March 17, 2018
Clearing a path for women in tech: Second conference on blockchain technology “#moinblockchain” by moinworld in Hamburg
The Women Techmakers Community, blockchain startups, industry giants like Airbus and SAP got together last week to celebrate inclusivity in tech at the Center of Applied Aeronautical Research in Hamburg. The moinworld team around founder Anja Schumann invited an international crowd with thought leading speakers from ConsenSys, SAP, Airbus, IBM, Ernst & Young, BMW, IOTA, XAIN AG, BitPesa, and many more. As a special guest, second major of Hamburg Katharina Fegebank opened the event with inspiring words, motivating the audience to grow their knowledge about the foundational technology. In contrast to other conferences the team behind moinworld managed a second time in a row to attract a definite female presence and it affected the whole atmosphere. Find pictures at the end of this article.
Reflection of moinworld’s mission
Moinworld’s mission is to make the tech world more inclusive and to demystify topics like blockchain while connecting the audience to globally known experts.
March 9th and 10th is was time again to find community and connection with other women and men interested in blockchain. The event featured talks and panel discussions with notable international speakers, as well as professionally hosted development sessions. The atmosphere at the event clearly reflected not only the host’s but also the participants’ eagerness to help women to be successful in their careers. “We are hiring and we would like to attract more women” was addressed in many of the talks during the two days.
Opening by Katharina Fegebank
Similarly, in her opening speech, Katharina Fegebank 2nd mayor of the city of Hamburg stressed the importance of sensitizing women for the high tech industry from an individual, but also from an economic perspective.
Basic principles to use cases
Talks stretched from introducing basic principles, for example the history of money, over startup presentations to potential future use cases of the blockchain technology, for example in supply chain management or on e-government and digital identity.
Diversity meets tech innovation
Anja drew a consistently positive conclusion of the event:” For the second time in a row we were able to attract more than 150 people interested in Blockchain technology from all over the world and were even able to extend the program to two days with highly regarded speakers. Both the selected experts and the audience showed once again impressively that women in tech do not have to and should not be a minority. I would like to thank our sponsors Ernst & Young, Airbus, ConsenSys, SAP and epicenter as well as our speakers, moderators and volunteers for making this event happen. We look forward to 2019!”
As Dafi one of the speakers from Israel put it “the conference had a definite female presence and it affected the whole atmosphere. As someone who’s most likely in technological conventions with most of them masculine, I’ve certainly felt much more comfortable here, and I have no doubt that the women who were present at the conference got a motivational shot and inspiration.”.
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Events like this show that Hamburg does not have to stand behind Berlin in terms of startups and innovative trends. If you want to join moinworld become a member or join one of the free Meetups where you can get to know the community and learn and discuss about hot tech trends.
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Thank you for coming to the workshop 😊 And thanks to @eVmoinworld for two fantastic days! https://t.co/SiGuRgZD1N
— Rhian Lewis (@rhian_is) March 10, 2018
Thank you for the opportunity to present @eVmoinworld and meet amazing women from around the world :) https://t.co/0I4uGjXGcT
— Sarah (@internethello) March 11, 2018
Thank you to the talented and passionate organizers of the Women Techmakers conference Hamburg for proving once again that there is no shortage of brilliant #WomeninBlockchain. Was a privilege to learn from you all. @eVmoinworld https://t.co/IGoQgAWDZu
— Julie Maupin (@juliemaupin) March 10, 2018
Ready for day 2: participants and speakers on the ferry on the way to #moinblockchain. ⛴ #womenintech #blockchain #cryptocurrency #welovehh pic.twitter.com/5XRm5VQ7Vz
— moinworld (@eVmoinworld) March 10, 2018
Being on the tech panel with @seb2point0, Elke Kunde and Volker Skwarek at #moinblockchain was a total pleasure! https://t.co/p9V4ilmjq5
— Friederike Ernst (@tw_tter) March 9, 2018
Stoked to be part of an initiative promoting blockchain tech with women #moinworld https://t.co/4n44Mh8Zzq
— Maya Zehavi (@mayazi) March 9, 2018
Increasing diversity in the blockchain & decentralization ecosystem - esp at the initial design stage - is necessary for it to deliver on its societal promises in the future. Great panel at #moinblockchain with @CReckhow @keikreutler pic.twitter.com/NBQgZXwcSS
— Epicenter – Blockchain Podcast (@epicenterbtc) March 10, 2018
More impressions of the conference
If you want to see more pictures of the event. Find them here.
More Information on blockchain
We will publish the talks in our Youtube channel soon. Until then we can recommend the blockchain basics talk from Simone Vermeend held at our last conference in August 2017. You can watch the talk in full lenght here:
A good shoter summary is also:
additional links can be found in our blog entry to our last conference