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and the Habitat Association. Targeted at contributing to the growth of the high value-added blockchain market in Turkey and heightening awareness of blockchain, İstanbul Blockchain School Project was carried on with various activities during 2020: • A Blockchain Lab, containing 25 computers, was set up at the Habitat Association Facebook İstasyon Office. • Chain talks series about blockchain was organized with specialists and recognized names in the area of blockchain. Headlining 11 individuals, the events were attended by a total of 569 people. • Blockchain Specialist Training was organized. The 104- hour program was completed by 112 participants. • Through Mentor&Ambassador training programs, face- to-face blockchain literacy training was organized. While mentor training programs attracted 42 participants, a total of 840 people attended the local training sessions. • Articles, videos and infographics about Blockchain were prepared and made public on digital platforms. • Online Basic Blockchain Literacy Training was organized during the pandemic. 881 people took part in the online training given by the volunteer mentors for the project. • Livestreaming was held on social network channels during the pandemic. 25,000 viewers were addressed in Chain Talk Series held online. • On the basis of new collaborations established, project hackathons and accelerator programs were carried out using online sprint method. • Turkey’s first online “Blockchain Accelerator Program” was completed in July. The program hosted startups and solutions with the potential to make an impact on various sectors by using the blockchain technology from energy to finance, human resources to secure information transfer. • Sprint 201 phase of the accelerator program was held online between 25-29 July 2020. The finale of the Sprint 201 phase, which admitted applications from squads who do not have a suggested solution or prototype as yet but have competent teams in blockchain and all startups that have completed their prototypes or MVPs using the blockchain technology, came to an end with the presentations made to decision makers, donors and mentors and the assessment on 29 July 2020. At the end of the program, the Demo Day brought together accelerator teams producing blockchain solutions, investors and various organizations. • The first meeting of the Academic Advisory Board set up within the scope of the project was held online on 29 September 2020. During the meeting, an overall assessment was made about İstanbul Blockchain School Project, and opinions were exchanged with the Board members. • The Blockchain Summit was held on 23 October 2020, which embodied sessions under different headings. Streamed live on the YouTube channel of Habitat Association, the Blockchain Summit was attended by all business people following up the developments MEETINGS AND EVENTS İstanbul Blockchain School Project 46 TCMA 2020 ANNUAL REPORT