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6th International Blockchain School at the European Blockchain Center in Copenhagen

  • 1.  6th International Blockchain School at the European Blockchain Center in Copenhagen

    Posted 04-19-2023 10:18

    PhD course on Sustainable Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Regenerative Finance (ReFi)

    Blockchain, or more accurately, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) build the fundamental infrastructure layer for creation and capturing of digital value in decentralized environments. Start-ups, large corporations, governments, and the European Union work on blockchain-based innovations, making the technology a key driver of the next generation Internet, the Internet of values, where even market failures of the past can be addressed and solved, such as in the case of protecting global public goods. 

    Combining incentives with revenue streams to internalize externalities for better air, better oceans, better climate, is one of the central contributions of DLT for addressing this global challenge. Thus, a movement within Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is gaining increasing prominence, which is Regenerative Finance, or ReFi. 

    Regenerative Finance aims to protect global public goods by collecting and verifying information as base of coordination (e.g., by monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV)), as well as creating new asset (e.g., through tokenization) and decentralized governance approaches (e.g., decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs)). Regenerative Finance is a decentralized web3 and DLT movement that seeks to develop the financial means to implement economic concepts such as those of "economies of permanence", "regenerative economy," and "polycentricity" in the governance of natural resources. 

    Lecturers:
    Roman Beck (ITU), Jonas Andersen (ITU), Peter Sestoft (ITU), Michel Avital (CBS), Alexandra Andhov (KU), Fritz Henglein (KU), Boris Düdder (KU), Omri Ross (KU), and others

    Dates and place of the course:

    August 14th – August 18th, 2023, at IT University of Copenhagen

    Prerequisites

    Students interested in participating in the Blockchain School must be enrolled as PhD or master students in a computer science, information systems, engineering or other cognate programs at a university. 

    Applicants must submit a CV, a motivation letter (1 page), as well as a proposal (specification or idea) of a blockchain-based application they wish to work on or would like to extend during participation in the Blockchain School. The proposal should be 2 pages at maximum.

    Registration:
    The registration will open soon, for now, have a look at European Blockchain Center and check out the video section for movies on prior Blockchain Summer and Winter Schools.

    If you like to receive further information, please send a mail to beck@itu.dk

    Looking forward seeing you all in Copenhagen this summer. 



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    Roman Beck
    European Blockchain Center
    IT University of Copenhagen
    Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • 2.  RE: 6th International Blockchain School at the European Blockchain Center in Copenhagen

    Posted 05-06-2023 13:31

    The website of the 6th International Blockchain School in August 2023 in Copenhagen is now online and will be updated regularly as we are getting closer to the registration deadline. Please find more information here: www.blockchainschool.eu 



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    Roman Beck
    IT University of Copenhagen
    Copenhagen
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