How Blockchain will Transform the Future
with Joseph Lubin, co-Founder of Ethereum, in conversation with Mark Pesce
Mark Pesce hosts a fireside chat and Q&A with the Godfather of the smart contract, Joseph Lubin. Enabling the digital facilitation of credible transactions on the blockchain, smart contracts look to become the core of our economy, impacting our social, financial and educational systems.
Joseph has journeyed from cryptocurrency adopter and co-founder of smart contract network, Ethereum, to founding ConsenSys and becoming a leader in the future of the technology.
Agenda
5.30pm: Doors Open
6:00pm: Introduction from Margaret Maile Petty, UTS Executive Director, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
6:05pm: Fireside Chat with Jopseh Lubin & Mark Pesce
7.00pm: Q&A
This event is part of the Visiting Entrepreneur Program and Spark Festival, produced by the City of Sydney in collabortion with event partners UTS and ConsenSys.
About Joseph Lubin
Joseph Lubin is a co-founder of Ethereum and founder of ConsenSys, one of the largest and fastest-growing blockchain companies in the world. Prior to working on Ethereum, Lubin’s career focused on the intersection of cryptography, engineering, and finance, including his role as VP of Technology in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs. Since joining Ethereum and ConsenSys, Lubin has become a leader in blockchain and the future of technology.
ConsenSys' mission is to build technology that enables the world to build better systems for itself. By building decentralized architectures based on blockchain technology, ConsenSys is creating an ecosystem of Web3 infrastructure, open source protocols, core components, and decentralized applications (dApps) to foster an ecosystem of growth and widespread adoption of both public and private blockchains.
About Mark Pesce
Mark Pesce, UTS Adjunct Profesor, Futurist, host of The Next Billion Seconds — CRYPTONOMICS. Pesce was a judge on the ABC’s hit series The New Inventors, writes an award-winning column for the global tech publication The Register, has written six books and hosts two podcasts: This Week in Startups Australia - exploring tech startups; and The Next Billion Seconds - winner of the Best Technical and Scientific Podcast of 2018.
About Spark Festival
Spark Festival 2018, Australia’s largest event for startups, innovators and entrepreneurs is happening across all of NSW from October 19 to November 4. Whether you are getting started or going global, whether you are an entrepreneur, investor, inventor, innovator, student, executive or just plain curious: you will find your spark at Spark! See full Festival program.
This program is supported by funding from the Australian Government's program for entrepreneurs and its national innovation and science agenda.
You may be photographed or videod while attending this event: please approach the organiser if you have questions, concerns, or do not wish this to happen.
