This event is fully booked (and oversubscribed) so please do not turn up at BCS London without a booking.  Thank you.

 

How can blockchain be best used for financial transactions?

  • What do blockchain and cryptocurrency mean for the future of payments, and for the world of banking?
  • What could Facebook’s Libra do to how payments are transacted?
  • What’s the potential likelihood of a global stable currency?
  • What might be next for digital currency, looking at how the free, instant micropayments that are now available with cryptocurrency could affect digital purchasing?

Come to this event to hear and discuss some real life, working use cases in the fast-evolving world of blockchain and cryptocurrency.

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Our expert presenters are:

 

ERICA STANFORD – Founder, Crypto Curry Club

Erica is an international speaker on blockchain, digital currency and emerging technology and is the founder of the Crypto Curry Club and CCC Events, the UK's no.1 rated blockchain, crypto and tech networking and educational events which take place in London, Bristol, Oxford and soon Cambridge.

Erica is particularly interested in how blockchain, crypto and tech can be used for sustainability - to hold companies accountable about their practices to force a reduction in waste.

 

ROB LEARNEY PhD MRCS - Lead Technologist, Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Tech, Digital Catapult

Rob is a qualified medical doctor with a life-long interest in biotechnology and entrepreneurship. At Imperial College London, he received the James Dyson Fellowship for a project of his own design, and co-founded the Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering (IC3RE) to explore the emerging phenomenon of blockchain technology.

 

His role at Digital Catapult now involves exploring ways of leveraging DLT for the benefit of the entire UK economy

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We are experiencing increasingly high numbers of people booking BCS London events - but, not showing up. Please, think twice before you book and cancel your place if you can no longer attend.  This leaves space for those who can genuinely attend and is important for health & safety at the venue, plus allows us to order accurate catering - and avoid food wastage.  Thank you.

 

This is a London North Branch 'Lean' event - there will be no food or drink available for delegates of this event.

 

Please note, duplicate delegate names will be deleted. For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.

 

FILMING: This event may be filmed and recording could be used for future publicity.

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This event is bought to you by London North Branch - visit www.nlondon.bcs.org

 Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and You - London North Branch
Date and time
Wednesday 9 October, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
Ground Floor, 25 Copthall Avenue
Moorgate
London
EC2R 7BP
Price
This event is sold out