W3B Talks

In this Episode, Host Doug Heintzman talks to Clare Adelgren form EY. They try to define what exactly is DeFi, figure out how has it grown so quickly, and predict if it will it really live up to all the hype? They conclude that DeFi will likely change the world and upend the banking and financial services industry.

In this episode Host Doug Heintzman is joined by Rob Chester CEO of Ubloquity.  Together they discuss how Web3 and blockchain are transforming Supply chain. 

In this episode we examine the many different types of digital assts and how they are being used in business and society. Our guest is Alex Tapscott.

In this episode we look at the state of blockchain in the enterprise and what kinds of problems it is trying to solve.  We look at the challenges and the Governance issues. Our Guest is Jerry Cuomo, IBM Fellow, VP and CTO Technology at IBM.

A digital identity is fundamental to how we confidently interact with digital services and how we express our credentials to others. It is also the sum of our digital footprint including our healthcare records, our employment history and our social media posts. This episode explores how digital identity will  be a key building block for the Web 3 world.

Healthcare is a huge and growing cost in most developed countries, but the promise of personalized medicine electronic healthcare records and generally the fusion of information technology with healthcare technology has the potential to deliver better outcomes for a fraction of the cost.

In this episode, W3B Talks host Doug Heintzman, Chief Catalyst at the Blockchain Research Institute, talks with Sean Mannion, Chief Scientific Officer at Equideum Health, about how Web3 and Blockchain are intersecting with the health care industry. Equidium is a ConsenSys Mesh portfolio company and ConsenSys partner which builds Web3 person-centered healthcare and research networks called Data Integrity and Learning Networks (DILNs). Sean is the co-author of the book Blockchain for Medical Research: Accelerating Trust in Healthcare.

We’ve all experienced the Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. We are now on the cusp of Web3. Web 3 has the potential to change the very structure of business and government.  It will likely change how consumers interact with businesses and each other and how businesses coordinate their activities. But what exactly is Web3?

In this episode of W3B Talks, host Douglas Heintzman, Chief Catalysts at the Blockchain Research Institute, sits down with Irving Wladawsky-berger, the former head of IBM's Internet Division to discuss the history and evolution of Web technology.  Their discussion examines Web3's characteristics, potential and posible impact on business and society.