United Kingdom is amongst the top five cloud nations on The Software Aliance (BSA) latest report – with Germany leading the way.
The UK is in fourth position out of 24 leading IT economies, behind only Germany, Japan, and the United States. This represents a significant improvement for Britain compared with a ninth placed finish in 2016.
Most countries continue to make improvements, the study finds, but some markets are falling further behind. Turkey is on the 16th position, Russia 21st, China is twenty second.
The report says "The United Kingdom has a comprehensive set of cyberlaws. Data protection laws are particularly strong, with regular enforcement. However, businesses are required to register their data sets with the regulator, which seems to be an unnecessary burden on business and may act as a barrier to some cloud services.
The United Kingdom is updating its laws to reflect the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will come into force in May 2018. This update continues despite the BREXIT process."
On March 1, 2018, for the first time ever Istanbul will host Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Turkey, the event dedicated to legislative initiatives, new trends, and timely solutions in the blockchain industry and ICO.
Leading global experts from various industries will review acute issues of the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, share experience and knowledge with everyone interested.
The conference program will consist of three blocks: Blockchain, Fintech, and ICO. Following the Blockchain and Fintech blocks, panel discussions will take place, as part of which industry leaders will discuss the impact of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology at the global scale, as well as talk about the prospects of the fintech industry.
Here are the major speakers of the event:
Blockchain block
Gokhan Seckin, Turkey (CEO at Kimlic). The expert will speak about blockchain use in different industries, including finance, education, and insurance.
Dr. Cigdem Ayozger, Turkey (Founder at SRP-Legal). Being a successful lawyer, Dr. Cigdem Ayozger will explain which current Turkish laws regulate the fintech industry and cryptocurrencies, compare the regulation of the blockchain industry in different countries and assess how cryptocurrency-friendly Turkey is.
Servet Gozel, Turkey (Director at KPMG Turkey). His presentation will focus on the blockchain technology and cyber security. The expert will elaborate on the history of cyber security, tell how the encryption technology works, and define how safe blockchain is.
Fintech block
Fevzi Gungor, Turkey (CEO at Odeal). Presenter will speak about legal and practical obstacles in the process of blockchain adoption in the banking services.
Matt Oguz, Turkey (Managing Director at Venture Science). The investment expert will unveil the investors’ perspective on the ICO business. The audience will learn everything related to blockchain startups as well as how they differ from typical tech startups.
Bulent Tekmen, Turkey (Co-Founder at Colendi). The speaker will explain how the blockchain technology changes financial services in Turkey.
ICO block
Aleks Bozhinov, Bulgaria (Co-founder at Crowdholding). The experienced specialist in business promotion will tell how to deploy Internet marketing tools to run a successful ICO.
Stefano Virgilli, Singapore (CMO at Copernicus Gold). Reputed entrepreneur and TEDx speaker will dwell on the issues of token sales and marketing tools for ICO.
Gordon Einstein, the USA (Managing Partner at CryptoLaw Partner). Being a crypto advocate and a strategist in corporate issues, the speaker will talk about the latest legislative initiatives related to ICO; explain how to carry out an ICO while being compliant with all legal regulations, and how to keep on the right side of regulatory bodies.
Wences Casares, a PayPal board member, renowned entrepreneur and CEO of Xapo said “I can imagine a world in which bitcoin becomes a global standard of value — it’s the first global and non-political standard of value — coupled with the first global and non-political standard of settlement,...That would be super powerful. It doesn’t really need a killer application or much payment adoption to become that, but that would change the world as we know it. It would be the biggest leap forward in the democratization of money we’ve ever seen.”
