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Public Services and Blockchain: why, why not, what and how?
2023-03-14 14:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Historical Leuven Town hall, 9 Grote Markt, Leuven, 3000, Belgium
What do distributed ledger technologies like blockchain mean for public services? Do they in reality fulfil the promises of transparency, efficiency and increased trust? What do you need to take into account in distributed ledger technology projects in public services?
For the past three years, the TOKEN project has worked with four real life use cases in smart cities to build, test, and pilot how distributed ledger technologies can be used in various public services. Join us and city officials, smart city service developers and public servants to learn more about what these actual projects and research into their implementation has to say about the benefits, the question marks and the concrete how to’s and lessons learned of DLT in the public sector. During the event, you will hear from concrete use cases what benefits they have seen and what challenges they have faced as well as gain insight into the evolving policy landscape around DLT and what tools policymakers on the city level can use to assess the possible uses and grasp onto the possibilities of distributed ledger technology in the public sector.

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The Future use of SSI and verifiable Credentials: outcomes and learnings of the TOKEN project
2022-11-30 10:00 - 11:30 (Europe/Paris) | Online Event
The Token Project presents a session, organised by FundingBox, in which you will discover the benefits of using Decentralised Ledger Technology (DLT) in the process of distributing public funds.
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The FundingBox team, under the Token framework, has created a unique Pioneer Use Case as the perfect seedbed for a more secure and efficient process. Moreover, thanks to SSI technology, it will determine the future of the use of verifiable credentials.
Join the Token European networks of policymakers, public sector innovators, practitioners and thinkers around DLT and the intersection of technology and societal transformation. Take the opportunity to build growing networks and explore early adoption possibilities of the Token technology.
Agenda:

Introduction to the Token project, by Token consortium representatives
Improving the Public Funding Distribution Process in Competitive Open calls using DLT, by Lynda O’Mahony, Project Manager at FundingBox
Decentralized KYC for cross-border investment, by Xabier Chao, CEO FundingBox
Self Sovereign Identity and EBSI, by Daniël Du Seuil, Convenor European Self Sovereign Identity Framework (EBSI) at European Blockchain Partnership
Walt.id: Holistic open source solutions for a wallet-centric world, by Dominik Beron, founder of wallet-centric solutions at walt.id
Qualichain Project: Decentralised Qualifications’ Verification and Management for Learner Empowerment, Education Reengineering and Public Sector Transformation, by Dr. Alexander Mikroyannidis, Associate Professor in the Knowledge Media Institute of The Open University
The future use of SSI and verifiable credentials – Round table and Q&A (all speakers)
Wrap-up and closing remarks, by Lynda O’Mahony

Introducing Blockchain in Public Sector: Lessons Learned
2022-11-23 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
On November 23, 2022, Infrachain, a consortium member of the European TOKEN project, is organising the TOKEN webinar “Introducing Blockchain in Public Sector: Lessons Learned” from 11am – 12pm CET.
Co-financed by the European Union, the project aims at easing the adoption of Decentralized Ledger Technologies as drivers for more open, transparent, trusted and efficient public services.
This event aims to present some lessons learnt through the TOKEN project when introducing Blockchain in the public sector.
In the first part, participants will learn from Konstantinos Glykos, Research Associate at CERTH/ITI (Greece) how the Municipality of Katerini created a blockchain-based e-voting system for the participation of citizens in public spending.
The second part of the event will discuss the “Lessons Learned from Implementation for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in Public Sector” with Dr. Uwe Roth from the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST).
Lastly, Patrick Weber, Attaché at the Ministry for Digitalisation will take part in Blockchain in the Luxembourg Public Sector: A Discussion with the Ministry for Digitalisation.
Participants will have the opportunity to have their questions answered during the Q&A closing the event.
Participants can register below to find out how the TOKEN project is impacting the European public sector.

TOKEN: Impacto de blockchain en los servicios públicos
2022-11-18 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Berlin)
Blockchain and other DLTs form the cornerstone of future innovation, enabling secure processes that will transform public services by solving issues related to trust, transparency, and privacy.
TOKEN’s ecosystem will facilitate the adoption of these technologies by providing public administrations with “out-of-the-box” components and demonstrating their added value through their application in replicable use cases. In this webinar, different entities and public administrations will show how the application of DLT enables public services to improve efficiency, boost public participation, increase transparency, and foster automation through smart contracts.

Smart City Expo World Congress 2022
2022-11-15 - 2022-11-17 | Fira Barcelona Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, 64, aL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelon, 08908
TOKEN is joining FIWARE at Smart City Expo World Congress. Together with the cities of Leuven (Belgium), Santander (Spain) and Katerini (Greece), we will learn how technology can contribute to accelerating the transformation of public services towards an open government model based on the principles of collaboration, transparency, and participation. Now more than ever, governments have the chance to overcome traditional barriers to innovation and answer to the growing demand for more transparent public services, keeping privacy and building trust through citizen engagement.

Meet us at #SCEWC22, the world’s leading event for cities that gathers leaders from the most innovative companies, governments and organizations to move cities towards a better future!
Do not miss the TOKEN sessions at #SCEWC22:
👉 15.11 at 13:00 – Transparent Management of Public Accounts (Konstantinos Glykos)
👉 16.11 at 12:15 – Last Mile Logistics & Dynamic City Access Management (Domien Stubbe & Ann Matheve)
👉 17.11 at 12:15 – IoT Data Valorization Services Integration of Santander Data Marketplace with DLTs (Laura Rodríguez de Lope)
Join us in Gran Via, Hall 2, Street E, Stand 21!

4th TOKEN Policy Observatory
2022-09-14 11:30 - 13:30 UTC
Use Cases of DLT in the Public Sector:
Operational Learnings, Policy Recommendations and Scaling Potential
Registration for the summit in person, general ticket includes the Observatory (fees apply)
Registration to view the online stream (free)
Welcome to the TOKEN project’s fourth Policy Observatory event! The Observatory brings together professionals working with applications of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) in the public sector to discuss operative learnings, the policy landscape and scaling potential related to current Use Cases.
In addition to presenting four TOKEN Pioneer Use Cases and their lessons so far, we will learn about scaling from an expert from a scaled Case, the Energy Wallet. We will also share thoughts in a panel discussion moderated by the think tank Demos Helsinki.
At the event, we hope to crystallize the learnings from Use Cases, making it easier to improve and scale similar DLT projects especially in the European context. After the Observatory we will recommend best practices for cities, and the European public sector more widely.
Below you will find the programme and the essential information about the event. We hope to see you in September!
What purposes does the event serve?

A means to get acquainted with latest Distributed Ledger Technology applications in the European public sector
A forum to discuss the needs for policy and regulations, operative possibilities and challenges, and learn about scaling
A way to connect with people working with public sector DLTs

For whom is it?

Professionals working with public sector DLT applications – or aspiring to do so, e.g.:
Chief Technology Officers of cities
Civil servants working with DLTs and tech projects, smart cities etc.
Policy makers interested in the digital transformation of their institutions
Innovations and tech specialists within public administration
Researchers
Developers/industry professionals

How can I register?

If you want to follow the YouTube stream free of charge, please register here. We’ll send you a link to the stream.

If you want to attend the live event, please purchase tickets to the FIWARE Global summit in Gran Canaria here. Please note, that you’ll have to buy a ticket to the whole summit – there are no specific Observatory tickets available.

PROGRAM OF THE EVENT:
Live at FIWARE Summit 2022, Gran Canaria and streamed. Times in GMT+1.
11:30 Welcoming words – Stefano De Panfilis (FIWARE Foundation COO and TOKEN Consortium Leader)
11:35 Introduction the Policy Observatory – Pinja Lehtonen (Demos Helsinki)
11:40 TOKEN Pioneer Use Cases presented
11:40 Public Funding Distribution – Lynda O’Mahony (Fundingbox)
11:50 Transparent Management of Public Accounts – Konstantinos Glykos (Information Technologies Institute)
12:00 Last Mile Logistics & Dynamic City Access Management – Joris Finck (Imec)
12:10 Data Valorization Services – Laura Rodríguez de Lope (University of Cantabria)
12:20 Learning from a scaled DLT Use Case in the public sector
Jeroen Wester, Energy Wallet
12:45 Panel discussion: Operational, scaling and policy learnings from Use Cases moderated by Johannes Anttila, Demos Helsinki
13:30 Concluding the event

Wednesday Webinar: What blockchain and decentralized technologies can do for Public Services?
2022-07-06 11:00 UTC | Online Event
Token components and services can help to make transactions more transparent. Discover how it works and its application in different domains
This FIWARE wednesday Webinar webinar will be about TOKEN Platform, a developer-friendly set of plug-and-play services and open-source components for building decentralized apps and services. So you can focus on building, not on infrastructure.

Ready to integrate services
Compatible with Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric Blockchains
The platform provides a wide range of lightweight and highly scalable RESTful services and components across four major blocks – Notarization Services, Decentralised Storage, Decentralised Identities, and Messaging and Events Streaming

The webinar will also present some of the results of the collaboration between the FIWARE Foundation and Alastria association towards the seamless connection of Powered By FIWARE Architectures and Public-Permissioned blockchain networks like those promoted by Alastria or EBSI (European Blockchain Services Infrastructure). In particular, the webinar will introduce CanisMajor, a blockchain adapter that enables transparent notarisation of NGSI-LD operations, leveraging the powerful properties of the blockchain to build trusted FIWARE applications in all types of Smart Environments and future Data Spaces.

Token components and services can help to make transactions more transparent. Discover how it works and its application in different domains

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Making Blockchain Happen in the Public Sector
2022-04-26 14:30 - 17:30 UTC
Though decentralised by nature, blockchain is increasingly implemented in the centralised environment of the public sector. While blockchain is a salient topic on the overall technology agenda, its operational use cases in public services are only emerging – as is the political regulatory framework.
Two European projects working with blockchain in the public services, TOKEN and BLING, have joined forces to organise this conference, where you will learn:

How blockchain can improve public services
How to tackle technological challenges in public sector blockchain
How do policies and regulations affect practical applications

This conference includes a keynote and two parallel tracks followed by a plenary session on policy. The operational track, ‘The Real World of Blockchain Implementations’, will focus on public sector use cases implemented in the Netherlands, Spain and Greece. The technology track titled ‘Tackle the Tech in Blockchain’ offers an opportunity to learn about the technological background of pilot projects as well as about Blockchain Platform-as-a-Service. The plenary session on the policy will cover EU and national level blockchain policies and strategies. In the plenary, we’ll hear expert presentations about the interplay of emerging technologies and emerging regulation. Please find the program in more detail below.
Check the full agenda here and don’t forget to secure your spot right away by registering here!

Webinar Unblock the City - the second
2021-11-23 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Online Event
The Token project, with a focus on city logistics, is in its second year of life, so we provide a status update. We organise the online webinar ‘Unblock the city – the second’ on Tuesday, 23 November, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon.
During the webinar we will elaborate on the concept of ‘Dynamic access control’ (DAC). What if you, as a transporter, are given extra access to a low-traffic area to make deliveries? Outside the loading and unloading windows? What conditions would you have to meet? And how can this be regulated and controlled? With Dynamic Access Control, a city can impose rules for extra access in a dynamic and controllable way, encouraging transport companies to green their fleet or deliver to customers in a consolidated way. This system is linked to the planning systems at the transport companies and uses blockchain technology for increased security and trust.
What is on the program?
1.- General introduction of the Token project by imec and VIL:– The problem definition and how DAC can provide solutions.– The technical way of working of DAC– Token: project progress in 2021
2.- The advantages of DAC– For cities: how does a DAC increase the livability of your city? Information and explanation by the city of Leuven.– For local economy: how does a DAC boost the local economy? Information and explanation by Linked Farm.– For logistic players: what are the advantages and implications of a DAC? Information and explanation by City Depot.
3.- Outro: conclusion and closing words by imec and VIL.
Are you interested in attending this session? Please register using this form.

Infrachain Summit
2021-11-18
On 18th November 2021, TOKEN will join the INFRACHAIN SUMMIT 2021 where national and international high-level speakers deep-dive on the benefits of blockchain in Industry 4.0, the circular economy, and the creative industries. Blockchain experts present operational use cases in 3D printing, chemicals tracing, IP and royalties management, entertainment,… The conference’s Leader sponsor Nomadic Labs shows use cases based on the Tezos blockchain.
TOKEN’s partners Infrachain, FIWARE, Fundingbox, and CERTH will have a session where we will share more about the TOKEN Project, our platform and the goal to provide technological components enabling public agencies to pilot the adoption of Distributed Ledger Technologies towards more open, transparent, trusted, and efficient #publicservices.
Read more about the agenda, speakers, venues, and registration: www.infrachainsummit.com

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Smart City Expo World Congress 2021
2021-11-16 - 2021-11-18 | Fira Barcelona Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, 64, aL'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelon, 08908
From 16-18 November 2021, TOKEN will join FIWARE Booth at the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) in Barcelona, Spain. It is the international leading event for cities. Our mission is to empower cities and collectivize urban innovation across the globe. Through promoting social innovation, establishing partnerships, and identifying business opportunities, the event is dedicated to creating a better future for cities and their citizens. For the first time this year, to celebrate a powerful 10th anniversary, SCEWC will be a hybrid experience, with the physical event coming back to Barcelona and a parallel digital program broadcast by Tomorrow.City.
Visit TOKEN’s booth to learn how we are developing an experimental ecosystem to enable the adoption of Distributed Ledger Technologies and to prove its value, via highly replicable Use Cases, as driver for the transformation of public services.

The Token Platform: A new plug and play solution to simplify the implementation of Blockchain and Decentralized technologies within Public Services
2021-10-07 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
The ultimate goal of TOKEN is to develop an experimental ecosystem to enable the adoption of Distributed Ledger Technologies and to prove its value, via highly replicable Use Cases, as a driver for the transformation of public services towards an open and collaborative government model approach. The Token Platform developed in the project makes the implementation of Blockchain and DLT solutions simple. Based on Free/Open Source modules, it can be easily used by any developer and by any blockchain. These components and services, such as Blockchain Notarization, Decentralized Identity, Decentralized Storage, and Messaging and Event Streaming, help to test, create, and build decentralised and distributed solutions that can help to improve the efficiency, transparency, trustworthiness, and privacy of the services provided by public administrations.
The webinar introduces the first release of the platform, targeting CTOs, CIOs, Developers and ICT professionals working in Public Administrations and it is part of the Token campaign for early adopters.
The Token experimental ecosystem puts people in control of their personal data, giving them the ability to decide how it is shared. To know more about the Token Platform join the community spaces and register for a virtual experience with our experts.

INFRACHAIN CHALLENGE: "Public Sector Blockchain"
2021-10-05 - 2021-10-06 | The LHOFT, 7 Rue Edmond Reuter, Contern, 5326, Luxembourg
ABOUT
The Infrachain Challenge is a hackathon focused on Blockchain organized by Infrachain sponsored by the Ministry for Digitalisation. Blockchain and DLT aficionados have 2 days to develop a solution that provides an innovative answer based on the Public Sector Blockchain. At the end of the challenge, teams will provide a working demo and pitch in front of a jury composed of Blockchain and subject matter experts. The event will be organised in such a way to fully respect the sanitary measures decided by the government and to respect social distancing.
THE CHALLENGE
The 2nd session of the Infrachain challenge is focused on the Public Sector Blockchain developed by the Ministry for Digitalisation and on digital credentials and wallets. Teams will have 30 hours to develop an innovative project based on the Public Sector Blockchain and code a working demo. Each team will get 5 minutes to pitch their project in front of a jury and convince them that their solution is the best.
WHO CAN APPLY
Applications are open to 6 teams of 3 to 6 members. Company teams are welcome. As the challenge is related to the Public Sector Blockchain in Luxembourg, team members should have knowledge of the Luxembourg socio-economic environment. Teams should be multidisciplinary to properly cover all aspects of the challenge. Team members need to be 18+.
PRIZES
Fabulous cash prizes will be awarded to the 3 best-placed teams:
Winner: EUR 5000
1st runner-up: EUR 3500
2nd runner-up: EUR 2000
PLUS: the Ministry for Digitalisation will review all team ideas and potentially contact individual teams for future collaboration to turn their concept into a Public Sector Blockchain application.
APPLY NOW AT CHALLENGE.INFRACHAIN.COM!

Token Greek National Event
2021-07-23 10:00 - 11:00 UTC
Proud to announce that the Token #GreekNationalEvent is taking place at the Greek Central Union of Municipalities (KEDE)’ Meeting next Friday 23 July. An excellent opportunity for our partners Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH)/ITI and Municipality of Katerini to present the project and their innovative use case on management of public accounts using Distributed Ledger Technologies #DLTs. More insights coming soon in our Community!

FIWARE DLT4Gov Day - Shaping the Future of Digital Governments
2021-04-22 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Online Event
Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) such as Blockchain do not just influence the technological world, they promise to reshape almost every conceivable part of society. By distributing information with a high level of transparency and security, DLTs have refined the internet by solving problems related to trust, transparency, and privacy. Not just for financial institutions but also for public administration, who can use DLTs to protect trusted records and simplify interactions with citizens.
At the core of the TOKEN Project – of which FIWARE Foundation is a key partner – lies the aim to develop an experimental ecosystem to enable the adoption of Blockchain and other DLTs as drivers for the transformation of public services towards an open and collaborative government approach. Different entities and public administrations in the TOKEN ecosystem show the way in which governments can adopt solutions that help manage processes in a more open, reliable, efficient, and transparent manner.
FIWARE Foundation is organizing “Distributed Ledger Technologies: Shaping the Future of Digital Governments”, a free virtual event, on behalf of the TOKEN Project to explore how Blockchain and other DLTs can contribute to more transparent, sustainable, and inclusive public services. Throughout this virtual event, experts from different and diverse organizations will discuss how DLTs and Blockchain, in particular, can simplify the management of trusted information, making it easier for public administration to access and use critical public-sector data while maintaining security of this information. It will also explore how policymakers, technical experts, and thought leaders around DLTs capitalize on the potential of the technology and which are the most promising areas of application.
Register here.

Talks on the uncertain promise of blockchain
2021-01-21 15:00 - 16:30 UTC
Get ready to join us! Blockchain technology, when specifically and appropriately applied, may hold significant potential for the transformation and innovation of public policies and services. This sums up nicely what the BLING Interreg – BLockchain IN Government is trying to find out by means of experimenting with pilots and use cases.
The BLING project is organising a free webinar “Talks about the uncertain promise of blockchain”. Juho Lindman, one of the authors of the recently published paper by the OECD on ‘The Uncertain Promise of Blockchain’ will discuss his paper with experts from the blockchain field.
The Experts
Tom Kettels of the EU Blockchain project TOKEN, Andreas Hartl, head of the AI division at the ministry of economic affairs and energy of Germany, Peter Verkoulen, manager of the Dutch Blockchain Coalition and Ben Welby, Policy Analyst in the OECD’s Digital Government and Data Unit will together with Juho Lindman, associate professor and director of the blockchainlab at the Gothenburg university discuss the recently published paper by the OECD. Shimeng Zhou is analyst at Sweco in Sweden and she will moderate this webinar.
Practical information
You can download the programe here
You can sign up for the webinar here

National Event: Connecting Europe through blockchain and self sovereign identity
2020-11-26 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris) | Online Event
Connecting Europe through blockchain and self-sovereign identity: A discussion on its benefit for public services
Blockchain technology has enormous potential to enhance the way that citizens, governments and businesses interact, by enhancing trust between entities and improving the efficiency of operations. This, coupled with the developments in Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) in the world of digital identity, creates the potential for a more trustworthy, secure and fair digital identity future for Europe.
The Internet has been described as “the decisive technology of the information age”, and blockchain is now reinventing it. The domain of blockchain applications seems to be limitless, from payments to safe data sharing of Internet of Things, or healthcare data. An identity management model powered by blockchain could pioneer this change. This new model would reimagine the relationship between state and individual, as the government would become the verifier, rather than the controller of people’s public service identity.
On 26 th of November, an event “Connecting Europe through blockchain and self-sovereign identity: A discussion on its benefit for public services” will be organised and held on behalf of the TOKEN project, accompanied by a rock-solid panel of highly specialized experts with demonstrable professional experience in the fields of blockchain and digital identity.
About the speakers:

Rieks Joosten – Senior Scientist at TNO (business information processes and information security).
Kai Wagner – Member of the Board of Directors at International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications; Partnership Development at Jolocom
Carlos Pastor Matut – Digital Identity Leader at Alastria, Convenor ESSIF at European Blockchain Partnership
Andrés Sánchez– Programme and project manager at TOKEN project, Director of FundingBox Communities
Jorge Fernandez – CTO at FundingBox, Co-founder of BotCar (Internet of Things Platform for smarter driving)
Daniel Du Seuil – convenor of the European Self Sovereign Identity Framework within the European Blockchain Partnership

Event agenda:

Welcome note by Andrés Sánchez
TOKEN Project and its technology by Jorge Fernandez
Keynote speech: “ESSIF and Self sovereign identity in Europe” by Daniel Du Seuil
Round table: How Self sovereign Identity will change society

The round table will be chaired by the following experts:

Rieks Joosten
Kai Wagner
Carlos Pastor Matut
Andrés Sánchez
Jorge Fernandez
Daniel Du Seuil

5. Q&A
Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3070667006778157069

National Event: Blockchain Policy for the Future of Public Services
2020-10-22 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | Online Event
In times of uncertainty, people turn their eyes towards public power. Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) such as blockchain are claimed to bring new opportunities for more secure, agile, transparent and cost-effective public governance. Meanwhile blockchain is labeled as big hype for nothing.
In this virtual event, we will bring stakeholders together to discuss the effects of DLT in public services, the role of technology in government and examine what these could and should mean in terms of policy. The event also acts as the launch of the Horizon 2020 funded TOKEN (Transformative Impact Of Blockchain Technologies in Public Services) project in Finland.
Tentative schedule
10:30 OPENING: The possibilities of blockchain policies
Introduction to the vision of Token-project and blockchain policies
Johannes Anttila and Johannes Mikkonen, Demos Helsinki
Johannes Anttila and Johannes Mikkonen are senior experts working in the Governance Innovation -team of Demos Helsinki. They are responsible for TOKEN Policy Observatories, which mobilizes European policy-makers and representatives of public authorities to co-create technical, political and academic understanding of using distributed ledger technologies in public administration
11:10 KEYNOTE: The promise and the pitfalls of distributed ledger technology in government
Vinay Gupta, Founder and CEO of Mattereum
Vinay Gupta is a leading figure in the blockchain space, having co-ordinated the release of the blockchain platform Ethereum in July 2015, and was strategic architect for ConsenSys Systems, a technology hub focusing on the Ethereum blockchain and related applications.
10.50 LIGHTNING SPEECHES on possibilities and challenges of implementing blockchain in public administration and services
Juho Lindman, Associate professor and Director of the Blockchain Lab at University of Gothenburg
Other speakers to follow.
11:30 GROUP DISCUSSION
Facilitated discussion in small groups on possibilities and challenges of blockchain policies. Opportunity for networking and exchange of ideas.
11:50 SUMMARY & CLOSING REMARKS
12:00 END

Integrating Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies in Smart Cities
2020-09-30 13:30 - 14:30 UTC | Online Event
During the session, the potential derived from the use of blockchain and DLT technologies within the framework of Smart Cities will be analyzed, supporting the objectives of transparency and traceability of Smart Cities processes, as well as offering guarantees and confidence in transactions linked to the sharing and trading of public and private data (Data Sharing and Trading/Marketplace). We will explain how it is possible to integrate blockchain and DLT technology within FIWARE-based Smart Cities platforms. Likewise, the collaboration plans underway between FIWARE and blockchain/DLT initiatives at Spanish (Alastria) and European (EBSI – European BlockChain Service Infrastructure) level will be analyzed.
Featured Speakers:
Juanjo Hierro (CTO, FIWARE Foundation)
Jesus Ruiz (Member of the Board and CTO, Alastria Blockchain Ecosystem)
José Manuel Avelino (Founder & CEO en Vestigia Blockchain Solutions)
Antonio Jara (CEO, HOPU)

National event: Impacto de Blockchain en los Servicios Públicos
2020-09-25 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Online Event
Santander Municipality, together with the University of Cantabria, organised an event for TOKEN in Spain. The event took place online, due to COVID-19 restrictions, and in Spanish.
In this webinar, different entities and public administrations showed how the application of DLT allows public services to improve efficiency, boost public participation, increase transparency and promote automation through intelligent contracts.
In addition to TOKEN presentation, the following keynotes took place (in Spanish):

European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI): The European Union governments’ blockchain network for the public administration’s transformation. Jesús Ruiz, Alastria.
The citizens as sovereigns of their identity. Iván Gutierrez Agüero, Tecnalia.
Blockchain communities in Spain: a decentralised organization. Daniel Labeaga, Blockchain Aragón
Blockchain implication in public services. Diego Cagigas Castro and Daniel Díaz-Fuentes, University of Cantabria.

Unblock the City
2020-09-17 09:00 - 11:00 (Europe/Brussels)
In this webinar, you will learn how public authorities, and specifically cities & municipalities, can use DLTs to improve their processes and solve issues related to trust, transparency and privacy. The webinar takes you at cruising speed around the progress made, ambitions of the project and introduces you to the four applications.
– Learn about which applications are being developed within the Token project:

Management of public funding (tendering)
Transparent management of public accounts
Dynamic access to the city & city logistics
Increased trust within an (urban) data marketplace

– Learn how the city of Leuven looks at (last mile) urban logistics and how they plan to promote local trade and sustainable modes of transport.
– Learn about the City of Things program, imec is researching to see how technology can be used to make our cities more livable.
Register here.

TOKEN Policy Observatory at Untitled Festival
2020-09-17 - 2020-09-18 | Online Event
On 17th-18th September, the first TOKEN Policy Observatory at Untitled festival. All the TOKEN sessions will be organized during this festival time. The sessions are:
A get-together for TOKEN consortium partners at the beginning of the festival. Three conversations on Token vision. Initial topics:
1) Radical transparency will be the future of public administration and will be the main cause of why some governments fail and some excel.
2) Blockchain – the problem or solution to 21st-century governments?
3) Data will save the world.
Four experimentation workshops The TOKEN sessions (except a consortium exclusive short get-together) are open to all attendees.

FIWARE eGov DAY: From eGovernment to eGovernance: Open Platforms for Public Value Creation
2020-09-10 14:00 - 16:30 UTC | Online Event
More and more, eGovernance applications are becoming part of citizens’ lives as they save costs and citizens’ time. The major elements are connectivity, information, skill set, budget. Given how tight public budgets often are, the return on investment is the major focus for governments when looking into digitizing their services. How can they go about that with costly software? The use of free and Open Source software could be the answer as it provides cost savings, security, scalability, reliability, interoperability, and globalization.
To showcase the ways in which the FIWARE Community members are working to foster this economic model, whilst also reducing the financial burden of public administrations and increasing citizens’ engagement within the process, this free virtual experience brings together private and public businesses, and developers operating at different fields to discuss how Open Source technology can make a difference.
The FIWARE eGovernment DAY will feature outstanding keynote and specialist speeches from experts in the field, as well as real-life use cases coming from across the world highlighting how nations are attempting to innovate their infrastructure – even though they may be at different stages in their journey of digital transformation – not least in respect to the use of Open Source approaches and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) such as Blockchain, for example.

National Event: Transforming public services with distributed ledger technologies
2020-07-08 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Online Event
Blockchain and other Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) are the cornerstone of future innovation. They secure processes thereby solving problems related to trust, transparency, and confidentiality. In the public sector, as in any other sector, this will bring about a transformation of the services offered.
TOKEN is a project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. The TOKEN ecosystem will facilitate the adoption of Blockchain and DLT technologies by providing public administrations with components adapted to their needs. TOKEN will demonstrate the added value provided by Blockchain via concrete and replicable use cases.
Infrachain a.s.b.l. organizes a free webinar on July 8 at 10:00 am on how to transform public services with DLTs. This webinar is part of the TOKEN project. The two-hour webinar is intended for anyone interested in the use of DLTs in the public sector: municipal and national administrations, developers and IT managers in the public sector and in the private sector working for the public sector, regulators, researchers and citizens.
The webinar will explore how governments can adopt solutions that help manage processes in a more open, reliable, efficient and transparent manner.
Pēteris Zilgalvis, Head of Unit, Digital Innovation and Blockchain at DG Connect (European Commission) will deliver a key note speech on the relevance and possibilities of DLTs in transforming public services and creating more fair and sustainable societies. Carlo Gambucci, Director of the Intercommunal IT Management Syndicate (SIGI), will present the Blockchain initiatives launched in the Luxembourg municipal sector. Juanita Devis of the Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC) in Belgium will present a use case deployed in the city of Leuven. A panel of experts including representatives from the Ministry of Digitization, the Interreg project BLING (Blockchain in Government), the Decentralized Identity Foundation and INATBA will discuss how to support decentralized ecosystems in the public sector.
Programme and registration: https://infrachain.com/token-webinar

Wednesday Webinar: Blockchain/DLT Integration with FIWARE
2020-07-01 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Online Event
FIWARE Wednesday Webinars – Integrating FIWARE with Blockchain/DLTs (1 July 2020)
This webinar will be an introduction to Blockchain and how FIWARE can be integrated with Blockchain/DLTs with a demo. In addition, it will also explain upcoming DLT components in the FIWARE ecosystem and an idea/state of art to leverage DLTs in ‘Powered by FIWARE’ systems. The corresponding slide decks can be found here: https://bit.ly/2AiP7Wa Check out the #WednesdayWebinars playlist for more FIWARE webinars: http://bit.ly/2OhnCyT
Chapter: Blockchain Difficulty: 3
Audience: Technical Domain Specific
Speaker: Har Preet Singh (Technical Expert and Evangelist, FIWARE Foundation)

TOKEN Immersive Bootcamp
2020-04-29 - 2020-04-30
TOKEN Immersive Bootcamp will take place on 29th and 30th of April and is being organised in order to create a common ground of knowledge for all the partners of the TOKEN project.
This Bootcamp will enable the owners of the Pioneer Use Cases to dive in understanding the actual potential of Distributed Ledger Technologies for the transformation of Public Services. It will set up the right mindset and expectations in order to carry out the pioneer Use Case accordingly with the goal of examining how the DLT can impact the public sector. And it will, also, help to activate the multi-disciplinary team that will be involved in piloting and assessing the transformation of public services by using DLT.
What will the event pay attention to:

Properly train the technical owners of each Use Case regarding the technical fundamentals of DLT and the TOKEN BCPaaS.
Get onboard the users and stakeholders to the meaningful fundamentals of the DLT and the Value proposition of the TOKEN BCPaaS, from the public service perspective.
Build up and strengthen the multidisciplinary teams that will carry out the Use Cases.
Dive in the evaluation framework scenario and ex-ante analysis for the impact assessment.
Define the specific next steps and the Readiness Roadmap to be followed for the proper preparation of each Use Case as part of a common goal. This will include guidelines for analysis of current processes and requirements and identification of channels for gathering the feedback of extended user groups during the implementation of the PUCs.
