State of the Blockchain dApps - WANTED: 1/2 Million Female Engineers

This session is particularly interesting for developers and those who want to learn about the latest in decentralized applications.
Everyone is welcome!

Wishing everyone a Happy, Healthy and Productive 2020!

What a perfect time to review the blockchain ecosystem of decentralized applications aka ‘dApps’.

Fauve Altman who leads community at State of the dApps, the eldest Dapp registry out there will speak about how the ecosystem developed over the span of the last 5 years. You will learn about Dapp trends, success stories and the most popular industries.

And the Blockchain Engineers, Kelly Simer Abdelmagid from Blockapps, and Alice Henshaw from Fluidity will share their insights from the forefront of the field. What it takes to be a successful Dapp developer to realize solutions with smart contracts, tokenization and other blockchain related expertise in service of innovative solutions or to integrate blockchain technology with existing platforms and business structures. You will learn about the growing opportunities for blockchain developers i.e. in initiatives such as https://onemilliondevs.com/
Join defining the future and ensure that 1/2 of those million engineers are female!!!

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Space is generously sponsored by:
LAIR EAST

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Speakers:

Fauve Altman, Community Director and Head of Operations at State of the Dapps
linkedin.com/in/fauve-altman

Has been working in the blockchain space for 3 years. Used to work in public affairs and communications with a background in Politics, Arts & Culture.
Fauve is the community director and head of operations at State of the DApps, she’s grown in the company over the years as well as growing in blockchain knowledge. It is a fast paced environment working with new technologies, how has her experience has been and her personal take on DApps. Her background has always been around building communities, online and offline. She’s worked for many years in the arts & culture, to then move to politics, and now new technologies.

Kelly Simer Abdelmagid, Test Engineer
linkedin.com/in/kelly-simer

Kelly is currently a Release Manager and Test Engineer at the Brooklyn company, BlockApps, which provides a Blockchain as a Service platform for large enterprises. Kelly holds a JD from the University of Illinois and a BA in Economics from Arizona State University. Five years ago, she transitioned to a career in software engineering (focusing on QA) after a career in legal and compliance work. She has focused on blockchain-related work for the past two years, and is excited about the evolution of blockchain applications into working solutions. Outside of the blockchain world, Kelly enjoys gardening, traveling, swimming and hanging out with her puppy.

Alice Henshaw, Blockchain Engineer at Fluidity
linkedin.com/in/alice-henshaw-90b298136

Alice is Blockchain Engineer at Fluidity focusing on Smart Contract and a history of working in tokenization and finance.
Previously she was Solidity Engineer for Token Foundry and Digital Engineer at Deloitte Digital where she developed a platform utilising the full-stack on Deloitte’s largest technology project, focussing on load-speed of pages and stress testing. Enabled the client to process nearly £1 billion GBP of orders over the course of Black Friday weekend without any downtime or lag.
Alice mentors startups looking to build out blockchain solutions for their businesses and educates on smart contract development, focussing on gas reduction, on-chain security, and how to evaluate what should be stored on- or off-chain.