The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, in association with Lighthouse Partners and The Blockchain Conference, is going to hold the 2nd Annual Blockchain for Wall Street education day on Tuesday, November 14th at the New York Law School. Early-bird registration for the event is now open.

The theme for the 2017 event is “Distributed Ledger Directions and Realities for the Financial Markets.” This year, the event will recognize real blockchain production pilot projects through presentations from finalists competing in the Blockchain Reality in Financial Markets Challenge, which officially opened on July 1st.

“The reality focus of this year’s Blockchain for Wall Street, and the challenge, is important as Wall Street moves from limited proof-of-concepts and ‘demos’ to meaningful and production-quality pilots. As last year’s event demonstrated, bringing minds together to discuss directions and realities is vital if Wall Street firms are going to realize the benefits of blockchain technology,” said Pete Harris, Principal of Lighthouse Partners and Program Co-Chair of Blockchain for Wall Street.

Blockchain for Wall Street debuted in 2016, featuring contributions from representatives of ConsenSys, Credit Suisse, DTCC, the Hyperledger Project, IBM, IC3, Mizuho Securities, Synechron. According to the official release, the topics to be covered during the 2017 education day program include:

• Financial markets blockchain, distributed ledger and smart contract pilot experiences and lessons learned so far.
• Blockchain and distributed ledger performance, scalability, deployment and security challenges and solutions.
• Smart contract creation and deployment, with a focus on functionality, integration and security.
• Regulatory and legal considerations related to blockchain and smart contract deployment.
• Institutional interest, usage and attitude to cryptoassets.

“As the focal point of the WSBA’s educational outreach and member initiatives, Blockchain for Wall Street’s expert faculty and deep-dive sessions will once again provide true value to the financial markets community as it confronts real challenges in the adoption of this transformational technology”, said Ron Quaranta, Chairman of the WSBA.

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