Blockchain & Sustainability: Event List
For a long time a lot of attention has been around the financial aspects and short term profit making of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies. As the first wave of the cryptocurrency hype is coming to an end, a variety of fields where the underlying Blockchain technology and similar distributed ledger technologies may be very useful, is being recognized by a general public. Among others these technologies show a lot of potential to help us make the world a more sustainable place (read more here).
Sustainable development incorporates multiple sectors like supply chains, government, energy and many more. Institutions, NGOs and other communities active in promoting UN Sustainability Goals have started to recognize blockchain as a solution. Many conferences have been organized in 2018 and the list of activities is growing exponentially it seems. Here a selection of past and upcoming conferences dedicated to topics on blockchain and sustainability:
- Hack4Climate
- Climate Ledger Initiative
- Power & Energy Blockchain Conference, Orlando, Florida, November 2018
- Blockchain Technology for the Energy Sector, Houston, Texas, May 2018
- Blockchain in Supply Chain, Austin, Texas, April 2018
- Event Horizon, Berlin, Germany, April 2018
- Chain Reaction, Blockchain Supply Chain Summit, Chicago, Illinois , April 2018
- Blockchain for Sustainable Solutions Conference, New Heaven, Connecticut, March 2018
- Blockchain in Energy Forum, New York, NY, March 2018
In addition to the dedicated events, many more general conferences have sustainability aspect included in the main agenda:
- European Utility Week, Vienna, Austria, November 2018
- Malta Blockchain Summit, Malta, November 2018
- BlockBeats, Munich, Germany, October 2018
- SingularityU Summit Italy; Milan, October 2018
- 13th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Palermo, Italy, September to October 2018
- Asset Backed Crypto Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, September
- Singapore Blockchain Summit, Singapore, August 2018
- Dubai International Blockchain Summit, Dubai, UAE, July 2018
- Blockchain for Social Impact, Washington, DC, June 2018
- Living Bits and Things, Bled, Slovenia, June 2018
- Supply Chain Summit, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2018
- BlockchainExpo, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2018
- Crypto Valley Conference on Blockchain Technology in June; Zug, Switzerland https://www.cryptovalleyconference.com
- Blockcathon, Brussel, Belgium, June 2018
- TC Sessions: Blockchain, Zug, Switzerland, July 2018
- International Conference on Cyber Conflict; Tallinn, Estonia, May to June 2018
- Innovate4Climate, Frankfurt, Germany, May 2018
- Startup Energy Transition Tech Festival, Berlin, Germany, April 2018
- MIT Energy Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2018
- Blockchain2Business, Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 2018
If you know of any events coming up comment below or ping us.
Originally published at BlockchainHub.
