Date: 19-Feb-19 (Tue)
Time: 12:00
Location: Bldg. 37, room 202
Lecturer: Moshe Hogeg
Host: Ohad Ben-Shahar & Or Sattath
Title: Contemporary Thoughts on Blockchain Technologies and Virtual Currencies
Abstract:
Blockchain Technologies and the virtual currency Bitcoin are often confused by laypeople exposed to these two revolutionary assets we all became familiar with only very recently.
Bitcoin and the other digital currencies represent an opportunity to re-visit the value of 'money', it's utilization in current economies and the role these new assets may play in a futuristic new construct of the economic world. I will share with you my journey since obtaining my first digital asset.
It is often easier to explain Blockchain technologies through the example of Bitcoin yet this does great disservice to opening people (and scientists') minds to the huge unfolding opportunities brought about by Blockchain technologies. With Blockchain, we shall not have to wait as long as we had waited for the Internet to change our lives:
tangible game-changers in almost every field – from medicine to supply chains, legal frameworks, communication and politics – will present challenging decision-making on the one hand, and on the other – a new world order, which will eliminate many of the “intermediators' we know today saving everyone money and time.
This presentation will highlight my analysis and experiences in developing an Israeli Blockchain ecosystem with eyes to the future. I will also raise the question: can we do better when industry and academia work together?
Bio: Moshe Hogeg, 37, is one of the leading entrepreneurs in Israel in the field of Technology and blockchain startups. He has been in the forefront of developing, mentoring and supporting large number of companies, especially in the field of digital currency investments and blockchain technology in Israel and around the world, with a unique focus in Asia. He is the Chairman of Singulariteam Technology Group, which was founded in 2012 as a Private VC and became one of the most active funds in Israeli high-tech investments with a portfolio of 50 companies. Singulariteam partners include:
Tencent (The “Chinese Facebook“), as well as Mexican billionaire, Carlos Slim.
The crypto wing of the Singulariteam Technology Group – Alignment – is specializing in the field of blockchain with over $600 million raised in 2017 alone. Several of the innovative ventures led by Mr. Hogeg
are:
• BlockTV – A dedicated television channel covering new technologies and the evolving global economy.
• Effective Space Microsatellites - focuses on the development of satellites.
• Infinity – an AR company, in which Chinese Alibaba has invested $15 million only recently Moshes Hogeg is also Co-founder and CEO of Sirin Labs the developers and producers of the first Blockchain-based smartphone – FENNEY™. The phone is expected to be launched in December 2018 with soccer star Leo Messi, as the company's Brand Ambassador.
Mr. Hogeg is married and a father of two. He grew up in Beer Sheva
(Israel) and resides in Tel Aviv. As a veteran soccer fan and player, he is the owner of 'Beitar Yerushalyim' Club, Jerusalem's leading team.
