In conjunction with the annual Global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) organized by the UN, Blockstack participates in Paris Digital Week to present to the government, civil society, the private sector, and the academic world their gateway to the #NewInternet.

Presenting our version of #InternetofTrust where the power goes back to the user. They control their data, not the application. Solving the flaws of our current Internet.

This event will host several speakers who will each give talks about their solution on the current and future digital issues revolving the Internet.

Gathering all the curious minds out there to participate in this discussion.
NOTE: There’s a limited spot for this free event. RSVP is mandatory.
Thank you.
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Agenda:
18:30-18:40 - introduction by the host and JC Finidori
18:40-19:00 - Jeremy Rand - Lead Application Engineer, NameCoin
19:00-19:20 - Friedger Müffke - Mobile Dev, Blockstack (in place of Mark Hendrickson)
19:20-19:40 - Diego Delrieu - French Ambassador, Elastos
19:40-20:00 - Antoine Herzog - Co-Founder, IOV
20:00-20:30 - Q/A session and discussion with the audience

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• Jeremy Rand - Namecoin

Jeremy is Namecoin's .bit application specialist, and works on Namecoin codebases relating to TLS, Tor, and SPV lightweight clients, among other projects. Jeremy has a Master’s degree in Computer Science and is a member of the State Sponsored Actors Club.

• Friedger Müffke (replacing Mark Hendrickson) - Blockstack
Friedger works on the mobile experience of Blockstack. He is an open source enthusiast having contributed to many Android projects and co-founded the worldwide developer conference series droidcon. He lives in Europe with his family practicing gender equality.

• Diego Delrieu - Elastos community

After writing his thesis on the use of blockchain in environmental supply chain at Imperial College London in 2017, Diego got involved with the crypto sphere. He was invited by the Elastos Foundation to Thailand where he received a training to become an official ambassador for the project. He works as a partner in a food tech startup while juggling with his activity with the Cyber Republic and the Elastos Foundation.

• Antoine Herzog - IOV

Antoine is an accomplished international entrepreneur, blockchain enthusiast and music composer ; inventor of a Bluetooth patent acquired by Mobiluck in 2003. Over the past 10 years, he developed a number of digital projects. Before IOV, he ran a company called Pixicause, that helped nonprofit organizations to raise awareness and contributions.