Business of Blockchain

Cambridge , United States

About Business of Blockchain

Digital technologies let people who’ve never met do business across borders and continents in an instant. But how can they trust one another without relying on bureaucracy and middlemen? How can security, identity, and ownership be guaranteed while still operating at the speed of the Internet?

Blockchains, or distributed ledgers, may provide the answer.

MIT Technology Review in collaboration with MIT Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative invite you to a one-day conference examining the technology, ethics, and impact of blockchains.
Meet pioneers in this emerging field
Learn about the technology to gain business advantage
Separate fact from hype, and what’s imminent from what’s far off

Our 2019 program will explore:
» The strengths and weaknesses of the underlying technology
» Lessons learned from early blockchain projects, and how the most promising new initiatives are attempting to transform key global industries
» How legal and regulatory environments around the world are adapting to the arrival of cryptocurrencies
» The potential for blockchain to address pressing social challenges, from expanding access to financial services to tracking war crimes

Speakers

Robleh Ali
Research Scientist, Digital Currency Initiative MIT Media Lab
Ariana Fowler
Former Project and Operational Strategist ConsenSys Labs
Alexis Gauba
Cofounder and Executive Director She256
Gary Gensler
Gideon Lichfield
Editor in Chief MIT Technology Review
Neha Narula
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Mike Orcutt
Associate Editor MIT Technology Review
Haseeb Qureshi
David Treat
Managing Director Accenture
Peter Van Valkenburgh
Director of Research Coin Center
Hui Zhang

Agenda

8:00 Registration & Breakfast
9:00 General Sessions
12:30 Lunch & Networking
2:00 General Sessions
5:30 Closing Reception

High+

Start:
May 2, 2019, 8:00 AM , AEST (UTC +10)
End:
May 2, 2019, 5:30 PM , AEST (UTC +10)
Price:
$ 1800
Venue:
Entire 6th floor of Building E14
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