L'
European Crowdfunding Network (
ECN), il principale ente europeo per il
finanziamento dal basso (al quale anche noi di Crowdfunding Cloud siamo
associati da tre anni),
come avevamo riportato, ha
organizzato per il
13 ed il
14 giugno 2019 il
4° ECN CrowdCamp dal tema
'Exploring Blockchanin for Alternative Finance'. L'evento è realizzato in collaborazione con la
University of Applied Sciences for Engineering and Economics (
HTW) e si terrà presso la sede di
Sirius Mind a
Berlino, in
Französische Straße 12, 10117 Berlin-Center, Germania.
Il convegno, che fa seguito al
3rd ECN CrowdCamp - tenutosi a Bologna nel giugno del 2018 e incentrato sul
civic crowdfunding - e, in particolare, al
7th ECN CrowdCon - dello scorso ottobre -, in cui si è iniziato ad affrontare il tema dell'
applicazione della blockchain del crowdfunding in virtù dell'inclusione nella
bozza del
Regolamento europeo sul crowdfunding (ECSP) (ossia il
Regolamento relativo ai fornitori europei di servizi di crowdfunding per le imprese) delle ICO (le
Initial Coin Offering),
si concentrerà sulle modalità di sfruttamento e sulle potenzialità della distributed ledger technology (DLT)
all'interno finanza alternativa.
La conferenza seguirà la seguente
agenda, pubblicata recentemente dall'ECN, suddivisa in una
prima giornata informativa sulla blockchain e le sue opportunità e minacce per la finanza alternativa ed il crowdfunding,
seguita da un day 2 dedicato a vari workshop sulla DLT.
Giovedì, 13 Giugno 2019 (Giorno 1)
10:30 | Registration & Coffee
11:00 | Welcome & Opening
11:05 | Setting The Context - Exploring Blockchain for Alternative Finance
11:15 | Keynote
11:30 | Panel 1 - Disrupting Alternative Finance with Blockchain
The usage of blockchain technology offers the potential to achieve considerable cost savings, efficiencies and resilience. We embrace these developments as a key innovation potential for the European crowdfunding and alternative finance industry. This session will analyse from a research perspective the current state of the art and outline the visions and motivations of the alternative finance industry using blockchain technology.
12:15 | Panel 2 - Blockchain and the Alternative Finance Industry: SMEs needs and challenges
The further development and uptake of blockchain may enable the European industry - from start-ups to large corporates, administrations and citizens to provide innovative and disruptive services. Europe strives to be at the forefront of this development. This discussion aims at summarizing suggestions, how the EU and its member states can enable startups and SMEs to profit from blockchain technology and support further use cases in the field of alternative finance.
13:00 | Lunch & Networking
14:30 | Keynote
14:45 | Spotligh on: Blockchain Start-up
A quick walkthrough of blockchain use cases. Only when understanding what services and applications blockchain startups and SMEs provide, we can identify interesting application scenarios for crowdfunding platforms and design legal frameworks.
15:30 | Keynote
15:45 | Panel 3 - Legal, policy and regulatory aspects for uptake
Disruptive innovation increasingly challenges policy makers and regulators. In this context, legal experts and representatives from regulatory authorities will exchange the thoughts on how to facilitate the application of DLT in the financial sector, whilst safeguarding market integrity, investor protection and financial stability.
16:30 | Coffee Break
17:00 | Keynote
17:15 | Panel 4 - Tackling technological challenges
Blockchain is a new information technology that allows anonymous partners to operate safely without the intermediation of a third party or the need for a central authority. Virtually instantaneous transactions and the absence of third parties have real disruptive implications for the alternative finance industry. However, the landscape is fragmented, different protocol specifications are being developed, challenges such as increased performance, Interoperability, costs etc. remain to overcome to see widespread adoption.
18:00 | Closing Keynote
18:30 | Networking Drinks
Venerdì, 14 Giugno 2019 (Giorno 2) - Hands-On Workshops
09:00 | Welcome & Registration
09:30 | Opening Keynote
09:45 | Workshop 1 - Drafting the main pillars for a sense making regulation.
Moderator: Dentons
This workshop will build on early results achieved by the ECN Blockchain working group. The question is, how can we set the right conditions for the advent of an open, secure, trustworthy, transparent, and EU law compliant data and transactional environment? The results of the workshop will inform recommendations on policy approaches and concrete actions.
09:45 | Workshop 2 - Which Blockchain based services are adding value to Alternative Finance?
Moderator: Realmarket
Based on results the ECN Blockchain working group has achieved we will validate the most promising blockchain based services for the alternative finance sector. E-identity, asset tokenization, secondary markets, etc. - what are scenarios where blockchain creates value for alternative finance? What are the steps, times and costs to consider for platforms, making access to finance and global lending more rewarding for both lenders and borrowers?
09:45 | Workshop 3 - Scrutinizing the myths around DLT.
Moderators: UCL Blockchain Centre
The distributed ledger technology blockchain seems to have the potential to revolutionize almost every industry. However, many myths around what the technology actually is and how it works are preventing businesses from understanding its potential impacts and applications.
11:45 | Presentation of workshops results
12:30 | Closing Keynote