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Coindesk has partnered with the NYCEDC to bring you Blockchain Week NYC, a one-week series of events designed to showcase New York City as a rising hub for blockchain jobs. Through a series of blockchain events from May 11 - 17, "Blockchain Week New York City," anchored by headline event Consensus, will include an industry Hackathon and a first-ever Blockchain Job Fair, free to any member of the public.
"Consensus is more than just a conference. It's the largest and must-attend gathering of everyone involved in our rapidly growing ecosystem. We're proud to partner with companies that continue to innovate and actively work toward taking their projects live," -Kevin Worth, CEO of CoinDesk.
We're thrilled to announce the current lineup of Blockchain Week NYC to include the following industry events:
MAY 10TH, 2018WEYLIN
"We're honored to be a part of Blockchain Week NYC. The tone is set for the week by taking a big picture look at the future of finance. As we experience an explosion of tokenized assets and the emergence of a new global financial phenomenon, Fluidity Summit is gathering the greatest minds to discuss, debate and forge a path forward. We'll look at where we are going and what our responsibilities are as companies, leaders and individuals." Nicole Boyar, Fluidity
MAY 10TH, 2018
DCTV INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTS CENTER
"Finally, Blockchain Week and Creative Tech Week can intersect as the Blockchain expands to encompass art, music, and media with new kinds of artist tokenization, rare art collectibles, blockchain art projects and smart contracts. Come to CryptoCreative to experience deep dive discussion of how the Blockchain is impacting music, art, and media." - Isabel Draves, Founder of Creative Tech Week and Producer of CryptoCreative
MAY 10TH, 2018
DCTV INDEPENDENT MEDIA ARTS CENTER
"Finally, Blockchain Week and Creative Tech Week can intersect as the Blockchain expands to encompass art, music, and media with new kinds of artist tokenization, rare art collectibles, blockchain art projects and smart contracts. Come to CryptoCreative to experience deep dive discussion of how the Blockchain is impacting music, art, and media." - Isabel Draves, Founder of Creative Tech Week and Producer of CryptoCreative
MAY 12TH - 13TH, 2018 - MICROSOFT TECH CENTER MAY 14TH - 16TH, 2018 - NEW YORK HILTON MIDTOWN
"As we continue to enhance the attendee experience of Consensus and produce industry-leading content across our platform, the continued support of our attendees, sponsors, and partners has resulted in the largest global gathering of blockchain and crpto professionals, further elevating the industry as a whole." -Peter Bordes, Vice President, Events & Sales
MAY 13TH, 2018
WILLIAMSBURG HOTEL
"Diversity and inclusion continue to remain challenging in the blockchain industry and we must face it head-on. We are thrilled to be participating in Blockchain Week NYC and for the support of NYC EDC in our efforts to highlight and recognize the contributions and innovations of women across the blockchain industry globally in a full day collaborative conference on Mother's Day with all women speakers, a startup showcase, an awards ceremony, a job listing service, a tech program for children and networking with all proceeds to be donated to support girls and women in technology." -Alexandra Levin Kramer, Partner & Founding Chair, Blockchain Technology & Digital Currency, CKR Law LLP; Chief Diversity Officer, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance; Creator of Women on the Block
MAY 14TH, 2018
THE PLAZA HOTEL NEW YORK
"Blockchain week has become the ultimate gathering place for the people and companies that are building the next generation of internet infrastructure." - Jerry Brito, Executive Director of Coin Center
Token Summit III New York 2018
MAY 17TH, 2018"I'm delighted to be running the Token Summit as part of Blockchain Week New York in May 2018. The multiplicity of events and attendees converging that week on New York are a key confirmation that NYC has emerged as one of the most important centers for blockchain activity around the world." -William Mougayar, Founder/Producer of the Token Summit and author, The Business Blockchain
Blockchain Workshop Geared for Women
MAY 17TH-18TH, 2018"Blockchain Week represents a pinnacle in the global technology renaissance. CoinDesk in partnership with NYCEDC has aligned many of the world's authorities and their companies as part of a synergistic series of events which together will accelerate blockchain related job creation, education and innovation. Our blockchain workshop is designed to empower women from a wide variety of disciplines to become a part of this explosive movement." --Robert Schwentker, President, DLT Education
MAY 17TH-18TH, 2018
NYC SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE CENTER
"The biggest impediment and risk to our industry is the lack of quality developers that actually understand the underpinnings of this technology. Programming Blockchain is delighted to do the 2-day workshop for developers to learn this technology in New York City during this very important week." - Jimmy Song, Founder
New York Blockchain Alternative Capital Summit
MAY 17TH-18TH, 2018INDIA HOUSE CLUB
"As founders of the City Blockchain Alternative Capital Summit, we are honored to work with Coindesk and appreciate the platform that they have provided New York City. We are excited to be included in the First Blockchain week hosted by NYCEDC and Coindesk, May 11-18. We look forward to welcoming everyone to New York for a great week to learn Blockchain technology and get to involved in the innovation transforming our lives." -David Whiting & Paulson Ambookan, Founders
NYC Blockchain Tech & Invest Summit
MAY 18TH, 2018THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION
"We're very honored to be apart of the NYC Blockchain Week and to join in on the conversation for this transformative technology. For this to globally change the way we've been operating for the past decade and for the blockchain to be a true success, we must come together and work mutually, hand in hand, to leverage the blockchain technology and redefined our industries. We're very excited to spearhead and connect the Chinese and US blockchain communities to facilitate and foster the tremendous work that is being done in both communities and to bring that to the hub of NYC." - James Chen, CEO of Blockchain Center LLC
ADI cryptocurrency mining Summit
MAY 18TH, 2018NEW YORK HILTON MIDTOWN
"The ADI Crypto Mining Summit is going to be a great event. It will also be a fantastic opportunity for anyone to learn about crypto mining, how to mine securely, as well as how to set up a hobby mining system, and an industrial mining system. All of us at MMH Blockchain Group are thrilled that this conference is one of the featured events of New York Blockchain Week." Emma Todd, Founder and CEO of MMH Blockchain Group.