BlockJakarta 2020 Agenda

Conference Agenda: 11th June 2020, starts 11am Jakarta time, GMT +7

10:30 - 11:00

Online Login Starts

11:00 - 11:30

Opening Keynote: Crypto Assets Are Leading Investments in Indonesian Communities
Speaker: Oscar Darmawan - CEO, INDODAX
About Session: Recently blockchain development has been in the spotlight due many enterprise entering this space. Blockchain can be classified into private and public blockchain. Public blockchain that energized by crypto asset remain controversial in the point of view of regulators. But this technology offers many opportunity for development country like Indonesia.

11:30 - 12:15

Government Panel Discussion: Current Status of Blockchain & Crypto in Indonesia
Moderator: Yuliana Olivia - Consultant, Indodax
Panelists:

Muhammad Neil El Himam - Director for Applications and Governance of Digital Economy, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy
Colonel Dr. Ir. Arwin Sumari - Senior Officer Communications & Electronics, IDAF/Defense Univ./Polinema
Ir. Dharmayugo Hermansyah - Head of the Center for Domestic Trade Studies, Trade Research and Development Agency, Ministry of Trade

About Session: This opening session will shed a light on Indonesia's Blockchain status and the future outlook for blockchain. Our expert will shed light on the current implementation programs and also highlight the areas of development of blockchain technology in Indonesia. Listen to the insights and key statistics.

12:15 - 12:30

Academia Session: Blockchain Applications in E-Voting & other Uses
Speaker: Ir Budi Rahardjo - STEI, Institut Teknologi Bandung

About Session: In every democracy, the security of an election is a matter of national security. The computer security field has for a decade studied the possibilities of electronic voting systems [1], with the goal of minimizing the cost of having a national election, while fulfilling and increasing the security conditions of an election. Enter Blockchain technology to solve this, blockchain is a distributed, immutable, incontrovertible, public ledger.

12:30 - 12:40

Running a Homegrown South East Asian Exchange
Speaker: Marcus Lim - CEO, Zipmex Exchange
About Session: TBA

12:45 - 13:00

Living in a TRULY decentralized World
Speaker: David Chaum - Founder, xx network
About Session: Decentralized life requires true secure digital cash, secure computing for people to thrive economically, true secure private communication, and voting so that people can organize to address shared problems. Without these bedrock decentralized abilities, people must rely on governments and corporations for their economic and political survival.

Lunch Break

14:00 - 14:20

Why and How the Blockchain Industry is Creating Many New Jobs
Speaker: Melanie Mohr - Founder & CEO, WOM Protocol
About Session: The recent advancements in decentralization and cryptocurrencies have led to the creation of many exciting new jobs. Today we see “token engineers” and “economy architects” designing decentralized economies that leverage the viability of micropayments across borders and add new and more jobs in the gig economy as well.

14:20 - 14:35

How Digital Currency Will Change The World
Speaker: Roger Ver - Executive Chairman, Bitcoin.com
About Session: to be advised

14:35 - 15:20

Panel Discussion - Role of Blockchain & Crypto in the Post Covid Era
Moderator: Sonny Mohanty - Regional Director, LATOKEN
Panelists:

Professor Olinga Ta’eed - Director, CCEG, UK
Pandu Sastrowardoyo - VP Consulting, Blocksphere.id
Dr Robin Kiera - CEO, Digitalscouting.de
Antony Welfare - Group MD, Luxoft
Miko Matsumura - Cofounder, Evercoin

About Session: The futuristic utopia that technological progress promises is coming ever closer at an astonishing pace, yet unseen challenges, have surfaced during the COVID-19 virus outbreak. The pandemic has managed to plunder and destabilize the world in just the last few months, putting in danger not only lives, but economic boundaries, well-established global businesses, and the very essence of the world’s financial system. This session shall focus on the role of blockchain and crypto , post the Cover era.

Tea Break

15:40 - 16:10

Panel Discussion - Token Based Business Models
Moderator: Melanie Mohr - Founder & CEO, WOM Protocol
Panelists:

Roberto Capodieci - Founder & CEO, Blockchain Zoo
Heslin Kim - Director of Business Development APAC, Tokeny
Heinrich Zetlmayer - General Partner, Blockchain Valley Ventures
Fabian Vogelsteller - Founder and Chief Architect, LUKSO

About Panel: Digital tokens can be used as a value unit that an ecosystem creates “to self-govern its business model, and empower its users to interact with its products, while facilitating the distribution and sharing of rewards and benefits to all of its stakeholders. With innovation at the forefront, we are also witnessing the rise in the use of blockchain business models. In this panel session we will be exploring the blockchain business models.

16:10 - 16:30

Evidence Based Blockchain
Speaker: Dr Naseem Naqvi - President, The British Blockchain Association
About Session: In a world full of information overload, noise and hype, how do you establish the Truth and make quality DECISIONS to achieve the best RESULTS? When the funds are low and the stakes are high, how do you devise a ROBUST strategy for your blockchain project and stand out from the crowd? How to present your blockchain business case so that regulators and policymakers actually PAY ATTENTION?
EBB: A step-by-step approach to practicing Evidence Based Decision making - A simple, yet powerful SCIENTIFIC approach to problem solving that empowers you with the right amount of CRITICAL THINKING, structured ANALYSIS, and sound REASONING to achieve the desired outcomes for your organisation.

16:30 - 17:10

The Rise of National Cryptocurrencies
Moderator: Irwin Chee - Associate Partner, Novum Capital
Panelists:

Michael Bacina - Partner, Piper Alderman
Meinhard Benn - CEO, SatoshiPay
Andre A De Castro - Founder & CEO, Blockchain of Things, Inc
Tzahi Kanza - CEO, VentureRocket | Securer

About Session: Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, and hundreds of others, typically are issued by private individuals, groups, or organizations, or mined via cryptographic protocols. Russia, however, among just a few other nations on the planet, has publicly announced plans for a national cryptocurrency: the CryptoRuble. China is working on a similar currency, as is Kyrgyzstan. At this moment, the U.S. Federal Reserve has no such plans -- although, you'd have to think it would make quantitative easing much more simple.

17:30 - 18:10

Panel Discussion: Investing in Crypto – High Institutional Demand Post Covid
Moderator: Yael Tamar - CMO & Partner, SolidBlock
Panelists:

Chris de Lavigne - Partner Financial Advisory, Deloitte (SEA)
Shiliang Tang - Chief Investment Officer, Ledgerprime
Maria Stankevich - Head of Business Development, EXMO

About session: The covid-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented economic crisis, with the IMF calling it the worst recession since the Great Depression. Companies are missing their earnings estimates and many traditional investments have taken a hit across the board. The crisis has investors scrambling to find safe haven assets, and more people are now asking whether cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, are a good investment.

18:10 - 18:30

Leveraging Blockchain Technology for Business
Speaker: Marta Piekarska-Geater - Director of Ecosystem, Hyperledger
About Session: Distributed Ledger Technologies are here to stay. What started as an enabling technology for Bitcoin has now become a core platform for businesses and organizations around the world. Applications range from food safety, through trading all the way to fighting COVID-19. Marta will discuss DLT adoption in the enterprise world and the use cases Hyperledger members are implementing today, in production.

18:30 - 19:00

Developing your dynamic blockchain transformation strategy
Speaker: Jack Shaw - Innovation & Technology Strategist, Breakthrough Business Technologies
About Session: Blockchain and other emerging technologies can be strategically disruptive. But pandemics, climate change, and geopolitical disruptions like trade wars can also disrupt our businesses and economic ecosystems.
So, how do you develop a Blockchain strategy when such disruptions are so hard to predict? The answer is Dynamic Blockchain Transformation. Businesses can think long-term about using Blockchain. And yet, they can also have the flexibility to modify their Blockchain Strategy dynamically to address unanticipated strategic disruptions

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