What is the technology trends speaker series?

Tech Trends aims to gather industry experts to explore and dissect a core set of technology trends that are billed to change the future of tech, if they are not doing so already.

Learn about the latest technology and join us for pizza and networking

Blockchain is gradually ushering in a critical era of autonomous digital commerce, while Cryptocurrences, with the added convenience and expanded supply they yield, will have significant impact on the global economy. Both of these topics are complex and initially difficult to understand, rendering their investigation via Tech Trends as crucial to anyone existing within the time of intense and rapid online sharing of information and an ever evolving online economy, as the two are inextricably linked. From our Technology Trends Speaker Series you will learn about the latest technology so you can be empowered and inspired on its potential and how you can create with it.

Featured Speakers:

Alex Sims- Associate Professor in the Department of Commercial Law, UoA

Alex is an Associate Professor in the Department of Commercial Law under the Faculty of Business and Economics at UoA. Her primary areas of research and publication are on blockchain technology, in particular, DAOs (decentralised autonomous organisations) the regulation of cryptocurrencies and legal issues surrounding smart contracts.

Ben Jordan- Co-Founder and Product Director, Sylo

Heading up Sylo's product department is Co-Founder Ben Jordan, who comes from a background in software, consulting and brand management. An innovation champion, Ben regularly speaks around the world at category events about how decentralisation and blockchain can change the way we live. Ben co-founded Sylo, a decentralised communication application, network and marketplace, which utilises blockchain, IPFS, E2E, and peer-to-peer technologies. Sylo now boasts a global user-base in excess of 25,000 users across more than two dozen countries.

Open to all University of Auckland staff and students, as well as members of the public.