Fueling innovative software
July 15-18, 2019
Portland, OR

What will a blockchain world look like?

Alison McCauley (Unblocked Future)
11:00am–11:40am Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Blockchain beyond Cryptocurrencies
 Location: E143/144
Average rating: ***..
(3.91, 11 ratings)

Go beyond the blockchain noise and crypto hype to get a glimpse of what a blockchain future could actually look like. Join Alison McCauley to catapult above the nuts and bolts and take an aerial tour of the blockchain future that a growing army is building out right now. You’ll discover what thirst for change is driving the entrepreneurs using blockchains to build a new future, see which values and principles are getting baked into the technology, and examine how it could change us as the tech is adopted and integrated into our digital lives.

What you'll learn

  • See what the future of blockchain could look like
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Alison McCauley

Unblocked Future

Alison McCauley is the CEO and founder of Unblocked Future, a consultancy that helps companies communicate their leadership at the forefront of emerging tech. She’s a contributor to Forbes, where she writes about the impact of emerging technology on our world, and the author of Unblocked: How Blockchains Will Change Your Business. A social scientist by training, she’s spent her career studying the intersection of human behavior and emerging technology, with 20 years of consulting to technology-first startups and Fortune 500 companies across industries including healthcare, education, telecommunications, energy, retail, finance, hospitality, and manufacturing.