**SAVE THE DATE: Dec. 4th!** More details on the WiB Holiday Party coming soon!
But see you first at our November Meetup:
In the past year we have seen regulators demanding more information, combining forces & asserting their jurisdiction. At the same time we have seen various Blockchain organizations push back, remove kill switches, & jump from country to country.
In this panel we will discuss how technology is changing our lives & the ways that businesses operate. We will consider questions surrounding the responsibilities of creators of the tech, conflicts of interest, the role of regulators & the ethical considerations that arise out of these changes.
Presented by:
- Jenny Leung, Associate, PwC
- Johanna Collins-Wood, Lawyer, Pepper Hamilton LLP
- Emily Schultz, Business Development Manager, Axoni
- Isabelle Ferreira, Partner, Prysm Group
(Bios below)
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Pay $6 as a signal of your commitment...we want to see you!
The funds of No-shows will support one of the next meetups.
Fee doubles 24hrs before the event.
If you can't afford the fee please get in touch before meetup date.
Everyone is welcome.
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This event is generously sponsored by:
Forbes www.forbes.com
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Speakers:
Jenny Leung is currently an Associate in the Cybersecurity & Privacy team at PwC. She has conducted GDPR/CCPA privacy assessments for a variety of companies across industries including those exploring Blockchain use cases. She previously worked at the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) in the Market Infrastructure & Technology teams, participating in discussions with the Council of Financial Regulators Working Group on Blockchain & drafting ASIC's first guidance note on the use of Blockchain technology for financial services/markets.
Johanna Collins-Wood is a lawyer at Pepper Hamilton LLP where she is part of the firms Blockchain Technology practice group. She has advised blockchain companies & cryptocurrency funds on various legal & regulatory issues. She is a regular speaker & writer on the legal issues faced by this industry & has been quoted by Coindesk. Johanna has a background in initial public offerings, public capital markets offerings, securities compliance & regulatory work.
Emily Schultz is Business Development Manager at Axoni, a distributed ledger technology company. Axoni is currently bringing the largest permissioned blockchain projects to production, including replatforming a $11 trillion warehouse for credit derivatives & building a distributed network for post-trade processing of equity swaps. Prior to joining Axoni, Emily practiced as an attorney at a law firm & hedge fund where she focused on derivatives & regulatory law.
Isabelle Ferreira is currently a Partner at Prysm Group, a leading Blockchain focused economics & governance advisory firm. Throughout her career, she has worked on a variety of projects including devising the digital wallet roll-out strategy for Vodafone in Europe & working with the SFM Family Office, where she assisted in automating the Family Offices internal payment transfer system through ERP software & partnerships with various banks. She has spent most of her finance career at hedge funds, with her most recent role as Chief Compliance Officer at Berens Capital, an Emerging & Frontier markets allocator.