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SUMMARY:Blockchain Forum - Jan 24
DESCRIPTION:How is university blockchain research helping industry advance?\n\n\n\nSeats are limited.  Register early!\n\n\n\nSpeaker:    Duane Dimos\, PhD\, vice president of research\,  UT Arlington\n\n\n\nPanelists:   Kirk Ballou\, Founder\, Blocknerds.io \n\n                   Ram Dantu\, PhD\, director\, center for information and cyber security\, UNT\n\n                    Murat Kantarcioglou\, PhD\, director\, data security and privacy lab\,  UT Dallas     \n\n                     Venkatesh (Ven) Kumar\, CTO\, PepsiCo account\, IBM \n\n                     Scott Mairs\, partner\, Empulse Technology Group\n\n                     Ravi Prakash\, PhD\, professor\, computer science\, UT Dallas\n\n                                  \n\nModerator:    Cijoy Olickal\, CEO\, Plymouth.AI\n\n                        \nAs blockchain continues to develop and show promise to provide solutions and efficiencies in many areas of business practice\, there are still challenges that must be overcome for industry-wide adoptions. These challenges are being addressed by blockchain-focused platform providers and developers across the industry and university landscape.  Ultimately\, practice models will be developed and tested that will lead to trusted industry-unique adoptions.\n\n\n\nThis forum will:\n\n	show you examples of university blockchain research\n	help you understand how to engage with universities to remove roadblocks to implementation \n	provide a forum for your input to the challenges that you would like to see adressed\, and\n	share what universities are doing to prepare your blockchain workforce.\n\n\n\n   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDuane Dimos\, PhD   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRam Dantu\, PhD\n\n                       \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n  M. Kantarciaglou\, PhD\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRavi Prakash      \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenkatesh Kumar\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScott Mairs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCijoy Olickal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nThe Program will assume the audience has basic to medium understanding of DLT concepts. \n\nStill have questions about blockchain?  Checkout this quick visual guide by Thomson Reuters.\n\n\n\n\n\nPayment is necessary at the time of reservations. Due to catering requirements we must charge for reservations not canceled three days prior to the event.  Unclaimed reservations during the event will be relinquished at noon. Walk-in customers will be seated based on space availability.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em><strong style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 128)\; font-family: arial\; font-size: 18px\;">How is university blockchain research helping industry advance?</strong></em><br />\n<br />\nSeats are limited.&nbsp\; Register early!<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Speaker:</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<b>Duane Dimos\, PhD\, </b>vice president of research\,&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<strong>UT Arlington</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Panelists:</strong> &nbsp\; <strong>Kirk Ballou\, </strong>Founder\, <strong>Blocknerds.io&nbsp\;</strong><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\; <strong>Ram Dantu\, PhD\,</strong> director\, center for information and cyber security\, <strong>UNT</strong><br />\n&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<b>Murat Kantarcioglou\, PhD\, </b>director\, data security and privacy lab\,&nbsp\; <strong>UT Dallas </strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;<br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<strong>Venkatesh (Ven) Kumar\,</strong>&nbsp\;CTO\, PepsiCo account\,<strong>&nbsp\;IBM&nbsp\;</strong><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<strong>Scott Mairs\,&nbsp\;</strong>partner\,<strong>&nbsp\;Empulse Technology Group</strong><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\; <strong>Ravi Prakash\, PhD\, </strong>professor\, computer science\, <strong>UT Dallas</strong><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<b>&nbsp\;</b>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong>Moderator:</strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<b>Cijoy Olickal\, </b>CEO\,<b> Plymouth.AI</b><br />\n&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\nAs blockchain continues to develop and show promise to provide solutions and efficiencies in many areas of business practice\, there are still challenges that must be overcome for industry-wide adoptions. These challenges are being addressed by blockchain-focused platform providers and developers across the industry and university landscape.&nbsp\; Ultimately\, practice models will be developed and tested that will lead to trusted industry-unique adoptions.<br />\n<br />\nThis forum will:\n<ul>\n	<li>show you examples of university blockchain research</li>\n	<li>help you understand how to engage with universities to remove roadblocks to implementation&nbsp\;</li>\n	<li>provide a forum for your input to the challenges that you would like to see adressed\, and</li>\n	<li>share what universities are doing to prepare your blockchain workforce.</li>\n</ul>\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:10px\;">&nbsp\; &nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<strong><img alt="" height="125" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9090/Image/Speakers/Dimossquare.jpg" style="width: 125px\; height: 125px\; border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px\; float: left\;" width="125" /></strong></span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Duane Dimos\, PhD&nbsp\; &nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="170" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9090/Image/dantu.JPG" style="border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px 2px\; width: 126px\; height: 170px\; float: left\;" width="126" /><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nRam Dantu\, PhD<br />\n&nbsp\; </strong><span style="font-size:10px\;"><strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</strong></span><br />\n<img alt="" height="125" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9090/Image/Kantarcioglu_edited.jpg" style="border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px\; width: 125px\; height: 125px\; float: left\;" width="125" />\n<div>\n<div><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;&#8203\;M.&nbsp\;Kantarciaglou\, PhD</strong><br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="148" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9090/Image/Prakash_edited.jpg" style="font-weight: 700\; width: 125px\; height: 148px\; border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px 2px\; float: left\;" width="125" /><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Ravi Prakash</strong><strong>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;</strong><br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="125" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9090/Image/Speakers/venkumar.jpg" style="border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px 2px\; width: 125px\; height: 125px\; float: left\;" width="125" /><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<b>Venkatesh Kumar</b><br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="126" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9090/Image/Speakers/scottmairs2.jpg" style="border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px 2px\; width: 125px\; height: 126px\; font-weight: 700\; float: left\;" width="125" /></p>\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Scott Mairs</strong>\n\n<p><b style="background-color: transparent\; color: rgb(51\, 51\, 51)\; cursor: text\; font-family: sans-serif\,Arial\,Verdana\," trebuchet=""><img alt="" height="125" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9090/Image/Speakers/Olickal.jpg" style="width: 125px\; height: 125px\; border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 5px 2px\; float: left\;" width="125" /></b><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Cijoy Olickal</strong><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<div>\n<p><br />\n<span style="color:#B22222\;">The Program will assume the audience has basic to medium understanding of DLT concepts.&nbsp\;<br />\nStill have questions about blockchain?&nbsp\; Checkout this <a href="http://graphics.reuters.com/TECHNOLOGY-BLOCKCHAIN/010070P11GN/index.html">quick visual guide</a> by Thomson Reuters.</span></p>\n\n<p><br />\n<br />\nPayment is necessary at the time of reservations. Due to catering requirements we must charge for reservations not canceled three days prior to the event.&nbsp\; Unclaimed reservations during the event will be relinquished at noon. Walk-in customers will be seated based on space availability.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n
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