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The Cardano ecosystem seeks greater exposure to large corporations, but firms still lack blockchain understanding and fear vendor lock-in, a concern not unique to Cardano.
Organize a series of ‘roadshow’ invitation-only events (five in total) to discuss corporate innovation needs, using the Cardano ecosystem as a lighthouse example.
This is the total amount allocated to GINI (German Industry Innovation) Event Series.
Please provide your proposal title
GINI (German Industry Innovation) Event Series
Enter the amount of funding you are requesting in ADA
60000
Please specify how many months you expect your project to last
9
Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated
No
Original Language
en
What is the problem you want to solve?
The Cardano ecosystem seeks greater exposure to large corporations, but firms still lack blockchain understanding and fear vendor lock-in, a concern not unique to Cardano.
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Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?
No
Describe any dependencies or write 'No dependencies'
No dependencies
Will your project's outputs be fully open source?
Yes
License and Additional Information
Although the events will be invitation-only, the session summaries, and other output from the roadshow will be made publicly available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This allows participants as well as the public to use and share (or even adapt) the event materials. Only mentioning the credits in an appropriate way is required
Please choose the most relevant theme and tag related to the outcomes of your proposal
Events
Who you’re targeting, how you’ll reach them, and why this matters for Cardano.
We’re targeting large corporations & SMEs in German-speaking countries. Together with Cardano ecosystem representatives, we are expecting up to 40 participants per event, ensuring that direct contacts are established.
Through our member base, we are in touch with many teams, and will collaborate with them to make their management level attend, and will collaborate with legacy industry associations.
This way, Cardono’s capabilities and ecosystem would get broad exposure to German corporates and benefit from their rising interest in progressing with blockchain tech adoption.
Provide a list of key activities of your project?
Organize at least five ‘roadshow’ events in different cities, publishing summary documents and also selected recordings of presentations and interviews.
Covering it on social media and do a webinar at the end of the event series to summarize the findings, as well as having a closing webinar, where we intend to hand over a call to action to members of the EU Commission and MEPs.
What are your success metrics?
Success metrics will be to fill all the event, to assemble at least 10 supporters of the event series (such as the EU Commission, 3-4 neighboring industry associations, including actors such as German AI Association or the German Industry Association) and to disseminate the event materials, culminating in a position paper with broad industry support that will be handed over to German ministries.
Please describe your proposed solution and how it addresses the problem
We will organize at least fives high-level roadshow roundtable sessions across relevant German (and potentially European) cities, including Frankfurt (financial industry), Hamburg (shipping & logistics), Munich (space & insurance), Stuttgart (automotive), as well as Berlin (government and medical), potentially also reaching out to Brussels, Vienna, Luxembourg and Zurich.
Each event will bring together leaders in corporate innovation and management, regulators, policymakers, blockchain tech solution providers, as well as Cardano ecosystem members to discuss tech capabilities, use cases and adoption drivers in a strategic way and with a call-to-action mindset. The focus of solutions and scenarios will be on interoperable setups that include all exponential technologies, but utilise blockchain as an underlying notary and automation layer, with the option to settle and gamify to drive efficiencies. Participants and Speakers will be selected by Bundesblock - but we’re open for suggestions by Cardano & the community.
Our approach is educational and publicly documented. The solution addresses the problems decision-makers have in a fast-paced technical landscape and in increasingly competitive international markets. The fact that European industries and infrastructure planning have not kept pace with global technical progress must be addressed. This awareness has been heightened by the ‘ChatGPT moment’ of 2023 and the US push for private sector Digital Assets in 2025. That’s why we suggest re-initiating a multi-stakeholder dialogue that produces actionable suggestions and shares them with the Cardano community and neighbouring, legacy industry associations in the German-speaking markets and beyond seems to be a very relevant plan at this point in time.
This builds on the success Bundesblock has with our invitation-only events to top policy-makers and experts in Berlin, and the connections Bundesblock has with our Experts Board members and other blockchain innovation leaders in Germany, ranging from corporate managers at Bosch or SAP to leading European top university TU Munich.
The roadshow sessions are high-impact policy tools that can put Cardano in the relevant set of solution providers for efficient industrial process innovation at the center of the European economy.
Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community
The GINI events will help to position Cardano at the forefront of industrial blockchain project and interoperability discussions, paving the way for future grant applications by German and European industry players, their service providers and Bundesblock and Cardano ecosystem members.
By organizing at least five sessions with each attracting 25-40 attendees, including in Berlin, and major German economic centers, we create high-level exchanges between the participants and contribute to industry-wide, strategic discussions - with Cardano being the prime example of discussions and helping to drive the innovation agenda-setting conversation in and out of Germany.
At the events, there will be ample opportunities to
What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?
Our team has successfully delivered events all across Germany and in the neighboring countries, together with our members and partners, including high-profile venues such as the Berlin representation in Brussels, at the European Commission, at the German Parliament and at various corporate locations.
The project lead, Sebastian Becker, Bundesblock’s Managing Director, is a recognized expert in industrial blockchain and governance, the main authof of INATBA’s Industrial Blockchain Task Force report (2024) and active in the industry since 2017.
We will provide access to the events’ results and accountability by committing ourselves to clear and transparent project milestones and audited performance via the Catalyst platform.
With this, we will ensure transparency and contact possibilities to all speakers, summaries and calls to action per industry segment and use case discussed, and suggest actionable to-Dos and outcomes based on the spirit of each session.
Transparent budgeting and Cardano and Bundesblock community updates about upcoming events will be made available on time, so that every stakeholder who wishes to participate in one of the events will get the chance to be present at least at one of the sessions.
Milestone Title
Roadshow Planning and Event hosting
Milestone Outputs
Prepare the detailed plan of the GINI event series, including speaker activation, signing additional partnerships of event supporters and organize the first two high-level sessions:
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Delivery Month
3
Cost
20000
Progress
40 %
Milestone Title
Event hosting and Dissemination of Event Materials
Milestone Outputs
Prepare the detailed plan of the GINI event series, including speaker activation, signing additional partnerships of event supporters and organize the first two high-level sessions:
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Delivery Month
6
Cost
20000
Progress
30 %
Milestone Title
Final GINI roadshow event and wrap-up of event documentation, concluded by a webinar
Milestone Outputs
Deliver an additional high-level roundtable in Hamburg, selected based on major regulatory developments (e.g. Digital Product Passports, Corporate Identities, Customs collaboration and fraud prevention, event notarization etc). Holding a final webinar for present achievements and call-to-action to industry leader and the regulatory level.
Acceptance Criteria
Evidence of Completion
Delivery Month
9
Cost
20000
Progress
30 %
Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources
12,000 ADA per event, including Bundesblock admin team members’ time to organise and program the events, select and invite to up to 70 people per event, selecting the right venue partners and hospitality (if not covered by location partners), project logistics, documentation, and reporting.
The GINI project will be started in October, 2025, and will terminate at the end of June, 2026.
How does the cost of the project represent value for the Cardano ecosystem?
The cost of the GINI roadshow for strategic corporate innovation in the tech sector and by assessing the capabilities of blockchain tech offers siginifcant value for the Cardano ecosystem by ensuring increased visibility in German-speaking part of the EU and guarantee a relevant exposure to >70 corporates from all industry sectors.
Additionally, exposure to legacy industry association and policy-makers, law firms and consultants will ensure that Cardano’s and the ecosystem’s responses to strategic industry challenges are heard and understood, and relevant new relationships are forged.
With 60,000 ADA, we will organize and run at least five high-level sessions across different regions and industries, engaging policymakers, regulators, solution providers, and relevant industry and ecosystem leaders.
All sessions will result in calls to action that are published widely and will also be communicated to MEPs, ministries, and relevant stakeholders in Berlin and at the regional level.
This will not only help to bring blockchain-based innovation back on the agenda, but lead to the recognition of Cardano as a leader in efficient and sustainable blockchain solutions and a pioneer of innovation in general - with a realistic understanding of industry requirements and financial impact. All materials, including topical reports, event summaries, and interviews, will be made publicly available, ensuring longer-term impact for interested audiences even beyond the physical events themselves.
By applying a modular approach, we help pave the way for Cardano in Germany by utilising a model of industry and community education that is suitable for a federal country like Germany. A similar approach can be used in the future for similar outreach campaigns. With this, we will (hopefully) lay the groundwork for a sustainable and long-lasting engagement of Cardano with industry players in the centre of Europe.
Terms and Conditions:
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