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The rapid growth of the financial technology industry continued in 2016 thanks to multiple financial industry trends and several major fintech investments.

Given all this growth, it's necessary for anyone in the financial industry to stay aware of the latest trends in order to get ahead of the pack, specifically for those who work with blockchain.

Fortunately, there are dozens of conferences, expos, and seminars that exist to bring together decision makers and other influential people and catch them up on the latest blockchain trends.

Below, we've compiled a chronological list of all the best blockchain conferences, expos, bootcamps, and more for 2017.

Ignition UK: Future of Fintech

When: March 15, 2017

Where: King's Place, London, England

Summary: For anyone who works with money—banking, lending, insurance, payments or wealth management—there’s no escaping the onrush of technologies aimed at disrupting the financial world’s lucrative status quo. Known collectively as fintech, the global insurgency focuses venture capital-fueled, Silicon Valley-style innovation on some of the world’s most powerful companies and institutions.

IGNITION UK: Future of Fintech will range across the brave new world of money, featuring deep dives into key areas of disruption and spotlights for the most exciting new companies.

Leveraging London’s leading role in the fintech revolution, the full-day event will bring together  300 entrepreneurs, investors, and finance industry executives, featuring fascinating speakers from both sides of the Atlantic.

IGNITION UK: Future of Fintech is an extension of Business Insider's IGNITION: Future of Digital conference, held annually in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. For 2017, we’re extending the IGNITION brand with a new event and a new location! 

London Blockchain Week

When: January 20 to January 26

Where: London England

Blockchain Expo

When: January 23 to January 24

Where: Olympia, London, England

Finance Disrupted

When: January 25

Where: London, England

Asia Mobile Commerce and Card-Linking Forum

When: February 7

Where: Tokyo, Japan

The Blockchain Event

When: February 9

Where: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Global Summit on Blockchain in the Energy Sector

When: February 13 to February 15

Where: Vienna, Austria

Blockchain & Smart Contracts 2017

When: February 20 to February 22

Where: Berlin, Germany

d10e: The Leading Conference on Decentralization

When: February 21 to February 22

Where: Bucharest, Romania

Distributed: Markets

When: February 27

Where: Atlanta, Georgia

The Blockchain Africa Conference

When: March 1 to March 3

Where: Johannesburg, South Africa

Digital Finance World 2017

When: March 1 to March 3

Where: Frankfurt, Germany

CoinAgenda Caribbean

When: March 3 to March 5

Where: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Lendit USA 2017

When: March 6 to March 7

Where: New York City

Reinventing Retail: Mobile and Multi-Channel Commerce

When: March 7

Where: Dallas, Texas

APAC Blockchain Conference 2017

When: March 7 to March 9

Where: Sydney, Australia

DC Blockchain Summit

When: March 15 to March 16

Where: Washington, DC

Blockchain Finance & FinTech China 2017

When: Shanghai, China

Where: March 16

The Healthcare Blockchain Summit

When: March 20 to March 21

Where: Washington, DC

Blockchain: Debt Capital Markets

When: March 21

Where: London, England

Blockshow Europe 2017

When: April 6

Where: Munich, Alte Kongresshalle

Oslo Blockchain Day

When: April 17

Where: Oslo, Norway

Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Russia

When: April 19

Where: Moscow, Russia

BlockOn 2017: Reengineering Finance

When: April 25 to April 26

Where: Singapore

Mobile Commerce and the Internet of Commerce Things

When: April 26

Where: Redwood City, California

Blockchain 360

When: May 16 to May 18

Where: Santa Clara, California

Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Prague

When: May 19

Where: Prague, Czech Republic

Consensus 2017

When: May 22 to May 24

Where: New York City

CoinsBank Blockchain Cruise 2017

When: May 25 (9 nights)

Where: Departs from New York City for Bermuda and the Caribbean

Money 20/20 Europe

When: June 26 to June 28

Where: Copenhagen, Denmark

London Fintech Week

When: July 7 to July 14

Where: London, England

Retail in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Commerce Bots

When: September 12

Where: Chicago, Illinois

Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Kiev

When: September 21

Where: Kiev, Ukraine

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Seven major banks have signed up to a new project aimed at increasing global trade among small and medium-sized businesses using blockchain, or distributed ledger, technology.

Deutsche Bank, HSBC, KBC, Natixis, Rabobank, Société Générale and UniCredit have all signed up to a Memorandum of Understanding, signalling that they will work together to develop and commercialize a new product called Digital Trade Chain (DTC). All the banks participating in the DTC project are equal investors and have each put in a six-figure sum.

Andrew Betts, Head of Global Trade and Receivables Finance at HSBC, told Business Insider: "What we like very much is the collaboration approach. We've been advocates of the industry working together and blockchain has been very much front of mind. We really, genuinely pool our resources and expertise in terms of what we know about this technology so we can generate benefits for clients."

DTC is based on a prototype trade finance tool developed by Belgian bank KBC, which uses blockchain technology to connect all parties involved in international trade — buyers, sellers, transporters, banks financing the deals on either side etc. International trade is currently a disparate and convoluted process where each party deals directly with generally only one other participant, rather than seeing the whole process.

Betts says: "What we're trying to do is get something that is simple, fast, efficient, and secure for customers to be able to trade within a secure platform. By using a strong, secure, authorised and closed network, enabled through blockchain, it will enable the customer to initiate transactions digitally, be it online or through mobile devices, and then be able to track those transactions all the way through from commitment to pay, settlement, notification, and so on."

Betts said he hoped to have a version of the project launched to clients by the end of the year. 

The DTC project is the latest example of talk developing into action in the blockchain space. Banks around the world have been talking about the potential of blockchain to transform finance for almost two years now but the technology is only just beginning to filter through into concrete projects.

Blockchain technology, also known as distributed ledger technology, is a form of shared database originally developed to underpin the digital currency bitcoin. It enables all parties to see the same version of a ledger and uses complex cryptography and group authentication to police the editing of the ledger.

It will enable the customer to initiate transactions digitally, be it online or through mobile devices, and then be able to track those transactions all the way through — Andrew Betts, HSBC

The technology was originally developed to do away with the need for a central bank for bitcoin, meaning it could be totally independent. But this feature has almost endless applications for other industries and processes that involve a trusted middleman or central authority and banks have been particularly keen to apply it.

Blockchain's inbuilt security and trust checks mean banks can cut out middlemen in processes like settlement and clearing and instead deal directly with each other. This, in turn, cuts down costs. Santander estimated in a 2015 report that the technology could save banks as much as $20 billion.

The seven banks say in a statement announcing the collaboration that the DTC will "address the challenge of managing, tracking, and securing domestic and international trade transactions." By allowing real-time monitoring of various parties on the blockchain, the product will reduce paperwork and increase transparency.

Last year the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Wells Fargo used blockchain technology for a "proof of concept" test on international trade, with two parties using the tech to buy a cotton shipment.

The banks involved in the project will promote it in different areas: KBS in Belgium and Luxembourg; Natixis and Société Générale in France; Deutsche Bank and UniCredit in Germany; UniCredit in Italy; Rabobank in the Netherlands; and HSBC in the UK.

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