We are pleased to welcome Professor Dr. Christopher Sier to the JBBA Editorial Board. Professor Sier is the Chair of UK Financial Conduct Authority IDWG. He is the Fintech Envoy for the Northern Powerhouse, Visiting Professor at the University of Leeds and Professor of Practice at Newcastle University Business School. The JBBA is Europe’s first…
The British Blockchain Association (BBA) is rolling out a series of face-to-face forums with students in key universities across the UK to promote understanding of the emerging technology behind encrypted currencies, such as Bitcoin. Graduates looking for blockchain related jobs has risen by 223% in the last 12 months, and the not-for-profit organisation is investing…
//europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-18-521_en.htm The new EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum has been launched on 1/02/18, with the support of the European Parliament. The Blockchain Observatory and Forum will highlight key developments of the blockchain technology, promote European actors, and reinforce European engagement with multiple stakeholders involved in blockchain activities. Dr Mureed Hussain, co-founder of the British Blockchain…
Professor John Domingue has joined the Editorial Board of the JBBA. He is a Professor of Computer Science and the Director of the Knowledge Media Institute at The Open University, UK. Prof. Domingue has a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. He is the President of STI International, a semantics focused networking organization. He has published over…
We are delighted to welcome Prof. Dr Wulf Kaal as Editor of the JBBA. Prof. Kaal is perhaps the most widely published proponent of blockchain innovation in law and corporate governance, as well as dynamic regulations to improve and expand blockchain technology and smart contracting. He is an international expert on innovation, blockchain technology applications,…
We are pleased to announce that the BBA has established a strategic alliance with the UN Development Programme, Global Centre for Public Service Excellence in Singapore. The Centre is UNDP’s catalyst for new thinking, strategy and action on building effective, accountable and transparent public institutions [SDG Target 16.6], a target that impacts on the success…
We are delighted to welcome Professor Dr Kevin Curran as BBA’s Regional Academic Advisor for Northern Ireland and Editor of the JBBA. Dr. Curran is a professor of Cyber-security at Computer Science Research Institute, Ulster University, and a Group Leader for the Ambient Intelligence and Virtual Worlds Research Group. He has made significant contributions to…
Rt. Hon. Martin Docherty-Hughes MP has been awarded the Fellowship (FBBA) of the British Blockchain Association. Mr Docherty-Hughes is the Chair of UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Blockchain. He is also the Co-Chair of All Party Parliamentary Group Estonia (interest: Distributed Ledgers, Education and Digitisation) Since 2015, Martin has been a member of the…
Mr David Rutter has been appointed to the Fellowship of the British Blockchain Association. David E Rutter is the founder and CEO of R3, an enterprise blockchain software firm working with a broad ecosystem of more than 300 participants across multiple industries from both the private and public sectors. R3 is developing blockchain applications on…
