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The World Blockchain Forum (WBF) was established in 2017 in Wall Street, New York City. The primary goal of the forum is for leading blockchain experts to discuss
the frontier blockchain technology, to share the latest blockchain news, and to spread blockchain applications across all aspects of industries. WBF is committed to become the “Devos Forum” in the information technology area.
Organized by MICI Group, the summits of WBF have been successfully held in three different cities in the year of 2018, which include March 26th and 27th at Langston Club in London, June 8th and 9th at Sands Hotel in Singapore, and Sep 14th and 15th at Mythology World Resort in Jeju. Now, the 4th World Blockchain Forum Technology
Summit is coming to New York. It will be held at New York Hilton Midtown at Nov. 8th and 9th in 2018.
The summit will consist of four major parts: World Blockchain Forum, SharkChain TV Show, IDEAS and Liepin.com. Among them, World Blockchain Forum provides audiences with face-to-face keynote speeches and exhibitions. There will be more than 150 speakers and they are all top stars in the area like Tim Draper, Alex Mashinsky, Slava Rubin, Adi Sideman, Rik Willard, Pierre Noizat and etc. In the meanwhile, we also cooperate with SharkChain. In this part, participated companies have the opportunity to directly deliver pitch to the potential high-ranking investors, and to be presented on the mainstream media such as Netflix, Hulu, OTT, Apple TV and etc.
The topics and projects of WBF New York Technology Summit will be focusing on blockchain innovation in transforming industries from technology to applications.
More than 3000 audiences will be attending this event, together with more than 200 speakers, 150 companies and 1000 media partners. This is also a great chance to discuss the current state and future prospects of blockchain technology under different regulations. Leading experts of blockchain industry come to attend this forum from all around the world. We sincerely invite you to come to this fabulous blockchain technology event, and to share your great knowledge along with our distinguished guests.
Keynote
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Grand Ballroom
9:00 am
The Current War Against Centralization
Alex Mashinsky, Founder & CEO, Celsius Network
9:25 am
Maja Vujinovic, CEO, Ogroup
9:50 am
Ryan Selkis, Founder & CEO, Messari
10:10 am
Evolving Cryptocurrency: Security Tokens and User Engagement
Nelson Chu, Founder & CEO, Lumenary
10:30 am
Aaron Cai, General Business Manager, Tencent Blockchain
10:50 am
Harnessing the Power of Programmable Economy Using Blockchain
Sathya Narasimhan, Sr. Director at Blockchain Business Development & Product Management, SAP
11:10 am
Fireside Chat: The Realities and Obstacles Surrounding Decentralized Networks
Rik Willard, Founder, Agentic
Jeffrey Wernick, Angel Investor, Uber & Airbnb
11:40 am
Shixiang He, Partner, Fortune Capital
12:00 pm
Panel: Legislation and Regulation
Christopher Cutler, Former Chair of the New York Society of Securities Analysts’ Alternative Investment Committee
Bob Sujit Chakravorti, Head of Payment, Federal Reserve
Manny Alicandro, Partner, O’Neil & Partners, Former Candidate for NYS Attorney General; Former Head Compliance and Chief Counsel for NASDAQ/OMX
Agha Khan, Head of Global Risk, E&Y; Advisory Services, KPMG
Jag DeSaint, Executive Director at FEI, Former ECB Advisor & ADB Director
Track 1: Security Tokens
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Grand Ballroom
1:00 pm
Tradition Financial Product V.S. Security Token, From Past to Future
Joel Dietz, President, Swarm Research
1:25 pm
Security Tokens: the Keys to Investing in Compliant Tokens
Thomas J. Zaccagnino, Founder, Muirfield Investment Partners
1:50 pm
Panel: Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions of Security Tokens
Carlos Domingo, Co-Founder & CEO, Securitize (TBC)
Nelson Chu, Founder & CEO, Lumenary
Kendrick Nguyen, Founder & CEO, Republic
Alex Nascimento, Co-Founder, UCLA Blockchain Lab (m)
Timo Lehes, Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer, Swarm Fund
Adam Ettinger, Partner, FisherBroyles, LLP
Xiaochen Zhang, President, FinTech4Good
2:35 pm
How Real-World Companies Can Be Put on Blockchain and Their Equity Tokenized
Han Verstraete, Founder & CEO, Otonomos
Track 2: Stablecoin, Cryptocurrency & Token Economy
3:00 pm - 6:10 pm | Grand Ballroom
3:00 pm
Track 2 Opening Remarks
Miko Matsumura, Co-Founder, Evercoin (TBC)
3:20 pm
Panel: Stablecoin
4:00 pm
Mass Adoption Strategies in the Emerging Token Economy
Rik Willard, Founder, Agentic
4:20 pm
Panel: Obstacles and Solutions to Cryptocurrency Mainstream Adoption
Oded Shoshany, CEO, Orbis
Naiem Yeganeh, CEO, Ferrum Network
Javier Dutan, CEO, Sabor
Jennifer Jiang, Director of Blockchain & Fintech, ZGC Innovation Center
5:00 pm
How Blockchain Creates a New Global Business Environment
Andrii Zamovsky, Founder, Ambisafe
5:15 pm
Panel: ICO Evolving and Ramifications on Capital Raising
Rohan Handa, Ventures Creation, BBVA
Yuri Kundin, COO, Neuromation
John D'Agostino, Global Head of Investor Engagement, DMS Governance
Daniel Santos, CEO, Token Advisors
6:00 pm
Curated Lists: A Cryptoeconomic Primitive
Clement Lesaege, CTO, Kleros
Track 3: SharkChain TV Show
10:00 am - 6:00pm | Mercury Ballroom
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Session I
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Session II
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Session III
Track 4: Blockchain Applications in Enterprise
1:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Trianon Ballroom
1:30 pm
Enterprise/User Owned Media Networks
Adi Sideman, Founder, YouNow
1:55 pm
Blockchain's Consumer Use Cases, Mainstream Adoption and Its Usage in Nfts and Dapps
Olive Allen, Founder & CEO, Decadent
2:20 pm
Esports, Gambling, and Blockchain
Rahul Sood, Founder & CEO, Unikrn
2:45 pm
Benefits of Using Blockchain in Supply Chain
Tyler Mulvihill, Director, ConsenSys
3:10 pm
Blockchain Application in Healthcare
Christopher Sealey, Co-Founder and President, CoverUS;
Lauren Weiniger, COO, SAFE
Robert Chu, Founder, Embleema
Michael Hiles, CEO, 10XTS
3:55 pm
ML, IoT & Blockchain Intelligence and Blockchain to Facilitate
Donald Leka, Founder & Chairman & CEO, Jumptuit
4:05 pm
You Don't Need a Blockchain but Could Benefit from One
John Bentley II, CTO, 10XTS
4:15 pm
Blockchain Enterprise Application in Map Service and Location Data
Randy Meech, CEO, StreetCred
4:25 pm
Blockchain Applications in Media and Art
Victoria Saucier, CEO, Gainfy
Ian Kane, Co-Founder, Ternio
Chris Tse, CTO, Dot Blockchain Media
Kevin April, CEO, SportsCastr Powered by FanChain
Matthew Zarracina, Co-Founder & CEO, True-Tickets
Nanne Dekking, CEO & Founder, Artory
5:05 pm
A Few Protocols That Have Been/Are Being Implemented (DALP, Dharma, 0x)
Daniel Dewar, Founder, Paperchain
5:15 pm
Decentralized E-Commerce Ecosystem Using Blockchain Technology
Argentina Moise, Founder & CEO, Bleexy, LLC
5:25 pm
Day 1 Closing Remarks
Fiorenzo Manganiello, Professor of Blockchain Technologies, Geneva Business School
WBF VIP Banquet
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Trianon Ballroom
Keynote
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Grand Ballroom
9:00 am
Day 2 Opening Remarks
Mahbod Moghadam, Chief Community Officer, Everipedia
9:25 am
Fireside Chat
Slava Rubin, Founder, Indiegogo
Andrew Romans, General Partner, Rubicon Venture Capital
9:55 am
Miko Matsumura, Co-Founder, Evercoin (TBC)
10:15 am
Crystal Rose, Co-Founder & CEO, Sensay
10:35 am
Fireside Chat/Presentation
Cory Johnson, Chief Market Strategist, Ripple
10:55 am
Dan Doney, Co-Founder & CEO, Securrency
11:15 am
How to Create a Decentralized Ecosystem of Public Good Provision to Build a New Social Order
Glen Weyl, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
11:35 am
Challenges Blockchain Needs to Address
Indu Kodukula, VP of development Blockchain Technologies, Intuit
11:55 am
Vanessa Grellet, Executive Director, ConsenSys
12:15 pm
Andrew Romans, General Partner, Rubicon Venture Capital
Track 5: Blockchain Community Economy & Dynamic
11:00 am - 12:15 pm | Mercury Ballroom
11:00 am
Olive Allen, Founder & CEO, Decadent
11:20 am
Zac Prince, Founder & CEO, BlockFi
11:40 am
Effective Mechanism for Governance, Dispute Resolution and Community Decision-Making
Jenny Vatrenko, Co-Founder & COO, Oath Protocol
12:00 pm
Jimmy Zhang, Founding Partner, Ethe Consulting
Track 6: The Future of Exchange
10:30 am - 1:00 pm | Trianon Ballroom
10:30 am
Institutional Investments in Crypto
Michael Moro, CEO, Genesis Global Trading
10:55 am
Miko Matsumura, Co-Founder, Evercoin (TBC)
11:15 am
Panel: Changes of Exchanges & the Global Trade
Miko Matsumura, Co-Founder, Evercoin (TBC)
Scott Winges, Director, DDEX.io
Perrin Quarshie, Founder & CEO, Realblocks
Dan Goldman, Vice President of Business Development & Exchange Partnerships, Cryptalgo
Javier Dutan, CEO, Sabor
12:00 pm
Project Show I
Track 7: EOS Ecosystem
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Grand Ballroom
1:00 pm
Panel: Block Producers
Ken Rutkowski, Founder, Disruption (moderator)
Mahbod Moghadam, Chief Community Officer, Everipedia
Crystal Rose, Co-Founder & CEO, Sense
Kevin Rose, Co-Founder, EOS New York
Musika Zhao, Co-Founder, Sheleaders
Steve Floyd, Co-Founder, EOS Tribe
Marshall Long, Founder, BP Fish
Track 8: Ethereum Technology & Application
1:00 pm - 2:40 pm | Mercury Ballroom
1:00 pm
Ethereum Ecosystem, Dapps, and Scaling
Doug Petkanics, Founder, Livepeer
1:20 pm
Intellectual Property and Privacy of Ethereum Applications
Lance Koonce, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
1:40 pm
Panel: TBC
Rohan Handa, Ventures Creation, BBVA
Federico Ast, Founder, Kleros
2:25 pm
Interoperability Solution Providing Ethereum with Business Grade Scale
Gili Ovadia, Head of Economic & Trade Mission to the West Coast, Israeli Ministry of Economy
Track 9: Blockchain Applications in Fintech & Digital Payment
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Trianon Ballroom
1:00 pm
Napsterization of Finance
Shayne Coplan, Founder, TokenUnion
1:25 pm
Panel: Blockchain Applications in Finance Services
Indu Kodukula, VP of Development, Blockchain Technologies Intuit
Shawn Douglass, CEO & Co-Founder, Amberdata
Mike Kane, Co-Founder, Hydrogen
Chris Brodersen, Blockchain Specialist Leader at Deloitte
Pierre Noizat, Founder & CEO, Blockchain.io
Francois de Laigue, CEO & Founder, Dotted Square Inc.
2:10 pm
Todd McDonald, Co-Founder & Head of Partnership, R3
2:30 pm
Panel: Fintech and Blockchain
Todd Lippiatt, President & CEO, Propellr
Igor Telyatnikov, President & Co-Founder, AlphaPoint
Peter Lee, Operations Director, Relex
Joe Telpner, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Daniel Gouldman, CEO, Ad3 Media
3:15 pm
Blockchain Payments and Investments
Tyler Spalding, Co-Founder, Flexa
Track 10: Forms of Blockchain
2:45 pm - 5:15 pm | Mercury Ballroom
2:45 pm
Public and Private Blockchain and the Application of Blockchain in Business
Shawn Douglass, CEO & Co-Founder, Amberdata
3:10 pm
Privacy and Blockchain
Can Kisagun, Founder, Enigma
3:30 pm
How Blockchain Technology is Transforming the Economy and the World
John Hargrave, CEO, Media Shower
3:45 pm
Panel: How Blockchain Technology Will Impact the Future of Data Privacy, Security, and Ownership
Robert Wensley, CEO, Databook
James Jalil, Executive Director, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance
Hans Lombardo, CMO, Blockpass
4:30 pm
Global Blockchain Stability, Growth and Long-term Sustainability
John-David Enright, CEO, TMGcore
4:45 pm
Building Web 3.0 Consumer Facing Applications for Web 2.0 Audience
Stephen King, Founder & CEO, Imbrex
5:00 pm
John Lyotier, CEO, RightMesh AG
Track 11: Blockchain Investment
3:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Trianon Ballroom
3:30 pm
Panel: Investors’ Visions for the Future of Blockchain Technology
Brady Dale, Reporter, CoinDesk (moderator)
Andrew Romans, General Partner, Rubicon Venture Capital
Jon Allen, Managing Partner, Dekrypt Capital
Lisa Cheng, Founder, Vanbex Group
4:15 pm
Panel: How is Blockchain Changing Fundraising
Shayne Coplan, Founder, TokenUnion
Evan Cohen, Head of Blockchain & Investing, Indiegogo
John D'Agostino, Managing Director, DMS Governance
5:00 pm
Project Show II
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