Selangor Journal

Bloconomic 2018 gaining momentum

By Cecelia Alphonsus

The Blockchain Economic Summit is promising to be the premier blockchain event for the South East Asia region with the participation of over a thousand delegates to date from the government sector, associations, research institutes, financial institutions as well as fintech and internet finance companies, Blockchain technology and industry application companies, cryptocurrency and digital asset related companies.

Bringing together over 70 international experts, thought leaders and practitioners on one platform over a two-day summit running from August 16 to August 17, Bloconomic 2018 is set to explore new business models and poised to uncover business opportunities within the blockchain economy to bring global projects to the Asian market and for Asian innovations to reach out to the world.

Bloconomic will discuss real-life cases and the future prospects of Blockchain in areas of finance, global payment systems, travel, healthcare, energy trading, digital identity authentication, electronic record authentication, IoT, supply chain management and governance in the government sector as well as electronic know-your-customer (e-KYC) tools to address opportunities and challenges.

Renowned and high-profile speakers at the event include Farrukh Habib from Halal Chain, Robin Lee, CEO of Hello Gold, Lon Wong, founder at ProximaX Ltd, Hazim Mohamad from World Bank Group, John Ho, Head of Financial Markets and Legal at Standard Chartered Bank, Norhizam Kadir from MDEC and Dato Rayson Wong, President of Malaysian Blockchain Association and Alphacap Founder.

The two-day event will be held at Connexion Conference Event Centre in Bangsar South and is touted as a highly anticipated networking opportunity for entrepreneurs and developers to mingle with a host of professionals and experts in the blockchain industry.

For more information on the event, visit www.bloconomic.com or email [email protected]

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