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Christies Art+Tech Summit 2018

Art+Tech Summit: Exploring Blockchain —

Is the Art World Ready For Consensus?

London | 17 July 2018

Abstract:

Get to grips with the technology shaping the future of the art market with the Christie’s Art+Tech Summit. This annual one-day conference aims to spark innovation and collaboration across the industry, pinpointing a key technology trend each year to explore through inspiring talks, panel discussions and debates. Gathering together top thought leaders, innovators, companies and academics, each summit will offer a comprehensive vision of the impact of a new technology on the art world of today and beyond.

Our 2018 inaugural summit, co-curated with Christie’s Education and Vastari, will explore the potential applications of blockchain within the art market while giving an overarching view of its successes (and failures) in wider industries. With expert speakers from ConsenSys, Deloitte, Clifford Chance, Artsy, The Serpentine Galleries, The Financial Times, and many more, this year’s summit is an unparalleled opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation in the art world.

Topics:

Blockchain in Wider Industries
Blockchain – Legal Fact and Fiction
Is Blockchain the Holy Grail?
Why the Art World Wasn't Ready for Blockchain
The Blockchain Landscape in the Art World
Blockchain in the Art World – Digital Art
Blockchain in the Art World – Art Market
Blockchain in the Art World – Tokenisation and Securitisation
The Future is Art
Speculation and Previous Initiatives Issuing Shares in Art
Bleeding for Blockchain

Keynotes:

Consensus Algorithms, Distributed Ledgers and Bitcoin – What is Blockchain, Really?
Leanne Kemp, Everledger

The Blockchain Landscape in the Art World
Anne Bracegirdle, Christie’s

Speaker:

Elliot Safra, Christie's
Bernadine Bröcker Wieder, Vastari
Leanne Kemp, Everledger
Edward Robinson, Bloomberg
Nicolas Cary, Blockchain.com
Vanessa Grellet, ConsenSys
Richard Muirhead, Fabric Ventures
Anton Ruddenklau, KPMG
Jonathan Kewley, Clifford Chance
William Skannerup, VeridenKey
Jordan Fried, Hedera Hashgraph
Sebastien Genco, Deloitte
Anne Bracegirdle, Christie’s
Jason Bailey, artnome.com
Masha McConaghy, BigchainDB/Ocean Protocol
Matt Hall, Cryptopunks
John Zettler, The R.A.R.E. Network
Yehudit Mam, DADA.nyc
Daniel Doubrovkine, Artsy
Jason Bailey, artnome.com
Nanne Dekking, Artory
Ram Nadella, Paddle8
Jess Houlgrave, Codex Protocol
Frédéric de Senarclens, Art Market Guru
Marcelo Garcia Casil, Maecenas
Niccolò Filippo Veneri Savoia, Look Lateral
Marco Abele, TendSwiss
Kevin Abosch, Artist
Georgina Adam, Financial Times and The Art Newspaper
Richard Entrup, Christie’s
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine
Kati Price, Victoria & Albert Museum
Ed Vaizey, Former Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries

Source:

https://www.christies.com