The Rise of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies, Media Use Cases and Last Trends

Venue:

http://gsacademy.tokyo/

Agenda

• Blockchain Definition
• The game changing impact of blockchain on Media ( Decentralization, Monetization, Independence...)
• Last trends about cryptocurrencies ( Bitcoin, Altcoins, ICOs...)
• Demystification of blockchain
• Perspectives and visions in different areas ( Regulation, FinTech, Media...)

Introduction of Business in Japan ( 5-10 min )

Alexandre Tabbakh Keynote - CEO of PUBLIQ

( 15min )
Reshaping the Media industry

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The Media environment is currently shaped on the one hand by centralized institutions censoring a high portion of the contents and on the other hand by a massive flow of low quality user generated content. A dangerous over centralization subsists on a market where unfair remunerations and poor customer experience are constantly on the rise

Alexandre is a Fintech and Blockchain expert with in-depth knowledge of derivatives from his experiences at Société Générale and JP Morgan across Paris, Luxembourg and Hong Kong. Alexandre is passionate about new technologies, particularly in Blockchain and AI. He has been working with several Fintech startups where he was in charge of building Blockchain based workflows and Proof-of-Concepts. His passion has grown into a drive to change many aspects of our global social, financial and media ecosystems to be more efficient, transparent, and secure. Alexandre is currently CEO of PUBLIQ, a non profit foundation that pushes authors at the center of the publishing and digital media industry by offering them an efficient and reliable ecosystem to interact and thrive in. Alexandre graduated from ISC Paris Business School, Russian University of Economics in Moscow, and INSEAD.

PUBLIQ (http://publiq.network/) is a blockchain-powered non profit foundation that places authors at the center of the publishing and digital media industry by offering them an efficient and reliable ecosystem to interact and thrive in. Authors have access to a free, secure and censorship resistant platform where they can upload their writings, protect them adequately within the latest blockchain architecture and have them thereafter safely distributed. Intermediaries or traditional publishing house’s control, who used to dominate the author in his or her work, are removed from the chain of creation and distribution. PUBLIQ’s instant rewarding process encourages and incentivizes authors to share their talents with the world. Rewards are hence assigned to authors depending of their reputation exclusively shaped from the readers’ views and feedback. This unique evaluation system is allowing authors to be more fairly rewarded, as well as praised or celebrated for their good work.

PUBLIQ
http://publiq.network/

Matej Michalko keynote , founder & CEO of DECENT

( 15 min )

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Matej’s interest in online privacy and Blockchain was first sparked while he was studying for Computer Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne where he also completed a project on implementing privacy protection for mobile devices at Nokia Research Center. Since 2011, he has been extensively involved with Bitcoin – first by mining at his laptop and later switching to GPUs and ASICs. He has served as the CEO of many Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency conferences in Austria, China, Belgium, UK (BitcoinExpo, Central European Bitcoin Expo, BTC2B Congress) and more. Matej founded the first Bitcoin Marketing agency in the world. He also founded the first Cryptocurrency e-Gaming Consulting Firm and served as a consultant in the Isle of Man. Matej is a regular speaker at major conferences about the immense potential and vertical integration of Blockchain Technologies into various industries. He now serves as CEO of DECENT and is on the mission to lead the redefinition of the internet enabled by DECENT Blockchain Network. About DECENT:

DECENT (https://decent.ch/en/) is a Decentralized Content Distribution Network that is Open-Source and utilizes Blockchain to ensure Trust and Security. DECENT vision is to create a fully integrated & trustworthy worldwide system of digital content distribution in which the communication flow is secured and timestamped by the blockchain mechanism. DECENT aims to become a liaison between varios industries by bridging the gap between the emerging blockchain ecosystem.

For further details on DECENT, please visit the following:

Website: decent.ch (https://decent.ch/en/)
LinkedIn: #DECENT (https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/10034924/)
Twitter: @DECENTplatform (https://twitter.com/DECENTplatform)

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DECENT in the Press:

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Q&A Session ( 30 min )

Networking 1( 5-30 min)