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Event Date | Tue Feb 20 EST (almost 7 years ago) |
Location |
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Oceanic Room 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA |
Region | Americas |
Global Digital Economy Council
GDEC will bring together top blockchain leaders from academic, policy, business, investment and technology background to provide thought leadership, mobilize resources and implement powerful initiatives in advancing global digital transform.
The council aims to:
• Launch and implement ambitious collaborative digital economy initiatives to create and sustain blockchain and other digital technology related momentum;
• Drive policy innovations to accelerate blockchain economy;
• Mobilize $1 trillion to invest in impactful blockchain and other digital technolocy innovations to address $100 trillion worth of market challenges.
2018 Speakers
Melissa Frakman
FinTech and Blockchain Investor
Xiaochen Zhang
President at FinTech4Good and Founder at Global Digital Economy Council
Ed Maguire
IoT, Cryptoassets, Blockchain, Connected Industry Growth Partner, Innovation, Software and Finance
Kaikai (Nichole) Yang
COO & Co-Founder - Energo Labs
Bryant Nielson
The Blockchain Academy Inc. | CapitalWave Inc. | International Speaker on Blockchain
Sead Muftic
Techical Expert and Adviser at QYK Trade
Tong Gao
Founder of Yanxuan
Victor Park
Founder of Alternative Assets
Michael Kapoor
Managing Partner at Propeller Venture Capital
Zhijun Zhang, Ph.D., CISSP
Lead, Security Architecture at The World Bank Group
Katherine A. Foster
FinTech & Blockchain for SDGs - Co-Founder, International Advisor, Mobiliser, Speaker & Mentor - STEM & Gender Advocate
Ken Huang
The Key BDMI International Foundation Ltd. - Senior Academic Advisor
Jian Sun
Lisa Gus
Founder & CEO at WishKnish (blockchain gamified social market network)
Jim Kyung-Soo Liew, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Finance | Founder of SoKat.co | Machine Learning/AI | Crypto-Trader & ICO Advisor
Liliana Reasor
Maomao Hu
COO at Kora
Dan S.
Director of Member Services at Chamber of Digital Commerce
Wallace Lynch
Founder & CEO @ ATK
Heather Flannery
CEO at Obesity PPM, Population Health and Technology Innovator, Blockchain Early Adopter
William Wong
Neil Wasserman
Jason Dispenza
Renewable Energy, EE, and Blockchain
Gabriel Zanko
Fin-Tech Entrepreneur | Advisor | Investor | Public Accountant | International Business Development | Partnerships
2018 Sponsors
• Token Club
• Fintech4Good
• Teneago
• Kora
• New Pay
• IconIQLab
• The Global Platform
• Super Game Chain
• Swarm
• Firelotto
• Wish Knish
• Exsulcoin
• Art Impact Foundation
• Alternative Asset Events
• Celcius
• Flag VC
• LDJ Capital
• YimiVC.com
• Nem
• OJLab
• Dao IPCI
Media Partners
• Expert Dojo
• The Soho Loft
• S-IT
• Block Chain Million
• The Fintech in China Show
• Crypto & Currency's Media Oulet
• Jinniu.cn
• Crowdfund Insider
• Data Yuan.cn
• Block Chain Educators
• Cornell Block Chain
• Sfw.cn
• BLock Chain Frontier Group
• BII Summit
• Sanyan Block Chain
• Block Chain Magazine