January 16, 2018
YJP Mansion,
107 E 16th St. New York, NY 10003
Agenda
January 15, 2018 Dinner Reception for Speakers, Sponsors and VIPs,
BY INVITATION ONLY
January 16, 2018 Digital Asset Investment Forum Program- 8:30AM-5:00PM
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:10 Opening Remarks: Global Digital Economy Council and DAIF
Xiaochen Zhang, President, FinTech4Good
9:10-9:50 Plenary Session 1: Bitcoin, Blockchain and Digital Assets
Andrew Keys, Co-Founder, ConsenSys Capital
Ed Maguire, Principal Partner, Momenta
Brian Korn, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
John Mathews, CFO, BITNATION
9:50-10:30 Plenary Session 2: Global Digital Economy Council
Michael A. Kapoor, COO, WishKnish
John Edge, Cofounder & Chairman, ID2020
Liliana Reasor, Chief Investment Officer, Novus Ordo Capital
Dr.Varon, CEO, The Global Cooperation Platform
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:30 Plenary Session 3: Investing in Digital Asset
Moderator: Xiaochen Zhang, President, FinTech4Good
John Licciardello, Ecosystem Development Fund Manager, IOTA Foundation
Jalak Jobanputra, Founder/Managing Partner, FuturePerfect Ventures
Suraj Kumar Rajwani, Managing Partner, DoubleRock
Patrick Lowry, Managing Partner and CEO, Iconiq Lab.com
Workshop 1: Smart Contract Training 101 (30 participants maximum)
Smart Contracts 101: An in-depth introduction to smart contracts for non-
technical people, this session will explore the current state of the art of smart
contracts, what smart contracts are and how you can leverage with blockchain
technologies.
Jamiel Sheikh, Co-Founder, Blockchain Educators
Jeanette Spaulding, Analyst, Blockchain Educators
11:30-12:30 Blockchain Shark Tank
Sharks/ Judges
David Drake, Chairman, Managing Partner, LDJ Capital
Andrew Keys, Co-Founder, ConsenSys Capital
William Wong, Founder at Ideas to Reality
Svetlana Lebedeva, SVP, Square 1 Bank
Jalak Jobanputra, Founder/Managing Partner, FuturePerfect Ventures
Start-up Stars
Toni Xu, CEO, SG Chain
Vladislav Shabanov, CFO, Fire Lotto
Neil Patel, CEO/Founder, Mortgage Block
Alisa Gus, CEO, WishKnish
12:30-13:30 Lunch and Keynote Speech
13:30-14:30 Plenary Session 4: Good, Bad and Evil about ICOs and
How to Do it Right?
Moderator: Xiaochen Zhang, President, FinTech4Good
David Drake, Chairman, Managing Partner, LDJ Capital
Gabriel Zanko, Co-founder, BlockchainA3 Partners
Lewis Cohen, Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP
Alex Mashinsky, Founder and CEO, Celsius Network
14:30-15:00 Plenary Session 5: Alternative Assets in a Blockchain Era
Philipp Pieper, CEO and Co-Founder, Swarm Fund
Victor Park, Founder, Alternative Asset
Jim Liews, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
George Georgiades, Of Counsel, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP
Workshop 2: Compliance and Standardization
(30 participants maximum)
Moderator: Ed Maguire, Principal Partner, Momenta Partner
Joshua Ashley Klayman Kuzar, Chair, Legal Working Group, Wall Street
Blockchain Alliance
Richie Hecker, Chairman, Crypto Working Group
15:00-15:30 Plenary Session 6: Blockchain for Impact Leadership Committee
Fiona Bayat-Renoux, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Executive
Director. & Director of Innovation, UN Women
John Edge, Cofounder & Chairman, ID2020
Vincent Molinari, CEO at Liquid Markets Group
Alexander Golding, CEO, Helped Hope
Brian David Rogers, Chair, co-founder, Columbia Blockchain Alliance
David Whiting, Registered Representative, Alternative Assets
Workshop 3: Digital Asset Investing in Asia
(30 participants maximum)
Moderator: Frank Mah, Board Member, Asia Finance Society
Toni Xu, CEO, SG Chain
Huiming Cao, Professor of Finance, Cheung Kong Graduate School of
Business
Sherry Zhang, VP, Pan-China Alliance Holdings
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-16:45 Blockchain Shark Tank
Sharks/ Judges
Suraj Kumar Rajwani, Managing Partner, DoubleRock
Lou Kerner, Co-Founder & Partner at CryptoOracle.io
William Wong, Founder at Ideas to Reality
Svetlana Lebedeva, SVP, Square 1 Bank
Start-up Stars
John Mathews, CFO, BITNATION
Alexey Shadrin,. Co-founder, DAO IPCI
Larry Temlock, CFO & Co-Founder, The Sun Exchange
Jason Dispenza, Co-Founder, EnLedger.io
16:45-17:00 Back to the Future: A Recap and Asia Blockchain Acceleration
Program
Xiaochen Zhang, President, FinTech4Good