{"id":"_MNN6gnPtIA","title":"NEAR Town Hall February 2022 - NEAR Global Expansion, Pagoda, Education and MetaBUILD 2 Hackathon","description":"NEAR is going global. To celebrate, this Town Hall is an exploration of the people and places helping the NEAR ecosystem expand in the digital world, and also IRL.\n\nNEAR Foundation CEO Marieke Flament kicks things off by sharing the Foundation’s progress towards bringing the world to Web3. This is followed by Pagoda’s Head of Operations, Julie Bissinger, who will provide a snapshot overview of its recent launch.\n\nAnother big part of this month’s Town Hall will focus on how we’re helping more people learn, build, and create. NEAR Education’s Sherif Abushadi will be showcasing new and improved ways for instructors and students to learn the art of developing on NEAR. He’ll also be sharing insights into NEAR’s global education strategy. \n\nThe second edition of NEAR’s MetaBUILD hackathon is underway – and we’ve had nearly 4,000 applicants. Between now and March 3rd, 2022, judges are reviewing submissions. The winners will be announced in March.\n\nRead more on\nThe Unchain Fund, supporting Ukraine https://unchain.fund\nNEAR Foundation’s education efforts at https://near.org/education\nThe NEAR community’s presence at Ethereum Denver: https://near.org/blog/near-at-ethdenv... \nNEAR Foundation’s partnership with Elliptic: https://near.org/blog/near-foundation... \nThe NEAR MetaBUILD 2 Hackathon: https://near.org/metabuild \nPagoda Platform: https://pagoda.co &   / pagodaplatform   \nThe NEAR Foundation Grants Program: https://near.org/grants\n\nTimestamps and Speakers\n1:00 - Opening Remarks - Marieke Flament, CEO, NEAR Foundation   / mariekeflament  \n\n7:02 - Introduction to Pagoda Platform - Julie Bissinger, Head of Operations, Pagoda   / jbizz_  \n\n12:38 - Update on the NEAR Protocol - Bowen Wang, Engineer, NEAR Protocol   / bowenwang18  \n\n14:22 - Marketing Updates - Chris Ghent, Head of Marketing, NEAR Foundation   / chrisghent  \n\n20:05 - Looking back on Ethereum Denver - Yadira Blocker, Experiential Marketing Lead, NEAR Foundation   / yadirablocker  \n\n24:03 - NEAR Education - Sherif Abushadi, Head of Education, NEAR Foundation   / amgando  \n\n31:20 - NEAR Funding & Ecosystem Overview - Josh Daniels, Head of Funding, NEAR Foundation   / joshdaniels09  \n\n40:23 - Infrastructure partnerships - Marieke Flament, CEO, NEAR Foundation\n\n41:38 - Regional Hubs Panel with Rune Bentien   / rbentien  , Claudio Cossio   / ccossio   and Marieke Flament\n\nFollow the latest from NEAR Protocol on:\nWebsite: https://near.org/\nDiscord: https://near.chat/\nBlog: https://near.org/blog/\nTwitter:   / nearprotocol  \nGitHub: https://github.com/near  https://github.com/nearprotocol\n#Blockchain #FutureIsNEAR #NEAR #nearprotocol","channel_name":"NEAR Protocol","published_at":"2022-03-01T00:00:00.000Z","thumbnail_url":"https://img.youtube.com/vi/_MNN6gnPtIA/hqdefault.jpg","transcript_text":null,"transcript_synced_at":null,"segments":[],"youtube_url":"https://youtube.com/watch?v=_MNN6gnPtIA","url":"https://near-pedia.xyz/videos/_MNN6gnPtIA"}