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DESCRIPTION:Blockchain technology has evolved rapidly over the past decade\
 , from the launch of Bitcoin in 2009 to the emergence of programmable bloc
 kchains like Ethereum. This keynote speech will provide an overview of the
  global development trends in blockchain technology. It will cover the evo
 lution from Blockchain 1.0 focused on cryptocurrencies to Blockchain 2.0 e
 nabling smart contracts and decentralized applications. Architectures like
  directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) have also emerged to address scalability a
 nd other limitations.\n\nThe speech will highlight major public blockchain
  infrastructure projects and applications like decentralized finance (DeFi
 )\, non-fungible tokens (NFTs)\, decentralized metaverses\, and blockchain
  games. It will also discuss enterprise blockchain adoption with use cases
 \, Blockchain-as-a-Service offerings\, and alliances like the Enterprise E
 thereum Alliance. Government initiatives around blockchain will be covered
 \, including the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI) and ce
 ntral bank digital currency (CBDC) projects.\n\nCo-sponsored by: Riga Tech
 nical University\, RTU Institute of Information Technology and RTU Institu
 te of Microwave Engineering and Electronics\;\n\nSpeaker(s): Asoc. Prof. A
 lex Norta \, \n\nAgenda: \n6th October\, Paula Valdena street 5\, Riga\n\n
 9:00 - 2 Keynote speeches\nProf. Mike Hinchey (UK) - Is There Anything Tha
 t Isn’t Software?\n\nAsoc. Prof. Alex Norta (Estonia) - Global Developme
 nt Trends of Blockchain Technology\n10:30 - Coffee break & Special PhD pos
 ter session\n11:00 - MTTW Workshop sessions (online) / ITMS conference ses
 sions (in person)\n13:30 – Lunch Break\n14:30 - MTTW Workshop sessions (
 online) / ITMS conference sessions (in person)\n17:00 - Closing and Awardi
 ng Ceremony\n\nBldg: 5\, Paula Valdena iela\, Riga\, Latvia\, Latvia
LOCATION:Bldg: 5\, Paula Valdena iela\, Riga\, Latvia\, Latvia
ORGANIZER:anna.litvinenko@rtu.lv
SEQUENCE:14
SUMMARY:Keynote Speech Senior Researcher and Entrepreneur Alex Norta (Talli
 nn University) - Global Development Trends of Blockchain Technology
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/373038
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>&nbsp\;Blockchain technology has evolved r
 apidly over the past decade\, from the launch of Bitcoin in 2009 to the em
 ergence of programmable blockchains like Ethereum. This keynote speech wil
 l provide an overview of the global development trends in blockchain techn
 ology. It will cover the evolution from Blockchain 1.0 focused on cryptocu
 rrencies to Blockchain 2.0 enabling smart contracts and decentralized appl
 ications. Architectures like directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) have also emer
 ged to address scalability and other limitations.</p>\n<p>The speech will 
 highlight major public blockchain infrastructure projects and applications
  like decentralized finance (DeFi)\, non-fungible tokens (NFTs)\, decentra
 lized metaverses\, and blockchain games. It will also discuss enterprise b
 lockchain adoption with use cases\, Blockchain-as-a-Service offerings\, an
 d alliances like the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. Government initiatives 
 around blockchain will be covered\, including the European Blockchain Serv
 ices Infrastructure (EBSI) and central bank digital currency (CBDC) projec
 ts.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>6th October\, Paula Valdena street 5\,
  Riga</p>\n<p>9:00 - 2 Keynote speeches<br />Prof. Mike Hinchey (UK) - &nb
 sp\;Is There Anything That Isn&rsquo\;t Software?</p>\n<p>Asoc. Prof. Alex
  Norta (Estonia) - Global Development Trends of Blockchain Technology<br /
 >10:30 - Coffee break &nbsp\;&amp\; Special PhD poster session<br />11:00 
 - &nbsp\;MTTW Workshop sessions (online) &nbsp\;/ ITMS conference sessions
  (in person)<br />13:30 &ndash\; Lunch Break<br />14:30 - MTTW Workshop se
 ssions (online) / ITMS conference sessions (in person)<br />17:00 - Closin
 g and Awarding Ceremony&nbsp\;</p>
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