Emerge Americas is partnering with the U.S. Conference of Mayors to host an event that will focus on intersection of cryptocurrency, blockchain and government.
The technology conference's eMerge Government (eGOV) Summit 2022 will take place April 19 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Public and private sector leaders will discuss the ways city governments can leverage digital assets and blockchain to serve their communities, said eMerge Americas CEO Felice Gorordo.
That includes South Florida, an up-and-coming crypto industry hub that has attracted a multitude of blockchain, crypto and NFT ventures over the past two years.
“Our city has already seen great investment from the crypto communities and is leading the way to be the most cryptocurrency-friendly city in the nation," said Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who currently serves as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. The group is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with 30,000 or more.
The 2022 eGov summit is being presented by Galaxy Digital, a tech-focused financial services and investment management firm headquartered in New York.
Launched in 2014, eMerge Americas connects technology entrepreneurs, investors, venture capital firms and more, with the goal of transforming Miami into the tech hub of the Americas. The 2022 convention follows a two-year hiatus sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2019, the conference drew 16,000 attendees from 400 companies and 40 countries.
Tennis champion Serena Williams is slated to be a keynote speaker at the upcoming event, along with Reddit and Initialized Capital founder (and Williams' husband) Alexis Ohanian; Endeavor co-founder and CEO Linda Rottenberg; Blockchain.com CEO Peter Smith; and Grammy Award-winning artist Armando "Pitbull" Perez.
The eMerge convention is one of several events planned to coincide with Miami Tech Week. Another is the Bitcoin 2022 conference scheduled for April 6-9 at the convention center.
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