25 Jan 2022
A video from Prajit Datta, organizer of Hyperledger Sweden.
Blockchain, a term that is widely used in today’s world has indeed succeeded to make its mark in various sectors. From helping technology to grow and be more secure to helping people to uplift each other at the grassroots level, Blockchain has not disappointed the world. This is exactly why we need to focus on the issues where Blockchain can not only be an added benefit to the technological world but also to mankind from an emotional and well-being perspective.
Here is where gender inclusion and human empowerment come to play. Connecting millions of people to the basic information and their rights needs to be done in a simplified manner so as to strike the balance between what is right and what they are taught to be right. Prejudice in different societies has created biases that need to be broken and not be defined by gender roles. This can be in terms of job security, equal pay, or financial education. The gap needs to be bridged and the first step towards doing so is by accepting the fact that there is a problem. Blockchain definitely sees it and is a boon towards the right step.
Feel free to contribute at Hyperledger by joining our Social Impact Special Interest Group (SIG):
https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/SISIG/Social+Impact+SIG
The Social Impact SIG is primarily focused on serving as a platform for exchanging ideas and exploration of ways to use blockchain technology in the context of social good. The Social Impact SIG will work with the other groups and technical teams, especially in the areas of implementation. The SIG will focus on convening a broad ecosystem, leveraging the skills, capabilities, and perspectives of individuals from the developer community, the social and humanitarian space, enterprises, government and non-government entities, and beyond.
Blockchain, a term that is widely used in today’s world has indeed succeeded to make its mark in various sectors. From helping technology to grow and be more secure to helping people to uplift each other at the grassroots level, Blockchain has not disappointed the world. This is exactly why we need to focus on the issues where Blockchain can not only be an added benefit to the technological world but also to mankind from an emotional and well-being perspective.
Here is where gender inclusion and human empowerment come to play. Connecting millions of people to the basic information and their rights needs to be done in a simplified manner so as to strike the balance between what is right and what they are taught to be right. Prejudice in different societies has created biases that need to be broken and not be defined by gender roles. This can be in terms of job security, equal pay, or financial education. The gap needs to be bridged and the first step towards doing so is by accepting the fact that there is a problem. Blockchain definitely sees it and is a boon towards the right step.
Feel free to contribute at Hyperledger by joining our Social Impact Special Interest Group (SIG):
https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/SISIG/Social+Impact+SIG
The Social Impact SIG is primarily focused on serving as a platform for exchanging ideas and exploration of ways to use blockchain technology in the context of social good. The Social Impact SIG will work with the other groups and technical teams, especially in the areas of implementation. The SIG will focus on convening a broad ecosystem, leveraging the skills, capabilities, and perspectives of individuals from the developer community, the social and humanitarian space, enterprises, government and non-government entities, and beyond.
- 1 participant
- 7 minutes
7 May 2021
Shashank is the Chief Technology Officer of UN ICC and heads the Solution Architecture Section. With over 21 years of experience in diverse industry verticals from telecoms, Air Transport, Financial and Energy sectors, working in start-ups to Fortune-500 companies; Shashank has been with the UN ICC for last 4 years. He started his career in hands-on security penetration testing, “smashing the stack for fun and profit”. Over the years he has lived in various part of world – Middle East, Canada, UK and now working for the UN, in Switzerland. Beyond the buzzwords, his strength is to apply deep technical knowledge to transform business activities. As George Bernard Shaw puts it “Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby” – apart from his hobby of tinkering with technology, Shashank also loves trekking.
More details: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/SISIG/2021-04-27+Meeting+Agenda
Join our SIG! https://lists.hyperledger.org/g/social-impact-sig/topics
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Hyperledger – Open Source Blockchain Technologies
Hyperledger is an open source community focused on developing a suite of stable frameworks, tools and libraries for enterprise-grade blockchain deployments.
It serves as a neutral home for various distributed ledger frameworks including Hyperledger Besu, Fabric, Sawtooth, Indy, as well as tools like Hyperledger Avalon, Cactus and libraries like Hyperledger Aries, Ursa. Learn more about Hyperledger projects: https://www.hyperledger.org/use
Case Studies: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/case-studies
Training & Certification: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/training
Tutorials: https://www.hyperledger.org/use/tutorials
Webinars: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/webinars
Events: https://www.hyperledger.org/events
Vendor Directory: https://www.hyperledger.org/use/vendor-directory
Subscribe to the Hyperledger Newsletter: https://www.hyperledger.org/newsletter
Follow-us on Twitter @Hyperledger
Learn about Hyperledger Membership: https://www.hyperledger.org/about/join
#Hyperledger #Blockchain
More details: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/SISIG/2021-04-27+Meeting+Agenda
Join our SIG! https://lists.hyperledger.org/g/social-impact-sig/topics
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Hyperledger – Open Source Blockchain Technologies
Hyperledger is an open source community focused on developing a suite of stable frameworks, tools and libraries for enterprise-grade blockchain deployments.
It serves as a neutral home for various distributed ledger frameworks including Hyperledger Besu, Fabric, Sawtooth, Indy, as well as tools like Hyperledger Avalon, Cactus and libraries like Hyperledger Aries, Ursa. Learn more about Hyperledger projects: https://www.hyperledger.org/use
Case Studies: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/case-studies
Training & Certification: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/training
Tutorials: https://www.hyperledger.org/use/tutorials
Webinars: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/webinars
Events: https://www.hyperledger.org/events
Vendor Directory: https://www.hyperledger.org/use/vendor-directory
Subscribe to the Hyperledger Newsletter: https://www.hyperledger.org/newsletter
Follow-us on Twitter @Hyperledger
Learn about Hyperledger Membership: https://www.hyperledger.org/about/join
#Hyperledger #Blockchain
- 3 participants
- 56 minutes
16 Feb 2021
The Hyperledger Social Impact Special Interest Group welcomes Deborah, Mark, and Ron to share about their fascinating project on using blockchain to track carbon in the fashion supply chain.
More info: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/SISIG/2021-02-16+Meeting+Agenda
Join our SIG! https://lists.hyperledger.org/g/social-impact-sig/editsub
Ron Argent
Founder and CEO, Cognition Foundry
Ron is a seasoned IT professional and business owner. With over 40 years in the IT industry, covering sales, design and engineering he has worked with many of the largest companies in the world. Recently he has focused his attention on helping start-ups take an enterprise view of application design early in their program cycle enabling their applications to be scalable and highly secure. Passionate about innovation and talent he founded Cognition Foundry in 2015, a company designed to provide easy and affordable access to an enterprise scale computing platform along with mentoring, design and architectural expertise. Working with incredibly talented individuals, with a strong focus on environmental and social impact initiatives, Ron enjoys an interesting and (very) busy life. Ron is also Co-founder of TES Enterprise Solutions Ltd, an IBM Platinum Business Partner. TES is an accredited IBM reseller specialising in IBM Enterprise Class systems - z Systems, Power Systems and Storage.
Mark Herrema
Co-founder and CEO of Newlight Technologies.
In 2003, Mark co-founded Newlight with a vision of using greenhouse gas as a resource to make high-performance sustainable materials. After a decade of research, Mark and his team developed a technology that uses a natural process found in the ocean to make a material called AirCarbon. AirCarbon is a meltable energy storage molecule made in almost all known living things that is strong, meltable, and ocean-degradable.
AirCarbon is now being used to replace plastic in single-use foodware, fashion products, and a variety of other applications. Newlight has been honored to receive recognition as “Biomaterial of the Year” by the Nova Institute, “Innovation of the Year” by Popular Science, and “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum. In 2016, Newlight was awarded the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mark graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, and has since garnered over 15 years of expertise in process engineering, polymer functionalization, and strategic business development.
Deborah Kestin Schildkraut
Global Program Director – IBM AI Applications & Blockchain Ecosystem Marketing Leader
Deborah is currently the IBM AI Applications & Blockchain Ecosystem Marketing Leader focused on Blockchain-for-good and Business Partner ecosystem development. She has been recognized with the 2020 CompTIA Woman in Technology Leadership Award for technology leadership, mentoring women in tech, and deep involvement in community service initiatives. She was also recognized as one of the CRN Women of the Channel for 2019 & 2020. She serves on the CompTIA Blockchain Advisory Council as Co-Chair and has served in a variety of global channel leadership roles for Business Partner Strategy & Communications, Digital Content Marketing, and Value Added Distributor marketing. She developed and launched the IBM Business Partner Innovation Center program with 100 cross-brand centers worldwide.
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Hyperledger – Open Source Blockchain Technologies
Hyperledger is an open source community focused on developing a suite of stable frameworks, tools and libraries for enterprise-grade blockchain deployments.
It serves as a neutral home for various distributed ledger frameworks including Hyperledger Besu, Fabric, Sawtooth, Indy, as well as tools like Hyperledger Avalon, Cactus and libraries like Hyperledger Aries, Ursa. Learn more about Hyperledger projects: https://www.hyperledger.org/use
Case Studies: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/case-studies
Training & Certification: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/training
Tutorials: https://www.hyperledger.org/use/tutorials
Webinars: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/webinars
Events: https://www.hyperledger.org/events
Vendor Directory: https://www.hyperledger.org/use/vendor-directory
Subscribe to the Hyperledger Newsletter: https://www.hyperledger.org/newsletter
Follow-us on Twitter @Hyperledger
Learn about Hyperledger Membership: https://www.hyperledger.org/about/join
#Hyperledger #HyperledgerSocialImpactSIG #Blockchain
More info: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/SISIG/2021-02-16+Meeting+Agenda
Join our SIG! https://lists.hyperledger.org/g/social-impact-sig/editsub
Ron Argent
Founder and CEO, Cognition Foundry
Ron is a seasoned IT professional and business owner. With over 40 years in the IT industry, covering sales, design and engineering he has worked with many of the largest companies in the world. Recently he has focused his attention on helping start-ups take an enterprise view of application design early in their program cycle enabling their applications to be scalable and highly secure. Passionate about innovation and talent he founded Cognition Foundry in 2015, a company designed to provide easy and affordable access to an enterprise scale computing platform along with mentoring, design and architectural expertise. Working with incredibly talented individuals, with a strong focus on environmental and social impact initiatives, Ron enjoys an interesting and (very) busy life. Ron is also Co-founder of TES Enterprise Solutions Ltd, an IBM Platinum Business Partner. TES is an accredited IBM reseller specialising in IBM Enterprise Class systems - z Systems, Power Systems and Storage.
Mark Herrema
Co-founder and CEO of Newlight Technologies.
In 2003, Mark co-founded Newlight with a vision of using greenhouse gas as a resource to make high-performance sustainable materials. After a decade of research, Mark and his team developed a technology that uses a natural process found in the ocean to make a material called AirCarbon. AirCarbon is a meltable energy storage molecule made in almost all known living things that is strong, meltable, and ocean-degradable.
AirCarbon is now being used to replace plastic in single-use foodware, fashion products, and a variety of other applications. Newlight has been honored to receive recognition as “Biomaterial of the Year” by the Nova Institute, “Innovation of the Year” by Popular Science, and “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum. In 2016, Newlight was awarded the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Mark graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University, and has since garnered over 15 years of expertise in process engineering, polymer functionalization, and strategic business development.
Deborah Kestin Schildkraut
Global Program Director – IBM AI Applications & Blockchain Ecosystem Marketing Leader
Deborah is currently the IBM AI Applications & Blockchain Ecosystem Marketing Leader focused on Blockchain-for-good and Business Partner ecosystem development. She has been recognized with the 2020 CompTIA Woman in Technology Leadership Award for technology leadership, mentoring women in tech, and deep involvement in community service initiatives. She was also recognized as one of the CRN Women of the Channel for 2019 & 2020. She serves on the CompTIA Blockchain Advisory Council as Co-Chair and has served in a variety of global channel leadership roles for Business Partner Strategy & Communications, Digital Content Marketing, and Value Added Distributor marketing. She developed and launched the IBM Business Partner Innovation Center program with 100 cross-brand centers worldwide.
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Hyperledger – Open Source Blockchain Technologies
Hyperledger is an open source community focused on developing a suite of stable frameworks, tools and libraries for enterprise-grade blockchain deployments.
It serves as a neutral home for various distributed ledger frameworks including Hyperledger Besu, Fabric, Sawtooth, Indy, as well as tools like Hyperledger Avalon, Cactus and libraries like Hyperledger Aries, Ursa. Learn more about Hyperledger projects: https://www.hyperledger.org/use
Case Studies: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/case-studies
Training & Certification: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/training
Tutorials: https://www.hyperledger.org/use/tutorials
Webinars: https://www.hyperledger.org/learn/webinars
Events: https://www.hyperledger.org/events
Vendor Directory: https://www.hyperledger.org/use/vendor-directory
Subscribe to the Hyperledger Newsletter: https://www.hyperledger.org/newsletter
Follow-us on Twitter @Hyperledger
Learn about Hyperledger Membership: https://www.hyperledger.org/about/join
#Hyperledger #HyperledgerSocialImpactSIG #Blockchain
- 5 participants
- 57 minutes
