BLOCKCHAINS AS A COMPONENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION INTERNET
Event Information
Description
Blockchains are best known as the technological underpinning for the Bitcoin cryptocurrency highlighted for its potential to revolutionise the financial world. For example, a World Economic Forum survey in 2015 found that those polled believe that there will be a tipping point for the government use of blockchain by 2023 and Santander have predicted savings of up to $20 billion by 2022.
The reach of blockchain technology, however, will go far beyond the financial sector, with pilots and deployed systems already emerging in a wide variety of sectors including: logistics, luxury goods, the Internet of Things, energy, music, education, land registry, social networks, human resources and insurance.
In this webinar, Prof John Domingue, from the Open University, will first cover the basic principles and components underlying blockchains, including the use of cryptographic signatures, consensus mechanisms and smart contracts and then explore the current and future potential for this technology to impact and shape the Next Generation Internet.
The webcast is open to 300 users.
Organiser NGI Initiative
Organiser of BLOCKCHAINS AS A COMPONENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION INTERNET
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, launched by the European Commission in the autumn of 2016, aims to shape the future internet as an interoperable platform ecosystem that embodies the values that Europe holds dear: openness, inclusivity, transparency, privacy, cooperation, and protection of data. The NGI will drive this technological revolution and ensure the progressive adoption of advanced concepts and methodologies spanning the domains of artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, interactive technologies and more, while contributing to making the future internet more human-centric.
The Next Generation Internet Outreach Office (NGIO) coordinates communication, dissemination and marketing activities for the NGI initiative across Europe and beyond. It voices the NGI community and promotes its work to maximise its impact.
Established in January 2019, the NGI Outreach Office brings together the work done by past and present NGI projects under one umbrella. We help NGI projects collaborate and provide a single contact point for those wishing to join and get involved with the Next Generation Internet initiative.
