K-BLOCK: Meet South Korea's Blockchain Leaders+THE Hottest Blockchain Startups 

In our first international partnership, Blockchain Investors Supergroup, Boston Blockchain Investors, Chain Reaction and Bitcoin Market Journal are proud to present an evening with blockchain leaders from South Korea, who will explain how they are building their country into a global blockchain hub.

As an international technology hub (think Samsung and LG), a top cryptocurrency market (Upbit and Bithumb are in the top 25 crypto exchanges worldwide), and with a friendly regulatory environment, South Korea is rapidly becoming a global blockchain hot spot.

Come for dinner, hear firsthand how our guests are building blockchain in Asia (and what they're building) and stay for pitches from four impressive Korean blockchain startups.

It will be our great pleasure to host this group of international blockchain leaders. We hope you'll join us for this one-night-only event!

Details below.

Panelists:
Alex G. Lee is CTO of South Korea's Elamachain, the world's first Hyperledger-based blockchain payment solution. Elamachain is developing cross-border payment services using blockchain and AI-enabled chatbots. Alex has a Ph.D. in physics from Johns
Hopkins University, a J.D. from the Suffolk University Law School, and attended the MIT Sloan School of Management Executive Program.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexgeunholee/

Chang Shin is CEO of South Korea's TaekwonBlock Inc., a startup establishing a global Taekwondo community platform. With a global market of 100 million practitioners, the project is working to make Taekwondo training easier by letting users record their training and progress using blockchain & AI technology.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/taekwonblock/

Thomas Yi is secretary-general of South Korea's Asia Blockchain Public Service Association, which promotes public sector projects in growing the Asian blockchain community (like our own Boston Blockchain Association). His career began in PR and communications at Hyundai and Ogilvy, and he now serves as CEO of REITS IMPACT, while also mentoring South Korean startups.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-yi-59633b166/

Eric Kwon is Vice President of the ABPSA. He is also CEO of ERmind, a startup specializing in virtualization-based solutions for cloud development. His experiences and expertise include telecommunications, IoT, AI, big data, and blockchain. He earned his B.E. degree in computer science from HoingIk University in S. Korea.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erickwonurl/

Pitching Companies

1. Elamachain Foundation(https://www.elamachain.io/), Alex Geunho Lee, CTO,
2. Jampick Inc. (https://www.jampick.co.kr/) Joung-Sok Oh, CEO & Founder
3. Coin Coffee Inc.(http://coincoffee.io/), Hak-Su Jeong, CEO
4. TaekwonBlock Inc. (http://www.taekwonblock.io/), Chang Shin, CEO

Schedule
6:00-6:30 Dinner and drinks (provided by Boston Kebab!)
6:30-6:45pm: Welcome and introductions
6:45-7:15pm: Startup presentations
7:15-7:45pm: Panel and Q&A
7:45-8:30pm: Networking
8:30 pm: Afterparty!

Event generously co-hosted by:

• Blockchain Investors Supergroup Meetup, which hosts monthly events for members to learn about new blockchain investing opportunities, share our knowledge and learn from one another

-Boston Blockchain Investors Meetup, which seeks to build the blockchain investor community in Boston through monthly meetups that allow current and new blockchain investors to learn more about the opportunities in the space.

-Bitcoin Market Journal, which offers Meetups free of charge, to help educate, inform, and entertain blockchain investors. Learn more at bitcoinmarketjournal.com.

-Chain Reaction, which infuses innovative early stage blockchain startups with fast funding, invaluable mentorship and unparalleled networking opportunities. Learn more at chainreactionboston.com.