Dubai to Host Upcoming Blockchain Technology Conference

Dubai is set to play host to a conference on digital currencies later this month, an event that comes several months after a government-backed blockchain effort was first unveiled. Hosted at the Burj Al Arab hotel, the one-day Keynote Conference event on 30th May will feature speakers from both the global bitcoin and blockchain ecosystems. The event is being sponsored by an innovation center originally founded by the ruler of Dubai as part of a broader effort to modernize the region. Among those set to appear from the region include Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr, director general of Smart Dubai, a....

Dubai has announced the adoption of blockchain technology into governance, expected to be completed by the end of 2020. Blockchain technology is growing beyond mainstream banking and financial sectors. As forecasted, the distributed ledger technology is now being adopted by the governments as well. Leading the initiative is the Government of United Arab Emirates, particularly Dubai. According to reports, the financial capital of UAE, Dubai will soon be using blockchain technology for all government documents. The implementation is expected to be completed by the year 2020. The government’s....

This November, Dubai plays host to the first ever Bitcoin conference in the Gulf. The event will take place in the Dubai International Financial Center, a special economic free zone in the heart of downtown Dubai and a hub of the region's financial world. The conference will take place from December 11 - 13 2014. The workshop sessions on December 12 and 13 will focus on the fundamentals of the Bitcoin protocol. Topics to be addressed include bitcoin and the future of financial services, bitcoin's place and the future of the GCC, remittances, Bitcoin in Africa, job growth, startups,....

The head of the Dubai government’s Smart Dubai initiative provided new details on how she believes blockchain can help drive the city’s modernization efforts in a speech at industry conference Keynote 2016 yesterday. In remarks, director general at the Smart Dubai Office, Dr Aisha Bin Bishr, spoke broadly about her organization’s plans to help make Dubai the best connected and "happiest" city in the world. Further, Bin Bishr discussed how blockchain fits into this larger strategy, while touching on her work with the Global Blockchain Council (GBC), the public-private tech....

In a significant endorsement of blockchain technology, the underlying innovation of bitcoin, the Dubai government will see of its documents on a blockchain. The government of Dubai will see all of its documents on a blockchain by the year 2020. The announcement was made via the Dubai Media Office’s official social media account, citing Hamdan bin Mohammed, the hereditary Prince to the crown of Dubai. Furthermore, the Prince revealed that Dubai will also be executing all its transactions on a blockchain by 2020, as a part of a new program called the “Dubai Blockchain Strategy.” Under the....