At Ada, the National College for Digital Skills, we want to empower our students to contribute to shaping our world. Blockchain technologies have a huge potential impact on ways of doing business and society as whole - we want to prepare our students for that future. They should understand blockchain technologies, think critically about their limitations and dream about the problems blockchain technologies could help solve.

At our Blockchain Conference on 21-22 April we will bring together students and visitors to hear from experts in workshops, panel discussions, and talks with networking to follow.

We've got a phenomenal set of speakers lined up:

• Anna Poberezhna, Smart4Tech
• Simona Pop, Bounties Network (ConsenSys)
• Fiona Delaney, Origin Chain
• Hugh Halford-Thompson, BTL Group
• Ben Byford, Technology and Creativity Limited
• Vinita Rathi, Systango
• Yi Jean, Verv
• Rob Sollars
• Linda Ilonze, Goldman Sachs
• Katie Booth, Vlique
• Sophie Varlow, Commons Platform
• Rachel Black, Yoti
• Dianna Kyles
• Valerie Khan, Advisor on Digital Identity for Humanitarian Development
• Jamile Hamideh, ArcticStartup
• Tee Ganbold, ConsenSys
• Alex Walker
• More speakers TBC

Join us for learning, food, networking and discussion! A full agenda will be sent to you in advance of the event.

Participation Guidelines

These guidelines cover our behaviour as participants, facilitators, staff, volunteers, and anyone else involved in making this conference possible.

How to treat each other:
-Be respectful and value each other’s ideas, styles and viewpoints.
-Be direct but professional; we cannot withhold hard truths.
-Be inclusive and help new perspectives be heard.
-Appreciate and accommodate our many cultural practices, attitudes and beliefs.
-Be open to learning from others.
-Lead by example and match your actions with your words.

The following will not be tolerated at Ada: violence and threats of violence; personal attacks; derogatory language; unwelcome sexual attention or physical contact; disruptive behaviour; influencing unacceptable behaviour.

With thanks to Sarah Allen and MozFest for support on participation guidelines!