Polkadot Meetup for Developers - co-hosted by Trust Square & SUPSI

Our friends over at Trust Square hosting a great event where everyone who is interested to learn more about Polkadot is welcome to attend.

The event is co-hosted at SUPSI - Department of Innovative Technologies, Information Systems and Networking Institute, in Lugano, so if you are around by chance feel free to come in person.

For all others, you won t miss out as you can join the event online too.

The kick-off will start on Tuesday, August 31st at 4pm CEST with a live Insider Presentation by:
Bill Laboon (Director of Education and Community) at Web3 Foundation
Join via: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86550288863

Afterwards, all participants can propose and join working groups.

We would highly welcome if you already propose groups or join groups before the event via the Polkadot Discord Channel.
https://discord.com/invite/k8VPJ4YwXu

Please provide the following information in the Discord Channel so we can all focus on the most valuable working group topics:

• Name a few topics you would like to learn more about:
• Optional: Your idea for a working/discussion group:
• Years of IT experience:
• Years of blockchain development:
• Your favourite technologies/tools/languages:
• Expertise with Polkadot (zero/beginner/experienced/professional):
• Other relevant experience:

We look forward to see you there
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Are you a developer interested in Polkadot? Join us for our first hybrid meetup on 31 August 2021,[masked], at SUPSI campus in Lugano and remote!

Participate in the discussion, share your ideas, and find like minded peers.

This meetup is split in 3 parts, we’ll start with a “behind the Polkadot scene” introduction, setting the tone for the following breakout sessions, after which we’ll come together again to share the findings.

Apply to host a breakout session: you can submit your challenges or ideas and become the host of one of the breakout sessions - and have other devs help you drive your project forward. In the third part, you will share your findings with all attendees - and those who join us at Trust Square, enjoy some drinks!

About Polkadot:
Polkadot is a next-generation, sharded, multi-chain network founded by Dr. Gavin Wood, cofounder and former chief technology officer of Ethereum and creator of the Solidity programming language. Polkadot is a metaprotocol solving many challenges that has hindered the growth of legacy blockchains, including scalability, governance, security, and interoperability. Polkadot is a project fostered by the Web3 Foundation and built by industry-leading developers like Parity Technologies. Applications from decentralized finance and energy to gaming and communications will thrive on Polkadot, challenging the centralized platforms of the current web.

About Ticino Blockchain Technologies Association:
The association acts as an aggregator of all new and existing initiatives within a unique innovation cluster based in Ticino / Switzerland, fostering the advancement of economic progress: more competitive products for companies, more prosperous careers for individuals and growth of swiss education system.
The association promotes and facilitates innovation and research, merging public and private sectors, with the aim of promoting awareness and development of all technologies related to blockchain and decentralized applications (DLT).
The ecosystem links two main drivers of innovation: universities and research centers on the one hand, and private companies, which transform scientific knowledge into economic wealth, on the other. What will take place in Ticino is therefore a complex process of economic enhancement of education and scientific and technological research, which flows from universities and Research Institutes, which is then distributed (employees and research results) over the territory, while offering enterprises the ability to capitalize on the results of the research by showcasing and deploying marketable products.