The Pathfounder: Blockchain for Business
30 Crown Pl, Earl Street, London EC2A 4ES, United Kingdom
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Description
Blockchain is transforming business. Digital assets are being created, assigned value and consensus reached by a network of participants rather than by a central authority or government.
What are the implications for how you actually run a business of the future? How are different industries being transformed by blockchain? Much of the innovation in blockchain is coming from the corporate world. Will they beat many startups to the punch on creating the newest decentralised businesses?
We’ll cover a wide array of topics around the implications of blockchain for business, including the cryptocurrency crash, the rise of Smart Contracts, whether ICOs are too good to be true, as well as the regulatory implications.
Join us for the first in a series of events from The Pathfounder, a new online magazine and series of mini-conferences that connects and informs investors, entrepreneurs, corporates, policy makers, regulators and innovators in several seismic technologies now facing us, including blockchain, AI and other exponential technologies.
AGENDA:
14.00 Registration and networking with refreshments
Welcome to The Pathfounder. Moderated and curated by Mike Butcher and Dianne See Morrison.
14.30 Business and the Blockchain: What you need to know now
Robert Norton, CEO, Verisart
14.50 Smart Contracts: What's so smart about them?
Vinay Gupta, CEO, Mattereum
Piers Ridyard, CEO, Radix LTD
15.10 Another day another crash: what cryptocurrency volatility has to do with blockchain
Janos Berghorn, KR1
James Roy Poulter, CEO, Blockchain Reserve
15.30 From travel to energy, and from fintech to retail, corporations are creating innovative blockchain projects. Are corporations out innovating startups in the newest decentralised businesses?
Hugh Karp, Founder, Nexus Mutual
15.50 Implications of Blockchain on the Insurance Sector
Jenny Williams, Accelerate Partner, XL Catlin
Rhys James, Senior Vice President, Paragon International
16.10 Networking break with refreshments
16.40 Implications of Blockchain on the Energy Sector
Paul Massara, Executive Director, Electron
Maria McKavanagh, COO, VERV
17.00 Data Protection and Blockchain
Luke Scanlon, Head of Fintech Propositions and Senior Tech Lawyer, Pinsent Masons
Kuhan Tharmananthar, Director, ConsenSys
17.20 Implications of Blockchain on the Health Sector
Dr. Abdullah Albeyatti, CEO and Co-Founder, Medicalchain
Toby Stone, Director, BBFA
17.40 Networking drinks reception
Sponsored by
“Pinsent Masons is a full service law firm with a vision to be recognised as an international market leader in five global sectors: energy, infrastructure, financial services, real estate and advanced manufacturing and technology. In recent years, Pinsent Masons has achieved more Tier 1 rankings in The Legal 500 UK than any other firm, been named the most innovative law firm in Europe by The Financial Times and simultaneously held the ‘Law Firm of the Year’ award from Legal Business and Legal Week. With over 1500 lawyers operating from 24 locations throughout the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific and The Middle East, Pinsent Masons is well-placed to advise on complex multijurisdictional transactions across a full range of legal disciplines.
In the field of innovation, the firm has launched a number of award-winning legal services and products including Vario, its flexible resourcing hub, Cerico, an online compliance solutions business, and Smart Delivery, a unique delivery model blending people, process and technology. Services provided include corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, IP, technology and tax advice.”
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Start:
2018-02-16T14:30:00+00:00
End:
2018-02-16T19:00:00+00:00
Category
Tech
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