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NEM Discussion Panel: President @ NEM and Ex-COO @ HSBC Private Bank

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NEM Discussion Panel: President @ NEM  and Ex-COO @ HSBC Private Bank

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Hello there!! We are super happy to announce our 2nd meetup. This time we will team up with Bartek Sanak & Przemek Szustak to deliver another amazing event!! Bartek & Przemek are deeply involved with NEM.io Foundation and it was their initiative to invite Lon Wong to Poland.

We encourage everyone to arrive 10-15 mins earlier to check the attendance list

AGENDA:

18:30 - Start & Introduction
18:40 - Bartłomiej Sanak - How to use NEM wallet? Multisig transactions shown in practice.
19:00 - Lon Wong & Enrique Melero - Discussion Panel :

-What is the difference between public and private blockchain?
-Why blockchain instead of centralized databases?
-How banks use blockchain technology?
-What stops blockchain from mass adoption? Is it the technology or regulation?
-What are the opportunities for developers and startups in the industry? Does blockchain have a chance for a mass adoption in the future?

20:00 - Q&A
20:30 - Networking, pizza & beer
21:00 - Destination: BAR

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Our AMAZING SPEAKERS:

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Lon Wong oversees the development and strategic growth of the NEM.io Foundation that was created for the promotion, adoption and support of the NEM blockchain technology around the world. This open source technology utilizes advanced cryptography to execute transactions that can be used by both private and public enterprises. NEM's native cryptocurrency, XEM, enjoys a wide circulation and trades on multiple exchanges with an overall market capitalization of over US$2.8 billion as at September 2017.

Lon has played an instrumental role in the design of the NEM blockchain technology and he has filed a patent on the utilization of the blockchain as a representation of fiat money. Prior to his involvement with NEM, Lon spent more than 30 years building and selling businesses that span engineering consultancy, software development, networks and ISP wireless broadband.

He previously served as the Vice-President of the Association of Consulting Engineers in Malaysia. Lon graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering honors degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia. As part of his impact investing activities, Lon funded the establishment of an autism centre in Malaysia.

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Enrique Melero has 25 years experience working on Finance in large corporations. He is Economist by the University of Madrid and Executive MBA by the Instituto de Empresa. While working for IBM, Nokia, Reuters and HSBC, he has participated in and managed large projects leading international teams in Switzerland, Germany, UK, Singapore and Finland.

In the early 90s he got together the team that undertook the translation of GNU/Linux programs to Spanish. Since then he is a frequent contributor to Open Software projects where he has gained big practical experience dealing with multicultural teams loosely commited to achieve a goal and has a profound desire to understand the dynamic mechanisms by which teams can work better together.

Enrique has been captivated recently by the beauty of the Blockchain technology and decentralized systems, subjects on which he speaks publicly very often.

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Bartłomiej Sanak is a cryptocurrency influencer and a public speaker. His main area of interest is NEM platform, technology behind blockchain, consensus algorithms and hardware wallets. He is a contributor to open source projects. He translated NEM wallet to polish language and is a tester for new modules and releases. In his youtube channel he addresses current topics and development of NEM platform.

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