Hyperledger Global Forum 2022 to address blockchain interoperability, CBDC, climate change, digital identity, tokenomics and more

Highlights include these key notes:

• The development of Ireland’s Blockchain Ecosystem – Lori KehoeCoinbase and Blockchain Ireland
• ESG with a little help from Indy – Dr. Andreas KindVice President Cybersecurity & Trust, Siemens AG
• The Metaverse Continuum Creates a Defining Moment for Blockchain Leaders – Melanie Cutlanmanaging director, Metaverse Technology Capabilities Lead, Accenture

Additional speakers will include:

• Bob Crozierchief architect, head of Enterprise Architecture, head of Global Blockchain, Allianz Technology
• David Treat Senior Managing Director, Global Metaverse Continuum Business Group & Blockchain Lead, Accenture & Hyperledger Governing Board Chair
• Eli Androulaki, Distinguished Research Scientist, Decentralized Trust Research Strategy and Leader, IBM
• Heather Leigh FlanneryFounder and CEO, Equideum Health
• Juan Jiménez Zaballos, CEO, Alastria
• Rob PalatnickCTO, DTCC
• Shashank RaiChief Technology Officer, United Nations International Data Center (UNICC)
• Yifan HeCEO, Red Date Technology

“There has been an impressive amount of market development, technology development and innovation in the two-plus years since we last held an in-person Hyperledger Global Forum,” said Daniela Barbosa, CEO, Hyperledger Foundation and General Manager Blockchain, Healthcare and Identity at the Linux Foundation. “Our community has been a driving force in advancing blockchain for business and building the open source foundation for an increasingly decentralized world. This year’s event will be more than just an opportunity to reconnect, share successes, bring new ideas to the table and planning the next step. It will also be a celebration of the community’s power to build better together.”

Inclusive agenda, inclusive community

HGF is the largest annual gathering of the Hyperledger community. It draws participants from academia, government, non-profit organizations and start-ups, as well as large technology and end-user companies from around the world. The Hyperledger Foundation aims to create an event that is both valuable and welcoming to all. Some of the key ways the Hyperledger team and community have worked together to give HGF broad appeal and access, in keeping with an “All are welcome” ethos, include:

• Community-Led Program Committee – To ensure a compelling content agenda that aligns with topics important to the community, the Hyperledger Foundation turned the selection process over to a community-led Program Committee.
• Community Fair – A new addition to the “hallway track” of the conference, the Community Fair will be a dedicated space to connect with leaders from across the Hyperledger Special Interest Groups, Working Groups and Regional Chapters. The goal is to make it easier for community members to make valuable connections and find people and resources that align with their interests and needs, regardless of where they are in their blockchain journey.
• Diversity Scholarship – With assistance from DTTC, the Hyperledger Foundation also provides scholarships to 25 students, researchers, independent contributors and public or non-profit employees from as far as Bolivia, El Salvador, India and Sénégal to ensure that they can participate in the HGF.
• Free childcare – To make HGF more accessible to parents of young children, the Hyperledger Foundation will offer free childcare during all three days of the conference.
• Commitment to Health and Safety – To participate in the HGF, participants must show proof of being fully vaccinated or of a negative COVID test taken within 24 hours of presenting the results at the event. In addition, masks will be required inside the conference centre.
• Focus on Community Connections – The Hyperledger Foundation hosts this as an in-person event to facilitate critical community connections. Emphasis will be placed on providing participants with non-stop opportunities for knowledge sharing, collaboration and networking, including a night of celebration in the historic Guinness Storehouse.

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About Hyperledger Global Forum (#HyperledgerForum)

Hyperledger Global Forum is the largest annual gathering of the global Hyperledger community. It’s a unique opportunity for contributors, members, service providers and enterprise end users from around the world to meet, tune, plan and hack together in person. The event is open to anyone involved or interested in using, developing or learning more about Hyperledger’s open source enterprise blockchain technologies. Attendees will hear directly from those actively developing and deploying Hyperledger technologies, as well as technology and business leaders shaping the future of enterprise blockchain. They will also have the chance to speak directly with the Hyperledger Project’s maintainers and technical steering committee, collaborate with other organizations on ideas that will directly affect the future of the Hyperledger Foundation, and promote their work among the local communities.

Event sponsors and partners include Accenture (Diamond and Keynote Translation), Siemens (Platinum), Digital Asset (Gold and Developer Lounge), Zeeve (Gold)AWS (silver), BONbLOC (silver), Corsha (silver)Espeo Blockchain (Bronze), Huawei (Bronze), Kaleido (Bronze), DTTC (Diversity Scholarship), IBM (Birds of a Feather), Black Women Blockchain Council (Community Partner), Blockchain Ireland (Community Partner), Blockchain Research Institute ( Community Partner), Digital Euro Association (Community Partner), Diversity in Blockchain (Community Partner), Global Blockchain Business Council (Community Partner), Trust over IP Foundation (Community Partner), Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (Community Partner), Blocknews ( Media Partner), BeinCrypto (Media Partner), Cointelegraph (Media Partner), CoinSpeaker (Media Partner), Ledger Insights (Media Partner) and Merge by Fintech Nexus (Media Partner).

About the Hyperledger Foundation

The Hyperledger Foundation was founded in 2015 to bring transparency and efficiency to the enterprise market by fostering a thriving ecosystem around open source blockchain software technologies. As a project of the Linux Foundation, the Hyperledger Foundation coordinates a community of member and non-member organizations, individual contributors, and software developers building platforms, libraries, tools, and solutions for multiparty systems using blockchain, distributed ledger, and related technologies. . Organizations join the Hyperledger Foundation to demonstrate technical leadership, collaborate and network with others, and raise awareness of their efforts in the enterprise blockchain community. Members include industry-leading organizations in finance, banking, healthcare, supply chain, manufacturing, technology and more. All Hyperledger code is built publicly and available under the Apache license. To learn more, visit: https://www.hyperledger.org/.

About the Linux Foundation

Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation and its projects are supported by more than 2,950 members. The Linux Foundation is the world’s leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards and data. The Linux Foundation’s projects, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, the Hyperledger Foundation, RISC-V and more, are critical to the world’s infrastructure. The Linux Foundation’s methodology focuses on leveraging best practices and meeting the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models of open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.

Consult:
Emily Fisher
Hyperledger Foundation
[email protected]

SOURCE Hyperledger Foundation