Connecting Hamilton & Southern Ontario to the local Blockchain technology influencers, innovators, and enthusiasts.
Hamilton and Southwestern Ontario boasts many Blockchain professionals that typically work at the big city down the road. These professionals have only been given the choice of conferences and events that consume hours of travel time to meet up with other professionals in the Blockchain space. Well now they have a new venue.
Sticking closer to home, Unitralis anticipates over 300 attendees at this first ever full-day Blockchain event in Hamilton, Ontario. Participants include professionals from the blockchain space including developers, entrepreneurs, investors, and enthusiasts from all over Ontario and other parts known and unknown.
Blockchain technology is rapidly expanding to encompass all aspects of the digital age. Starting with Bitcoin as the core payment messaging and distributed ledger system to Ethereum smart contracts with Distributed Autonomous Organizations (DAO), Cryptokitties, remittance, and thousands of use-cases.
Blockchain technology is revolutionizing the way business is done today. At this, the first ever full-day conference in Hamilton Ontario, attendees will gain a wealth of knowledge from industry experts, entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, and business leaders in the Blockchain ecosystem.
7:30am - 8:30am
REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST
8:30am - 8:45am
WELCOME - INTRODUCTION
Karen Maraj - Unitralis
Karol Murillo - City of Hamilton
8:45am - 9:15am
KEYNOTE: HOW TO TELL THE BLOCKCHAIN STORY
Emily Colemen - CMO - ShapeShift
9:15am - 9:45pm
BUILDING A BLOCKCHAIN FROM SCRATCH
Harpreet Geekee - Highmark Global
9:45am - 10:15am
PANEL: THE FUTURE OF BLOCKTECH
HOST: Stephen Brent Sargeant - Bitfinex
PANEL:
1. Carleigh Zangrando - Coinaccord
2. Ben Ames - Corl
3. Magdalena Gronowska - LUMO Wallet
4. Carlos Canrera - Swissborg
10:15am - 10:45am
REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING BREAK
10:45am - 11:15am
WHY OUR DIGITIZED LIBERTY DEPENDS ON THE BLOCKCHAIN
Adam Goldman - BitBuy.ca
WORKSHOP: EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF FINTECH AND BLOCKCHAIN BUSINESSES IN HAMILTON
Jason Dias - MDB Insight
Karol Murillo - City of Hamilton
11:15am - 11:45am
IPO TOKEN JOURNEY WITH POLYMATH AND REGULATORS
AND CRYPTO CONTRACTING, AND CRYPTO LITIGATION
Ben Ames - Corl.io
11:45 - 12:15pm COMPLIANCE AND DECENTRALIZED APP’S ON THE BLOCKCHAIN
Amber Scott/Rodney MacInnes - Outlier
12:15pm - 1:00pm
LUNCH & NETWORKING BREAK
1:00pm - 1:30pm
THE CRITICAL ROLE OF USER KNOWLEDGE IN CULTIVATING TRUST IN CRYPTOCURRENCIES
Dr. Khaled Hassanein - DeGroote School of Business - McMaster University
1:30pm - 2:00pm
PANEL: WHY SO MANY CRYPTO TOKENS?
HOST: Trekk - Trekk Smart Consulting
PANEL:
1. Amber Scott - Outlier
2. Adam Goldman - BitBuy.ca
3. Harpreet Geekee - Highmark Global
4. Emily Coleman - ShapeShift
2:00pm - 2:30pm
BLOCKCHAIN: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS
Alex S. Ross - Gowling WLG
WORKSHOP: BUYING BITCOIN STEP-BY-STEP FOR THE FIRST TIME
Roberto Sanabria - Cryptoducation
2:30pm - 3:00pm
BLOCKCHAIN & SECURITY: WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
Ezzeldin Tahoun - eZsec Inc.
3:00pm - 3:15pm
REFRESHMENTS & NETWORKING BREAK
3:15pm - 3:45pm
DECENTRALIZED FUTURE
Brent Lessard - rLoop
3:45pm - 4:15pm
EVOLUTION OF DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY
Roberto Sanabria - Cryptoducation WORKSHOP:HOW TO CREATE ETHEREUM DAPP USING ETHER.JS
Antoine De Vuyst - U.CASH
Sponsored by:
4:15pm - 4:45pm
BLOCKCHAIN LAW: A DISCUSSION OF SECURITY TOKENS, AML, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, TAX, AND CRYPTO CONTRACTING, AND CRYPTO LITIGATION
Chetan Phull - SmartBlockLaw
4:45pm - 4:50pm
CONNECT, SPARK, INSPIRE, AND IGNITE
4:50pm - 5:00pm
CLOSING REMARKS + PRIZES
Joseph Iuso - Unitralis
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