World Blockchain Forum Launches Mission in New York
to Build Greater
Understanding
and Consensus
NEW YORK CITY, USA -
October 2, 2018:
A reality-style television event, a hackathon,
a job
fair, and presentations and panel discussions
featuring leading innovators in the dynamic blockchain and cryptocurrency industry, are just
some of the highlights expected at the
4th World
Blockchain Forum (WBF)
that will take place in
New York, November 8-9, 2018.
“We are witnessing an unprecedented
digital migration of wealth onto blockchains of
various forms so we need to start working towards a
global blockchain industry consensus,
” WBF
Co-Founder Zhao Sheng said.
“And the best way to
achieve consensus is to gather all stakeholders
together within an ecosystem founded on consensus,
which is why we organise
the World Blockchain
Forum.”
Everyone is welcome to attend WBF. In particular,
WBF extends an invitation to anyone who is sceptical
about blockchain and cryptocurrencies to come along,
express their concerns, ask questions, and learn
more about the positive benefits of blockchain from
the movers, shakers, and beneficiaries of the
technology.
More than 2,500 people are expected to attend WBF
New York, including representatives of 150+
companies and 200+ speakers; experts are from
various areas, such as blockchain finance,
cryptocurrency, token economics, and consensus,
Ethereum apps, the EOS ecosystem, the future of
crypto, and AI trading.
WBF
is dedicated to bridging the Eastern and Western
worlds in an interactive setting. The conference
will discuss the current state and future prospects
of blockchain, including trends, opportunities,
challenges, regulations and their long-term
implications.
WBF
is expecting more than a million global impressions
from coverage of WBF New York, making it the
blockchain event of 2018.
WBF
is dedicated to bridging the Eastern and Western
worlds in an interactive setting. The conference
will discuss the current state and future prospects
of blockchain, including trends, opportunities,
challenges, regulations and their long-term
implications.
WBF
is expecting more than a million global impressions
from coverage of WBF New York, making it the
blockchain event of 2018.
Confirmed speakers
include
Celsius Network Founder & CEO Alex Mashinsky
(a pioneer of peer-to-peer decentralized borrowing &
lending platform),
Agentic Group Founder Rik Willard
(representing a federation of more than 50
blockchain and related companies on five
continents),
and Everipedia Founder Mahbod Moghadam
(who is putting human knowledge
on the blockchain).
These speakers and many more will bring their
powerful insights into blockchain technology and its
applications.
Investor sharks
sniff out new blood
WBF will work with television
producer SharkChain during the first day of the
Forum to produce a competition show onsite in which
a shortlist of innovative blockchain companies will
pitch their business proposals to a panel of
investors.
To
be named WBF · New York City Series, the
event will be broadcast on mainstream media
including NASDAQ, NETFLIX, HULU, WebRTC, OTT, SOCIAL
MEDIA NETWORKS, ROKU,
and APPLE TV.
“Great ideas stand up to pressure tests,” Mr Zhao
said. Representatives of promising projects will
pitch their ideas to experienced investors and
answer probing questions while getting invaluable
global media coverage and exposure.
This will be
compelling viewing for anyone interested in the
blockchain sector,
especially new investors and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Explore opportunities to join
the revolution
Popular Chinese
recruitment firm liepin.com is working with WBF to
host a job fair during the event to help attendees
learn about and connect with opportunities for
employment or professional collaboration.
Hacking the future
As part of
Blockchain Week 2018 (November 8-13), tech-oriented
not-for-profit IDEAS will work together with WBF to
host a global blockchain hackathon immediately after
the Forum on November 10-11.
IDEAS is the
largest tech non-profit and boasts the widest
developer community in North America with more than
200,000 members. The organization is active not only
in the blockchain industry but also in data science
and AI.
About the World Blockchain Forum
The World Blockchain Forum (WBF)
Corporation was registered in New York in 2017 and
its first WBF event took place March 26-27, 2018 in
London.
From the outset WBF positioned itself as the premier
event at the cutting edge of global distributed
ledger technology (DLT or “blockchain”), an
interconnecting platform for global blockchain
stakeholders, and a place where leading authorities
and innovators can
listen and be heard.
As
the blockchain sector’s leading event, WBF is able
to invite, inform, and influence leaders in
government, academia, media, and business who may
still view blockchain with scepticism.
Now
an established event, WBF has set out its primary
objectives as follows:
●
Influence the culture
and direction of the blockchain industry by bringing
all stakeholders together within a single trusted
DLT-enabled ecosystem
●
Become the premier
venue for investors to find new blockchain projects
●
Become investors’ most
trusted guide on worthy new projects
●
Become a reliable
source of news on the blockchain industry and
projects
●
Become the biggest
stage for the launch of new blockchain projects
●
Offer ICO services to
new blockchain projects
●
Offer investment
services for blockchain investors
●
Offer a meeting place
for developers, experts, advisors, professionals,
service providers, and prospective employees and
team members
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