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Back for a 3rd year, The State of Digital Money 2018, hosted by Cureativ, is Los Angeles’ premier professional event and conference focused on the conversation of the evolving trends and emerging technologies disrupting the global financial system and worldwide transactions.

This established event will address the trends shaping the digital money landscape in 2018. As Fintech adoption builds momentum, considerable shifts are being witnessed across the entire financial services landscape.

In addition to showcasing some of the most pioneering Fintech success stories, The State of Digital Money will explore future Fintech design, start-up opportunities, innovation and entrepreneurship.

Consumer banking continues to be the central driver in digital transformation with recent high profile Fintech partnerships hitting the headlines. Consumer banks are also the pioneers in adopting Blockchain technology and this trend looks set to increase in 2018. They are closely followed by payments companies with Blockchain investment looking set to double by 2020.

Asset and wealth management companies are increasingly investing in digitally-driven technologies across the Fintech spectrum to yield smarter decision-making by increasing end-to-end efficiency, improving the research process and enhancing analytical capabilities.

The State of Digital Money will deep-dive into the following topics:

• The evolution and adoption of Digital Money in major industries and opportunities for disruption
• The future of blockchain technology and use cases in multiple sectors
• Payments innovation for merchants, consumers, and in remittances
• Assessment of the viability of cryptocurrencies for practical uses
• Future financing models, alternative lending, and hot new trends like ICOS
• Regulations and compliance issues and future trends in regtech
• In-depth look into AI and machine learning and how it is disrupting finance, wealth management, and other industries
• How companies are cultivating and implementing data for a competitive advantage
• Assessment of cybersecurity risks and the viability of various protection strategies through AI, blockchain or biometrics
  

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Confirmed Speakers and Panelists:

Keynote - Beyond the Hype: An Insider’s Look at Banking, Blockchain, Bitcoin and the New Age of Digital Currencies

• Jesse Lund, Vice President | IBM Blockchain

The Role of Fintech in Accelerating Digital Banking Transformation

• Siri Srinivas, Analyst | Draper Associations
• Mike Kane, Co-founder | Hydrogen & Hedgeable
• Scott Robinson, VP & Founder | Plug & Play Fintech
• Richard Levin, Chair of Fintech and Regulation Practice | Polsinelli PC

The Evolution of Blockchain

• Steve Beauregard, Chief Revenue Officer | Bloq
• Alyse Killeen, Managing Partner | StillMark
• Pavel Kravchenko, Founder | Distributed Lab
• Gideon Samid, CTO | Bitmint
• Ellis Odynn, Chief AI Officer, Digital Finance Institute

The Growth in Innovative Payment Platforms

• Kim Miller-Anderson, Los Angeles Community Partner | Fintech Connector
• Klas Bäck, General Manager International & Payment Strategy | Braintree a Paypal Service
• Jim Kresge, Head of Digital Commerce Engineering | Capital One
• Eric Brown, President | Aliant Payment Systems
• Rajesh Shakkarwar, President & CEO | Verient

ICOs - The New Blockchain Trend to Transform Business? What you Need to Know

• Amilcar Chavarria, CEO | LiquidTokens
• Michael Hughes, Senior Director – Equity Crowdfunding & Token Sales | Indiegogo
• Milan Koch, Managing Partner | alphablock
• Patrick Baron, President | Ambisafe Financial
  
• Brian Tubergen, Founder | Coinlist

Emerging Problems in AI and Blockchain as a Solution

• Rob May, CEO | Botchain

Blockchain and Smart Contracts as a Part of Esports and Gaming Ecosystems

• Andrey Cherednychenko, Marketing Director, DreamTeam.GG

Regtech Deep Dive – An Eighteen Month Forecast of the Regulatory and Compliance Landscape

• Joshua Klayman, Founding Chair & Co-Chair, Blockchain | Morrison & Foerster LLP
• Vinny Lingham, Co-Founder & CEO | Civic
• Justin Newton, CEO | Netki
• Josh Boehm, Associate | Perkins Coie
• Gregory Mocek, Partner | Allen & Overy

AI Deep Dive – Assessing the Top AI Trends

• Ahmad Raza Khan, Sr. Solutions Architect | Amazon Web Services
• Jeffrey Tarrant, Chairman and Founder | MOV37
• Dan Gailey, CEO / Founder | Synapse
• Sid Sharma, Head of Innovation & Engagements | Hydrogen
• Jon Vlachogiannis, CEO | AgentRisk

The Current State of Cryptocurrency

• Rob Mitchell, Podcast Host | The Bitcoin Game
• John Mercurio, Deputy Global Chief Communications Officer | Bitfury
• Danny Aranda, Managing Director | Ripple
• Ryan Singer, Co-Founder & President | Chia Network
• Joe DiPasquale, CEO & Co-Founder | BitBull Capital

Financial Inclusion – Fintech’s Global Impact on the Unbanked and Underbanked

• Kim Miller-Anderson, Los Angeles Community Partner | Fintech Connector
• Arjan Shütte, Founder and Managing Partner | Core Innovation Capital
• Robert Greenfield, CTO | ConsenSys Social Impact
• Ian Garrett, Head of Underwriting | Tala
• Heidi Pease, CoFounder | Los Angeles Blockchain