Money Talk$!
2022-02-22 12:30 - 2022-02-23 15:30 (America/New_York)
The National FinTech Center at Morgan State University is pleased to welcome Morgan Alumna Sherifah Munis, Founder and Executive Director of the New Wave Foundation for this exciting event.

Newwave Foundation & Skysthelimit presents the second in our Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurial series, Money Talk$!

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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/money-talks-financial-entrepreneurship-empowerment-webinar-tickets-260312841717?aff=NWFEmail

About this event

NWF & Skysthelimit is thrilled to bring you another power-packed virtual event that will empower and uplift attendees through a series of interactive conversations focused on Financial Literacy & Entrepreneurship. In honor of Black History Month, we hope to educate and equip our audience through storytelling, strategic advice, and life-affirming guidance to inspire action in order to ensure financial security for themselves and the next generation.
Join us for a 2-day series on February 22nd & 23rd, as we hear from Co-founder & Vice Chairman of BlockChain.com, Nicolas Cary, and YouTube Celebrity Host of “The Table”, National Best Selling Author & Speaker, Anthony O’Neal, and a host of other notable financial experts and entrepreneurs.
Get your notebook and mind ready for some priceless tips and takeaways that you don’t want to miss. We can’t wait to see you there!

Nicolas Cary is a serial entrepreneur and lifelong technologist, co-founding Blockchain.com and Skysthelimit. Before getting into the start-up space, Cary taught English and conducted poverty reduction assessments in rural India. In 2013, Blockchain.com started as the first Bitcoin blockchain explorer and soon created a cryptocurrency wallet. It then began operating as a cryptocurrency exchange, now accounting for one-third of all bitcoin network transactions.
Anthony O’Neal is a #1 national bestselling author who has helped over 250,000 people set out on a path towards a debt-free life with his chart-topping book Debt-Free Degree. He’s reached over 15 million people in 15 different countries through his podcast “The Table” where he always keeps it real, relevant, and relatable. Apart from teaching others how to obtain mental, spiritual, and financial freedom, Anthony’s mission is to help singles maximize their single season with both intention and grace.

The Kevin Hawkins Endowed Lectureship
2022-03-29 11:15 - 12:30
Join Morgan State University and Marc Morial, the President and CEO of the National Urban League on March 29, 2022 at 11:15 am.
Topic: Entrepreneurship in the Black Community in the Age of George Floyd and COVID: Prospects for the Future.
Join via Zoom- https://bit.ly/3K9lluF

Build Your Own NFT with Hyperledger Fabric
2022-03-31 11:00 - 14:00
Build Your Own NFT with Hyperledger Fabric
Time:

Thursday, March 24 from 11 AM to 1 PM Eastern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyEegXLrNr4

Thursday, March 31 from 11 AM to 2 PM Eastern

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGXOM3KxDyw

For more information…

Careers in DeFi
2022-04-07 12:00 - 13:00
Panel Recording
Meet the Panel:
Moderator – Nate Rose
Nathaniel Rose is Senior Software Engineer at Ripple on the Data Platform Team, and co-lead of the Black at Ripple Employee Resource Group community. He is a former ex-Microsoft engineer and Neurotechnology Researcher who focused on gaze selection and brain-machine interfaces. Nathaniel advocates for education equity – having directed a National Society of Black Engineers Chapter for over 5 years and Co-Founding the Bay Area Chapter to aid students with STEM skills giving them the edge to pursue future life endeavors.

Panel:
Arielle Williams:
Arielle Williams is a University Recruiter, based in the SF Bay Area. She’s very passionate about diversity, equity & inclusion, and connecting talented students with great opportunities. Arielle has worked in talent acquisition for the past 5 years and university recruiting is very exciting to her because she gets to help build the next generation of future leaders!
Jared Vallair:
Jared received his undergrad degree from Tufts University in MA, also attending and completing Harvard’s Graduate School of Design summer program for Architecture during his education in Boston. He then attended California College of the Arts in San Francisco, receiving his Master of Architecture. During his study he also engaged in various design and build-related roles. Currently, he is the Senior Global Workplace Designer for Ripple, where he leads the design, project management and construction for all office builds. He has collectively and collaboratively established the designs for offices in San Francisco, New York, London & Singapore.
Oscar Merrida:
Oscar Merrida IV is a technology professional originally from Berkeley California. He completed his undergraduate degree in business at Howard University. After a brief period in the hospitality industry, Oscar knew he needed to try something new. He started his physical security technology career and obtained his masters degree at the George Washington University. Oscar is driven by solving business challenges with technology.
Oscar’s first introduction to blockchain technology came during his master’s degree. He and his classmates studied how the technology could have alternative uses to improve record management. Years later when the opportunity to work at Ripple became a reality it made sense to join the company. Oscar gets a first hand seat to blockchain technology and the crypto market as a Security Systems Administrator for the Global Security team. In his role he helps secure the facilities and people he works with on a daily basis.
Mark Scott:
Mark is an Information Technology professional with over 20 years of experience in data management. Throughout the years he has been fortunate to have had multiple roles ranging from Developer, Engineer, Analyst to Trusted Advisor that give him a unique perspective on enterprise information management and architecture. This experience has made Mark a trusted advisor for his clients and a thought leader in the field. His wide breadth of experience allows him to educate both technology and business leaders on how to get the best value from their most coveted asset – data. Lastly, he is spearheading efforts in his local community of Brooklyn NY to introduce cryptocurrencies, system engineering, data management, and data analysis training to the underserved workforce in the form of courses in a continuing education format.

The Path to the Metaverse
2022-07-28 12:00 - 13:00
The Path to the Metaverse
(Visions, History, Orientation & Components)

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Metaverse Community and Social
2022-10-27 13:00 - 14:00
The National FinTech Center at Morgan State University and The Hyperledger Foundation want to personally invite you, your faculty, students, and alumni to attend a three-part webinar series this Summer and Fall. The final webinar titled Metaverse Community and Social (Education, Games, Commerce, Legal, Simulation, Social Media) will be a virtual panel discussion on Thursday, October 27, 2022, from 1:00-2:00 pm ET.
The panel will feature members of The Hyperledger Foundation Community. You don’t want to miss this panel discussion and interactive Q&A session following the panel.
ENTER THE METAVERSE!
You will receive a unique link to join the event. There is no charge, but advance registration is required.
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The 3rd Annual National HBCU Blockchain and FinTech Conference
2022-11-07 - 2022-11-08 | Hyatt Regency Orlando, 9801 International Drive, Orlando, FL, 32819, United States
*The HBCU Presidents’ Summit will be offered in the Spring of 2023. Please check back later for more details.
Agenda

The Annual National HBCU Blockchain and FinTech Conference is the FinTech Center’s premier event for connecting with university leaders, faculty, and students discussing today’s challenges and opportunities, and shaping the future of FinTech education and research. The Annual National HBCU Blockchain and FinTech Conference, November 06-08, 2022 will provide a forum for the faculty, students, and administrators in the FinTech Center’s HBCU Consortium to hear and discuss the findings of sponsored research and outcomes of sponsored innovative blockchain projects at various HBCUs.
The National FinTech Center is creating a National Resume Database of HBCU students interested in careers in Blockchain and FinTech to be shared with the conference sponsors.
Submit your resumes here.

Art + NFT Technology Competition
2023-01-30 - 2023-04-03
Submission Deadline: April 3, 2023 | Announcement of Winners, April 19, 2023
Submit Your Original Artwork!

The National FinTech Center, in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Architecture, announce a unique digital art competition for students at Morgan State University.
House of First has offered to create NFTs (non-fungible tokens) from the winning artwork (on a supported blockchain platform).
Guidelines for Digital Art Design Competition:

Must be a Morgan State University Student
The subject of the competition is to depict a) an event, b) a person or c) an object (a physical item or place, a building, groups of buildings, or an area) that was transformational in the history of Morgan State University. House of First has provided $2,000 as a prize for the winning artist in each of the three categories.
Entries should be original designs and must be the work of the student submitting them.
Entries should be in digital formats, such as JPEG, PNG, or TIFF.
The file size should be 631 pixels X 631 pixels.
Only one entry per student is allowed.
Entries must include a title and a brief (100 words or less) explanation of the design and its significance to the history of Morgan State University.
Entries should be submitted by the deadline specified by the organizer.
The NFTs of the winning entries will be auctioned, and the proceeds will be shared between the artists, their academic departments, and the National FinTech Center for Art+Technology projects at Morgan.
The National FinTech Center reserves the right to use the winning design for promotional and marketing materials.
By submitting an entry, students agree to the terms and conditions of the competition and allow their artwork to be used for marketing and promotional purposes.

Submit Your Original Artwork!

Decentralized Identity
2023-02-22 07:00 - 2023-02-28 08:00
Introduction to Decentralized Identity | February 22, 2023
Watch the full session HERE.
This session is meant to be a broad overview of Decentralized Identity. The one-hour discussion will help you understand the topic, why it is important and the new capabilities it gives enterprises and individuals. In addition, we will discuss how it works, and where this work is happening (Hyperledger, Decentralized Identity Foundation, W3C, Internet Identity Workshop, etc.).
For additional information about this topic, check out the next session on Tuesday, Feb 28 at 12 Eastern that will go into more technical detail about decentralized identity.
This event is being co-developed with Morgan State University and Indicio.

Technical Overview of Decentralized Identity | February 28, 2023
Watch the full session HERE.
This one hour session will cover, at a high level, the components, codebases and standards involved in Decentralized Identity, specifically at Hyperledger (Indy, Aries, Anoncreds, Ursa) and where there are opportunities to learn more and get involved.
For an introduction to concepts of decentralized identity, join the session on Tuesday, Feb 21 at 12 Eastern. And for additional information about this topic, check out the in-depth technical workshops on Hyperledger Indy and Aries.
This event is being co-developed with Morgan State University and Indicio.

Convergence of Blockchain, IoT, and AI: Challenges and Opportunities
2023-04-11 12:00 - 13:00
MEET THE SPEAKER

Florence Hudson is Executive Director and Principal Investigator for the NSF and NIH funded Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, COVID Information Commons, Cybersecurity Risk Conference, and National Student Data Corps. She is also the Founder and CEO of FDHint, LLC, a global advanced technology and diversity & inclusion consulting firm. She serves on Boards including Blockchain in Healthcare Today, the Neuroscience Outreach Network, Stony Brook University Mechanical Engineering, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, UC San Diego Distributed Energy Resources DERConnect, and Princeton University Civil and Environmental Engineering. She is a former IBM Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Internet2 Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Special Advisor for the NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and aerospace engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab and Grumman Aerospace Corporation. She Chairs the global IEEE/UL Standards Working Group on Clinical Internet of Things (IoT) Data and Device Interoperability with TIPPSS – Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protection, Safety and Security, and has published books on TIPPSS including Women Securing the Future with TIPPSS For IoT and Connected Healthcare. She earned her Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering degree from Princeton University, and executive education diplomas from Harvard Business School and Columbia University.

This webinar explores the convergence of three cutting-edge technologies and the digital transformation brought about by their integration, creating new possibilities and the need for innovative solutions to tackle emerging issues. The webinar will provide insights into the current state of the convergence of these technologies and their potential impact on our lives and society.
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Building a Decentralized Application (dApp)
2023-06-06 11:00 - 12:00
REGISTER IN ADVANCE HERE!
Title: Building a Decentralized Application (dApp)
When: 11amET, June 6, 2023
Presenters:
Kyle Nielson @ The Blockchain Academy
Jim Sullivan @ The Blockchain Academy
Seminar Goals:

Demo a working dApp.
Deconstruct the layers and discuss the architecture and run times.
Review the building blocks on a generic developer desktop and a preview of building the same or similar dApps on Hyperledger Fabric (HF) using the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
Questions and Answers

Seminar Recording: TBD
Seminar Deck: TBD
Quick Links:
Thanks to our Member, The Blockchain Academy for providing the speakers and material.
http://theblockchainacademy.com
Hyperledger Code of Conduct
https://toc.hyperledger.org/governing-documents/code-of-conduct.html
To find out more about Hyperledger, please check out our
Website: https://www.hyperledger.org/
Wiki: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/
GitHub: https://github.com/hyperledger
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hyperledger
Discord: https://discord.gg/hyperledger
#morgan-state-seminars: https://discord.com/channels/905194001349627914/1077628668794380369

Decentralization and Privacy on Blockchain: the Basics
2023-09-07 08:00 - 09:00
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Title: Decentralization and Privacy on Blockchain: the Basics
When: Thursday, September 7, 2023 – 12Noon ET
Presenter:
Hart Montgomery, CTO, Hyperledger Foundation
Seminar Goals:

How decentralization is at the core of blockchain, what it means for security, the blockchain trilemma, and how to make sure you “get decentralization right” in blockchain.
Why privacy and confidentiality are necessary on a blockchain, what are some techniques we can use to achieve privacy and confidentiality, and how we should think about them.

Seminar Recording:
Seminar Presentation Deck:
Quick Links:
Morgan State Fintech Center: https://fintech.morgan.edu/augbackup/
Hyperledger Wiki: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/
Thanks to Morgan State Fintech Center for organizing these Seminars.
https://fintech.morgan.edu/augbackup/
Hyperledger Code of Conduct
https://toc.hyperledger.org/governing-documents/code-of-conduct.html
To find out more about Hyperledger, please check out our
Website: https://www.hyperledger.org/
Wiki: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/
GitHub: https://github.com/hyperledger
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hyperledger
Discord: https://discord.gg/hyperledger
#morgan-state-seminars: https://discord.com/channels/905194001349627914/1077628668794380369

WEB3: Smart Contracts and Use Cases
2023-10-10 08:00 - 09:00
WEB3: Smart Contracts and Use Cases
The National FinTech Center at Morgan State University and AON invite HBCU faculty, students, and alumni to attend WEB3: Smart Contracts and Use Cases will be a virtual panel discussion on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, from 12:00-1:00 pm ET.
The panel will feature members of AON’s Growth Ventures team. You don’t want to miss this panel discussion and interactive Q& A session following the panel.
REGISTER IN ADVANCE
You will receive a unique link to join the event. There is no charge, but advance registration is required.
Meet the Speakers
Philip Rage is a Director within Aon’s Growth Ventures Strategy team – prior to joining Aon six months ago Phil started off his career at a small independent insurance brokers specializing in hedge funds and investment managers before moving to work as an Underwriter at large US Insurance Company and at a Lloyds of London Syndicate and then onto run the financial Institutions team at the worlds largest international underwriting agencies.

Trey Buckingham is a Strategy Analyst with Aon Growth Ventures, Aon’s net-new innovation function focused on investing ahead of revenue for new solutions and capabilities tailored to large unmet client needs. Before joining Aon Growth Ventures in January 2023, Trey was an Account Executive with Aon’s Large Market account team where he was responsible for managing some of Aon’s largest client relationships. He also worked as a Sales & Operations Analyst and played a key role in the continued development of Aon’s Industry Practice Groups. Prior to joining Aon, Trey earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Miami University’s Farmer School of Business.

FinTech for Financial Inclusion: Empowering the Unbanked and Underbanked
2024-02-20 07:00 - 08:00
WATCH THE SESSION HERE
Join Cross River’s Afolabi Ogunnaike, Strategic Initiatives Director, and Marcarena Valdez, Senior Business Development Lead for Cards & Accounts for our upcoming webinar, “FinTech for Financial Inclusion: Empowering the Unbanked and Underbanked.” Afolabi and Macarena will explore innovative FinTech solutions bridging gaps in financial access. Discover how technology transforms banking for marginalized communities, fostering economic empowerment and inclusion. Don’t miss the insights that can shape a more inclusive financial landscape.
MEET THE SPEAKERS

Afolabi Ogunnaike is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at Cross River. He leads teams to execute enterprise-wide projects that enhance the bank’s performance. He previously was part of the Business Strategy &Operations team focused on building a suite of Digital Assets products.
Earlier in his career, Afolabi held strategy roles at McKinsey & Company and USAA. He started his career as a chemical engineer and holds degrees from Cornell University and the University of Texas at Austin.

Macarena Valdez is Senior Business Development Lead for Cards & Accounts at Cross River. Macarena began her Cross River journey in March 2022 and has been instrumental in leading all business development efforts for Card Issuing and Deposit Accounts. Prior to joining Cross River, Macarena was at TMX Finance where she held positions from General Manager to District Director of Operations.
At Cross River, Macarena played a pivotal role as the business development lead on the development of a secured card designed to assist cardholders in building credit. Additionally, Macarena led Relationship Sales Training and Product Sales Enablement for her region at TMX Finance and is an alumna of Our Lady of the Lake University.

How to Get a Job in Web3
2024-09-09 12:00 - 13:00
Title: How to Get a Job in Web3
When: Monday September 9, 2024 at 9am PT, Noon ET
Presenter:
John Carpenter, Ultra Commerce
Jim Mason, Sky Web Team
Zoom Link:
https://zoom.us/j/94136984241
Seminar Goals:

Presentation/discussion/Q&A
Understanding the kinds of roles and careers that are available in the Web3 space

Seminar Recording:
TBD
Seminar Presentation Deck:
TBD
Quick Links:
Morgan State Fintech Center: https://fintech.morgan.edu/augbackup/
Hyperledger Wiki: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/
Thanks to Morgan State Fintech Center for organizing these Seminars.
https://fintech.morgan.edu/augbackup/
Hyperledger Code of Conduct
https://toc.hyperledger.org/governing-documents/code-of-conduct.html
To find out more about Hyperledger, please check out our
Website: https://www.hyperledger.org/
Wiki: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/
GitHub: https://github.com/hyperledger
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hyperledger
Discord: https://discord.gg/hyperledger
#morgan-state-seminars: https://discord.com/channels/905194001349627914/1077628668794380369

Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs
2024-09-23 12:00 - 13:00
Title: Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs
When: Monday September 23, 2024 at 9am PT, Noon ET
Presenter:
James Loperfido, Kissmetrics
Zoom Link:
https://zoom.us/j/92808823154
Seminar Goals:

Presentation/discussion/Q&A
Broad overview of how Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs work and what they mean for the Web3 space

Seminar Recording:
TBD
Seminar Presentation Deck:
TBD
Quick Links:
Morgan State Fintech Center: https://fintech.morgan.edu/augbackup/
Hyperledger Wiki: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/
Thanks to Morgan State Fintech Center for organizing these Seminars.
https://fintech.morgan.edu/augbackup/
Hyperledger Code of Conduct
https://toc.hyperledger.org/governing-documents/code-of-conduct.html
To find out more about Hyperledger, please check out our
Website: https://www.hyperledger.org/
Wiki: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/
GitHub: https://github.com/hyperledger
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Hyperledger
Discord: https://discord.gg/hyperledger
#morgan-state-seminars: https://discord.com/channels/905194001349627914/1077628668794380369
