Global Investors Conference: Full Agenda (PST)
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SEPTEMBER 15 & 16, 2020 Agenda: North America & Europe PLEASE NOTE ALL AGENDA TIMES ARE LISTED IN PACIFIC STANDARD TIME. SEPTEMBER 15 & 16, 2020 Agenda Day1 8:00 AM Networking 8:10 AM Welcome & Protocol 8:20 AM Investor Corner PANEL Joe Endoso, board member & IAR at Linqto, has a conversation with current members who have purchased equity on Linqto’s platform. We’ll find out why they chose Linqto for their private investing and what inspired them to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain overall. 8:50 AM Greetings from Keiretsu Forum MESSAGE Adam Henderson, Chairman of the Board at Linqto and Global Head of Keirestu Forum, introduces Randy Williams, the Founder and CEO of Kieretsu Forum, the network which was noted as the "#1 most active global early stage investors" in Pitchbook's 2018 & 2019 edition. 9:00 AM Digital Wallets & Exchanges PANEL Moderated by Miguel Vias. What’s in your (digital) wallet? Miguel Vias (COO, Linqto) moderates a panel discussion alongside J.P. Thieriot (CEO, Uphold) and Bill Sarris (CEO, Linqto) regarding exchange platforms and how to move money seamlessly from your bank account, purse, or back-pocket to a digital wallet. They’ll predict how digital wallets will affect the market overall and the movement of currency today. Day1-Continued 9:30 AM DeFi Expectations: Just How De-Centralized will Finance Become? PANEL Kristen Boggiano (CoFounder, CrossTower) moderates a discussion of the risks and rewards of decentralized financing, and explores the future directions for DeFi, with industry experts Brian Kerr (Co-Founder, Kava.io), Vijay Chetty (Head of Business Development, DyDx), Rich Rosenblum (Co-Founder, GSR), and Michael Moro (CEO, Genesis Trading). 10:00 AM The Crypto Battle PANEL Let the crypto-battle commence! Rumi Morales (Partner & Head of Venture, Outlier Ventures) moderates a panel discussion where we ask Greg Kidd (Founder, Hard Yaka) and Tim Draper (Founder, Draper Venture Network) what cryptocurrency technologies they predict to emerge victorious. If this is a gold rush moment with digital assets, how will the shovels and picks fair in the market, as compared to the gold itself? Where have they placed their bets? 10:30 AM Meet the Blockchain VCs PANEL Matthew Le Merle, best-selling author and Co-founder of Fifth Era moderates a panel with Haseeb Qureshi (Managing Partner, Dragonfly Capital Partners), H. Joshua Rivera (General Counsel, Blockchain Capital), and Matthew Walsh (Partner, Castle Island Ventures) as they discuss what trends are motivating blockchain investments in the market today, which of their portfolio companies is closest to an IPO, and what assets have made their balance sheets. 11:00 AM The DeFi Gold Rush PANEL Where are the opportunities in the DeFi Gold Rush? Ting Peng (Journalist, Cointelegraph) moderates Alon Goren (Founding Partner, Draper Goren and Holm), David Bleznak (CEO, Totle), and Joe Vezzani (CEO, LunarCRUSH) in a discussion of investor opportunities in the distributed financing industry. Day2 6:00 PM Networking 6:10 PM Welcome & Protocol 6:20 PM Meet the Blockchain VCs: Part II PANEL Matthew Le Merle, best-selling author and Co-founder of Fifth Era discusses blockchain investments with Victor Jiang (Founder, Sapien Ventures) Nic Carter (Partner, Castle Island Ventures), Haseeb Qureshi (Managing Partner, Dragonfly Capital Partners), and Aleks Larsen (Senior Investment Advisor, Blockchain Capital). They'll each explain their firm's approach to digital asset investing, and let us know which exchanges, companies, and cryptocurrencies are capturing their capital funds 6:50 PM Greetings from Keiretsu Forum MESSAGE Adam Henderson, Chairman of the Board at Linqto and Global Head of Keirestu Forum, introduces Randy Williams, the Founder and CEO of Kieretsu Forum, the network which was noted as the "#1 most active global early stage investors" in Pitchbook's 2018 & 2019 edition. 7:00 PM Bringing Digital Assets to the World PANEL To understand how digital assets are growing across the globe, it helps to bring experts from one side of the globe to the other. Our panelists have experience with markets in United States, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and Australia and represent some of the most notable digital asset exchanges and investing firms backing digital assets. Christopher Lee (Partner, Farron, Augustine, & Alexander) moderates a panel discussion with Robin O'Connell (CRO, Uphold), Richard Byworth (CEO, Diginex) and Angelina Kwan (COO, HashKey Digital Asset Group). Digital Assets in Healthcare 7:30 PM PANEL How has the current health situation opened surprising new doors to digitally-enabled healthcare? Could digital assets propel us forward in terms of appropriating much- needed supplies across the globe? How can important health information be secured, better utilized, and shared across doctors and patients? Hear from Gabriel Reyna (Founder, Bandera Capital), Clayton Saliba (Co-Founder & CEO, Duality Health), Taylor McPartland (CEO, Scale Health) and Calvin Diaz (Sr. Systems Architect, Houston Methodist) and Rick Peters (Technology Innovation Lead & Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin) Day2-Continued 8:00 PM Digital Assets in East Asia PANEL To learn how digital assets are dealt and traded in East Asia, we'll consult individuals whose experience includes investing firms, currency exchanges, and legacy financial institutions in the region who are already adopting this asset class. We'll hear from the Ran Wang (CoFounder, Bgain Digital) whose firm is known to offer both "beta" and "alpha" digital assets to investors; from Lei Wang (GM of Institution Business, Huobi), whose thirteen years of experience with top tier financial institutions includes custody management, brokerage, and asset management; from Richard Wang (Partner, DraperDragon Fund), who helps lead the Draper Venture Network's wing in the APAC region; and from Oscar Darmawan (CEO, Bitcoin Indonesia) who leads Indonesia's largest bitcoin exchange. Curt Shi (Founder, Follow the Seed Capital) who has founded several successful venture capital funds, including Welinder & Shi Capital, will proctor the discussion. 8:30 PM Digital Assets in Supply Chain PANEL The combination of blockchain technology and smart IoT devices provides extensive product tracing opportunities for unit authentication, source verification, and other critical supply chain applications. Hubert Chu is co-founder of the Sydney Blockchain Centre, the Sino-Blockchain Association, and UCOT - a blockchain for supply-chain platform company. His panel, which includes Ian Jenson (Manager of Market Access Science & Technology, Meat and Livestock Association of Australia), Ken Cao (Managing Partner, Austra Fund), and Kan Yu (Associate Professor, La Trobe University), will discuss the challenges and opportunities in this field, bringing their expertise in blockchain/supply-chain combined with their diverse backgrounds in the agriculture, education, and finance sectors. 9:00 PM Digital Assets in Australasia PANEL Hear from the leader of Australia’s largest digital asset exchange, Caroline Bowler (CEO, BTC Markets) as she discusses digital assets with two other regional experts in the subject, Hanson Li (Cofounder & CEO, Proton Global) and Scott Hudson (General Manager & Market Liasion, ComputerShare). Moderated by Victor Jiang (Founder, Sapien Ventures), they’ll speak about the rise of the digital asset class in Australia and Asia-Pacific, and color the story with their backgrounds in Technology, FinTech, Investing, and traditional Finance. Day2-Continued 9:30 PM Linqto Investor Chat PANEL Joe Endoso, board member & IAR at Linqto, has a conversation with current members who have purchased equity on Linqto’s platform. We’ll find out why they chose Linqto for their private investing and what inspired them to invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain overall. 10:00 PM Tokenization of Real Estate PANEL How would you like to “tokenize the real world?” A revolution in digitally-enabled finance is on the cusp of going live! This is thanks to recent clarity in regulatory frameworks and new robust institutional solutions. Hear from John Howald (Head of Capital Markets, JLL Japan), Jacqueline Kwok (Director of Strategic Partnerships, Securitize), Paul Morris (CoFounder, dot X ui), and Jason Skala (Founder, dot X ui) as they discuss the benefits, challenges, and process involved in making their vision of a digital realty come to life..