The Zcash Foundation (ZF) is excited to announce the first in what we hope will become a new series of hyper-local events called “Zcon Voices.” This project, and several others we’ll be announcing in 2023, strive to share ZF’s expertise and resources with our global community. The goal of Zcon Voices is supporting local, grassroots action that brings Zcash and financial privacy to communities that need it most.
Our goal for Zcon Voices is to provide a venue and a platform for regional-specific conversation and education about strong use cases for Zcash and financial privacy. Conferences will be contextualized—organized by local groups, presented in the local language, and will focus on local opportunities and relevant challenges.
Zcon Voices events will complement ZF’s annual Zcon event, further expanding the surface area available for conversation, engagement and education throughout the Zcash ecosystem.
ZF will provide financial and logistical support for these events, but ultimately the content, location, and other details will be driven by our local partners. ZF looks forward to amplifying the voices of Zcashers in their local communities, regions, and beyond.
The first event in the Zcon Voices series is called “Zcon Vozes,” which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 18th, delivered in Portuguese. This conference is being held in partnership with Michael2xl, a former Zcash Ambassador, and his amazing Zcash Brazil crew, who previously received a separate grant for furthering Zcash Brazil’s impact. Full details and the official announcement to follow in this thread.
Thank you for the opportunity, and for choosing Brazil to host this event, we are very excited.
This will be the first event of the Zcon Voices series, which will be called “Zcon Vozes” because it is in Brazil, and will be held in Rio de Janeiro, on March 18, at the “Museu do Amanhã” - Bem-vindo | Museu do Amanhã, in Portuguese, as workshop format - from 9 am - 8 pm.
It will be an informative, accessible, invitation-only event, with giveaways and much more experience.
We will share all the details and updates with the community, and we are committed to making it a memorable event, so please feel free to ask questions about the event.
Speakers and panel confirmed for Zcon Vozes Brazil.
Privacy on Web3, how to protect yourself: The panel will feature @zcashbrazil (@michae2xl), Secret (Luca), and NYM (João) all Brazilian ambassadors together in this mission.
Conrado Gouvêa (@conradoplg) will talk about Zebra and Frost in the #Zcash universe, Conrado is a cryptography engineer at @ZcashFoundation with extensive experience in software development.
Sebastian R. Wain will talk about - Web3 Security Overview!
Sebastian R. Wain is the co-founder and CEO of CoinFabrik, a blockchain and
cryptocurrency solutions company founded in 2014. CoinFabrik is a spin-off of Nektra,
another company co-founded by Sebastian in 2003 offering software development
components for the computer security and application virtualization markets. Before he spent
20 years focusing on security assessment, reverse engineering, and penetration testing.
What fascinates Sebastian about crypto is the intersection of decentralization, cryptography,
security, game theory, economics, and politics. Sebastian has earned a B.S. in Information
Systems at CAECE.
CoinFabrik has done over 200 hundred projects in the areas of security audits, research,
development, and consulting.
Isabela Fernandes is the Executive Director of the Tor Project since November 2018.
She joined the Tor Project as Project Manager in 2015, after working as Product Manager for International Growth at Twitter for four years. She will talk about: “The importance of the community in the Tor Project”
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