​​​​​​ Woo hoo! It’s almost the weekend, which means we are just 10 days away from Consensus: Distributed, May 11-15, 2020. Since making the pivot to a virtual experience, planning and production has been nonstop to provide you with the Consensus experience you’ve grown to love (even if it’s from behind your computer screen). We’ve got some fun and exciting announcements to share with you. 

We’re pleased to welcome a few organizations partnering with us on producing content throughout the five-day event. They include:

The World Economic Forum
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Davis Wright Tremaine

A few of their sessions are below, but first...

From Cyber Security to Cyber Future

Hosted by Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
Wednesday May 13 | 9:00 AM ET
 

In this exclusive CoinDesk Consensus workshop, the Oxford team will discuss cyber and crypto, data privacy and cyber implications in the COVID era. Oxford Cyber Futures is a new online program from Saïd Business School that helps you understand cyber risk and cyber opportunity, and this workshop offered only at Consensus offers an exclusive sneak peek at this dynamic experience.

Presidio Principles
Hosted by World Economic Forum
Wednesday May 13 | 11:30 AM ET
 

Blockchain governance and adjacent ethical questions will be foundational issues of our age. How can we ensure the technology's benefits are most widespread? The WEF's Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution addresses this question with its “Presidio Principles,” aka Blockchain Bill of Rights.

Joining Forces on Token Standardization
Hosted by Hosted by IEEE
Thursday May 14 | 8:30 AM ET
 

This session brings perspectives from enterprises, startups, governments and open source projects on the current challenges faced by their efforts towards token standardization and market adoption.

Content: Decentralized
Hosted by Davis Wright Tremaine
Friday May 15 | 9:30 AM ET
  A viral explosion of memes, videos and stories drives global awareness of news and issues like never before. However, it comes with a price including filter bubbles, fake news and content manipulation. What role can distributed systems and artificial intelligence play in connecting us in more meaningful and positive ways?

 7,000+ of your peers have already registered to attend the most influential blockchain and crypto event of the year. What are you waiting for? Once you’re registered you’ll have access to schedule meetings to talk 1:1 with other attendees. Space is limited.

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