SPEAKERS

A serial entrepreneur with an impressive track record of successful startups. He launched Binance in July 2017 and grew Binance into the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world.

Changpeng Zhao

CEO,

Binance

Singapore

One of the world’s leading authorities on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology and advises business and government leaders around the world. He is also an author of 16 books which have been translated into over 25 languages.

Don Tapscott

CEO - The Tapscott Group Inc,

Co-Founder of The Blockchain Research Institute

Canada

Cryptographer and technology expert who is widely recognized as the inventor of digital cash. He is currently leading Elixxir and Praxxis to provide scalable digital sovereignty.

david chaum

Founder,

xx network

USA

Joon Ian Wong

Managing Director, Content Products,

CoinDesk

Billionaire venture capitalist and the founder of Draper Associates, DFJ, the Draper Venture Network and the leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs and cryptocurrencies.

TIM DRAPER

Founding Partner,

Draper Associates and DFJ

USA

Named as Bitcoin Jesus, Roger was one of the first to make a serious investment into bitcoin in early 2017. As the CEO of Bitcoin.com, he is an early investor in bitcoin-related startups and a well-known figure in the Crypto space.

ROGER VER

CEO,

Bitcoin.com

Japan

Founder and CEO of SingularityNET, a blockchain-based AI marketplace. He is also the chief scientist of robotics firm Hanson Robotics, chairman of the Artificial General Intelligence Society and vice chairman of the futurist nonprofit Humanity.

Dr Ben Goertzel

CEO,

SingularityNET

Hong Kong

Jimmy Song is a Bitcoin educator, developer, entrepreneur and a venture partner at Blockchain Capital.

Jimmy Song

Bitcoin Educator,

Developer and Entrepreneur

USA

Peteris is the Head of Unit for Startups and Innovation in the Digital Single Market Directorate in DG CONNECT and the Co-Chair of FinTech Task Force at the European Commission.

Peteris Zilgalvis

Head of Unit, Digital Innovation and Blockchain,

European Commission

Belgium

Co-founder of Tezos, a blockchain-based smart contract platform with an on-chain governance mechanism to coordinate and push upgrades to its network.

Kathleen Breitman

CEO,

Tezos

USA

The primary developer of the Apache Web server, the most popular web server software on the Internet, and a founding member of the Apache Software Foundation.

Brian Behelendorf

Executive Director,

Hyperledger

USA

A former Wall street trader and vice president of JP Morgan Chase and is currently an expert in economic trends, trading, risk analysis and cryptocurrency.

Tone Vays

Crypto Influencer, Derivatives Trader,

Consultant

USA

Shrem earned his reputation, fortune and rap-sheet as the founder and CEO of one of the first bitcoin exchanges, BitInstant. He is currently the founder of the Bitcoin Foundation and has worked on the standardization, protection and promotion of Bitcoin.

Charlie Shrem

Bitcoiner, Influencer & Host – Untold Stories,

Founder of Bitcoin Foundation

USA

Ciara has rich work experiences in financial analysis, strategic consulting and corporate management experiences and is currently the Chief of Staff at Huobi

Ciara Sun

Chief of Staff, VP,

Huobi

China

As the co-founder of the Evercoin Exchange, Miko has helped to build multiple companies, raising a collective $50m in venture capital. He is also a General Partner of Gumi Cryptos, a $30m Crypto Asset Fund.

Miko Matsumura

Co-Founder,

Evercoin

USA

With being an investor, entrepreneur and educator, he is also a best-selling author and speaker in the field of financial literacy.

Sami Mian

Investor, Entrepreneur and an Educator,

Head of APAC, Hedera Hashgraph

Japan

With over 30 years of ICT experience, he architects practical & business focused solutions using new-age technologies.

JORGE SEBASTIAO

CTO, Advisor,

Confidential

Senior Advisory Board Member, Trescon

United Arab Emirates

As a crypto pioneer, he owns and manages a Payment Processing Company that makes use of crypto-based ATMs for transactions.

DR MARWAN ALZAROUNI

CEO,

Dubai Blockchain Center

United Arab Emirates

John DeVadoss leads development for Neo Blockchain, based in Seattle, WA. Previously, he built and successfully exited two machine learning start-ups

John DeVadoss

Head of Development,

NEO Global Development

USA

The Co-Founder of Dash NEXT & Dash Thailand, a leading cryptocurrency for real life payments. He is also an author of the ‘Bitcoin Handbook’ and is the Co-Founder of FUTERIO and Co-Founder of the German Blocktech Institute, helping businesses discover their Blockchain potential.

Felix Mago

Co-Founder,

Dash NEXT & Dash Thailand

Thailand

The Co-Founder of Framework Ventures, a team of technologists, researchers and investors who participate in open crypto networks.

Michael Anderson

Co-Founder,

Framework Ventures

USA

An accomplished and active digital investor who has extensive operational and strategic experience in growth and turnaround situations of large and small companies internationally.

Heinrich Zetlmayer

Founder & General Partner,

Blockchain Valley Ventures

Zürich Area, Switzerland

With being Blockchain & DLT investor, advisor, speaker and writer, Joshua also advises government, industry, startups and established enterprises on how to couple their existing operations with the advantages of blockchain technology.

Joshua P Hawley

Managing Director,

SATOSHI LTD

Mauritius

Co-Founder and CEO of VeriBlock, a blockchain software development company. He is also the co-inventor of the Proof-of-Proof protocol which enables blockchains to inherit Bitcoin's computational security in a fully decentralized, transparent, trustless, and permissionless manner.

Justin Fisher

Co-Founder & CEO,

VeriBlock

USA

An author, faculty member & Co-founder of Blockchain at UCLA where he lectures on Blockchain Business Applications and Security Tokens in addition to his role of Managing Director of 7CC - Blockchain Investments, a company focused on supporting & fostering the Blockchain industry.