Programm

Dienstag, 30. Okt 2018

TedxZurich Salon

When thinking about democracy we might be reminded of the old fashioned show of hands, as it is still practiced in some parts of Switzerland. But did you know we just had our first blockchain based vote? When taking a closer look we soon find out that democracy cannot be easily defined. Whether in politics or even in places we would never expect to find it – like a fortune 500 company, a bee-hive, in art or journalism.

18:30 Registration opens
19:00 Talks begin
20:30 Audience group discussions
21:15 Closing / Start apéro
22:00 End

Speakers:

Leonardo Gammar

Leonardo is a financial engineer, programmer, and innovator. He patented his first invention at the age of 20, a CO2 emissions reducer for cars that is now widely used across West Africa. Afterward, Leonardo built and sold two profitable trading algorithms to one of the world’s top 15 largest hedge funds. From there, he began investing in academic research on new types of blockchain consensus models and developing mission-driven projects, which led to the birth of Agora, a voting technology company based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Leonardo is passionate about creating secure and transparent elections around the world.

Elliot Ash

Elliott Ash sees the legal system as an object for scientific study. With graduate degrees in law and economics and with tools from statistics and computational linguistics, he uses documents and data to understand the law, the judiciary, and the broader political economy. By day Elliott works as assistant professor at ETH Zürich, while playing drums in his free time for rock band The Free Rides.