April 24, 2026

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Cornell Tech, New York City

The Programmable Economy

AI & Blockchain
Redefining Markets

AI & Blockchain
Redefining Markets

AI & Blockchain
Redefining Markets

April 24, 2026

April 24, 2026

Cornell Tech

Cornell Tech

New York City

New York City

Speakers

Jed Finn

Head of Wealth Management

Morgan Stanley

Hans Tung

Managing Partner

Notable

Vasant Prabhu

Former CFO

Visa

Sandy Kaul

EVP and Head of Innovation

Franklin Templeton

Denise Leonhard

GM, Zelle

Early Warning

Jon Herrick

Chief Product Officer

New York Stock Exchange

Rich Widmann

Head of Strategy Web3

Google

Zoe Cruz

Founder & CEO

Menai

Neil Desilva

EIR

IC3 at Cornell Tech

Katie Burke

COO

Harvey

Jed Finn

Head of Wealth Management

Morgan Stanley

Hans Tung

Managing Partner

Notable

Vasant Prabhu

Former CFO

Visa

Sandy Kaul

EVP and Head of Innovation

Franklin Templeton

Denise Leonhard

GM, Zelle

Early Warning

Jon Herrick

Chief Product Officer

New York Stock Exchange

Rich Widmann

Head of Strategy Web3

Google

Zoe Cruz

Founder & CEO

Menai

Neil Desilva

EIR

IC3 at Cornell Tech

Discover how AI & Blockchain are
transforming the global economy
through its leading institutions & innovators

Discover how AI & Blockchain are transforming the global economy through its leading institutions & innovators

AI is transforming how work and decisions happen; blockchain is transforming how value moves and gets verified. Together, they are creating new infrastructure for a new economy, and NYC is where these technologies meet real use cases, real deployment environments, and real market opportunities.

On April 24th, join leaders, builders, and researchers from AI, blockchain, Wall Street, and academia coming together to understand the impact of these frontier technologies. The conference is taking place in Manhattan at Cornell Tech, New York City’s own high-tech engine for innovation, new ventures, and technologists.  Expect 60 speakers from AI, blockchain, finance, and government, along with 1,000+ attendees.

AI is transforming how work and decisions happen; blockchain is transforming how value moves and gets verified. Together, they are creating new infrastructure for a new economy, and NYC is where these technologies meet real use cases, real deployment environments, and real market opportunities.

On April 24th, join leaders, builders, and researchers from AI, blockchain, Wall Street, and academia coming together to understand the impact of these frontier technologies. The conference is taking place in Manhattan at Cornell Tech, New York City’s own high-tech engine for innovation, new ventures, and technologists.  Expect 60 speakers from AI, blockchain, finance, and government, along with 1,000+ attendees.

Agenda

AI & Organizational Reinvention

Tokenization

Stablecoins

Agentic Commerce

The OpenClaw Moment

How Markets Fund Transformations

AI & Healthcare

Digital Assets & Wealth Management

Institutional Blockchain

Verifiable Digital Content & Culture

Innovation at Scale

Managing Technological Disruption

Location

Cornell Tech is on Roosevelt Island one subway stop from Midtown Manhattan.

Cornell Tech is on Roosevelt Island next to Midtown Manhattan.

Cornell Tech is NYC's global research powerhouse in frontier tech, making it the ideal location for our AI & Blockchain conference.

You can reach Cornell Tech via subway, taxi, or tram. 10 minutes by subway & tram from Midtown Manhattan; 35+ minutes driving from Midtown with traffic. Parking is highly limited.

Cornell Tech is NYC's global research powerhouse in frontier tech, making it the ideal location for our AI & Blockchain conference.

You can reach Cornell Tech via subway, taxi, or tram. 10 minutes by subway & tram from Midtown Manhattan; 35+ minutes driving from Midtown with traffic. Parking is highly limited.

Co-Hosts

The 2026 AI & Blockchain Redefining Markets conference is co-hosted by a group of students, operators and technologists dedicated to frontier technologies and the NYC tech ecosystem.

The 2026 AI & Blockchain Redefining Markets conference is co-hosted by a group of students, operators and technologists dedicated to frontier technologies and the NYC tech ecosystem.

Cornell Blockchain

Cornell Blockchain

Blockchain @ Cornell Tech

Blockchain @ Cornell Tech

Blockchain Builders

Blockchain Builders

Cornell Tech AI Society

Cornell Tech AI Society

Partners

Diamond

Platinum

Gold

The Programmable Economy

The Programmable Economy

AI & Blockchain
Redefining Markets

AI & Blockchain
Redefining Markets