Cardano Chooses Tbilisi for Premium Summit

On December 3, 2022, Meta Business Hotel hosted Cardano Summit 2022 Tbilisi. This is already the second summit held in Georgia by Cardano and their special representative Andrew Thornhill, Ambassador of the Cardano Foundation to the country of Georgia.

In contrast with last year’s more relaxed tone, this time was more action-packed: 10 panels united over 30 professionals from public, fintech and startup spheres to discuss topics such as “Cardano Projects In Georgia”, “Government & Regulations”, “Technology & Advancement”, “Challenges Of The Georgian Innovative Ecosystem”, “Blockchain Governance & DAO Conversation”, “Georgia As An Emerging Tech Hub At The Crossroads of Europe & Asia”, “NEO Banking”, and “WEB 2 > WEB 3”.

Cardano’s Mel Mc Cann, VP of Engineering and Jeremy Firster, Global Head of Enterprise at Cardano Foundation, opened the summit giving presentations entitled: “What Is Cardano?”, and, “How Does Cardano Work?” As the leitmotif of the event was the Memorandum of Understanding between the National Wine Agency of Georgia and Cardano Foundation to create a traceability solution for wineries located in Bolnisi Appellation, the summit also hosted Levan Mehuzla, Chairman of the National Wine Agency of Georgia, on the panel “Cardano Projects in Georgia”. In parallel to the tech topics, Irakli Cholobargia united wine lovers at a wine talk to taste special wines from the Bolnisi region and to discuss the importance of our Cardano traceability solution for the wine industry, together with Baia Abuladze, founder of Baia’s Wine and Rikki Brown, American anthropologist researching Georgian winemakers.

A very special representative from the US Embassy, Economic Officer Sabrina Newton, moderated the panel on Government & Regulations.

Jeremy Firster closed the very successful event with the panel “What Is Next? The Future of Blockchain”.

Andrew Thornhill, Cardano Ambassador to the country of Georgia:

“There are 3 key elements to the summit that we follow as a rule every time:

1 - The summit has to be semi-informal to ensure full engagement from the community;

2 - The summit has to be free as per Cardano’s mandate for this event;

3 - The summit needs to unite people from blockchain and outside the blockchain sphere as Cardano focuses on its blockchain’s real-world adoption.

I am excited to see more participants, more speakers, and more attendees from outside the blockchain world. It shows that the job we do here with Cardano, such as our groundbreaking project with the National Wine Agency of Georgia, contributes well beyond the blockchain community. So what will be next? The future is full of challenges and new opportunities, and we promise to bring even more innovative and successful contributions to the Georgian wine making sector — and others to come — with the help of Cardano!”

In the picture (from left to right):

Mel Mc Cann, VP of Engineering at Cardano Foundation,

Levan Mekhuzla, Chairman of the National Wine Agency of Georgia,

Jeremy Firster, Global Head of Enterprise at Cardano Foundation,

Andrew Thornhill, Cardano Ambassador to the country of Georgia.

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