Blockchain Technology: What's Next? 

OGC is a leading venture capital focused exclusively in blockchain investment with backing of tier one investors and managed by a highly experienced investment team. OGC's portfolio includes 20+ leading blockchain companies.Ontology is the leading new high-performance public blockchain project & a distributed trust collaboration platform. Ontology supports collaboration amongst chain networks with its various protocol groups. Ontology innovates at the frontier of blockchain infrastructure for different kinds of distributed scenarios, such as distributed digital identity framework, distributed data exchange protocol, sharding, cross-chain exchange etc.

OGC, Ontology

<H2>OGC and Ontology present to you: </H2>
<H3>Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Summit O-Show @San Francisco. (Detailed guest intro below)</H3>
This conference will feature the world's top crypto founders and institutional investors from different perspectives to showcase the many utilizations of  blockchain technology across industries and markets.  Special gifts and airdrops from leading blockchain companies available for active event participants.  
Attendees will gain a wealth of insights and information about the state of the token-based economy while networking with over 50+ thought leaders & builders in Blockchain.
 
<H3>Agenda: </H3>
13:30-14:00 Check-In
 
<H3>Keynote </H3>
14:00-14:15 Opening Keynote: Key To the Machine Intelligence Age by Andy Ji (Co-founder of Ontology)
14:15-14:30 Keynote: Gloria Wu (Director of Marketing of Ontology)
14:30-14:50 Keynote: Exploring the New Frontier of Digital Economy by Daniel Wen (OGC Venture Partner)
 
<H3>TED talk</H3>
14:50-15:00 Privacy-preserving information network -- Ed Yu, founder of StrongSalt and founding CTO of FireEye 
15:00-15:10 Decentralized telecommunications -- Steve Wei, Founder and CEO of TOP Network 
15:10-15:20 Decentralized data marketplace -- Sarah Zhang, founder of PTS
15:20-15:30 Next generation crypto exchange -- Meilun Li, Bibox Exchange  
15:30- 15:40 Blockchain Gaming and NFT -- Xuan Zhang, founder of MixMarvel 
15:40-15:50 Decentralized Advertising -- Cicily Zhou, DAD 
15:50- 16:00 Decentralized content and streaming -- Ava Wen, ContentOS
 
<H3>Panel Discussions</H3>
16:00-16:40 Investing frontier in Blockchain, moderated by Gloria Wu, Director of Marketing at Ontology
    Kevin Ding, Managing Director of DHVC 
    Alex Shin, Partner of Hashed 
    Zhen Cao, Partner of JLabs 
    Tiffany Li, Vice President of OGC 
    Chris McCann, Founder of RelayNode, Partner at Proof of Capital, pre-sale investor of Binance, NEO, Stellar, OmiseGo
 
 
16:40-17:20  The road to mass adoption, moderated by Tiffany Li, OGC 
   Steve Wei, Founder and CEO of TOP Network
    Sarah Zhang, founder of PTS
    Ed Yu, founder of StrongSalt
    Xuan Zhang, founder of MixMarvel
    Chandler Song, founder of Ankr Network 
 
<H3>Ending Keynote</H3>
    17:20 -17:30  Blockchain predictions in 2019
    Eyal Hertzog, cofounder of Bancor Network 
 
 
<H3>Networking reception </H3>
    17:20 - 18:00   Light refreshments and airdrop engagements 
 
** Special airdrop is available for event attendees during and post the event. VIPs will receive future airdrop and special event followups for more engaging community expereinces with top projects presented and OGC portfolios in the future.   
 
OGC is a leading venture capital focused exclusively in blockchain investment with backing of tier one investors and managed by a highly experienced investment team. OGC's portfolio includes 20+ leading blockchain companies. 
Ontology is the leading new high-performance public blockchain project & a distributed trust collaboration platform. Ontology supports collaboration amongst chain networks with its various protocol groups. Ontology innovates at the frontier of blockchain infrastructure for different kinds of distributed scenarios, such as distributed digital identity framework, distributed data exchange protocol, sharding, cross-chain exchange etc. Ontology is invested by leading venture capital including Sequoia Capital, DHVC, HillHouse Capital etc. 
DHVC is a VC fund that invests in early stage and growth stage technology startups globally. Backed by top-notch institutional and strategic partners, DHVC provides startup companies with a wide range of resources to achieve greater success on a global scale, and is one of the earliest institutional investors in blockchain technologies, with over 600m committed capital. DHVC provided early stage funding of numerous successful startups including Ontology, Hashgraph, NEO, Mainframe, Zilliqa, QuarkChain, Telegram, Cohesity, MobileCoin, Cosmos, DFinity, HeadSpin, Zenreach, Wish, Optimizely, Branch Metrics, Barefoot Networks, Survios, Limebike. 
StrongSalt, the Privacy API for your information on a decentralized network, makes cloud as private as your thumb drive. StrongSalt is founded by Ed Yu, ex-founding CTO of FireEye. 
DAD - Decentralized advertising blockchain empowering users
Built on Ontology - a new high-performance public blockchain project & a distributed trust collaboration platform. Using Smart Contracts and Token Economy, DAD achieves data openness, transaction transparency and revenue sharing with users. With improved ad quality and delivery efficiency, DAD aims at building a new generation of blockchain ad system and reshaping the ad industry as we know it today. DAD is invested by top VC firms including Sequoia Capital, DHVC, OGC. 
 
Bibox - AI enhanced encrypted digital asset exchange
Bibox, based on AI, is committed to providing users with only high-quality assets to trade with. With its features of security, stability, transparency and user-friendliness, Bibox is widely received by industry experts and users.
 
Mixmarvel - A gaming platform and content community powered by blockchain
Mixmarvel is a multiplayer online game community powered by blockchain and a large-scale virtual 3D world created by global players and developers. Mixmarvel brings good content, players and developers together, allowing developers to release content they created and gain long-term returns. At the same time, players will be able to find better content in the community, obtian digital assets, and manage those assets.
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<H2>Distinguished Guests</H2>
Daniel Wen (OGC Venture Partner)
Topic: Exploring The New Frontier Of Digital Economy
Daniel is Venture Partner of OGC and also the Head of Global Ecosystem Development for public chain project, Ontology. He has been instrumental in establishing and nurturing several key eco-partnerships for Ontology, as well as leading the investments in these partners.
Daniel has more than 20 years of experience in private equity, investment banking, financial due diligence, accounting and auditing. Such experiences were accumulated over years of working in multi-national corporates, global banking institution and big-4 professional firms with a footprint across Singapore, China, Hong Kong and Australia.
Daniel graduated from Renmin University of China (Beijing), major in Finance and Banking. He obtained his Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management (University of New South Wales).
 
Andy Ji (Co-founder/Chief Strategy Officer of Ontology)
Topic: Key To The Machine Intelligence Age
Andy has substantial experience in blockchain technology, including being a leader of one of the Fortune 500 Group company , Deputy Secretary-General of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s Blockchain Technology and Industrial Development Forum, a board member of Hyperledger, a member of China’s delegation of ISO/IEC TC 307 & IEEE. Andy has participated in the Chinese government’s blockchain white paper and blockchain standards-related work, written several books on blockchain including a blockchain development textbook and led many blockchain community events.
Kevin Ding (Founding Managing Director of DHVC)
Kevin Ding is a Founding Managing Director at DHVC, with over 600m under management and offices in US and China. He leads the DHVC investment team, covering sectors including consumer, big data, cloud, AI, blockchain, and financial services globally. He has been an active early stage venture investor in category defining technology companies — Cloud unicorns like Cohesity, Optimizely, Branch Metrics and HeadSpin reshaping how we store and use big data; AI-enabled software platforms like Viz.ai and Path.ai uncovering unique insights about stroke and pathology through computer vision; viral consumer products like Limebike, Survios, Hooked, and Wish that delight millions of passionate users; and software company changing large industries like Flexport for global logistics. As one of the earliest crypto investors and influencers since 2014, Kevin has been leading investments at the frontier of blockchain technologies, from infrastructure, protocols to early applications, such as IPFS, StrongSalt, SFOX, NEO, Ontology, Mainframe, Telegram, Contentos, Dfinity, Ultrain, Hashgraph, Perlin, SpaceMesh, Top Network, MobileCoin, Cosmos. Kevin is also an early backer of PolyChain Capital and Pantera Capital, and supernode advisor to multiple leading crypto exchanges. 
 
Chris McCann (Founder of RelayNode, Partner at Proof of Capital and prolific crypto investor)
Chris McCann is an advisor for HTC Exodus, Dekrypt Capital, Nervos Network among others. He is an early investor in Ethereum, Stellar, 0x, OmiseGo, Antshares/NEO, Solana, Libra Credit, and more. He created Crypto Weekly, the largest crypto publication in the SF Bay Area. Formerly, he started and led the community program at Greylock Partners, a San Francisco based venture capital firm with $3.5 billion under management, that is also an investor in Facebook, LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Coinbase, etc. Before he joined the firm, he was the co-founder of StartupDigest (acquired by Techstars), and was an early advisor for the Thiel Fellowship & StartX at Stanford University.
Zhang Xuan (CEO of Mixmarvel)
Zhang Xuan, previous core developer of Ubisoft Entertainment, has thirteen years of experience in the gaming industry. She is a serial entrepreneur with deep know-how from gaming engine to gaming operation and a blockchain practitioner dedicating to apply the blockchain technology, token economy in gaming and the entertainment industry. The key projects involve popular blockchain game HyperDragons and the upcoming gaming platform Mixmarvel.
Sarah Zhang (Founder of PTS)
Sarah Zhang is the founder of Points, the first truly scalable blockchain data collaboration protocol for better credit scoring and inclusive finance. Prior to Points, she was the ex-COO of Segway Robotics Inc., where she spearheaded the development of its developer community of more than 3000 participants including MIT, Intel and BMW. She was also formerly a product manager at Amazon. Her blockchain beginning began in 2013 when she was previously an early employee of Tim Draper’s accelerator, Draper University. In addition to founding Points, Sarah is the chair of dCamp, a Beijing-based blockchain developer and investor community. She is also a guest lecturer at Tsinghua University Blockchain Course. She received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
 
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