Events

theloop will hold a blockchain conference ‘LOOP-ONE’, which will open and demonstrate its open source blockchain engine at the Financial Investment and Education Center on Aug. 3.

theloop, a company specializing in blockchain, announced on July 11 that it joined blockchain conference panels in LA and in Washington DC. Min Kim of theloop introduced its proprietary blockchain technology, as well as explained the ICON Project and ICX tokens.

The ICON meetups are called ICONnect. As ICON aims to connect every single blockchain in existence. To further facilitate our goal, ICON will be holding a monthly meetup where we invite various blockchain projects to collaborate and share their vision.

The main subject will be “All about Interchain” with special guest speaker from the “Wanchain” project, a major interchain project.

ICON will present at the Santa Clara Blockchain Expo on Nov 29–30th, 2017. The Blockchain Expo is one of the largest conferences in the emerging Blockchain space. The ICON team will setup a booth for general information and ICON Foundation Council Member Min Kim prepared a special presentation.

The first ICON Annual Summit: The Genesis was held with 300+ guests and 3,000+ YouTube viewers worldwide. The highlights of the event include 1) MainNet Update 2) 2018 Roadmap 3) Token Economy 4) DApp and new partnership introduction. Thank you again for your support and interest in ICON and the first ICON Annual Summit: The genesis.

The ICON team organized a tour through the Asia Pacific region with our DApp teams — Tink, Blue Whale, and Sentinel Protocol to expand the global community. The tour started in Sydney, followed by Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai and Tokyo.

JH Kim, CEO of theloop was invited on March 28th by SBI Ripple Asia, secretariat of the “Japan Credit Card Industry Consortium”, to participate in the first “Japan Credit Card Industry Consortium Workshop”.

“Blockchain project Demo Day — New Kids on the Block(chain)”, sponsored by ICON, was held on April 27th in D.Camp Seoul.

During Consensus, ICON displayed a few recent product releases, we gave away several hundred ICX to a few lucky participants, and discussed our upcoming milestones with conference attendees.

“IEEE Blockchain Summit Korea 2018”, hosted by IEEE and sponsored by ICON, was held for the first time in Korea from June 7th to June 8th at SKT Tower in Seoul. IEEE is the largest technology organization for electrical and electronic engineering with 350,000 members in 150 countries.

ICON sponsored Beyond Blocks Summit Seoul, one of the biggest blockchain events in Asia. It was the main event of Korea Blockchain Week 2018 (KBW2018), and it was held at the Seoul Shilla Hotel on July17th and 18th.

The ICON team is proud to take part in ‘Blockchain Seoul 2018’ event which will take place at COEX, Seoul from September 17th to 19th. With the theme of ‘Blockchain Beyond Technology to Daily Life’, governments and companies interested in blockchain technology will congregate to efficiently share policies and opinions.

The ICON Foundation will take part in ‘Upbit Developer Conference 2018’, which will be held from September 13th to 14th in JeJu International Convention Center, South Korea. The event is the first blockchain developer conference held by Upbit, a leading cryptocurrency exchange. The event’s main purpose is to share and discuss the prospects of the blockchain technology with blockchain developers.

The ICON Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of ‘PyCon Korea 2018’, the largest Python Programming Community Conference which is held on August 18th and 19th in the Grand Ballroom, 1st floor of COEX in Seoul, Korea. First launched in 2014, PyCon is a nonprofit conference hosted by the global Python programming language community and is one the largest events for developers with approximately 2,000 attendees.

The ICON Foundation is sponsoring ‘DE-FERENCE 2018’, which will be held on August 11th in the Grand Conference Room, 5th floor of Global Convention Plaza at Seoul National University(SNU) in Seoul, South Korea. The event is the first blockchain conference held by Decipher, SNU’s blockchain society. The event’s main purpose is to share research results and discuss the prospects of the blockchain technology, which we believe needs more attention and participation from the academic community.

The ICON Foundation is proud to announce that ICONLOOP(formerly theloop) is sponsoring ‘The 5th Korea SW Convergence Hackathon’ hosted by Korea Ministry of Science and ICT(MSIT) and Korea National IT Industry Promotion Agency(NIPA), which will be held from August 30th to September 1st at Chonbuk National University in Jeonju-si, South Korea. First launched in 2015, ‘SW Convergence Hackathon’ is one of the largest software development competitions in Korea. ICONLOOP provides blockchain technology support and lectures to the participants, according to the designated task of ‘Developing Blockchain-based Service for Innovation of Postal Service(Logistics and Finance)’.

ICON Foundation is proud to announce that we are sponsoring ‘The Wall Blockchain Conference’ at the DMCF(Digital Media City Festival) to be held on September 6, 2018. The wall conference takes place at the SBA hall, Seoul, Korea.

The ICON Foundation is proud to announce that we are a title sponsor for ‘San Francisco Blockchain Week’ taking place in San Francisco, CA from October 8th to the 11th.

The ICON Team is proud to take part in ‘2018 Korea Blockchain Expo’, which will take place at the Grand Hilton Convention Center, Seoul from October 23rd to 24th. With the theme of ‘Blockchain: From Ideal to Reality’, more than 100 global blockchain companies and government officials, including the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, will congregate to discuss Korea’s blockchain policy and legislative direction.

ICON, as a strategic partner of LINE in both business and technology, will be participating in ‘LINE+LINK-DEV 2018’, which will be held in Conference Room 401, COEX, on November 8th. More than 500 attendees, including developers and blockchain professionals, will congregate to discuss blockchain development strategy, the advancement of the global fintech industry, and the effects DApp services could have in real-life.

ICON will be participating in ‘Digital Economy Forum Seoul 2018’, which will take place at the Hotel Conrad Seoul, from November 22nd to 23rd. The forum is co-hosted by the Korea Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) and the Korea Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and co-organized by the Korea Startup Forum, Startup Alliance, and the Korea Internet Corporations Association. More than 400 attendees from government institutions, tech giants, promising startups and investors will congregate to share corporate strategies and policy directions in innovative ecosystems including AI, FinTech, Mobility, and Blockchain.

ICONLOOP is proud to take part in ‘2018 Blockchain Grand Week’, which will take place at the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, from November 26th to 30th. The event is co-organized by the Korea Internet Security Agency (KISA), the Korea National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), and hosted by the Korea Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT).

ICON is proud to take part in Korea’s largest blockchain developer community day, ‘DevStamp 2018’, which will be held at the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies on December 18th. The event is organized by Korean blockchain communities and tech companies, and over 600 developers will be in attendance to discuss current problems with blockchain technology and potential solutions through hands-on development sessions.

The ICON Foundation would like to remind the community that ICON Foundation is a title sponsor for San Francisco Blockchain Week taking place in San Francisco, California starting this coming Monday, October 8th.

The ICON Team is proud to take part in the ‘2018 Seoul International Digital Festival (SIDiF)’, which will take place at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP), Seoul from October 27th to 31st. The SIDiF, which is celebrating its third anniversary this year, is a festival for sharing digital innovations and further developing Seoul into a smart city. The ICON Team will be participating in the two-day Tech X City Festival, which runs from the 29th to the 30th of October.

ICON introduced three blockchain-based services (identification, voting, payment) at the Seoul International Digital Festival (SIDiF) allowing citizens to feel the practicality of a blockchain use case.

ICON will be a featured host in ‘Seoul Immersive Blockchain’, which will take place at the Ibis Style Ambassador Gangnam from January 8th to 11th. This private blockchain study trip is led by official educational institutions of the Singaporean government, including SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)which is a statutory board under the Ministry of Education.