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In June 2023 in New York City, trailblazers from around the world gathered to showcase the innovative use cases they have built on Velocity Network™ and discuss the path forward to drive this once-in-generation revolution of the education and job markets.
We’ve just welcomed a new cohort of startups to the Velocity Network Foundation, including Good4Work.
The Velocity for Startups program objective is to infuse greater innovation into the work of Velocity Network Foundation.
As a member of the latest Velocity for Startups cohort, Pruuvn has become a Velocity Network Foundation member.
Pruuvn® leverages AI and blockchain technology to simplify contractor verification, onboarding, and compliance from multiple steps to one click.
Velocity Network Foundation has just welcomed a new cohort of companies to the Velocity for Startups programme, including Werkx, a two-sided job marketplace that verifies a candidate’s credentials upfront to create a faster hiring process and promote a more reliable workforce.
Six new members have joined Velocity as part of the Velocity for Startups program.
Velocity Network Foundation CEO, Dror Gurevich’s keynote from the 2023 General Assembly in New York City
The Velocity Network Foundation® is taking another groundbreaking step to drive global adoption of verifiable career and education credentials by launcing a Notary Issuer Accreditation Program.
Velocity Network Foundation’s Head of Ecosystem, Etan Bernstein speaks with HCA Healthcare’s Jennifer Berres and Mike Andrus at Velocity General Assembly 2023. They discuss how HCA is pioneering the use of verifiable credentials to background screen and onboard nurses to reduce time-to-hire from weeks to minutes.
During the build-up to the Velocity General Assembly 2023, members competed in the Trailblazer Challenge, designed to encourage and reward those who are helping to bootstrap momentum by engaging as many individuals as possible to download a Velocity Career Wallet and claim career and education credentials.
Panel on driving mass adoption of verifiable credentials, hosted by Velocity Network Foundation’s CEO, Dror Gurevich.
Panel discussion on Global Adoption with Velocity Advisory Board members from the 2023 General Assembly in New York City.
On the Builders Stage at the Velocity General Assembly 2023, demos from Aon, Azilen, Greenlight Credentials and Korn Ferry showed how they are integrating their technology solutions with the Velocity Network™.
On the Builders Stage at the Velocity General Assembly 2023, demo’s from Jobvite, Infor and Cisive / PreCheck showed how they are integrating their technology solutions with the Velocity Network™ to support hiring and onboarding.
Panel discussion with Velocity Advisory Board members from the 2023 General Assembly in New York City.
This year, the Velocity Network Foundation General Assembly began on the 18th of June in New York City. The 18th of June also marks Juneteenth, a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
To honor Juneteenth, it was our pleasure to welcome Donald ‘DJ’ Mitchell Jr, PhD, VP for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Molloy University, as a keynote speaker.
Joynd COO Rick Barfoot discusses credential schemas and data standards
Velocity Network Foundation CEO Dror Gurevich explains what it really takes to achieve data interoperability across the global labor market.
Velocity’s CTO Andres Olave explores digital wallets on the Velocity Network™.
Velocity’s Naomi Szekeres leads the Education Cluster Ecosystem meeting at the 2023 General Assembly.
Schellmann’s Scott Perry and Velocity’s CTO Andres Olave explore the governance and accreditation of primary, identity and notary issuers.
Velocity’s Raj Chopra leads the US Healthcare Cluster Ecosystem meeting.
Deb Everhart, Chief Strategy Officer at Credentials Engine presents at the Velocity General Assembly 2023 on ‘Making sense of credentials: Linked open data & semantic interoperability’.
Velocity Network Foundation Chairman of the Board Jim Owens discusses the progress made and opportunities being created by Velocity in his keynote at the 2023 General Assembly.
On the 19th of June 2023 in New York City, Jennifer Berres, Senior Vice President and CHRO of HCA Healthcare spoke at the Velocity General Assembly.
Andres Olave, Velocity Network Foundation CTO, announces new functionality on the Velocity Network™.
Ximo Soler, Chair of Velocity Network Foundation’s Adoption Committee, shares key takeaways from interviews he’s conducted with members.
Velocity Network Foundation’s Head of Ecosystem, Etan Bernstein, discusses the resources available to members to help accelerate deployment and improve end-user adoption.
At the Velocity Network Foundation General Assembly 2023, Jeff Schwartz opened the second day with a keynote exploring workforce ecosystems and the role of verifiable credentials.
Full Program for the Velocity General Assembly 2023
In less then 2 weeks, the Velocity Network Foundation General Assembly 2023 will welcome members from around the world, including today’s three podcast guests from Aon, Jobvite and SAP.
Ahead of the once annual opportunity to congregate and collaborate with the trailblazers shaping the future of work, we’re resharing conversations Ollie Henderson had with:
Alex Chudnovsky, Vice President of Product Strategy at SAP
Jouko van Aggelen, Chief Portfolio & Innovation Officer at Aon Assessment Solutions
Andrew Cunsolo, Senior Director of Product Management at Jobvite