DESCRIPTION

Please join us to explore the top opportunities and risks in blockchain and cryptocurrencies, covering:

  • A brief overview of the technology
  • The benefits of blockchain: security, anti-fraud, scalable platforms, democratization
  • Emerging uses of blockchain technology: exchanges, smart contracts, DAOs, public vs. private platforms, consumer vs enterprise applications
  • Technology roadmap: how blockchain technology can grow from present applications to future use across industries
  • Startup landscape: review of hot companies and their business models
  • Fundraising and investors: new funds, venture capital, ICOs, implications on the intrinsic value of cryptocurrencies
  • Legal issues: traditional vs. new legal concepts and regimes – securities, property, and other models; jurisdiction, status, regulation and risk

 

Date: Thursday, November 16, 2017

Time: 6:00 – 8:30pm

6 – 7: Networking and light appetizers

7 – 8: Presentation

8 – 8:30: QA and Wrap-Up

Location: 

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2550 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Registration includes: light appetizers and beverages.

Contact Victor (Victor.Adint@raymondjames.com) for questions

Bio:

Shuonan Chen, Founding Partner of IOVC & Agile VC, CEO of Shinect (Silicon Valley-based community of 3,500+ engineers interested in entrepreneurship), and Board Member of North America Blockchain Association. At IO and Agile, Shuo has invested in and helped various startups globalize and expand into new markets. She is the Advisor and Interim China GM for Rescale, a cloud simulation platform with high performance computing (backed by Peter Thiel, Paul Graham and Jeff Bezos) serving Boeing and Formula 1. Prior, Shuo worked at Goldman Sachs in investment banking, where she was involved in deals including Alibaba’s $21.8 billion IPO, the largest IPO in US history. There, she also helped run the convertibles business and represented the firm on the Board of Women in Finance. Before that, Shuo has been at PwC, where she worked on Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola and LinkedIn’s $119 million acquisition of SlideShare. She also ran Cashify, a social enterprise for financial literacy. Shuo graduated cum laude from UC Berkeley with a triple major (and 2 minors) in 3 years, where she currently teaches and has been a Board Member for the alumni organization. She also completed a JD with the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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