Dave Treat is a managing director, co-lead of Accenture’s Blockchain business globally and global head of Accenture’s Financial Services Blockchain practice.

He has 20 years of experience in Financial Services split between consulting and industry roles spanning Capital Markets, Retail Banking, and Cards. He has expertise in running strategy functions, innovation, strategic cost management, large-scale restructuring, customer relationship management, M&A, and outsourcing & offshoring.

Over the past several years, Dave has driven the formation of Accenture’s blockchain practice which now spans the globe, engages clients across all industries, and ranges from pure R&D to full scale client business transformation. In addition to managing several of Accenture’s strategic alliances in the blockchain domain, he sits on the boards of the Linux Hyperledger Project, the ID2020 Alliance, the Digital Chamber of Commerce, and is the Vice Chairman of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.

Tracy Kuhrt is Community Architect of Hyperledger at the Linux Foundation. Tracy has had a varied career working in automotive manufacturing, pharmaceutical, microelectronics, and e-commerce industries. Prior to the Linux Foundation, Tracy was a Principal Member of Technical Staff at PayPal on the Strategic Architecture team. Tracy has also developed compilers, assemblers, and linkers for 8- and 16-bit micro-controllers at Microchip Technologies using open source software.

Brian Behlendorf is the Executive Director of Hyperledger Project. Behlendorf was a primary developer of the Apache Web server, the most popular web server software on the Internet, and a founding member of the Apache Software Foundation. He has also served on the board of the Mozilla Foundation since 2003 and the Electronic Frontier Foundation since 2013. He was the founding CTO of CollabNet and CTO of the World Economic Forum. Most recently, Behlendorf was a managing director at Mithril Capital Management LLC, a global technology investment firm.

Christine leads Accenture's Digital Identity Innovations group globally which includes biometrics and blockchain in identity. She has over 18 years of experience in Biometrics and Information Technology focused on security. Prior to her experience in IT, Christine worked for 9+ years in financial services. She has been supporting Accenture's thought leadership and efforts in investments in blockchain since 2014.

Christine has worked in several industries including Financial Services, Retail and more recently international development. Her security relevant knowledge spans: Biometrics, Payments & Fraud, Digital identity, Blockchain and Authentication. She is a regular speaker at various conferences globally and has published articles on identity & blockchain. She led the efforts for the ID2020 solution and the continued blockchain identity offering and capability development.