Blockchain technology and internet governance – Edu 3 2017
6 June 2017 | 17:00 - 18:30 | Room Tartu, Swissotel, Tallinn, Estonia | |
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Come and learn what blockchain technology is and what it could mean to the future of the Internet and its governance! This educational session is meant to give a fun, interactive and informative introduction to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Some of the exciting yet largely misunderstood aspects of blockchain technology is smart contracts and decentralised apps (DApps). This interactive learning experience will get you enlightened and have you start thinking of how this rapidly growing technology may impact day-to-day online activities from social media networking to e-health and from online payments to e-banking.
Keywords
BlockchainEurodig17, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Smart Contracts, Cryptocurrencies
Session description
This will be a general educational session to introduce the basics of blockchain technology, its evolution, current and potential uses as well as challenges. The aim is to equip attendees with enough knowledge about the subject matter to investigate and explore further in their own pace. The link between internet governance will then be concluded by giving examples of scenarios where Internet services are impacted by blockchain technology whether in terms of online services provided or the very way data is stored or verified online. Additionally, the session will open the door for discussion and critical assessment of the notion that blockchain technology is the next natural evolution of the Internet. The moderator will not have a normative view and will encourage participants to provide their own thoughts and positions on this suggestion. The spirit of the session will be educational in the sense that people will get to learn how the blockchain technology is being advocated for and suggested by some to be a new stage in Internet evolution and requires embrace by the internet governance community as well as present arguments against this assumption.
Format
The session will be mostly interactive with the first part laying out the foundations of discussion and the second part would be an interactive and engaging role playing session where participants would take turn in groups to act as nodes in the blockchain network. Instead of a pure presentation style, the segment would include props and role playing so that to illustrate in a fun and engaging way what blockchain is and how it could contribute to the Internet's future. Throughout the interactive segments, there will be an opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussions openly and freely.
Further reading
Blockchain technologies - Future Internet technologies
A Second Internet, Coming Soon, Courtesy of the Blockchain
Blockchain, the next Internet?
How the blockchain is changing money and business - Don Tapscott
People
- Focal Point: Walid Al-Saqaf
- Subject Matter Expert (SME): Frederick Donck (ISOC)
- Moderator: Walid Al-Saqaf
- Remote Moderator: Michael Oghia
- Organising Team (Org Team):
- Reporter: Nadira Alaraj
Current discussion, conference calls, schedules and minutes
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Contact
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Video record
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Transcript
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Messages
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