The European Blockchain Center is happy to host the 6th Nordic Blockchain Summit at the end of the International Blockchain School week. At the summit, the best student projects will be presented and the winners found.
We are also happy to present William Zhang (BIS Innovation Hub – Nordic Centre), Marjolein Geus (Bird & Bird Law firm), José Manuel Panizo Plaza (EU Commission), and Ulrik Linder Jacobsen (Deloitte) as keynote speakers.
Time and place
August 18th, 2023, 13.00-17.00 Auditorium 0
IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300 Copenhagen S
The Nordic Blockchain Summit will be live-streamed here.
Keynote Speakers
José Manuel Panizo Plaza
Marjolein Geus
Ulrik Linder Jacobsen
William Zhang
| August 18th | Program (The Summit will be held in Auditorium 0) |
|---|---|
| 13:00 – 13:10 | Welcome and opening remarks by Roman Beck and moderator Anders Høeg Nissen |
| 13:10 – 13:40 | Keynote speaker: William Zhang (BIS Innovation Hub – Nordic Centre) “Inflection Point for Blockchain: A Good Hammer Looking for the Right Nails” |
| 13:40 – 14:10 | Keynote speaker: Marjolein Geus (Bird & Bird Law firm) “The European Blockchain Sandbox – Objectives and First Experiences” |
| 14:10 – 14:40 | Keynote speaker: José Manuel Panizo Plaza (EU Commission) “The European Blockchain Service Infrastructure” |
| 14:40 – 15:10 | Keynote speaker: Ulrik Linder Jacobsen (Deloitte) “From the Renaissance to present day; practical experience in the intersection between finance & technology” |
| 15:10 – 15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45 – 16:45 | Presentation of best groups from the International Blockchain School |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | Award ceremony |
| 17:00 – 19:00 | Reception and social gathering |
The European Blockchain Sandbox
– Objectives and First Experiences
by Marjolein Geus
The European Blockchain Regulatory Sandbox for innovative use cases involving Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) is an initiative of the European Commission.
The sandbox establishes a pan-European framework for regulatory dialogues to increase legal certainty for innovative blockchain solutions. Funded by the Digital Europe Programme and delivering on the SME strategy, the sandbox runs from 2023 to 2026 and annually supports 20 projects including public sector use cases on the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure.
Projects are chosen through calls for expression of interest. Every year, the most innovative regulator participating in the sandbox will also be awarded a prize. This pan-European Blockchain regulatory sandbox is set up and operated by a consortium under the leadership of Bird & Bird and its consulting arm OXYGY supported by blockchain experts of Warren Brandeis (formerly known as WBNoDE) and web-designers of Spindox, which has been procured through an open call for tenders in 2022.
The selection and the award process are overseen by a panel of prominent professors from different European universities consisting of Professor Roman Beck (IT-University, Copenhagen), Professor Soulla Louca (University of Nicosia, Cyprus) and Professor Walter Blocher (Universities of Kassel and Vienna).
During this presentation, Marjolein Geus (Bird & Bird lead partner for this project) will discuss the objectives of this ambitious project and the first experiences following the selection of the blockchain use cases for the first cohort.
Inflection Point for Blockchain:
A Good Hammer Looking for the Right Nails
by William Zhang
As the modern era of blockchain applications is entering its teenage years, it is high time for us to reflect on what it really offers for the digital world of today and tomorrow?
After some analyses, this talk will attempt to paint a picture of the best-case scenario for blockchain-based DeFi and other applications to flourish at the global level in the next-generation financial market infrastructure.
The European Blockchain Service Infrastructure
by José Manuel Panizo Plaza
The European Blockchain Service Infrastructure (EBSI), an initiative supported by the European Commission and the European Blockchain Partnership, is working to develop a trusted infrastructure and technical specifications to onboard trust frameworks.
EBSI in cooperation with the use cases has established the EBSI Verifiable Credential Playbook, a complete profile to help actors to answer key questions and help them understand how to implement digital exchange of trusted and verifiable information.
This playbook is supported by guidelines, specifications, services and a decentralized network, according to open standards and the new paradigm demanded by citizens and organizations.
Let’s discover together how EBSI can support the European digital landscape.
From the Renaissance to present day; practical experience in the intersection between finance & technology
by Ulrik Linder Jacobsen
Ulrik will present Deloitte’s view on the state of finance and digitalization based on client experience, and provide a perspective on the challenges and areas for improvement in the next wave of digitization. The convergence between finance and the supply chain, underpinned by new technology, can create a space for the most radical innovation within Finance since the Renaissance period.
