In this panel at the 2019 Norad Conference on digitalisaton and development, Aya Miyaguchi, Sofie Blakstad and Christopher Fabian come together to discuss how blockchain technology can contribute to the development sector, with examples from financial inclusion and from the UN system.
Aya Miyaguchi is Executive Director at Ethereum Foundation. Sofie Blakstad is CEO of HiveOnline and Sustainable Fintech Expert at the Sustainable Digital Finance Alliance. And Christopher Fabian is Head of UNICEF Innovation.
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The panel is part of a session on harnessing frontier technologies for development, where we look towards the future and examine what digital technologies are on the horizon and what they can contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
In theory, new technology may be of more importance in developing countries than in more developed countries, given that the needs for better and more efficient service delivery are greater in most sectors.
Machine learning, blockchain technology, extended reality and the Internet of Things are buzzwords in broader society as well as in the development sector.
