Amna Usman Chaudhry, Financial Economist & Strategist for Blockchain, Metaverse & Web3.0, who discusses topics ranging from #dao #defi #stablecoins #blockchain for good and much more

Prof. Dr Naseem Naqvi FRCP FBBA, President of the The British Blockchain Association ®️, discusses how blockchain can be adopted by governments

Reuben talks to me about the current state of play with regards to the NFT market. 

Founder & Chief Executive of Ireland Craft Beverages / Downstream Beers / Two Stacks Irish Whiskey & Co-Founder of Killowen Distillery

Passionate for all things premium in Irish Beer, Cider & Spirits. Ireland Craft Beverages is an award-winning logistics and selling platform for Irish Micro-Breweries, Cideries and Distilleries to have their products sold throughout international export markets. Operating globally from two main distribution hubs in London and Newry, Ireland Craft Beverages allows Irish micro-producers to focus on creating artisan craft beverages from Imperial Whiskey Aged Stouts and Heather Sour Ales to Single Variety Hand Pressed Irish Cider and Single Grain, Small Batch, Pot Distilled Whiskeys, Gins and Poitins. 

www.twostackswhiskey.com 

www.down-stream.io 

www.irelandcraftbeers.com 

www.killowendisttilery.com 

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemccarthy1/ 

Blackchain Beer – explainer video - https://vimeo.com/312504781

Shane might have found his calling in Ireland, but has seen the world, experienced a vast variety of cultures and cultivated his professional skills within the heady technologies industry. With a determined vision to bring about a natural symbiosis between the alcoholic drinks market and contemporary tech, including Blockchain innovations and global supply chain management, his personal interests align perfectly. A keen travel enthusiast, avid business reader and active promoter of the Irish artisan craft beverage scene, Shane has most recently found his place as CEO of Ireland Craft Beverages, and worked at bringing the World's first Blockchain beer to market, Down-stream.io Alongside co-founding Killowen Disilltery, an upcycled sustainable distillery in the mourne mountains based around transparency and integrity.

https://www.killowendistillery.com/

In this episode Randa Al - Rifai discusses how digital currencies are impacting traditional financial systems and how crypto mining is growing rapidly in the Lebanon. 

Randa Al Rifai is a seasoned professional in the Lebanese Banking industry. She is a self-taught influencer and an evangelist who became the first Digital Currency & Blockchain Certified woman in the Middle East. Randa initiated and lead the Bitcoin & Blockchain Community in Lebanon (BBB Labs) since 2016 where she stands for a mission of education and awareness-raising through delivering educative & academic training courses, organizing conferences & events, and leading collaborative communities.

Randa founded "L.A.D.T", the first Lebanese non-profit organization for Digital Transformation which aligns with the Lebanese 2030 vision, and she also serves as an Ambassador of “Institute for the Future '' (IFF)/ University of Nicosia for Lebanon and the M.E. Mrs.

Al Rifai is a startup mentor and a keynote speaker.

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/randaalrifai

John Kamara is the founder of AfyaRekod and has over 15 years experience in business strategy, digital technology and development while being heavily involved in business growth and building new markets for various companies.

John can be contacted here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnkamara/

Genevieve is the Principal Founder and CEO of AgriLedger. AgriLedger enables trust, transparency and traceability through blockchain across the agricultural supply chain. Genevieve led a collaboration with Haiti’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry to deliver a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) pilot sponsored by the World Bank. The project went live in May 2020 allowing Haitian fruit farmers and consumers to reap the benefits of fairer prices and improved food security.

Genevieve was nominated by the Financial Times to the top 100 BAME in UK technology in 2019, was named a winner of the ComputerWeekly 2020 Women in Software and was one of the top 5 finalist for Quesnay’s Female Founders in FinTech in 2019. She is vice-chair of techUK’s Distributed Ledger Technologies Working Group, which provides strategic direction for all UK activities related to DLT and is an inaugural member of the Advisory Group for the Estonian Government’s eResidency initiative. Genevieve has spoken on emerging technologies at numerous conferences and engagements globally and is fluent in English, French, Haitian Creole and Spanish.

Genevieve's details:

Twitter:     https://twitter.com/GinouInLondon

LinkedIn:  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/genevieveleveille

FaceBook: https://web.facebook.com/mgleveille/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mgleveille/

In this episode, Bridget Greenwood, founder of The Bigger Pie, discusses Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Digital Currency, Financial Inclusion, and The Bigger Pie. 

Further resources: 

The Bigger Pie: 

https://www.thebiggerpie.io/blog/ 

https://www.thebiggerpie.io/#resources

Events coming up: 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nfts-from-the-artists-view-tickets-152346138401 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blockchain-edx-how-to-bring-more-wisdom-into-the-scene-tickets-153719452019 

https://www.linkedin.com/events/amaliftedphaseii-50-000grantfor6795977610917769216/

Group for women and gender minorities: 

https://t.me/joinchat/PTzPgYfXBkJmYTc0

Educational programmes: 

https://my.dlt-talents.com/

#Unitmasters cohort 4! We start May 23. 

✅You’ll be ready to speak fluently about all #buzz and #fuzz once you graduate. 

✅you’ll know where to ask for help if you want to deepen knowledge 

✅You’ll have friends and future co-founders from all over the world. 

Bring: 

// curiosity to learn about fundamentals of the #neweconomy (#blockchain, #crypto, #sustainability) 

// 5 hours a week in time investment over 6 weeks - guided in live speaker and coaching sessions with reputable leaders in the industry 

// self-discipline and team spirit as you’ll be studying in peer to peer organized small groups - your learning pod 

Sign up here, it’s free: 

unitmasters.org

Oasis Protocol: 

https://oasisprotocol.org/

In this episode Paula Kilgarriff, Lecturer of Retail Innovation at TUDublin and strategic account advisor at Altada Technology Solutions and Alsessor AI Accelerator at Tangent Trinity College Dublin and Co-Founder of Retail Innovation Lab by Shop association greater China, discusses how blockchain, artificial intelligence, NFTs and decentralized commerce (De-Com), are impacting the fashion industry. 

Dr. Jane Thomason, author of Blockchainging the World and Founder of Supernova Data, discusses DeFi (Decentralized Finance) and blockchain's role in the circular economy. 

Contact Details: 

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/drjaneleadershipfintechblockchainimpactstrategy/

Website: drjanethomason.net

Podcast: Blockchainging the World