Location
Conrad Hotel (NYC)
Description
Exponential Finance is an intensive two-day conference that brings together a select group of leading executives, investors, and entrepreneurs from around the globe to explore how exponential technologies are impacting business and our economy.
Artificial intelligence, digital currencies, robotics, nanotechnologies, crowdfunding, and computing systems–together we’ll explore how these and other technology forces are rapidly reshaping the way we do business.
Come explore and prepare for the many opportunities and impacts thrust on the world economy.
Biographies
Brian Forde has spent more than a decade at the nexus of technology, entrepreneurship, and public policy. He is currently the Director of Digital Currency at the MIT Media Lab where he leads efforts to mainstream digital currencies like Bitcoin through research, and incubation of high-impact applications of the emerging technology. Most recently he was the Senior Advisor for Mobile and Data Innovation at the White House where he spearheaded efforts to leverage emerging technologies to address the President's most critical national priorities. Prior to his work at the White House, Brian founded one of the largest phone companies in Nicaragua after serving as a business and technology volunteer in the Peace Corps. In recognition of his work, Brian was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.