Emerging Cybersecurity Tech: BLOCKCHAIN

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<A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-next-big-thing-blockchain-tickets-27394137603" TARGET="_blank">Blockchain </A>is an emerging cybersecurity technology that facilitates secure transactions between trading partners. It has the potential to disrupt every segment of banking and financial services.  If you are developing a new product idea – or thinking about launching one – you need to know about Blockchain.
What business possibilities and innovations will it spawn?  <A HREF="https://www.manatt.com/Carol-R-Van-Cleef" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carol Van Cleef,</A> Partner at <A HREF="https://www.manatt.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP</A> and Founder of <A HREF="http://www.comptegrity.com/about-us/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Comptegrity, Inc.</A>, will explain Blockchain from the ground up.  She will outline how Blockchain is reshaping commercial transactions, and how entrepreneurs can capitalize on spinoff innovations.
A panel of cybersecurity, legal and regulatory experts will discuss how the technology works, the outlook for future products and services, and how it will impact related industries.  Read their bios below to learn more. 
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<LI>5:30 – 6:30  Networking and registration</LI>
<LI>6:30 – 8:00  Program</LI>
<LI>8:00 – 9:00  Panel discussion and Q&A</LI>
<LI>9:00 – 9:30  Post-event networking</LI>
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This event will be held in the <A HREF="https://goo.gl/maps/1bZHQeJoM9B2" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Marvin Center Ballroom</A> at The George Washington University Campus located at 800 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20052.  This event is cosponsored by <A HREF="http://business.gwu.edu/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The George Washington University School Of Business</A> and <A HREF="http://www.whfdc.org/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Women in Housing and Finance</A>.
Speaker: Carol Van Cleef
<IMG TITLE="Carol Van Cleef" ALT="" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/59911559/carolvancleef.jpg" WIDTH="120">
A respected author and speaker, Carol Van Cleef advises all types of money services businesses (MSBs), including domestic and foreign money remitters, digital currency and Blockchain technology companies, mobile apps, third‐party payment processors, and stored value and prepaid access programs.   Publicly traded companies, private equity funds and other entities seek Carol’s advice on matters involving emerging and alternative payments companies. She helps clients address legal and regulatory challenges, structure investments and transactions, undertake changes in control, and conduct due diligence. In addition, she develops solutions for troubled organizations.
A certified anti‐money laundering (AML) specialist, Carol created a series of AML compliance training programs sponsored by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, and attended by regulators from 45 states and representatives of domestic and foreign banks, securities firms, MSBs, and other entities. She also developed and leads an AML Compliance Bootcamp for Digital Currencies, which has been attended by miners, exchangers, processors, software developers, ATM operators and bankers.
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Panelists
<IMG TITLE="Samantha Pelosi" ALT="" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/59911559/samanthapelosi.jpg" WIDTH="120">
Samantha J. Pelosi is a Senior Vice President of Payments and Innovation at <A HREF="https://www.baft.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bankers Association for Finance and Trade</A>.   She drives the association’s activities in payments, innovation, financial crime, and cybersecurity.   Samantha is an attorney with nearly 20 years of legal and regulatory experience in payments, compliance, and international business transactions.
Previously, Ms. Pelosi held several positions at <A HREF="https://www.federalreserve.gov/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System</A>. She was Manager of the Retail Payments Section and Senior Attorney of the Regulation Section.  Prior to the Fed, Ms. Pelosi was the Global Head of Compliance for Travelex Global Business Payments (now Western Union Business Solutions).
Ms. Pelosi also held the position of Senior Counsel at the <A HREF="https://www.fincen.gov/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)</A> of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and worked as an associate attorney at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster. Pelosi obtained her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and her bachelor of arts degree in political science, magna cum laude, from Duke University.
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<IMG TITLE="Jonathan Levin" ALT="" SRC="https://cdn.evbuc.com/eventlogos/59911559/jonathanlevin-1.jpg">
Jonathan Levin is a co-founder of <A HREF="https://www.chainalysis.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Chainalysis</A>, the leading provider of anti-money laundering solutions to Bitcoin companies, banks and government agencies. He was previously CEO at Coinometrics, where he lead a team of data scientists to measure the activity and health of the Bitcoin network. Jonathan was a postgraduate economist at the University of Oxford where his research focused on Virtual Currencies, creating one of the first statistical models of Bitcoin transaction fees. He consults regularly to governments, top tier banks and payment companies on the future of digital currencies.
Chainalysis is building the compliance layer for the future of value transfer. Providing investigation tools to identify the source of Bitcoin funds and counterparties, Chainalysis forms part of an effective AML program for Bitcoin businesses and Banks. They specialize on detection of suspicious activity and real-time analysis. They currently have customers among banks, fintech companies active in the bitcoin and blockchain space, the cyber intelligence community and government agencies.
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Tone Vays is a blockchain researcher at <A HREF="http://www.libertylifetrail.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LibertyLifeTrail</A> where you can find his latest research on Bitcoin, Blockchain, sound economics and privacy. Tone has been working on Wall Street for almost 10 years starting as a Risk Analyst at Bear Stearns and later becoming a VP at JP Morgan Chase in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.   His expertise is in Economic Trends, Trading and Risk Analysis. Ever since getting involved in the <A HREF="http://fortune.com/2013/12/24/beyond-bitcoin-inside-the-cryptocurrency-ecosystem/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Cryptcurrency ecosystem</A> in early 2013, he has been very active in spreading the relevance and importance of this technology as it helps promote economic freedom.
He was formerly Head of Research at <A HREF="http://bravenewcoin.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">BraveNewCoin</A> after previously writing about trading and economics at <A HREF="https://cointelegraph.com/" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CoinTelegraph.</A>  Tone holds a Masters Degree in Financial Engineering from Florida State University along with Bachelor Degrees in Mathematics and Geology.
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