After failing to secure a second term in Downing Street, Johnson will be the keynote speaker at the International Symposium on Blockchain Advances on December 2. He remains MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip and the event will take place while parliament is in session. Blockchain is a technology most commonly used for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The symposium’s website states that it “aims to guide the first step in the transition to the digital economy by provoking meaningful questions and discussions that will allow all of us, manufacturers and consumers, to cut through the blockchain hype and understand a realistic view of the emerging