2017 bLocKCHAIN FORUM
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Attendees of this event will be eligible for 4 Continuous Learning Points (CLPs)
The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) invites you to the 2017 Blockchain Forum on Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at the Renaissance Washington in Washington, D.C. The blockchain Forum is ACT-IAC’s inaugural outreach and collaboration-building forum with the blockchain community.
The purpose of this forum is to:
- Promote a deeper understanding of blockchain – what it does and what it doesn't do
- Generate a discussion—led by blockchain implementers—on the value and benefits of government and industry
- Advance public, private, and cross-discipline collaboration for continued advancement and appropriate application of blockchain technology across all mission spaces
Keynote Speaker:
- Susie Adams, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft
- J. Christopher Giancarlo, Chairman, United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Speakers:
- Combiz Abdolrahimi, Deputy Government Chair of the 2017 Blockchain Forum & Senior Policy Advisor, United States Department of the Treasury (Moderator)
- Dr. Victoria Adams, Senior Technologist, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Jose Arrieta, Government Chair of the 2017 Blockchain Forum & Director of IT 70 Schedule Contract Operations, United States General Services Administration (Moderator)
- Paul DiPietra, Biometrics & Digital Identity, IBM Global Business Services
- Chris Doten, Chief Innovation Officer, National Democratic Institute
- John Edge, Co-founder DISC, Fellow MIT Connection Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Craig Fischer, United States Department of the Treasury
- Mark Fisk, Partner, IBM Digital, Global Business Services
- Todd Hager, Deputy Industry Chair of the 2017 Blockchain Forum & Vice President, Strategy Innovation, and Quality, Macro Solutions (Moderator)
- Rouven Heck, Project Lead, Digital Identity, ConsenSys
- Andrew Keys, Head of Global Business Development, ConsenSys
- Todd Miller, U.S. Representative, ChromaWay
- David Nguyen, Chief Executive Officer, United Solutions
- Eric Piscini, Global Blockchain Leader, Deloitte
- Jessica Renier, Senior Adviser, Domestic Finance, United States Department of the Treasury (Moderator)
- Mark Wetjen, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
- A. Michelle White, Director of Shared Services & IT Products Contract Operations, United States General Services Administration
- Mark White, Industry Chair of the 2017 Blockchain Forum & Principal, Innovation Office, Chief Technologist, Deloitte (Moderator)
- Aleksandar Zelenovic, Strategy and Consulting Practice Lead, Sapient Consulting, Public Sector
Training Costs
- Government: $0
- Industry Member: $250
- Non-Member: $400
ACT-IAC events are intended to provide an objective and vendor-neutral collaborative environment where government and industry can work together on issues of mutual interest and forge relationships based on trust. Attendees are requested to avoid using this forum for business development purposes.