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What Does Blockchain Mean
for International Development?
Please RSVP Now for Tech Salon Bangkok
Bangkok - February 15th - RSVP Now
Blockchain is currently one of the hottest concepts around the world. Everywhere you look, someone seems to be creating blockchain for something. The development sector is no different. Just look at who is putting blockchain front and center: The decentralized digital ledger technology, originally a little understood backbone of Bitcoin, is now finding serious utility in dozens of non-financial applications. It's at operational capacity in Estonia and Georgia, and other nations are taking notice. Prototypes abound, even in the ICT4D space.
 
Please RSVP now to join us for the next Technology Salon Bangkok where we’ll separate the hype from reality, and ask:
  • What exactly is blockchain and distributed ledger technology?
  • Why should any of us care about blockchain?
  • How is it being used in the development sector already?
  • Where are the barriers to mainstream blockchain programs?
  • What potential implications does it have on development outcomes?
Please RSVP now to learn more about what blockchain means for development. Our discussion will be led by:
  • Heidi Berg: Mobile financial services expert, with experience at Telenor Group and the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries. 
  • Ingo Puhl: Co-founder and Strategy Director at South Pole Group, with experience on various blockchain initiatives in the energy sector.
Please RSVP now to join in the discussion. We’ll have hot coffee and breakfast treats for a morning rush, but seating is limited, so please RSVP now. Once we reach our 30-person capacity there will be a waiting list!
 
Blockchain for Development
Technology Salon Bangkok
9 – 11am,
Thursday, February 15th, 2017
Bangkok, Thailand
RSVP is required for attendance


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About the Technology Salon


The Technology Salon™ is an intimate, informal, and in person, discussion between information and communication technology experts and international development professionals, with a focus on both:
  • technology's impact on donor-sponsored technical assistance delivery, and
  • private enterprise driven economic development, facilitated by technology.
Our meetings are lively conversations, not boring presentations. Attendance is capped at 35 people - and frank participation with ideas, opinions, and predictions is actively encouraged. 

It's also a great opportunity to meet others motivated to employ technology to solve vexing development problems. Join us today!
 
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