The awaited second edition of the ONTOCHAIN Summit for a Trustworthy Internet is set to take place on 22 June 2023, providing an opportunity for the entire EU Web3 ecosystem to gain valuable insights from experts, engage in meaningful discussions, and meet the achievements of the EU-funded project ONTOCHAIN, after nearly three years of intense project implementation.
At the core of the ONTOCHAIN Summit will be a Keynote Speech about Scalability, Replicability & Exploitability for blockchain-based applications at the EU level, followed by a Roundtable discussion. Experts from diverse fields will converge to analyse the topic from multifaceted perspectives, offering valuable insights and stimulating discussions.
The event will take place online and registration is free.
To maintain the momentum generated by the ONTOCHAIN Summit, two online hackathons will be hosted, inviting participants to demonstrate their skills in developing innovative applications to solve real-world challenges, on top of the ONTOCHAIN software ecosystem services:
- Hackathon #1 – Developing trustworthy applications that address human rights (28 & 29 of July)
- Hackathon #2 – Developing trustworthy applications for commerce & other services (04 & 05 of August)
The ONTOCHAIN Hackathons will be a great opportunity for web3 innovators to network with other like-minded individuals, gain valuable experience in developing blockchain-based applications and win one of the 6 prizes up to €3,000.
Applications for the online ONTOCHAIN Hackathons are open until 21 July 2023 (17:00 CEST) and participation is limited to 20 teams per Hackathon.
More information about the ONTOCHAIN Summit and the ONTOCHAIN Hackathons is available at the events’ dedicated web pages.
ABOUT ONTOCHAIN
Under the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet initiative, the ONTOCHAIN project was launched to contribute to a more human-centered Internet, an internet that fosters values of privacy, collaboration, diversity and more broadly human rights and democracy of utmost importance for the EU.
In practice, ONTOCHAIN enables the co-design, development and implementation of a new generation of trustful and decentralized web applications, federating blockchain and semantic technologies for different application domains such as eScience, eEducation, eHealth, eGovernment, eCommerce, eInfrastructures and so on.
In more specific terms ONTOCHAIN provides funding to internet innovators for developing blockchain-based knowledge management solutions that address the challenge of secure and transparent knowledge management as well as service interoperability on the Internet.
The project is operated by 7 partners with complementary expertise that form the core of a vibrant ecosystem: European Dynamics (Luxembourg), University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), IntelliSemantic (Italy), iExec Blockchain Tech (France), Athens University of Economics and Business (Greece), German Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Greece) and F6S (Ireland).