October Virtual EEA Meetup

Another great line up for our October Virtual EEA Meetup, we can't wait to see you there!

Schedule

5pm BST - Intro and welcome from Conor Svensson

Nick Kritikos - Global Business Development - ConsenSys

Title: Baseline Protocol Progress, Adoption, and the Bridge to DeFi?

Speaker Bio

Nick Kritikos leads Global Business Development for ConsenSys having recently joined the private venture production studio from Microsoft where he led the US Microsoft Technology Centers as National Director since 2014. During his tenure the MTCs tripled their revenue and customer impact while expanding engagement responsibilities and improving execution quality. Prior to joining Microsoft, Nick spent 18 years at Oracle, where he rose from business development and field sales roles to Vice President of Worldwide Alliances and Channels.

5.45pm BST - Breakout Rooms - your chance to network!

6.15pm BST - Ravi Srinivasan - Social Impact Coalition

Title: Social Movements Take Control

How do create better stakeholder-driven governance, with consistent, effective and resilience in community management? There is a renewed focus on citizen and stakeholder governance, along with developing infrastructure for local community resilience, inclusion and public health. Several of these topics were covered in the 2020 Blockchain for Social Impact conference.

Projects from numerous institutions - ranging from the City of Austin to the World Bank and UNICEF are showcasing various frameworks - including the use of distributed ledgers, blockchain identities and - for solving intractable social challenges.

Specific projects such as the MyPass program of the City of Austin, as well as exploratory ideas we are looking at - through the use of NFTs, bounties or otherwise, are pushing the boundaries of what's possible in this space. We will be exploring new, related ideas in the 2021 Blockchain for Social Impact Ideation and Incubator effort.

Speaker Bio

Ravi is a global technology executive and has over 25 years of professional experience in enterprise technology, business process services and consulting. He is currently a consultant and advisor in enterprise cloud, digital transformation, blockchain governance applications. In addition to his work with BSIC since 2018, he is a technology advisor to the Governance Group AS, focused on CSR initiatives globally. He is a co-founder and current treasurer of Stanford Startups New York, an alumni club focused on building the Stanford-alum startup and entrepreneur community in New York. He is also on the Advisory Board of Konexio, a social nonprofit in digital skills training for migrants. In his prior professional career, Ravi´s background included cofounding OfficeTiger (sold to RR Donnelley in 2007 for 250mm) and Pride BPO – among the earliest business process outsourcing organizations with large offshore operations. He also program-managed a multi-year business transformation effort at Bridgewater Associates. He holds a MS from Stanford and a BSE from Princeton.

6.45pm - Q+A