Blockchain 2.0: The Next Internet - Understanding The Blockchain Beyond Bitcoin! For this Special "Bangkok Entrepreneurs - Blockchain" event we have invited two Blockchain and Bitcoin specialists for 2 talks, 1 panel discussion and a Q&A session: • Jirayut Srupsrisopa (Topp), Managing Director at Coins.co.th. • Poramin Insom, Crypto Currency Specialist. FIRST TALK: "Blockchain 2.0: the next internet - The case of capital market" The talk will give you an insight into the Bitcoin/blockchain technology from the perspective of Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs and also from other dimensions. Learn from this expert how the world perceives the rise of Blockchain. Topics: • Bitcoin as a neutral technology Bitcoin has been referred to as a neutral technology. Neither has it preferred consumers nor institutions. The talk will help you get a better understanding of how Bitcoin as a technology is referred as a neutral one. Come and listen to the 4 development phases of a technology and where Bitcoin stands in its lifecycle. • Why is bitcoin so disruptive? The impact of Blockchain is so huge that it can bring a transformation to the entire world. You pick any industry, this technology holds a huge potential to disrupt it. With a current market value of $6.4 billion there are many reasons making Blockchain a very attractive innovation in the tech world. Know the different reasons why its such an alluring technology that all the corporates have started showing interest in it. • Usecases: To make it even more simpler listen to the various usecases that will be discussed at the meetup about how Blockchain as a technology will bring revolution by having its impact on remittance, Unbanked sector ( 6.5 Billion ), the Payment industry and how fraud risks and transaction issues can be eliminated. • Smart firms and leaders who have adopted the technology Know from these Blockchain experts about smart firms who have already pioneered in the technology including Visa, Goldman Sachs, Citi and entrepreneurs like Jerry Young, Richard Branson and Elon Musk who have realized its potential and why it is hightime that Thailand understood the power in Blockchain technology. • From the perspective of Consumer From the perspective of consumers Jirayut will be explaining why blockchain is considered as the second significant layer after website. And if the first wave of infrastructure gave us the platforms Internet Of Things (IoT), social media, machine learning etc. then what the 2nd wave has to offer? • How secure is Blockchain ? Why do the technology supporters argue that Blockchain is highly secure than the current financial security systems we have in place today? Based on analogies and interpretations these experts plan to break it down for you to much simpler and identifiable examples. • Producer/Suppliers Blockchain has evolved a lot since its inception. Understand the three types of Blockchain that are available in the market today namely Private, Public and Consortium and the significance of each category.
 • Capital Markets Blockchain has already caught the interests of some of the capital markets in the world. The speakers will be sharing many Use Cases that is prevalent today including the impact on NASDAQ and Australian stock exchange and bring to all a clearer picture of how it solves data management and sharing. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Topp saw blockchain as a disruptive value-transfer technology even while he was working as an investment banker in the OTC market. He also used to work as a financial consultant and a central banker. Topp is a Manchester United fan, frequent world traveller, and a crypto-currency enthusiast. He is a co-founder of coins.co.th, Thailand's leading bitcoin wallet. Topp holds an MPhil in Economics from Oxford University, UK.                                                *** SECOND TALK:"The Blockchain Technology in Health IT" In this talk, Poramin will present BitHealth, a healthcare system using Blockchain technology for storing, sending, receiving and securing electronic health information. Data privacy, Data breach and reliability are biggest concerns in Healthcare. To store and securely transmit electronic health information across the globe, BitHealth is designed to used Bitcoin's Blockchain to store healthcare data and retrieve it from any node all over the world.  Details: Poramin will be sharing the use of electronic health information in secure, interoperable, efficient and effective way with the Blockchain Technology and how it can improve health outcomes, health care quality and lower healthcare costs. About how electronic health information on Blockchain can help healthcare providers access patient related data which lead to give better treatment recommendation to a person based on preferences, genetics and concurrent treatments. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Poramin is the co­founder of Satang, Bitcoin social wallet service provider in Thailand. He was the founder of Vertcoin, the world's 4th most valuable cryptocurrency in February 2014 and the founder of Moneta, the anonymous cryptocurrency based on Zerocoin technology invested by Roger Ver. First implementer of Stealth Address and OpenAsset in Bitcoin Core code. Advisor to Mootipass, a digital identity platform startup located in NYC. Blockchain developer and cryptographic implementer. He earned a master’s degree in Security Informatics from Johns Hopkins University.                                                  *** The Talks will be followed by a Panel Discussion with Topp and Poramin and then a Q&A Session with the Audience.  Don't miss it! ---------- Date: Tuesday, 6th September 2016.  Venue: Aloft Bangkok, Sukhumvit 11 Price:  - Buy Your Tickets Now for 300 baht only! Imcludes 1 FREE Drink Voucher*Click on "TICKETS".  - Or pay 500 baht including 1 FREE drink voucher* at the door. (*Voucher value = 100 baht, valid for a local beer or a soda. For wine, please add 50 baht)  RSVP will be closed 6 hours before the starting time of the event. After that, walk-in will be the only option.   Dress Code: please no shorts and no flip-flops. ----------  Presented by: Bangkok Entrepreneurs Co Ltd. Contact us.
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From: 07 September 2016, Wednesday   To:   07 September 2016, Wednesday
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Venue Name: Aloft Hotel
Venue Address: 35 Sukhumvit Soi 11, Sukhumvit Road, Klongtoey-nua, Wattana
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