This article is from www.blocknews.com.br and the original article can be read here in Portuguese
iCoLab and the Blockchain Research Institute Brasil (BRI Brasil) signed a partnership for 2022 with a focus on actions such as research and events on blockchain and innovation. The objective is, therefore, to unite researchers, professionals and enthusiasts to enhance the technology ecosystem.
“Together, our teams will develop projects and innovations that are much more robust and necessary to apply blockchain. And this in more organizations, both public and private, in an accessible, democratic, sustainable and scalable way. Thus, it will leverage expertise and strategies to support people and organizations that are working with innovation in this area,” said Sandra Heck, Co-founder and President of iCoLab, to Blocknews.
“We have been looking for a partner institution for five years to, together, insert Brazil into the select group of nations that produce knowledge about the uses and challenges of blockchain in business. It makes sense that this partnership came from the city that embraced FISL (International Free Software Festival) and from within one of the universities recognized for its performance in research and teaching of technology,” Carl Amorim, director of BRI Brasil, told Blocknews.
iCoLab and BRI Brasil want to accelerate blockchain adoption
According to Sandra, in 2021 iCoLab “was already looking for partners who shared the same purpose and goals, and planned to establish partnerships to grow”. iCoLab is the first Institute of Science and Technology (ICT) in Brazil with a special focus on business. This status began this year as it was founded as a collaborative research, education and business model development hub with a focus on blockchain and innovation. This change allows, for example, access to financial resources for innovation through tax incentives and other sources of public resources in the country.
For Amorim, the iCoLab Brasil and BRI Brasil partnership “will be the cornerstone of building a community on Blockchain Hub Brasil and accelerating Blockchain adoption by companies and governments. It took a while, but this wait was more than justifiable.”
BRI Brazil an independent organization that began operating in 2017 in partnership with the Blockchain Research Institute of Canada. This, in turn, is an initiative by Don Tapscott, a blockchain expert. BRI Brasil also carries out research, education and events to accelerate the adoption of blckchain.