The Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), together with Greater Omaha Chamber, will host a blockchain event focused on business solutions and the role of technology in the future economy across sectors on 05 May 2017.

The event, “New Kids on the Blockchain”, will be held at the Kaneko in Omaha, Nebraska, during the Annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting weekend.

Speakers include Paul Brody, Global Innovation Lead for EY; Sid Siefken, Global Solutions Agricultural Lead for IBM; Jonathan Johnson, President of Medici Ventures; Sandra Ro, Executive Director of Digitization for CME Group; Valery Vavilov, CEO of the Bitfury Group; Jeff Main, Senior AVP-IT Application Development at Union Pacific; Brian Poppe, VP of Innovation Strategy at Mutual of Omaha; Tomicah Tillemann, Founder of Brettonwoods II at New America; Dante Disparte, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Risk Cooperative; and Marco Floreani, Manager of Business Development for the Greater Omaha Chamber.

“Greater Omaha is at the center of commerce and trade — and our corporate citizens, working within the industries of financial services, data center solutions, cyber security, agriculture and logistics, pave the way for Greater Omaha to become an ideal strategic partner within the Blockchain community” says Marco Floreani, Manager of Business Development for the Greater Omaha Chamber. “Collaborating with the GBBC and hosting “New Kids on the Blockchain” during Berkshire Shareholders Weekend is the perfect opportunity to raise awareness about the myriad business solutions Blockchain offers and to jump start discussions about Blockchain and the future of finance.”

The GBBC was formally launched in January 2017 during the Annual World Economic Forum Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Since then, it has expanded its presence across the globe and has held three days of conferences in Beijing and Shanghai surrounding the opening of its China chapter this March.

“We are so honored to have the opportunity to bring the Global Blockchain Business Council to Nebraska during this critical Annual Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Meeting weekend and have a vibrant results and solutions focused discussion with the best and brightest across so many sectors about this transformational technology”, said Jamie Smith, President of the GBBC. “Providing a forum where business leaders can learn what Blockchain is and why they should care and how it can improve their business is exactly why we created the GBBC; and this is only the beginning.”