Welcome to the Weekend Update. Our goal with this weekly post is to share quick updates about online education, networking and collaboration opportunities and resources for the open source enterprise blockchain community.
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Hyperledger Media and Entertainment Special Interest Group Guest Presentation: Blockchain Studies at HBCUs
Join the Media and Entertainment SIG for a guest presentation on Blockchain Studies at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The speaker will be Dr. Ali Emdad, Associate Dean of the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Blockchain and Financial Technology (The FinTech Center) at Morgan State University.
For more information on the online meeting, which is Tuesday, August 24, at 9:00 AM PDT, go here.
Virtual Blockchain Employ Job Fair
Attend this job fair to hear ConsenSys, Hyperledger, Accenture, and others discuss open positions. Join breakout tables to sit down and discuss opportunities with the top companies actively looking to hire folks for their blockchain teams. Indian Blockchain Institute (IBI), a Hyperledger Training Partner, will also be on and to talk about educational opportunities that will put you onto the blockchain career path.
For more details on the job fair, which is talking place on Tuesday, August 24, at 6:30 PM EDT, go here.
Now in Japanese: Certified Hyperledger Fabric Developer and Certified Hyperledger Fabric Administrator Exams
Linux Foundation Training is now offering both the Certified Hyperledger Fabric Developer (CHFD) and Certified Hyperledger Fabric Administrator (CHFA) exams with Japanese content and proctors.
Go here for more on CHFD-JP and here for CHFA-JP.
Linux Foundation Training Back to School Sale
Buy any of the Linux Foundations certification exams and get the companion training course for free. Use code “Free21,” and get a $575 bundle of certification and training for $375.The offer is good through August 24.
Go here for more detail.
Virtual Meetups
See the full Virtual Meetup schedule here.