Shermin Voshmgir
Shermin is the director of the Research Institute for Crypto Economics at the Vienna University of Economics, and the founder of BlockchainHub. She is also advisor of Jolocom, a blockchain based identity protocol. In the past, she was a curator of TheDAO, on the advisory board of the Estonian E-residency as well as Wunder, a decentralized Art Museum. She regularly speaks at conferences and consults on Blockchains especially in the context of sustainability and social impact of future technologies. Shermin did her PhD in IT-Management at the Vienna University of Economics. Furthermore, she studied film and drama in Madrid. Her past work experience ranges from internet start-ups, IT consulting & filmmaking. She is Austrian, with Iranian roots, and lives between Vienna and Berlin.
Current Topics
Shermin gives talks in German & English.
Here a little sneak peak into her Videos & Podcasts.
- Blockchain, Web3 & Token Economy
Primer into Blockchain, the Web3 and the role of tokens. This talk will point out why Bitcoin and other crypto tokens are not currencies in the traditional sense, but rather a new asset which has more similarities to commodity money rather than to fiat money. It is furthermore an operating system for a new type of economy with distributed governance that can transcendent geographic boundaries of nation states. - Programming a Sustainable World
Despite widespread media coverage about the carbon footprint of Bitcoin mining, the underlying Blockchain technology has a lot of potential to help us reach our global sustainability goals. In combination with AI and IoT blockchain can make sustainable action more transparent and providing incentive systems to program a sustainable world. This talk covers use cases and maps current activities worldwide. - Privacy in the Machine Age
How are human right affected by the fact that every action we take leaves a digital trail. What does that mean in the context of current and future data structures, the role of cryptography? Do we need to start redefining what human right mean in the digital age. Is there such a thing as digital Human rights? - Impact of Future Technologies
Emerging technologies like Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, Virtual Reality, Biotechnology, and 3D printing all interdependent, and mostly still in their fetal stages. Once they reach their inflection point, the world we will live in might look quite different from everything we know today. This talk will point out the opportunities and challenges of such a future world.
Speaking Engagements
Austrian Notaries
Keynote: The Future of Notary Services
Vienna, May 24, 2019
Business Circle
Keynote: Blockchain & Web3
Vienna, April 4, 2019
Unfold Art Exchange
Panel: Blockchain & Art
Bahrain, March 7, 2019
GPA
Keynote: Blockchain & Web3
Vienna, January 31, 2019
Fintech Tagung Österreichische NationalBank
Panel: The Future of Fintech: Private Sector Perspective
Vienna, January 28, 2019
Plattform Industrie 4.0
Blockchain & Web3
Bregenz, Dez 12, 2018
GS1
Blockchain & Web3
Cologne, Dez 6, 2018
Cryptomonday: Blockchain & Sustainability
Introduction and State of Research (the event will be open to a general public)
Vienna, Nove 27, 2018
Aussenwirtschaft Österreich & Institut für Kryptoökonomie
Panel: Convergence of Technologies: Blockchain, AI and IOT
Vienna, Nove 26, 2018
TedX Cern
Keynote: Blockchain and the Web3: The future of the Web ist Decentralized
Cern, November 20 2018
Robert Bosch Stiftung
Panel: Future of Society
Berlin, Nov 13, 2018
Boston Consulting Group
Blockchain Primer
London, Nov 8, 2018
Deutsche Telekom: Digital 2018
Keynote: Blockchain & Token Economy
Cologne, Nov 7, 2018
House of Beautiful Business
Keynote:Token Driven Societies
Lisbon, Nov 4, 2018
Züdfunk
Keynote: Blockchain & Machine Economy
Munich,Oct 27, 2018
Gewinn Messe
Blockchain und die Token Ökonomie
Vienna, Oct 17, 2018
Hagel Insurance
Blokchcain Primer
Vienna, Oct 17, 2018
Adesso Insurance Forum
Keynote: Blockchain & Token Economy
Munich, Oct 16 2018
Financial Market Authority, Austria
Panel: Impact of Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies
Vienna, 4. Oct 2018
Athesia Media
Keynote: Blockchain, Web3 & Token Economy
Bolzano, Italy, September 20, 2018
Interne Revision
Keynote: Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies
Salzburg, 13/14. Sept 2018
Audi AG
Keynote: Blockchain & Token Economy
Ingoldstadt, September 5 2018
Forum Alpbach
Blockchain & Information Security
Alpbach, 29. Aug 2018
Adesso Banking Forum
Keynote: Blockchain & Token Economy
Frankfurt, August 22 2018
Bochum University
Keynote: Plurale Ökonomie
Bochum, 11. Juli 2018
TedX Heidelberg
Keynote
Heidelberg, 30. Juni 2018
Diskurs.Medien.Bildung
Panel: Medienbildung
Berlin, 19. Juni 2018
Poetry of the Real
Keynote: Blockchain & Cryptoeconomics
Zurich, 13. Juni 2018
IMPACT – SBA Research
Keynote: State of Cryptoeconomics Research
Vienna, 12. June 2018
Nexxwork
Keynote: Blockchain & Future of the Web
Berlin, 7. June 2018
Prozess Management Forum
Keynote: Blockchain & Future of the Web
Vienna, 7. June 2018
WU Matters
Keynote: Intro to Blockchain & Cryptoeconomics
Wien, 5. Juni 2018
Schöne Neue Welt
Keynote: Blockchain, ein Betriebssystem für eine neue Welt
Klagenfurt, 1. Juni 2018
RECON
Token Economy – The Crypto Economics of Blockchain
Loipersdorf, 17. May 2018
Katapult Future Fest
Keynote: Programming a Sustainable World
Oslo,14-16 May 2018
Re:pubica 2018
Panel: Kryptopia oder altes Geld mit neuen Mitteln: Bauen wir noch ein neues Finanzsystem – oder passen wir das alte nur an?
Berlin, 2. May 2018
4Gamechangers
Keynote: Towards a Token Economy
Panel: Data Privacy
Vienna, 18-19 April 2018
BERLIN ENERGY TRANSITION DIALOGUE
Future Technology Panel
Berlin, 17. April 2018
Forschungsgipfel
Future Technology Panel
Berlin, 17. April 2018
Crypto42 Summit
Keynote: Token Valuation Framework
Vienna, 16. April 2018
Lange Nacht der Wissenschaft
Keynote: Blockchain, Kryptoökonomie und Co. – Was ist das eigentlich und wie verändert es unser Leben?
Vienna, 13. April 2018
Improve Digital
Keynote: Blockchain & the Future of Marketing
Venice, 29. March 2018
Insurance Forum Austria
Blockchains and Smart Contracts for the Insurance Industry
Neusiedlersee, 22. March 2018
Credit Risk
Token Economy – The Crypto Economics of Blockchain
Vienna, 15. March 2018
Jordan Economic Forum
Keynote: Token Economy – The Crypto Economics of Blockchain
Panel: Blockchain and Beyond
Dead Sea, Jordan, 13. March 2018
Money Talks #2 @ Supermarkt
Token Economy – The future of Currencies?
Berlin, Feb 22 2018
Crypto Asset Conference
Frankfurt School of Business
Keynote: Crypto Economics & How to evaluate a Token
Frankfurt, 23 March 2018
LEAD Community Summit
Speaker: Neue Führung, Neue Welt – Führung in Zeiten von digitalem Wandel
Berlin, Feb 16 2018
Humboldt University Berlin
“Blockchain in Society” panel with Nina-Luisa Siedler, Frederike Ernst, Sven Läpple, Florian Glatz, Shermin Voshmgir
Berlin, Jan 25 2018, 19:00-21:00h
Humboldt University Berlin
“Blockchain in Society” panel with Nina-Luisa Siedler, Frederike Ernst, Sven Läpple, Florian Glatz, Shermin Voshmgir
Thursday, 25 January 2018, 19:00-21:00h.
European Lotteries Association
Blockchain & Smart Contracts
Brussels, Dec 1 2017
Bank Austria
Keynote: Blockchain & the Token Economy
Linz, 29. Nov 2017
Emerging Technologies and the Future of Citizenship
Identity & Privacy on the Blockchain
Florence, 27. Nov 2017
Next Digital Leader Summit
Blockchain & the Future of the Web
Essen, Zollverein,11. Nov 2017
Banking & Technology Days
Blockchain Keynote & Panel
Vienna, 9. Nov 2017
EHI Technologie Tage
E-Commerce Implications of Blockchain Technology
Essen, 7 Nov 2017
Blockchain & Science Hack’n’Share
Token Economy – The Crypto Economics of Blockchain
Berlin, Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft, 29. Oct 2017
Hidden Values
Keynote & Panel
Essen, Zollverein, 27. Oct 2017
Creative NRW
Blockchain & The Future of the Web, Keynote
Köln, 26. Oct 2017
Ada Lovelace Festival
Blockchain & the Future of the Internet, Keynote
Berlin, 19. Oct 2017
Wirtschaftsforum Baden-Württemberg
Blockchain Keynote for Digitale Zukunft – Chancenreich und Chancengleich
Stuttgart, 9. Oct 2017
9984 Summit
Keynote: Privacy in the Machine Economy: On digital human rights, the right to encryption and self sovereign data
Berlin, 9. Oct 2017
Innogy Unconference & Iprize
Blockchain & IoT: Why privacy matters
Berlin, 28. Sept 2017
Circle: Changing Dynamics
Keynote: Blockchain
Amsterdam, 22. Sept 2017
Next Conference
Keynote: Blockchain & the Future of the Internet
Hamburg, 21. Sept 2017
Magic of Innovation
Keynote: Blockchain, Smart Contracts & The Future of Insurance
Vienna, 20. Sept 2017
Dmexco
Blockchain Lightning Talk & Panel
Hamburg, 14. Sept 2017
UDL Digital
Talkshow & Diskussion: Gesellschaft Ohne Geld?
Mit Jens Spahn & Shermin Voshmgir
Berlin, 11. Sept 2017
Techfestival
Keynote: Blockchain & the Decentralized Web – Own your own Data!
How the Internet is broken and why we could fix it with Blockchain
Copehagen, 6. Sept 2017
Good School
Keynote: Intro to Blockchain
Berlin, August 31, 2017
Propellor Film Tech Hub & BlockchainHub
Blockchain & The Film Industry, Keynote
Berlin, August 29, 2017
Young Leaders Program, BDI
Blockchain & the Future of Democracy
Berlin, August 25, 2017
Tech Open Air
Blockchain Tokens & ICOs
Berlin, 12-14 July 2017
Mind, Culture and Behaviour in the Digital Age @ Alpe Adria University
Keynote: Blockchain
Klagenfurt, 28 June 2017
BAKS: Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik
Keynote: Blockchain, Smart Contracts & the Decentral Web
Berlin, June 20 2017
GTD
Keynote: Blockchain und Smart Contracts: Wie eine IT-Technologie die Welt verändern kann
Frankfurt, June 20 2017
Pey – The Block Conference
Blockchain & ICOs
Hannover, June 14 2017
Austria Connect Conference
Keynote: Blockchain
Barcelona, June 8 2017
Storage Solution Day
Keynote: Blockchain, Smart Contracts und verteilte Filesysteme
Zurich, June 1 2017
The Next Web
Keynote: New Kids on the Blockchain
Amsterdam, May 19 2017
Fraunhofer Institut
Anwendungen & Potentiale der Blockchain
Keynote: Future of Identity
Berlin, May 18 2017
Katapult Festival
Panel: Our future Society
Keynote: Death of Government
Panel: Post Scarcity
Oslo, May 10-12 2017
FUEL Conference
Keynote: Re-think Internet: Blockchain
Berlin, May 9 2017
Re:publica
Disrupting Organizations: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations on the Blockchain
Berlin, May 8 2017
Austrian Federal Ministry of Economics: Blockchain Deep Dive
Keynote & Break out Session: Self Sovereign Identity on the Blockchain
Vienna, May 6-7 2017
Fonds Insights 2017
Blockchain, Smart Contracts & the Future of Law
Imperial Riding School Renaissance Austria Hotel
Vienna, Mai 5 2017
Gamechanger Festival
Keynote: Disrupting Organizations
Vienna, April 25 2017
STORAGE Technology Conference
Keynote: Blockchain & Dezentrale File Systeme
Bonn, April 24 2017
Digital City Vienna: Blockchain Kickoff
Keynote: Blockchain
Vienna, April 25 2017
CSC Bankenforum
Blockchain Panel
Frankfurt, March 29 2017
Ethereum Meetup
Blockchain’s Problems with Unknown Unknowns
Berlin, March 28 2917
DiNE – digital. inspiring. networking
Blockchain Workshop
Munich, March 22 2017
2033 – neue Perspektiven für gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt
Panel: “Welche Gesellschaft werden wir sein? Welche Gesellschaft wollen wir sein?” with Prof. Karin Heitzmann, stv. Leiterin Forschungsinstitut Economics of Inequality, WU Wien, Christopher Lindinger, Director Research & Innovation, Ars Electronica Future Lab Othmar Sailer, CEO LiSEC Group, Stephan Vopel, Direktor, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Dr. Shermin Voshmgir, Gründerin Blockchainhub Berlin
Impact Hub Vienna, Lindengasse 56
Vienna, March 20 2017
IPDB Meetup on Blockchain Governance
Voltastr. 5, Haus 12, Treppe 3, 1. OG, Berlin
Berlin, March 1 2017
Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research & Economy
Introducing Blockchain: How to integrate Blockchain into Austria’s Digital Roadmap
Vienna, February 24 2017
GSW Forum 2017
Keynote & Breakout Session: Blockchain, Smart Contracts & Dezentrale Autonome Organisationen
Oberursel bei Frankfurt, Feb 23 2016
Technology, Trends & Innovation: Blockchain Track @ Steinbeiss SMI
Full Day Workshop
Berlin, 22. Februar 2017
Berlin Legal Tech Conference & Hackathon
Breakout Session Blockchain
Berlin, Feb 10 2016
#openspace @ Kommerzbank
Talk: Blockchain, Smart Contracts & the Decentral Web
Berlin, Feb 7 2016
Blockchain Tag für die Energiewelt
Keynote: DAO Security Aspects
Berlin, January 27 2016
Kaffee & IT(ee) @ Deutscher Bundestag
Keynote
Berlin, January 27 2016
Privacy Camp @ CPDP conference
Owning the Web Together: Peer Production & Sharing
Panel with Other confirmed participants in the panel are Ela Kagel (Supermarkt), Tim Jordan (University of Sussex) and Seda Gürses (KULeuven and Princeton University)
Brussels, 24 January 2017, 9.30 to 11.00 at Université Saint-Louis
Platform Coops – Start your own!
Keynote: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
Berlin, December 9 2016
Blockchain Startup Contest @ Energie Steiermark
Keynote & Jury
28. Nov 2016, Graz
Österreichische Lotterien
Keynote Innovationsbreakfast
25. Nov 2016, Wien
Bitkom Arbeitsgruppe
Blockchain Use Cases
24. Nov 2016, Frankfurt
Bundeskanzleramt, Stattsminister Dr. Helge Braun
Keynote & Blockchain Roundtable
23. Nov 2016, Berlin
HUB Conference hosted by Bitkom
Keynote & Blockchain Panel
22. Nov 2016, Berlin
Breaking Patterns
New Economic Models on The Blockchain (Talk & Panel)
25. Oct 2016, 13:00, Vienna
re:publica Dublin
Blockchain & The Future of Law (Talk)
20. Oct 2016, Dublin
SAE Convention
Blockchain, Smart Contracts and the Decentral Web (Talk)
12. Oct, 2016, Cologne
Bitkom Blockchain Day
Blockchain Talks & Blockchain Panels Bitkom Internal Event (Talk & Panel)
6. Oct 2016, Frankfurt
Future of Identity
Blockchain and Future of Identity (Panel)
Tallinn, Sept 1, 2016
GETD#4
DAOs & the Future of Decentralized Governance (Talk & Panel)
Keynote, Shermin Voshmgir (BlockchainHub) & Panel with Griff Green (Slock.it), Nina Siedler (DLA Piper) & Greg McMullen (IPDB)
July 22, 2016 10:00 AM, Agora Collective, Mittelweg 50, 12053 Berlin
TOA Satellite Event
The Future of Data Science (Panel)
July 13, 2016 6:00 PM, Betahaus, Prinzessinnenstraße 19-20, Berlin
Panelists: Jose Quesada (Data Science Retreat, Machine Learning), Rino Montiel (eyeEM, Computer Vision), Shermin Voshmgir (Blockchainhub, Blockchain & Web 3.0)
Hertie School of Governance
HEEN – Hertie Energy & Environment Network
How can digitalization advance the lowcarbon economy? (Talk & Panel)
July 2, 2016, Berlin
BlockchainHub Meetup
Introduction to Blockchain & Smart Contracts (Talk)
27 June 2016, Berlin, 19.00 Hubraum
Forum Alpbach presents re:think Austria
Introduction to Blockchain & Smart Contracts (Talk)
18 June 2016, Linz
UEBERALL APP CONGRESS
The Future of Apps are dApps
16 June 2016, Zurich
Solarpraxis: Blockchain & Energy
Introduction to Blockchain & Smart Contracts (Keynote)
23 May 2016, Berlin
IFSE: Blockchain & the Arts
“Digitalisierung machen die anderen”
Workshop with Masha McConaghy & Shermin Voshmgir
23 May 2016, Berlin
OuiShare Fest
Talk & Workshop with Shermin Voshmgir
18-20 May 2016, Paris
Re:publica
Blockchain & the Future of Governance (Talk & Panel)
May 2016, Berlin
CIOINSIDE
Blockchains & Smart Contracts (Keynote)
8 April 2016, RedBull Ring, Austria
Technical University of Berlin
Workshop by Shermin Voshmgir: Blockchain, Smart Contracts & Decentralising Trust
Hosted by Department of Information Systems Engineering, Berlin, March 08 2016
Blockchain Vlaanderen Meetup
Presenting Blockchainhub (Talk)
Feb 29 2016, Leuven, Belgium
Vienna University of Economics
Blockchain, Crypto Economy & Crypto Law (Talk)
Hosted by the Department of Information Systems, D2.0.038, 16:30 – 18:30
Jan 26 2016, Vienna
Betabreakfast
Blockchain & Smart Contracts (Talk)
January 7, 2016, Betahaus, Berlin
Vienna University of Economics
Department of Information Systems (Workshop
Dec 21 2015, Vienna
BlockchainHub Roundtable
Hosted by European Forum Alpbach with Masha McConaghy (ascribe.io), Philippe Narvale (Forum Alpbach), Gavin Wood (Ethereum), Joerg Platzer (Room77, Bundesverband Bitcoin & Author of ‘Bitcoin kurz & gut’), Shermin Voshmgir (BlockchainHub)
Berlin, 12 October 2015
GETD#3
Blockchain & The Future of Democracy (Talk)
10 October 2015, Berlin
Interviews
English
Deutsche Welle: Made in Germany – Shermin Voshmgir and Blockchain
Thompson Reuters: Implications of Blockchain Technology
Wall Street Journal: Bitcoin finds a home in cash loving Germany
Venture Beat: Before you read in a Blockchian startup read this
TOA.life Editorial: Can you trust the Blockchain and remove the middle man?
Quartz: One Berlin startup wants to make sharing your data as easy as sharing your money
Refinery29: Demexco Conference – Leadership Advice for future female Leaders
Materials Magazine
German
Bilanz: Institut für Kryptoökonomie, Shermin Voshmgir erforscht an der WU…
Merton Magazin: Kann Blockchain die Wissenschaft verbessern?
Die Presse: Bitcoin ist keine Währung
Der Standard – Mit Blockchains das alte System sprengen
Die Zeit: Die digitale Nomadin
Absatzwirtschaft: Bitcoin war gestern, jetzt folgt die Token Ökonomie
Die Pressse: Bitcoin ist wie email in den 90ern
Der Standard: Mit Blockchain das alte System Sprengen
Cryptonews.de: Shermin Voshmgir vom Forschungsinstitut für Kryptoökonomie
Sürdirol News: Blockchain Hype oder Revolution
BRZ: Der Gläserne Mensch – Alpbach Edition
Trending Topics
Frankfurter Allgemeine Quaterly: Die Weltverbesserer
Trending Topics
Wienerin: Kryptoökonomie
Gewinn: Shermin Voshmgir
Encore: Forschungsmagazin des Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft
Die Presse
WU Magazin
RBB Inforadio
WIRED Germany
T3N
Das Netz Online
Heise Online
Hochschulreform
Heise
BTC-Echo
Musikwirtschaftsforschung
Digital Present Tagesspiegel
Rheinpfalz
Horizont
UDL Digital
Dutch
Nexxworks: Three takeaways from Medialaans Innovation Conference
Bloovi: Blockchain brengt ons de volgend generatie internet het gedecentraliseerde we
French
Le Temps: La consommation intensive d’énergie dans la blockchain n’est pas une fatalité
Publications
In Production: Book, Token Economy, O’Reilly, tbe 2019
In Production: Intro Chapter, Rechtshandbuch Smart Contracts, Beck Verlag, März 2019
Business Purpose Design, Book Contribution, Monica Smith, Shermin Voshmgir, et al., 2018
Krypto Economy, Book Contribution, Conversations on the Digital Era, Andrea Bauer, Shermin Voshmgir, et al., 2017
Hidden Values, Book Contribution, Die Währungen der Zukunft, Kapitel: Token Ökonomie, published by CREATIVE.NRW, April 2018
Blockchain Handbook, BlockchainHub, Shermin Voshmgir, Valentin Kalinov, 2017
Blockchain, Smart Contracts und das Dezentrale Web, Technologiestiftung Berlin, Shermin Voshmgir, 2016
Blockchain, Eine Technologie mit Disruptivem Character, Journal Chapter, Identitätsmanagement, published by Gesellschaft für Informatik, 2018
Disrupting organizations with Blockchain, Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Shermin Voshmgir, 2017,
Shermin Voshmgir on Medium, 2016 – ongoing
