BlockTalk: Disrupting Industries | Finance, Healthcare, Real Estate

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Join Celsius Network (https://celsius.network/) at its third installment of BlockTalks: Disrupting Industries. Learn from experts in Finance, Real Estate, and Healthcare on how Blockchain will change the rules of business.

Celsius Network’s BlockTalks are sets of short “TED Talk”-style presentations culminating in expert panel discussions. Join us for a cocktail reception prior to the Talk and post Talk networking with other blockchain and cryptocurrency thinkers, doers, and leaders.

SPEAKERS

Alex Mashinksy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mashinsky/): Founder & CEO of Celsius Network

Florence Hudson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/florencehudson/): Blockchain in Healthcare Today Editorial Board

Mohammed Shaikh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/moalishaikh/): Director at ConsenSys, Cofounder of Pangea

PANEL MEMBERS

Alex Mashinsky (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mashinsky/): Founder & CEO of Celsius Network

Patrick Janson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickhjanson/): COO at ProDeal360

Duke Long (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dukelong/): Expert in Real Estate Technology

SCHEDULE

6:00 - Cocktail Reception with open bar

6:30 - Alex Mashinsky

6:50 - Florence Hudson

7:10 - Mohammed Shaikh

7:30 - Panel discussion

8:00 - Networking with open bar

9:00 - Event closes

SPEAKER BIOS

Alex Mashinsky, CEO & Founder of the Celsius Network

Alex is a serial entrepreneur and founder of seven New York City-based startups, raising more than $1 billion and exiting over $3 billion. Alex founded two of New York City's top 10 venture-backed exits since 2000: Arbinet, with a 2004 IPO that had a market capitalization of over $750 million and Transit Wireless, currently valued at $1.2 billion.

Over 35 patents have been issued to Alex, relating to exchanges, VOIP protocols, messaging and communication. In fact, Alex has a foundational patent on VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) technology dating back to 1994 and is now working on MOIP (Money Over Internet Protocol) technology.

Florence Hudson, Blockchain in Healthcare Today Editorial Board Member

Florence Hudson, former IBM Vice President and Internet2 Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Blockchain in Healthcare Today, and as Special Advisor to the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub for Next Generation Internet at Columbia University.

She works with academia, industry and government entities to accelerate scientific discovery and develop innovations for future uses of the Internet. Her focus areas include big data and analytics, healthcare and life sciences, the Internet of Things, end-to-end trust & security, and smart campuses & communities. Ms. Hudson is a graduate of Princeton University with a BS in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and attended executive education at Harvard Business School and Columbia University.

Mohammed Shaikh, Director at ConsenSys, Cofounder of Pangea

Mo joined Consensys from the Boston Consulting Group in their Private Equity practice, bringing experience in investments and strategy. At BCG, Mo advised on Energy IPO institutional investor strategy, M&A for the Middle East’s largest telecom and Sovereign Wealth Fund investment management. Prior to BCG, Mo worked for BlackRock, where he focused on real estate alternative assets and helped found the firm’s sustainability committee. Mo serves on the Advisory Board for the SS Venture Capital Fund, the Board for CUNY Hunter College, the Board of MUPPIES NYC and is a member of the Bushwick Community.

PANEL BIOS

Duke Long, Real Estate Technology Expert

Duke Long is a twenty plus year veteran of commercial real estate. He is the broker and owner of The Duke Long Agency and also Managing Partner of PUR Ventures. He has invested in, advised, and helped grow many of the latest technology companies focused on commercial real estate. He is an advisor and mentor for the NARReach and MetaProp Real Estate Technology Accelerators He has been asked by many well known companies and associations such as CBRE, JLL, Colliers International, The National Association of Realtors, The International Council of Shopping Centers and CoreNet among others to speak and present about the latest in Commercial Real Estate Technology. He attended Indiana University and is also a veteran of The United States Air Force.

Patrick Janson, COO at ProDeal360

Patrick Janson is the COO at ProDeal360, a software platform that helps lawyers, lenders, and title companies close deals quickly in a secure and scalable manner. Over the past 9 years, he has led the development of a variety of innovative applications in real estate tech such as crowdfunding platforms, underwriting automation tools, and loan origination systems. Patrick is an active leader and speaker in the real estate tech community and serves on the board of the Young Mortgage Bankers Association as the Technology Chair.

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Attendees must be at least 21 years old to attend, as this event includes an open bar and free dinner.