2018 will be known as the year we witnessed blockchain-based technologies making ground-breaking progress in the financial sector and fostering a discussion among experts on whether we have finally achieved the holy grail of a decentralized, distributed ledger technology (DLT) backed solution relevant to the financial sector. Financial institutions like central banks, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, and SWIFT have confirmed their interest in blockchain and have invested considerably in testing various proof-of-concepts. The question is - what have we learned so far? Will blockchain transform the financial industry completely and if yes - to which extent?



Join our first Disrupt Meetup of the Digital Finance Frankfurt community in Frankfurt. This blockchain meetup is also part of the German Blockchain Week 2019 and it discusses the application of blockchain technology in the financial sector.



Our meetups aim at bringing blockchain enthusiastic enterprises that want to get to know the technology, understand how it can be used and applied in their processes and those that already invest in it together.





TOPIC

Blockchain And Digital Finance: The Road So Far and Future Prospects



SPEAKERS

Here is the current line-up of the upcoming speakers (will be updated over time):



(1) Patrick Lowry, CEO and Managing Partner, ICONIQ Holding

Patrick Lowry is the CEO and a Managing Partner of Iconiq Holding, a global digital asset management firm. Iconiq Holding launched Iconiq Lab in early 2017, the world's first decentralized venture capital group, and a series of digital asset index funds under the Iconiq Funds brand, supported by the AMaaS ecosystem. Previously Patrick was an auditor at PwC and worked many years in private equity and in venture capital, most notably for the German stock exchange, Deutsche Börse. He holds an MBA degree and a CPA license.



(2) Michael Duttlinger, CEO and Co-Founder, Cashlink Payments GmbH

Michael Duttlinger is one of four founders of CASHLINK - CASHLINK digitizes venture capital with easily and flexibly transferable securities in the form of security tokens. The fully compliant tokenization platform makes start-up shares more flexible and the entire investment process much easier for investors. All founders completed their studies at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology with a focus on industrial engineering and computer science and thus form a very technology-oriented team. During his studies at the renowned Mendoza College of Business (Notre Dame) in the USA he specialized in Entrepreneurship and Design Thinking. Michael is also co-organizer of the FinTech-Meetup in Frankfurt and is part of the Entrepreneurs' Organization, one of the largest entrepreneur networks worldwide.



AGENDA



19:00h - 19:30h: Entrance

19:30h - 20:10h: Introduction

20:10h - 20:25h: Tokenized Financial Instruments

20:25h - 20:35h: Discussion and Q&A

20:35h - 21:00h: Break to Network

21:00h - 21:15h: Investment Tokens (Security Tokens) and The Underlying Legal Frameworks and Regulatory Challenges

21:15h - 21:25h: Discussion and Q&A

21:25h - 22:00h: Get together and Networking



DATE AND VENUE

Date: Thursday, February 21, 2019, 19:00h - 22:00h





Venue:

Room - S1.09 (30P)

Frankfurt School of Finance and Management

Adickesallee 32-34, 60322 Frankfurt am Main



LANGUAGE

This meetup will be held in English.



WANT TO BECOME A SPEAKER?

Do you want to be a speaker or recommend somebody? Please make your proposal here (https://goo.gl/forms/cCenjo1Xo6JUdg9x1) and we will get back to you.



CONTACT

Disrupt Meetup | Digital Finance Frankfurt

Email: team@disrupt-network.io

ABOUT US

Disrupt Meetup | Digital Finance Frankfurt

This community brings together blockchain enthusiastic enterprises that want to get to know the technology, understand how it can be used and applied in their processes and those that already invest in it. The Disrupt Network organizes regularly meetups and invites exciting speakers to Frankfurt. It does not matter if you are a startup or represent a large corporation, just join the community and let your network grow with us.





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