Internet of Things (IoT): Tacos & Tequila style! Topic: Can Bitcoin Pay for IOT?

Can Bitcoin Pay for the Internet of Things (IoT)

We live in a world where privacy expectations are reaching all-time lows due to government snooping, commercial exploitation and criminals stealing or publishing every piece of data we provide to conduct our digital lives. Come and explore with us how the blockchain, one of the key enabling technologies of the crypto-currency “Bitcoin" can allow us to take back control of our privacy and autonomy and re-ignite the great twenty-first century engine of growth, the Internet of Things (IoT).

We're pleased to welcome our guest speakers for this engaging and informative event!

Moderator

Bill Bonney, Information Security Evangelist

Bill Bonney has been engaged in connecting and securing systems and networks for over 25 years. His current focus is working with colleagues and industry experts to improve the information security posture of companies, individuals and devices (things) through security initiatives in threat intelligence, targeted asset protection, information security education and awareness and behavior modification. Bill spent a decade with Intuit, the leader in personal and small business financial services, developing game-changing programs in identity management, cloud security and risk management. Bill received a BS in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from the State University of New York at Albany.

Panelists

Emory Roane; Juris Doctor Candidate, California Western School of Law

Emory will provide an introduction on Bitcoin to help set up the discussion

Emory Roane studied political science and history at Louisiana State University, where he was actively involved in the Student Media Department, at times working with printed news as well as helping to shape the university’s radio and web presence. Currently in his second year at California Western School of Law, Emory is studying internet and privacy law, and is a member of the Student Intellectual Property Law Association. In his free time, Emory is fascinated by all things nerdy, from crypto-currencies to virtual reality. Passionate about digital civil liberties, cyber security and emerging disruptive technologies, Emory hopes to play a role in the larger emerging national dialogue about the evolving relationship between law and technology in our society.

Justine Phillips; Special Counsel, SheppardMullin

Justine focuses her practice on cybersecurity, data privacy, employment litigation and counseling, and commercial litigation. Justine takes a holistic approach to assist clients on everyday issues related to electronically stored information including: cyber risk management and mitigation; eWorkforce policies; retention/destruction policies and protocols; information-security and data privacy; crisis management and forensic investigations for data breaches; electronic discovery; and social-media issues. She co-authors the California section of a 50 state survey on data privacy laws entitled "Survey of California Employment Privacy Law," MLRC Employment Survey, 2014. Justine also founded Women in eDiscovery San Diego chapter and frequently publishes and speaks on cyber-related issues.

Paul Puey; CEO & Co-Founder, Airbitz

Paul is CEO and Co-Founder of Airbitz, a company with a vision of delivering privacy and security of digital assets through ease of use and decentralization. Airbitz has won accolades including being one of the top 3 mobile apps for bitcoin in the 2014 Blockchain Awards, being voted the #1 Bitcoin Company by the World Crypto Network, and being voted in the 'Top 50 FinTech Companies to Watch' by AlwaysOn Inc.

As an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate of UC Berkeley, Paul possesses a wide range of technical skills from 3D visual engineering to development of custom web content management systems. He held lead engineering positions with Nvidia Corp and Chromatic Research. Paul now combines his lifelong technical and business experience to drive Airbitz to be the leading platform for security of bitcoin & other digital assets.

Paul Boulanger; CIPP/US, CISSP, CIPT, CCSK, SoCal Privacy Consultants

Paul is the Information Security Officer, responsible for technical security at Pathway Genomics Corporation. He is also vice president at SoCal Privacy Consultants. Previously, he was CTO/Co-Founder of Sea Networks, Inc., where he designed and implemented brand agnostic secure systems for organizations appropriate to their size, nature and complexity. Prior to that, he was Senior Systems Engineer at SEA/Nextleft, where he both developed curriculum and was instructor for several Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) classes for DoD personnel retraining at San Diego State University.

A big THANK YOU to our event sponsors SquarMilner, CyberUnited, WebPass and Proven!

About the IoT Meetup

We are moving toward a world of connected devices at an aggressive pace. Commonly referred to as the Internet of Things (IoT), it is the use of data by business, systems and people to make informed decisions in real time. LTE estimated 2B devices alone by year's end 2017. We are expected to reach 4% of connections by 2015 and 10% by the end of 2018. As we move steadily closer to connecting every person and device in the world, our economic future will depend even more on maintaining a unified global Internet.

As a result, the billions of interconnected intelligent devices will generate insurmountable amounts of data that will need to be secured. This reality will require companies of all shapes and sizes to work collaboratively to ensure efficiency and security.

We strongly believe this is a very important topic that will continue to grow and affect each industry through what we are calling convergence. Join us at the IoT Meetup to continue the discussion.

For questions or information about sponsorship opportunities please contact julia@cyberhivesandiego.org or call 858.943.9272.