Quantum Computing, AI, Digital Assets Expert to Conclude UW Blockchain Stampede

One of the nation’s leading experts in quantum computing, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and digital assets is the concluding keynote speaker at the ninth annual Wyoming Blockchain Stampede Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the University of Wyoming.

Dan Conway, chair of the US Blockchain National Body and leader of the Global Business Blockchain Council standards mapping initiative, will discuss “The Four Blades of the Future: Blockchain, AI, Quantum, and 6G.” Conway is a teaching professor at the University of Arkansas and a visiting lecturer at UW.

The Wyoming Blockchain Stampede is presented by the UW Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation (CBDI) and features public sessions showcasing state, national and academic experts in blockchain and innovative technologies.

This year’s event will commemorate the late Steve Lupien, the CBDI’s Ada Lovelace Director, who died this summer following an illness.

Activities begin with a public meeting of the Wyoming Legislature’s Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Technology and Digital Innovation Technology Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 28-29, in the Wyoming Union at 13th and Ivinson streets in Laramie. Committee meetings begin at 8:30 a.m. each day in Room 212.