Last week the EBSI team participated in the blockchain event held in Malaga from the 11-13 November 2019: Convergence - The Global Blockchain Congress 2019. The event was co-organised by the European Commission, INATBA and Alastria. The inaugural edition was a great success with close to 1400 attendees representing over 50 countries, some 230 speakers and over 80 keynotes, panels, fireside chats, roundtables and meetings. 

This event brought together the worldwide blockchain community, technology startups, investors, academia and policy makers from EU Member States. The event also welcomed international organisations such as World Bank, UN, OECD, EIB/EIF, IADB, ECB, WEF, WTO and many others. High-level participants included the President of Latvia Egils Levits and Olivier Guersent – Director-General of DG FISMA at the European Commission. Attendees had the opportunity to develop their network, hear from experts and learn how to meet the challenges of blockchain faced by business and society. 

The EBSI team provided a booth during the event to promote the project. During two days the team interacted with participants from both the private and public sector to share views on blockchain and explain the ambition shared by the Member States and the Commission. 

During the event, Member States representatives discussed the status of EBSI. In addition, both the Policy and Technical groups of the European Blockchain Partnership met for their third quarterly meeting. The different use case user groups met to work on the legal and economic assessment of the EBSI. Finally, INATBA and the EBP met for the first time to prepare future collaboration.

The EBSI team would like to thank everyone who attended for their interest and enthusiasm. We'll be in contact!