Event

Blockchain for Europe Summit 2018

27.11.2018

Brussels - Belgium

The Blockchain for Europe summit brought together stakeholders from across Europe and beyond to discuss the future of Blockchain technology across European sectors.

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Programme

27 November 2018Blockchain for Europe Summit 2018Brussels - Belgium

09:00 - 10:30

Governance & Blockchain

Hosted by: Catalin Ivan MEP

Social-Democrats, Romania Economic Affairs Committee European Parliament

Moderator: Brad Staples

CEO APCO Worldwide

Speakers

Peteris Zilgalvis

Head of Unit, Start-ups & Blockchain (Co-Head of FinTech Taskforce) DG CONNECT, European Commission

Paul Astengo

Senior Executive & Blockchain Lead HM Government of Gibraltar

Louis de Bruin

Blockchain Leader Europe IBM

David Siegel

CEO & Founder Pillar Project & 20/30

10:30 - 12:00

Digital Health

Hosted by: Michal Boni

Blockchain for Europe Advisory Council Former Polish Minister for Digitization & former MEP

Moderator: Daniel Benjamens

Associate Director APCO Worldwide in Brussels

Speakers

Andrzej Rys

Director, Healthcare Systems, Medical Products & Innovation European Commission, DG Sante

Mark Hennessy

Principal Architect Philips

Frank Ricotta

CEO & Founder BurstIQ

Alex Cahana

Head of Med-Tech CryptoOracle

10:45 - 12:15

Supply Chains – Trade Finance

Hosted by: Nadja Hirsch MEP

Liberals, Germany International Trade Committee European Parliament

Moderator: Karl Falkenberg

Senior Advisor APCO Worldwide

Speakers

Jukka Savo

Policy Advisor, Logistics & Maritime Transport European Commission, DG Move

Evgeny Gokhberg

Commercial Director Everledger

Angel Versetti

CEO & Founder Ambrosus

Richard Caetano

CEO Stratumn

11:30 - 13:00

Tokenised Economy/Crypto

Hosted by: MEP Eva Kaili

Chair of the Future of Science and Technology Panel S&D, European Parliament

Speakers

Peter Kerstens

Senior Advisor to Director-General (Co-Head of FinTech Taskforce) DG FISMA, European Commission

Dirk Bullmann

Adviser to Director General Market infrastructure & Payments ECB

Alexandr Ivanov

CEO & Founder Waves

Colin LeMahieu

CEO & Founder Nano

Manmeet Singh

Managing Partner & Vice-Chair of Blockchain for Europe Blockseed Ventures

12:00 - 13:00

Networking lunch break

13:30 - 15:00

Digital Identity

Hosted by: Ashley Fox

Senior Advisor APCO Worldwide

Moderator: Andreas Constantinides

Senior Director APCO Worldwide in Brussels

Speakers

Andrea Servida

Head of Unit, Digital Identity European Commission, DG Connect

Andreas Ebert

Regional Technology Officer EU Microsoft

Carsten Stöcker

CEO & Founder Spherity

Luc D’Hauwe

Global Solutions Consultant VMware

Nicole Sandler

VP FinTech & Reg Tech EMEA Barclays

15:00 - 16:30

Financial Market Infrastructure

Hosted by: MEP Syed Kamall

UK ECR

Speakers

Peter Kerstens

Senior Advisor to Director-General (Co-Head of FinTech Taskforce) DG FISMA, European Commission

Mark Wetjen

Global Head of Public Policy DTCC

Dan Morgan

Head of Regulatory Relations Europe Ripple

Mary Saracco

Chief Investment Officer & Co-Founder Ubanx

Maya Zehavi

CEO & Founder Ontici

16:30 - 18:00

Mobility

Hosted by: MEP Sorin Moisă

Romania EPP, European Parliament

Speakers

Isabelle Vandoorne

Deputy Head of Unit, Sustainable & Intelligent Transport European Commission, DG Move

Arwen Smit

Community Lead Europe MOBI

Simon Schwerin

Director of Business Development XAIN (Co-Founder of XAIN Foundation) XAIN

Klaus Schaaf

Director DLT, (Senior Advisor to IOTA) Volkswagen Group

Thomas Cocirta

CEO & Founder Mobotiq

Kurt Nemec

Director General European Forum for Future Economy (EFFE)