Money's Digital Makeover - Part 2 Wednesday, April 5, 2017

The buzz: “It is as if every dollar bill in your pocket has a list written on it of all the transactions it was involved in prior to reaching your hands. The blockchain ledger infrastructure has huge potential to simplify” (Ted Halpern, www.nasdaq.com 03/29/17). As the switch to digital money via blockchain technology turns central banks into dinosaurs, many people are skeptical about whether to trust the security and privacy of transactions en route to the blockchain. You don't want neighbor Joe to suddenly own your condo. How to separate the hype surrounding blockchain from its real benefits? The experts speak. Jeremy Epstein, Never Stop Marketing: “Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it” (Puck). Alon Kantor, Check Point: “Technology is anything that wasn’t around when you were born” (Alan Kay). Raimund Gross, SAP: “If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old” (Peter Drucker). Join us for Money’s Digital Makeover–Part 2.