Shenzhen Workshop on Blockchain Technology 2-4 Jan 2018: Arifa Khan &Eddy Travia

2-4 January 2018

Enlightening, Thought-Provoking, Inspirational

What will you do this new year to boost your skills and wealth-creation ability ?

Learn about Blockchain Technology and the Crypto economy of course!

So you reckon Blockchain is Big!

You have attended plenty conferences, seminars and meetups on Blockchain to pull off a conversation on Distributed Ledgers, Consensus, Trust-less mechanism, Proof of Work, Proof of stake etc..

You know all about how Blockchain is revolutionising the thinking of Bankers across the globe. You know the billions of dollars already chasing the Blockchain ICOs. But, you are not sure how to make sense of this economy or better still play to win. You have had enough of theory, and now you want practical knowledge to get started.

You have come to the right place! Token Storm is committed to excellence in knowledge-sharing, training, networking and building the eco-system of next generation wealth-creators around the globe!

We have recognised Blockchain as the next big thing that will create the most value of the next decade and chosen Blockchain as one of our focus areas for training in Europe & Asia.

Blockchain 101 - A Technical Workshop for Corporate Finance professionals, investors, Banks.

We have invited the most talented international Blockchain experts to give practical training. Arifa Khan & Eddy Travia, London based blockchain experts who have both spoken at dozens of international blockchain conferences. 

Registration Link to come

Time : 9:00am to 2:00pm 2 January 2016

Venue: Shenzhen , China (TBC)Nanshan

Register for Session 2 - 3 January 2018 - 9:00am to 2:00pm

Register for Session 3 - 4 January 2018 - 9:00am to 2:00pm

Workshop prices from RMB3000 onwards. 

Topics Covered -

What is blockchain technology?

What is Ethereum and how is it different from other Blockchain solutions.
Smart contracts

What are cryptocurrencies

What is an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)?

Analysis of the most successful ICOs

Real-life applications : which problems were actually solved by applying Blockchain Technology

Scalability issues

Demo of several real-life Ethereum-based projects

Overview of Distributed Ledger Tehhnologies : To begin with, see definition of Smart Contract here (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-smart-contract-james-carlyle?trk=prof-post) :

Workshop Guest Speaker, 

Ms Arifa Khan, Founder Himalaya Labs, Capital Coin

Arifa Khan is Ethereum India Partner.

Arifa's latest project is setting up a Decentralised Capital Markets Platform for Initial Public Offerings through a tokenised platform for securities. She will be leading the Capital Coin ICO in early 2018 as CEO and Founder. Arifa is Member WhartonUK Club Committee, Founder Europe-India Conclave Series, speaker at ICBI's "Payments International 2015" and an acclaimed painter. Arifa has spoken at several international blockchain conferences alongside Vitalik Buterin. She was a speaker at several international blockchain conferences in 2017 in Macau, China, Ethereum India Summit featuring Vitalik Buterin, Davos (D10e), Istanbul (ICO Summit), Bengaluru Tech Summit, Kiev (Blockchain UA) etc.

She is a London based Blockchain & Fintech expert, a seasoned Banking & finance, strategy and operations executive, with over 15 years experience in Investment banking, Leveraged Finance/ Financial Sponsors Coverage/ Debt Products & Credit. She has worked with two suisse banks Credit Suisse & UBS, which honed her ability in deal origination, analysing strategic growth maps of companies, leading teams for impeccable execution. She has deep sector expertise in Banking & Financial services & Fintech, operational insights, the business acumen to forge big strategic partnerships. She currently advises Government of India on infrastructure financing. Arifa has an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, USA. She is also mathematically gifted, and has a B.Tech from IIT Madras. She is a Blockchain evangelist. Her profile features in Femtech Leaders.

Arifa is also the architect of Europe India Conclave and Token Storm Global Tour. She writes a popular series chronicling her Blockchain World Tour on medium.com "Tales of a crypto nomad". ( http://www.femtechleaders.com/europe/arifa-khan/ ) Here is what Londoners say: ( http://www.haggerston-times.com/fintech-start-up-storm-discusses-online-payments-asks-if-banks-are-losing-ground-in-the-battle-for-financial-services/ )

Workshop Guest Speaker Mr Eddy Travia, CEO Coinsilium

Eddy Travia is a pioneer investor in blockchain technologies and the co-founder & CEO of Coinsilium, the first London-quoted blockchain investment firm. In 2013, following nine years as a private equity fund manager in Greater China, Eddy co-founded Seedcoin, the world’s first global incubator of digital currency startups, and was recognized a year later as one of the ‘Top 3 Most Influential Investors’ in Blockchain along with Marc Andreessen and Roger Ver at the Blockchain Awards 2014 in Amsterdam. Eddy has led investments in more than 16 cutting-edge blockchain startups world-wide including Factom, RSK Labs, Magnr and SatoshiPay. He is also the co-founder of Block Chain Space, the first blockchain startup accelerator in Europe which launched in February 2016 in Barcelona.

Which companies should sponsor this workshop?

Any company that wants to attract top notch developer talent

Any company that supports the Blockchain eco-system

Any company that wants to adopt the latest and cutting-edge technology & innovation

Any company that wants to get exposure in European and Indian fintech ecosystem through Fintech Storm's vast networks

A company that wants a platform for dialog with the community of smart contract developers, founders

Who Should Attend this workshop?

Anyone who is interested to learn more about :

The applications of Blockchain and the latest advances in distributed ledger technologies

How can distributed ledgers solve real word problems

Technical challenges in coding

How the applications exist and operate in the real-world

The impact of these applications upon businesses and professions

Typical attendee profile•

Founders & Entrepreneurs•

Bitcoin & Blockchain companies that want to showcase at this event•

Developers•

Startups looking to hire Blockchain talent•

Academic Researchers•

IT professionals and Companies•

Strategy Consultants•

Accountants•

Legal Professionals•

Financial Professionals, IFA’s•

Insurance Professionals•

Brokers, Financial Market Participants •

Journalists We are committed to creating and connecting the Blockchain Inventor Community in Europe.

Here are some images of our recent workshops in London.

Enjoy!Come join the Blockchain Revolution !

Coming Soon!

-------------------------World Blockchain Showcase Dates --------------------------

8 Jan Seoul

9 Jan Shenzhen

10 Jan Shanghai

12 Jan Tokyo

16 Jan Mumbai

22 Jan Davos, Switzerland

31 Jan, London

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