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The Global Blockchain Summit is the cornerstone of Denver Blockchain Week, a gathering of experts from around the country sharing knowledge, tips, trends and insights about Blockchain, a breakthrough technology that enables the trusted digital registration & exchange of just about anything. It will be a chance for the newcomer to learn the history and basics of this emerging technology, and for the familiar to learn more about its current and future applications. Money, music, health records, car titles, certificates, company ownership, deeds, & digital identities are just a few options. The format will be less traditional than a typical conference. There will be large group presentations, small group lectures, lightning round discussions as well as time to interact with others in the field. We are striving to make this the most valuable Global Blockchain Summit for you, the participant. We have an emphasis on Global Women in Blockchain, equality, and diversity for the 2019 Summit.
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Phil Komarny
VP of Innovation, Salesforce.com
Phil Komarny is a long-time expert in the area of blockchain. For the past year he has also been VP of Innovation at Salesforce, easily one of the largest global drivers behind technology entrepreneurship. Phil is also dedicated to working for and with non-profits and educational institutions. A great speaker, we are inviting you to join this session and also the following break-out session where themes from the keynote will be explored in conversation.

Peter Hunn
Accord Project Founder and Clause.IO Founder
Founder of the Accord Project and Clause.IO. Smart contract platforms using blockchain.

Kieren James-Lubin
Founder and CEO of BlockApps
At BlockApps, Kieren leverages his unique mix of technical and business knowledge to help lead engineering, product, and sales activities alike....

Jeffrey Eaby
Colorado State Securities Regulator
As the Chief Examiner for Securities, Jeffrey supervises and support the Division of Securities’ Examination Staff who are responsible for...

David Houlding
Microsoft-Principal Healthcare Lead
David Houlding is the Principal Healthcare Lead at Microsoft Azure. David has more than 24 years of experience in healthcare...

Howard Holton
CTO, Hitachi Ventara

Esther Kim
IBM Blockchain North American Sector Head & Strategic Alliances

Melanie Cutlan
Managing Director, Accenture

Daniel Eidan
R3 Solution Architect

Forrest Senti
National Cybersecurity Center, Government Initiatives
Forrest Senti is the Director of Business and Government Initiatives for the National Cyber Security Center. He currently runs a...

Paul Thanos
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Director Office Of Finance & Insurance
Paul J. Thanos is the Director for Finance and Insurance Industries at the U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration. His...

Tanya Woods
Chamber of Digital Commerce, Managing Director, Canada
At the Chamber of Digital Commerce, Tanya is a dynamic leader with a passion for positive systemic change and digital...

Wendy Charles
Regulatory Scientist and Blockchain Enthusiast

Jay Schulman
Principal, Blockchain and Digital Assets at RSM

Lana McGilvray
Partner at Purpose Worldwide
Lana is a Strategic Marketing Expert, Communications Guru, and Sales Growth Leader.
Lana is an advisor to The CMO Club, Ceresa, GlobalWIB, Ad Fontes Media, Location Sciences and WeRGenZ. One of 60 Global Adobe Insiders. Board roles with BreastCancer.org/BFBC, Drawing Lines, Generousart.org, PechaKucha Austin, AUSAM and Women Advancing.

Hunter Albright
Executive Director of the University of Colorado Blockchain Alliance

Bob Tapscott
Speaker, Author, Blockchain Research Institute
Presentation Information Keynote: The Coming Revolution of AI and the Blockchain Mr. Tapscott is a recognized information technology strategist, CTO,...

Gerard Dache
President, Government Blockchain Association
Presentation Information Winning Government Blockchain Work Gerard is a Portfolio Manager and has three organizations in his portfolio. One company...

Michael R. Henson
Partner Intellectual Property Practice - Perkins Coie
Michael Henson, a partner in Perkins Coie’s Intellectual Property practice, provides seasoned intellectual property counsel tobusinesses of varying sizes that...

Chris Gabriel
Founder, Hyperchain Labs

Brent Wadman
Partner, Messner Reeves, LLP
Brent has expertise in corporate governance, securities law, mergers & acquisitions, cross-border equity & debt transactions, and corporate risk &...

Nina Nichols
Founder, Global Women in Blockchain (GWB)
Nina is the founder of Global Women in Blockchain (GWB) an international umbrella organization designed to activate and accelerate the powerful partnerships of...

Michael Hoke
Senior Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Senior Counsel at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

David Pope
Co-Founder, Wyoming Blockchain Coalition
David Pope is the Co-Founder of The Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, and A Former Member of The Wyoming Blockchain Legislative Task...

Eric Weaver
CEO & Co-Founder, Transparen Path, Supply Chain
Presentation Information TITLE: Building Proof: How Blockchain, IoT and People Are Reshaping the Food System SYNOPSIS: Arsenic in your rice. Donkey meat...

Ari Brojde
Founder & CEO of Estateably
Ari, heads up Estateably as its Founder and CEO. Estateably was officially announced as general members of the Linux Foundation’s...

Robert (Bob) Bowman
Attorney, Husch Blackwell
Bob is an attorney that counsels clients in a wide range of intellectual property matters. I assist clients in obtaining...

Jonathan Garini
Executive Chairman, Xooa

Frannie Matthews
President & CEO, Colorado Technology Association

Laurie Rasmussen
Attorney, Perkins Coie

Amber Mortensen Hartley
Chief Corporate Development Officer, BurstIQ
Amber is an experienced Strategy and Innovation Professional with broad knowledge base spanning strategy, operations, innovation, business development, patents and contract negotiation

Erika Beerbower
Pharmacist and Blockchain Enthusiast

Stephen Keen
Member Investment Management Group, Perkins Coie

David McLaughlin
TMC AX Delivery Director for RSM
David McLaughlin is in RSM’s technology and management consulting practice where he serves on ERP implementation teams in a business analyst, project manager, and engagement lead role. He has over 13 years of Microsoft Dynamics AX implementation experience and over 19 years of combined project management and systems management experience in both consulting and user roles.

Paige Baltzan
Author and Professor, University of Denver

Russell Castagnargo
Director of Digital Transformation, State of Colorado, OIT
As the Director of Digital Transformation for the Colorado Governor’s Office Of Information Technology, Russell drives services that delight OIT...

Stephen King
Founder & CEO at imbrex

Taylor Kendal
Co-Founder Aproflow / Consultant U.S Dept of Education

Thaddeus Batt
Blockchain & DLT Solution Architect, Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology

Pamela Norton
CEO/Founder, Borsetta
Pamela Norton-Shelpuk is the Founder & CEO of Borsetta, an eco-lux jewelry platform first to certify cultivated diamonds and fine...

Michael Myers
Digital Marketing Professor, University of Denver

Joshua Ross
Professor, University of Denver

Paul Quigley
CEO, Bloclab Enterprises

Brian Baker
Managing Partner, rebelV2

Dean Galaro
Associate, Perkins Coie

Rob Steiner
Head of Blockchain/DLT, Wireless Innovation at DISH Network

Al Pisano
Director-Educational Technology-Stony Brook University

Gary Nowacki
CEO TraceGains

William King
Board Member, imbrex

Gautam Rattehalli
Founder, DLGHUB

Danno Ferrin
Pegasys Protocol Engineering, ConsenSys

David Cheval
Deputy Commissioner, CO Division of Securities

Chris Rothfuss
Senate Minority Leader, Wyoming State Legislature

Randall Pires
Founder Blockchain Ecosystem Advisors
Randall helps to seed, grow, cultivate, and scale the blockchain ecosystem. Blockchain Ecosystem Advisors has proven leaders in blockchain, and...

Ken Boldt
Colorado State Bank Commissioner

James Barry
CTO and Co-Founder at Dcntral
The changing focus of Blockchains and Crypto Currencies. Over the past year the meaning of a “Blockchain” has changed as...

Dan Shields
Founding Partner @ CORE Assembly // Co-Founder @ Aproflow

Donald Valdez
Colorado State Representative Colorado House District 62

Justin Schaper
CTO at Empiric Health
Justin Schaper is the CTO at Empiric Health and is an expert in creative and insightful healthcare Analytics solutions. He...

James Foy
Business Development-Integrationworx Founder-Hispanics and Technology

Dylan Grabowski
Editor at NEO News Today
Dylan Grabowski is the editor for NEO News Today, a cryptocurrency and blockchain journalist. In addition, he is a whitepaper...

Will Madden
CEO Bridge21
Will Madden moves money. His company, bridge21, enables individuals and small businesses to send money anywhere in the world and...

Ryan Broughton
CEO, Bravo Team Solutions

Silvan Jongerius
Managing Partner at TechGDPR
Silvan Jongerius is the Managing Partner of TechGDPR (techgdpr.com), a boutique consultancy for Data Protection and Privacy in tech-centric environments,...

Cooper Kunz
Hedera Hashgraph Developer

Kevin Krauth
Chief Executive Officer, Orderly Health
Kevin Krauth is the Chief Executive Officer at Orderly Health. He is an entrepreneurial product and finance professional seeking to...

Robert Cornish, Jr.
Partner, Anderson Kill LLP

Zena Buser
Professor, Adams State University

Paul Foley
SmartCapital
Paul co-organises the largest blockchain community in Colorado, Colorado Blockchain, as well as was appointed to the Council for the Advancement of...

Joseph Gersch
President of Invykta and CSU Blockchain Professor
Joseph Gersch is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and CTO with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Enterprise Software, HP Products, Go-to-market Strategy, Domain Name System (DNS), and Management. Strong business development professional with a PhD focused in Computer Science from Colorado State University.

Brittany Kaiser
Co-Founder of the Digital Asset Trade Association (DATA)
I’m thrilled to announce my new book “Targeted: The Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower’s Inside Story of How Big Data, Trump, and...

Jared Olsen
Representive-Wyoming House of Representatives
Jared is the Representative for House District 11 in the Wyoming House of Representatives. He currently serves on the Joint Appropriations Committee; Blockchain Task Force; Courtroom Security Commission; Governor's Residence Committee; Interstate Compact Adult Offender Task Force; and Criminal Justice Task Force. Jared formally served on the House Judiciary Committee from 2016-2018.

Armand Gaetan Ngueti
President, Africa Chapter of the Government Blockchain Association
Ngueti Armand Gaetan was recently appointed as the first African Lead at Government Blockchain Association. Blockchain, Bitcoins, distributed ledger technology...

Yev Muchnik
Founder & CEO, Launch Legal
Yev Muchnik is a corporate attorney specializing in startups, technology and blockchain. She started her career at Squire, Patton, Boggs,...

Jonathan Lehman
Strategic Advisor, DLGHUB
Jonathan Lehman is a partner in DLG Consulting and the former Chief Strategy Officer of the GBA, a global professional...

JP Batra
CTO, Blue River International
JP is the CTO of Blue River International, Inc. and is leading their digital transformation using blockchain technologies.

John Carpenter
Co-Founder, Global Blockchain Summit
John is the co-founder of the Global Blockchain Summit is focused exclusively on Blockchain technologies that support fin-tech, smart contracts,...

Hans Hultgren
President, Genesee Academy
Hans Patrik Hultgren. President at Genesee Academy and a Principal at Top Of Minds AB. Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and...
2019 Fall Global Blockchain Summit Schedule
Conference Schedule
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Join us to kickoff the 2019 Global Blockchain Summit
As Vice President of Innovation at Salesforce Phil leads a team of experts exploring Blockchain. Phil will discuss the innovative...
David Houlding is the Principal Healthcare Lead on the Microsoft Azure Industry Experiences Team. His prensentation will focus on Blockchain...
How can we unlock trapped value in global trade? This talk takes a look at how the new data sharing...
Topics for this exciting panel discussion will include: Digital Token Act rule-making Policy and regulatory clarity surrounding Securities Laws, Money...
A look at how to rethink business models of today to incorporate the current legal landscape for blockchain companies and...
As blockchain technologies continue to grow and evolve in narrative and use cases, the lingering question remains – are we...
Over the past year the meaning of a “Blockchain” has changed as many chains become focused on solving a business...
Join the Governors newly appointed State Blockchain Leaders Russell Castanargo, Thaddeus Batt, Frannie Matthews and Forrest Senti from the National...
Join Frank Ricotta, CEO of BurstIQ as he discusses the innovations and disruptions coming to the healthcare industry from such...
Join a lively panel discussion with Randall Pires, Armand Gaetan Ngueti, Jim Hideman and John Carpenter to discuss how blockchain...
Gene Geiger is the CTO at A-LIGN, a global cybersecurity and privacy solutions firm. In this presentation, Gene reviews the...
We’ve heard about the food recalls and the huge expense and lives at stake. Hear from the experts on how...
BlockApps is a rapidly growing Haskell-based blockchain infrastructure company. BlockApps' platform targets the Ethereum protocol to enable the delivery of Blockchain based applications and services. Our platform is powering solutions across many business verticals including Financial Services, Insurance, Energy and Healthcare.
BlockApps is seeking exceptionally talented engineers to round its founding team. These roles are fast-paced and multi-faceted: the tremendous business growth we are experiencing necessitates an ability to deliver solutions to complex technological problems across a variety of business use cases. We are seeking generalists with proven delivery ability and the desire to learn an exciting and novel set of technologies, ideas and paradigms.
Gerard will provide an insightful update on the progress of government adoption of blockchain around the world. Gerard is the...
Joshua Ross, Paige Baltzan, Hunter Albright, Michael Myers & Joe Gersch
Pamela will discuss the work that Borsetta is doing with the Federal Government around supply chain traceability.
In this session Will Madden is covering the latest challenges and innovations related to cross-border transactions using Blockchain.
Danno Ferrin
Ari Brojde
Dan Shields, Taylor Kendal and Al Pisano
Has your Blockchain idea reached its projected market penetration? Have your investors and employees been impressed by the adoption rates...
The blockchain industry has racked up an impressive list of blockchain pilots, but relatively few companies have managed to move...
Chris Gabriel, Chuck Manto, Ryan Broughton and Hunter Albright
Joe Gersch, CSU Professor
Thoughts and Announcements About The Summit
Learn what IBM’s Point of View is across multiple industry use cases (for example: digital identity, supply chain transparency, energy...
Peter Hunn, Founder of Clause.IO discusses all of the latest innovations in natural language smart contracting that Clause.IO has been...
Developers are looking to build decentralized apps and protocols that take advantage of distributed ledgers, like blockchain and hashgraph, to...
This panel will explore the latest legislation passed by the State of Wyoming and how they are showing the Blockchain...
Panelists include: Bob Bowman, Husch Blackwell Silvan Jongerius, TechGDPR DPC GmbH Hans Hultgren, Genesse Academy Estrella Gallegos, Traemand
Laurie, Dean and Scott will discuss Blockchain related regulations in Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, California and Illinois as well as nationwide...
Panelists include: Bob Bowman, Husch Blackwell Peter Hunn, Clause.io Howard Holton, Hitachi Vantara Melanie Cutlan, Accenture
Mike Henson & Wendy Charles
Diversity Panel
We will discuss the growing risks around food safety and how blockchain is allowing brands to demonstrate proof of origin,...
Armand will provide insights into the use of blockchain throughout Africa.
Bob Tapscott covers how blockchain and AI will look in 2020. The Blockchain Research Institute has a unique insight into...
IBM will lead the audience through a prescriptive roadmap on getting started. Whether you are interested in joining an existing...
Stephen King and William King
Tanya will focus on giving an update on Canadian blockchain efforts, including elections. She will also cover the latest research coming out of the Digital Chamber of Commerce.
Wendy Charles and Amber Hartley
In this workshop, non-technical influencers and decision-makers will learn the key concepts of how to: Identify business use cases for...
This session is going to offer insight into NEO as a public blockchain and how it has maneuvered regulatory compliance, particularly...
Join Brent Wadman, Partner of Messner Reeves, Aaron Soleimani, Associate, Messner Reeves, Michelle Ostrander, Founder, RevoKind and Paul Quigley, CEO...
Arshiya Lal is a Product Manager for IBM’s Blockchain Platform. She leads their developer experience portfolio, spearheads a program for...
Panelists include: Pawel Mastalerz, Dapix Jonathan Garini, Xooa Howard Holton, Hitachi Vantara Rob Steiner, DISH
Jensen Farms in Rocky Ford Colorado has an E Coli outbreak that kills forty and makes hundreds sick? Did you...
Panelists include: Armand Gaetan Ngueti Jonathan Lehman Gautam Rattehalli Randall Pires
Jeremy Goldstein & Kylen McClintock
JP Batra goes beyond the hype and myths, and delves into blockchain’s interworking and it’s transformational effects. Blockchain technology is...
After their presentation to the main audience, Peter Hunn will take a deeper dive into the Clause.IO technology that’s revolutionizing...
Have a great blockchain business idea? How do you raise financing? This workshop will review in detail the various financing options...
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