Blockchain Governance
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Featured Research: Governance of the Internet’s Second Era
A Multistakeholder Approach to the Stewardship of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, could soon give rise to a new era of the Internet even more disruptive and transformative than the current one. Blockchain’s ability to generate unprecedented opportunities to create and trade value in society will lead to a generational shift in the Internet’s evolution, from an Internet of Information to a new generation Internet of Value.
Further Research
The Remarkable Internet Governance Network – Part I
Understanding a Global Multi-Stakeholder Ecosystem
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“Blockchain will have profound implications for the operations of government, the nature of democracy and the modus operandi of every government agency.” – Don Tapscott
Based in Toronto – with worldwide membership – the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) is conducting the definitive investigation into blockchain strategies, market opportunities, and implementation challenges. A global team of dozens of experts will explore financial services, manufacturing, retail, energy and resources, technology/media, healthcare and government; as well as how this new technology changes the way we manage companies. Get access to private research in the blockchain space by joining this initiative.
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Upcoming Blockchain Governance Network Events
GSN Blockchain Governance Platform
Don Tapscott
Co-Founder and CEO
Alex Tapscott
Co-Founder
Blockchain Researchers
Tom Serres
Co-founder Animal Ventures; Host, Tech on Politics
Bettina Warburg
Co-founder Animal Ventures; Host, Tech on Politics
Oliver Bussmann
Former CIO, UBS
Michael Casey
Author, The Age of Cryptocurrency
Nolan Bauerle
Researcher, Writer and Author, Coindesk
Primavera de Filippi
TED Speaker; Founding Member, Coala Lex
Tony Scott
Former CIO, United States Federal Government
Michele Mosca
Co-Founder and Deputy Director, Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo
Stefan Hopf
Senior Consultant, The Nunatak Group
Dominique Guinard
IoT author, CTO and co-founder of EVRYTHNG and webofthings.org
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
MIT and Imperial College; VP Emeritus, IBM
Usman Sheikh
Partner & National Litigation Lead, Gowling WLG
Jeremy Epstein
CEO, Never Stop Marketing
Andy Spence
HR & Workforce Advisor; Founder, Glass Bead Consulting
Marcus O'Dair
Convenor, Blockchain for Creative Industries Research Cluster
Prema Shrikrishna
Research Assistant, MIT
Reshma Kamath
Juris Doctor, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Soumak Chaterjee
Senior Manager, Deloitte Canada
Tom Isaacson
Patent Attorney
Vineet Narula
MIT Sloan Fellow; Operations Executive
Andreas Park
Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Toronto; FinTech Researcher
Thomas A. Gardner
CTO, HP Federal; Former CTO, Jacobs
Alan Wunsche
CEO of TokenFunder Inc.;
Co-founder, Blockchain Canada
Henry Kim
Associate Professor of Decision Technologies & Blockchain Lab co-founder, York University
Bill Gillies
Author and Communications Consultant
Michael Scott
Blockchain Technology & Digital Economy Writer
Chloe Desmonet
Head of Sales & Marketing for MKS (Switzerland) AG
