BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//OpenACalendar//NONSGML OpenACalendar//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Scottish Blockchain Meetup: Thoughts on the Future of Programm able Money - Andreas M. Antonopoulos - Open Tech Calendar BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8567@otc.opentechcalendar.co.uk URL:https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/event/8567-thoughts-on-the-future-of-pro grammable-money-andre SUMMARY:Scottish Blockchain Meetup: Thoughts on the Future of Programmable Money - Andreas M. Antonopoulos DESCRIPTION:Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a critically-acclaimed best-selling author\, speaker\, educator\, and one of the world's foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts. Andreas makes complex subjects accessible and eas y to understand. He is known for delivering electric talks that combine ec onomics\, psychology\, technology\, and game theory with current events\, personal anecdote\, and historical precedent--effortlessly transliterating the complex issues of blockchain technology out of the abstract and into the real world.\n\nIn 2014\, Antonopoulos authored the groundbreaking book Mastering Bitcoin (O'Reilly Media\, 2014)\, widely considered to be the b est technical guide ever written about the technology. His second book\, T he Internet of Money (Merkle Bloom LLC\, 2016)--which explains the technol ogy's potential impacts on human civilization--is a bestseller on Amazon.\ n\nThe much-anticipated second volume of The Internet of Money was release d in the late fall of 2017 and sold thousands of copies in the first month alone. His fourth book\, Mastering Ethereum (O'Reilly Media\, 2018)\, was followed swiftly behind and was published in 2018.\n\nAntonopoulos is: an expert who has been interviewed on the BBC\, Bloomberg Business\, CNN\, T he Economist\, Forbes\, and Motherboard/VICE\; a widely published author o f articles and blog posts on bitcoin\; a permanent host on the popular Let 's Talk Bitcoin Podcast\; a frequent speaker at technology and security co nferences worldwide.\n\nAndreas M. Antonopoulos was born in London\, Engla nd\, and raised in Athens\, Greece. After earning degrees in Computer Scie nce\, Data Communications and Distributed Systems at University College Lo ndon\, he went on to co-found and manage a technology research company in New York City. In this capacity\, Antonopoulos advised dozens of Fortune 5 00 company executives on networking\, security\, data centers\, and cloud computing--more than 200 of his articles on security\, cloud computing\, a nd data centers have been published in print and syndicated worldwide.\n\n In 1990\, he began to move into the public eye as an educator and speaker. Antonopoulos honed his public speaking skills in front of audiences rangi ng from five executives in a corporate boardroom to thousands in conferenc es. With more than 1\,000 speaking engagements under his belt\, he has bec ome one of the world's most sought-after bitcoin speakers who can explain the far-reaching complexities of the technology in deeply human terms. In 2014\, Antonopoulos was appointed a teaching fellow with the University of Nicosia\, the first university in the world to offer a Masters Degree in Digital Currency.\n\nHe helped to develop the curriculum and continues to co-teach the Introduction to Digital Currencies course that is offered as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). Antonopoulos is one of the rare bitco in and open blockchain experts who approaches the subject from an educatio nal\, political\, cultural\, and human perspective--not merely discussing the technology in investment terms. He serves on the Oversight Committee f or the Bitcoin Reference Rate at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and has a ppeared as an expert witness in various capacities\, testifying in hearing s of the Australian Senate Banking Committee and the Canadian Senate Comme rce\, Banking and Finance Committee--his testimony for the latter has been lauded as an historically-important presentation that has influenced publ ic policy vis-a-vis bitcoin in Canada and globally.\n\nAgenda\n\n18:00 - 1 8:50 Networking (food / drink) - meet &\; greet Andreas\n18:50 - 18:55 Dug Campbell - SAFE Network\n18:55 - 19:00 Welcome - Paul Forrest - Chairm an @ MBN Solutions\n19:00 - 19:25 Andreas M. Antonopoulos - Thoughts on th e Future of Programmable Money\n19:25 - 19:45 Q&\;A\n19:45 - 19:55 Bill Buchannan (Edinburgh Uni) 5 mins\n19:55 - 20:00 Event close Paul Forrest\ n20:00 - 21:00 Networking - meet &\; greet Andreas\nhttps://opentechcal endar.co.uk/event/8567-thoughts-on-the-future-of-programmable-money-andre\ nPowered by Open Tech Calendar X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a cr
itically-acclaimed best-selling author\, speaker\, educator\, and one of t
he world&rsquo\;s foremost bitcoin and open blockchain experts. Andreas ma
kes complex subjects accessible and easy to understand. He is known for de
livering electric talks that combine economics\, psychology\, technology\,
and game theory with current events\, personal anecdote\, and historical
precedent&mdash\;effortlessly transliterating the complex issues of blockc
hain technology out of the abstract and into the real world.
In 201
4\, Antonopoulos authored the groundbreaking book Mastering Bitcoin (O&rsq
uo\;Reilly Media\, 2014)\, widely considered to be the best technical guid
e ever written about the technology. His second book\, The Internet of Mon
ey (Merkle Bloom LLC\, 2016)&mdash\;which explains the technology&rsquo\;s
potential impacts on human civilization&mdash\;is a bestseller on Amazon.
The much-anticipated second volume of The Internet of Money was re
leased in the late fall of 2017 and sold thousands of copies in the first
month alone. His fourth book\, Mastering Ethereum (O&rsquo\;Reilly Media\,
2018)\, was followed swiftly behind and was published in 2018.
Ant
onopoulos is: an expert who has been interviewed on the BBC\, Bloomberg Bu
siness\, CNN\, The Economist\, Forbes\, and Motherboard/VICE\; a widely pu
blished author of articles and blog posts on bitcoin\; a permanent host on
the popular Let&rsquo\;s Talk Bitcoin Podcast\; a frequent speaker at tec
hnology and security conferences worldwide.
Andreas M. Antonopoulos
was born in London\, England\, and raised in Athens\, Greece. After earni
ng degrees in Computer Science\, Data Communications and Distributed Syste
ms at University College London\, he went on to co-found and manage a tech
nology research company in New York City. In this capacity\, Antonopoulos
advised dozens of Fortune 500 company executives on networking\, security\
, data centers\, and cloud computing&mdash\;more than 200 of his articles
on security\, cloud computing\, and data centers have been published in pr
int and syndicated worldwide.
In 1990\, he began to move into the p
ublic eye as an educator and speaker. Antonopoulos honed his public speaki
ng skills in front of audiences ranging from five executives in a corporat
e boardroom to thousands in conferences. With more than 1\,000 speaking en
gagements under his belt\, he has become one of the world&rsquo\;s most so
ught-after bitcoin speakers who can explain the far-reaching complexities
of the technology in deeply human terms. In 2014\, Antonopoulos was appoin
ted a teaching fellow with the University of Nicosia\, the first universit
y in the world to offer a Masters Degree in Digital Currency.
He he
lped to develop the curriculum and continues to co-teach the Introduction
to Digital Currencies course that is offered as a Massive Open Online Cour
se (MOOC). Antonopoulos is one of the rare bitcoin and open blockchain exp
erts who approaches the subject from an educational\, political\, cultural
\, and human perspective&mdash\;not merely discussing the technology in in
vestment terms. He serves on the Oversight Committee for the Bitcoin Refer
ence Rate at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and has appeared as an expert
witness in various capacities\, testifying in hearings of the Australian
Senate Banking Committee and the Canadian Senate Commerce\, Banking and Fi
nance Committee&mdash\;his testimony for the latter has been lauded as an
historically-important presentation that has influenced public policy vis-
a-vis bitcoin in Canada and globally.
Agenda
18:00 - 18:50 N
etworking (food / drink) - meet &\;amp\; greet Andreas
18:50 - 18:55
Dug Campbell - SAFE Network
18:55 - 19:00 Welcome - Paul Forrest - Cha
irman @ MBN Solutions
19:00 - 19:25 Andreas M. Antonopoulos - Thoughts
on the Future of Programmable Money
19:25 - 19:45 Q&\;amp\;A
19:4
5 - 19:55 Bill Buchannan (Edinburgh Uni) 5 mins
19:55 - 20:00 Event clo
se Paul Forrest
20:00 - 21:00 Networking - meet &\;amp\; greet Andre
as
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