UpLink: Linking Up the Next Generation of Change-Makers

January 21, 2020



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https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2020/sessions/linking-up-the-next-generation-of-entrepreneurs https://twitter.com/GreenSockMonkey/status/1176984029905739776

The new Davos Manifesto.

- model to benefit all stakeholders
- major buy-in from serious economists, the Big 4 accounting firms & the banking sector
- we have to listen to the young people... - Klaus Schwab
- because we’re all in this together

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UpLink Explained

- no global mechanism to connect these efforts
- digital platform open to anyone
- partnered with @Salesforce, @Deloitte, @Microsoft @LinkedIn



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1) World Economic Forum listed on the Chainlink website (now updated with Google)

2) @wef blockchain graphic

3) Klaus Schwab’s The Fourth Industrial Revolution book snippet - “The shift in action... http://smartcontracts.com ”

Go ahead and click the link. Oh. #Chainlink.

January 2020 - Frontier 2030 x UpLink

Fourth Industrial Revolution for Global Goals Platform

- 4IR technology can play a major role in bridging this gap”

- With Frontier 2030 and UpLink... we will make this happen.

https://www.weforum.org/press/2020/01/fourth-industrial-revolution-tech-can-fast-track-70-of-sustainable-development-goals/

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Unlocking_Technology_for_the_Global_Goals.pdf

April 2020 - WEF on data integrity & oracles https://twitter.com/ChainLinkGod/status/1255266109986611208

April 2020 - How blockchain enables new business models

“A multitude of sensory inputs and external data sources, called oracles in blockchain applications, need to be integrated.”

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/rebuilding-trust-on-federal-highways-how-blockchain-enables-new-business-models/

Harmonizing Systems: Smart Contracts and Interoperability

- if Smart Contract systems can communicate easily with non- blockchain systems (Oracles)

- to be designated as “Trustworthy Oracle Systems” for SmartContract integration

SmartContract...?

https://www.weforum.org/projects/harmonizing-systems-smart-contracts-and-interoperability

June 2020 - Now is the time for a 'great reset'

“The third and final priority of a Great Reset agenda is to harness the innovations of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to support the public good”

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/now-is-the-time-for-a-great-reset/

June 2020 - The Great Reset

“We can make sure the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are best utilized to provide us with better lives. In short, we need a great reset.”

June 2020 - Chainlink selected as a Technology Pioneer by WEF

“Chainlink will also contribute to Forum initiatives over the next two years, working with policymakers and private sector leaders to help define the global agenda on key issues.”

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/chainlink-awarded-as-technology-pioneer-by-world-economic-forum-1029311066 https://twitter.com/wef/status/1272786093272961025