UC irvine

We were live from the 2018 Women in Blockchain Conference at University of California-Irvine -- a full day of panels with Rahilla Zafar (Consensys), Alex Tinsman (NEM), Priyanka Sold (Coinbase) and more! You can follow the entire conference on our Twitter or see the highlights here: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983027384625410048 Getting started, Heidi Pease, Los Angeles Blockchain Lab, welcomes the crowd and gives the basics of Blockchain. The attendees are here mainly to learn: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983032344377311232 Next, Rahilla Zafar, Managing Director of ConsenSys, discusses her time in the Middle East and dispels some misconceptions about Women in that region: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983036452635230208 Like many others, she got into Blockchain for noble reasons: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983038625523777536 And did you know about women in Saudi Arabia? https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983038854729879552 The following panel features women from Social Impact, Finance, Tech, and Cybersecurity in Blockchain and similar projects: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983039948856049664 Real Estate may see some the biggest changes via Blockchain Technology: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983041520709255169 Security is good, but we have work to do to secure personal data, especially under the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983042400623869952 Last panel before the break: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983052383583330304 NEM wants to make it easy for developers to build on their platform: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983053171906899968 We're back with the afternoon keynote from Susan Poole: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983075975297581058 Want to get involved? https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983078427753201664 And if you're in Southern California: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983079325497896960 Next up a panel on Woman Empowerment and Inclusion: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983082204329689088 Did you know? https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983083640102862848 Next is an panel on the real world applications of Blockchain in Healthcare, IOT, and Supply Chain: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983107442241224704 First -- Healthcare: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983108589165228033 Second -- Supply Chain: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983109891232382976 Third -- Internet of Things: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983111395590881282 The second to last panel of the day on Investing 101: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983120350660538368 How does Coinbase promote safe investing? https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983122177867169792 The US Regulators are fighting over jurisdiction and causing problems in the process: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983123217341595648 Financial institutions are coming, but not yet: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983124753891246090 The final panel of the day is a Fireside chat: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983128842121261056 How do you explain Blockchain and Bitcoin to people who don't know about it? https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983131501796577287 Did you know -- laws are old: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983131842273394690 To learn more about the Chamber of Digital Commerce, check out their website: https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/983132387704909824 Thanks again to Blockchain at UCI for a great event. We look forward to the next one!