Texas Blockchain Summit

8:00-9:00: Breakfast

8:45-9:00: Welcome Address, Lee Bratcher (President & Founder, Texas Blockchain Council)

9:00-9:30: Opening Keynote, Nik Bhatia (Researcher, Adjunct Professor of Finance & Business Economics at the University of Southern California)

9:30-9:45: Q&A with Nik Bhatia

9:45-10:00: Coffee Break

10:00-10:15: The Lightning Network: Scaling Financial Services on Bitcoin. Ryan Gentry (Business Development, Lightning Labs)

10:15-11:00: Panel 1: Digital Assets Policies in the United States

Moderator: Jason Brett (Former FDIC Regulator, President Value Tech Foundation)

Participants:

Nik Bhatia (Researcher, Adjunct Professor of Finance & Business Economics at USC)

Nic Carter (General Partner, Castle Island Ventures)

Peter Van Valkenburgh (Coin Center)

Charles Cooper (Chairman, TX Department of Banking)

Christopher Calicott (Managing Director, Trammell Venture Partners)

11:00-11:15: Coffee Break

11:15-Noon: Panel 2: Blockchain and Digital Identity in Government

Moderator: Natalie Smolenski (TBC/Hyland)

Participants:

Michael Lewellen (TBC/OpenZeppelin)

James Loperfido (Tangem)

Mance Harmon (CEO, Hedera Hashgraph)

Daniel Hughes (Founder, Learning Machine)

Alex Grech (Consultant to the European Commission)

Lunch Break
12:00-1:30

Afternoon
1:30-2:00: Keynote, Nic Carter (General Partner, Castle Island Ventures)

2:00-2:15: Q&A with Nic Carter

2:15-3:00: Panel 3: Mining Bitcoin in Texas

Moderator: Lee Bratcher

Participants:

Peter Wall (CEO, Argo Blockchain)

Nathan Nichols (CEO, Rhodium)

Chad Harris (CEO, Whinstone)

Darin Feinstein (Founder and Chairman, Blockcap)

Val Angelkov (Senior Director, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners)

3:00-3:15: Coffee Break

3:15-3:30: Fireside chat with Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis, led by Will Cole (Chief Product Officer, Unchained Capital)

3:30-4:15: Panel 4: Geopolitics of Bitcoin: Implications for US Sovereignty & National Security

Moderator: Lee Bratcher

Participants:

Ed Dolanski (Fmr. President of Boeing Global Defense)

Natalie Smolenski (TBC/Hyland)

Perianne Boring (DCC)

Senator Cynthia Lummis (Wyoming)

Alex Gladstein (Chief Strategy Officer, Human Rights Foundation)

4:15-4:30: Coffee Break

4:30-5:00: Keynote, Perianne Boring (President & Founder, Digital Chamber of Commerce)

5:00 - 5:15: Fireside Chat: Representative Tan Parker

VIP Cocktail Hour

VIP Dinner