D1Conf Comes to Prague to Foster Collaboration on the Future of Decentralized Insurance

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Oct. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Decentralized Insurance Conference (D1Conf) will take place on October 28?29, 2018, in Prague, the Czech Republic. The event will be focused on both technical and business aspects of creating insurance apps using blockchain. Organized by Etherisc, a startup developing a protocol for decentralized insurance apps, D1Conf will feature 16 sessions, three panels, and two workshops.

"Decentralization will drive the next generation of insurance," claims Stephan Karpischek of Etherisc. "D1Conf brings together the brightest minds working on decentralized insurance."

Journalists are invited to visit the conference for free (see below). D1Conf is sponsored by Etherisc, Nexus Mutual, Witnet Foundation, Protofire, Asure, and POA Network.

Workshop day (Oct 28)

The session day will be preceded by two workshops, to be held on October 28.

The first workshop will focus on the business and legal aspects of launching a new insurance product. Providing tips and tricks, the workshop is ideal for anyone with a basic understanding of the insurance product lifecycle.

The other workshop will give attendees hands-on experience with developing / deploying a blockchain-based insurance product in a matter of hours. Anyone attending is required to have a laptop and basic coding skills.

Sessions day (Oct 29)

Agenda:

• "A Decentralized Mutual for the Ethereum Community" (Hugh Karp, Nexus Mutual)
• "Blockchain-Native Investment Assets" (Reinis Melbardis, Nexus Mutual)
• "Decentralizing Social Security" (Fabian Raetz, Asure)
• "Business Process Modeling and Execution in Ethereum" (Casey Kuhlman / Jan Hendrik Scheufen, Monax)
• "The Opportunities of Blockchain for Inclusive Insurance" (Michiel Berende, Etherisc)
• "DAOs as Infrastructure for Product Lines" (Joel Martinez, HurricaneGuard / Alpen Sheth, Etherisc)
• "Generalized Mining and the Third-Party Economy" (Jake Brukhman, CoinFund)
• "Building Alternative Insurance Value Chains on Blockchain" (Risto Rossar, Black Insurance)
• "xDai Chain: Decentralized Insurance and the Benefits of the Stable Chain" (Igor Barinov, POA Network)
• "Exploring Insurance Primitives for Blockchain" (Matt Tyndall, ConsenSys)
• "Insurance Risk Tokenization on Blockchain" (Theo Freybote, Ten Sigma)
• "Decentralized Cell-Phone Insurance" (Jonathan Staude / Eugene Dylko, Protchain)
• "The Incumbents View: How Is the Insurance Industry Using Blockchain?" (Magdalena Ramada Sarasola, Willis Towers Watson)
• "Working with Regulatory Bodies: Lessons Learned from the FCA Sandbox" (David Ambrose / Luis Novella, Vivat Group)
• "Blockchain Use Cases for Agriculture and Agriculture Insurance" (Stavros Tekes / Gregory Mygdakos, AgroApps)

Three additional panels will discuss the insurance of cryptocurrency wallets, "insurability of uninsurable risks," and the quality of oracles.

2017 recaps: https://blog.etherisc.com/tagged/d1conf

How to enroll

Register at https://d1conf.com and get 20% off by using the "d1conf2018" promo code.

Journalists may attend the conference for free?reach out via [email protected] for a media code.

About the organizer

Etherisc develops a protocol for decentralized insurance apps, creating an alternative to traditional insurance. The company's mission is to make the purchase and sale of insurance more efficient?reducing operational costs, increasing transparence, and democratizing access to reinsurance investments. More: https://etherisc.com.

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SOURCE Etherisc