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May 9, 2019

The second edition of Blockchain North, the full day conference for those who want to know more about blockchain and its amazing opportunities, will take place on May 9th. 


Register before 31th March to receive your early bird discount.


Read more at: http://www.blockchainnorth.se


Welcome!
 
Comfirmed speaker 
Sofie Blakstad

Sofie Blakstad is one of the top 100 Women in Fintech, Fintech Advisor to UN, G20 and Edinburgh Futures Institute and author of the book Fintech Revolution.

Sofie is the founder and CEO of Hiveonline, offering microfinance opportunities in developing countries based on the blockchain, making the future a fairer place for the smallest businesses everywhere. 

Sofie will talk about the journey with their financial inclusion product.
 
Comfirmed speaker:
Comfirmed speaker 
Peter Altmann

Peter Altmann is a Senior Researcher in Digital Innovation at Research Institutes of Sweden where he investigates how blockchain's technological potential links to economic value.

Peter argues that there is significant confusion surrounding what blockchains are and what they can be used for.

In his talk, Peter presents insights and tools that aid in linking real-world problems with blockchain solutions.
 
Comfirmed speaker 
Lotta Lundin

Lotta Lundin is the Co-Founder and CEO of iGrant.io.

After 20+ years at Ericsson, Lotta and Co-Founder Lal Chandran decided that it was time to take the technology and business learnings from the highly regulated telecom industry and put it to use in a wider scene. 

With iGrant.io, Lotta and team empower people to take control of their data and help organisations be transparent about how they are using it. 
 
Comfirmed speaker:
Comfirmed speaker 
Olov Schelén

Olov Schelén is an Associate Professor at Luleå University of Technology and the CEO at Xarepo AB.

Olov has a long background from academia and industry in R&D on mobile systems and distributed systems providing scalability, high availability and durability for computation and data. Blockchain concepts and technologies are part of his teaching and research, in cooperation with industry.

Olov Schelén will talk about Blockchain and energy efficiency.

 
Visit a data center

"Boden Type DC One" is trying to become the world's most energy-efficient data center.
This newly opened facility is pushing the limits on how energy and cost-effective data centers can become.

Blockchain North participants are welcome to a guided tour of the building, before the Blockchain North conference starts. There are 50 places for the study visit and it is on a first come first served basis. 
 
Comfirmed speaker:
Watch the video
See this years Blockchain North video here

3 reasons to attend the conference 

1. You want to know more about what blockchains can be used for and how it will change the future
 
2. You want to meet and exchange experiences with other professionals

3. You want to know more about datacenters and visit one 

 
Arctic Chain Hackathon

If you have what it takes, make sure not to miss the Arctic Chain Hackathon!

On May 7-9, the second
edition of Arctic Chain Hackathon
is arranged at Boden Business Park.
It will be challenging days in the name of the blockchain technology.

We now invite creative minds to challenge the development of the technology. 

Read more at:
http://arcticchainhackathon.com/en
Comfirmed speaker:
Blockchain North
When & Where
When
08:45 – 10:15 Datacenter visits (limited availability)
11:00 – 17:45 Conference 
17:45 -  Networking Dinner

Where
Boden Business Park 


Admission
1195 SEK  (excl. VAT)
Early bird fee until March 31: 995 SEK 

Read more at: 
http://www.blockchainnorth.se