Blockchain—You've heard the term, now understand the impact. 2017 | MIT Technology Review | 18 April 2017 | Cambridge, MA

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Event Date Tue Apr 18 EDT (over 7 years ago)
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Digital technologies let people who’ve never met do business across borders and continents in an instant. But how can they trust one another without relying on bureaucracy and middlemen? How can security, identity, and ownership be guaranteed while still operating at the speed of the Internet?

Blockchains, or distributed ledgers, may provide the answer.
Companies, researchers, and governments are exploring how blockchains can secure trust without the need for middlemen or third parties. Leaders in every industry from finance to health care, music to renewable energy, must understand how distributed ledgers can help them operate more efficiently.
MIT Technology Review in collaboration with MIT Media Lab Digital Currency Initiative invite you to a one-day conference examining the technology, ethics, and impact of blockchains.

Speakers

Speakers for 2017

Gurvinder
Ahluwalia
CTO, Technical Solutioning, IBM

Robleh
Ali
Research Scientist, DCI, MIT Media Lab

Amber Baldet
Executive Director, Blockchain Program Lead, J.P. Morgan

Brian Behlendorf
Executive Director, Hyperledger Project

Jim Cunha
Senior Vice President, Treasury & Financial Services, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Emin
Gün Sirer
Associate Professor, Cornell University

Joi Ito
Director, MIT Media Lab

Jalak Jobanputra
Founder and Managing Partner, Future\Perfect Ventures

Simon Johnson
Professor of Global Economics and Management, MIT Sloan School of Management

Neha Narula
Director of Research, DCI, MIT Media Lab
The Implications of Open, Trustless Digital Payments and Contracts

Lawrence Orsini
Principal and Founder, LO3 Energy

Panos Panay
Founding Managing Director, Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship

Kosta Peric
Deputy Director, Financial Services for the Poor, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Jason Pontin
Editor in Chief and Publisher, MIT Technology Review

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

Sandra Ro
Head of Digitization, CME Group

Sponsors & Partners

Sponsors for 2017

digital currency initiative
mit media lab
Deloitte
IBM