Global Impact, Promise & Perils of Blockchain
UMBC Professors Haibin Zhang (Computer Science and Electrical Engineering) and Karuna Joshi (Information Systems) will be panelists for an event focused on the impact, promise and perils of blockchain technologies at the bwtech@UMBC Research & Technology Park. The event will take place from 8:15 to 11:15am on Tuesday, March 20 2018 at and will include breakfast and time for networking. They will be joined on the panel by Marcus Edwards, from Northrop Grumman’s Cyber & Intelligence Mission Solutions, Steve Cook of Verizon Enterprise Solutions, Sean Manion of Science Distributed and moderator Razvan Miutescu of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP. For more information and tickets are available on eventbrite.
CyberInnovation Briefing: The Global Impact, Promise & Perils of Blockchain
8:15 – 11:15 Tuesday, March 20, 2018
bwtech@UMBC Research & Technology Park
5520 Research Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21228
Cryptocurrency market capitalizations have soared over the past year and new innovative blockchain applications are continuing to emerge seemingly by the day. However, the average end-user is left to singularly make sense of a vast and global marketplace that is rapidly converging the core tenets of economics and technology development. The future prospects of traditional business and financial models is uncertain as blockchain technology leaves key decision makers in an untenable position to either adopt and adapt or simply be left behind. Industry and academic experts in the field will discuss the pros and cons and opportunities and challenges of this disruptive technology movement.
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Posted: March 16, 2018, 8:34 AM