Chair Hyoung Gun Wang, Senior Economist, World Bank Group
Discussant
Victor Mulas, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank Group
DigitalTown empowers any city, town or village to be a Smart City where residents and visitors co-create quality of life that keeps more money local! How come? It envisions a connected world comprised of thriving local economies where residents and visitors co-create quality of life, locally and globally. Every citizen gets a SmartWallet. Every merchant is gets a free Storefront. Your SmartWallet that works locally for peer-to-peer, peer-to-merchant and peer-to-government transactions also works abroad. And the result is:
empowered citizens who are equipped to see the world through local eyes,
local merchants that can sell locally and globally
sustainable communities that can thrive during the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
About the Presenter
Rob Monster is the visionary CEO of DigitalTown (OTC: DGTW). Rob has led the company since May 2015 and guided the company through 7 acquisitions on the way to becoming a Global FinTech platform for powering sustainable, inclusive, and interoperable communities of all sizes. Rob is also CEO of the domain name registrar Epik.com and Managing Partner of Monster Venture Partners, a Seattle-based family office. Rob was previously Founder and CEO of Global Market Insite (GMI), acquired by WPP Group. Rob was also a Product Management executive at P&G. Rob, a Dutch-American, is a past winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award.
About the DigitalTown
DigitalTown is partnering with leading NGOs and local governments around the world to design and execute a global solution for Digital Identity and Financial inclusion. Under the proposed multi-stakeholder solution, anyone can register a one-time digital identity using the .UNO domain extension. The .UNO digital address is paired with a Blockchain-based digital identity that is GDPR-compliant and can be optionally rendered as a QR code. Authorized partners are able to verify attributes of individuals through their digital identities. The expected result is (1) trusted peer-to-peer transactions between verified persons, bypassing extractive intermediaries, (2) increased visibility of transactions including the ability to capture appropriate consumption taxes at time of transaction, and (3) a systematic countermeasure against unauthorized messaging (e.g. spam and phishing). More information could be found here.
For more information please contact: gbasat@worldbank.org
Calendar » [Presentation & Video posted] BBL: DigitalTown: Blockchain Solutions for People-Centric Cities
[Presentation & Video posted] BBL: DigitalTown: Blockchain Solutions for People-Centric Cities
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Smart Cities KSB invites you to a Brown Bag Lunch on
DigitalTown: Blockchain Solutions for People-Centric Cities
Tuesday, July 17 | 12:30 – 1:30 PM EDT | MC 7-370
Light lunch will be provided
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Presenter
Rob Monster, Chief Executive Officer, DigitalTown
Chair
Hyoung Gun Wang, Senior Economist, World Bank Group
Discussant
Victor Mulas, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank Group
DigitalTown empowers any city, town or village to be a Smart City where residents and visitors co-create quality of life that keeps more money local! How come? It envisions a connected world comprised of thriving local economies where residents and visitors co-create quality of life, locally and globally. Every citizen gets a SmartWallet. Every merchant is gets a free Storefront. Your SmartWallet that works locally for peer-to-peer, peer-to-merchant and peer-to-government transactions also works abroad. And the result is:
About the Presenter
About the DigitalTown
DigitalTown is partnering with leading NGOs and local governments around the world to design and execute a global solution for Digital Identity and Financial inclusion. Under the proposed multi-stakeholder solution, anyone can register a one-time digital identity using the .UNO domain extension. The .UNO digital address is paired with a Blockchain-based digital identity that is GDPR-compliant and can be optionally rendered as a QR code. Authorized partners are able to verify attributes of individuals through their digital identities. The expected result is (1) trusted peer-to-peer transactions between verified persons, bypassing extractive intermediaries, (2) increased visibility of transactions including the ability to capture appropriate consumption taxes at time of transaction, and (3) a systematic countermeasure against unauthorized messaging (e.g. spam and phishing). More information could be found here.
For more information please contact: gbasat@worldbank.org