BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//172.67.167.134//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://interestingtalks.in/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 RDATE:20241027T020000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 RDATE:20250330T010000 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11081@interestingtalks.in/London DTSTAMP:20240329T104428Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Academic\,Business\,Law &\; Justice\,Society\, Technology CONTACT:Chris French\; 07946638587\; c.french@gold.ac.uk\; http://greenwich .skepticsinthepub.org/ DESCRIPTION:Hundreds of Countries.\nBillions of Dollars.\nOne Lie.\nIn 2014 a brilliant Oxford graduate called Dr Ruja Ignatova promised to revolutio nise money and make people rich in the process. The future\, she said\, be longed to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. And the self-styled cryptoquee n vowed that she had invented the Bitcoin Killer. She launched OneCoin\, a n exciting new cryptocurrency that she promised would not only earn its in vestors untold fortunes\, it would change the world. OneCoin swept the glo be – becoming one of the fastest companies to make $1 billion in revenue. \nBy 2017\, billions of dollars had been invested in OneCoin in hundreds o f countries\, from the USA to Pakistan\, Hong Kong to Yemen\, and the UK t o Uganda. But by the end of the year Ruja Ignatova had disappeared\, along with the money\, and it slowly became clear that her revolutionary crypto currency was not all it seemed.\nJamie Bartlett will tell the unbelievable story of the rise\, disappearance and fall of Dr Ruja Ignatova. It is a m odern tale of intrigue\, techno-hype and herd madness that reveals how One Coin became the biggest scam of the 21st Century.\nJamie Bartlett is the b estselling author of The Dark Net\, Radicals\, and The People Vs Tech\, wh ich was longlisted for the 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing and won the 2019 Transmission Prize. He founded the Centre for the Analysis of So cial Media at the think-tank Demos and regularly writes on technology and society for the Spectator and the Telegraph.\nCopies of his latest book\, The Missing Cryptoqueen\, will be available for purchase at this event. DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220913T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220913T213000 LOCATION:Davy's Wine Vaults @ 161 Greenwich High Road\, Greenwich\, London SE10 8JA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:*** CANCELLED *** Jamie Bartlett\, “The Missing Cryptoqueen” [Green wich Skeptics in the Pub] URL:https://interestingtalks.in/London/event/jamie-bartlett-the-missing-cry ptoqueen-greenwich-skeptics-in-the-pub/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://interestingtalks.in/London/wp-content/up loads/2022/08/jamie-bartlett-pic-300x245.jpg\;300\;245\,medium\;https://in terestingtalks.in/London/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/jamie-bartlett-pic-300 x245.jpg\;300\;245\,large\;https://interestingtalks.in/London/wp-content/u ploads/2022/08/jamie-bartlett-pic-300x245.jpg\;300\;245\,full\;https://int erestingtalks.in/London/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/jamie-bartlett-pic-300x 245.jpg\;300\;245 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
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ountries.
\nBillions of Dollars.
\nOne Lie.
In 2014 a br illiant Oxford graduate called Dr Ruja Ignatova promised to revolutionise money and make people rich in the process. The future\, she said\, belonge d to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. And the self-styled cryptoqueen vow ed that she had invented the Bitcoin Killer. She launched OneCoin\, an exc iting new cryptocurrency that she promised would not only earn its investo rs untold fortunes\, it would change the world. OneCoin swept the globe – becoming one of the fastest companies to make $1 billion in revenue.
\nBy 2017\, billions of dollars had been invested in OneCoin in hundreds of countries\, from the USA to Pakistan\, Hong Kong to Yemen\, and the UK to Uganda. But by the end of the year Ruja Ignatova had disappeared\, alon g with the money\, and it slowly became clear that her revolutionary crypt ocurrency was not all it seemed.
\nJamie Bartlett will tell the unbe lievable story of the rise\, disappearance and fall of Dr Ruja Ignatova. I t is a modern tale of intrigue\, techno-hype and herd madness that reveals how OneCoin became the biggest scam of the 21st Century.
\nJamie Ba rtlett is the bestselling author of The Dark Net\, Radicals em>\, and The People Vs Tech\, which was longlisted for the 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing and won the 2019 Transmission Prize. He founded the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at the think-tank Dem os and regularly writes on technology and society for the Spectator and the Telegraph.
\nCopies of his latest book\, The Missing Cryptoqu een\, will be available for purchase at this event.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11132@interestingtalks.in/London DTSTAMP:20240329T104428Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Academic\,Art\,Economics\,Education\,Environmenta l &\; Climate\,Family\,History\,Human Rights\,Literature\,Media\,Medici ne &\; Health\,Philosophy\,Politics\,Psychology\,Religion\,Science\,Soc ial Science\,Society\,Technology CONTACT:British Academy\; events@thebritishacademy.ac.uk\; https://www.theb ritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-summer-showcase-2023/?utm_sourc e=referral&utm_medium=listing&utm_campaign=summer-showcase__ DESCRIPTION:Join us this June as we throw open our doors for the British Ac ademy’s annual Summer Showcase\, a free\, one-day festival of ideas for cu rious minds.\nMeet the thinkers shaping our world through their pioneering social sciences and humanities research via our programme of engaging pan el discussions\, roundtables\, pop-up talks\, performances\, workshops and film screenings.\nTaking place throughout our home in 10-11 Carlton House Terrace\, you will also be able to explore this Nash-designed\, Grade I-l isted building\, overlooking the Mall and St James Park.\nJoin in\, learn something unexpected\, and be inspired to think differently about the worl d around you.\nA major redesign of our home at 10-11 Carlton House Terrace will open up the Academy and provide new\, flexible and state-of-the-art event spaces in 2024. Therefore\, our 2023 Showcase will not feature exhib its as previously. However\, our programme will still offer opportunities to engage directly with pioneering research.\n#ForCuriousMinds DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230617T170000 LOCATION:10-11 Carlton House Terrace @ St. James's\, London SW1Y 5AH SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The British Academy Summer Showcase 2023 URL:https://interestingtalks.in/London/event/the-british-academy-summer-sho wcase-2023/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://interestingtalks.in/London/wp-content/up loads/2023/04/Summer_Showcase_2023_Save_the_Date_1.original-1-150x150.png\ ;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://interestingtalks.in/London/wp-content/upload s/2023/04/Summer_Showcase_2023_Save_the_Date_1.original-1-300x169.png\;300 \;169\;1\,large\;https://interestingtalks.in/London/wp-content/uploads/202 3/04/Summer_Showcase_2023_Save_the_Date_1.original-1-1024x576.png\;625\;35 2\;1\,full\;https://interestingtalks.in/London/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/ Summer_Showcase_2023_Save_the_Date_1.original-1.png\;1600\;900\; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nJoin us this June as we throw open our doors for the British Academy’s annual Summer Showcase\, a free\, one-day festival of ideas for curious mi nds.
\nMeet the thinkers shaping our world th rough their pioneering social sciences and humanities research via our pro gramme of engaging panel discussions\, roundtables\, pop-up talks\, perfor mances\, workshops and film screenings.
\nTak ing place throughout our home in 10-11 Carlton House Terrace\, you will al so be able to explore this Nash-designed\, Grade I-listed building\, overl ooking the Mall and St James Park.
\nJoin in\ , learn something unexpected\, and be inspired to think differently about the world around you.
\nA major redesign of our home at 10-11 Carlton House Terrace will open up the Academy an d provide new\, flexible and state-of-the-art event spaces in 2024. Theref ore\, our 2023 Showcase will not feature exhibits as previously. However\, our programme will still offer opportunities to engage directly with pion eering research.
\n#ForCuriousMinds
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