Blockchain West 2018 | GSMI | 26 March 2018 | Marines' Memorial Club, 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94102, USA

Hear first hand war stories from the people behind blockchain proof of concepts, pilots & beyond.
• Every one of our hand picked speakers has real world, in depth experience in both theoretical and practical implementation of blockchain applications in enterprise and government.

The biggest blockchain event on the west coast.
• We've worked hard to provide the biggest and best Blockchain event on the West Coast. With 6 information packed tracks, tonnes of speakers, and more options than Altcoins, Blockchain West is your only choice for Blockchain on the best coast.

Add real value to your organization.
• Learn from those who have been there and done that how Blockchain has been utilized to drive results in trust, truth and transparency whether it’s in finance, supply chain, contracts, identity or security — you’ll hear from the best.

2018 Speakers

Dr. Marta Piekarska
Director of Ecosystem, Hyperledger

Jesse Lund
Vice President, IBM Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies, Ibm

Laiq Ahmad
Chief Enterprise Architect, Chief Technologist, Head of Digital Innovation & Enterprise Architecture, Pacific Gas & Electric

Simon Lin
Research Chief Information Officer, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Jim Nasr
Chief Software Architect, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Steven Dobesh
Technology Innovation Chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff

James Allen Regenor
Business Unit Director, Additive Manufacturing & Innovation, Moog

Dr. Joseph Williams
Governor Inslee's Ict Industry Sector Lead & State of Washington Ict Economic Development Director, State of Washington

Chris Spanton
Sr. Architect - Blockchain, Cloud Center of Excellence, T-Mobile

Aaron Gette
Chief Information Officer, The Bay Club Company

Alexander Varvarenko
Chief Executive Officer, Varamar Group

Cody Hopkins
General Manager, Grass Roots Farmers'​ Cooperative

Phil Gomes
Senior Vice President of U.S. B2B Digital, Edelman

Mac McGary
President, Sweetbridge Alliance

Andrea Tinianow
Chief Innovation Officer, Global Kompass and Founding Director, Delaware Blockchain Initiative

Peter Pham
Co-Founder, Science

Bryant Nielson
Chief Executive Officer, The Blockchain Academy

Bryant Nielson
Chief Executive Officer, The Blockchain Academy

Doug Scribner
Chief Executive Officer, Vault Logic

Simon Yu
Chief Executive Officer, Storm X

Paul Walsh
Chief Executive Officer, Metacert

Andrew MacDonald
Senior Technical Program Manager, Guardtime Federal Llc

Nelson Petracek
Chief ZTechnology Officer, Tibco Software Inc

James Barry
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Dcntral

Hunter Prendergast
Chief Technology Officer, Mimir Blockchain Solutions

Bob Tapscott
Chief Information Officer, Tapscott Group & Author, Blockchain Research Institute

Alex Gostomelsky
Chief Operating Officer, Digital Asset Strategies

Chet Manikantan
President, Blockchain Association of Boston & Chief Executive Officer, Tengu

Tali Raphaely
President, Armour Title Company

Navroop Sahdev
Research Fellow - Ucl Center for Blockchain Technologies, University College London

Brennan Bennett
Founder, Blockchain Healthcare Review

Thomas Lee
Managing Partner/ Head of Research, Fundstrat

Mark Grand
Solutions Principal for Blockchain, Hcl

Usman Sheikh
Partner, Head of Blockchain & Smart Contracts, Gowling WLG (Canada)

Kyle Samani
Managing Partner, Multicoin Capital

Rohan Handa
Manager - New Ventures Creation, Bbva

Abhi Dugar
Director - Cloud Infrastructure & IoT Security, Idc

Rick Marini
Founder, Protocol Ventures

Alan Cohn
Counselor and Strategic Advisor on Security, Technology, Innovation, and Government, Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Tony Pearce
Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder, Reality Clash

Peter Hunn
Co-Director, Accord Project & Founder, Clause.io

Christopher S. Calicott
Managing Director, Trammell Venture Partners

Alexandra Levin Kramer, Esq.
Partner, Chair of Blockchain Technology & Digital Currency, Ckr Law

Gaurav Khot
Chief Architect, ShoCard

Lindsey Maule
Founder, Luna Capital & Head of Cryptocurrency Research, Precursor Ventures

Forrest Marshall
Architect, Mimir Blockchain Solutions

Timothy Spangler
Partner, Financial Services Group, Dechert Llp

Irina Litchfield
Founder, BlockchainCubed

Robert M. Crea
Of Counsel - Investment Management & Private Funds, K&L Gates Llp

Walt Gall
Global Director, Digital Health/AI, Intel Corporation

Mitchell Kopelman
Partner-in- Charge, Technology and Blockchain, Tax, Aprio, Llp

Jagruti Solanki
Assurance Senior Manager, Technology and Blockchain, Aprio, Llp

Bruce Adams
Head P&C Str Actuaries Americas & Anz, Senior Vice President - Casualty Underwriting, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation

Akshi Federici
Executive Director, Strategic Projects and ConsenSys Academy Global Lead, ConsenSys

Christopher McDaniel
Executive Director, RiskBlock Alliance

Melanie Marsollier
Manager - Blockchain and Distributed Infrastructure, Ey

Moses Ma
Managing Partner, Future Lab Consulting

Jeremy Turpen
Executive Recruiter, Wavestaff

Fox Holt
Vice President Of Business Development, Delphy

Dr. David Randall, Ph.D.
Executive Director and Resident Scholar, American Research and Policy Institute

Brett Shear
Accounting Blockchain Coalition Organiser, Strategic Director, Balanc3 (ConsenSys)

Dr. Lisa Palleson
Adjunct professor in Business, Fairleigh Dickenson University

Alex Nensa Tsai
Founder, Beepnow

Nagi Prabhu
Chief Product Officer, Icertis

Sushant Dutt
Senior Vice President & Head - Analytics, Blockchain & Digital Strategy, WNS Global Services

Pete Angus
Trainer, Bitcoin Market Journal

Tom McDonnell
Vice President – Energy & Utility, Blockchain Adoption

Stuart McLeod
Chief Executive Officer, Karbon

John Hargrave
Trainer, Bitcoin Market Journal

Wes Smith
Chief Executive Officer, Aec Cloud

Viji Rajaramanan
Chief Executive Officer, Cievus

Michael Mylrea
Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity & Technology, Blockchain Lead, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Joe Andrieu
Principal, Legendary Requirements

Ed Bice
Founder, Meedan Labs

Daniel Buchner
Senior PM - Leading Decentralized Identity, Microsoft

Kellee Bergendahl
Managing Director - Investment Banking, Ascendiant Capital Markets, LLC

Joseph Francis
Principal Director: Digital Supply Chain Transformation, Communications, Media & Technology, Accenture

Harol Higuera
Developer, Beepnow

Micah Kerr
Senior Consultant - Business Solution Architect, Discover

Anna Rekhert
Boatpilot.io

Evgeny Schelkonogov
Chief Executive Officer, International Autoclub

Jed McCaleb
Founder, Stellar Development Foundation

Ryan Lechner
Director of Strategic Initiatives, ConsenSys

Debbie Hoffman
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Symmetry Advisors

Jack Brown
Co Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Social Wallet Inc.

Lyle Paczkowski
Senior Technology Strategist, Sprint

Jill Williamson
Partner, Ckr Law

Jay Freeman
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Networks, Orchid Protocol

David Slonaker
Chief Financial Officer, The Lendingcoin

Adam Traidman
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder, Brd

Jonathan Turnham
Senior Counsel, Travers Thorp Alberga

Zach Daniels
Chief Technology Officer, Digipharm

David Haimes
Senior Director, Erp Cloud Development, Oracle

Neal Reiter
Product Manager, Director, IdentityMind

Ken DiCross
Co Founder & Chief Financial Officer, Social Wallet Inc.

Steve Herczeg
Senior Manager Insurance Technology, Deloitte Consulting Llp

Randy Bishop
General Manager - Energy Infrastructure, Guardtime

2018 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
• Ibm
• Sweetbridge
• Aprio
• Vault Logic
• Authenticiti
• Storm Market
• Airthereum
• Delphy
• Solve Care
• Beep Now
• International Auto Club
• Boat Pilot
• Social Wallet
• Ofsn
• Dph
• Identity Mind Global
• Oracle

PARTNERS:
• Distributed
• Bitcoin Magazine
• Coin Idol
• Btc Manager
• Blockchain Healthcare Review
• Tractica
• Cio Applications
• Cio Review
• Abi Research
• Sdc Supply Demand Chain Executive
• BayPay
• OptionMag
• Cryptocurrency Investings
• American Research and Policy Institute
• Enterprise Management 360
• Icotop
• AC Business Media
• Blockchain in Healthcare Today
• Financial Advisor
• Fintek News
• Bitcoin Market Journal