Business and the Blockchain Agenda
Two days of exploration into the revolutionary new technology called the Blockchain and how it is transforming the way business is done.
Business and the Blockchain
April 24 & 25, 2017
7:00 am – 6:30 pm
Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University
1900 Rice Boulevard, Houston, TX 77005
McNair Hall, Loop Road
Tickets include lunch on both days and a happy hour social on Monday night
Registration is now closed.
Previous Agenda
April 24, 2017
| Time | Company | Speaker | Breakout Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00-8:00 | Registration & Refreshments | ||
| 8:00-8:30 | Author "The Business Blockchain" | William Mougayar | |
| 8:30-8:45 | ConsenSys | Tyler Smith | |
| 8:45-9:15 | EY | Talib Dhanji | |
| 9:15-9:45 | ConsenSys | Joseph Lubin | |
| 9:45-10:15 | Microsoft | Yorke Rhodes III | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Break | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | IBM | Gurvinder Ahluwalia | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Enterprise Ethereum Alliance | Panel Discussion | |
| 11:30-12:00 | Hyperledger | Mike Woster | |
| 12:00-1:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00-1:30 | R3 | Tim Grant | |
| 1:30-1:35 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 1:35-1:55 | Symbiont | Mark Smith | |
| 1:55- 2:00 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 2:00-2:20 | Chicago Mercantile Exchange | Sandra Ro | |
| 2:20-2:50 | Break | Q&A for 1:00-1:25 Speakers | Breakout Rooms 214 and 216 |
| 2:50-3:10 | Oaken Innovations Inc. | Hudson Jameson | Crypto Economics, Room 212 |
| 3:10-3:15 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 3:15-3:35 | Storj | Shawn Wilkinson | Facilitator: Yorke Rhodes III |
| 3:35-4:05 | Break | Q&A for 2:25-2:50 Speakers | Breakout Rooms 214 and 216 |
| 4:05-4:25 | BNY Mellon | Jared Harwayne-Gidansky PhD | |
| 4:25-4:30 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 4:30-4:50 | BlockApps | Victor Wong | |
| 4:50-4:55 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 4:55-5:15 | Pokitdok | Ted Tanner | |
| 5:15-5:45 | Break | Q&A for 3:40-4:30 Speakers | Breakout Rooms 214, 216 and 312 |
| 5:45-7:30 | Social | Drinks on the pavilion |
April 25, 2017
| Time | Company | Speaker | Breakout Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00-8:25 | ConsenSys | Tyler Smith PhD | |
| 8:25-8:30 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 8:30-8:50 | ConsenSys Energy | Alex Miller | |
| 8:50-8:55 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 9:00-9:30 | IBM | Jennifer Blair and David Womack Chemicals & Petroleum Industry Opportunity |
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| 9:30-10:00 | Break | Q&A for 8:25-9:00 Speakers | Breakout Rooms 214 and 216 |
| 10:00-10:20 | Vanderbilt University | Professor John P. Conley | Student opportunities in Blockchain |
| 10:20-10:25 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 10:25-10:45 | Dfinity | Dominic Williams | Facilitator: Rice Blockchain Club |
| 10:50-10:55 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 10:55-11:15 | Uport | Michael Sena | Lessoned learned building blockchain applications |
| 11:15-11:20 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 11:20-11:40 | Hashed Health | Giles Ward | Facilitator: IBM |
| 11:40-1:00 | Lunch/ Q&A | 30 Min Q&A for 10:00-11:20 Speakers | Breakout Rooms 214, 216, 312 and 314 |
| 1:00-1:20 | Infura | Michael Wuehler | Oil and Gas Breakout Room 316 |
| 1:20-1:25 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 1:30-1:50 | Etherisc | Stephan Karpischek | Facilitator: Tyler Smith PhD |
| 1:50-1:55 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 1:55-2:15 | Factom | Tiana Lawrence | IoT Breakout Room 318 |
| 2:15-2:20 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 2:20-2:50 | Melonport | Reto Trinkler | Facilitator: Hudson Jameson |
| 2:50-3:20 | Break | Q&A for 1:00-2:20 Speakers | from Project Oaken, Rooms 214, 216, 312 and 314 |
| 3:20-3:40 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 3:40-4:00 | Polychain Capital | Ryan Zurrer | Capital Projects Breakout Room 316 |
| 4:00-4:05 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 4:05-4:25 | Volt Markets | Adam Richard | Facilitator: Erick Calderon |
| 4:25-4:30 | Transition between Speakers | ||
| 4:30-4:50 | Augur | Tom Kysar | |
| 4:50-5:20 | Q&A | Q&A for 3:20-4:30 Speakers | Breakout Rooms 214, 216 and 312 |