Dubai International Blockchain Summit is over. It was held on August 9 after being moved by two weeks from July 23.

Exhibition hall

According to organizers, there was some trouble with the government permission to hold such type of event at the right time.

The event was held in prestigious Atlantis the Palm hotel on Palm Jumeirah and was supposed to be the biggest blockchain show of this kind in the Middle East.

There were three main parts rented by organizers — VIP room section with dining hall, the conference room where all discussion panels and start-up presentations were given, and lastly the biggest of them all, exhibition hall with all booths (or tables).

Bitcademy was part of DIBS18 as one of the start-ups with its own booth in the exhibition hall.

Our logo by our booth

For July 23, there were supposed to be 3 of us / Tomasz Krzystek, CEO; Paul Loiacono, COO; Michal Paraschidis, Blockchain Security Advisor. Unfortunately, the meeting was postponed and Michal couldn’t join us in August. That left only Tomasz and Paul for the event. We were flying from two cities in Saudi Arabia — Tomasz was flying from JeddahwithPauljoining from Riyadh.

It appeared in the evening that Paul will have trouble to leave Saudi Arabia in time. He had problems with the right permission to leave and it stopped him at the airport until next afternoon. He could only join the summit for evening dinner.

That left Tomasz as the only one representing Bitcademy. It was hard work sharing the time between booth and conference room, where Tom participated in Bitcademy presentation as well as blockchain discussion panel but it turned out to be a full success.

Project reception at the summit was very warm. People praised our concept to be modular, interesting and different from other projects. Our approach allows investing in sports education of young people with a good return to an investor at the time of contract signature. It’s a blend of social impact and for profit, and with the fact it’s directed to underdeveloped countries, visitors recognized its value for elevating local communities and helping them improve life quality. In addition, sophisticated tools for monitoring & improving players’ skills, talent recognition and marketplace give us a cutting edge status and advantage to offer the product to a range of potential customers from the area of sports.

With Feedchain & Bitmillex

Summit was opened at 9 am and closed at around 5 pm. It brought over 30 exhibiting companies and 25 speakers. It didn’t attract as many as 5000+ visitors but still, it proved to be a great opportunity for presenting great solutions, exchange knowledge and form some partnerships.