LTI, the newly rechristened brand identity of erstwhile, L&T Infotech Ltd., is hosting a Blockchain hack fest for Corporate at its Powai campus on May 15 & 16, 2017. The event, named Buterin Hack fest, is part of the Blockchain India Week, being organized by Zero Field Labs in conjunction with Fintech Storm, and events will take place across the city of Mumbai through May 19, 2017. Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum (a Blockchain application platform), will preside over the week’s activities. The event begins with a Hackathon at IIT Bombay followed by the Hack fest at LTI’s Powai campus and will continue through the week.
The ‘Buterin Hack fest’ will bring together, business leaders from India’s leading corporate and global technology innovators to solve real world problems on Blockchain. The Hack fest is an opportunity for corporate to explore and build proof of concepts over an intensive 2 day event that will be supported by LTI’s Blockchain experts along with leading global startups.
LTI is leveraging Blockchain and Distributed Ledger technologies like Ethereum and Hyper ledger to deliver exponential efficiencies to clients in the BFS, Insurance, Energy & Utilities, Media & Entertainment and Manufacturing sectors. LTI is also partnering with several startups and industry consortia to build an innovation ecosystem that quickly takes ideas to execution. The Hack fest is one such arena for corporate and start-ups to evaluate the business benefits of technology.
Zero Field Labs is a Blockchain focused venture founded by Ms Arifa Khan who has successfully built the Fintech Storm Series in UK & India corridor since 2014, the series notable for spotting and showcasing Fintech blockbusters way before they become well-recognized brands, as well as their flagship Europe-India Conclave which tries to bridge the Banking, Payments & Fintech ecosystems.
Chaired by path breaking CEOs, disruptive founders and senior journalists, Fintech Sotrm Summits were conceptualized to connect the brightest minds across frontiers, enabling unique conversations that quench intellectual curiosity, strir debate, inspire and transform.