It's Blockchain week NYC. #Cryptospring is in full bloom!
Let's get together & discuss the weeks big announcements, crypto-gossip & what to look forward to during this #cryptospring. All you need to do is show up & have a good time! Snacks & adult beverages will be available.
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Agenda:
6:30pm - Doors Open
7pm - Welcome Address
Presentations:
7:15pm - "Blockchain Applications in 15 minutes!" w/Viant
7:30pm - "What is Ethereum 2.0?" w/ Pegasys
Networking:
7:45pm - 8:45pm
9pm - Doors close
Presenters:
Tyler Mulvihill, Co-Founder Viant, a ConsenSys Company
Bio:
Tyler is the co-founder of Viant.io, a blockchain-based platform for modeling business processes, tracking assets & building the supply chains of the future. Tyler initiated, & is the Chair of, the Supply Chain Working Group within the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA). At ConsenSys, he advises Fortune 500 companies on their supply chain strategy & use case development. Prior to joining ConsenSys Tyler help stand up the development of a fintech market offering focused on delivering exponential growth & operational improvement solutions to his clients. He is a registered CPA in the state of New York.
Overview:
What if I told you that the process of deploying a blockchain solution should be relatively fast like in minutes to hours, & easy & not demand a massive investment? Based on deployment-ready solutions available now, significant benefits, the least of which are transparency & traceability can be realised early on & can be easily repeated & scaled along your supply chain. If the solution you're considering cannot perform these simple functions, it's time to reevaluate.
Akhila Raju, Protocol Engineer, Pegasys
Bio:
Akhila Raju studied Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. She discovered her passion for blockchain in her Computer Security course in Fall 2015, & now works on Artemis, PegaSys's Ethereum 2.0 client. Prior to working at PegaSys, she worked at Google NYC on Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) Stories & Waze iOS, & she interned at Apple on their Hardware Interface Devices team & SAP's Office of the CTO research team.
Cem zer, Protocol Engineer, Pegasys
Bio:
Cem (pronounced Gem) studied Computer Science at Northwestern University. His first interaction with Ethereum was as a smart contract developer at the AdChain team, where he worked on voting systems on Ethereum. Having noticed that scalability is key to bring this novel technology to the masses, Cem started researching on his own about sharding & other scalability solutions. He was very excited to see Ethereum 2.0 research develop, & joined PegaSyss Ethereum 2.0 implementation team as soon as he noticed they were hiring. He now works on Artemis, PegaSys Eth 2.0 client, focusing on state transitions.
