Hi Everyone,
Welcome to our FinTech Open Mic Night series in New York. Please join us for our monthly mixture of presentations, skype-ins, fireside chats and shout-outs plus plenty of networking.
This monthly session is designed to provide an opportunity to catch up with your peers, to see what's going on in the New York and International FinTech scenes and to tell us all about yourself and your own work.
This month's topic is Blockchain, an underlying technology that emerged from the Bitcoin virtual currency and that is now finding many other applications in finance with it's distributed ledger and consensus algorithms. Please join us to see a range of companies pitch their platforms followed by a panel session discussion with the audience.
Agenda
Please be aware that the agenda is updated on a regular basis
6:00pm - Doors open
Refreshments and networking opportunities
7:00pm - Session starts
-> Welcome address
</a><a href="http://www.meetup.com/NewFinanceNewYork/members/61157672/">Ashish Singal, NewFinance New York Chapter Organiser
-> Presentations
Igor Telyatnikov, VP at AlphaPoint, a financial technology company that powers digital asset exchanges and provides institutions blockchain-enabled solutions to store, track, and trade digital assets
Dave Sutter, co-founder and COO of Fluent, the blockchain based global trade and supply chain financing platform
Jeffrey Billingham, VP, Business Development, Markit, financial information services
-> Panel Session
An open discussion with both speakers and delegates exploring the presentations so far and the future of Blockchain
In addition to our speakers we'll be joined by:
Ryan Selkis, Director of Growth at Digital Currency Group and Team Lead at CoinDesk, the bitcoin and blockchain industry's leading events and media business
8:00pm - Closing
Shout-outs, communications, feedback and thanks
Further networking opportunities
9:00pm - Session ends
For those of you who would like to continue networking we'll retire to a local bar.
Cheers
Eddie
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