The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the leading association for the blockchain ecosystem, has partnered with Concordia, the non-profit organization dedicated to supporting cross sector partnerships for social impact, to bring blockchain to New York during the UN General Assembly Week.
GBBC will bring its signature ‘Blockchain Central’ event series to the Concordia Annual Summit, which runs from September 24th to 25th September.
The event will be a ‘summit within summit’ and run for two full days, allowing partners and delegates to engage at the highest level and explore how blockchain can facilitate more stable and efficient solutions for challenges facing companies, institutions, and society as a whole. Speakers will include some of the biggest names in blockchain, and leading figures from governance, innovation and business.
The Summit will take place at the Grand Hyatt in New York City, with some 3,000 attendees expected to participate in all types of conversations from TED-style presentations, to panel discussions and strategic roundtables.
Key speakers will include:
- Akon, Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer | Chief Visionary, Akoin
- Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger
- Chris Burniske, Co-founder of Placeholder VC |Co-author of CryptoAssets
- Dan Baer, Secretary of Education, State of Colorado
- Elizabeth Rossiello, Founder and CEO, BitPesa
- Eva Kaili, Member of European Parliament for Greece
- Hadley Stern, Senior Vice President, Fidelity
- Jalak Jobanputra, Founding Partner, Future\Perfect Ventures
- Joseph Mucheru, Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications of Kenya |Former Google Sub-Sahara Africa Lead
- Karen Bhatia, Vice President of Tech, New York City Economic Development Corporation
- Leanne Kemp, Founder and CEO, Everledger
- Michael Casey, Senior Advisor, MIT Digital Currency Initiative | Co-Author The Truth Machine and The Age of Cryptocurrency
- Michael Moro, CEO, Genesis Global Trading
- Pras Michél, Founder, Blacture | Founding Member, "The Fugees"
- Roya Mahboob, Co-Founder and CEO, Digital Citizen Fund | Time Person of the Year
- Val Vavilov, Co-Founder and CEO, Bitfury
- Victor Liu, President, Hunt Oil Enterprises
- Yorke Rhodes, Co-Founder of Blockchain, Microsoft
- Zia Khan, Vice President, Innovation, The Rockefeller Foundation
Sandra Ro, CEO of the GBBC, said: “Blockchain Central is a unique two-day event that brings together leading voices to create opportunities for them to collaborate on blockchain.
“We are in a new era of high technological change and blockchain is at the centre of this. It’s imperative that leaders from all walks of life and business can discuss the exciting opportunities here, and we are delighted to have teamed up with Concordia to help facilitate this.”
Matthew Swift, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Concordia said: “We are very excited to be partnering with GBBC to help convene, connect and create a platform to debate how blockchain can bring about positive social impact. Forums such as ours are key to ensuring that the opportunities around blockchain are truly understood and capitalised on.”