This proposal is for the first in a series of Web3 workshops delivered by SydTek DAO and Women in Blockchain Canada. The first session will take place at the AIBC Americas Summit on June 7th in Toronto, Canada, and will be delivered via a Web3 Masterclass by Dr. Justin Goldston and Justyna Osowska. The subsequent sessions will be delivered online at a later date within Bit.Country, a metaverse within the Polkadot ecosystem. In the event that live streaming will not be ready in Bit.Country, a contingency plan is in place to deliver the Blockchain 201 and 301 workshops in Cryptovoxels.
The purpose of these events are to get more people, namely more diverse users, within the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, and we will initially target students within the higher education sector. In an effort to bring in more developers into the ecosystem, we look to market across the SydTek DAO, Women in Blockchain Canada, and the Polkadot (upon approval) social media platforms to bring more users into these workshops.
Also, to save on travel costs, the presentation below also includes travel expenses for an event at Georgetown University for Tranche Two where three members of the team will educate students and policymakers on Web3, blockchain, and Polkadot. As Dr. Goldston is a Graduate Advisory Board Member at Georgetown, he has been discussing blockchain and Web3 with Georgetown administration and policymakers in the United States as of late. With Georgetown ranked among the top universities globally in blockchain by Coindesk - https://www.coindesk.com/learn/2021/10/04/the-top-universities-for-blockchain-by-coindesk-2021 - the team feels this event has the potential to create a positive impact to the Polkadot ecosystem and the world.
Below is the presentation that outlines the two projects, the team members, and the agenda for the three events.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1E43gL-9LS1QwCBrk6D7P8iarvUOpJX8qvPZspj0AkAw/edit?usp=sharing
Updated Calculation 29 May 2022
Proposal Value- $37,325.88 USD
EMA30 - $11.628
Total Requested DOT- 3210
The proposal value was updated from $30,000 USD to begin planning and booking the travel for tranche two at Georgetown University as mentioned above.
**Budget details can be found on slides 38 and 39 within the presentation above.
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