SVFF 2018 & WBF-NY
November 8th-9th, 2018
WHERE GREAT MINDS MEET
Speeches. Fireside Chats. Panel Discussions. Workshops. Expos. Demos. Networking
150
A PRESTIGIOUS LIST OF OVER 150 ELITE SPEAKERS IN BLOCKCHAIN
70
OVER 70 FEATURED SPEECHES OR PANEL DISCUDDIONS
1500
OVER 1500
INDUSTRY LEADERS PARTICIPATING
60
MORE THAN 60 CUTTING-EDGE PROJECTS
DAY 1
KEYNOTE I
9:00 The Currrent War Against Centralization - From VOIP to MOIP
Alex Mashinsky, Founder & CEO, Celsius Network
9:20 Securitization Token
W. Scott Stornetta, Chief Scientist, Yugen Partners
10:00 Evolving Cryptocurrency: Security Tokens and User Engagement
Nelson Chu, Founder & CEO, Cadence
10:20 Blockchain Is A Way of Thinking
Aaron Cai, General Business Manager, Tencent Blockchain
10:40 Harnessing the Power of Programmable Economy Using Blockchain
Sathya Narasimhan, Sr. Director at Blockchain Business Development & Product Management, SAP
11:00 Blockchain in China
Shixiang He, Partner, Fortune Capital
11:20 Fireside Chat: The Realities and Obstacles Surrounding Decentralized Networks
Rik Willard, Founder, Agentic (m)
Jeffrey Wernick, Angel Investor, Uber & AirBNB
11:45 Digital Unboundary -Trust Economy & Grid Organization
Kaylon Lee, Founder & CEO, Kalpa Tech; Former Chief Researcher, Tencent Research Institute
12:00 Panel: Legislation and Regulation
Agha Khan, Advisory Services, KPMG (m)
Christopher Cutler, Co-Founder, Citdex (Former Federal Reserve)
Sujit “Bob” Chakravorti, CEO, Chakra Advisors (Former Federal Reserve Economist)
Manny Alicandro Esq., Partner, O’Neil & Partners (Former Candidate, NYS Attorney General; Former Head Compliance and Chief Counsel for NASDAQ/OMX)Joel Telpner, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP
TRACK 1. SECURITY TOKENS
12:50 How Real World Companies Can Be Put on Blockchain and Their Equity Tokenized
Han Verstraete, Founder & CEO, Otonomos
13:10 Tradition Financial Product V.S. Security Token, From Past to Future
Joel Dietz, President, Swarm Research
13:30 Panel: Challenges, Opportunities and Solutions of Security Tokens
Alex Nascimento, Co-Founder, UCLA Blockchain Lab (m)
Todd Lippiatt, President & CEO, Propellr
Hans Lombardo, CMO & Director, Blockpass.org
Adam Ettinger, Partner, FisherBroyles, LLPMichael Hiles, CEaO, 10XTS
Cahlan Sharp, Head of Product, Mainframe
14:15 Panel: Best Practices for STOs
Nelson Chu, Founder & CEO, Cadence (m)
Sean Nasiri, Head of Operations and Business Development, TokenSoft IncAlexander Kanen, Tokenization and Digital Asset Transactions, Kanen Law FirmJoel Telpner, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Thomas J. Zaccagnino, Founder, Muirfield Investment Partners
Ned Myers, Senior Vice President & Head of Product, AlphaPoint
TRACK 2. BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS IN ENTERPRISE
13:00 Enterprise/User Owned Media Networks
Adi Sideman, Founder, YouNow
13:20 DApps, NFTs and the Path to Blockchain Mass Adoptio
Olive Allen, Founder & CEO, Decadent
13:40 Panel: Blockchain Application in Healthcare
Jeremy Stone, Chairman, Highbank Capital (m)
Kamal Obbad, CEO, Nebula Genomics
Christopher Sealey, Co-Founder & President, CoverUSRishi Madhok, CEO & Co-Founder, BitMED
Lauren Weiniger, COO, SAFE
Robert Chu, Founder, Embleema
14:45 Benefit of Using Blockchain in Supply Chain
Tyler Mulvihill, Director, ConsenSys
15:05 Panel: IoT, AI & Blockchain
Donald Leka, Founder & Chairman & CEO, Jumptuit (m)Victoria Saucier, CEO, Gainfy
Yuri Kundin, COO, Neuromation
Susan Oh, CEO & Founder, MKR AI
15:50 You Don't Need a Blockchain, but Could Benefit from One
John Bentley II, CTO, 10XTS
16:10 Panel: Blockchain Applications in Media and Entertainments
Chris Tse, CTO, Dot Blockchain Media (m)
Kevin April, CEO, SportsCastr Powered by FanChainNanne Dekking, CEO & Founder, Artory
Matt Zarracina, Co-Founder & CEO, True-TicketsBradley Hook, CEO, Bubblr
16:55 Blockchain Enterprise Application in Map Service and Location Data
Randy Meech, CEO, StreetCred
17:15 Panel: Blockchain and Digital Rights Management
Daniel Dewar, Founder, Paperchain
Argentina Moise, Founder & CEO, Bleexy LLCAnil Dash, Founder & CEO, Monegraph
Lance Koonce, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
TRACK 3. STABLECOIN, CRYPTOCURRENCY & TOKEN ECONOMY
15:00 Mass Adoption Strategies in the Emerging Token Economy
Rik Willard, Founder, Agentic
15:20 Stablecoins, Cryptocurrencies, and the Token Economy
Kendrick Nguyen, Founder & CEO, Republic
15:40 Panel: Overview of Stablecoins
Mitchell Dong, Managing Director, Pythagoras Investment Management (m)Joao Reginatto, Director, Product Management & USDC Product Lead, CircleKen Lang, CTO, Cosimo Ventures
Ido Sadeh Man, Founder & Foundation Council President, Saga FoundationJoel Telpner, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Michael Taggart, Founder, Quintric; President, Cryptonomex
16:25 Defining Properties of the Consensus-Based Business Environment
Andrii Zamovsky, Founder, Ambisafe
16:45 Panel: Ramifications of ICOs on Capital Raising
Yuri Kundin, COO, Neuromation (m)
John D'Agostino, Global Head of Investor Engagement, DMS GovernanceJamiel Sheikh, CEO, Chainhaus; Organizer, Blockchain NYC
Monica Puchner, CEO, Hilo.io
17:25 Curated Lists: A Cryptoeconomic Primitive
Clement Lesaege, CTO, Kleros
17:40 Panel: Obstacles and Solutions for Cryptocurrency Mainstream AdoptionJavier Dutan, CEO, Sabor (m)
Oded Shoshany, CEO, Orbise Corp.
Naiem Yeganeh, Co-Founder & CEO, Ferrum NetworkJennifer Jiang, Co-Founder, blockTEST
Jeremy Samuel, CEO, MetaliCoin
DAY 2
KEYNOTE II
9:00 The World's First Blockchain Encyclopedia on EOS
Mahbod Moghadam, Chief Community Officer, Everipedia
9:20 The Emergence of the New Capital Markets and How Digital Assets will be Funded and Traded
Andrew Romans, CEO & General Partner, 7BC.VC; General Partner, Rubicon Venture Capita
9:40 Fireside Chat
Andrew Romans, CEO & General Partner, 7BC.VC; General Partner, Rubicon Venture Capital (m)
Slava Rubin, Founder, Indiegogo
10:25 Crystal Rose, Co-Founder & CEO, Sense
10:45 Decentralization Against Isolation
Glen Weyl, Principal Researcher, Microsoft
11:10 Next Generation Blockchain Technology: Scaling with Lightning and Sidechains
Samson Mow, CSO, Blockstream
11:25 Decentralized Investment Banking Services
Dan Doney, Co-Founder & CEO, Securrency
11:45 Fireside Chat
Brady Dale, Reporter, CoinDesk (m)
Cory Johnson, Chief Market Strategist, Ripple
12:05 Challenges Blockchain Needs to Address
Indu Kodukula, VP of development Blockchain Technologies, Intuit
12:25 Esports, Gambling, and Blockchain
Rahul Sood, Founder & CEO, Unikrn
12:45 The New Energy Data Marketplace
Ben Conte, Director, Commercialization at LO3 Energy
TRACK 4. BLOCKCHAIN COMMUNITY ECONOMICS
10:30 Zac Prince, Founder & CEO, BlockFi
10:50 James Andrew, Organizer, James' Crypto Tree House
11:00 Jenny Vatrenko, Co-Founder & COO, Oath Protocol
11:10 Napoleon Canizales, CEO, Givit
11:20 Panel: Effective Mechanism for Governance, Dispute Resolution and Community Decision-Making
Jenny Vatrenko, Co-Founder & COO, Oath Protocol (m)Napoleon Canizales, CEO, Givit
Federico Ast, Founder, Kleros
David Fisher, Founder & CEO, Integra Ledger
Alexandra Levin Kramer, Blockchain Attorney, CKR Law LLPJames Andrew, Organizer, James' Crypto Tree House
TRACK 5. EXCHANGE
10:10 John Wu, CEO, Digital Assets Group, SharesPost
10:30 Panel: Exchanges & the Global Trade
John Wu, CEO, Digital Assets Group, SharesPost (m)
Michael Moro, CEO, Genesis Global Trading
Scott Winges, Director, DDEX.io
Perrin Quarshie, Founder & CEO, Realblocks
Dan Goldman, Vice President of Business Development & Exchange Partnerships, Cryptalgo
Reggie Middleton, CEO, Veritaseum
11:15 Cristina Dolan, Co-Founder & COO, iXledger 11:30 Project Show II
TRACK 7. EOS ECOSYSTEM
13:15 Panel: Block Producer
Steve Floyd, Co-Founder, EOS Tribe (m)
Mahbod Moghadam, Chief Community Officer, EveripediaCrystal Rose, Co-Founder & CEO, Sense
Kevin Rose, Co-Founder, EOS New York
Marshall Long, Founder, BP Fish
Musika Zhao, Co-Founder, Sheleaders
TRACK 8. BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS IN FINTECH & DIGITAL PAYMENT
13:15 Napsterization of Finance
Shayne Coplan, Founder, TokenUnion
13:35 Panel: Blockchain Applications in Finance Services
Shayne Coplan, Founder, TokenUnion (m)
Indu Kodukula, VP of Development, Blockchain Technologies Intuit
Shawn Douglass, CEO & Co-Founder, Amberdata
Mike Kane, Co-Founder, Hydrogen
Francois de Laigue, Founder & CEO, Dotted Square Inc.
Antonio Brasse, CEO, BlockQuake
14:20 Todd McDonald, Co-Founder & Head of Partnership, R3
14:45 Panel: Fintech and Blockchain
Joel Telpner, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP (m)
Peter Lee, Operations Director, Relex
Tyler Spalding, Co-Founder, Flexa
Daniel Gouldman, CEO, Ternio
Kunho Kim, Co-Founder & CEO, DeWolfe
William Herkelrath, Senior Vice President of Sales, AlphaPoint
15:30 Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Supervision in China
Wei Wang, Founder, Merits & Tree
TRACK 9. ETHEREUM TECHNOLOGY & APPLICATION
13:00 Ethereum Ecosystem, Dapps, and Scaling
Doug Petkanics, Founder, Livepeer
13:15 State and Future of Scalability of Ethereum
Alexander Skidanov, Co-Founder, Near Protocol
13:30 Interoperability Solution Providing Ethereum with Business Grade Scale
Gili Ovadia, Head of Global Business Development at Orbs, Orbs
13:45 Intellectual Property and Privacy of Ethereum Applications
Lance Koonce, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
14:00 Panel: Latest Developments in Ethereum Technology
Alexander Skidanov, Co-Founder, Near Protocol(m)
Doug Petkanics, Founder, Livepeer
Gili Ovadia, Head of Global Business Development at Orbs, OrbsLance Koonce, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
Nariya Takemura, CEO, Crypto Derby
TRACK 10. BLOCKCHAIN INVESTMENT
15:00 Panel: Investors’ Visions for the Future of Blockchain TechnologyBrady Dale, Reporter, CoinDesk (m)
Andrew Romans, CEO & General Partner, 7BC.VC; General Partner, Rubicon Venture Capital
David J. Namdar, Partner, Galaxy Digital
Jonathan Allen, Managing Partner, Dekrypt Capital
Lisa Cheng, Founder, Vanbex GroupEvan Morris, Principal, Pithia
15:45 Panel: How is Blockchain Changing Fundraising
Rik Willard, Founder, Agentic (m)
Shayne Coplan, Founder, TokenUnion
John D'Agostino, Managing Director, DMS Governance
Mitchell Dong, Managing Director, Pythagoras Investment Management
TRACK 11. BLOCKCHAIN MOVING FORWARD
15:45 Blockchain in Support of UNSDGs
Xiaochen Zhang, President, FinTech4Good
16:00 Public and Private Blockchain and the Application of Blockchain in Business
Shawn Douglass, CEO & Co-Founder, Amberdata
16:15 Caty Tedman, Head of Partnership, CryptoKitties
16:30 Emma Todd, Founder & CEO, MMH Blockchain Group
16:45 Panel: How Blockchain Technology Will Impact the Future of Data Privacy, Security, and Ownership
Susan Oh, CEO & Founder, MKR AI (m)
Hans Lombardo, CMO & Director, Blockpass.org
Sheen Hu, CEO, MXC
Robert Wensley, CEO, Kork
James Jalil, Executive Director, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance
Andre Boysen, CTO, Securekey
17:30 Global Blockchain Stability, Growth and Long-term Sustainability
John-David Enright, CEO, TMGcore
17:45 Building Web 3.0 Consumer Facing Applications for Web 2.0 Audience
Stephen King, Founder & CEO, Imbrex
SPEAKERS
Founder & CEO, Celsius Network
Chief Scientist, Yugen Partners
Chief Community Officer, Everipedia
General Business Manager, Tencent Blockchain
Founder & CEO, Messari
Founder, Indiegogo
Founder, YouNow
CSO, Blockstream
Principal Researcher, Microsoft
Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, R3
Founder & CEO, Decadent
Founder & CEO, Republic
Sr. Director at Blockchain Business Development & Product Management, SAP
Founder & CEO, Cadence
Angel Investor, Uber & AirBNB
Founder, Agentic
Chief Market Strategist, Ripple
CEO, Gainfy
VP of development Blockchain Technologies, Intuit
Director, ConsenSys
Founder, TokenUnion
CEO & Co-Founder, Amberdata
Founder & CEO, Unikrn
Founder & CEO, Kalpa Tech; Former Chief Researcher, Tencent Research Institute
Founder, Quintric; President, Cryptonomex
Welcome to SVFF 2018 & WBF-NY, a two-day Blockchain event with intensive discussions on Blockchain innovations, from technology to application, opportunity, challenge & solutions.
Silicon Valley Future Forum (SVFF), an active & influential Silicon Valley-based technology forum focusing on the Future of Innovation and investment by exploring the ways that transform the world by advancements in deep technologies and disruptive innovations with the rising power of computing in TMT, applied AI in healthcare & education, IoT, and Blockchain. SVFF has been proven to be the place where forward-thinking angel investors, venture capitalists, startups, entrepreneurs, engineers, corporate executives, and academics meet to exchange innovative ideas applying technology for real-world impact and investment opportunities.
SVFF co-organizes WBF-NY, being responsible for the schedule design and speech invitation of the conference. To make this event one of quality and benefit to the society, extremely intensive communications have been made with speakers, from influential academies to industry leaders, financial institutions, and policy groups under an unbelievable day & night hard-working of the team - Barney, Bruce, Aggie and Will - and with the help of our partners & friends in New York - Adam, Rik, Jeffrey, Eugene, Jag and Nick. I would like to thank all of them and the WBF team; without their hard-working, our job will not be done.
I would also like to thank all of you - speakers, exhibitore, attendees, volunteers, and supporters as an integral whole; only with you together, we make this event great.
Thank you!
Daniel D. Zhong, Ph.D.
Founder, Silicon Valley Future Forum (SVFF)
Chief Executive Director, World Blockchain Forum (WBF)
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