The dates for “Solutions” are Dec 1 – 4, said Gilbert, to a room full of 80 people. That means organizers will have to invite and confirm speakers, dream up a program, and coordinate logistics (including funding) in four short months.
There is no doubt whatsoever, though, evidently, that the conference will “attract thousands of coders, public officials and business leaders to the Huntington Convention Center.”
Perhaps it will! Perhaps it won’t!
Luxury car mogul Bernie Moreno is the driving force behind Cleveland’s “Blockland Initiative.” He wants the region to be, to quote Cleveland.com, a “national epicenter for all things blockchain,” the online ledger system famously used in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin that local leaders envision having manifold civic applications.
The nonprofit that may or may not be exploring those applications, the Unify Project, was a key selling point in Cleveland’s Amazon HQ2 bid.
Gilbert and local tech entrepreneur Steven Santamaria seem to be out in front on this. They hope to have “Solutions” speakers lined up by Aug. 6 and save-the-dates in the mail by Aug. 15.
This article appears in Jul 18-24, 2018.
Heres a great idea: Lets add 1% sales tax in Cuyahoga County to finance an amazing building as the Capitol of blockchain. Then, we can attract local IT leaders to make it a Disneyland for programmers
We will have to beat Nashville and other cities who are rushing to build a blockchain mart, so no time to debate. But when we get it built, people will flock here. Why I bet IBM, Google and Oracle are goin g to relocate their HQs here to take advantage of our awesome labor pool and infrastructure.
Its gonna be great. For sure!
What is wrong with this city?
The best way to attract block chain is to have cheap power. Block chain will secure information in the medical and voting sector very soon. Its at the stages the internet was at prior to anything booming. Get off this site, do some diligence and think about investing in it or stock based on it.