He found the overall tone to be very optimistic and noted that there were three technologies that dominated the conversation: Blockchain, artificial intelligence, and security. Jacob Jofe: Blockchain was a core theme of this year’s conference, undoubtedly at the peak in its hype cycle. A few of us joke the best part about this is its replaced some of the hype around AI. Near-term projects being investigated are primarily focused on inter-company collaboration enabled by decentralization, where efficiency and cost savings outweigh usability and performance concerns inherent in today’s Blockchain technology. Jofe: CIOs are particularly well suited to run the experimentation and execution around Blockchain.

Source: Forbes January 30, 2018 18:00 UTC