Governance in the Digital Age & the Role of Blockchain

Digitization and the rapid advancement of new technologies heavily challenge and change current processes of our daily lives. This ultimately affects the way we interact, make decisions and live together – hence the governance (private & public) of the numerous institutions, platforms and collectives we are a part of.

Blockchain technology offers the opportunity to rethink processes and make them more effective, but at the same time this new technology entails risks and challenges that need to be overcome.
We are addressing the question of how governance and blockchain fit together, which processes it can influence and which hurdles (e.g. legally) still exist.

Interactive meetup:

We visited a lot of meetups in the recent years and we realized, that a lot of them struggle to balance the various interests, expectations and backgrounds of their audiences. That’s why we came up with a new, interactive concept for this meetup.

We will start with four 15-minute fireside presentations by our speakers. Afterwards, you (the audience) can choose the topic/speaker that interests you the most and join one of the deep-dive groups in order to ask specific questions and engage in in-depth discussions. Last but not least we will have a panel with the speakers to recap their deep-dive groups and discuss critical questions.

Further Information:

Please be aware that we are going to film the event for a short promo-video as well as a video of the presentations and the panel discussion. If you do not want to be in the video, please let us know at the beginning of the event.

Special thanks to the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) for providing the venue as well as the Landeshauptstadt München for sponsoring the event. Your support is highly appreciated!

Agenda:

18:30 Welcome drinks and snacks
19:00 15-minute presentations
20:15 Deep-dive groups
20:45 Panel discussion
21:15 Networking and drinks

Speakers:

Markus Kaulartz (Senior associate CMS):
Markus specialises in IT and IT security with focus on the legal challenges arising with the increasing digitalisation. In this context, he advises companies as well as start-ups in the areas of blockchain and smart contracts.
Markus presents the legal challenges and opportunities for decentralized autonomous Organisations.

Max Semenchuk (Community Building at DGov Foundation)
Max is a vivid speaker on a wide variety of topics such as decentralization, DAOs, holacracy, design thinking and UX/UI. As co-founder of 4ireLabs, a blockchain consultancy & dev company in the fintech and supply-chain industry, he has a deep technical understanding of the technology and its applications. Max follows his passion for decentralized governance as community builder for the dgov foundation where he organizes meetups, gives presentations and writes a monthly newsletter.
Max will present the DGov Foundation and how they approach the challenges of governance in the digital age.

Michael Gebert (chairman European Blockchain Association)
Michael is chairman of the European Blockchain Association, chief executive of the CrowdSourcing Association and the German CrowdFunding Network. He serves as an adviser for the EU Commission in the CrowdFunding Stakeholder Group in Brussels and a nominated member of the TAB Begleitkreis „Digitale Arbeit“ for the Deutschen Bundestag.
Michael will talk about the governance model of the European Blockchain Association (EBA)

Julius Schmidt (Co-Founder Staking Facilities GmbH)
Julius is a co-founder of the Munich based start-up Staking Facilities. His company operates infrastructure for a variety of decentralized networks.
With his background in political science, Julius observes and evaluates all governance processes on a blockchain level for Staking Facilities.
Julius will present the role of governance in blockchain and how his company engages in the decision making process.