The European Union (EU) has announced that it will host an online Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on June 18, 2018, at 6 p.m. CEST. The event, organized and hosted by the European Blockchain Observatory and Forum of the EU, will last for 90 minutes and cover blockchain technologies with in-depth explanations, interactive discussions with panelists and public questions answered live.
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The European Blockchain Observatory and Forum[2] was created as a European Parliament pilot project with a mission to accelerate blockchain innovation and the development of the blockchain ecosystem within the EU and establish Europe as a global leader in the field. The Blockchain Observatory and Forum is currently operating under the European Commission (EC)’s Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT). Their partners include ConsenSys AG (general contractor), the University of Southampton, the Knowledge Media Institute at the Open University, University College London and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
The event will be streamed live on YouTube[3]. Viewers are invited to comment and ask questions via Twitter. To participate, viewers should include both #AMAblockchain and @EUBlockchain[4] in a tweet. For example, “What is the official position of the EU on cryptocurrencies #AMAblockchain @EUBlockchain[5]?” Selected tweets will be addressed and answered live.
“Technologies like blockchain can help reduce costs while increasing trust, traceability and security,” said Andrus Ansip, vice president for the Digital Single Market, in a February 2018 EU press release[6] announcing the launch of the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum.
“They have huge potential for making social and economic transactions more secure online by guarding against an attack and removing the need for any middleman. We want to build on Europe's substantial talent base
