BlockW & ICS - Blockchain & New Media -28th October 12pm-1.30pm

Join BlockW and ICS for "Blockchain and New Media" on 28th October which will feature presentations and discussion on the subject of decentralised approaches to new media and broadcasting.

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀:

𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝙒𝙖𝙣𝙜, 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩. 𝘿𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖.
Introduces a blockchain-based eCommerce marketing service with an originality provenance solution for cross-border social influencers live-streaming product demos on AliExpress and other international eCommerce platforms.

Chris Wang, MBA, Durham University Business School. Director, Global Delivery Center, Neusoft Cloud Technology, Dalian, China. Expert, WG6 Use cases, ISO TC307 Blockchain and DLT technologies. Secretary/Editor, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC40 (IT Service Management and IT Governance) Working Group 3 (IT Enabled Business Process Outsourcing). Liaison, SC40 to JTC1/TC307 Blockchain and DLT technologies

𝙎𝙚𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙖𝙣 𝙫𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙨, 𝘼𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙢, 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨.
Introduces WordProof. The €1,000,000 EU award-winning 'fake news buster'. A plug-in for WordPress and other popular content and commerce platforms that helps people, search engines, and social media to verify your content!

Sebastiaan van der Lans has a big heart for open source. In 2006 he co-founded Amsterdam’s first WordPress agency Van Ons, which is a leading digital agency now, serving over 100M page views a year. In 2019, Sebastiaan founded WordProof, the winner of Europe’s Blockchains for Social Good contest 2020. Sebastiaan has a strong passion for improving the playing fields of publishing, SEO, and e-commerce. Solutions by his teams are actively being used by over 100.000 organizations. Let’s fix the broken web, together!

𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩, 𝙄𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙚.
John Scott, choreographer and artistic director with Irish Modern Dance Theatre. Commissioner of streamed video performances and artistic director of live-stream dance festivals - with an eye on new audience development.

John Scott, Dublin born, apprenticed and danced with Dublin City Ballet. His company, Irish Modern Dance Theatre, has performed throughout Ireland and internationally. John is also one of the subjects of Sadlers Wells’ 52 Portraits with Jonathan Burrows, Matteo Fargin and Hugo Glendinning. He is founder of ‘Dancer from the Dance’ festival of Irish choreography in New York and Dublin. Photo: Dara Mac Donaill.

𝙈𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧: 𝙁𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙮, 𝘾𝙀𝙊 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤-𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝙊𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨.
EU Innovation and Standards Award-winner 2020. Expert member of ISO TC307, IEEE, CEN-LEC and UNCEFACT blockchain working groups. Block W Steering Committee member.

𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨:
Webinar start: 12pm
Webinar end: 1.30pm

Please note that our webinars are run on the Zoom platform. Register in advance via ICS: https://bit.ly/3jfokur