BLOCKCHAIN ON THE BEACH 2022 will be a celebration of beautiful minds coming together in some of the most natural and pristine settings of beautiful Barbados.
Saturday, October 8, 2022
The official launch of Krypto for Kids Caribbean:
Starting September 8, 2022, our local team in Barbados will be inviting global partners for our livestream debut and selecting 50 scholars from schools across Barbados to participate in the Future of Barbados Blockchain Scholars Program. Participants will receive a transformative educational opportunity including financial literacy, blockchain technology, digital creative art and music instruction, and curricula that will expose them to both deep tech and digital assets guided by world experts and thought leaders. Confirmed participants will receive full details by our dedicated team and instructors. Once selected, they will be joining a global community unlike any other committed to nurturing brilliant minds leading the Caribbean in unprecedented directions and invited to participate in ongoing webinars and in-person activities depending on their interests. The participants of our very first cohort of Krypto for Kids Caribbean are leaders who have lived through a global pandemic, share common bonds of curiosity, and have crossed digital boundaries faster than any other generation. Everyone who signs up for our livestream will be invited to continue learning on our dedicated web-based platform where they can continue learning from brilliant minds from around the globe.
10 a.m.: Buses start to leave for full-day program
10:30 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.|| Registration
11 a.m.: Official Program || Morning Session Begins || First Citizens – Cave Hill School of Business
11:11 a.m.: Welcome address and prayer
We will have a series of keynotes and welcome remarks from leaders from across the Atlantic, which will be livestreamed and recorded so everyone who wishes to participate will have the opportunity to do so.
We will be announcing all of our incredible speakers no later than October 5, 2022; so follow us on social media or sign up for our newsletter so you receive our information first.
12:30 – 1:30 p.m: LUNCH & LEARN | Networking with Speakers
1:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m : Blockchain Immersion || First Citizens – Cave Hill School of Business
YOU MUST BE SELECTED TO ATTEND: Please apply above.
This session will be a combination of interactive sessions surrounding blockchain technologies, digital assets, digital music and art creation, discussions with tech entrepreneurs, artists, policy makers, storytellers, and kids from around the globe who are working on ground-breaking innovations. We are developing curriculum around the most talented youth who are signing up to lead and not just learn.
2:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m : Blockchain Mining Rig Construction Interactive Session || Goddard Room– Cave Hill School of Business
Students will work closely with Maxim Sindall on building computers from parts which will be then used to mine cryptocurrency. They will not only learn about the fundamentals of how their computer works but how to assemble and disassemble devices that they use every day. Digital money requires digital devices. In this session, we will demystify what is blockchain, what are digital assets, how do we use this new technology but more importantly what are the basic building blocks that are so simple that even kids can use.
Registration for this session is restricted to 50 students that are pre-registered. It will be filmed and photographed throughout the afternoon.
1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. || Blockchain for Impact Hybrid Sessions || First Citizens – Cave Hill School of Business
1:30 p.m.- 2 p.m. || Kyla Bolden – Entrepreneurship and the Importance of Future-Focused Skills || Wiz Kid Learning (USA)
2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.|| Áslaug Magnúsdóttir – KATLA NFTs for Sustainability (Iceland)
2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m. || Coral Wells- Robotics and STEM: Architecting the New Normal (Bermuda)
3 p.m. – 5 p.m. || NFTs, Music, and the Metaverse (Barbados)
This session will feature a series of interactive dialogues between students and local artists, entrepreneurs, and futurists who will deep dive into tech being created in Barbados expanding rapidly into the new world of Web3. Open to all that are curious why Barbados has such a special presence in the Metaverse and the rise of NFTs over the past three years.
Sunday, October 9, 2022
We will be doing a special yoga and meditation session for those who will be staying with us for another day, followed by lunch and an island tour throughout some of the most scenic spots in Barbados which will be filmed and photographed. Please email us an events@thestateofwomen.org if you would like to join us. This will be a strictly donation based event if you choose to celebrate so many new beginnings with us!