Phil Komarny, Vice President of Innovations at Salesforce
Blockchain and education – the future of work and education relations. Exploring trends and challenges
We have all heard of either ‘blockchain’ or ‘the coming of network society’, ‘bitcoin’ and/or ‘digital currency’. 2017 might have been the year when the Blockchain discussion really hit the international agenda. But few may have the kind of insight in what these emergent de-centralized and decentralizing technologies might come to mean for society and for education.
What’s up for education and how we relate to work-life?
Is Blockchain more than a fad? How should we think about this phenomenon and technology? What are some of its key uses? And how can we expect and predict implications for education? Phil Komarny is a long-time expert in the area. For the past year he has also been VP{ of Innovations at Salesforce, easily one of the largest global drivers behind technology entrepreneurship. Phil is also dedicated to working for and with non-profits and educational institutions. A great speaker, we are inviting you to join this session and also the following break-out session where themes from the keynote will be explored in conversation.
About Blockchain, here is a background link.
If you want more, here is another one.
A couple of quotes from the above links
“The blockchain is an undeniably ingenious invention – the brainchild of a person or group of people known by the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. But since then, it has evolved into something greater, and the main question every single person is asking is: What is Blockchain?
By allowing digital information to be distributed but not copied, blockchain technology created the backbone of a new type of internet. Originally devised for the digital currency, Bitcoin, (Buy Bitcoin) the tech community is now finding other potential uses for the technology.”
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“Information held on a blockchain exists as a shared — and continually reconciled — database. This is a way of using the network that has obvious benefits. The blockchain database isn’t stored in any single location, meaning the records it keeps are truly public and easily verifiable. No centralized version of this information exists for a hacker to corrupt. Hosted by millions of computers simultaneously, its data is accessible to anyone on the internet.”
Would a system of distributed, networked ledgers represent a new way of thinking about trust and accountability, also in education? Might Blockchain affect that eco system in which higher education co-exist with work-life, and not always with the same sense of time or relevance?
In short, a lot of different questions come on the table. Come and listen to Phil Komarny outlining future entrepreneurship in education and work-life, from those points of view.