Global Engineering Futures and Cambridge Blockchain Society are jointly hosting a panel discussion inviting experts from the field to discuss pitfalls and chances blockchain technologies present for a transition into a sustainable future. With guest speakers from the Bank of England, Trinity College Dublin, OP Cyrpto and Cambridge Blockchain Society. The event is being led by our Global Engineering Network Europe Continental Team and open to all.
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Blockchain technologies have rapidly gained traction in the media within the past years and months. Particularly cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) attract young investors and early tech adopters. While the news often reports about blockchain investments as speculative and mining as energy hungry, the technology behind it was created with the vision to free individuals from the traditional financial system.
The panel speakers include:
Will Lovell
Will Lovell is Head of Future Technologies at Bank of England responsible for looking at how new technologies are influencing the financial system and how they can be exploited to meet the Bank’s mission. Will’s work involves work on distributed ledger, artificial intelligence as well as conventional technologies with a particular focus on payment and settlement platforms. Prior to this, Will was a software engineer for BBC World Services.
Lory Kehoe
Lory is an adjunct assistant professor in Technology Trends with Trinity College Dublin. Lory's experience includes being a managing director with blockchain technology product company ConsenSys, where he led ConsenSys Ireland, co-led global partnerships and was part of the global leadership team. Prior to ConsenSys, Lory was a Partner with Deloitte China and a Director with Deloitte Ireland where he founded, set up and ran Deloitte’s Europe Middle East and Africa blockchain lab. Prior to Deloitte, Lory worked as a management consultant with Accenture. He has over 14 years of consulting experience. Lory has led strategy and implementation projects for corporates and governments around the globe.
With IDA Ireland (Industrial Development Authority), Lory was the founding member of the Ireland national blockchain initiative ‘Blockchain Ireland’. This group includes over 150 entities made up of global enterprises, universities, government entities and start-ups. Lory is a Qualified Financial Adviser, registered stockbroker, scrum master and is currently (and has been for the past 12+ years) an adjunct assistant professor with the Business School in Trinity College Dublin.
Julie Sigles Robert
Julie is the Vice President and Sustainability Director of the Cambridge Blockchain Society. With an initial background in Telecommunications Engineering, she specialised in Social Innovation (at ESADE Business School) and Sustainability Leadership (at the University of Cambridge). For over 15 years she managed and delivered innovative programmes in a variety of sectors. Now she works as an independent consultant for global institutions designing tech-based strategies to enhance the ESG performance of multi-stakeholder initiatives.
David Gan
David is the Founder and General Partner at OP Crypto, a venture capital fund that invests in the most promising blockchain entrepreneurs. Prior to founding OP Crypto in 2021, David served as a senior executive at Huobi Global for three years. He was the Senior Investment Director of Huobi Capital, Managing Director of Huobi Labs and Director of Strategy within the CEO’s Office. David also has experience at top traditional firms including Qiming Venture Partners (Tier 1 $6bn AUM VC in China) and Morgan Stanley China (Investment Banking Division-M&A). David is also a serial entrepreneur (successfully exited event based social networking app) and was recognized for the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia award.
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