What's up with the Azure Blockchain?

We are very happy to announce our next meetup:

This time, the evening will be all about building innovative applications on the Azure Cloud using Blockchain Technology.

AGENDA

• 18:10 Who we are and what we do (Manuel & Stefano)

• 18:15 Talk 1: Blockchain Adoption in the Enterprise & the Azure Blockchain Offering (Stefano Tempesta)

In this session we dive into the current state of affairs on Blockchain technology adoption in the enterprise. We take a look at the opportunities and challenges that come with Blockchain technology and catch a glimpse into the area of Azure Confidential Computing.

Speaker: Stefano Tempesta
Stefano is a Speaker, blogger, author, event organizer and technology ambassador of beautiful software...

His interests extend to Blockchain, Microservice architectures and A.I.-related technologies. He is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP for AI and Business Applications. He is a passionate traveler, a poor musician, and an avid learner of new technologies and (programming) languages.

You can find him at:
http://tempesta.space
https://twitter.com/stefanotempesta

• 19:00 Snacks and Drinks

• 19:30 Talk 2: The Azure Blockchain Workbench (Michele Tedesco & Henri Dethier, both Microsoft)

In Blockchain we trust - Blockchain will disrupt every industry soon. We believe it will act as a force multiplier for enabling smart economy and trust as a foundational layer for society. We'll briefly present some industry scenarios where we see a fit for Blockchain and we'll pick one of those scenarios to demo how App Builder on Azure makes deploying Blockchain and Smart Contracts very easy.

Speaker: Michele Tedesco
Michele is a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) for modern applications – He likes to learn and share his knowledge by asking tricky questions to further open the perspective for the market of the future, supported by DLTs.

You can find him at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedescomicchi/
https://twitter.com/tedescomicchi

Speaker: Henri Dethier
Henri is an Azure Cloud specialist for Applications & Infrastructure. From the transformative business scenarios to the technical development, he wants to drive the architecture of distributed applications in combination with other cloud services (Microservices, Serverless and IOT).

You can find him at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/henri-dethier-550b65138

Ca. 21:00 end.

The event is free of charge and held in English.

Please reserve a seat and cancel if you cannot make it. Thank you!

This event is sponsored by our sponsor Digicomp AG (https://www.digicomp.ch/) Thanks a lot for supporting the Swiss Azure Community!