Standardization In Blockchain

The folks from the BlockTEST organization right here in Boston will be presenting at this meetup. They will lead an interactive discussion and share their insights and tactics on "Standards in Blockchain." Our agenda will be:
-- Discussion of different Blockchain Protocols
-- Need and lack of standardization in blockchain
-- How BlockTEST is solving this problem
-- Short Demo of BlockTEST's Greenhouse
-- A case study

Speakers:
Jennifer Jiang. Jennifer is co-founder and CEO of Blocktest, and was director of Fintech/Blockchain center at Z-park Boston Innovation Center. Prior to joining MIT as a Sloan Fellow’17, she was the Global head of RMB solutions at J.P.Morgan, with more than 15 years’ executive experience in Investment banking at Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and JPMorgan and prior to that in asset management industry.

Jennifer currently sits on the Ecosystem and Advocacy Committee of ID2020, a global alliance committed to improving lives through digital identity. She is also the senior advisor at Harvard University CAM lab, and mentor at MIT Enterprise Forum.

Jennifer obtained M.Sc in Management of Technology (MOT) at MIT, MBA from McGill University, and bachelor in statistics from Renmin University of China. Her MIT Master thesis was on the consensus mechanism of blockchain. Jennifer is a frequent speaker at international blockchain, capital market and innovation conferences.

Prateek Adhikaree. Prateek is part of the engineering team as a Blockchain Engineer at BlockTEST. Prateek has a MS in Information Systems from Northeastern University where he implemented blockchain solutions with existing software systems. His goal is to leverage his expertise to build on the tools that BlockTEST provides to enable adoption of blockchain technology.