On November 23rd to 25th, the city of Hangzhou hosted the 2018 China Blockchain Conference. The event was organized by the China Computer Federation (CCF), inviting over 60 well-known blockchain expert and academic speakers from all over the world. Thousands of blockchain professionals and developers also attended the conference. As a key partner of the event, members of the iExec team traveled from France to participate in the three-day exhibition in China’s Hangzhou Blockchain Industrial Park.

The CCF Blockchain Expert Committee

The organizers of the conference, the China Computing Federation established a Blockchain Expert Committee. iExec co-founder, Haiwu He, was selected by CCF as a member of the Blockchain Expert Committee earlier this year. The aim of the committee is to gather professionals in the field to improve the level of research, teaching, and application of blockchain technology in China.

The iExec team with the Director of Blockchain Expert Committee of CCF, Prof. Xueming SI (middle)

China Hangzhou Blockchain Industrial Park

The Hangzhou Blockchain Industrial Park acts as a startup incubator, where distributed ledger technology startups from around the world can benefit from support and funding. The industrial park is located in Hangzhou city — which itself is an emerging technology hotspot of entrepreneurship and innovation where the world’s largest online B2B portal Alibaba Group is headquartered. The 2018 China Blockchain Technology Conference was an opportunity to leverage existing technology and talents from Greater China, to support the development of blockchain technology and serve blockchain start-ups in the future.

The iExec Booth was a hit!

As the official sponsor of the conference, iExec had a well-positioned booth that was a subject of interest for hundreds of developers who attended the exhibition. Both Chinese and French team were present to introduce the company profile, demo the product and answer questions from curious attendees ranging from developers to representatives of major global enterprises. The booth was actually one of the busiest at the entire conference and at times was assaulted from all angles!

Presentation of iExec

The last year has seen blockchain technology adopted by the masses while development has advanced leaps and bounds, this year’s 2018 CBC was therefore suitably themed: Development and Technological Innovation in Blockchain Industry and consisted of 6 sub-forums:

Blockchain Application

Blockchain and Cryptography

Blockchain technology development and supervision, smart city

Blockchain structure and consensus mechanism

The blockchain and Cloud Computing, big data, IoT & AI

Blockchain security and privacy protection

iExec Security R&D Director, Blockchain Expert and former Intel Senior Engineer, Dr. Lei Zhang, presented the iExec End-to-end Trusted Execution with Intel® SGX on the 25th November. Lei explained the use of Hardware Enclave technology and how iExec uses Intel SGX to provide comprehensive E2E data protection for blockchain-based computing. The presentation was well received and was reflected in the huge amount of interest at the iExec booth from developers, investors, and even representatives major global enterprises.

A Surprise for iExec 🏆

At the end of a very successful event, the iExec team was in for one more big surprise. An awards dinner was held for special contributions and iExec was selected! iExec Co-founder and Head of Asian-Pacific Region, Dr. He Haiwu, received the award and delivered a speech on stage.

“iExec will continue to seek cooperation with Chinese enterprises in the future and work together devoting to the Chinese blockchain industry development.”

It is safe to say that the event was a massive success, the iExec team making many new contacts during the conference. We are excited to see what future collaborations from the Asian-pacific region may come as a result.

Many thanks to Colan Chen (iExec Community Manager of Greater China) for the report and content.