This has been a year like no other. Against the backdrop of the global Coronavirus pandemic, the events of 2020 brought new challenges no one was prepared for - changing the way we live, work, network and connect with each other.
At the British Blockchain Association, we are immensely proud of supporting the work of so many brilliant minds and organisations in the blockchain space. We have accomplished continued growth and success during the most challenging of times: From delivering two major international blockchain conferences - to publishing two issues of the JBBA - to continued expansion of the Centre for Evidence Based Blockchain - BBA has consistently delivered in the midst of uncertainty. We are extremely grateful to the entire Team BBA for their tremendous contributions to the association.
In this year-in-review, you will find a list of accomplishments that would not have otherwise been possible without your support. We owe the success and growth of the BBA to our members, supporters, partners and well-wishers throughout the globe - the BBA network is operational now in 6 continents across 97 countries. We are delighted to have supported and promoted the work of so many brilliant individuals, organisations and networks - the evidence of which you will see below in this review.
Please look after yourself and people around you and do get in touch with your feedback, suggestions and ideas.
Wishing you a Happy Christmas and a blessed New Year.
Until next time,
Dr Mureed Hussain MD MSc FBBA
Executive Secretary
The British Blockchain Association
3rd Blockchain International Scientific Conference,
ISC2021, March 15, 2021
secretary@britishblockchainassociation.org
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Mission, Vision and Objectives
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Established in 2017, The British Blockchain Association (BBA) is the most influential voice in the blockchain industry. It is a not-for-profit organisation that promotes evidence-based adoption of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) across the public and private sectors. The advisory boards are drawn from the worlds of enterprise, research, academia, information technology and computer science in the field of distributed ledger technologies. BBA is a close-knit network of experts and organisations connecting policymakers, academics, blockchain engineers, venture capitalists and visionaries.
BBA is home to the JBBA, CEBB, BBA Student Forum, Industry Think-Tank and an extended network of advisors, editors, ambassadors and affiliates in 97 countries.
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Memberships, Partnerships and Global Expansion
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Members and Partners:
Baker McKenzie (BBA)
University of Arkansas (CEBB)
BBC Global NEWS (ISC Partner)
Blockchain 121 (BBA)
ARTiFACTS (JBBA)
Aren Strategy (BBA)
University of Burgundy (JBBA)
Singapore University of Social Sciences (JBBA)
BitNaj (BBA)
Patientory Association (CEBB)
Gresham International (CEBB)
Web3Labs (CEBB)
Edinburgh Napier University (CEBB)
Open university (CEBB)
RMIT University (CEBB)
Cryptoecon (CEBB)
AGM (ISC Partner)
Cointelegraph (ISC2020 Partner)
Working in collaboration with:
BBC Global NEWS
APPG Blockchain UK
Dept. for International Trade
British Embassy
Interwork Alliance
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Centre for Evidence Based Blockchain (CEBB):
- 14 new institutional members across 5 continents, including the largest university in the UK (Open University), enterprises, blockchain start-ups and think-tanks.
- 178 new individual members
- 13 Advisors and Institutional Leads
Journal of the British Blockchain Association (JBBA):
- 5 New Editors
- 18 New Reviewers
- 9 Academic Partners of 2 x Issues in 2020
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Events (Conferences, Summits, Webinars)
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> BBA Conferences and Summits:
- 2nd Blockchain International Scientific Conference ISC2020, Edinburgh, UK (March 2020)
- COVID19 Summit: The Future of Work, Education and Networking in times of a Global Pandemic (April 2020)
- CEBB Africa Summit:Evidence Based Blockchain for building DeFi Applications (October 2020)
> BBA Keynotes:
- BlockJakarta Summit (June 2020)
- Trade finance Innovation and Regulation Summit (September 2020)
> Industry and Research Webinars:
- How to write and present a World-class Blockchain Research Paper (September 2020)
- Blockchain Research Landscape in Israel (November 2020)
- Blockchain for Research - JBBA goes on ARTiFACTS (August 2020)
Blockchain Forum - The Roadmap (July 2020)
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ISC2020 was picked up by many press and media outlets:
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Blockchain International Scientific Conference #ISC2020, Edinburgh:
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Rt. Hon. Martin Hughes MP was awarded BBA Fellowship (FBBA):
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Prof Agata Ferreira, Robin Renwick and Daniel Uribe won Best Abstract Awards at ISC2020
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BBA's Centre for Evidence Based Blockchain interviewed by CoinNews Extra (CNE)
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CEBB Webinar: Blockchain Research Landscape in Israel
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Commonwealth Secretariat gave a Keynote at CEBB Africa Summit hosted by the BBA
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BBA was invited to give a Keynote at Trade Finance Summit, UK
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BBA was invited to a Keynote at Block Jakarta Indonesia Summit
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BBA's COVID Summit had speakers from 29 organisations
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BBA was Media Partner at Blockchain Expo World Series
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CEBB Masterclass: "How to Write and present Blockchain Research"
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The Journal of The British Blockchain Association (The JBBA)
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JBBA sent world-wide to 198 universities in 115 countries
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JBBA received accolades and letters of support from the Royals
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JBBA hard copies distributed worldwide
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JBBA listed in the "top 4 featured journals" list for the third year in a row
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JBBA offers Translation and Language Editing Services to Authors
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JBBA announces recipients of Global Peer Review Awards
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JBBA announces Best Paper Awards 2020
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JBBA Launches Video Abstract Services for Authors
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JBBA Goes on the ARTiFACTS Public Blockchain
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Centre for Evidence Based Blockchain (CEBB)
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CEBB highlights and progress to date:
- 14 institutional members across 5 continents, including the largest university in the UK (Open University), enterprises, blockchain start-ups and think-tanks.
- 200+ individual members
- 13 Advisors and CEBB Leads
- Designed over 2 dozen research infographics of some of the ground-breaking, industry-relevant blockchain research papers
- State-of-the-Art Member Networking portal, active 24/7 , 365.
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CEBB Launches Member Networking Portal
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In the year 2020, we received a total of 79 fellowship nominations of which 26 were self-nominations. To be eligible for the award of Fellowship, candidate must have fulfilled at least 8 out of the 11 essential eligibility criteria.
In November 2020, John Wolpert, Cofounder of IBM Blockchain, Hyperledger, and Baseline Protocol, was elected to the Fellowship of the British Blockchain Association. Earlier this year, Rt. Hon. Martin Docherty-Hughes MP, Professor R K Shyamasundar and David Rutter were elected to the BBA Fellowship. To see the list of current fellows, please visit the BBA Fellowship page.
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- 2500+ Twitter folowers
- 4,750+ LinkedIn followers
- Active Facebook and Medium channels with regular quality content posting and engagement
- Youtube Channel with videos and contents from BBA's webinars, summits and meet-ups
- BBA Mailing list (Mailchimp) of over 3000+ subscribers including members of parliament, policymakers, regulators, think-tank, academics, industry leaders, and visionaries.
- BBA was interviewed by many press and news outlets.
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19 Peer-reviewed JBBA research papers
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27 Conference Proceedings (ISC2020 and ISC2021)
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21 CEBB Research infographics
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1 X JBBA research Video Abstract
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CEBB creates stunning Infographics of published JBBA research
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