2018 Conference Programme Themes

Connecting Learning through Blockchain National and Regional policy-makers considered how governments can facilitate innovation in blockchain technology and apply it to educational uses, while sharing early progress in the field.

Self-Sovereignty and Identity Thought-leaders in academia and law considered issues around student data collection, ownership of student data, concepts of identity in the digital world, and what blockchain contributes to this in an era of big-data.

Decentralising Education Academics and thinkers considered the possible futures which can be unwritten by technology that allow for true decentralised student-driven learning.

Learning and Earning Entrepreneurs and stakeholders presented ideas for new educational systems, products and business models enabled by blockhain technologies.