<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Notwithstanding Vint Cerf's <a href="https://twitter.com/vgcerf/status/1019987651301081089">scepticism</a>, blockchain continues to grow, and some efforts appear to cresting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle">slope of enlightenment</a>. The BSIC group of beneficent application proponents now have a powerful corporate ally in the form of Microsoft.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u><div class="gmail-m_6309304650110859052subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:836.667px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="gmail-m_6309304650110859052subscribe-body" style="width:816.667px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="gmail-m_6309304650110859052subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_6309304650110859052the-post"><div class="gmail-m_6309304650110859052post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a href="https://isoc.live/bsic2019" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BSIC19-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" class="gmail-m_6309304650110859052size-medium gmail-m_6309304650110859052wp-image-11130" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>June 10-11 2019</strong> the annual <a href="https://conference.blockchainforsocialimpact.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><b>Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition Conference<span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"> </span></b></a>(BSIC19) will <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">b</span>ne held at the <b>Microsoft Tech Center</b> in <b>NYC</b>. BSIC19 brings together government officials, leading NGOs, charities, think tanks, impact investors, technologists, and innovators to strategize about and develop blockchain-based solutions to pressing global challenges in the following areas: identity management, refugee resettlement, supply chain, energy, financial inclusion, human rights, democracy, and voting. Both tracks of Day 1 of the 2019 Conference <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span> will be webcast live on the the<b> <a href="https://isoc.live/bsic2019">Internet Society Livestream Channels</a></b></p><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em"><font size="2">LIVESTREAM:<span class="gmail_default"> </span></font><a href="https://isoc.live/bsic2019" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178);font-size:14px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">https://isoc.live/bsic2019</a><br></h2><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><b>SCHEDULE: <a href="https://conference.blockchainforsocialimpact.com/schedule-2019/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://conference.blockchainforsocialimpact.com/schedule-2019/</a></b></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><b>TWITTER: #BSIC19 @ethereum4impact <a href="http://bit.ly/2KBENeB" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">http://bit.ly/2KBENeB</a></b></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><b>ABOUT BSIC:</b><br>The Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition (BSIC) is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization that incubates, develops, and collaborates on blockchain products and solutions that can address social and environmental challenges across the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.  <a href="https://blockchainforsocialimpact.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><b>https://blockchainforsocialimpact.com/</b></a></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="3" class="gmail-m_6309304650110859052subscribe-footer-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:3px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=151329629&post=11128&subd=isoc.live&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" width="1" height="1"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/t.gif?email_name=email_subscription&blog_id=151329629&_ui=2239291&email_id=12e2bc3d9b57a691d2c8430d31473661&date_sent=2019-06-10&domain=isoc.live&frequency=0&digest=0&has_html=1&locale=en&_en=wpcom_email_open&browser_type=php-agent&_aua=wpcom-tracks-client-v0.3&_ul=wwwhatsup1&_ut=wpcom%3Auser_id&blog_tz=-4&blog_lang=0&user_lang=en&_ts=1560149403591" width="1" height="1"></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br>-</div></div></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>---------------------------------------------------------------<br><span>Joly MacFie  <span title="Call with Google Voice">218 565 9365</span> Skype:punkcast</span><br>--------------------------------------------------------------<br>-</div></div></div></div>