SHANGHAI, June 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Once again, the
"New Economy" themed Global Blockchain Summit, the most influential
and iconic annual global blockchain gathering in Asia has set the course for a Shanghai
International Blockchain Week in this September.
Schedule and Arrangement
Sep. 7th -
9th: Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon
Sep. 10th: Tech Open
Day
Sep. 11th -
12th: The 4th Global Blockchain Summit
Location: Shanghai, China
Expected participants: 2000+
Event Website: http://www.blockchainlabs.org/week2018
Registration Period: Hackathon participants must register before
August 1st and await
approval. Tech Day and Summit Tickets are being sold online with
limited supply, and early bird tickets
are available now.
Host: Wanxiang Blockchain Labs
History
October 2015: The
1st Global Blockchain Summit, over 300 participants.
September 2016: The
2nd Global Blockchain Summit, over 700 participants.
(Part of the Shanghai International Blockchain Week 2016)
September 2017: The
3rd Global Blockchain Summit, over 1200
participants.
Three years ago, when Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, a leading
Chinese research institution focused on the development of
blockchain technology hosted the 1st Global Blockchain
Summit in Shanghai, more than 300
technicians, entrepreneurs, academics, investors, representatives
from financial institutions and regulatory bodies attended.
Since then, the blockchain industry has been on a fast track,
while this annual Global Blockchain Summit captures its latest
development, challenges, and regulatory concerns with unique
perspectives provided by world-renowned speakers from various
industries and regulatory bodies. One can easily observe the level
of attention of this summit by its previous speakers.
An industrial gathering that cannot be missed
"I have
attended this annual blockchain summit held by Wanxiang
Blockchain Labs as speakers in the past three years. It is one of
the most serious and informative blockchain events I have ever
attended," said Zeen Zhang, Vice
President of Factom, "THE SUMMIT, that is what I would call it. The
level of connections and perspectives you can acquire here are
beyond comparison. I will be in Shanghai for this year's event,
definitely."
A hackathon with a real-world challenge
As the warm-up event for the Blockchain Week, the two and a half
days long hackathon will be a gathering for excellent development
teams from around the world to demonstrate their innovative ideas through competition within
limited timeframe. There are two types of challenges: one is
provided by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs which is detailed as follows,
and the other is provided by sponsors that will be introduced at
the venue.
Wanxiang Innova City is dedicated to new energies and smart city
innovations, and the main theater for the deployment of blockchain
application scenarios. The ultimate goal is to build a smart city
where 90,000 people will study, research, work, and reside.
Incorporating blockchain, artificial intelligence, IoT and
cognitive computing on the edge, Innova City pioneers the next
stage of urban intelligence that provides smart services, smart
residence, and smart transportation.
Tech Open Day
On Tech Open Day, founders, development leads, and developers
from major blockchain platforms will, among other things, introduce
the latest development of their respective platforms and explore
potential solutions to the technological challenges facing the
industry. The speakers will dive into consensus mechanisms,
side-chain and cross-chain systems, privacy protection, among other
topics, in order to gain a better understanding towards the
underlying technology of blockchain platforms.
The 4th Global Blockchain Summit
The two days long 4th Global Blockchain Summit will
invite representatives from various industries to share their
insights regarding the solutions
empowered by blockchain technology, envisioning the true value of
blockchain technology in the future
industrial application. In the mist of hype, confusion, and
exploration throughout the year, practitioners and leaders from
various industries will share their thoughts and ideas relating to
the further development and the real-world value of this empowering
technology.
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