Announcing Zcon Voices!

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.

Future Zcon Voices events will be announced later in 2023. Stay tuned!

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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.

Thank you,

Zcash Brazil

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I’m very excited to meet you guys and for the event!

As Michael said, this will be the first event about Privacy & Freedom in Brazil and everyone is so hyped to it.

Thank you for the opportunity! :heart: :rocket: :rocket:

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Confirmed speaker for Zcon Vozes Brazil:

Vitor Pio: Security and Privacy Expert, founder of the @PrivacyMap channel
https://www.youtube.com/@PrivacyMap/videos

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Confirmed speaker for Zcon Vozes Brazil:

Ian Sagstetter: Comms at Electric Coin Co, working on an open-source project called ZecHub, and member of the Zcash Community Advisory Panel.

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Dear Zcash Community.

We are super excited to share our first update about Zcon Voices (Zcon Vozes Brazil) update.

The following report is regarding Zcash Brazil’s teamwork on January 2023:

Zcon Vozes progress:

  • Design and supply estimate of swag (in progress)
  • Supply estimate of Zcon Buffet and cocktail (done)
  • Estimate event production (in progress)
  • Technical visit at Museu do Amanhã (done)
  • Animation for Zcon Vozes (in progress)
  • Management of suppliers, speakers, infrastructure, and everything that involves the event (in progress)
  • Agenda (in progress)
  • More designs art (in progress)
  • Official Registration page (in progress)

Some items are done/in progress:

Thank you, if you have questions don’t hesitate to ask.

Zcash Brazil

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Lot of good things coming soon! We’re working hard and it’s being very funny to build this event together! :heart:

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I like that tshirt emblem not gonna lie!:smile: :zebra:

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:musical_note: + :zebra: = :hot_pepper:

LOVE this logo , and I see some super cool speakers on the list :eyes:

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Is there a CFP for speakers to present keynote ideas?

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I replied on Twitter, thank you for your interest.

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.

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Speakers and panel confirmed for Zcon Vozes Brazil.

DAOs and Privacy: Balancing Transparency and Anonymity

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Good speakers! It’ll be amazing!

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Speakers and panel confirmed for Zcon Vozes Brazil.

CEX Vs DEX - The importance of privacy.

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Confirmed Speaker for Zcon Vozes Brazil.

Victor is a Lawyer Web 3 who will speak about the Tornado Cash case and Privacy

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Confirmed Speaker for Zcon Vozes Brazil.

Fabio “The Smith”- DAOs and their challenges - building communities and jobs on the web3.

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Confirmed Speaker for Zcon Vozes Brazil :brazil:

Conrado Gouvêa (@conradoplg) will talk about Zebra :zebra: and Frost in the #Zcash universe, Conrado is a cryptography engineer at @ZcashFoundation with extensive experience in software development.

Will you miss it? Whova Registration Page

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Confirmed Speaker for Zcon Vozes Brazil :brazil:

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.

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Confirmed Speaker for Zcon Vozes Brazil

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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