4 INTERNATIONAL
BLOCKCHAIN
CONGRESS 2020
th
February 6, 2020 | AON Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
AGENDA
*Please click on the PDF file for an updated 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
08:00PM
Morning Reception & Registration
Networking breakfast.
Blockress 2020 Opening
Welcome remarks.
3 Keynote Presentations with Q&A
The ultimate disrupter.
DeFi, FinTech & Open Finance Panel:
Decentralized by Design.
Digital Asset Exchanges 2.0 Panel:
The democratization of Trading, DEXs, OTCs & Custody Services.
The Convergence Revolution Panel:
AI, IoT, ML, Supply Chain, Healthcare, Energy and Real Estate.
Lunch Break
Networking.
6 Lightning Talks
FinTech, blockchain innovation & use cases.
4 Fireside Chats
Case studies.
Coffee Break
Networking.
Law & Regulation Panel:
New Asset Classes & Investment Products.
Smart Contracts & Tokenomics 2020 Panel:
The Evolution of Fundraising, ICOs, STOs & Stable Coins.
Coffee Break
Networking.
Blockchain Workbench Workshop
Develop, Test, and Deploy Secure Blockchain Apps.
Case Study Workshop
Blockchain-Fueled GovTech: Reshaping Government Services.
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.
Synchronizing Global Blockchain & DLT Expertise in Chicago, Illinois
SPEAKERS
Hester M. Peirce
Commissioner at SEC
Liliya Valihun
CEO at HebronSoft
Bill Foster
The U.S Congressman
Shogo Ishida
CEO at QRC Group
Robert Konsdorf
CEO at EOS Detroit
Dana Syracuse
Partner at Perkins Coie
Amando Boncales
CEO at Htmlcoin
Patrick Daugherty
Partner at Foley & Lardner
Andrii Zamovsky
CEO & Founder of Ambisafe
Phil Mochan
Founder of Koine
Levi Samama
CEO & Founder of Coalichain
Jason Victor
CEO & Founder of Routefire
Dora Tang
CEO at Exchangily
Constance Freedman
Founder & Managing Partner at Moderne Ventures
Tamas Ban
President of RetMap
Justin Steffen
Partner at Ice Miller
Suji Yan
Founder of Dimension
Jerry Quandt
Executive Director at Illinois Autonomous Vehicles
Julia Kong
Actuary at Milliman
Shehan Chandrasekera
Founder of CPAs and Co. Director at Houston Blockchain Alliance.
Raj Krishnan
Blockchain Architect at Microsoft
Elizabeth Pendleton
Senior Attorney
at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Wulf Kaal
CEO & Co-Founder of Semada Labs
Katt Gu
Head of Compliance at Dimension
Henry Balani
Founder of Blockchain Advisory Institute
Jiasun Li
Professor of Finance at
George Mason University
George Mason University
Nick Goodrich
Head of Strategy at Tassat
Vaughn Bullock
Co-founder of Odin Blockchain
Jordan Fried
Senior Vice-President at Hedera Hashgraph
Allan Stevo
Chief of Staff at Kraken
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