BIC19 Introduction - Blockchain Innovation Conference 2019
Channel: Vincent Everts
Date: 14/12/2018

The 6th edition of the largest Blockchain conference in the Benelux.
Contact: Vincent@Everts.net.

My name is Vincent Everts, trendwatcher and founder of the Blockchain Innovation Conference. In 2014 I got totally inspired by the the use of blockchain solutions in all different industries. Together with Rutger van Zuidam I started the yearly Blockchain innovation conference or BIC with the goal to drive meaningful insights and change inside specially large existing organizations which are the backbone of our society and really need to innovate

In June 2019 we will organize the 6th event bic19.nl over 2 days. 500 national and international pioneers from start-ups, scale-ups, public, academia & private sector will dig deeper in practical changes which Blockchain technology is bringing. We will dig deep into the world of finance, energy, logistics, healthcare, government, identity, security and beyond. 

My aim has always been to to design the Blockchain Innovation Conference so that we combine high-level overviews with tangible practical case studies and with a lot of interaction of the participants come to a vision and practical steps on the future of our industries. 


10 years ago the bitcoin paper started this technology and, as often happens, groundbreaking change takes a while to come to fruition. We have just passed the first threshold and are still in a phase where the internet was before the browser. 


Our first editions of the BIC focused on possible use-cases and proof of concepts. 
The 2018 edition focused on production blockchains solutions which are currently  created. 
During BIC 2019 will go one step beyond,  we are going to explore how these production blockchain initiatives are working.. Do they make processes smarter? More effective? Which industries are chancing? How are they combined with tech like big data, Artifical intelligence and Internet of things? After 6 events I am getting impatient for real change! 

We are currently inviting speakers from all around the world. They will be the best like our previous editions  Gavin Wood (Co-founder Ethereum), Prince Constantijn van Orange of Startup Delta, Rabobank CEO Wiebe Draijer, EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes, thinker and entrepreneur Vinay Gupta, MEP Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Analyst David Birch, crypto enterpreneur Marc van der Chijs, KPN and former minister of finance Jan Kees de Jager, Everledger founder Leanne Kemp, Aalekh Sharan, of the Indian government, Rachel Halsema from the Worldbank and many many more.,


Of course we work closely together with passionate partners which have included Rabobank, ING, KPMG, ABN, IBM, HPE KPN, Enexis, Bitfury etc.

Do you want to participate as a partner, volunteer or visitor? Let me know! Do you have an application which has been applied? ,Results from tangable projects that our community should know about?  Inspire me, and I might interview you on video or invite you on stage!


See you in June!