Name: Power of Decentralization!
Start: 2017-02-06T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2017-02-06T21:00:00-05:00
Location: MaRS Discovery District Auditorium

Attend the leading Bitcoin & Blockchain event series in Canada and meet like-minded people in one of the most exciting industries in the world. The next event will be held at the MaRS auditorium on February 6th and is titled: 'Power of Decentralization'. Be sure to RSVP well in advance as we're expecting to sell out. We've got yet another amazing line up of speakers!

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AGENDA:

6:00pm (15 minutes):
Networking

6:15pm (5 minutes):
Brief Intro: Bitcoin & Blockchain
SUNNY RAY (http://www.sunny-ray.com), Unocoin (http://unocoin.com) Co-founder & President

6:20pm (10 minutes):
Cryptiv (https://cryptiv.com/): Enterprise Blockchain Wallet Systems
MAT CYBULA (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matcybula), Cryptiv CEO & Co-founder

Mat's talk will be about the various blockchains being used today and how companies must approach security in a world of blockchain.

6:30pm (10 minutes):
Ernst & Young (http://www.ey.com): Implications for Bitcoin & Blockchain
RAHUL RAINA, HBSc MBA MSc | Senior Consultant | IT Advisory | Financial Services Office | Performance Improvement | EY LLP

Rahul is a Senior Consultant focussed on disruptive technologies, including Big Data, and Blockchain at EY Canada. In his previous role, he served as the R&D Advisor for Rubix by Deloitte. He has also previously worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, IBM Canada, and Bell Canada.

Rahul holds HBSc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, MBA from the Schulich School of Business, and MSc in Computer Science from the University of Oxford. He is one of the few Canadians to pursue academic research at a graduate level on Cryptocurrencies from both business and technical perspectives at Schulich School of Business, and the University of Oxford, respectively.

Ultimately, the key question that Rahul is trying to answer for the past 5 years is the following: how do we increase the adoption of cryptocurrencies?

6:40pm (10 minutes):
BlockGeeks (http://blockgeeks.com/): Share & Grow Knowledge Around Blockchain Technology
AMEER ROSIC (http://www.ameerrosic.com/), Co-founder, Blockgeeks. A vast amount of knowledge that could be valuable to many people is currently only available to a few — either locked in people’s heads, or only accessible to select groups.

6:50pm (10 minutes):
RUBIX (http://rubixbydeloitte.com/): Blockchain Implementations - Method in the Madness ILIANA ORIS VALIENTE (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilianaorisvaliente), CPA, CA, CBP | Co-Founder, Rubix by Deloitte | Blockchain Strategist

7:00pm (30 minutes):
Power of Decentralization
TOUFI SALIBA (https://www.linkedin.com/in/touficsaliba), Co-authored fully-decentralized Blockchain protocol, cofounded ToDa Foundation, 6 blockchain companies, had 3 exits in the past, expecting 2 in near future. Loves algorithm, Cryptography, Decentralized Computing, Machine Learning, Game Theory and AI in general.

7:30pm (30 minutes):
Bitcoin’s price fluctuations: Bubbles & Facts
TONE VAYS (https://twitter.com/Tone_LLT?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor), Consultant/Researcher/Trader http://LibertyLifeTrail.com
Tone has been working on Wall Street for almost 10 years starting as a Risk Analyst at Bear Stearns and later becoming a VP at JP Morgan Chase in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. His expertise is in Economic Trends, Trading and Risk Analysis. Ever since getting involved in the Crypto Currency ecosystem in early 2013, he has been very active in spreading the relevance and importance of this technology as it helps promote economic freedom. He was formerly Head of Research at BraveNewCoin (http://bravenewcoin.com/authors/tone-vays/) after previously writing about trading and economics at CoinTelegraph (https://cointelegraph.com/authors/tone_vays). Tone maintains a personal website LibertyLifeTrail where you can find his latest research on Bitcoin, Blockchain, sound economics and privacy. Tone holds a Masters Degree in Financial Engineering from Florida State University along with Bachelor Degrees in Mathematics and Geology.

8:00pm (30 minutes):
Bitcoin Core Developer: Decentralized Consensus
PETER TODD (https://twitter.com/petertoddbtc), Applied Cryptography Consultant (what the cool kids call 'blockchain tech')
Learn about how he first got into bitcoin, if he thinks bitcoin is becoming too centralized, his thoughts on scalability and more.

8:30pm (30 minutes):
Networking

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Bitcoin, the first application of blockchain technology, is an innovative payment network and a new kind of money. It uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority or banks; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network. Bitcoin is open-source; its design is public, nobody owns or controls it and everyone can take part. Through many of its unique properties, Bitcoin allows exciting uses that could not be covered by any previous payment system.

Speaking & Sponsorship Opportunities:
If you're interested in learning more about sponsoring our events, please check out our sponsorship presentation (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ls5KiH_T6dWemUNU0dwmrhHvHKatAiVllhQiym_isJI/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=3000) and information package (http://sunny-ray.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/FinTechCanadaBlockchainTechEventsNovember20-3.pdf). If you're interested in speaking or sponsoring one of our blockchain events, please email sunny@unocoin.com.

- Team FinTech Canada

Sunny Ray

Ageesen Sri

Antoine De Vuyst

Kyle Kemper

Emma Todd

Caro Ray

Joseph Weinberg

Brian Phan

Jerry Qian

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