Blockchain Alliance Europe invites you to the PRE-RWOT event: REBOOTING THE WEB OF TRUST
Join us on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 14:00 CET. The event will take place in the Confiva virtual environment and is free. The number of places is limited, therefore please register here.
Three Slovenian experts, all active in developing blockchain, SSI-based and e-signing solutions for e-services, will discuss their take on the future of the digital economy. They will explain the technological frameworks backed by European Commission and why it makes sense to implement a new trust infrastructure in business services to remain competitive.
About the event and RWOT initiative
Trust has always been essential in business transactions — however, the internet was not designed with privacy and security problems in mind. As more people move online for private and business exchanges, work, banking, study and shopping, opportunities and threats grow. To fully equate the online experience with the offline and meet the rising demands of modern consumers, we need to find new solutions that leverage trust in digital interactions.
Today, exciting new concepts and solutions are being created, standardized and implemented in various environments, allowing us to quickly identify, authenticate and verify the users and enable them to securely exchange personal data with others.
The initiative »Rebooting the Web of Trust« strives to raise public awareness of the technologies at the forefront of digitalizing public services and business.
Speakers
Associate professor Muhamed Turkanović
Muhamed Turkanović is an associate professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Institute of Informatics, University of Maribor (UM), Slovenia and the Founder and Head of Research and Development of the Blockchain Lab: UM. He has brought rich experience from the business environment to the university, working previously as a developer, head of technical development, technical director and owner of an IT company. Since 2019, he has been the Head of the Slovene EDIH DIGI-SI and UM’s Coordinator of the H2020 Project DE4A — Digital Europe for All, teaching data technology and data protection-related subjects. His current research interests include advanced database technologies, cryptography, digital identities, and blockchain.
Miha Poberaj is the co-founder, CEO and driving force behind the company Rekono. He is an expert in information technology and a business consultant to companies in various sectors that aim to establish and implement a safe and secure infrastructure.
As a blockchain and SSI-related technologies expert, Dr Alen Horvat is active in e-identity standardization (OpenID, Decentralized Identity Foundation, ISO) and digital trust framework formation (GAIN). He is also an indispensable member and a lead blockchain architect of the Core Services team for European Blockchain Infrastructure (EBSI) and the workgroup eSSIF (European Self-Sovereign Identity Framework). Besides, he is the recipient of the Kim Cameron Award, which the OpenID foundation grants to young talents in the field of e-identity. Dr Horvat is employed at Netis, where they are developing solutions for the next generation of e-identity, secure and private exchange of digital data, certificates, credentials and authorization.
About organizer and connected organizations
Blockchain Alliance Europe is a non-profit organization connecting European companies and legal entities that use or implement blockchain technologies. It focuses on mutual business assistance between members, partners, supporters, and professionals and lay public education. The aim is to build a European ecosystem that will support the development of all blockchain technology use cases and contribute to blockchain technology standardization and a suitable regulatory framework on the European level.
They are a multidisciplinary team of researchers, developers and consultants who develop and evaluate solutions and services based on blockchain technology. Their focus is on promoting and accelerating the use of blockchain technology in developing innovative IT solutions & services that support new business models.
Rekono is a family of solutions and services for e-identification and e-signing, allowing users, businesses, banks, organizations and government agencies to perform secure and robust authentication and verify the authenticity of e-documents for reliable and trusted business operations. The Rekono family solutions and services represent the cornerstone for building trust in digital transactions.
Netis is a Slovenian market-leading blockchain consulting and technology provider. With 10+ years of industry experience, the company is uniquely positioned to bring the expertise, infrastructure and go-to-market resources to organizations looking to take their business to the next level with the help of blockchain-based technologies.
Their team of blockchain and SSI-based solutions experts offers a comprehensive range of services, from blockchain consulting to blockchain development, helping companies innovate faster, simplify the development process and reduce internal costs. Besides, they are also creating a proprietary enterprise blockchain framework that includes a secure communication protocol and solutions for fast and secure user identification, data storage and IoT communication.
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