Block-FS 2018 | American Banker | 29 November 2018 | Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, 1605 Broadway, New York, NY 10019, USA

The promise of blockchains for financial services is to decrease complexity, lower transaction costs and increase transparency and security. The challenge is that the change itself is complex, and revolutionary. Some signs of the times:

• More than $30 billion has been invested in blockchain technology worldwide today
• Two-thirds of banks expect to be using blockchain at commercial scale by 2020 according to an IBM study
• Wells Fargo & Co., UBS Group AG, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, and many others are leading the industry with experiments and proof-of-concept projects

American Bankers’ Block|FS is a day-and-a-half event to learn about the technology and how financial institutions are exploring, and scaling, blockchain solutions; meet leaders in this emerging field and; understand the impact so you can build your business strategy. Hear from industry execs on both strategy and execution, leave prepared to write your plan.

2018 Speakers

Divya Agarwalla
Senior Vice President and Head of Product, Circle

Shahla Ali
Chief Compliance and Legal Officer, BitGo

Amber Baldet
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Clovyr

Kevin Bannerton
Partner, Corporate Strategy & Product Development, Total Bank Solutions

Steven Becker
President & Chief Operating Officer, MakerDao

Jay Biancamano
Managing Director, Digital Product Development and Innovation, State Street

Tyrone Canaday
Managing Director, Global Head of Innovation, Protiviti

Emma Channing
Chief Executive Officer & General Counsel, Satis Group

Justin Chapman
Global Head of Market Advocacy & Innovation Research , Northern Trust

Lewis Cohen
Co-Founder, DLx Law LLP

Penny Crosman
Editor at Large, American Banker

Dan Doney
Chief Executive Officer, Securrency, Inc

Dr. Jochen Dürr
Chief Risk Officer, Six

Steve Ehrlich
Chief Operating Officer, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

Lucien Foster
Head of Fintech Strategy & Partnerships, BNY Mellon

Dan Gisolfi
DE/Chief Technology Officer, Trusted Identity, Blockchain Technologies, IBM

Michael Gronager
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Chainalysis Inc.

Rouven Heck
Project Lead for the Digital Identity Platform (uPort), ConsenSys

Marc Hochstein
Managing Editor, CoinDesk

Frank Hourigan
Chief Operating Officer , BKCM, LLC

Tom Jessop
Head of Fidelity Digital Assets, Fidelity Investments

Hubert JP Jolly
Global Head of Financing and Channels, Global Transaction Services, Bank of America

Alexander Kanen
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Kanen Law Firm

Joshua Ashley Klayman
Managing Member, Klayman LLC

Ram Komarraju
Head of Innovation & Solution Delivery, CLS

Alan J. Lane
Chief Executive Officer, Silvergate Bank

Maja Lapcevic
Director, Innovation Network & Emerging Technologies, Citi

Caitlin Long
Co-Founder of Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, Symbiont

Jesse Lund
Global Vice President Blockchain & DLT Markets, IBM

Tanaya Macheel
Reporter, Cheddar

Elizabeth Maiellano
Vice President of Product Management, Broadridge

Charlie Moore
Chief Executive Officer, Global Debt Registry

Christine Moy
Executive Director, Blockchain Program Lead, J.P. Morgan

Jason A. Nagi
Shareholder, Polsinelli

Marc Peelen
Director, BNY Mellon

Robert Rancitelli
Managing Director, Asset Management Operations , Goldman Sachs

Joao Reginatto
Director for Product Management and USD Coin (USDC) Product Lead, Circle

Jeff John Roberts
Staff Writer and Editor, Fortune's The Ledger

Yuval Rooz
Chief Operating Officer, Digital Asset

Nick Rosenberg
Executive Vice President, Director of IT, Metropolitan Bank

Christine Sandler
Director, Institutional Sales, Coinbase

Cooper Schorr
Member of the Global Business Development team, R3

Greg Schvey
Chief Executive Officer, Axoni

Josh Stein
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Harbor

Brian Stoeckert
Partner, Stratis Advisory

Michael S. Tae
Corporate Vice President, Corporate Strategy, McKinsey & Company

Andrea Tinianow
Chief Innovation Officer, Executive Vice President, Global Kompass Strategies

Alex Treece
President, Modular

Kevin Werbach
Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics , Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Christopher Whalen
Chairman, Whalen Global Advisors LLC

Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger
Research Affiliate, MIT’s Sloan School of Management

2018 Sponsors

SILVER:
• Harbor

SUPPORTING:
• Mazars

EXHIBITOR:
• Netki