Blockchain startup Ripple is going to host a conference focused on blockchain implementation and use cases in Toronto, from October 16, 2017 to Wednesday, October 18, 2017.

“Swell” will bring together experts from banking, payments, and technology backgrounds to discuss latest trends in the blockchain space, success stories of blockchain implementations and real-world blockchain use cases aimed to meet changing customer demands for global payments.

“Meet Swell by Ripple – featuring complementary programming to Sibos, an inside look into our industry perspective, and an opportunity for banks, their corporate customers and payment providers to meet in one place to advance the world of payments,” Ripple vice president of marketing Monica Long wrote in an online post.

“We’re excited for the opportunity to host our customers for productive discussions about how we can collectively build toward the Internet of Value, in which the world will be able to move money as easily as it moves information today.”

The program will feature keynote addresses from Chairman of the Federal Reserve System (2006-2014) Dr. Ben Bernanke and inventor of the World Wide Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Other confirmed speakers include:

Brad Garlinghouse, CEO, Ripple; Stefan Thomas, CTO, Ripple; Dilip Rao, Managing Director of APAC, Ripple; Kristen Michaud, Managing Director, Treasury Operations, GE Capital; Dr. Arak Sutivong, Head of Strategy, Siam Commercial Bank; Takashi Okita, CEO, SBI Ripple Asia; Nobuo Ando, Representative Director, SBI Remit Co., Ltd.; Ed Metzger, Head of Innovation, Banco Santander; Amit Sethi, President and CIO, Axis Bank; Rahul Pai, COO, UAE Exchange; Dharmesh Desai, Group EVP, Yes Bank; Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, The Hyperledger Project; Marwan Forzley, CEO and Co-Founder, Veem

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