About the Blockchain Leadership Connect
Joining the Chicago Blockchain Week is excellent. As a professional non-profit organization dedicated to data science and AI, we have hosted numerous conferences across the U.S. in the past few years. We are excited to witness the revolutionary progress in the Blockchain world. When data science and AI join together with blockchain, we believe it’s the future of the Internet. The goal of our Blockchain Leadership Connect is to create a community, which can connect blockchain leaders, developers, and enthusiasts. You are expecting an elite conference on technology and practices of the blockchain. Experts from all around the world will meet together and discuss the trend and future.
Speakers of Blockchain Event
Adam Cisek
VP of LaborCrypto
Adam Luciano
Director of Blockchain/ Consultant of Verif-y Inc.
Andrew Zhang
Watson Cloud Advocate of IBM
Boli Wang
Co-Founder of BHex
Chad Peiper
Chief Architect AT GODE CHAIN
Daniel Spillane
Director, Industrial Market of IBM
Dennis Oneill
CEO of O'Neill Capital Advisors
Dr. Eric Wang
Co-founder of MatrixONE
Edward Honour
Chief Technology Architect of Tritanium Labs PTE Ltd.
Eugene Fine
Principal Consultant and Founder at Consider It Done Technologies
Huan Ke
PhD of The University of Chicago
Jason Cohen
CEO of Big Data Block
Karrie Sullivan
Founder / CEO of Culminate Strategy Group / Culminate Health
Keith Downer
Managing Partner at Aegeus Risk Consulting
Maomao Hu
CTO of Calculus
Rex Wong
Co-Founder and CEO of AIVON IO
Rick Dudley
CEO of Vulcanize
Ross Krasner
CEO of Ryu Coin
Tarik Khribech
CEO/Founder of Laborcrypto
William Slater
President & CEO / Sr. Cybersecurity Consultant / Blockchain Researcher / Blockchain Developer of Slater Technologies, Inc.
Agenda
August 26, 2018 / Chicago Blockchain Leadership Connect
Location: Regency A Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Chicago
| Time | Schedule | Speakers |
| 9:30 am – 9:55 am | Registration | |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Keynote Addresses | Jason Geng, the Committee Chairman from IDEAS Jun Du, Founder & CEO of Huobi & Node Capital |
| 10:30 am – 10:40 am | Session #1: Developing Business Blockchain Ecosystems to Deliver Real Business Value | Daniel Spillane, Director, Industrial Market from IBM |
| 10:45 am – 11:20 am | Panel Discussion # 1: The Role of Blockchain in AI and Investment | Dennis Oneil, CEO from O’Neill Capital Advisors Rex Wong, Co-Founder and CEO from AIVON Karrie Sullivan, Founder/CEO from Culminate Strategy Group/ Culminate Health Tarik Khribech, CEO/Founder of LaborCrypto Ross Krasner, CEO from Ryu Coin |
| 11:25 am – 11:35 am | Sponsor’s Talk: CDC | Nick Yang, Founding Partner of Lebox Capital |
| 11:40 am -12:15 am | Panel Discussion # 2: Interoperable Standards for Emerging Protocols | Maomao Hu, CTO from Calculus Mo Dong, CEO from Celer Rick Dudley, CEO from Vulcanize Eugene Fine, Principal Consultant from Consider It Done Technologies Tom Qi, Co-Founder from Blue Helix |
| 12:20 am – 1:35 pm | Lunch Break | |
| 1:40 pm – 2:15 pm | Panel Discussion #3: AI meets Blockchain | Andrew Zhang, Watson Cloud Architect from IBM Keith Oliver M. Downer, Managing Partner from AEGEUS Risk Consulting Boli Wang, Co-Founder from BHex Chad Peiper, Director of R&D from Verif-y Inc. Adam Luciano, Director of Blockchain/ Consultant of Verif-y Inc. |
| 2:20 pm – 2:30 pm | Session #2: Data Decentralization and Why It’s More Secure | Jason Cohen, CEO from Big Data Block |
| 2:35 pm – 2:45 pm | Session #3: Product Traceability on the Blockchain | Edward Honour, Tritanium Labs PTE Ltd. |
| 2:50 pm – 3:25 pm | Panel Discussion #4: Blockchain and Security | Huan Ke, PhD Student from the University of Chicago Shaun Newsum, Founder/CEO from ICO Watchdog, Inc. Jian Wang, Co-Founder from Matrix ONE William Slater, President & CEO from Slater Technologies, Inc. Adam Cisek, VP from LaborCrypto |
| 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm | Global Blockchain Hackathon Chicago Pitch | 5 mins for each team |
| 4:50 pm – 5:05 pm | Judge Voting | |
| 5:10 pm – 5:25 pm | Awards Ceremony | |
| 5:30 pm – 5:45 pm | Group Photo | |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | After Party Reception Location: Plaza Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Chicago Food & Beverage served. |
Partner
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Venue
Hyatt Regency Chicago
151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601
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