainindiasummit.eventbrite.com)

subscribe to mailing list 

email us infoblockchainstorm [dot] co

Visit http://europeindiaconclave.com

http://blockchainstorm.co

See our past events at http://fintechstorm.eventbrite.com

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At Blockchain and Banking – the theme for 30 September 2016 in Geneva

We explored how Blockchain is reshaping strategy of Banks across the world

How can Banks respond better to the Blockchain Effect?

http://blockchainstorm.co

The question is not what new opportunities you can chase in the era of Blockchain

The question is – “What will you be in the Blockchain enabled world?”

This event is brought to you by Zero Field Labs

Ms Arifa Khan, CEO of Zero Field Labs straddles the world of

Banking, Finance, Blockchain & Corporate Strategy

Come to Blockchain India Summit 6 Dec 2016!

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No matter which industry you belong to and what your blockchain needs may be, Zero Field Labs can help.

Attendees of the Blockchain Storm can book a free one-on-one consultation with Zero Field Labs

Come explore how your business strategies, products and services will look like in the blockchain enabled world?

Which companies should showcase at this Forum? 

Some companies showcasing at this event are : Bigchain DB, Coinsilium, Factom, Consensys

Any company that wants to support the Blockchain eco-system 

Any Banking & Financial Services firm that wants to adopt the latest technology & innovation

Any company that wants to get exposure in European and Asian Blockchain ecosystem through

Blockchain Storm's vast networks

Any Blockchain Solution that wants to gain visibility with international Banking & Financial Services firms 

Who Should Attend?

Anyone who is interested to learn :

Blockchain and the future of banking & financial services

The latest advances in distributed ledger technologies

How can distributed ledgers solve real word probelms

Meet cool Founders of some exciting blockchain solutions

Typical attendee profile

•     International Banking & Capital Markets Professionals

•     Bitcoin & Blockchain companies that want to showcase at this event

•     Founders, Inventors and Thought-leaders in Blockchain 

•     Startups looking to hire Blockchain talent

•     Academic Researchers

•     Strategy Consultants

•     Accountants

•     Legal Professionals

•     Insurance Industry Professionals

•     Brokers, Financial Market Participants 

•     Journalists 

We are committed to creating and connecting the Blockchain Inventor Community in Europe.

Come join the Blockchain Revolution ! 

Coming Soon!

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Blockchain Storm Switzerland 20 January 2017

http://blockchainstormzurich.eventbrite.com

featiring Charles Hoskinson, Arifa Khan, Mathias Bucher, Willi Brammertz, Spiros Margaris, Eddy Travia etc..

Distributed Ledgers & Smart Contracts  

Technical Workshop for Blockchain Developers 

Full Day Course 17 October  9am to 6pm at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, London 

Details here : http://fintechstormtechblockchainoct2016.eventbrite.com

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Past event

How to Build DApps (Decentralised Applications) - Technical Workshop for Blockchain Developers 

Full Day Course 16 September 2016 9am to 6pm at Guoman Tower Hotel, London 

Details here : http://fintechstormtechnicalblockchainsep2016.eventbrite.com

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Blockchain Storm Geneva 30 September 2016, Geneva, Switzerland

http://blockchainstormgeneva.eventbrite.com

Europe-India Conclave 6-8 December, New Delhi

If you are an European Tech Co. or a Blockchain startup looking to make headway into Asian markets 

or to strike partnerships or to learn to navigate the Banking, Payments & Fintech landscape 

(India, Singapore, Hongkong, China), 

Mark your calenders for Europe-India Conclave 6-8 December 2016, New Delhi, India

and get in touch with Conclave Chair Person Arifa Khan at arifafintechstorm [dot] com 

to reserve your spot in the European delegation going to India! 

See details of our previous Europe-India Conclave 2015 at http://fintechstormindia.com

How to stay updated with Fintech Storm future events? 

Signup for one of our events or see past events : http://fintechstorm.eventbrite.com

Join our Meetup groups in London & India  

https://www.meetup.com/Blockchain-SmartContract-Innovators/

https://www.meetup.com/Mobile-payments/

https://www.meetup.com/Fintechstormindia/

http://facebook.com/fintechstorm

http://fintechstormindia.com

http://blockchainstorm.co

@fintechstorm

Anyone interested in learning more about speaking, sponsorship opportunities:

Contact arifafintechstorm [dot] com