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Ripple to Host Swell: The Future Is Here

Featuring Keynote Addresses From Chairman of the Federal Reserve System (2006-2014) Dr. Ben Bernanke and Inventor of the World Wide Web Sir Tim Berners-Lee

Monday, October 16, 2017 – Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Toronto, Ontario

WHAT: Swell by Ripple: The Future Is Here

Swell, hosted by Ripple, is attracting leaders from banking and blockchain who are committed to changing the way the world moves money today. The program brings together a roster of payments experts and industry luminaries to discuss trends, success stories of blockchain implementations and real-world blockchain use cases to meet changing customer demands for global payments.

ATTENDING SPEAKERS:

Keynote Speakers:

  • Dr. Ben Bernanke, Chairman, The Federal Reserve System (2006-2014) to be interviewed by Gene Sperling, National Economic Council Director and National Economic Advisor under Presidents Clinton and Obama (1996-2001, 2011-2014)
  • Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web

Confirmed Speakers (full agenda to follow):

  • Brad Garlinghouse, CEO, Ripple
  • Stefan Thomas, CTO, Ripple
  • Dilip Rao, Managing Director of APAC, Ripple
  • Kristen Michaud, Managing Director, Treasury Operations, GE Capital
  • Dr. Arak Sutivong, Head of Strategy, Siam Commercial Bank
  • Takashi Okita, CEO, SBI Ripple Asia
  • Nobuo Ando, Representative Director, SBI Remit Co., Ltd.
  • Ed Metzger, Head of Innovation, Banco Santander
  • Amit Sethi, President and CIO, Axis Bank
  • Rahul Pai, COO, UAE Exchange
  • Dharmesh Desai, Group EVP, Yes Bank
  • Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, The Hyperledger Project
  • Marwan Forzley, CEO and Co-Founder, Veem

WHEN: Monday, October 16, 2017 – Wednesday, October 18, 2017

WHERE: Airship37, 37 Parliament St, Toronto, ON M5A 2Y2, Canada

Additional Information:
swell.ripple.com

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