Past events

YCFI MTL – FinTech Series – When corporations issue their own digital assets

Oct 10, 2019
From 7:30 AM to 9 AM

Young Canadians in Finance Montréal is pleased to invite you to this breakfast conference on Blockchain & digital assets and hosted by Laurent Féral-Pierssens, leader of the Blockchain practice of Deloitte Canada.

Young Canadians in Finance Montréal is pleased to invite you to this breakfast conference on Blockchain & digital assets and hosted by Laurent Féral-Pierssens, leader of the Blockchain practice of Deloitte Canada.

Laurent is leader of the Blockchain practice of Deloitte Canada, focused on building alliances, partnerships and asset-based solutions.

With a unique combination of business, scientific and technical skills combined with 20 years of experience as a founder and CEO leading tech companies in Canada, the United States and Europe, Laurent has anchored himself as an early investor and advisor to the technology industry. He has been advising a wide range of traditional and financial services organizations faced with technology disruption. He has most recently been focusing on the blockchain industry and the crypto-economy since 2016.

Prior to joining Deloitte, Laurent co-founded and was CEO of four technology companies in Canada, Europe and the United States before joining the Management Consulting practice of KPMG then Deloitte's Consulting practice in Canada. Today, Laurent is one of Canada’s thought leaders on emerging technology. He is a regular speaker on the subject of fintech, blockchain, cryptoassets and artificial intelligence.

Laurent holds a joint major in Computer Sciences and Mathematics from McGill University. He is a member of the AMF's Technological Innovation Advisory Committee, advisor to the Blockchain Association of Canada, member of the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board of Finance Montreal and a member of the Information Technology Program Committee of McGill School of Continuing Education.

 
When: October 10, 2019, 7:30 to 9am

Where: The Deloitte Tower, 1190 av. des Canadiens-de-Montréal, 4th Floor, Montreal

Limit of 50 guests.

Free event for members, 25$ for non-members (breakfast and coffee will be available on site)
 


Breakfast conference schedule

7:30 to 8am : Breakfast and Networking

8 to 8:40am : Presentation by Laurent Féral-Pierssens

8:40 to 9am : Questions from the audience

9am : End of event