Blockchain World’s DCS 2021 – Abu Dhabi

Dive into the metaverse at Blockchain World Abu Dhabi, featuring The Global Distributed Cloud Storage Summit (DCS 2021) and Helicon Studio. Taking place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre from Dec. 15 – 17, 2021, Blockchain World brings together a team of 200 leading experts interested in advancing Blockchain technologies delving into the most detailed and relevant realms of the virtual world.

In a series of events and discussions featuring captivating keynote speeches, engaging Ted-Talk-style presentations, informative short-form presentations and insightful on-stage discussions, the summit aims to engage its audience of 20,000+ invitees from 2,000 global enterprises in current topics influencing this rapidly growing digital space.

Discover visionaries at DCS 2021, such as Oscar Clark, Chief of Curiosity at Fundamentally Games, bringing games to life and enjoying a “Fireside-Chat” with Jason Brink, President of Blockchain and Gala Games. Listen to the very best of global industry explain about key topics, including “Networking and Authentic Leadership” (Isaac Serwanga, An inspirational speaker and author) and “The Matrix Vs. The Metaverse” (Vesa, Digital artist & Speaker).

Witness engaging panel discussions bringing core real-world application of blockchain technology to the fore including:

• Conscious Cities

Moderator: Niko De Jonghe, President – Blockchain Valley; Yael Tamar, Co-CEO and Founder of SolidBlock; Rico Pang, Co-Founder and Global CEO, Sanctum Global Ventures; Daven Michaels, Executive Chairman, CurrentC Power; Dereck Hoogenkamp, CEO and Founding Partner, Sanctum Assets

• NFTs

Moderators: Crypto Sheikhs: Anas Bhurtun and Danosch Zahedi;
Giuseppe Moscatello, Cultural Producer and Founder of Evolve DXB; Kristel Bechara, NFT artist

• The Technology of Trust and a Governed Future

Moderator: Gustavo Montero, Principal, GAM Advisory LLC; Jorge Sebastiao, Technology thought-leader and influencer; Kirill Mishanin, Co-Founder, Infodriver Capital; Dr. Jane Thomason, Co-Founder, British Blockchain and Frontier Tech Association

Commenting on this game-changing event, Adam Geri, head of the DCS Organizing Committee, said: “Interest in the Blockchain space has been growing rapidly for start-ups, entrepreneurs and legacy organizations. However, for governments and large multinationals, the situation is more challenging, hence the importance of DCS. Such events are the ideal platforms to launch discussions on ways to stir these organizations into action by identifying specific opportunities and the technical, organizational, cultural and talent changes necessary to realize new benefits.”

“Abu Dhabi is on the forefront of international cities that realize the future of Blockchain and digital currencies. With DCS we are taking the discussions to a more global level with a live and on-demand format targeting 100 million online followers and 50 million+ online visitors to the event,” he added.

As part of Blockchain World, the core focus of this event ranges from enterprise and government adoption of Blockchain to its diversity and social impact in a fast-changing world. The discussions will also focus on how Abu Dhabi can build a multibillion-dollar Blockchain economy or what is poised to become the new digital oil of the Middle East. Did you know for example that approximately  90 percent of the world’s data in 2013 was created between 2011 and 2012?  At the end of 2020, the virtual weight of all the information in the world was 44 zettabytes (trillion gigabytes), a figure featuring 21 zeroes!

In addition, the UAE Governments Emirates Blockchain Strategy 2021 targets to evolve up to 50% of government transactions onto blockchain technologies, in order to become more efficient and cost-effective, whilst creating a faster and safer set of processes for UAE residents to engage in government services. Being able to directly interact with audiences is such a key benefit of the blockchain.  By adopting this technology, the UAE government expects to save:

• AED 11 billion in transactions and documents processed routinely
• 398 million printed documents annually
• 77 million work hours annually.

At the Helicon Studio witness some of our HeliconNFT Heroes in action: The Futurist, Brett King, Founder of the pioneering Neo Bank, Moven, implementing conversations about pioneers in innovation and technology; The Helicon Prince, the face of HeliconNFT himself, Tom Palmer, providing an overview of the future of play-to-earn in the Helicon World; The Investigator, Natalie Brunell, taking an up-close and personal look at three of the best lessons to be learned from Crypto Leaders.