Blockchain Changing the Course of Human History  

Blockchain Changing the Course of Human History

Date: November 5th 2019
Time:  19:00 – 21:00 (18:30 Reception)
Venue: 25/F Neich Tower, 128 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Event Summary

Blockchain.News will organize a public seminar, "Blockchain Changing the Course of Human History" as a sub-event of the Hong Kong Fintech Week.

How does blockchain change the course of human history? We examine the history of money issuance standard and the role of blockchain in empowering monetary and financial freedom, changing our social credit structure and much more. We also take a deep dive into the impact of Bitcoin and blockchain in the recent macroeconomic turmoil and the real-life use cases in the financial markets.

Hong Kong Fintech Week is presented by InvestHK, which is the government department of foreign direct investment in Hong Kong. Being Asia's most anticipated international financial technology event of the year, this event gathers over 10,000 executives, entrepreneurs, investors and regulators from Asia Pacific and worldwide. Join us to explore Asia's most innovative FinTech destinations - Hong Kong, the global financial center, and Shenzhen, China's Silicon Valley.

Tentative rundown

18:30 - 19:00          Reception

19:00 - 19:10          Opening Speech

19:10 - 19:25          Speech: Blockchain for Monetary and Financial Freedom by Blockchain.News

19:25 - 19:40          Speech: Trend and Scale of Global Blockchain Adoption by HKU

19:40 - 19:55         Speech: Blockchain Use Cases in Financial Markets by HKUST                    

20:10 - 20:30          Panel discussion & Q&A

20:30 - 21:00          Networking session

*Supporting party: PRchain.org