Join us to exchange thought-provoking ideas with leading figures in finance and technology.

Agenda:

5:20pm - Opening Remarks (Sam Tabar)

5:30pm - Panel Discussion (What is Wrong with Finance Today?)

6:30pm - Panel Discussion (What is the Power of Blockchain?)

7:30pm - Swap Presentation (Don Mosites and Michael Oved)

8:00pm - Closing Remarks (Andrew Masanto)

Panelists and speakers include:

Matthew Bishop – Senior Editor, The Economist Group

Matthew is an award-winning journalist. His roles at The Economist have included Business Editor, Wall Street Editor, Globalisation Editor, and New York Bureau Chief. He co-wrote Philanthrocapitalism in 2008 and authored "Economics A to Z", the official Economist layperson's guide to economics, in 2009. He was previously The Economist's London-based Business Editor. He co-founded and advises the #givingtuesday campaign and the Social Progress Index.

Helen Disney – Founder, Unblocked

Helen is the CEO and Founder of Unblocked, a hub for blockchain events, education and information. She was listed in Innovate Finance’s 2016 Women in Fintech Powerlist and referred to by Barclays as a “blockchain guru”. Prior to moving into fintech and blockchain education work, she set up and ran the Stockholm Network for 15 years, connecting thought leaders and policy experts to create best practice in public policy making.

Erika Karp – CEO, Cornerstone Capital

Erika is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cornerstone Capital Inc. Erika is a founding Board Member of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. She sits on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Financing and Capital. Erika has been featured by Bloomberg, Forbes and more. She speaks extensively at forums including the Financial Times, the OECD, the UN Global Compact and PRI, US SIF, the EPA, Oxford University, the Clinton Global Initiative, the Aspen Institute, and the White House.

Joseph Lubin – Co-Founder, Ethereum; Founder, ConsenSys

Joseph is the Founder of ConsenSys, a Brooklyn-based a venture production studio, and Co-Founder of the Ethereum Project, a peer-to-peer platform for decentralized applications. He worked as VP of Technology in the Private Wealth Management Division of Goldman Sachs, where software engineering, finance, and cryptography were central to his role, and then as Director of the New York office of Blacksmith, a Virginia-based software consulting firm. He graduated cum laude with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton.

Michael Terpin – CEO, Transform Group; Chairman, BitAngels

Michael Terpin co-founded BitAngels, the world's first angel network for digital currency startups (2013), the Dapps Fund, the first digital currency fund and one of the largest investors in the Ethereum presale (2014), the Bitcoin Syndicate on AngelList (2015), bCommerce Labs, a cryptocurrency incubator fund (2016), and heads up the ICO investment committee for Alphabit Fund (2017). In addition, Terpin is founder and CEO of Transform Group, the world’s leading PR and advisory firm for blockchain companies. Previously, he founded and sold Marketwired (now owned by NASDAQ), for which he was a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Kevin Worth – CEO, CoinDesk

Kevin is the CEO of CoinDesk and previously held executive roles at Bloomberg, The Deal, and The New York Times. He is an executive, entrepreneur, and visionary with over twenty years in corporate finance and public markets and has started and grown several private companies. He spent several years working as an investment banker, several of which were with Baron Investment.

Don Mosites – Co-Founder, Swap Protocol

Don is a Co-Founder of Swap, an Ethereum token trading ecosystem. Don is a serial entrepreneur, product designer and full-stack engineer with more than a decade of experience building products for companies small and large including Google and Zynga. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon, originally from Pittsburgh, and a fan of all things photography.

Michael Oved – Co-Founder, Swap Protocol

Michael is a Co-Founder of Swap, an Ethereum token trading ecosystem. Michael is a veteran algo trader, spending a quarter of his life at leading firm Virtu, having helped to found and grow its Asia operation to a multimillion dollar business. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon, originally from Los Angeles, and a fan of all things music.





Refreshments will be provided.