Blockchain East Summit

8:00-8:50
Registration, Continental Breakfast, Coffee and Tea in Blockchain East Expo Hall

8:51–9:00
Opening Remarks from Summit Chair & Producer
Michael Earley

9:00–9:30
Keynote:
From Pilot to Production: A Blockchain State of Play for 2019
Bob Tapscott

9:30–10:00
Keynote/Fireside Chat:
Hyperledger
Brian Behlendorf
Rob Palatnick

10:00–10:30
Networking Break and Blockchain East Expo

12:00–1:00
Networking Lunch and Blockchain East Expo

Track A: Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency – Exploring Enterprise Use Cases, Pilots and Projects
TRACK MODERATOR
Bryant Nielson

10:30–11:15
USE CASE: Blockchain in the Mobility & Transport Sector (Read More)
MODERATOR
Chris Ballinger
Lyle Paczkowski
Sebastien Henot

11:15–12:00
TOPIC: E-Gov 4.0: Federal & State Applications of Blockchain
MODERATOR
Shahin Arefzadeh, Ph.D
Tom Plunkett
John Dean Markunas
Jason Dispenza
Richard Brownstein

1:00–1:45
USE CASE: Blockchain for Social Good
MODERATOR
Mike McCoy
Benedetta Audia
Patrick Duffy
Marc Johnson

1:45–2:30
USE CASE: How Can Blockchain Disrupt the Entertainment Industry?
MODERATOR
Larry Dvoskin
Owen Grover
Benji Rogers
Tom Silverman

Track B: Blockchain Finance, Tokenisation, Cryptocurrencies, ICOs and Regulation
TRACK MODERATOR
Bill Bongiorno

10:30–11:15
LEGAL: Blockchain & Litigation: Regulatory, Civil & Criminal Update
MODERATOR
David Felsenthal
Alexandra Levin Kramer, Esq.
Usman Sheikh
Rebecca Rettig

11:15–12:00
STARTUP/FUNDING: Accessing Investment Funding for Blockchain Projects - ICOs, Traditional VC or Something Else?
MODERATOR
Satya Bajpai
Christopher S. Calicott
Sean Nasiri
Jeff Ramson

1:00–1:45
TOPIC: The Tokenization of Everything
MODERATOR
John Dean Markunas
Christopher S. Calicott
Roger Hahn
Jesse Overall

1:45–2:30
TOPIC: Making sense of Crypto Economics and blockchain based economies
MODERATOR
Jason Dispenza
Zachary Reece
John Bentley
Paul Brodsky

Track C: Blockchain Platforms, Protocols & Projects
TRACK MODERATOR
Michael Earley

10:30–10:50
Critical Success Factors in building dApps
Veeral Lakhani

10:50–11:10
Case Study: Telefonica’s Telco Industry Proof of Concepts
Guillermo Martínez del Camino

11:15–11:35
Ethereum Proof of Authority on Azure for Enterprise Blockchain
Graham Mosley

11:35–11:55
An Era of Technology Mesh - Converting mere data exchanges into value exchange
Aditya Santhanam

1:00–1:20
Creating A Culture of Compliance in Fintech
Kevin Toomey

1:20–1:40
Valuation Framework for Blockchain companies, Cryptocurrencies, Token and Coins
Satya Bajpai

1:45–2:05
HCL CoTrust℠: Towards a Blockchain Application Platform
Mark Grand

2:05–2:25
Introducing Kadena - The Next Generation Platform for Enterprise Blockchain
Ben Jessel

2:30–3:00
Networking Break and Refreshments and Blockchain East Expo

3:00–3:45
Keynote
Ethereum & Applying Blockchain to the Enterprise
Yorke E. Rhodes III

3:45–4:30
Keynote:
Examining the Implications for Blockchain & Public Policy Within the Broader Financial Sector
Steven Ehrlich

4:30-5:30
Blockchain East Happy Hour

8:00–8:50
Registration, Continental Breakfast, Coffee and Tea in Blockchain East Expo Hall

8:50–9:00
Opening Remarks from Summit Chair
Michael Earley

9:00–9:45
Panel:
Next Generation Governance & the Future of Blockchain
MODERATOR
Moses Ma
Brian Behlendorf
Arun Sundararajan
Graham Mosley

9:45–10:30
Panel
Blockchain Implementation - The Enterprise Leaders Viewpoint
MODERATOR
Erik Pupo
Mark Etwaru
Mary Jane Ajodah

10:30–11:00
Networking Break and Blockchain East Expo

12:30–1:30
Networking Lunch and Blockchain East Expo

Track A: Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency – Exploring Enterprise Use Cases, Pilots and Projects
TRACK MODERATOR
Bryant Nielson

11:00–11:45
TOPIC: IOT Revolution: What Happens when IOT meets Blockchain?
MODERATOR
Vincent Romney
Lyle Paczkowski
Miguel Torres Lopez
Douglas Shinsato
Shahin Arefzadeh, Ph.D

11:45–12:30
TOPIC: Blockchain In Insurance
MODERATOR
Bryant Nielson
Christopher McDaniel
Steve Herczeg
Ryan Rugg
Ben Jessel

1:30–2:15
USE CASE: Blockchain in the Food & Beverage Supply Chain
MODERATOR
Mike McCoy
Tom Mastrobuoni
Katy Jones
Kirk Nelson

2:15–3:00
TOPIC: The Interconnection between blockchain and AML/KYC
MODERATOR
Jill Williamson
Debbie Hoffman
James Garfinkel

Track B: Blockchain Technology, Standards and Implementation Issues
TRACK MODERATOR
Bill Bongiorno

11:00–11:45
TOPIC: Decentralized Identity & its Importance in Blockchain
MODERATOR
Moses Ma
Brian McSweeney
Alice Nawfal
Vipin Bharathan

11:45–12:30
TOPIC: Enhancing Enterprise Security with Blockchain
MODERATOR
Vincent Romney
Douglas Shinsato
Ajay Chandhok
Eric Sackowitz

1:30–2:15
TOPIC: UX, Usability & Why it’s essential for blockchain Adoption
MODERATOR
Cindy Mallory
Bryant Nielson
Peter Mcaliney
Scott McGovern
Gordon Meyer

2:15–3:00
TOPIC: Understanding Standards & Interoperability in Blockchain
MODERATOR
Vincent Romney
Ben Jessel
Deepak Tyagi
Shahin Arefzadeh, Ph.D

3:00–3:30
Networking Break and Refreshments and Blockchain East Expo

3:30–4:15
PANEL:
Getting the Message Across - Effectively Communicating Blockchain to the World
MODERATOR
Bill Bongiorno
John Licata
Jim Anderson
Jeff Koyen

4:15–4:30
Closing Comments from Blockchain East Chair & End of Summit