Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank, will speak at the 2024 Wyoming
Blockchain Stampede.
“Growing Wyoming” is the theme of the seventh annual Wyoming Blockchain Stampede Sept. 16-20 at the University of Wyoming.
Presented by the UW Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI), the Stampede features top experts in innovative technologies; economic development; startups; fintech, quantum computing; bitcoin mining; digital literacy; regulation and law.
The week includes a meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology; the UW College of Business Career Fair, the Second Wyoming Computing Symposium: “Data Analytics and Computing Advances for Drone Applications (DACADA),” a meeting of Wyoming Stable Token Commission; and the Stampede eSports Meetup and Competition.
All events are free and open to the public except for the Wyoming Computing Symposium, which will require a registration fee. For more information on the Symposium, visit www.uwyo.edu/soc/news-events/events/wyoming-computing-symposium-2024.html.
Also, as part of the CBDI Bitcoin Mining Initiative, representatives of the Bitcoin Mining industry and energy sector will meet in the “Bitcoin Mining & Energy Summit” during the Stampede
Among featured speakers will be Charles Hoskinson, chief executive and founder of IOHK, one of the world's pre-eminent blockchain infrastructure research and engineering companies; Caitlin Long, CEO and founder, Custodia Bank, Cheyenne, Wyo., which specializes in digital asset payment and custody solutions for US businesses; Matt Fields, CEO of Cheyenne-based VMAccel, a global AI Infrastructure and Platform (AI-P) company; Anthony Apollo, Executive Director, Wyoming Stable Token Commission; UW President Ed Siedel; State Sen. Chris Rothfuss, co-chair, Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology; Julie Hill, dean, UW Law School; and Steve Lupien, director, CBDI.
“Thanks to the Wyoming Legislature and Gov. Mark Gordon, Wyoming has become a worldwide leader in laws laying the groundwork for creating and applying blockchain and other innovative technologies,” said Lupien. “The Wyoming Blockchain Stampede is not only a celebration of what has been accomplished, but a recognition of achievements at the University of Wyoming and innovators around the state. This year, the Stampede will examine how innovation and imagination is a catalyst for growing Wyoming.”
The title sponsor of the Stampede is IOHK. Other sponsors include Custodia Bank, Microsoft, and VMAccel.
Additional speakers, programming, activities, and agenda will be announced soon. For sponsorship and additional information, email blockchain@uwyo.edu. News media is welcome.
Please register at eventbrite.com/e/wyoming-blockchain-stampede-2024-tickets. While the event is free, pre-registration helps ensure that there will be enough staff, food, drink and other resources to support attendees.
The Stampede title sponsor is IOHK. Other sponsors include Custodia Bank, Microsoft, and VMAccel.
Tentative agenda: