Tokenized Assets New York

May 12, 2019
08.30 – 10.00
REGISTRATION & COFFEE
10.00 – 10.05
OPENING OF CONFERENCE
Nils Veenstra
Director at BECON
Netherlands
10.05 – 10.25
OPENING KEYNOTE: “INTRODUCTION TO SECURITY TOKENS”
Ryan Hanley
VP Business Development at TokenMarket Technologies
United Kingdom
Since 2016, the TokenMarket platform has raised over $315 million for more than 30 blockchain start-ups. Ryan is going to start our day with a quick overview of the changes in the token landscape as he’s been seeing them evolve over the last 12 – 18 months.
10.25 – 10.40
KEYNOTE: “TOKENIZING EXISTING ASSETS”
Biser Dimitrov
Enterprise Blockchain at Tata Consultancy Services
USA
Biser was part of the founding team of BlockEx in London, and will share his insights on why large enterprises and institutions are actively developing their own digital currency
10.40 – 11.20
PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW TO ISSUE TOKENS ON THE BLOCKCHAIN
Our panellists will explore methods how security tokens and other modern financial instruments can be issued and traded in a secure, compliant, and convenient way. Extra focus will be given to three areas of importance; stimulation of capital formation, security and compliance, and ways to expand global liquidity.
Dan Doney
CEO at Securrency
USA
Dan is the former Chief Innovation Officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency and 2014 Fierce 15 awardee as a top government change agent. He has 20+ years of experience in emerging technology development and finance across government and private sectors. Dan is a software developer and innovator in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, process automation, dynamic asset pricing and enterprise architecture. Dan holds a B.S. in Systems Engineering & Economics from the U.S. Naval Academy and a M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from MIT.
Brian Mulherin
CEO at RELQD
USA
Trained as a lawyer in securities, business and intellectual property litigation, Brian spent seven years with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the last year at the U.S. House of Representatives to provide counsel on derivatives regulation and cryptocurrencies to Committee with CFTC oversight jurisdiction.
Brian Farber
Legal Counsel at Securitize
USA
Brian was in-house legal counsel at ConsenSys. Prior to ConsenSys, Brian was an associate in the corporate finance group at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York. Brian holds degrees from Fordham University School of Law and New York University.
Dan Raykhman
CEO at Fungible.Network
USA
Dan is an entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and adviser. FinTech veteran with over 20 years of experience in the financial markets, electronic and high-frequency trading, FOREX, and ETPs. Dan is a computer scientist by training, he was personally responsible for building multiple trading systems for FX, Equities, and Crypto markets.
Moderator: Alex McDougall
Chief Investment Officer at Bicameral Ventures
USA
10.40 – 11.20
PANEL DISCUSSION: CREATING A SECONDARY MARKET
Oftentimes it is stated that without cooperation between exchanges (the platforms enabling cryptocurrency-fiat transactions) and banks (the institutions that have transacted, and dealt with the transactions of others, for centuries) crypto and blockchain technologies cannot become mainstream. What is needed to drive mass adoption from banks and financial institutions?
Diana Pires
Head of Institutional Sales at OKEx
Hong Kong
Diana boasts over 7 years of financial sales experience – having built a successful sales career in S&P Cap IQ, Numerix and most recently Intercontinental Exchange. Today Diana is the Institutional Sales Manager at OKEx out of the Hong Kong office where she is responsible for managing and growing the institutional client base.
Josh Goodbody
Gloubal General Counsel at Huobi
United Kingdom
Trained as a lawyer, Josh recently spent a few years as a Vice President and Legal Counsel at J.P. Morgan Asset Management and State Street in London. Last year, Josh joined Huobi as Global General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer .
Valentin Preobrazhenskiy
CEO at LAToken
Singapore
Valentin is a former hedge fund manager, who decided five years ago to leave the local financial markets behind and explore a future of global trade and develop tools to democratize access to financial markets. Valentin is looking forward to share his ideas on a blockchain-powered future and on how the economy and other traditional social institutions are impacted.
Brian Liston
President at SeedCX
USA
Brian co-founded Seed CX and currently serves as President and COO. Prior to Seed CX, Brian worked at Red Sea Ventures, an early-stage fund in New York, Accenture Consulting and Skype. He holds a B.S. in Economics & Finance, focus in Mathematics & Statistics from University College Dublin (Ireland) and a Master of Finance from MIT (US). Brian was named as one of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2018.
Mderator: Michael Terpin
CEO at Transform Group
USA
12.00 – 12.30
PANEL DISCUSSION: AN INVESTOR’S PERSPECTIVE
Malcom Tan
CEO at Gravitas Financial
Singapore
Malcolm is an established Singaporean lawyer with extensive experience in the construction, telecommunications, engineering, retail, IT and financial services industries. Today, Malcolm is Chairman of Gravitas Financial as well as CEO of CrowdBank. He previously held legal counsel positions across the Asia-Pacific, EMEA and North American regions and has done regulatory reviews and consulted with multiple governments. In 2018, Malcolm published the book “How to ICO / ITO within the Legal and Regulatory Framework in Singapore”.
Henry Liu
Chief Investment Officer at YGC
USA
After being involved as an investor and advisor in a few blockchain and fintech companies, Henry joined Yeoman’s Capital (YGC) as Chief Investment Officer. YGC is the world’s first Family Office investing 100% in CryptoAssets, and its founding team was also involved in creating BitAngels (2013 – World’s 1st Crypto Angel Network) and the Dapps Fund (2014 – World’s 1st Crypto VC Fund).
Nithin Eapen
Chief Investment Officer at Arcadia Crypto Ventures
USA
Nithin is the founder of Chance River, a US-based fund and technology services provider. Nithin is also Chief Investment Officer at Arcadia Crypto Ventures. Arcadia believe sin the decentralization of assets and invests in founders/projects that will make this possible.
David Siemer
CEO of Wave Financial
USA
David Siemer is the CEO of Wave Financial, a cryptocurrency focused asset management company headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm manages an early stage venture fund, digital fund products, and investment management advisory services, all centered on cryptocurrencies.
David is also the founder of Wavemaker Partners, which has of seven funds with AUM of $300 million in the US and Southeast Asia. Wavemaker is the most active investor in Southern California and Southeast Asia, having made investments in over 300 companies with top-decile returns.
Moderator: David Segura
Angel Investor
USA
David Segura is an entrepreneur and angel investor. He’s invested in over forty companies and works primarily with early stage startups in a wide variety of categories. David is also the Chief Operating Officer at Carbon, which is developing a price stable cryptocurrency that aims to make the global economy more efficient and inclusive.
12.30 – 13.30
LUNCH
13.30 – 13.50
PANEL: THE LEGAL LANDSCAPE: REGULATION AND GOVERNANCE
Joel Telpner
Partner at Sullivan & Worcester LLP
USA
Joel Telpner chairs the Fintech and Blockchain practice group of the international law firm, Sullivan & Worcester. Joel is a highly sought after strategist and counselor and structured some of the first token offerings and blockchain-based applications, including the first issuance of digital securities utilizing blockchain technology for Overstock.com, and helped Overstock’s tZero trading platform obtain the necessary regulatory approval to trade crypto securities.
Phil Liu
Chief Legal Officer at ARCA Fund
USA
Phil Liu is Chief Legal Officer at Arca. In his role, Phil oversees product structuring and ensures legal compliance for Arca’s crypto investment management platform. A finance industry veteran with over 20 years’ experience, Phil has worked has worked with some of the world’s biggest banks and law firms. Phil previously served as General Counsel at a leading managed futures asset management company and was responsible for the legal structuring of the first actively managed, managed futures mutual fund
Gordon Einstein
Partner at CryptoLaw Partners
USA
As an avid computer and programming hobbyist, in 2012 Gordon was intrigued by Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and the related technologies. By 2014, he was providing legal services to several individuals and companies operating in this space. And by 2016 the majority of Gordon’s law practice involved working with crypto, blockchain and FinTech startups and funds. This was formalized as CryptoLaw Partners in 2017.
Jeff Bandman
Co-Founder at Global Digital Finance
USA
Global Digital Finance (GDF) is a not-for-profit industry initiative with a mission to drive global cryptoasset standards and best practices for market participants, including some of the most influential digital currency and token companies, academics and professional services who support the industry. GDF conducts policymaker, regulator and industry outreach to build a shared understanding of the risks and opportunities presented by tokens and cryptoassets and has developed a global Code of Conduct for the cryptoassets market and its participants. GDF is proud to include Circle, Coinbase, ConsenSys, DLA Piper, Diginex, Hogan Lovells and R3 as patron and founding members.
13.50 – 14.10
KEYNOTE: THE ROLE OF STABLECOINS
Edan Yago
CEO at CementDAO
United Kingdom
Edan is the founder of CementDAO, a decentralized Stablecoin ratings and exchange platform. In addition, Edan is a Member of the Board at DATA, not-for-profit organization with primary bases in Washington DC and London, tasked with leading regulatory, best practices and consumer protection initiatives for companies in the emerging field of digital assets. Since November 2013 DATA has been working on a bilateral basis with influencers and regulators in the digital asset space to outline opportunities, to better understanding, and to unite the industry around sensible outcomes for development of digital asset technologies.
14.10 – 14.40
PANEL: THE CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPING A STABLECOIN
Joao Reginatto
Head of USDC North America at Circle
USA
Circle is a global crypto finance company on a mission to connect everyone, everywhere so we can exchange just about anything of value. A native of Barzil, Joao spent the last 10 years in Ireland working for technology companies, and joined Circle four years ago to run their European operations. At the moment, Joao is responsible for managing platform initiatives including USD Coin.
Elizabeth White
CEO at The White Company
USA
Elizabeth believes in a world driven by trust, and uses blockchain technology to connect the world of global payments and financial transactions, allowing consumers and businesses to pay anyone, anywhere, anytime, in seconds with no fees.
Greg Magarshak
CEO at Intercoin
USA
Greg is an internet entrepreneur and innovator who is passionate about the power of social tools to improve people’s lives. He’s currently building a platform for communities to issue and manage their own crypto-currency, issue Basic Income, and promote local business and fintech innovation
14.40 – 15.30
TEA BREAK
15.30 – 16.00
MEET THE ASSET-BACKED TOKEN PROJECTS
Presenters to be announced
16.00 – 16.30
CLOSING KEYNOTE: THE ROLE OF BLOCKCHAIN IN THE FUTURE OF FINANCE
Speaker to be announced
16.30 – 18.00
NETWORK RECEPTION