Confirmed Speakers Include (in alphabetical order)
alejandro profile
Alejandro De La Torre has an entrepreneurial background in both the arts and IT. He discovered bitcoin in early 2013 and from then on was sold on the idea of bringing a decentralized currency to all parts of the globe. Alejandro started a string of start-ups in bitcoin with one successful, SendChat, a bitcoin messaging app being acquired by Blocktrail an Amsterdam bitcoin API company. |
alex profile
IT industry expert with 10+ years of experience in various industries - gaming, fintech, entertainment and mobile. Mostly dedicated to day to day operations, Alex covers various aspects of company activities including development and product management for Gamecredits, MobileGo, Appmarka and other products in the Gamecredits’ ecosystem |
alexandre profile
Alexandre is a Fintech and Blockchain expert with deep knowledge on derivatives from his experiences at Société Générale and JP Morgan across Paris, Luxembourg and Hong Kong. Alexandre is passionate about new technologies, in particular Blockchain and AI. He has been working with several Fintech startups where he was in charge of building blockchain-based workflows and Proof-of-Concepts. His passion has grown into a drive to change many aspects of our global social, financial and media ecosystems to be more efficient, transparent, and secure. Alexandre is currently CEO of PUBLIQ, a non profit foundation that pushes authors at the center of the publishing and digital media industry by offering them an efficient and reliable ecosystem to interact and thrive in. Alexandre graduated from ISC Paris Business School, Russian University of Economics in Moscow, and INSEAD. |
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JEFF profile
Jeff McDonald is the Vice President of the NEM Foundation and has been working as a Core Team member on the NEM project since before its launch. Jeff has been a blockchain enthusiast since 2013 and an advocate for blockchains to be used as more than just a ledger for financial transactions but instead also as a security solution for valuable information. As the inventor of the Apostille protocol on NEM and the CEO of LuxTag, a company offering the most advanced document notarization and tokenization solutions on the blockchain, he further champions expanding boundaries of blockchain beyond sending money |
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M K Bhandari profile
Professor (Dr) M. K. (Mahendra Kumar) Bhandari currently working as Director-Law with globally acclaimed prestigious institution of Higher Education SVKM’s NMIMS Deemed to be University Mumbai is one of India’s leading senior professor and legal scholar with 40 years of experience in legal academics, research guidance, administration of Universities and counselling. He has Penchant for Inter-disciplinary studies especially in the domain of Intellectual Property Laws and Policies, International trade and WTO, Human Rights and Socio-Legal research. He has authored six books on IPR Constitutional Law, Legal Aid and Research Methodology. He has published nearly 80 research papers in International and national journals on wide range of themes viz Human Rights, IPR, International trade, legal education and commercial Arbitration. He has extensively visited U.K., Australia, Switzerland, Greece and China to deliver key note address in international seminars. He has also attended nearly 100 conferences and academic events in India and abroad. As fellow of Salzburg Seminar (A Global Conference Platform run by Harvard University in Austria) Prof. Bhandari was instrumental in organizing a full Session of Indian Legal system at Salzburg. Prof. Bhandari has the distinction of participating in Moot Session of U.S. Supreme Court in the year 1993 in Vienna – Austria. He has also participated in Human Rights Sub Commission meeting at Geneva |
nidhi profile
Nidhi is a seasoned entrepreneur with knack for working with futuristic and cutting edge technologies. Her new profound interest is Blockchain Technology. She has been exploring Blockchain Technology from the last couple of years and founded her own Blockchain solutions venture – Sofocle in the year 2015. Nidhi has the vision of developing Blockchain products and platforms for different industries like Finance, Healthcare, etc. and to be the pioneering Blockchain product company out of India |
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vaibhav profile
Vaibhav Parikh is a partner and heads the Bangalore office of Nishith Desai Associates. In addition to his management responsibilities, he heads the Fund Investment practice of the firm. He is also regarded as an expert in IT, Telecom and Media. He has been nominated as one of Leading Lawyer in Private Equity Practice by IFLR1000 in the year 2013. He has been nominated by 'Who's Who Legal' as one of the world's leading practitioners for Regulatory Communications. He is a Charter Member of TiE, Bangalore Chapter and is also on the executive council of the Franchising Association of India. |
Conference Agenda: 10th August 2017 - Mumbai
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09:00 - 09:30 09:30 - 09:45 09:45 - 10:15 10:15 - 10:45 |
Registration Signoff Opening Address: The State of Blockchain & Cryptocurrency in India Speaker: Sandeep Goenka - Spokesperson, DABFI - Digital Assets & Blockchain Foundation India Massive Crypto Adoption Through Gaming with Gamecredits & MobileGO Speaker: Sergey Sholom - CEO & Alex Migitko - Evangelist, Gamecredits About Session: One third of Earth population are gamers and Gamecredits’ aim is to deliver crypto currency adoption on this scale in the most casual and user friendly way possible. Gamecredits & MobileGO together expand this vision even further by bringing blockchain benefits to PC and Mobile gaming together with creating future of Esports. Blockchain Technology: Driving Efficiency, Reducing Costs & Creating a New Economy Speaker: Charli Aho - CTO, Cointed.com About Session: Distributed ledger technology (DLT), or blockchain as it is more commonly called, seems to have taken the world by storm, capturing the imaginations and the wallets of financial institutions around the globe. Over the last three years alone, more than 2,500 distributed ledger technology patents have been filed, $1.4 billion in venture capital investments have been made, and the leading blockchain consortium boasts 45 of the world’s largest financial institutions. |
Tea Break - Sponsored by Bitconnect
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11:15 - 11:45 11:45 - 12:30 12:30 - 13:00 |
Cloud Mining - Latest Industry Developments Speaker: Marco Krohn - CFO, Genesis Mining About Session: Cryptocurrencies, predominantly spearheaded by the Bitcoin, have taken the financial world by storm. Today, the demand of Cryptocurrencies, namely Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as the application of the Blockchain Technology itself have been growing remarkably following the popularity on the global stage. With no government or “anchor” backing up cryptocurrencies, the only foundation that cryptocurrencies have is people’s faith in their value. In other words, solely the market mechanism determines the price of cryptocurrencies. Cyrptocurrency : Existing Regulatory Regime and Need for future Changes in India Speaker: Prof. (Dr.) M K Bhandari - Director-at-Law, SVKMs Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies Vaibhav Parikh - Partner, Nishith Desai Associates About Session: Increasing acceptance of bitcoin since its launch in 2008 has caused major disruptions in the currency transaction regime. RBI has also raised several issues relating to instances of illicit trade, money laundering, terror funding and lack of legal and financial sanction of this private run parallel virtual currency system. In this session, Prof (Dr) M K Bhandari will address the following and other issues based on global experiences of bitcoin transactions.
Bitcoin Market Adoption Speaker: Alejandro De La Torre - Business Development, BTC.com About Session: Bitcoin continues to grow worldwide, I will delve into why market adoption in key geographic locations is occurring. Everything from socio-economic and regulatory reasons as to why certain regions have experienced a growth in bitcoin usage will be spoken about in detail. Adoption rates and reasons why can be very different depending on if the country is a 1st world country or a developing country. Alejandro will explore these topics and more. |
Networking Luncheon - Sponsored by Cointed.com
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14:00 - 14:30 14:30 - 15:00 15:00 - 15:30 |
What is Proof of Work (PoW) / Proof of Stake (PoS) Speaker: About Session: You might have heard about the idea to move from an Ethereum consensus based on the Proof of Work (PoW) system to one based on the so-called Proof of Stake. I will explain to you the main differences between Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake. Blockchain in Finance and Beyond Speaker: Nidhi Chamria - Co-Founder, Sofocle Technologies OPC About Session: Blockchain as a decentralised platform is revolutionising the Finance domain and others. Whether it be cross border payment settlements, supply chain financing, trade finance etc in Finance industry or e-voting, e-certifications etc in other industries, Blockchain has established as a platform to disrupt each industry. Sofocle has been innovating in the area of Supply Chain Financing, Digital Asset Management and Supply Chain Management using Blockchain, AI/Machine Learning and IoT. Decentralized Publishing and Blockchain Based Content Distribution Speaker: Matej Michalko, Founder & CEO - DECENT About Session: Imagine an open-source decentralized network that aims to disrupt Netflix for video on demand, Soundcloud for music publishing and Amazon for e-books. Matej Michalko, DECENT founder and CEO will talk about what blockchain technology adds to the world of content distribution on the Internet. He will present on the advantages of decentralized publishing and blockchain-based content distribution. He will also give practical demonstrations of some important use cases in the digital content industries. |
Tea Break - Sponsored by Bitconnect
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16:00 - 16:30 16:30 - 17:00 17:00 - 17:30 |
BlockChain and BitCoin Increased in the Last Two Years all over the World: What's the Risk - What does the World Need Today - Where will We go the Next Years ? Speaker: Jorg Molt, CEO - Satoshi School About Session: BitCoin and Blockchain technology changed the world in a massive rapidly way and today we reach new announcement with light speed. Many investments vehicle came out and grow to a billion dollar business. But what is the need today really ? What are the real archives ? A point of view from the beginning of digital currencies in the 90s and the necessary of education today watching at BitCoin and AltCoins. Reshaping the Media Industry Speaker: Alexandre TABBAKH - CEO, PUBLIQ About Session: The Media environment is currently shaped on the one hand by centralized institutions censoring a high portion of the contents and on the other hand by a massive flow of low quality user generated content. A dangerous over centralization subsists on a market where unfair remunerations and poor customer experience are constantly on the rise. PUBLIQ is a blockchain-powered non profit foundation that pushes authors at the center of the publishing and digital media industry by offering them an efficient and reliable ecosystem to interact and thrive in. Authors have access to a free, secure and censorship resistant platform where they can upload their writings, protect them adequately within the latest blockchain architecture and have them thereafter safely distributed. Intermediaries or traditional publishing house’s control, who used to dominate the author in his or her work, are removed from the chain of creation and distribution. The Dawn of a New Revolutionary Platform for Information Exchange Speaker: Jeff McDonald - Vice President, NEM Foundation About Session: In this session, Jeff McDonald will discuss real world businesses building solutions on the new protocol, Its features, and why It is secure, and scalable blockchain solution for a wide variety of applications beyond just sending coins. |
