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A core part of BlockchainWeekend NYC, BlockchainWeekend Summit New York is taking place on November 8th and is a must attend event for anyone interested in blockchain. Focused on Future tech, governance and decentralization, this summit will encompass amazing panels, keynote speakers and networking events. Supported by the City of New York (NYCEDC), BlockchainWeekend Summit brings together a growing list of speakers and panelists that include a veritable 'Who's Who' from New York City's tech ecosystem. These include leaders of Tech Forward NYC, and Ideanomics, a company with broad involvement in the blockchain space, as well as many other prominent technology companies spanning a diverse range of business verticals in New York City. Join on this fantastic event with a lineup of great speakers, panels, live showcase projects and learn what NYC’s vibrant tech community has to offer . Your ticket includes drinks (wine, beer, etc) and food, so grab a ticket and you are all set for this BlockchainWeekend extravaganza. More details about the BlockchainWeekend summit: https://blockchainweekend-summit.eventbrite.com Agenda: 4pm Networking 5pm Keynote 5:30-7:30 Panels 7:30pm-9pm Networking Speakers (More being added every day): Phil Kelly - BD Executive Director , Consensys ConsenSys is the world’s largest blockchain venture company, focused on the Ethereum platform, HQ'd in Brooklyn, and with over 1,000 professionals in 22 countries across the world. It offers capital, technology, and services for building distributed applications. ConsenSys currently incubates more than 50 ventures, building assets and infrastructure to serve many industry verticals. President of Chamber of Commerce, Mark Jaffe The mission of the Chamber is to improve the business climate and quality of living in the New York Metropolitan Area for businesses, workers, residents and visitors. It provides valuable services to over 30,000 business and civic leaders who represent the backbone of the Greater New York business community. Phil Kelly - BD Executive Director , Consensys PHD. Steven J. Shapiro Director, Center for Risk Management, New York Institute of Technology Co- Author, Cryptocurrency Uncovered. Professor of Finance at NYIT He was a senior economist at the New York Telephone Company and research analyst for the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division in the Economic Policy Office. Dr. Daniel Engelmen, Health Chain Dr. Engelman is the Medical Director of the Heart, Vascular and Critical Care Units at Baystate Medical Center. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at The University of Massachusetts-Baystate, and Tufts University School of Medicine. He started the Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery (ERAS® Cardiac) Collaborative to nationally standardize best practices. He is led a group of international experts to publish the first consensus guidelines for best practices in enhanced recovery following cardiac surgery. Dr. Lishan Aklog, Health Chain Dr. Aklog is an adult heart surgeon/entrepreneur and Chairman & CEO of PAVmed Inc. (Nasdaq: PAVM), a multi-product medical device company which he co-founded based in 2014 on a portfolio of five of his own inventions. He also serves as Executive Chairman of two privately held medical diagnostics subsidiaries he co-founded – Lucid Diagnostics Inc. and Solys Diagnostics Inc. as well as Chairman and co-founder of HealthChain Solutions Inc., a blockchain company developing novel healthcare supply chain solutions. He previously co-founded Pavilion Holdings Group LLC which created four medical device companies including venture-backed Vortex Medical which developed and commercialized his life- saving invention AngioVac® and was sold in 2012 to Angiodynamics (Nasdaq: ANGO). Whether you’re new to blockchain, or an expert, BlockchainWeekend Summit is a great chance to learn and get involved in the ever-growing blockchain community! RSVP >>> https://blockchainweekend-summit.eventbrite.com