A session on embedding blockchain with location services which will allow us to give the attendees a view towards the latest blockchain and location-based trends. The session will introduce the basics of blockchain and how adding location services to a particular blockchain network can add value by providing better security and enhanced solution in your business use case.

Moreover, participants will get an overview of the HERE Location Services and IBM Blockchain Platform and learn how to integrate it into a user application.

In this hands-on workshop developers will learn:

How to get started with HERE Location Services

Integrating HERE Location Services in an IoT user application

How to connect blockchain and location services into a frontend

Please do the following before the workshop:

Please register with HERE Developer Portal(https://bit.ly/HEREDevs) and IBM Cloud (https://ibm.biz/HERETechnologies) and get your account ready to follow along - freemium access!

Download and install Docker: https://www.docker.com/get-started

Download and install Node >=8.x & <= 10.x: https://nodejs.org/en/download/releases/

Download and install VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/download

Download the IBM Blockchain Platform Extension on VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=IBMBlockchain.ibm-blockchain-platform

Be prepared with the GitHub resources https://bit.ly/HEREGitHub

Vidhan Bhonsle, Senior Developer Evangelist at HERE Technologies, https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidhan-bhonsle

Mohamed Abdeljalil, Business Development and Community Growth Manager at HERE Technologies, Middle East, https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdeljalil/

Mohammad Fawaz Siddiqi, IBM Developer Advocate, https://www.linkedin.com/in/fawazsiddiqi/

Powering the Blockchain with Location