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

Zoe Cruz

Founder & CEO

Menai

Neil DeSilva

EIR

IC3 at Cornell Tech

Katie Burke

COO

Harvey

Nicola White

VP Institutional Crypto

Robinhood

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

Zoe Cruz

Founder & CEO

Menai

Neil DeSilva

EIR

IC3 at Cornell Tech

Katie Burke

COO

Harvey

AI is transforming how work and decisions happen; blockchain is transforming how value moves and gets verified.

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

On April 24th, 2026, over 1,000 leaders, builders, and researchers from AI, blockchain, Wall Street, tech and academia came together to understand the impact of these frontier technologies. The conference took place at Cornell Tech, New York City’s own global research powerhouse in AI, blockchain and healthtech.

This convening was co-hosted by Blockchain @ Cornell Tech, Cornell Blockchain, Blockchain Builders, and Cornell Tech AI Society.

90+ speakers spoke at this convening, including leaders from Morgan Stanley, Robinhood, NYSE, Zelle of Early Warning, J.P. Morgan, Citi, EY, Coinbase, RBC, PayPal, Franklin Templeton, Financial Times, Mastercard, Weill Cornell Medicine, Visa, Sui, Monad, Optimism, Ethereum Foundation, Solana Foundation, Notable Capital, and Harvey, as well as a dozen AI start-up founders. See the Agenda for details.

On April 24th, 2026, over 1,000 leaders, builders, and researchers from AI, blockchain, Wall Street, tech and academia came together to understand the impact of these frontier technologies. The conference took place at Cornell Tech, New York City’s own global research powerhouse in AI, blockchain and healthtech.

This convening was co-hosted by Blockchain @ Cornell Tech, Cornell Blockchain, Blockchain Builders, and Cornell Tech AI Society.

90+ speakers spoke at this convening, including leaders from Morgan Stanley, Robinhood, NYSE, Zelle of Early Warning, J.P. Morgan, Citi, EY, Coinbase, RBC, PayPal, Franklin Templeton, Financial Times, Mastercard, Weill Cornell Medicine, Visa, Sui, Monad, Optimism, Ethereum Foundation, Solana Foundation, Notable Capital, and Harvey, as well as a dozen AI start-up founders. See the Agenda for details.

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.

2 West Loop Rd, New York, NY 10044

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.

2 West Loop Rd, New York, NY 10044

cornell tech map

For those traveling to NYC for this convening, the organizers arranged room blocks at the following Manhattan properties: Sofitel New York, Lotte New York Palace, and Concorde Hotel New York. 

For those traveling to NYC for this convening, the organizers arranged room blocks at the following Manhattan properties: Sofitel New York, Lotte New York Palace, and Concorde Hotel New York. 

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.

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The Programmable Economy

The Programmable Economy

AI & Blockchain
Redefining Markets

AI & Blockchain
Redefining Markets