We mistakenly sent an email earlier this morning where our keynotes were misnamed. We apologize for this confusion. Please see below for the opening keynote to Consensus 2019.
The keynote panel will discuss the role of economics in developing effective distributed systems such as blockchain. Drawing upon examples from academic research and the blockchain industry, these leading thinkers in the field will outline the key areas of economic sciences that need to be applied for the industry to move towards wider adoption.
JOSHUA GANS
Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management and Chief Economist at Creative Destruction Lab.
DAVID YERMACK
Albert Fingerhut Professor of Finance and Business Transformation and Chairman of the Finance Department at the NYU Stern School of Business
OLIVER HART
Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics at Harvard University and recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences and Prysm Group Senior Advisor.
ERIC MASKIN Adams University Professor of Economics at Harvard University and recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
