Blockchain: The New Digital Trust

Thursday 12/14/17 Doors open: 5:45 pm Event: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Jennifer O’Rourke, Deputy Director, Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology, Illinois Department of Commerce; Kai Wu, Data Project Manager, Morningstar. Moderated by Phil Levy, Senior Fellow, Global Economy.

The currency of the future isn’t gold, dollars, or even bitcoin – it’s trust. As the number and nature of daily transactions increase due to digital connectivity and global trade, trusting who is on the other end of the interaction becomes paramount. A newish technology, the blockchain, is poised to create a shared single version of the truth of anything digital through a distributed ledger system based on the principals of simultaneous democratization and cryptography of digital information. Learn more about the blockchain, potential applications, and surprising industries set to be revolutionized by this disruptive technology.

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Jennifer O’Rourke

Deputy Director, Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology, Illinois Department of Commerce

Jennifer O’Rourke serves as the Illinois Blockchain Business Liaison, where she focuses on supporting distributed ledger technology development throughout the state of Illinois and also serves as the Deputy Director of the Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology at the Illinois Department of Commerce. O’Rourke previously served as a manager of global business development at CME Group and worked for Royal Bank of Scotland and Deutsche Bank based in London. O’Rourke received her BA from the University of Illinois and her MA from the University of London O’Rourke serves as a member of the board of directors in the FinTech Incubator: Currency and volunteers as a mentor to the Chicago Innovation Awards Women’s Co-op Group.

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