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February 6, 2020, 8:30 AM | AON Center, Chicago, USA
AGENDA
08:30AM
09:00AM
09:10AM
10:40AM
11:25AM
12:10PM
12:55PM
01:15PM
02:00PM
03:00PM
03:15PM
04:00PM
04:45PM
05:00PM
05:00PM
06:25PM
07:00PM
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Morning Reception & Registration
Networking Breakfast.
Blockress 2019 Opening
Welcome remarks.
3 Keynote Presentations with Q&A
The ultimate disrupter.
Investments Panel:
Opportunities within 2019 Bear Market.
Innovations & Development Panel:
Blockchain Intersecting with Exponential Technology.
Permissioned Ledgers Panel:
Identity, Anonymity, Speed & the Need for Decentralization.
Lunch Break
Networking.
6 Lightning Talks
FinTech, blockchain innovation & use cases.
4 Fireside Chats
Case studies.
Coffee Break
Networking.
Crypto Law Panel:
The Rapidly Evolving State of the Legal and Regulatory Regime.
Tokenization in 2019 Panel:
Smart Contracts, ICOs, STOs and Beyond.
Coffee Break
Networking.
Blockchain Workbench Workshop
Develop, Test, and Deploy Secure Blockchain Apps.
Case Study Workshop
Real Examples of Blockchain Technology In Practice.
Plenary Session
Closing remarks.
Wine Reception
Networking.
VIP After-Party
21st century art of deal making.
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TOPICS
Policy
Diffusion of inovations, KYC & AML, regulations, compliance, fraud mitigation, smart cities, identity management.
Smart Contracts
Automated escrow, fundraising, Solidity, Ethereum, EOS, Dapps, chaincode, verification & enforcement, transaction costs.
Security
Custody, security entitlements, wallets, hashes, data protection, code testings, endpoint vulnerabilities & attacks.
AI & Data
Machine learning, advance analytics, data mining, automation, ambient intelligence, interoperability.
Supply Chain
IOT, tracking & tracing, retail, RFID, wearables, AR/VR, efficiency & transparency, warehousing & delivery.
Energy & Estate
Energy utility models, renewable & wholesale energy, property titles, democratized ownership.
Tokenomics
Tokenization, utility & asset backed tokens, ICOs, CTOs, P2P economy, game theory, revenue models.
FinTech
Trade finance, open banking, payments, exchanges, digital commerce, mobile & micropayments.
Infrastructure
Cloud computing, cryptocurrency mining, data centers, hardware, GPUs, ASICS, Hyperledger, Oracle
Healthcare
Bio-cryptoeconomy, medical records, genomics, clinical trials data, consent management, personalized medicine.
Crypto
Bitcoin, XRP, Ether, Monero, Zcash, soft & hard forks, investments, stable coins, futures, options, trading.
Development
Protocols, consensus models, algorithms, public, private & side chains, cryptography, scalability, distributed ledgers.
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SPEAKERS
Giorgi Vashadze
Founder of IDF. Advisor to President Poroshenko of Ukraine
Ken Huang
CEO & Founder of DistributedApps
Cheney Tsoi
CEO & Founder at Hong Kong Blockchain Asset management
Gizo Uglava
First Deputy at National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine
George Chikovani
CEO in North America at Innovation and Development Foundation
Daniel Riddel
Advisor & Ambassador at DECENT
Ann Cresce
General Counsel at Bcause
Zhiguo He
Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago
Brian Jenkins
Director at BusinessBlock
Lin William Cong
Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth School of Business
Melissa Byrn
Founder of Foresee Analytica. Director at Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Simon Enwia
Chairman & CEO of Building Block Management
Tim Brankin
CMO at Boxbit
Anthony Riva
Vice President at Northern Trust
Peter Johnson
Principal
at Jump Capital
at Jump Capital
Constance Freedman
Founder & Managing Partner at Moderne Ventures
Nick Murphy
Head of Operations at Beaxy Exchange
Jerry Quandt
Executive Director at Illinois Autonomous Vehicles
Andrew Gordon
President at Gordon Law Group
Rumi Morales
Global Investor. Partner at Outlier Ventures.
Shehan Chandrasekera
Founder of CPAs and Co. Director at Houston Blockchain Alliance.
John Mirkovic
Deputy Recorder at Cook County Government
Jiasun Li
Professor of Finance at
George Mason University
George Mason University
Sergii Gerasymovych
Founder of EZ Blockchain
Mike Wons
CCO at PayIt
Connie Dang
Investor at Pritzker Group Venture Capital
Jimmy Odom
Co-Founder & CEO at Bit Capital Group
William Shipley
Founder & CEO at Chain2Pay
Raj Krishnan
Blockchain Architect at Microsoft
Zach Smolinski
Principal at Smolinski Rosario Law
Henry Balani
Founder of Blockchain Advisory Institute
Deji Jimoh
Chief Technology Officer at WealthBlock
Joshua Hughes
Co-Founder of CryptoMarkets
Sean O'Kelly
CIO at the State of Illinois
Chris Williams
Partner at Convex Legal
Marc Grens
Co-Founder & President at DigitalMint
Brian D. Shields
Co-founder of Coder inc.
Phil Gomes
Chief Communications Officer at Bloq
Todd Little
Blockchain Architect at Oracle
Mike Lingle
Chief Growth Officer & Crypto Lead at ExO Works
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