I am particularly excited about that first week of May in Toronto!
Aion and OmiseGO are Super Sponsors of EDCON May 3-5 in Toronto. Matt Spoke, Aion Founder, will be speaking at EDCON along with Vitalik Buterin and the many other huge names in blockchain (Ethereum particularly).
Matt is CEO of Nuco Global, a company based in Toronto focused on helping enterprise and government clients build blockchain infrastructure. Nuco's clients include TMX and the Ontario Government. Matt started his career at Deloitte and founded their blockchain team. He's also a Founding Steward of the Muskoka Group with Joe Lubin, and a Founding Board Member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. In the Canadian market, Matt has been appointed as Advisor to the Ontario Securities Commission and Ministry of Finance.
Aion is a not-for-profit project that aims to help bring scalability solutions to Ethereum and other blockchains via interoperability. They have partnerships with other blockchain projects (like Icon and Wanchain, Enigma, and SingularityNET) and major manufacturing companies like Moog. Their team includes nearly a dozen engineers and two TMX Group execs are advisors.
Aion hopes to launch its Main Net before mid-year, this year.
AionEX, an Aion-specific all-day conference on May 2 in Toronto, immediately precedes EDCON. AionEx will have speakers, platform demonstrations, and discussions with Aion's engineers (more details to be released soon). If you happen to be in town early, you should check it out!
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