About this event

Thank you to our generous sponsors City fo Roseville and Greater Sacramento Economic Council.

Agenda

5:15 - Check in and registration

5:30 - 6:00 Networking with Beer/Wine and light appetizers

6:00 - Intro by Geoff Sakala, Owner Studio Workspaces

6:05 - Welcome by Scott Alvord, Roseville City Council

6:10 - Panel intro by Graham McBain, Moov.io

6:15 - 7:00 Panel Discussion

7:00 - Event end

7:00 - 7:30 Continued Networking (Optional)

Cryptocurrency and digital payments are fundamentally transforming the world of finance. The emergence and adoption of these new technologies will influence all aspects of society’s relationship to money. Yet, despite the broad and deep impacts to finance of these technologies, many lack.

Studio Workspaces in Roseville is an organizing this in-person event with a panel of fintech experts to educate attendees about how these new financial technologies are impacting how we earn, spend, and invest money.

Topics to be covered:

• Are crypto and fintech converging?
• Will banking embrace bitcoin?
• Does the Fed digital currency spell trouble for banks?
• Will there be a global stablecoin war?
• Is DeFi really innovative or just unregulated?

Attendees can expect to learn how cryptocurrency is impacting the way we earn, spend and invest. You will learn about leading cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, and dogecoin as well as digital wallets and exchanges.

We'll learn how banks are handling cryptocurrencies and the approach of the federal government to law enforcement. We’ll learn about stablecoins and DeFi and what impact they will have on global currency exchanges.

Finally, we’ll be discussing digital payments and how this is allowing new business models and fueling the fintech revolution.

Our Panel of Experts in Cryptocurrency and Digital Payments:

James Beckwith, President/CEO Five Star Bank

With nearly 30 years of experience, James Beckwith serves as President and Chief Executive Officer and is a member of our board of directors. Mr. Beckwith joined Five Star Bank in 2003.

James is deeply connected to the Sacramento community and has chaired several community-based organizations to include the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce, Valley Vision and KVIE (the local PBS affiliate). He is currently the Chair of the Western Bankers Association, a Private Sector Director with Greater Sacramento Economic Council, a board member of Crocker Art Museum and a member of the Sacramento State University College of Business Advisory Council.

James Beckwith previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at National Bank of the Redwoods in Santa Rosa, California. He graduated from San Francisco State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. He is also a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington where he was class president.

Recently, James Beckwith was recognized by the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce as the Businessman of the Year in 2020, and he was named among the Most Admired CEO's of 2020 by the Sacramento Business Journal.

Joseph Ciccolo, CAMS, AMLCA is Founder & President of BitAML

Joe is the Founder President of BitAML, a compliance advisory firm exclusively serving the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency market. Founded in 2015, BitAML has served hundreds of innovative clients including bitcoin ATM operators, cryptocurrency exchanges, traders and trading platforms, cryptocurrency hedge funds and lenders.

Joe is a frequent guest speaker at both cryptocurrency and compliance industry events, and conducts formal training for bank executives, compliance officers, and members of law enforcement. He also advises a growing number of traditional institutions that offer banking services to cryptocurrency customers.

Prior to launching BitAML, Joe was a founding member and architect of the BSA/AML compliance program of a top 100 US-based online financial institution. He also served as a project manager for a top 20 global bank, where he led several regulatory and AML audit remediation projects. Before entering the field of AML, Joe held leadership positions within various risk management disciplines, including vendor due diligence, fraud prevention, and corporate investigations.

Jesse Garcia: Co-Founder & CEO | Zipi

Jesse is a driven entrepreneur with proven results in the real estate industry. In 2008, at the onset of a national housing and financial crisis, Jesse burned the boats and walked away from a secure, steady paycheck career. After working as a top producing Realtor, team owner and Keller Williams office leader, Jesse saw a need for a better back office system.

He quickly took action by co-founding Zipi in 2017, a start-up company that delivers a modern, cloud-based real estate operating system that increases production and profit for brokers and agents. His strength lies in his ability to believe in himself and helping others to do the same, something he puts into practice as he coaches and consults professionals of all levels.

He’s had the privilege of speaking at real estate offices, mortgage brokerages and title companies across the country including Inman Connect, one of the largest real estate conferences in the nation and various podcasts. Jesse is also proud to be a husband and father to two beautiful children.

Our Moderator:

Graham McBain, Technical Community Manager at Moov.io

Graham McBain is an entrepreneur and community builder. Over the last five years he has been involved in the cryptocurrency sector as a founder, engineer and conference organizer. Graham's track record for being an early adopter of successful crypto platforms speaks to his ability to suss out signal from noise in this crowded space.

Grahams blockchain company LayerOne created two novel technologies, one was a smart contract which enabled the NFT minting and distribution of serialized NFT the other allowed for storing geospatial data onchain. This startup was acquired after having been bootstrapped with no outside investment.

Since that time Graham has consulted, hosted a conference and is now working at an open source banking infrastructure company Moov where they are bridging the gap between traditional payment rails and blockchain payment rails.