Speaking Engagements:
Digital Transformation, Open Banking, FinTech, LoanTech, Cyber Risk Quantification and Regulation, InsurTech, Blockchain, Future of Trust, Cryptocurrencies, Electronic Payments, Future of Transactions, Bitcoin and the Global Economy, Data Driven Innovation, Entrepreneurship, STEAM Careers and Hackathons
Highlights
- TED Just Solve It May 2015
- MIT Center for International Studies, Cambridge MA – April 2016
2020
- Unlocking Digital Potential, Hellenic Corp Assets & Participations S.A. and the MIT EF Greece – July 7, 2020
- Microsoft ExperimentAI, Keynote: Exponential Growth of AI – June 30, 2020
- Assessing and Strategizing your Roadmap to 4.0 Efficiencies, Amplo Global Webinar – June 26, 2020
- COVID19, Financial Technologies & SMEs – COVID19, Finansal Teknolojiler ve KOBİ’ler, Akbank’ın kurucu sponsoru olduğu Sabancı Üniversitesi Finans Mükemmeliyet Merkezi (Center of Excellence in Finance – CEF) – June 17, 2020
- Digital Transformation Panel moderated by Jan Mercer Dahms, VP of Development at Mayshad CHOICE and together with the talented fellow panelist Anita Brearton, Founder/CEO at CabinetM, Video Conference – April 30, 2020
- Blockchain Projects, Cryptocurrencies & Token Economy: A Supervisory Deep Dive: Moodys’ Analytics, Framework Development for European Regulators – March, April, May & June 2020
- Women Raising Capital, Experiences of Founders and Investors, Consulate General of Ireland, New York – February 19, 2020
2019
- FinTech, LendTech and Blockchain – Bank Executives, Regulators, the Central Bank, Institute of Banking Studies, Al-Madina Al-Munawara, Tla’ Al-Ali, Amman, Jordan – November 12-14, 2019
- Cyber Risk for Executives, CFA & Moodys Analytics, Beijing, China – November 8, 2019
- Cyber Insurance and Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Net Diligence, Cyber Risk Summit, Santa Monica, California – Oct 15-17, 2019
- Why do executives and board members need to understand cyber risk? IESE Business School, New York – September 17, 2019
- Blockchain & Women Tech Founders: Shape the Future! Fellow panelists: Nisa Amoils and Tongtong Gong. New York – July 17, 2019
- Digital Transformation in FinTech, Moodys Executive Education, San Francisco – May 20, 2019
- Cyber Risk Casualty Insights Conference ‘Blockchain for Blockheads‘, Advisen Casualty Insights Conference, New York – April 18, 2019
- Career Progression Panel (Moderator), Women in Quant Finance Americas Conference, WBS, New York – April 11, 2019
- Digital Transformation of Digital Assets in a Networked World and the Evolution of Cyber Risk and Regulation, Women in Quant Finance Americas Conference, WBS, New York – April 11, 2019
- Digital Transformation of Digital Assets in a Networked World and the Evolution of Cyber Risk and Regulation, CFA Society New York, 2nd Annual Digital Asset Conference – April 2, 2019
- Breaking Down Blockchain and Risk, PLUS Webinar (Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Insurance/Risk Education), Webinar – Wednesday, March 20, 2019
- Autonomous Vehicles: Ethics & Insurance, InsurTech Insights, Europe, London – March 19, 2019
- Keynote – Blockchain for Cyber Risk and Insurance Professionals: Why the Buzz? – Advisen, San Francisco – February 20, 2019
- Global Young Leaders Summit 2019 – The Ireland Funds, New York – January 25, 2019
2018
- INSEAD Blockchain Executive Education, Coursera Course – Transacting Blockchain, Interview Peter Zemsky, New York – December 14, 2019
- Qnary UNCAGED, How Disruptive Technology is Creating Opportunities in the World of Communications, New York – December 5, 2018
- Blockchain IP: Innovation and the Distributed Ledger Revolution, New York City Bar – November 29, 2018
- Bloomberg Alternative Investments, Yale Club, New York – November 27, 2018
- Blockchain and Insurance, University of Connecticut & University of Hartford – November 14, 2018
- CEMC East Coast Executive Roundtable, Yale Club, New York – November 14, 2018
- World Blockchain Forum, Token Economy, New York – November 8, 2018
- World Blockchain Forum, IoT, AI & Blockchain, New York – November 6, 2018
- 2018 Beryl Elites Alternative Investment Conference, New York – November 6, 2018 [photo]
- Moody’s Executive Education, Washington D.C. – November 5, 2018
- World Future Society, Blockchain, Webcast – October 25, 2018
- ConVerge2Xcelerate Healthcare – Columbia University, New York – October 24, 2018
- Battle of the Cryptos, Token Economy– University Club, New York – October 16, 2018
- Evolving Links Blockchain is Becoming a Business Reality, Madrid, Spain – October 9, 2018
- NetDiligence Cyber Insurance Conference, Santa Monica, California – October 1 – 3, 2018
- Insurtech Rising, Las Vegas, Nevada – October 3, 2018
- Profit & Loss, Chicago, Illinois – September 24 & 26, 2018 [video] [article]
- Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, Connecticut – September 20, 2018
- Moody’s Analytics Global Education, New York, New York – September 19, 2018
- IESE, Unlocking Blockchain: is it truly disruptive? Madrid, Spain – September 6, 2018
- ESADE, Unlocking Blockchain: is it truly disruptive? Barcelona, Spain – September 5, 2018
- New York Academy of Sciences, Global Stem Alliance, Blockchain Workshop, New York – July 25, 3018
- Turner Innovation, Fast Forward Forum: MediaLink, New York – July 25, 2018
- Cloud Union Building Customer Loyalty in a Data-Driven Economy, New York – July 18, 2018
- International Center of Excellence in Finance (CEF), in collaboration with Sabanci University, CEF, finans dünyasının geleceğine ışık tutacak, Istanbul, Turkey – June 26, 2018 [video]
- CyberRisk Summit, Keynote Women in Cyber Lunch and Blockchain & the Evolution of Decentralized Storage Panelist, Philadelphia – June 12-13, 2018
- Securitize Tokenization event, Consensus Blockchain Technology Summit, New York – May 16, 2018
- dig-in The Digital Future of Insurance, Austin, Texas – May 14-16, 2018
- InsurTech Rising US 2018, What is the State of Play with Blockchain, Boston – May 9-10, 2018
- CBOE Global Markets, Women in FX, New York – April 26, 2018
- Own Your Data: Blockchains After Cambridge Analytics, New York – April 19, 2018 [video]
- IvyFon Family Office Event: Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies, Winston Strawn, New York – April 17, 2018
- Bloomberg – Women in Finance, New York – April 12, 2018
- Oracle FinTech Conference, Istanbul, Turkey – April 10, 2018
- The Tech Kat Show, Blockchain and its Impact on Finance, with Cristina Dolan from iXledger – April 11, 2018
- Keynote at CryptoWorld, Wall Street and the Internet of Money, New York – March 2018
- Blocktales Podcast Interview
- PENTA Talks at Cryptoworld Conference on the Application of Blockchain
- Press Release
- Coinstelegram
- JLAB – Making it in NY, A little luck & a lot of grit, New York – March 15, 2018
- IESE Business School – Unlocking Blockchain, New York – March 14, 2018
- Battle of the Cryptos, The Token Economy, New York – March 13, 2018
- Blockchain: A Solution to Mischief and Poverty? Soho Loft Press Release – March 12, 2018
- MIT Women’s Unconference, Keynote Women’s International Day, Cambridge, Massachusetts – March 9 & 10, 2018
- ACG NY Lunch – Beyond Bitcoin, Will Blockchain Technology Disrupt Traditional Business Models? – Yale Club, New York – March 8, 2018
- VCs on Skis, Killington VT – March 2-3, 2018
- iXledger Company Intro
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Moderated Panel: Exploring the Current State of Cryptocurrency, ICOs and Blockchain Ecosystem (Panelists: Tom Garrambone (Co-founder, Tetras Capital) Johnny Dilley (Chief of System Architecture & Design, Crowd Machine) Rene Van Kesteren (Advisory Board, BlockFi)
- MIT Sloan New York, The Future of Cash [Sold Out], New York – February 28, 2018
- WP Global 2018 Annual Conference, Unlocking Blockchain: Is it Truly Disruptive, Scottsdale, Four Seasons, Scottsdale, Arizona – February 27, 2018
- Women Leaders in Blockchain, 32 Orchard Street, New York – February 23, 2018
- iXledger Meetup, Seoul, South Korea – January 2018
- CFA NY, FinTech Thought Leadership Group, Cryptocurrencies Money of the Future – January 16, 2018
2017
- MIT Enterprise Forum Greece Fintech Challenge 2017, Athens – November 2017 [Photos 1, 2, 3]
- Hellenic American Bankers Association (HABA), Understanding Bitcoin, Blockchain & ICOs: A Glimpse of the Future [SOLD OUT] – Wells Fargo, NYC – November 9, 2017
- The National Herald, November 12, 2018
- Digital Irish, How Blockchain Will Disrupt Your Industry, Barclays, NY – November 8, 2017
- TABB Group Fintech Festival, NYC – Nov 2, 2017
- UC Berkeley Haas School of Business & Financial Women of San Francisco, San Francisco CA – Nov 1, 2017
- Singularity University Conference, Warsaw Poland – October 25-27, 2017
- “Masters & Robots” Conference, Warsaw Poland – October 27, 2017
- Panel Moderator: Digital Transformation Process in Transportation (Arun Aggarwal, Young Hui Chia, Ramzi Ben Romdhane)
- Bloomberg BNA Digital Businesses: Being Secure in Decentralized Systems, Bloomberg, New York – October 12, 2017 [Photos]
- Profit & Loss Events – Forex Network Chicago 2017 – September 27 & 28, 2017
- Data, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain – FinTech
- FinTech versus Silicon Valley – Promise or Peril? (Moderator)
- TXF Trade Finance, Transformative Trade, Tech & Talent, New York- September 7, 2017 [Photo]
- MIT NYC Startup Showcase – Wilmer Hale, New York – August 8, 2017
- After the Bell: Guide for Investing in Blockchain, Cutting through the Hype, New York – June 27, 2017
- Battle of the Quants, Big Data 2017, Union Club, New York – June 22, 2017
- CEMC Council Innovation Summit 2017, Ritz-Carlton, Laguna, California – June 13, 2017
- Future Day in Turkey
- Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Future of Trust, Istanbul Turkey – March 1, 2017
- Event Summary Reals: Video 1, Video 2
- World Future Society, Future of Money & Trust, Washington D. C. – July 2017
2016
- IBM Blockchain Hackathon Judge, New York – October 2016
- Barclays Rise Serval Ventures – Bitcoin and the Global Economy, NY – May 2016
- MIT Center for International Studies, Cambridge MA – April 2016
STEM Speaking Engagements: The Value of Problem Solving Skills, Engineering and Computer Science Education, and Careers in Tech
- TED Just Solve It May 2015
- Dream it. Code it. Win it. – 2014, 2015, 2016
- NPR Pizza, Perseverance and Skills at a Major League Hackathon – March 19, 2014
- elab Pace – Share Economy & MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC – October 2014
- Women in STEM Panel – Cooper Union – July 31, 2015
- Jolie Harris Woodson, The Cooper Union’s Center for Career Development
- Minerva Tantoco, New York City’s first-ever chief technology officer
- Margaret Dohnalek, Pepsi Co
- Zlata Barshteyn, Google
- Bonnie John, Bloomberg
- Cristina Dolan, Dream it. Code it. Win it.
- Story Preservation, STEM, New Hampshire – November 2015
- CBI Event Empowerment and Career Growth Focus, Cross-Industry Women’s Empowerment Panel – March 2016
- Panelists: Liss Easy (Founder DrugDev) and Vera Rulon (Pfizer) , Moderated by Maggie Helmig (Ogilvy Healthworld)
- Yahoo! and C4Q – HACKFEMME – May 2017
- Keynote
- Overcoming Industry Challenges Panel (Moderator)
- WorkBench – Women’s Enterprise Playbook – July 25, 2017
- MIT Alumni Career Events: Sustaining a Career in Technology (Moderator) – September 21, 2017
- JLAB – Making it in NY, A little luck & a lot of grit, New York – March 15, 2018
- MIT Women’s Unconference, Keynote Women’s International Day, Cambridge, Massachusetts – March 9 & 10, 2018
MIT Enterprise Forum NYC Events: Blockchain, Smart Contracts, Cryptocurrencies, Trust::Data Events
- Blockchain: Institutional Adoption Revolutionizing the Financial Industry, NYC – November 20, 2019
- Jack Tatar – Editor, “Forbes’ Cryptoasset & Blockchain Advisor’ Newsletter, Managing Partner, Doyle Capital
- Todd McDonald – Co-FOunder, Head of Product and Marketing R3
- David Weild IV, Chairman & CEO Weild & Co, Father of the Jobs Act
- Robert Palatnick, Managing Director & Chief Technology Architect DTCC & Chair of Hyperledger
- Jeff Bandman, CEO BlockAgent and Former Regulator
- Donna Redel, Former Head of the Commodity Exchange, Prof at Fordham Law and Investor
- 2019: The Year of Security Tokens, Changing Landscape Seminar, NYC – November 13, 2018
- Jack Tatar – CoAuthor, Cryptoassets: The innovative Investor’s Guide to Bitcoin & Beyond [Moderator]
- Beth Kramer – Partner, Winston & Strawn
- Divya Agarwalla – SVP Head of Product, Circle
- John Peurifoy – Co-Founder, CEO, Floating Point Group
- Ned Myers – Head of Product & SVP AlphaPoint
- Fireside Chat: Cryptoassets with Chris Burniske and Jack Tatar, NYC – May 16, 2018
- Changing Landscape of Finance: Expert Panel on How ICOs, Tokens and Cryptocurrencies are Creating Business Opportunities, NYC – November 15, 2017
- Jack Tatar – Co-Author, Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor’s Guide to Bitcoin and Beyond. [Moderator]
- Jonathan J. Anastasia – Senior Managing Counsel, Digital Payments and Labs, Mastercard
- Mitchell Dong – Managing Director, Pythagoras Investment Management
- Beth Kramer – Partner, Winston and Strawn LLP
- Ryan Rugg – Head of North America, R3
- Kimberly Trautmann – Director, DRW Venture Capital (Cumberland)
- Blockchain Smart Contracts: Traditional Transactional Business, Press, NYC -November 16, 2016
- Andrew Lippman – MIT Media Lab moderated panel
- Todd McDonald – COO & Co-Founder, R3
- Kelly Mathieson – Product Manager, Digital Asset
- Robert Palatnick – MD & Chief Technology Architect, DTCC
- Pramode Achanta – Partner, Financial Services Blockchain Practice Lead, IBM
- Digital Trust in a Blockchain World, NYC – February 9, 2016 [Pictures]
- Michael Casey author & MIT Media Lab Adviser moderated panel
- Marco Santori – Cooley, formerly from Pillsbury Law
- George Prokop – PwC
- John Burnett – State Street
- Fredrik Voss – Nasdaq
- Roberta Kowalishin – PwC
- Trust::Data, NYC – March 23, 2017
- Michael Schrage – Research Fellow, MIT Sloan’s Center for Digital Business moderator
- Professor Sandy Pentland – MIT Media Lab
