September Ethereum London Meetup at Imperial College

WELCOME!

We're the original and largest Ethereum meetup in the world, having operated since January 2014.

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SPONSORS

This meetup is made possible thanks to our sponsors: eToro (https://www.etoro.com/), the Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering at Imperial College (http://www.imperial.ac.uk/cryptocurrency), CryptoCompare.com (https://www.cryptocompare.com/), The Blockchain Connector (https://www.theblockchainconnector.com/) and Slock.it (https://slock.it/)

SPEAKER LINE UP

We're back with a new format following your feedback: three speakers, no self-promotion allowed, technology focused talks all in the space of just 2 hours. The meetup will be filmed (but not livestreamed) and all videos will be released onStephan Tual's Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/ursium) roughly 3 weeks after the event.

(NOTE WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THE LINE UP PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS BUT THE SPEAKERS ARE CONFIRMED)

Nick Johnson - Ethereum ENS (https://ens.domains)

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Nick Johnson is a core developer on Go Ethereum, and project lead for the Ethereum Name Service. In his spare time, he dives, cycles, and produces Ethereum gift cards.

Nick graciously offered to present a deep-dive in the Ethereum ENS, complete with brand new, never seen before slides.

Mathias Grønnebæk - Braveno (https://braveno.com/)

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The future financial system will grant everybody direct access to financial infrastructure more advanced than the legacy system only banks, and brokers could previously interact with. Braveno is a UK based exchange focused on accelerating the advent of an open financial system.

During this talk, Mathias will talk about the architecture of a new financial system of direct access, where banks are merely one of many service providers, and a new class of gatekeepers, exchanges, are competing to become the AWS of financial infrastructure.

Matthew Hodgson - Matrix.org (https://matrix.org/)

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Matthew Hodgson is technical co-founder of Matrix.org, and spends his life supporting the Matrix community and helping build the Riot.im flagship Matrix clients.

In this talk, Matthew will talk about Exploring decentralised communication with matrix.org. He will introduce the Matrix.org open standard for decentralised communication, where messages, VoIP and other real-time data are stored in Merkle DAGs replicated over all participating servers, giving users full ownership and control over their comms. Matrix is closely related to blockchain, but optimised for low latency communication and persisting conversation history, rather than providing strong transactional guarantees. He'll explain Matrix's APIs and state-of-the-art decentralised end-to-end encryption, and demo some of the latest clients, including recent experiments in using Matrix to power communication in VR!

SCHEDULE

18:25: Queue downstairs opens in two lines: RSVPs and waiting list. At 18:45 we'll start letting the RSVPs in and after that, the waiting list members will be allowed in on a first come first serve basis. If you are confirmed make sure you make it to the event before 18:45, this way you are guaranteed entry.

Note: Everyone is required to stay outside the lecture room until hushered in by our intrepid volunteers - no exception. If you suffer from a disability please let our staff know in advance so we can take the appropriate measures to host you.

19:00: Introductions (5m)

19:05: A word from our sponsor (5m)

19:10: Speaker 1 (30m)

19:40: Break/Networking (10m)

19:50: Speaker 2 (30m)

20:20: Break/Networking (10m)

20:30: Speaker 3 (30m)

21:00: To the Pub.

Note: Pub is The Queens Arms, (https://goo.gl/maps/xPUb5jT4kmv) 30 Queen's Gate Mews, Kensington, London SW7 5QL, UK

VENUE

The meetup will place at the Clore Lecture Theatre, Huxley Building, 180 Queens Gate, SW7 2RH

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IMPORTANT NOTES

THE APPEARANCE OF PROJECTS AND PRESENTATIONS AT THE LONDON ETHEREUM / WEB 3 MEETUP DOES NOT REPRESENT AN ENDORSEMENT FROM ANY OF OUR MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS, PARTNERS OR SPONSORS. NOTHING PRESENTED AT THE MEETUP CONSTITUTE INVESTMENT ADVICE IN ANY FORM.
Note that we operate a strict zero tolerance policy (https://www.meetup.com/ethereum/pages/23945653/Non-Discrimination_-_Anti-Harassment_Policy_Policy/) toward any form of harassment during ETHLDN events, treat all incidents seriously and promptly investigate all allegations of harassment and take the necessary action. RSVPs do not guarantee entry and known bad actors will be asked to leave.

Finally, note that this meetup is not related to any organization, foundation, company or product. We are 100% privately-run and stay committed to promoting a community that's entirely blockchain and technology agnostic.

We are always looking for both speakers and sponsors - Ping us if you'd like to participate or help!

THIS MONTH SPONSORS

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