#vbw2020 Agenda
Buckle up, folks! We have five days of content to keep you updated and informed on the world of blockchain. From blockchain, bitcoin, and crypto curious brand newbies to the seasoned blockchain veterans. Virtual Blockchain Week has something for everyone.
Education, Engagement, and Entertainment is our goal. Please join us for free! And tell a friend who might be interested in the world of crypto.
Opening Remarks, Networking and VIP Pre-Party – Sunday April 26th
6.30pm EST - 7.00pm
Main ROOM
Opening Remarks
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
Joel, Travis and guests will kick off proceedings with a few jokes and a rundown of what's to come
7.00pm EST – 9:00pm
VIP ROOM
VIP Ticket Holder Pre-Party
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
We may be locked down, but we can still party. Join us for drinks in the VIP Room.
7.00pm EST – 9:00pm
ROOM LINKS BELOW
Networking Rooms – Open to All
Hosted by VBW2020 Sponsors
Click the drop-down to check out each of our five networking rooms
LATOKEN Exchange Hangout – The Place for the Future of Money
HackenAI White Hats in DarkNet Room
Gilded Open Finance Network for Business Room
MobiePay Crypto Mass Adoption Room
Kenn Bosak + Rainbows & Unicorns Crypto HQ – Casual hangout with cool people
Day 1 – Monday April 27th
6.30pm EST
Main ROOM
Start of the Live Stream
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
Blockchain for a Fairer World
A short talk by Jarred Winn, Senior Vice President of Charity | Binance
Philanthropy deserves impact, but how does one truly know where their impact is made?
Day One Kickoff Fireside Chat with Sylo
With Dorian Johannink, Founder of Sylo.
Join Dorian as he kicks off day one with a conversation around decentralized communication protocols.
7:10PM EST – 7:40pm
MAIN ROOM
VBW Opening Keynote: How Our Digital Future is Being Shaped
With Tim Draper, Founder at Draper Associates/DFJ/Draper University
Join blockchain advocate, investor, and entrepreneur Tim Draper for the VBW opening keynote
He is a leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs and cryptocurrencies, having won the Bitcoin US Marshall’s auction in 2014, and led investments in the companies that would issue two of the largest ICO’s: Tezos and Bancor.
7:40PM EST – 8:00pm
MAIN ROOM
Day One, Session One
With Mahbod Moghadam, Co-founder of Genius and Everipedia
Join Mahbod Moghadam for the first session of day one
8:00PM EST – 8:25pm
MAIN ROOM
Keynote: Bitcoin Around the World
With Peter McCormack, host of What Bitcoin Did podcast
Join Peter McCormack for the day one mid-keynote
MAIN ROOM
Institutional Grade Trading With TraderCobb
With Craig Cobb, Founder of Trader Cobb
Join Trader Cobb to learn about how to trade in the brave new world.
Learn why trading floors the world over make insane returns, how they manage their risk and plan their rewards. Many will not be of the opinion that trading is a great way to grow a portfolio, hedge your HODL plays or create an income, in fact many will say it’s not possible. So why is it every single bank and institution the world over has a trading floor that generates massive wealth? Learn what the professionals do and how you can get a head start on them by trading crypto.
8:40PM EST – 9:00pm
MAIN ROOM
How to Invest in a Post-Virus World
With Mati Greenspan, Founder of Quantum Economics
Join Mati Greenspan to learn about how markets have been affected by the pandemic and how to invest in a post-virus world
MAIN ROOM
The Smart Contract Revolution
With Josh Lawler, Partner at Zuber, Lawler, & Del Duca LLB
Join Josh Lawler from one of the top law firms on blockchain to learn about how smart contracts are revolutionizing how we do business.
9:10PM EST – 9:30pm
MAIN ROOM
Funny Money: The Past, Present & Future of Finance
With Travis Wright, host of VBW2020 and the Bad Crypto Podcast
Join Travis Wright for some laughs and journey through the history of cryptocurrency
Travis Wright is a top marketing technologist, author, keynote speaker, blockchain advisor, tech journalist, and podcast host.
He is the former global digital and social strategist at Symantec for the Norton brand. Wright is the co-founder & CMO of CCP Digital, a Kansas City & SF-based digital ad & content agency.
Wright is the author of Wiley & Sons, “Digital Sense, The Common Sense Approach to Social Business Strategy, Marketing Technologies, Customer Experience and Emerging Technologies”, which published in January 2017.
Wright also co-hosts one of the top-ranked blockchain podcasts, The Bad Crypto Podcast, with Joel Comm. And he co-hosts Venture Beat’s podcast, VB Engage, with Stewart Rogers.
9:30PM EST – 10:00pm
MAIN ROOM
Day One, Closing Keynote w/ Brock Pierce
With Brock Pierce crypto pioneer and philanthropist
Join Brock Pierce for the last keynote presentation of VBW2020 day one
10:00PM EST
MAIN ROOM
Closing Comments
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020 close out day one’s proceedings
Day 2 – Tuesday April 28th
6:30PM EST
MAIN ROOM
Start of the Day Two Live Stream
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
6.35pm EST – 6:40pm
Main ROOM
Short Chat with Oz Sultan
With Oz Sultan
6.40pm EST – 6:50pm
Main ROOM
Short Chat with Stewart Rogers
With Stewart Rogers, Editor of Grit Daily
6:55pm EST – 7:00pm
MAIN ROOM
Day Two Opening Address
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
Join the hosts with the most for day two opening statements
How CoinMarketCap Put Digital Currency Payments on Auto-Pilot
With Rainea Casbon-Kelts, Chief Experience Officer at Gilded.
Learn how Gilded helped CoinMarketCap save 96% on fees and get paid 75% faster by automating digital currency payments alongside traditional business payment methods.
Raina is a connector. If her present a challenge she cannot help you with personally, she will gladly introduce you to a trusted associate who can. She enjoys helping others.
In 2016, her now significant other Jason, gave her $5 worth of Bitcoin on their first date. His passion for a new form of digital money that was sure to change the world, was fiercely contagious. She was immediately fascinated by the business applications of blockchain, and became obsessed with learning all she could possibly comprehend. Spreading the mission of crypto is a full time gig for her now and she couldn’t be happier.
7:10PM EST – 7:40pm
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Day Two Opening Keynote: Latest Moves by the Fed
With G. Edward Griffin, American author, filmmaker, and political theorist
Don't miss day two's hard-hitting (and potentially controversial) keynote with G. Edward Griffin
7:40PM EST – 8:00pm
MAIN ROOM
Day Two, Session One: Finding a Stable Economy
With Alyze Sam, CEO of GIVE Nation
Join Alyze Sam for this talk about the future of the crypto economy
Alyze Sam is a refreshing blockchain strategist, a novel educator, and vehemently driven advocate. After dedicating her life to her patients in hospice nursing, Sam branched out to financial technology after overcoming incredible odds with vigor and passion. Her life goals include serving her community and assisting other ‘underdogs’ in achieving their dreams. Sam is the Chief Executive Assistant for GIVE Nation, a non-profit children’s financial literacy blockchain project that encourages altruistism. The Community Director at ‘The World Ethical Data Forum’ and a Founder/Community Manager for Women in Blockchain International. In her free time, Sam writes for 15+ Tech Magazines, while humbly sitting at the top 1% of the Blockchain industry as an influencer. Her unbiased ‘Complete 2020 Guide to Stablecoins’ releases December 2019.
-LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/AlyzeSam/
-Instagram: instagram.com/AlyzeSam/
-Medium: link.medium.com/@AlyzeSam
-Twitter: twitter.com/@AlyzeSam
8:00PM EST – 8:25pm
MAIN ROOM
Day Two Mid-Keynote
With Caitlin Long, Founder & CEO at Avanti Financial Group
Join Wall Street veteran Caitlin Long for the day two mid-keynote
Caitlin Long is a 22-year Wall Street veteran who has been active in bitcoin and blockchain since 2012. She has been leading the charge to make her native state of Wyoming an oasis for blockchain companies in the US, where she helped Wyoming enact 13 blockchain-enabling laws in 2018 and 2019. From 2016-18 she jointly spearheaded a blockchain project for delivering market index data to Vanguard as chairman and president of Symbiont, an enterprise blockchain start-up. Caitlin ran Morgan Stanley’s pension solutions business (2007-2016), held senior roles at Credit Suisse (1997-2007) and began her career at Salomon Brothers (1994-1997). She is a graduate of Harvard Law School (JD, 1994), the Kennedy School of Government (MPP, 1994) and the University of Wyoming (BA, 1990).
Four Pillars of Success
With Joff Paradise, Founder & CEO at CryptoMaticATM
Join Joff Paradise as he shares his Journey of Success.
Joff Paradise attended Texas A&M, graduating with a Masters in Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology. Joff owned a clothing company and health clubs which grew into fitness centers, casinos, restaurants, and a telecommunications company. Joff holds a certificate in the American Academy of Anti Aging Medicine.
A successful business entrepreneur for over 40 years and founding member of cryptocurrency affiliate platforms, and ParadiseKids foundation – all of which drive his passion for the future possibilities of cryptocurrency. Joff spends the majority of his time traveling the world to enlighten others about the possibilities to improve personal financial positions.
8:40PM EST – 9:00pm
MAIN ROOM
Day Two, Session Two
With Sir John Hargrave, CEO of Media Shower and best selling author
Join Sir John Hargrave for the second session of day two
CEO of MEDIA SHOWER, the blockchain media company. Publisher of BITCOIN MARKET JOURNAL, trusted by 100,000 blockchain investors monthly. Author of the bestselling BLOCKCHAIN FOR EVERYONE (Simon & Schuster). Ranked #1 on list of Top Blockchain Speakers (bitly.com/blockchain-speakers).
Introducing HackenAI – All-in-one Cybersecurity Suite
With Dyma Budorin, CEO of Hacken Group
Join Dyma Budorin to learn about Hacken's major product, HackenAI - all-in-one cybersecurity suite and the announcement of the DarkNet competition.
Dyma Budorin
CEO at Hacken Group
Before entering the Crypto & Blockchain field, Dmitriy has been acting as a top-level executive in the military defense industry, as well as had an eight-year career at Deloitte. Today, he is a Co-Founder of a Blockchain Cybersecurity consultancy Hacken, CER, crypto exchanges cold wallets balance ranking platform specialized on forensic audits and investigations, crowdsourced security marketplace Hackenproof and the all-in-one continually developing cybersecurity suite HackenAI.
9:10PM EST – 9:30pm
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CARES Act Highlights for Small Businesses and Consultants
With Maureen Murat, crowdfunding & JOBS Act expert, lawyer and entrepreneur
Join Maureen Murat for the third session of day two
Maureen L. Murat is an attorney and is principal of Crowdie Advisors, LLC, a business consulting firm dedicated to helping local and foreign entrepreneurs and small businesses form business entities, transact business (strategy, planning and problem-solving), and obtain financing via equity crowdfunding and other alternative financing methods.
Maureen is an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Hampshire School of Law, where she teaches Tokenomics and Cryptocurrency Regulations and Smart Cities: Blockchain, Law and Government. Maureen is a partner with Axes and Eggs, a blockchain think tank and digital advisory firm that focuses on blockchain consulting, education courses for executives and digital advisory services.
Find more information about Maureen on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-l-murat-esq/
9:30PM EST – 10:00pm
MAIN ROOM
Day Two Closing Keynote: #OwnYourData – Securing your Digital Assets as Freedom
With Brittany Kaiser Co-Founder at Own Your Data Foundation
Join Brittany Kaiser for the last keynote presentation of day two
Brittany is an international law, diplomacy and data-driven campaigning professional with significant global experience. Her work involves developing successful strategies for politicians, governments, and corporations to achieve their goals using cutting edge technology. Brittany is currently focused on legislative reform for digital assets such as personal data and tokens on the blockchain.
10:00PM EST
MAIN ROOM
Closing Comments
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
Day 3 – Wednesday April 29th
5:00pm EST – 6:30pm
VIP ROOM
Influencer Happy Hour
Join top crypto influencers and VIPs for face-to-face networking quarantine style.
It's like being at a real conference only from the comfort of your own home!
6:30PM EST
MAIN ROOM
Start of the Day Three Live Stream
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
Short Chat with Bobby Ong (CoinGecko)
With Bobby Ong, Founder of CoinGecko
Insights from the NFT Ecosystem
With Jodee Rich, CEO of .KRED, Alex Atallah of OpenSea, and Vandana Taxali of Entcounsel.
Thought leaders discuss the best NFT projects
ALEX ATALLAH
Alex Atallah is the CTO and co-founder of OpenSea, the first and largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), including crypto-collectibles, art projects, virtual real estate, and more. OpenSea went through the YCombinator W18 batch, raised a seed round from Founders Fund, Blockchain Capital, Coinbase, 1confirmation and several others, and now powers the marketplaces or sites for over 400 games and services.
Prior to OpenSea, Alex was the CTO of hostess.fm (sold to Beatport in 2014) and built cybersecurity products at Palantir. Alex loves hackathons (the in-person kind, unfortunately) and bringing unusual prototypes to market.
JODEE RICH
Jodee Rich (Kred) – “Just Patent It – Unpacking Nike’s NFT Patent”
Jodee and his team produced the largest NFT only (non-fungible token) conference in North America earlier this year – www.NFT.NYC
He is also the CEO of PeopleBrowsr and NFT.Kred – a platform for creating and sharing NFTs. He is a frequent speaker at social media, digital marketing and blockchain conferences. He is noted for his presentations on social media and blockchain producing disruptive change and unlock human potential.
VANDANA TAXALI
Vandana is an art agent and intellectual property and business lawyer for artists, creatives and entrepreneurs at Entcounsel law firm. She has both her Canadian and American law degrees. She is a Certified Blockchain Professional (CBP) obtained from York University The Blockchain Hub. She also obtained her blockchain certification from Blockmatics.
She is also the co-founder of Artcryption, a blockchain platform to help with authentication of art assets. She also teaches intellectual property for creatives as part of OCAD U’s part time continuing studies.
6:55pm EST – 7:00pm
MAIN ROOM
Day Three Opening Address
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
Join the hosts with the most for Day Two opening statements
ATM’s, Past & Present
With Joff Paradise, Founder & CEO at CryptoMaticATM
Join Joff Paradise from our title sponsor, CryptoMaticATMs to discuss the history of ATMs and where we are today with traditional ATMs
Start your own business and earn passive income with our ATM for buying and selling Cryptocurrency.
As cryptocurrencies become part of our everyday life, today’s world demands a simple solution for buying crypto for cash.
7:10PM EST – 7:40pm
MAIN ROOM
Day Three Opening Keynote: Economic Freedom and Digital Currencies
With Roger Ver, bitcoin bad boy, evangelist and angel investor
Join the one-and-only Rodger Ver, for his keynote about bringing more economic freedom to the world with digital currencies
Roger Ver has been a long time proponent of voluntaryism, the idea that all human interactions should be by mutual consent, or not at all. He is most well known for his work promoting Bitcoin. In 2011, his company, Memorydealers.com, became the first mainstream company to start accepting bitcoin as payment. He then went on to create Bitcoinstore.com, the first website in the world to accept bitcoin as payment for hundreds of thousands of items, and was the impetus for the future wave of merchant adoption. He also became the first person in the entire world to start investing in Bitcoin startups. Nearly single handedly, he funded the seed rounds for the entire first generation of Bitcoin businesses.
7:40PM EST – 8:00pm
MAIN ROOM
Past, Present and Future of Bitcoin
With Vesa Kivinen, mixed media artist
Join Vesa Kivinen for this talk about bitcoin, blockchain, and art
Most people still give you a very funny look when I tell them about digital art sales, let alone gains. You mean the buyer gets a file but there is a print at least attached, right? Want to be as early in on something as the OG Bitcoiners were? Art is one of the best use cases for crypto and a whole new creative class is emerging armed with NFTs.
“Vesa’s art is amongst the most integrally advanced in the history of Western abstraction – no small claim, but one backed up by the works themselves. Rather than abstraction as a fleeing from life, his works are a diving into the incarnate mystery of human being — direct celebrations of the fullness of Life.”
— Michael Schwartz, Professor of History and Philosophy of Art
8:00PM EST – 8:25pm
MAIN ROOM
Keynote: 2019 Predictions Check-in
With Samson Williams, Think Tank & Digital Advisor
Join the venerable Samson Williams for the second keynote of day two
Professor Samson Williams
Principal, Axes And Eggs – A Think Tank & Digital Advisor based in Washington, DC
Certification Designer & Adjunct Professor, University of New Hampshire School of Law – Blockchain, Cryptocurrency & Law Program
Program Designer & Adjunct Professor, Columbia University – Blockchain, AI, Cryptocurrencies and FinTech
Samson is a classically trained anthropologist, finance and public health expert who advises Fortune 100 companies, Executives and startups in Dubai, Washington, DC and Dublin, Ireland. Samson’s focus is helping firms understand the latest human trends in fintech, cannabis, alternative investments, blockchain, AI, health and digital transformation, so that they can make profitable decisions for their bottom lines. Follow Samson on Twitter/Instagram @AxesAndEggs or reach out to him on LinkedIn to follow the latest insights in his academic and market research.
8:30PM EST – 8:40PM
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Democratizing Venture Capital
Guest Host Adrienne Ashley sits down to chat with Thomas Carter of DealBox-DLBX
Join Thomas Carter to learn how he's helping to democratize venture capital
Thomas is a FinTech leader, digital securities pioneer, and entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in venture capital advisory and funding. He is a founder and innovator in the action sports, marketing, financial services, multimedia/internet, and blockchain industries. Over 400 companies have benefited from Thomas’s keen understanding of capital markets and early-stage venture funding strategy.
Deal Box is a feature-rich and vertically integrated digital securities issuance and investment platform connecting entrepreneurs and investors to enable the future of investing and capital formation.
8:40PM EST – 9:00pm
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Humanizing Blockchain: Building Trust In A Trustless System
With Cherie Amiee, near death Survivor, heart transplant recipient, and tech leader
Join Cherie Amiee to hear her amazing and inspiring story
Cherie Aimée is a transformational leader, humanitarian, writer, and global speaker exploring the intersection between advanced technology and humanity.
She is also Advisor to the World Ethical Data Forum and Ambassador to New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical.
Cherie attained world-wide attention for making a miraculous recovery from a near-death experience, in which doctors could not resuscitate her for over 90-minutes.
Democratizing the New Digital Economy
With Jeremy Born, CEO of Coin Genius.
Join Jeremy Born to learn how artificial intelligence, machine learning and other emerging technologies are helping better understand the cryptocurrency markets.
Jeremy is a visionary leader and entrepreneur who has helped some of the world’s largest brands flourish in the digital age. His focus in working with Fortune 500 brands over the last five years has been in the areas of sentiment analysis, social listening, AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics.
When he entered the crypto space in early 2017, he was unsatisfied with the lack of quality data and interfaces that existed within the space, so he decided to do something about it. He founded CoinGenius in January of 2018 to become the go-to data and analytics platform for crypto traders.
Since inception, he has built a team of top data scientists, mathematicians, and AI specialists to bring his vision to life. CoinGenius is now poised to be one of the top market analytics providers in the space and will be launching a number of products throughout 2020 including APIs, research tools, predictive models, sentiment analysis, and CoinGenius University.
9:10PM EST – 9:30pm
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A Journalist’s Perspective of the Blockchain Industry
With Rachel Wolfson, Journalist at Cointelegraph, Podcast host at The Crypto Chick
Join prolific blockchain journalist Rachel Wolfson to hear her insight into industry at large
Rachel is a reporter for Cointelegraph, public speaker, and podcast host (The Crypto Chick). She has over 10 years of experience writing about technology and has been covering the blockchain and cryptocurrency space since 2017. She is currently writing a book on enterprise blockchain.
9:30PM EST – 10:00pm
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Fireside Chat With CZ
With Changpeng Zhao, aka CZ, founder and CEO of Binance and serial entrepreneur
Don't miss the first VBW fireside chat with Binance head honcho, Changpeng Zhao
Changpeng Zhao, known as CZ, is the founder and CEO of Binance and a serial entrepreneur with a successful track record of launching startups. He launched Binance in July 2017 and within 180 days, grew Binance into the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world. CZ is a Chinese-Canadian coder who spent his youth flipping burgers before studying at McGill University Montreal. He then spent time in Tokyo and New York, first building systems for matching trade orders, then developing software for Bloomberg’s futures trading on Wall Street. In 2005, CZ quit his role as head of the Bloomberg Tradebook Futures Research & Development team and moved to Shanghai to start Fusion Systems. Soon thereafter, he learned about Bitcoin and joined Blockchain.info as Head of Technology. An expert in blockchain and trading systems, CZ has built Binance into the leading blockchain ecosystem, comprised of Exchange, Labs, Launchpad, Info, Academy, Research, Trust Wallet, and Charity Foundation.
10.00pm EST – 11:00pm
ROOM LINKS BELOW
Networking Rooms – Open to All
Hosted by VBW2020 Sponsors
Click the drop-down to see networking room links
10:00PM EST
MAIN ROOM
Day Three Closing Comments
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
Day 4 – Thursday April 30th, 2020
5.30pm EST – 6:30pm
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Kred Workshop for Virtual Event Organizers – Free to Attend
Hosted by Kred
Click here for further info about the workshop
Kred Workshop for Virtual Event Organizers: Engagement and gamification with NFTs
6:30PM EST
MAIN ROOM
Start of the Day Four Live Stream
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
The Power of Blockchain Based Virtual Worlds in a Pandemic.
A short chat with Tracy Hutson from ViRSE
Joel and Travis speak with Emmy Award-Winning TV host, and Interior Designer Tracy Hutson about VR and blockchain
ViRSE is Connecting the Virtual Universe through a social-commerce platform that allows users to use VR, 3D and blockchain technologies to allow users to virtually recreate their lives online and interact with other people, places and brands.
How Marketers can Future-Proof their Advertising by Using a Blockchain-Based Browser
A short chat with Donny Dvorin from Brave
Joel and Travis speak with Donny Dvorin, Head of Sales at Brave
Brave is the first global digital ad platform built for privacy, offering advertisers the opportunity to participate in a premium, brand safe, fraud-free, and opt-in ad ecosystem designed for the cookieless future of the internet. It’s privacy-focused browser provides the highest level of privacy in the marketplace, ‘hands-down’ the fastest web browsing experience, and full control and rewards for personal data through the Basic Attention Token. With 14 million users worldwide and a 12% CTR platform average, advertisers and users choose Brave as their preferred advertising platform.
6:55pm EST – 7:00pm
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Day Four Opening Address
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
Join the hosts with the most for Day Two opening statements
Trading Virutal Properties on the Blockchain w/ Upland
With Dirk Lueth, Founder of Upland.me
Learn about one of the funnest games on blockchain, Upland, and how to become a property mogul!
Buy, sell, trade, or just hodl virtual properties mapped to the real world! Once you are a property owner, you’ll earn some UPX, the in-game cryptocurrency. Complete a collection of properties with the same characteristic and – boom – you’ll get an earnings boost. Want to earn even more? Go treasure hunting. Don’t need a property anymore? Flip it on the marketplace for UPX and – soon – for fiat currency.
Go to https://playupland.com/virtualblockchainweek to get a double sign up bonus.
7:10PM EST – 7:40pm
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Fireside Chat with Charlie Shrem
With Charlie Shrem, American entrepreneur, and bitcoin advocate.
Tune in for the second VBW2020 Fireside Chat with the legendary Charlie Shrem
Charles Shrem IV (born November 25, 1989) is an American entrepreneur, and bitcoin advocate. In 2011 he co-founded the now-defunct startup company BitInstant, and is a founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation, formerly serving as vice chairman. In December 2014 he was sentenced to two years in prison for aiding and abetting the operation of an unlicensed money-transmitting business related to the Silk Road marketplace. He was released from prison around June 2016. In 2017, he joined Jaxx as its director of business and community development. Later that year, he founded cryptocurrency advisory CryptoIQ.
7:40PM EST – 8:00pm
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The Post-Pandemic Winners & Losers
With Chris J Snook, bestselling author of Digital Sense and Rebooting Retail, Managing Partner at Launch Haus
Join Chris Snook for a data driven journey of possible post COVID-19 future scenarios
Chris J Snook – Bestselling Author of Digital Sense and Rebooting Retail (March 2018) | Managing Partner at Launch Haus | Co-Founder of BankChain N.A. | Chairman/Founder of WorldTokenomicForum | INC magazine contributor | Husband and Father.
Chris is a venture catalyst and brand humanizer at the most cellular level. He builds businesses first and shares his learnings from the battlefield in books and keynotes around the world. He is available to book for keynotes, panels, half-day workshops and live events 25-30 times per year.
8:00PM EST – 8:30pm
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Fireside Chat With Pomp!
With Anthony Pompliano, Co-founder & Partner at Morgan Creek Digital
Joel and Travis are joined by Anthony Pompliano for this fireside chat
In 2013, Pompliano founded Digaforce. It is a social media platform which contains information about demography. Digaforce was acquired by Strategic Link Partners in 2013.
In 2015, Anthony served as a growth leader at Snapchat. At the same time, he was a product manager of Facebook. He led the Growth Team for Facebook Pages, helped launch numerous products like AMBER Alerts and Voter Registration while advising the executive team on their social strategy.
In July 2016, he became a managing partner at Full Tilt Capital (founded by himself), an early-stage venture capital firm which was acquired by Morgan Creek Digital Assets in 2018.
Morgan Creek Digital Assets was founded by Anthony Pompliano, Mark Yusko and Jason Williams in April 2018. Morgan Creek Digital Assets is a multi-strategy investment firm focused on providing access to blockchain technology and digital assets for institutional clients and wealthy family offices.
The Mobie Universal Payment & Rewards Ecosystem Explained
With Brandon Burgason, of MobiePay.io
Join Brandon Burgason as he shares insights into one of Bad Crypto's favorite projects.
The Mobie universal payment & rewards ecosystem lets consumers spend or send cash and digital currency worldwide from their mobile phone in seconds. Our integrated rewards platform that supports cashback & rewards on purchases and referrals to incentive commerce & adoption. Our focus is on mobile payments and payment gateways to provide an easy and secure way to serve the global retail marketplace.
8:45PM EST – 9:05pm
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Blockchain Games Explained
With Ryan Rodden, of Castle Crypto
Join Ryan Rodden to learn about the wondrous world of gamified crypto
Ryan Rodden has been a gamer for his entire life and a digital marketer for almost 15 years. After discovering the rise of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, he quickly discovered the blockchain gaming space, which is barely in its infancy. One of the best ways to decide what video games to play was through old school magazines and websites like IGN.com. Castle Crypto aims to become the #1 source of blockchain gaming news and game reviews – 100% honest and critical.
Chasing the mainstream dream through blockchain gaming
With Dr. Jesse “Aggroed” Reich, of Splinterlands
Splinterlands is the most played game in crypto and we’re working on breaking through the crypto-ceiling to take the game mainstream. Learn about our progress and lessons to date.
Splinterlands is a next generation trading card game that allows players the core benefits of both physical and digital card games. By utilizing blockchain technology our gamers can play anytime, trade anytime, and earn every win.
Our players have played over 60 million games, traded over one million dollars worth of cards with each other on the secondary market, and we’ve given out over $100,000 to players directly through tournament prizes.
We’re routinely ranked number one on stateofthedapps.com and we’re one of the most successful projects in crypto.
CTA – Join the gaming revolution at splinterlands.com.
9:10PM EST – 9:30pm
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Homeschooling the Masses: Teaching Blockchain During A Pandemic
With Jen Greyson, CO.CO CEO and Author
Join Jen Greyson for a presentation around teaching blockchain and other courses during a pandemic.
Jen Greyson is one of the Top 8 women in Crypto, Founder of the Blockchain Sisterhood, and CEO/Founder of CO.CO–the “Airbnb” of office space. An international speaker and published author, Jen speaks on women’s issues, the intersection of AI and blockchain, and how women are the solution to the adoption of cryptocurrency.
9:30PM EST – 10:00pm
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Closing Keynote with Justin Sun
With Justin Sun Founder of TRON | CEO of TRON, BitTorrent, Peiwo
Join Justin Sun of TRON for the last keynote of VBW2020 day four
Justin Sun is the founder of TRON and Callme (PEIWO) APP. TRON is the world top 10 crypto network and web 4.0 blockchain dapp platform. PEIWO is one of the largest voice live streaming apps in China. Justin was named 2017 Forbes 30 under 30 Asia and Forbes 30 under 30 China from 2015 to 2017. He is the only millennial graduate from Hupan University and is a protégé of Chinese tycoon Jack Ma, Chairman of the Alibaba Group. Justin obtained a Masters Degree from the University of Pennsylvania after he received a Bachelors from Peking University.
10:00PM EST
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Day Four Closing Comments
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
10.00pm EST – 11:00pm
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CoinGenius After Party – Open to All
Hosted by CoinGenius
Join the CoinGenius team for an hour of networking and hanging out
Day 5 – Friday May 1st, 2020
6:30PM EST
MAIN ROOM
Start of the Day Five Live Stream
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
Smart Crypto Strategies
With Ashton Godfrey, Cofounder of PassiveCrypto
Ashton will discuss how simple, set-and-forget strategies can help simplify your crypto investing
Ashton is a Co-Founder of PassiveCrypto.io, an automated trading platform.
PassiveCrypto simplifies crypto investing by providing a user friendly way to set up an automatic crypto portfolio. Connect an exchange, choose your coins, choose a strategy, and then sit back and relax. Crypto beginners can choose preselected coins and strategies. Advanced users have the ability to build their own index and strategy.
Say goodbye to day trading cryptocurrencies. With a few clicks you can setup and hold a diversified portfolio. PassiveCrypto never holds your funds, giving you full control of your crypto.
Prior to PassiveCrypto Ashton was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs.
6:40PM EST – 6:55pm
MAIN ROOM
Let’s Not Wait for the Users to Come to Us…Let’s Go to Them
With Lea Thompson (Girl Gone Crypto)
Join Lea Thompson (Girl Gone Crypto) to learn how to grow your community
Lea is a blockchain media and content specialist that focuses on increasing crypto adoption. She is passionate about advancing the space by connecting everyday users to blockchain-powered applications.
Masternodes & Remittances with The Divi Project
With Nick Saponaro, Cofounder of Divi Project.
Divi is a global digital currency built on and secured by a decentralized blockchain platform that is owned and operated by the community. Divi’s one-click approach provides user-friendly access to an integrated digital world. You can open financial accounts, make payments, send money, earn an income, and much more - quickly, securely, and affordably.
7:10PM EST – 7:40pm
MAIN ROOM
Fireside Chat: The State of the World
With John McAfee, Business Renegade and Provocateur.
Don't miss Joel and Travis sitting down with the notorious John McAfee to discuss state of the world
7:40PM EST – 8:00pm
MAIN ROOM
The DAPP Economy
With internet entrepreneur and investor Mahbod Moghadam
Get your DAPP on with Mahbod Moghadam
Mahbod Moghadam is an Iranian-American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is currently Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Mucker Capital. Moghadam is also a former co-founder and Chief Community Officer of Everipedia, and was formerly a co-founder of Rap Genius (now known as Genius).
8:00PM EST – 8:25pm
MAIN ROOM
Day Five, Mid-Keynote
With Miko Matsumura, Cofounder at Evercoin
Join the Miko Matsumura for the second keynote of day five
Miko Matsumura founded crypto exchange Evercoin, and is a General Partner with Gumi Cryptos Capital. He is also a venture partner with BitBull Capital and an advisor to Arrington XRP Capital. He is an advisor to LCX, the Liechtenstein Cryptocurrency Exchange. He is an investor in Pantera Capital. He is personally invested in FileCoin, Brave, CIVIC, Propy, Telegram, Mainframe and Lyft. As chief Evangelist for the Java Language and Platform he participated in the first wave of the Internet, and is now fully engaged in the crypto-fueled Internet of value. As a 25 year operating exec in Silicon Valley, he has raised over $50 million in capital for Open Source startups. He was an advisor to AI startup Sentient during their 100M series C and currently has advised cryptocurrency startups with over $250M in capital raise such as Guardian Circle (Decentralized Global 911 Emergency Services), WiFiCoin, Lottery.com and Hub (Decentralizing Professional Social Networking). He is also an LP with Focus Ventures, a firm with over $800M under management, 9 IPOs and 44 exits. He holds an Master’s degree in Neuroscience from Yale University where he worked on abstract computational neural networks. He’s leads the Crypto Underground meetup in San Francisco and is a speaker at many conferences including The World Knowledge Forum, D10e, Token Fest, Coin Agenda, Block Con, Global Blockchain Summit, The Future of Money Summit and a thought leader at AFP the largest organization of Financial Professionals in the US.
8:30PM EST – 8:50pm
MAIN ROOM
The Need for Enterprise Blockchains in the Time of Coronavirus
With Oz Sultan, CSO at Sultan Interactive Group
Join the ever insightful Oz Sultan for the second session of day two
Oz Sultan is a Tech and Marketing Industry veteran with 20 years’ experience developing innovative solutions for Brands and Fortune 100 companies. He is also at the forefront of American Muslim affairs, as well as diplomatic and interfaith engagement.
Oz solves problems with data analysis. Oz is a Board Member on The Homeland Security Foundation of America and has developed a framework and counter-radicalization and disruption methodology for stopping online terror.
Recently he was a counterterrorism, social media and Big Data advisor to the Trump Campaign.
How Digital Names Makes Crypto Easy
With Jerome Conlon CMO on the founding team of TNS – DigitalNames
Join marketing guru Jerome Conlon to learn about Digital Names and affiliate opportunities
Jerome is former Director of Brand/Marketing Planning for Nike, Inc. Vice President Brand / New Products for Starbucks Coffee Company and Sr. VP Marketing & Program Development NBC Entertainment and he was a professor of Economics at Gonzaga University. He is author of Soulful Branding and The Brand Bridge, FutureLab Press April 2019. Jerome has over 30 years experience as a marketing leader.
9:00PM EST – 9:20pm
MAIN ROOM
Fireside Chat with Akon
With Akon – Founder of Akoin and Akon City.
Joel and Travis sit down with the entertainer and business mogul, Akon
Akon is recognized as one of the most powerful voices across Africa and the Diaspora. He has two multi-platinum albums and has had 27 songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
Through Akon Lighting Africa, he has already brought solar power to 18 countries in Africa, creating safety, health and well-being for over 100M of the 600M Africans who lack electricity today.
In 2018, Akon announced he was working with the Senegalese government to build a tourist-city with a cryptocurrency-based economy named Akon City. It is said to be currently under development, and will be the first 100% crypto-based city with Akon’s own cryptocurrency, Akoin, at the transactional center.
ATM’s Future & Opportunity
With Joff Paradise, Founder & CEO at CryptoMaticATM
Join Joff Paradise from our title sponsor, CryptoMaticATMs to discuss the history of ATMs and where we are today with traditional ATMs
Start your own business and earn passive income with our ATM for buying and selling Cryptocurrency.
As cryptocurrencies become part of our everyday life, today’s world demands a simple solution for buying crypto for cash.
9:30PM EST – 10:00pm
MAIN ROOM
Fireside Chat
With Don Tapscott, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Blockchain Research Institute
Joel and Travis sit down with the ever influential Don Tapscott for the final fireside chat of VBW2020
Don Tapscott is one of the world’s leading authorities on the impact of technology on business and society. He has authored 16 books, including Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, which has been translated into over 25 languages.
Don has been advancing groundbreaking concepts for over 3 decades. His 1992 bestseller, Paradigm Shift, helped coin this seminal management concept, and The Digital Economy, written in 1995, changed business thinking about the transformational nature of the Internet. Two years later he helped popularize the terms “Net Generation” and “the Digital Divide” in Growing Up Digital.
Don’s most recent and ambitious book was co-authored with his son, startup CEO and bitcoin governance expert, Alex Tapscott. Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing the World was published in May 2016 and is, according to Harvard Business School’s Clay Christensen, “the book, literally, on how to survive and thrive in this next wave of technology-driven disruption.”
In 2017, Don and Alex co-founded the Blockchain Research Institute, whose 70+ projects are the definitive investigation into blockchain strategy, use-cases, implementation challenges and organizational transformations.
Don is a member of the Order of Canada and is ranked the second most influential management thinker in the world by Thinkers50. He is an Adjunct Professor at INSEAD and former Chancellor of Trent University in Ontario. It is hard to imagine anyone who has been more prolific, profound, and influential in explaining today’s technological revolutions and their impact on the world.
10:00PM EST
MAIN ROOM
Closing Comments
With Joel Comm and Travis Wright, hosts of VBW2020
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