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Friday, September 20
 

7:30am MDT

Registration and Breakfast
Friday September 20, 2019 7:30am - 8:15am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Sponsor - Food - Registration, Networking

8:15am MDT

Welcome by College of Engineering and Applied Science
Speakers
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Ruben Gamboa

University of Wyoming

Friday September 20, 2019 8:15am - 8:20am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

8:20am MDT

Conference Address
Speakers
avatar for Anantha Krishnan

Anantha Krishnan

CEO, Aicumen
CEO & Chief Ideator @ Aicumen Technologies Inc | Anantha has 20+ Years of International Leadership Experience in the areas of Business Transformation, digital technologies, and Marketing & Customer Strategy. A proven thought leader and expert in the area of Business Transformation... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2019 8:20am - 8:30am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

8:30am MDT

Keynote
Speakers
avatar for Jesse Powell

Jesse Powell

CEO, Kraken
Jesse Powell is the founder and CEO of numerous organizations, including Kraken. Powell was founder and CEO of Lewt, Inc., that delivered services for assisting players in online-based video games with account management and in-game currency, from 2001 to 2011. He also founded Internet... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2019 8:30am - 8:50am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

8:50am MDT

Kraken Challenge
Speakers
avatar for Jesse Powell

Jesse Powell

CEO, Kraken
Jesse Powell is the founder and CEO of numerous organizations, including Kraken. Powell was founder and CEO of Lewt, Inc., that delivered services for assisting players in online-based video games with account management and in-game currency, from 2001 to 2011. He also founded Internet... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2019 8:50am - 8:55am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Presentation

8:55am MDT

Keynote
Speakers
avatar for Charles Hoskinson

Friday September 20, 2019 8:55am - 9:30am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

9:30am MDT

DApps That Work
NFT's and other worlds.
Speakers
avatar for Theo Goodman

Theo Goodman

Elevated Games

Friday September 20, 2019 9:30am - 9:50am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Presentation

10:00am MDT

Secure Your Person
Speakers
avatar for Nick Percoco

Nick Percoco

CSO, Kraken
Nick is Kraken’s Chief Security Officer. He has more than 22 years of experience in information, physical and product security. Formerly the Chief Security Officer at Uptake, Vice President of Global Services at Rapid, and Senior Vice President & Founder of SpiderLabs, a Division... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2019 10:00am - 11:00am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Presentation

11:20am MDT

Elevated Games Challenge: Wild, Wild, Wyoming
Speakers
avatar for Jaron Ray Hinds

Jaron Ray Hinds

CEO, Elevated Games, Inc.
Full stack gamer. 👾 Pickleball champion. 🏓Powder chaser. 🏂 Yacht collector 🛥 #Shuwatch
avatar for Theo Goodman

Theo Goodman

Elevated Games

Friday September 20, 2019 11:20am - 11:50am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Workshop

1:00pm MDT

WyoHackathon Interoperability Challenge
A rousing debate about the benefits and draw backs for interoperability.
Speakers
avatar for Rich Kopcho

Rich Kopcho

Executive Producer, Wyoming Blockchain Stampede
avatar for David Esser

David Esser

Product Manager - Cardano, IOHK
avatar for David Gold

David Gold

Founder & CEO, Dapix Inc. and FIO Protocol
FIO Protocol David Gold is the mastermind leading a project called the FIO (Foundation for Interwallet Operability) Protocol. David is a former dot com entrepreneur and 11+ year tech/blockchain venture capitalist, who believes usability must be greatly improved for Satoshi’s vision of “purely... Read More →
avatar for Elliot Grossman

Elliot Grossman

CEO Retail, tZERO
Elliot Grossman is the CEO, Capital Markets at tZERO, overseeing the establishment and management of its planned retail broker-dealer affiliate's sales trading, electronic execution and portfolio execution for buy- and sell-side clients. Grossman is responsible for building tZERO's... Read More →
avatar for Ryan Taylor

Ryan Taylor

CEO, DASH
Ryan Taylor is the CEO of Dash Core Group. Dash is an innovative digital currency optimized for payments. Ryan is an expert in the payments industry, with over 15 years of experience in fintech. Prior to Dash, Ryan was an analyst covering the payments industry for a $20 billion hedge... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2019 1:00pm - 1:30pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Panel

1:40pm MDT

Sponsor Challenge Workshop: Aicumen's MoiBit Off-Chain Storage
Speakers
avatar for Peter Chmiel

Peter Chmiel

VP of Product, Aicumen Technologies
Peter is the Head of Product at Aicumen, a blockchain and AI firm that is empowering economic democracy and shared prosperity thru decentralized technology.  He leads the MoiBit initiative to deliver an enterprise ready, scalable, off-chain storage solution for blockchain developers... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2019 1:40pm - 2:10pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Workshop

2:20pm MDT

Green and Arcade Sponsor Challenge
Speakers
avatar for Stephen Miller
avatar for Brant Frank

Brant Frank

Arcade Blockchain

Friday September 20, 2019 2:20pm - 2:35pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072

3:00pm MDT

Sponsor Challenge Workshop: Arcade
Speakers
avatar for Wright Thurston

Friday September 20, 2019 3:00pm - 3:30pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Presentation

3:40pm MDT

Sponsor Challenge Workshop: Pocketful of Quarters
Speakers
avatar for Chris Cross

Chris Cross

Creative Director, Pocketful of Quarters
Chris Cross is a leading Creative Director in the games industry with over 25 years experience as a highly-respected creative director in both development and publishing. He is best known for his work as the Lead Designer of Medal of Honor(1999) at DreamWorks Interactive (later EALA... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2019 3:40pm - 4:10pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Presentation

4:15pm MDT

Your Winning Presentation
Presenting your Winning Challenge will use a consistent format that will assist the Judges compare solutions, and prepare you for launching your innovation into a business.   

Chris will layout the presentation format that will be used to compete in the Sandcastle Challenge.  The overall winner of the WyoHackathon will automatically get into the qualifier round for Sandcastle and an opportunity to compete for the grand prize.
Speakers
avatar for Chris J Snook

Chris J Snook

Chairman / Managing Director, Sandcastle Foundation / LODE

Friday September 20, 2019 4:15pm - 4:30pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Presentation

4:30pm MDT

DevCon Closing and Announcements
Friday September 20, 2019 4:30pm - 4:35pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Announcements

6:00pm MDT

Welcome to UW UW President Thebald Welcome Address
Speakers
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President Neil Theobald

President, University of Wyoming

Friday September 20, 2019 6:00pm - 6:10pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

6:10pm MDT

WyoHackathon Commencement
Chairman Long will open the WyoHackathon with some introductory Comments.

6:10 – 6:20pm Chairman Caitlin Long and Tyler Lindholm

Speakers
avatar for Caitlin Long

Caitlin Long

CEO, Avanti Financial Group, Inc.
Caitlin Long is a 22-year Wall Street veteran who has been active in bitcoin and blockchain since 2012. She has been leading the charge to make her native state of Wyoming an oasis for blockchain companies in the US, where she helped Wyoming enact 13 blockchain-enabling laws in 2018... Read More →
avatar for Tyler Lindholm

Tyler Lindholm

State Policy Director, U.S. Senator Cynythia Loomis

Friday September 20, 2019 6:10pm - 6:20pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

6:20pm MDT

Why we're doing this Hackathon - The World Needs More Cowboys!

6:20pm – 6:30pm Welcome by James Caldwell, College of Engineering and Applied Science Address: Why we are doing this Hackathon - The World Needs More Cowboys!

Speakers
avatar for James Caldwell

James Caldwell

Professor and Co-Director of IOG | Wyoming Advanced Blockchain Lab, University of Wyoming
James Caldwell is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Wyoming (UW) and is Co-director of the IOG / Wyoming Advanced Blockchain Research Lab (WABL).   Jim earned his PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University in 1998.  Prior to that he worked for ten years at... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2019 6:20pm - 6:30pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072

6:30pm MDT

Meet the Wyoming Blockchain Taskforce


Speakers
avatar for Tyler Lindholm

Tyler Lindholm

State Policy Director, U.S. Senator Cynythia Loomis

Friday September 20, 2019 6:30pm - 6:45pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Panel

6:55pm MDT

Working Together to Solve for X
Speakers
avatar for Charles Hoskinson

Friday September 20, 2019 6:55pm - 7:10pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

7:10pm MDT

Keynote: Interoperability and the Games People Play
The collision of blockchain technology and gaming holds great promise for the growth of both industries. Blockchains provide a useful tool for gamers for various reasons including decentralized asset exchanges, verifiable scarcity of virtual objects and collectibles, fast and secure transaction networks, and an ability for players and publishers to discover exciting new channels to monetize game play.

Interoperability occurs at many levels. In gaming, NFT's and inter-game items are long desired outcomes.

Games like Fortnite feature a closed item system, whereby items are non-transferable to other players and can never be sold. This creates a situation where the value of your digital goods are trapped inside that particular game’s economy.
Speakers
avatar for Michael McCarthy

Michael McCarthy

Game Director, Sandbox Games
Michael McCarthy is the founder of Sandbox Games and the creator of FarmVille and FarmVille 2.   He is a pioneer in the free to play gaming world and has build games that have drawn millions of users. This  led to one of the largest Gaming IPOs in Silicon Valley history of just... Read More →

Friday September 20, 2019 7:10pm - 7:45pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

7:45pm MDT

Sponsor Challenges and Judging
We will introduce all the Challenge Sponsors who will give a 2-min pitch on their challenge and cover the Judging methods.
8:00pm – 8:30pm Sponsors $175K+ Challenges Described in 2 minute pitches
Judging – Steve Lupien 13 Challenges
Aicumen Challenge – Peter Chmiel
Arcade Challenge – Wright Thurston
Best for Wyoming – Caitlin Long
Cardano – Bakyt Azimkanov
ConsenSys Challenge – Ejaaz Ahamadeen
ChainRider/Dash Challenge – Dragan Boscovic
D'CENT Challenge – Munair Simpson
Elevated Games Challenge – Jaron Hinds
Green – Stephen Miller
Kraken Arbitrage Profit – Max Kaplan
Kraken Data Everywhere – Alex Olp
Pocketful of Quarters - Chris Cross
Simba Chain Challenge – Tommy Cooksey
Wyohackathon Interoperability Challenge – Rich Kopcho
Speakers
avatar for Steve Lupien

Steve Lupien

Executive Director, Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation
avatar for Peter Chmiel

Peter Chmiel

VP of Product, Aicumen Technologies
Peter is the Head of Product at Aicumen, a blockchain and AI firm that is empowering economic democracy and shared prosperity thru decentralized technology.  He leads the MoiBit initiative to deliver an enterprise ready, scalable, off-chain storage solution for blockchain developers... Read More →
avatar for Wright Thurston
avatar for Caitlin Long

Caitlin Long

CEO, Avanti Financial Group, Inc.
Caitlin Long is a 22-year Wall Street veteran who has been active in bitcoin and blockchain since 2012. She has been leading the charge to make her native state of Wyoming an oasis for blockchain companies in the US, where she helped Wyoming enact 13 blockchain-enabling laws in 2018... Read More →
BA
avatar for Ejaaz Ahamadeen

Ejaaz Ahamadeen

Consensys
Ejaaz leads digital asset architecture design at ConsenSys. His role involves working with major industries to help them navigate DLT and blockchain by architecting networks and solutions that allow for unique digital value transfer within their business and surrounding ecosystem... Read More →
DB
avatar for Munair Simpson

Munair Simpson

IO Trust
Munair Simpson is the chief marketing officer of IoTrust, the creator of the D'CENT Biometic Wallet.
avatar for Jaron Ray Hinds

Jaron Ray Hinds

CEO, Elevated Games, Inc.
Full stack gamer. 👾 Pickleball champion. 🏓Powder chaser. 🏂 Yacht collector 🛥 #Shuwatch
avatar for Stephen Miller
avatar for Max Kaplan

Max Kaplan

Lead Software Engineer, Kraken
Max is a Software Engineer at Kraken, one of the largest digital asset exchanges in the world.
avatar for Alexander Olp
avatar for Chris Cross

Chris Cross

Creative Director, Pocketful of Quarters
Chris Cross is a leading Creative Director in the games industry with over 25 years experience as a highly-respected creative director in both development and publishing. He is best known for his work as the Lead Designer of Medal of Honor(1999) at DreamWorks Interactive (later EALA... Read More →
avatar for Tommy Cooksey

Tommy Cooksey

Architect, Trainer, SimbaChain
Master Trainer, Blockchain Developer, Architect. Over 20 years of IT training experience.
avatar for Rich Kopcho

Rich Kopcho

Executive Producer, Wyoming Blockchain Stampede

Friday September 20, 2019 7:45pm - 8:30pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Panel

8:30pm MDT

Teaming for the Win—Let the WyoHackathon Begin!
Team Formation and Rules and scheduling
Speakers
avatar for Rich Kopcho

Rich Kopcho

Executive Producer, Wyoming Blockchain Stampede
avatar for Tyler Lindholm

Tyler Lindholm

State Policy Director, U.S. Senator Cynythia Loomis

Friday September 20, 2019 8:30pm - 9:00pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Workshop
 
Saturday, September 21
 

7:30am MDT

Registration and Breakfast
Saturday September 21, 2019 7:30am - 8:15am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Sponsor - Food - Registration, Networking

8:15am MDT

Welcome By College of Business
Speakers
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Steve Farkas

University of Wyoming

Saturday September 21, 2019 8:15am - 8:20am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

8:20am MDT

Chairman's Address
Speakers
avatar for Caitlin Long

Caitlin Long

CEO, Avanti Financial Group, Inc.
Caitlin Long is a 22-year Wall Street veteran who has been active in bitcoin and blockchain since 2012. She has been leading the charge to make her native state of Wyoming an oasis for blockchain companies in the US, where she helped Wyoming enact 13 blockchain-enabling laws in 2018... Read More →

Saturday September 21, 2019 8:20am - 8:30am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

8:30am MDT

The Future of the Crypto Economy


Speakers
avatar for Steve Christie

Steve Christie

Head of Compliance, Kraken
Head of Compliance with 15+years of experience in the compliance/financial crime industry. Steve began working in the crypto industry in 2015, when he served as the Chief Compliance Officer at Xapo. Steve is CAMS certified.

Saturday September 21, 2019 8:30am - 8:55am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

8:55am MDT

Wyoming The US Crypto Haven, Why?
Speakers
avatar for Trace Mayer

Trace Mayer

BitCoin Knowledge PodCast

Saturday September 21, 2019 8:55am - 9:15am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

9:15am MDT

Blockchain Futures
Speakers
avatar for Charles Hoskinson

Saturday September 21, 2019 9:15am - 9:30am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

9:30am MDT

PoQ Landmark SEC Ruling
Moderators
avatar for Caitlin Long

Caitlin Long

CEO, Avanti Financial Group, Inc.
Caitlin Long is a 22-year Wall Street veteran who has been active in bitcoin and blockchain since 2012. She has been leading the charge to make her native state of Wyoming an oasis for blockchain companies in the US, where she helped Wyoming enact 13 blockchain-enabling laws in 2018... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Lewis Cohen

Lewis Cohen

DLx Law
Lewis Cohen is a co-founder of DLx Law, a new type of law firm for the new economy involving the use of blockchain and distributed ledger technology. Lewis has a particular focus on securitization and structured finance. He served on the Board and Executive Committee of the Structured... Read More →
avatar for George Weiksner

George Weiksner

CEO, Pocketful of Quarters
13 year old CEO of Pocketful of Quarters

Saturday September 21, 2019 9:30am - 9:50am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

9:50am MDT

Herding—Directions to Breakout Rooms
Speakers
avatar for Tyler Lindholm

Tyler Lindholm

State Policy Director, U.S. Senator Cynythia Loomis

Saturday September 21, 2019 9:50am - 9:55am MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Announcements

12:00pm MDT

Lunchtime
http://mentalfloss.com/article/552694/dinner-supper-what-is-the-difference
Saturday September 21, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072

3:00pm MDT

Digital Asset and Blockchain Trends
Speakers
avatar for Sandra Ro

Sandra Ro

CEO, GBBC
Sandra’s mission is to help those most vulnerable and financially excluded, by harnessing technology for social and economic good. She holds directorships on industry boards and companies including Global Digital Finance (GDF), BitGive Foundation, and SendFriend, as well as angel... Read More →

Saturday September 21, 2019 3:00pm - 3:25pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

3:25pm MDT

2020-2025 Crypto World View
Moderators
avatar for Peter McCormack

Peter McCormack

Host, What Bitcoin Did
Peter is a full-time journalist/podcaster/filmmaker covering topics such as Freedom, Human Rights, Censorship, and Bitcoin. Peter created and hosts the What Bitcoin Did Podcast, a twice-weekly show where he interviews experts in the world of Bitcoin development, privacy, investment... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Caitlin Long

Caitlin Long

CEO, Avanti Financial Group, Inc.
Caitlin Long is a 22-year Wall Street veteran who has been active in bitcoin and blockchain since 2012. She has been leading the charge to make her native state of Wyoming an oasis for blockchain companies in the US, where she helped Wyoming enact 13 blockchain-enabling laws in 2018... Read More →
avatar for Anthony Pompliano
avatar for Trace Mayer

Trace Mayer

BitCoin Knowledge PodCast

Saturday September 21, 2019 3:25pm - 3:50pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
  Keynote

3:50pm MDT

BizCon Closing and Announcements
Saturday September 21, 2019 3:50pm - 4:00pm MDT
EERB Atrium Engineering Education and Research Building, 1103 E. Lewis St., Laramie, WY 82072
 
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