Breakfast Club 03: Blockchain – The End of Banks?
Supported by PwC
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Hotel Böglerhof
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in englischer SpracheMany observers consider Blockchain to be the next big thing: a game changer that allows us to distribute trust on the basis of smart contracts and a peer-to-peer economy. Blockchain is faster, cheaper and more secure. But will it make banks and other trusted third parties obsolete?
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Elizabeth STARK
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Lightning Network; Founding Advisor, Comma.ai; Fellow, Coin Center, San Francisco
| 2008 | J.D. Harvard Law School |
| Visiting Fellow, Yale Information Society Project | |
| 2009-2011 | Lecturer, Computer Science Department, Yale University |
| 2010-2012 | Lecturer, Stanford Law School |
| 2012-2013 | Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Stanford StartX |
| 2014 | Fellow, Coin Center |
| 2015-2016 | Advisor, Blockstream |
| 2015 | Founding Advisor, Comma.ai |
| Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer, Lightning Network |
Mag. Klaus KUMPFMÜLLER
Executive Director, FMA - Austrian Financial Market Authority, Vienna
| 1989-1995 | University Studies, Business Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Johannes Kepler University Linz |
| 1994-1995 | Cabinet Staff Member, State Secretary and Parliamentary Staff Member, Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, Vienna |
| 1995-2002 | Key Account Manager, Institutional Customers, Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, Linz |
| 2002-2011 | Director, Key Account Services, Prokurist and Managing Director for several of the bank's holding companies, Oberösterreichische Landesbank AG, Linz |
| 2011-2013 | Managing Director, OeBFA - Austrian Federal Financing Agency, Vienna |
| since 2013 | Executive Director, FMA - Financial Market Authority, Vienna |
Dr. Jutta STEINER
Co-Founder, Ethcore, London
| 2001-2006 | Master of Science, Mathematics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn |
| 2007-2011 | Doctor of Science, Mathematics, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn |
| 2011 | Intern, Deutsche Post DHL Inhouse Consulting |
| 2011-2012 | Researcher, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex |
| 2013-2014 | Associate, McKinsey & Company |
| 2015 | Manager Security Audit and Integration, Ethereum, Berlin |
| Chief Operating Officer, Project Provenance, London | |
| since 2015 | Co-Founder, Grid Singularity |
| Chief Operating Officer, Ethcore, London |
MA, M.Sc. Martin MÜHLMANN
Technology Consultant, PwC, Vienna
| 2009-2012 | Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Management, Communication & IT, Management Center Innsbruck |
| 2011-2012 | International Business, Universitas Udayana |
| 2012-2014 | Master of Science (MSc), Management Information Systems, University of Nebraska at Omaha |
| Master of Arts (M.A.), Management, Communication & IT, Management Center Innsbruck | |
| 2012 | Internship, OMV |
| since 2014 | Technology Consultant, PwC, Vienna |
