Swell by Ripple: Play by Play Analysis

Schedule
7:00am+ PRIVATE MEETINGS
11:30 LUNCH WITH RIPPLE
12:30 - 1:30 A CONVERSATION WITH DR. BEN BERNANKE

DR. BEN BERNANKE - Chairman, Federal Reserve System (2006-2014)

GENE SPERLING - National Economic Council Director and National Economic Advisor under Presidents Clinton and Obama (1996-2001, 2011-2014)

2:00 - 3:00 IF ONLY MY BANKS OFFERED...

In this no-holds-barred fireside chat, these corporate giants reveal how payments are evolving in their businesses and the services they’d like to see their banks offer.

JEFF JOHN ROBERTS - Tech Writer, Fortune Magazine, Moderator

KRISTEN MICHAUD - Managing Director, Treasury Operations, GE Capital

KAPIL MOKHAT - Global Director Payments Programs and Partnerships, Airbnb

PAUL SNAITH - Manager of Treasury Operations for Capital Markets and Banking and Payments, The World Bank

3:30 - 4:30 - FOLLOW THE FLOWS: STRIKE WHILE THE IRON’S HOT

As global commerce expands, payment flows change, presenting financial institutions new revenue opportunities. These RippleNet customers share global payment trends in their parts of the world.

DILIP RAO - Managing Director of APAC/MENA, Ripple
Moderator

ED METZGER - Head of Innovation, Banco Santander

TAKASHI OKITA - CEO, SBI Ripple Asia

DR. ARAK SUTIVONG - SEVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Siam Commercial Bank

5:00 - 6:00 THE REAL DEAL WITH DIGITAL ASSETS

Market leaders recognize digital assets can play a lynchpin role in global payments. From regulation to trends, this panel will address it all.

BRIAN PATRICK EHA -Author, How Money Got Free: Bitcoin and the Fight for the Future of Finance
Moderator

OLIVER T. BUSSMANN - Founder and Managing Partner, Bussmann Advisory

MARWAN FORZLEY - CEO and Co-Founder, Veem

PATRICK GRIFFIN - SVP of B

Day 2
7:00am+ PRIVATE MEETINGS
11:30 LUNCH WITH RIPPLE
12:30 - 1:30 A LOOK AHEAD INTO THE FUTURE OF TECH

Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Inventor of the World Wide Web) discusses how he conceived and developed the Web, and details what’s next on the horizon for the Web we know today.

2:00 - 2:45 UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH, UM, THE COMPETITION

New payments players have emerged and are giving banks a run for their money. During this session, we uncover the market opportunity and how these new players are getting traction.

KAUSIK RAJGOPAL - Managing Partner, McKinsey & Company, U.S. Western Region Moderator

SERGIO FOGEL- Co-Founder, dLocal

CORINNE MACMILLAN - CTO, Cambridge Global Payments
RAHUL PAI - COO, UAE Exchange

3:00 - 3:45 - FIRST MOVERS TELL ALL

This series of flash talks spotlight first-mover banks who discuss specific use cases, how they built a business case and key results from using Ripple.

MARCUS TREACHER - Global Head of Srategic Accounts, Ripple
Moderator

HIROFUMI AIHARA - General Manager, Digital Innovation, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

NOBUO ANDO - Representative Director, SBI Remit Co., Ltd.

RICHARD BELL - Blockchain Innovation Lead, Banco Santander

PAULA DA SILVA - Head of Transaction Services, SEB

DHARMESH DESAI - Group EVP, Yes Bank

4:00 - 5:00 FUTURE OF BLOCKCHAIN

Luminaries in blockchain address the elephant in the room: which blockchain technology will reign supreme? We bring the big guns to the stage for a live debate on the future of bitcoin and blockchain.

MICHAEL DEL CASTILLO - Journalist, Coindesk, Moderator

BRIAN BEHLENDORF - Executive Director, The Hyperledger Project

VITALIK BUTERIN- Founder, Ethereum

TOM JESSOP - President, Chain Inc.

STEFAN THOMAS - CTO, Ripple

5:00 - 10:00pm Refreshments & Social

Day 3

7:00am+ PRIVATE MEETINGS
11:30 LUNCH WITH RIPPLE
12:30 - 1:30 THE BLOCKCHAIN REVOLUTION: STATE OF THE WORLD ADDRESS

Don Tapscott gave the closing keynote at Sibos 2008, two days after Lehman Brothers fell, and identified a number of deep problems with the financial system. Nine years later, he'll deliver the closing keynote at Swell, laying out a set of solutions to transform this industry for the 21st century.

2:30 Swell Concludes

Kommentar:

First Update from conference:

Ripple Partners with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to create new interoperable system to bring the poor into the global economy.

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Ripple Conference Live-stream on soon. See it here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=llikxJiS...

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Live stream of Swell by Ripple will be available to view at 2pm EST.

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Ben Bernanke is currently speaking, just as the schedule indicates. However, live stream does not start until 2pm EST!

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Live Stream has begun!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_AVEQHn...

Kommentar:

Day 1 concludes and there is no news beside the partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation that came early in the morning. Most speakers spoke generally and did not hint at anything unexpected.

It is possibly that we might experience a trend where the price rises up into the morning expecting more news to come early and prior to the live-stream.
Another trend to look out for might be that steep drop at lunch.
Maybe the lunch was overcooked? Who know.

Kommentar:

So far nothing interesting coming out of the conference. Some speakers are even pessimistic about crypto altogether. Not ideal. It will take something big to recover from this.