Fintech and Blockchain

About Fintech and Blockchain

A one-day masterclass seminar that brings attendees up-to-date
with the most disruptive innovations ever in consumer finance.

Global expert, New York University Professor David Yermack, will lead this seminar and explore digital currencies, distributed ledgers and blockchains. Based on new applications of information technology, virtual currencies attempt to remove money and banking from the control of sovereign governments. The underlying distributed ledger technology has many other potential applications in diverse areas such as property registration, auditing, regulation,
tax, law and financial derivatives.

Program No: 020
Duration: 1 day
Venue: AIM WA Auditorium Leadership Centre, 76 Birkdale Street, Floreat
Dates: 9 August 2018
Fees: $990
$880 AIM WA Corporate / Professional Members

During the seminar you will:
• Acquire an overview of the history, growth, strengths and weaknesses of digital currencies, blockchains and distributed
ledger technology
• Learn about potential applications of distributed ledger technology to new products and services
• Understand some of the regulatory challenges posed by new payment systems, and the responses of governments in the USA, Europe and around the world
• Utilise existing financial benchmarks to evaluate the success of Bitcoin and other digital currencies as forms of money and as investments
• Explore blockchain technology and its potential to provide faster, cheaper and more secure financial transactions.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
• Investment and financial managers, entrepreneurs and online retailers developing products related to digital currencies and
other cryptographic assets
• Managers in financial, pension, accounting or insurance firms who need to understand the challenges and potential that blockchains and distributed ledgers provide
• Legal professionals who need to understand the regulatory landscape surrounding digital currencies
• Government professionals who need to understand the emerging regulatory debates surrounding cryptographic assets
• IT managers and consultants seeking to understand the business applications of digital currency technologies.

SEMINAR OUTLINE
An introduction to Bitcoin and digital currencies
• Trust and payment systems
• The creation and spread of Bitcoin and other digital currencies
• Initial coin offerings
• Governance and oversight, or lack thereof
Distributed ledgers and other innovations that make digital currencies work
• The blockchain technology
• The role of mining and verification
The Bitcoin experiences of merchants and consumers
• Why do people use digital currency?
• What problems does it solve, and what problems does it create?
Evaluating digital currency as a form of money and as an investment
• How well have digital currencies performed as a medium of exchange?
• The experiences of Bitcoin investors 
Regulatory and government problems with digital currency
• Taxation, accounting, money laundering and other compliance issues
• Implications for government if they could not control money
• The rise of initial coin offerings and their disruptive effects on securities markets.

To register please visit our website execed.com.au or phone +61 8 9383 8090 or email execed@execed.com.au