Blockchain liberating the energy market?

18:30hrs : Meetup in K-space - gathering

19:00hrs : Introduction: What kind of proofs are we going to store on a blockchain to liberate consumers from centralized parties. Henk van Cann will present the fundamentals of public blockchains in the field of energy supply to - and energy generation by consumers.

There can't be a meetup on what the energy market can do with blockchain without mentioning what blockchain does to energy. The bitcoin is said to be very unsustainable because of the proof of work consensus mechanism. Henk gives an outlook into the future of energy consumption for Decentralized Consensus.

19:30u Seb Walhain is an early bitcoin adaptor. In a recent television performance Dec 4th at Nieuwsuur Seb irritated a well known economist / journalist / no-coiner Matthijs Bouman with his calm and to the point reasoning about the impact of bitcoin. Let's see whether Walhain is able to motivate you to rethink your convictions.

Seb discusses peer-to-peer (solar) energy trading in theory and in practice. His thesis will be that it is only doable with a handy optimization of a Tesla Powerwall together with a Google Nest. And still you will be dependent on third party validated meters!
The biggest problem, of course, is that you can deliver back to the grid on terms and conditions, but these centralized parties will never allow you to deliver back through their grid to your neighbors....

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BIO
Seb travelled the world for many years before returning to The Netherlands to work and teach and the University of Amsterdam. From there he went on to work for the energy company Nuon to trade and develop carbon reduction projects and renewable energy products before becoming the managing director for trading energy, carbon and commodities in the dealing room of ABN AMRO. More recently he's gotten a new Master in Digital Currency degree in Cyprus and his latest company is called Woke Hodlidays, for the connected but borderless antifragile traveller.

20:15 break

20:30 Jasper Kol about Connect020 : how the use of blockchains could liberate the local energy market.
About Connect 020: Connect 020 is a collaboration between four companies and the Amsterdam government:
· software company;
· energy (big) data company;
· network company;
· and marketing/sales company

Together it forms a complementary team with the purpose to create self sufficient houses on energy. Connect 020 just executed Phase 1 successfully: test the concept in real life. And is now preparing Phase 2: to expand the concept and discovering Blockchain technology to implement into Connect 020; what are the concrete possibilities!?

BIO
Jasper is a passionate entrepreneur living in Amsterdam and has a lot experience in process and cultural behaviour change. Who has the ambition to change the world with Connect 020; the worldwide energy transition!

21:00u Break

21:15u Hugo Schönbeck of Energy coin (2014, counterparty - bitcoin - fork; so no ICO!!) explains how a recent crowdfunding initiative in the earthquake region of Groningen liberates the local energy demand.

Energycoin Foundation offers its proof of stake blockchain platform Ecologica to sustainable projects and organisations.

BIO
Long standing experience in energy strategy development, working extensively with the technical and behavioral aspects of energy conservation, and the interaction between the two aspects.

He is Fellow of the DHO, member of Social Venture Network and co-founder of a think-tank of entrepreneurs, government officials and environmental consultants and scientists on climate change solutions.

Hugo is currently Director GPX Energiebank: 'Who delivers which energy to whom' and as Trustee Energycoin Foundation now adding the time aspect: 'Who delivers which energy to whom at what moment'.

21:45 End

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