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Don Tapscott, Carlos Moreira and Wang Wei to present "Trust Protocol Initiative connecting cities of Toronto, Beijing and Geneva as a Trust Triangle" at the Geneva Blockchain CongressDon Tapscott, Carlos Moreira and Wang Wei to present “Trust Protocol Initiative connecting cities of Toronto, Beijing and Geneva as a Trust Triangle” at the Geneva Blockchain Congress Geneva – January 16, 2020 – WISeKey International Holding Ltd (“WISeKey”, SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a leading global cybersecurity and IoT company, today announced that once again will be a Presenting Partner at the Geneva Blockchain Congress, which will take place on January 20, 2020 at the Palexpo Geneva. Following the remarkable success of its 2019 inaugural edition, this year’s theme is “From Laboratory to Market via Ethics, Regulation and Governance” with a focus on sustainability. The Geneva Blockchain Congress has a rich program with world-renowned speakers and is appropriately being held in Geneva. Dedicated to advancing the achievement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the city of Geneva promotes high-quality education, decent work conditions, economic growth, responsible consumption and healthy and robust institutions – all goals profoundly affected by the next generation of technology. The Geneva Blockchain Center of Excellence will provide important research to local entrepreneurs; help them promote their technologies internationally; facilitate the rapid adaptation and on-boarding of Blockchain-based solutions; foster stronger collaboration between the public, private and academic sectors and cooperate to ensure that the latest technological standards are made available in a safe and trusted manner. During the event, WISeKey will also officially launch the Trust Protocol Association, headquartered in Geneva. The Trust Protocol Association will create a new Trust Protocol for the Internet combining traditional Cryptographic Trust Models with distributed blockchain ledgers creating a new Global Trust Platform and will put together an ecosystem of governmental, technology and business partners, each representing a node with the possibility to have multiple nodes per country. Blockchain-based solutions aim to reduce the need for a central authority by distributing information and digital assets, previously held in a centralized repository across a network of participating nodes. While Blockchain is not owned by one individual or organization, anyone with an internet connection (and access, in the case of private Blockchains) can make use of it, help maintain and verify it. When a transaction is made on a Blockchain, it is added to a group of transactions, known as ‘blocks”. Each block of transactions is added to the database in a chronological, immutable chai. Each block is stamped with a unique cryptographic code, which ensures that records are not counterfeited or changed. The Blockchain approach lacks legal validity in most jurisdictions, which only recognize the digital signatures as equally valid that manuscript signatures when generated using traditional PKI technology. Carlos Moreira said: "The Blockchain Centers of Excellence can help overcome the dangerous trust deficiency facing our economies and societies. In coordination with the centers, the Trust Protocol Association will foster stronger collaboration between the public, private and academic sectors for the adoption of latest deeptech standards in a safe and trusted manner." WISeKey participation at the Geneva Blockchain Congress: Morning – Plenary: Moderator: Carlos Moreira
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Adeline Beaux, Project manager Maud Couturier, Press and public relations manager About WISeKey WISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN) is a leading global cybersecurity company currently deploying large scale digital identity ecosystems for people and objects using Blockchain, AI and IoT respecting the Human as the Fulcrum of the Internet. WISeKey Microprocessors Secures the pervasive computing shaping today’s Internet of Everything. WISeKey IoT has an install base of over 1.5 billion microchips in virtually all IoT sectors (connected cars, smart cities, drones, agricultural sensors, anti-counterfeiting, smart lighting, servers, computers, mobile phones, crypto tokens etc.). WISeKey is uniquely positioned to be at the edge of IoT as our semiconductors produce a huge amount of Big Data that, when analyzed with Artificial Intelligence (AI), can help industrial applications to predict the failure of their equipment before it happens. Our technology is Trusted by the OISTE/WISeKey’s Swiss based cryptographic Root of Trust (“RoT”) provides secure authentication and identification, in both physical and virtual environments, for the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence. The WISeKey RoT serves as a common trust anchor to ensure the integrity of online transactions among objects and between objects and people. For more information, visit www.wisekey.com. Press and investor contacts:
About The Blockchain Research Institute The Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) is the world’s largest independent think-tank dedicated to inspiring and preparing private and public sector leaders to be the catalysts for blockchain transformation. Funded by international corporations and government agencies, the BRI has brought together the world’s top thinkers to undertake ground-breaking research on the strategic implications of blockchain technology, producing practical insights for its member organizations. The Institute has 100+ research projects underway in the areas of financial services, manufacturing, retail, energy and resources, technology/media, healthcare and government, as well as how this nascent technology is changing the way companies are managed. The Blockchain Research Institute is based in Toronto, Canada, and was founded in 2017 by Don and Alex Tapscott, the co-authors of the best-selling book, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World. Don Tapscott has written 16 widely read books about the digital age dating back to 1982 and is recognized as one of the most influential management thinkers of our time. To find out more, please visit www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org. Disclaimer: This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities, and it does not constitute an offering prospectus within the meaning of article 652a or article 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations or a listing prospectus within the meaning of the listing rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange. Investors must rely on their own evaluation of WISeKey and its securities, including the merits and risks involved. Nothing contained herein is, or shall be relied on as, a promise or representation as to the future performance of WISeKey. |