http://www.coindesk.com/imf-just-finished-first-high-level-meeting-blockchain/In total, 14 participants attended a panel leading up to a closed-door session with IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, seven of whom represented companies in the blockchain industry.
Attendees included Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Circle, Jill Carlson, head of market strategy at Chain, Chris Church, chief business development officer at Digital Asset, and
Ryan Zagone, director of regulatory relations at Ripple, among others.
While the meeting itself wasn't public, the panel was both streamed by the IMF and live-tweeted, marking what panelist Alex Tapscott, author of "Blockchain Revolution", described to CoinDesk as a shift in the way global policy should be determined going forward.
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Initially announced in March, the advisory group also consists of members from the blockchain industry including
Chris Larsen, the executive chairman of Ripple, Adam Ludwin from Chain, Blythe Masters from Digital Asset, Patrick Murck from the Harvard Berkman Klein Center, and Marco Santori, partner at Cooley LLP.
Tapscott described the overall attitude of the meeting as "very positive", estimating 80% of the conversation focused on blockchain, while 15% centered on machine learning and 5% covered other technologies.
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