HBS Blockchain & Crypto Club Conference 2019: The Path Forward | ICO Hollder | 23 February 2019 | Harvard Innovation Labs, Batten Hall, 125 Western Ave, Allston, MA 02134, USA
Venue
Harvard Innovation Labs
Harvard Innovation Labs, Batten Hall, 125 Western Ave, Allston, MA 02134, USA
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| Event Date | Sat Feb 23 EST (almost 6 years ago) |
| Location |
Harvard Innovation Labs
Batten Hall, 125 Western Ave, Allston, MA 02134, USA |
| Region | Americas |
Details
We are bringing thought-leaders, founders, investors, and other prominent figures in blockchain the discuss the current state of blockchain. Through the lens of mainstream adoption, we will explore topics such as:
• Trends for VC investing in blockchain/crypto startups and cryptocurrencies
• Building out the financial infrastructure stack (custody, liquidity, security, stablecoins, etc.) and other enterprise applications
• Analysis of the current dApp and web3 ecosystem — what are the bottlenecks to widespread consumer adoption?
From the entrepreneur’s perspective, discussing how to build blockchain/crypto startups from inception to fundraising
• Tech crypto vs. money crypto debate: where will value accrue for this nascent asset class?
• Live blockchain/crypto startup demos and interactive workshops
Speakers
2019 Speakers
Josh Stein
CEO of Harbor
DA Hongfei
Founder, NEO
Adam White
COO of Bakkt
Andrew Keys
Co-founder, ConsenSys Capital
Zach DeWitt
Partner at Wing
Jeff Fagnan
Partner at Accomplice
Steve Kokinos
CEO of Algorand
Kavita Gupta
Founding Managing Partner, ConsenSys
Greg Diprisco
Head of BD at Maker
Ana De Souza
Head of Ops of FalconX
Richard Burton
CEO of Balance.io
Linda Xie
Founder of Scalar Capital
Josh Nussbaum
Partner at Compound
Lana Kalashynk
Global Blockchain Partner Technology Lead at Amazon
Nic Carter
Co-founder of Castle Island Ventures
Milan Koch
Co-Founder, Alphanode Capital
Anne Fauvre-Willis
Head of Marketing at Oasis Labs
Jan Xie
Co-founder of Nervos
Clay Robbins
Head of Growth at 0x
Sophia Lopez
Founder and COO, Kaleido
Alex Skidanov
Co-founder of NEAR
Tim Rice
CEO of Coinmetrics
Xan Ditkoff
Growth at Blockstack
Sahil Dewan
Co-founder of Harmony
Richard Dulude
Partner at Underscore VC
Anton Katz
CEO/Co-founder of Talos
Matt Walsh
Co-founder of Castle Island Ventures
Seth Riney
Co-Founder/CTO of Staked
Zach Herbert
VP of Ops at Nebulous
Venture Partner
OGC
Jed Breed
Senior PM of Crypto Strategy at Circle
Joe Taussig
CEO of Rocky Mountain Crypto Services
Christina Pawlikowski
Director of Product Management at Circle
Dan Briere
Growth at Chainalysis
Jeff Bandman
Founder of Bandman Advisors
Alex Patin
Co-Founder of Squarelink
Lewis Cohen
Founder of DLx Law
Frank Chapparo
Lead Editor at The Block
Virgil Qin
CIO/Managing Partner, Virgil Capital
Sponsors & Partners
2019 Conference Participants
• Bakkit
• Fidelity DIGITAL ASSETS
• amazon
• consensys
• HARBOR
• compound
• WING
• CIRCLE
• ACCOMPLICE
• NEO
• Alphanode
• Algorand
• MAKER
• Ox
• Balance
• SCALAR CAPITAL
• BISON TRAILS COMPUTING
• NERVOS
• COINMETRICS
• OASISLABS
• Nebulous
• CASTLE ISLAND
• Harmony
• NEAR
• CHAINALYSIS
• BLOCKSTACK
• VIRGIL CAPITAL
• underscore.vc
• TALOS
• OGC
• ROCKY MOUNTAIN BANK
• GX Chain
• SQUARELINK
• Debevoise & Plimpton
• DLx
• BANDMAN ADVISORS