Innovators’ Club: Smart contracts & tokens – how will they revolutionize our daily lives?

Learn about the future power of smart contracts and tokens, why they are needed, and what we can expect from them, e.g. in business or finance. Watch the recording of our Innovators' Club to find out more!

Type of Event

Online - Webcast

01 Dec 2021

About the event

Watch the recording and learn about the future power of smart contracts and tokens, why they are needed and what we can expect from them in business or finance, for example, in which digital currencies, such as the digital euro, will play a relevant role.

At the event, Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner, from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Head of the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center gave a keynote speech about “Blockchain Innovations that will Change the World". After the keynote, a panel discussion took place, where he was joined by Dr. Thomas Endress, Executive Director EMD Digital at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Dr. Andreas Kind, Head of Cybersecurity and Trust at Siemens, and Dr. Andreas Heidelberg, Head of Business R&D and New Technologies within the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.

The event was moderated by Annika Zille, Head of Marketing at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany's Group Science and Technology Office.

Get answers to questions like:

  • How might the tokenization of goods and services affect the overall dynamics of our current economic system?
  • How can we grant object authenticity of information and objects in the IoT?
  • How can we ensure trust in M2M-connected worlds?
  • Who handles quality control in an IoT-connected world?

The event was hosted by

  1. Annika Zille

    Head of Marketing at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany's, Group Science and Technology Office

About the speakers

  1. Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner

    Professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Head of Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (FSBC)

  2. Dr. Thomas Endress

    Executive Director EMD Digital at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

  3. Dr. Andreas Kind

    Head of Cybersecurity and Trust at Siemens

  4. Dr. Andreas Heidelberg

    Head of Business R&D and New Technologies within the Life Science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany