On-line: Controllers Council -- Blockchain

When:  May 20, 2020 from 11:45 AM to 01:00 PM (PT)
Associated with  San Diego Chapter
Join us for a one-hour Controllers Council meeting on Blockchain Technology.  The 1920s were a time of extraordinary innovation. The commercialization of the automobile, airplane, and assembly line would transform the way citizens and society interacted and engaged in commerce. Now, a hundred years later, we are poised to experience something similar during the 2020s. A host of new technologies, including and perhaps especially blockchain, are moving out of the laboratory and into our lives — but not without a great deal of attendant effort and turmoil. Just as the breakthroughs of the 1920s eventually shaped a century of investment in physical infrastructure, from interstate highways to intercontinental air travel and global manufacturing, the standards, principles, and practices that take root during the 2020s could once again guide a century of investment in digital infrastructure. More importantly, the systems built on these standards will shape and structure our economies, societies, and governments. Some of the most obvious applications for blockchain technology are in financial services. By removing costly intermediaries, costs and complexity associated with financial transactions can be reduced dramatically.

 

Please join Chief Operating Officer of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) Mercina Tillemann to discuss blockchain and how it is revolutionizing payment and other systems worldwide.

About our speaker. Experienced in strategic planning and communications, Mercina Tillemann-Dick has spent her career translating complex ideas for broad audiences in the public and private sectors. Mercina has advised state and national governments and fortune 100 companies on issues surrounding technology and public health. She currently works with corporations and governments to identify relevant applications for blockchain technology and speaks regularly about the technology around the world –from the G20 Summit to the European Parliament to the U.N.’s Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Mercina has worked in the offices of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and for the Human Rights Commission of the U.S. Congress. While working with Janssen’s Global Public Health Group, she authored publications on emerging economic models aimed at achieving equitable distribution and pricing of pharmaceuticals worldwide and spearheaded multiple public information initiatives. She holds a degree in Bioethics, Political Science and Law from Yale University.

Agenda:
  • 11:45 - 12:00 Registration and technology time
  • 12:00 - Speaker starts
  • 1:00 - Adjourn
Attendees will receive  one CPE toward their CMA, CPA, CVA, CISA or other certifications.  RSVP's are required using the link below

Thank you to CBIZ for hosting this event!



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Location

Online Instructions:
Url: http://sandiego.imanet.org
Login: To be provided to registered attendees

Contact

David Villasenor

davillas@astoncarter.com