What are the global and EU perspectives and outlook concerning current & future market opportunities, employment, ... on Blockchain, Digital Assets & Web3?

What are the most inspiring experiences or best practices we see abroad? Particularly in United Kingdom and leading EU countries like Estonia, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Sweden, France, The Netherlands?

What is the current (legal) framework defined by the European Commission?

What are the current hot topics on European and National Level?

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Which are the most vibrant ecosystems at global & European level today?

What would be the mission of a national coalition on blockchain?

What would be the charter of such an informal organization?

What should we put on the agenda?

Who are the members?

How to maintain a live mapping of the key players in Belgium?

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It remains rather unclear what an average audience understands about blockchain and its potential. Most of the time, Blockchain raises questions, and is almost systematically associated with speculation on crypto-currencies. As often is the case for emerging technologies, blockchain needs to be better understood to appreciate the entire industry and parallel world built upon it.

The purpose of this group will be a.o (among others) to reflect on the following themes :

• • Drafting of a white paper explaining what blockchain technologies are
• • Conducting a study on the perception of blockchain and its applications for and by Belgian citizens, enterprises and public institutions
• • Design and propose to develop a training plan for citizens, professionals, students, public institutions
• • Produce informative content that can be used by members of the ecosystem to raise awareness during presentations

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The growth of distributed trust networks, such as blockchain, may change the way information is stored and how transactions occur. What are the legal implications of using blockchain technologies, in a personal or professional context? Which legislative initiatives have been taken already?

This group seeks to provide a broad view of the relationship between blockchain and the Law, its effects on legal activities and how the Law can be used as an enabler in blockchain related transactions.

The purpose of this group will be a.o (among others) to reflect on the following themes :

• • Provide an overview of existing EU and Belgian regulatory and legal frameworks
• • Collect views from stakeholders on EU directives and their transposition and their recommendations
• • Reflect on potential evolutions of the legal and regulatory status of blockchain products

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How to promote the use of Blockchain, Digital Assets & Web3 and their integration into the economy?

What would be the next steps to create an active bottom-up ecosystem in Belgium related to Blockchain, digital assets and Web3 technologies?

Which are the most dynamic ecosystems at global and European level?

• • What would be the missions of a national Blockchain coalition?
• • What would be the charter of such an organisation?
• • What would its roadmap be?
• • Who would its members be?

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What does blockchain mean for tax authorities, for people, for enterprises? Blockchain is likely to be of value for all.

How could new initiatives/mechanisms to raise funding look like? (kickstarter, tax shelter, sandboxes, sovereign funds,... )?

The purpose of this group will be a.o (among others) to reflect on the following themes :

• • Which framework agreements (for FPS Finance and Office for Advance Tax Rulings) for compliance and analysis of corporate and personal transactions can be developed? (for example: discussion will be to debate also about Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), Initial DEX Offering (IDO), Security Token (STO), ...)
  
• • Describe the existing accounting and tax treatments framework and potential opportunities for clarification/simplification for citizens and enterprises.
• • Identify new fundraising initiatives and techniques

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What should be the first blockchain, digital assets or web3 opportunity for the government?

How to prioritize other ideas? How to approach blockchain use cases in the public sector?

The purpose of this group will be a.o (among others) to reflect on the following themes:

• • Government Data
• • AI & Blockchain
• • Certification
• • Self-sovereign identity
• • Energy, environment & climate
• • Administration's infrastructure
• • Health
• • Mobility
• • SME Financing
• • ....

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