Techstars Startup Week PHX 2018: Full Schedule

8:00am MST

Blockchain Day - Registration and Networking

Thursday February 22, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am MST
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8:50am MST

Blockchain Day - Opening Remarks by Blockchain Conference Team

Speakers

Jon Zifcak

Founder Institute

Thursday February 22, 2018 8:50am - 9:00am MST
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9:00am MST

Blockchain Day - Opening Dash Remarks: A Revolutionary Digital Money System, Meet Digital Cash

Ryan Taylor will introduce the audience to Dash, or Digital Cash, which is the leading e-commerce and payments-focused digital currency, and the rising alternative to bitcoin. With over 1000% year over year growth in both value and trading volume since 2015, Dash has been consistently ranked in the top ten digital currencies by market capitalization and only one of the few offering safe, decentralized financial solutions to real world problems.

Speakers

Ryan Taylor

CEO, Dash

Thursday February 22, 2018 9:00am - 9:30am MST
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9:30am MST

Blockchain Day - Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Regulatory Framework

Michael Hool discusses the judicial framework currently operating around Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs. These are used by companies or organizations to quickly raise funds for blockchain businesses by creating their own coin or token on the blockchain which provides the investor and entrepreneur a new vehicle for interaction.

Speakers

Michael Hool

Attorney, Hool Coury Law

Michael Hool, Founder of TminusSIX and Managing Partner, Hool Coury LawMichael Hool is an accomplished venture lawyer, active technology investor, and pioneer in wide variety of capital formation and entrepreneurship efforts. Mr. Hool is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hool... Read More →

Thursday February 22, 2018 9:30am - 10:00am MST
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10:00am MST

Blockchain Day - Blockchain in Action: Building Blox, Deep C, Real Estate Blockchain Association, TokenBlock

Building Blox: Blockchain in the Construction Industry.
Deep C: Digital ownership and digital rights management systems built on the blockchain.
Real Estate Blockchain Association: Advocating for Blockchain Technology use in Real Estate.
TokenBlock: Blockchain platform for enterprise-level data controls.

Speakers

Everett Carney

Deep C

Fred Von Graff

Founder, TokenBlock

Matthew Smith

Real Estate Blockchain Association

Connor Stephens

Building Blox

Thursday February 22, 2018 10:00am - 10:30am MST
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10:30am MST

Blockchain Day - Panel Blockchain Outside of FinTech: Kadima Ventures, Nexus Earth, and TokenIQ

Three exciting real-world examples of Blockchain in Action

Moderators

Stacy Wales

Speakers

Colin Cantrell

NEXUS Earth

Mark Vange

TokenIQ

Tim Wales

Co-Founder and CEO, Kadima Ventures

Tim Wales is an inspiring leader who leverages his passion and experience to propel others to success. Atrue visionary and exciting entrepreneur, Tim has a proven talent for technology ingenuity. Fueled by hisentrepreneurial spirit, as the CEO and Co-founder of his latest endeavor... Read More →

Scott Yentzer

Kadima Ventures

Thursday February 22, 2018 10:30am - 11:00am MST
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11:00am MST

Blockchain Day - Blockchain in Action: TitleChain, Zulloo, and CryptoBit Verified

Zulloo: Blockchain history, from Distributed Ledger Technology to test-bench for crypto economy.

TRG: Former US Army counterintelligence using counter espionage, threat and vulnerability assessments for Cryptocurrency Due Diligence.

TitleChain: The use of Blockchain in Real Estate Title transactions.

Speakers

Alexander Kolodin

TitleChain

Anton Polishko

CTO, Zulloo Inc.

Justin Recla

Co-founder & COO, Corporate Counterintelligence - CryptoBit Verified

Thursday February 22, 2018 11:00am - 11:30am MST
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11:30am MST

Blockchain Day - Tokenize the World, The Future of Value Creation

Speakers

Justin Wu

CoinCircle

Thursday February 22, 2018 11:30am - 12:00pm MST
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12:00pm MST

Blockchain Day - Lunch

Lunch included from local food trucks

Thursday February 22, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST
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1:00pm MST

Blockchain Day - Blockchain in Action: Swapchain, CryptoCrow, Influence Logic

Swapchain

CryptoCrow: Created Youtube channel which exploded to over 50,000 subscribers within 3 months discussing Cryptocurrencies.

Influence Logic: Is Blockchain eating the world?

Speakers

Jason Appleton

Crypto Crow

Jacob Carter

Swapchain

Steve Mesa

Influence Logic

Thursday February 22, 2018 1:00pm - 1:30pm MST
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1:30pm MST

Blockchain Day - Panel: Startups and Blockchain?

How startups can benefit from developing in blockchain technologies.

Moderators

Jon Zifcak

Founder Institute

Speakers

Maria Luna

Bravo - Featured on Shark Tank

Ken Ramirez

ALT36

Chris Snook

Launch Haus

Thursday February 22, 2018 1:30pm - 2:00pm MST
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2:00pm MST

Blockchain Day - Panel: Academic Perspective on Blockchain, Representatives from Arizona State University, University of Arizona, and Grand Canyon University

Moderators

Justin Baumann

Speakers

Dragan Boscovic

Professor

Avery Carter

Thursday February 22, 2018 2:00pm - 2:30pm MST
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2:30pm MST

Blockchain Day - Is the Music Industry Perfect for Blockchain?

Speakers

Erik Medelson

CEO/Co-Founder, RecordGram

Erik is the CEO of the 2017 TechCrunch Disrupt Cup winning app RecordGram Inc

Thursday February 22, 2018 2:30pm - 3:00pm MST
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3:00pm MST

Blockchain Day - Acronis, Blockchain Consultants, Digibuild

Acronis is a global leader in hybrid cloud data protection and storage. Acronis sets the standard with its backup, disaster recovery, and secure file sync and share solutions. Powered by the Acronis AnyData Engine and more than 100 patents

Speakers

Michael Noel

Blockchain Consultants

Rob Salvador

Digibuild

Rick Sanchez

Acronis

Thursday February 22, 2018 3:00pm - 3:15pm MST
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3:15pm MST

Blockchain Day - Arizona Showcase Companies: Sweetbridge, AssureVote, IDlink

Sweetbridge: Blockchain Alliance for a liquid supply chain.

AssureVote: Innovating democracy through secure and simple elections.

IDlink: Multi modal biometric identity management on Blockchain!

Speakers

Satish Kollay

IDlink

Scott Nelson

Sweetbridge

V (Stephen Viramontes)

Founder, AssureVote

Thursday February 22, 2018 3:15pm - 3:30pm MST
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3:30pm MST

Blockchain Day - Blockchain Advisor to Sir Richard Branson - Winning at the Game of Blockchain

Brian Nelson is the founder of ExTech Ventures, an organization focused on helping exponential technology entrepreneurs launch world changing products and services. He recently worked with BLOCKv to launch a successful ICO that raised $22M and is continuing to create value as the Community Director. Brian was one of 40 industry insiders to attend the 2015 Blockchain Summit with Richard Branson on Necker Island. His mission is to inspire, educate, and empower individuals to leverage emerging technologies to become exponentially more valuable to the world.

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