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The Blockchain Society NYC Deal Making Conference (Invite Only)

1740 Broadway #3, New York, NY 10019, USA

40.76493430000001 -73.9817066

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TBS presents: Blockchain Thought Leadership Conference at Davis & Gilbert, New York The Blockchain Society is hosting a special conference invite only for investors, regulators, corporate and blockchain thought leaders on Sept 21 at Davis & Gilbert LLP (19th floor), New York. (The Blockchain Society will greet all registered attendees on the main floor with your name tag and building badge. This Conference will be held on the 19th floor.) Tentative Schedule (*Subject to Change*): 9:15am: Registration & Deal Making 940am: Opening Remarks by The Blockchain Society 945am: Fireside Chat with BUMO and ePIC Blockchain 10am: Alex Mashinsky on How to Evaluate ICOs 1020am: From Telecomm to Blockchain with Globalive's Eric So 1040am: VC Panel with OMERS, WhiteStar and HOF Capital. Moderated by Republic Capital 1110am: The Identity Crisis with Shyft Network 1130am: Fireside chat with MadHive, Po.et & Beachfront. 1150am: Disrupting Financial Services Panel with TWG (moderator), Gorbyte, ConsenSys & Marto Capital 1215pm: Deal making lunch break 1245pm: Keynote 105pm: Blockchain AdTech Panel with D&G Law, MadHive, AC Lion and Rebel AI 130pm: Panel on the Future of Capital Markets with Alchemist, FR8 Network, Republic Capital and others; Moderator: TWG 2pm: Keynote by Gorbyte 230pm: Conference Conclusion Speakers: Anthony Lacavera, the Chairman and CEO of Globalive Technology, is supported by a leadership team with extensive blockchain, technology, investment and corporate governance experience. As Chairman and Founder of Globalive Capital, Anthony is best known for founding WIND Mobile in 2007, which became Canada's fourth largest wireless carrier before being sold in 2015 to Shaw Communications for $1.6 Billion. Founding partners Globalive Capital, the founders of Mundo Inc. and VRG Capital today announce the launch of Globalive Technology in January 2018, a new company focused on disrupting traditional industries by solving real-world problems with blockchain technology. As an operating and investment vehicle, GT is forming partnerships with select high-growth companies across a variety of sectors who recognize the strategic advantage of gaining a blockchain and machine intelligence lead to stay relevant in a technology-driven era. Katina Stefanova is CEO & CIO, Marto Capital. Katina has 20 years of Senior Leadership in Asset Management and Technology. She spent 9 years as a Senior Executive and Managing Committee Advisor reporting directly to the CEO at Bridgewater Associates and serving in several critical investment and management leadership role. Katina is a thought Leader on Disruption in Asset Management. Harvard Business School – MBA; Brigham Young University – BA Alex Mashinsky is one of the inventors of VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) with a foundational patent dating back to 1994 and is now working on MOIP (Money Over Internet Protocol) technology. Over 35 patents have been issued to Alex, relating to exchanges, VOIP protocols, messaging and communication. Alex is a serial entrepreneur and founder of seven New York City-based startups, raising more than $1 billion and exiting over $3 billion. Alex founded two of New York City’s top 10 venture-backed exits since 2000: Arbinet, with a 2004 IPO that had a market capitalization of over $750 million; and Transit Wireless, valued at $1.2 billion. Alex has received numerous awards for innovation, including being nominated twice by E&Y as ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’, in 2002 & 2011; Crain’s 2010 Top Entrepreneur; the prestigious 2000 Albert Einstein Technology medal; and the Technology Foresight Award for Innovation (presented in Geneva at Telecom 99). As one of the pioneers of web-based exchanges, Alex authored patents that cover aspects of the Smart Grid, ad exchanges, Twitter, Skype, App Store, Netflix streaming concept and many other popular web companies. Additionally, Arbinet’s fundraising story was featured as a case study in 2001 by Harvard Business School. Taotao He is the Co-founder and CEO of HGR Digital Asset Group, he's also a Senior Investment Associate at Marto Capital. Prior to launching his own crypto hedge fund and working with Marto Capital, he worked at various financial institutions; Bridgewater Associates, Barclays Capital, and Goldman Sachs. Taotao also invests in seed / early-stage ventures with his most recent investment: VEEPIO (Backed by the NFL and World Champion Philadelphia Eagles). He graduated from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business. Lylan Masterman - An experienced former Software Engineer and Product Manager, Lylan leverages his experience in leading technology teams as a General Partner at White Star Capital. In 2004 he joined the Atlas division of aQuantive to help lead the company’s rich media advertising platform, targeting product, user experience and internationalization; three years later the company was acquired by Microsoft for $6.2bn. Lylan has also led product organizations for four early-stage companies, worked as an engineer on WebTV at Microsoft and a technology evangelist at Microsoft Research, and was a member of the product team for the first version of VisualStudio .NET. Lylan is a Kauffman Fellow (class 19) and holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management. He’s lived in Canada, both east and west coasts of the US, and now calls New York his home. Mike Adler brings over 20 years of experience working with highly scaling venture backed and mature companies in the media, entertainment and emerging technology space. He leverages a diverse background in investment banking, venture capital, business development, recruitment, sales and “hands on” operational experience. In his career, he has successfully helped dozens of companies scale from inception to exit by providing them with his expertise in capital raising, providing operational, financial, and strategic guidance, to securing key “C” and mid-level talent. Adler currently is the Senior Managing Partner at a Human Capital/Executive Search and Consulting firms AC Lion International and Lionseye Group (Retained), Over the past several years, Mr Adler has expanded their industry focus to Blockchain where they are working with companies like Madnetwork.io, Fr8, Singular.dtv, Portion.io, tradeduel, Coindesk and many more advisiing on ICO strategies and Recruitment to build out their teams. Brent Xu leads the Vulcan Research Team A at ConsenSys, and is Chief Research Officer of the Dendrobium Project. His focus is on blockchain product architecture and building out infrastructure layer systems for enterprise use cases. He creates viable platforms for executing production-grade functionality alongside the protocol development group and enterprise consulting teams. His areas of expertise at ConsenSys include enterprise software systems and capital markets as they relate to the Ethereum blockchain and other global software platforms. Brent comes from a professional background in fixed income trading and research with specialties in structured finance products and asset securitizations, where he pioneered innovative approaches to analyzing CMBS derivatives through quantitative analytics. Toward validating trading strategies, Brent specialized in optimizing financial analytics platforms through improvements in architectural and database design. Brent has an international background in working with multinational corporations, blockchain startup organizations as well as government entities. He graduated from Duke University with a BS and MS degree where he studied systems biology/bioinformatics and business management. Hooman Mehranvar is responsible for researching and executing on investment opportunities in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications (TMT) sectors. Prior to joining OMERS Ventures, Hooman was the General Manager of Toronto at Sonder, a hospitality-tech startup, where he oversaw the operations and business development of the local market. His responsibilities included optimizing market profitability, implementing operational efficiencies and vendor management. Before Sonder, Hooman spent 6+ years in strategy and IT consulting at Bain & Company and Deloitte where he worked with Fortune 500 companies to address their strategic priorities. His focus areas at Bain included new market entry, pricing and digital strategies. While at Deloitte, Hooman led several software implementations for clients looking to improve business intelligence and predictive analytics capabilities. Hooman holds an MBA from Columbia University and completed his Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Toronto. Eric So is the Co-founder, Managing Director, and Chief Strategy Officer for Globalive Technology Partners Inc. He also serves as Chairman of HyperBlock Technologies Corp., a leading cryptocurrency mining company with diversified operations, and as a Director of Therapix Biosciences Ltd. He has over 15 years’ experience advising both private and public companies, and recently served on the executive committee of Mundo Inc. as Chief Legal and Corporate Development Officer. An alumnus of Torys LLP, Eric holds a Bachelor of Science from McGill University and a law degree from the University of Windsor. Eric is heavily involved in charity work within his community. Adam Helfgott is the CEO and Project Lead of MAD Network, the first contextually-aware blockchain protocol to enable the future of advertising innovation with privacy by design. Anchored in strong cryptography and private edge computing, MAD removes unnecessary intermediaries and eliminates fraud while helping advertisers more effectively reach their consumer. Adam is also CEO of MadHive, a venture backed Ad-Tech company as well as built and sold marketing technology companies eCamp.net (http://ecamp.net/) and Lookbooks.com (http://lookbooks.com/), and advised leading companies including IMG/WME, and Gem, an enterprise blockchain company. Bruce Silcoff is a serial entrepreneur and visionary with proven track record of success. He is currently consumed with any and all disruptive blockchain solutions including digital banking, payment-processing, Forex., cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and more. Bruce is providing thought leadership and strategic guidance via board participation. He has experience in Loyalty, Health & Wellness, Private Equity, Social Media, Data, Payments & More. Fady Yacoub is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at HOF Capital, where he focuses on technology-driven companies across sectors including energy, education, media, and blockchain. Prior to HOF Capital, Fady worked at Digital World Capital, a technology-focused hedge fund, helping the firm expand its investment portfolio in Asia by overseeing the firm’s investment in Baidu and Qihoo 360. Prior to that, he was a Data Analyst at Switch (NYSE:SWCH). After DWC, Fady syndicated an SPV that invested into the Alibaba IPO (NYSE:BABA). Fady earned both a BS and BA in Business Administration & Psychology from the University of Southern California. Jarrod Dicker is an entrepreneurial technology and media executive. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Po.et, a platform for a new decentralized media economy. Prior to Po.et, Dicker served as innovation chief at the Washington Post as Vice President of Innovation and founded RED, the Post's research experimentation and development team. There he oversaw the companies technology, product, operations and strategy across the entire business. Before the Washington Post, Dicker lead strategy, product and technology teams at RebelMouse, Time Inc. and the Huffington Post. He also sits on the Board of Advisors for Rutgers University School of Innovation and Mogul Inc., a technology platform that enables women worldwide to share ideas and access content based on personal interests. W. Scott Stornetta, Ph.D. While working at Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), Dr. Stornetta co-invented, along with Stuart Haber, the blockchain technique. This helped lay the foundation for Bitcoin and other digital currencies (for example, of the eight citations in the original Bitcoin paper, three reference his and Dr. Haber’s work). Along with Dr. Haber, he co-founded Surety, a Bellcore spinoff. Surety’s offering constituted the first commercial deployment of a blockchain. Dr. Stornetta finished at Bellcore as Assistant General Manager of the 125-person Mathematical and Computer Sciences Laboratory. Dr. Stornetta consulted for many years, evaluating the commercial potential of emerging technologies on behalf of universities, commercial research labs, and venture capital interests. Dr. Stornetta received his Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University, after attending MIT, Harvard, and Brigham Young University. Jon Fox, a serial entrepreneur, began his career trading merchandise globally from his home at 20 years old. Within a couple years, he had turned his hobby into a 25 million dollar distribution company. Fox has spun up and exited multiple companies in the transportation and food services verticals, including Beachwood Distribution, and Deja Foods and currently owns Lewisco Holdings, an international distribution company. Over the course of his career Fox has shipped billions of dollars in cargo. Most recently, Fox co-founded Fr8 Network. Recognizing the fractured nature of the $13 trillion global logistics industry, Fr8 Network is developing the Fr8 Protocol, a standardized protocol data layer creating seamless information flow throughout the entire logistics chain by allowing any system to connect to the same data as the single source of truth. The Fr8 Protocol defines data and connectivity standards for any stakeholder in any region, enabling new efficiencies and capabilities for logistics systems worldwide. Fox also serves as Managing Director of 2857 Capital, a family investment office. His expertise focuses specifically in capital markets, and marketplace opportunities that unite fractured industries. Fox is an advocate of distributed systems and their impact on both social and economic systems. He is a frequent public speaker, offering thought leadership on how blockchain will impact the future of freight, logistics, and supply chain. Richard Eisert is a partner in Davis & Gilbert’s Digital Media, Technology & Privacy Practice Group, Co-Chair of the firm’s Advertising, Marketing & Promotions Practice Group and the New Ventures Committee. His clients include ad tech, digital media and other technology companies, many of which are start-ups. His practice includes drafting and advising on contracts related to online advertising and e-commerce, data acquisition and security, and multimedia, software, music and technology licensing. Mr. Eisert’s practice also includes advising on specific legal and regulatory issues that affect e-commerce and online advertising, including privacy and the enforceability of electronic transactions. In the intellectual property arena, he advises on the protection, maintenance and licensing of copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets. Chris Eben is a Managing Partner at TWG, a product consultancy with deep expertise in digital strategy, product design and engineering. He is a mentor, speaker and active investor with a portfolio of more than 25 startups throughout the US and Canada. Chris joined TWG after a lengthy career running product teams in the Enterprise Software Market, focused on Business Intelligence, Analytics and Performance Management. He’s worked for startups and with large organisations and has helped to build teams in Silicon Valley, London, England and his hometown of Toronto. At TWG, he leads a growing team of 140 product managers, user researchers, designers and engineers that work with innovators from funded startups to large enterprises building software used by millions. Chris holds an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. Manny Puentes is an experienced executive leader in the digital advertising and software industries. With more than 20 years of experience in digital advertising, Manny has led engineering and product teams to build a number of enterprise-scaled platforms for digital media trading by leveraging specialties in real-time bidding, data pipeline architecture, natural language processing, and machine learning. He also earned 11 issued patents in collaborative communications. He is the CEO and founder of Rebel AI, a Colorado-based startup focused on bringing security to digital advertising with blockchain and cryptographic verification. Sloane Brakeville is the Co-founder and CEO of Fr8 Network, a shipping and logistics blockchain company. Prior to taking on this role, he led the research and technology development for Fr8 Network’s MVP and the subsequent design and build of the Fr8 Protocol which defines the rules and connectivity for communication and data management between logistics applications and legacy systems. Sloane has been involved with Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies since 2013 and has spoken at universities and conferences around the country, particularly around the topic of blockchain applications with logistics. Previously, he was a founding member and Blockchain Specialist at IBM’s Blockchain Labs. Before joining the Labs, Sloane was building apps for iPhones and iPads. He originally joined IBM as a consultant for Salesforce CRM development. While at IBM’s Blockchain Labs, Sloane was responsible for the success of projects in the Finance, Media & Entertainment, Supply Chain, and Health industry verticals. Much of his work involved creating proof-of-concept cases for Fortune 500 clients such as Bank of America, HSBC, etc. Giuseppe Gori, CEO, Gorbyte Inc. Received his doctorate’s degree in Computer Science, University of Pisa, Italy and was assistant professor of Computer Science at the University of Pisa and visiting professor at Western University in London. He has vast experience in computer network research and development, with the IBM Scientific Center in Italy and with the IBM Development Lab in Don Mills, Canada. Giuseppe represented Canada at international meetings on Open Systems Interconnection and was chairman of the ISO Canadian Working Group on Open Distributed Processing - Systems Management. He consulted for several major communication companies in Toronto (e.g., Bell Canada, AT&T) and had the experience of running his consulting business plus two other startups, before starting Gorbyte Inc. Jeff Pulver....Changed the way the world communicates. Throughout his highly successful international career Jeff has been insistently promoting internet communications and telephony and has helped change the way the world communicates. An "Order" named after Jeff Pulver was issued by the Federal Communications Commission, supported by the White House. Details. Jeff Pulver can be described as: Internet Pioneer, VoIP; Entrepreneur, Investor, Strategist, Astrophotographer, Futurist. Helped shape the worldwide market acceptance of VoIP; Founder / co-founder of numerous startups including: Alchemist, Free World Dialup, VON, Vivox and Vonage. Veteran of the Tradeshow industry; producer, host, curator of events. Jeff is also involved in public policy advocacy and is the founders of the VON Coalition and the Blockchain Token Association Known as a globally renowned Internet thought leader. In 1995 defined "VON" to stand for Voice/Video on the Net. From 1997 to 2008 he hosted/produced the VON Conferences and drove the growth of the global VoIP Industry. His work in Washington is the reason services like: FaceTime, Telegram and WhatsApp are free. Has influenced the creation of numerous other startups. Currently exploring the intersection of: Blockchain and Finance. As Vice Chairman at Alchemist, Jeff is a passionate advocate of Programmable Securities such as Security Tokens. Strategic adviser to Blockchain projects. Mr. Pulver is committed to the future of the Internet and is featured often in the media as an expert in his field.-- The Pulver Order --On February 12, 2004, Mr. Pulver's petition for clarification declaring Free World Dialup as an unregulated information service was granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This landmark decision was the first decision it made on IP communications. Now referred to as "the Pulver Order", the ruling provides important clarification that computer-to-computer VoIP service is not a telecommunications service. By doing this, the FCC delivered a strong signal to consumers and capital markets that the FCC is not interested in subjecting end-to-end IP Communications services to traditional voice telecommunications regulation under the Communications Act. 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