Agenda
09:30-10:10
Best-Performing Digital Asset Investment Strategies in 2024
Steven Ehrlich
Digital Assets, Forbes
Afonso Fuzeta
Head of Innovation and New Business, Banco BPI
Michael Mouradian
Head of Digital Assets And Markets, Bittrex Global
Przemysław Kral
CEO, zondacrypto
The impact of ETF approvals
Steven Ehrlich
Digital Assets, Forbes
Adonis Nasr
VP Digital Assets Product Manager, State Street
Barbara Schlyter
Head of Digital Products, DWS
Digital Assets Lifecycle: Issuance, Trading, Settlement and Custody
Bilal Jafar
Hedge Fund and Crypto Correspondent, Dow Jones
Jonathan Leßmann
CMO & Platform Strategy, SWIAT
Nadia Filali
Head of Innovation & Development, Groupe Caisse des Dépôts
Are Financial Institutions Finally Adopting Crypto?
Nikou Asgari
Digital Markets Correspondent, Financial Times
Manuel Nordeste
VP, Fidelity Digital Assets, Fidelity Investments
Christopher Siedentopf
Head of Global Institutional Sales, Uphold
From Blockchain to Superledger: A Path to Global Mass Adoption
Jovonni Martinez
Director of Blockchain, Coreum
Tokenize Assets or Build Digital Asset Rails First?
Nikou Asgari
Digital Markets Correspondent, Financial Times
Laurence Arnold
Head of Innovation Management and Strategic Initiatives, AXA Investment Managers
Ana Santillan
Head of EMEA Financial Institutions, Fireblocks
Crypto Trading Infrastructure for Institutional Investors: What's Needed?
Bilal Jafar
Hedge Fund and Crypto Correspondent, Dow Jones
Chris Aruliah
Managing Director OTC Sales, Wincent
Simon Forster
Managing Director Global Co-Head of Digital Assets, TP ICAP
Revolution of Gateway Payments
How to Boost Engagement Through NFTs
Joaquín Muñoz
Partner Commercial, Bird & Bird
Shannon Snow
Chief Operating Officer, World of Women
Jordi Mompart Penina
Director of Research and Analytics, FC Barcelona
Centralized Wisdom, Decentralized Power: The New Landscape of Blockchain Governance
Dr. Shamshudeen Mohd Yunus
Chief Strategist/Founder, Tijarah Holding Ltd
What Are Investors Looking for in Web3?
Victoria Gago
Co-Founder, European Blockchain Convention
Kavita Gupta
Founding Managing Partner, Delta Blockchain Fund
Alex Strzesniewski
Founder, AngelBlock
Onboarding the Next Billion into Web3
Pratap Penumalli
Partner and COO, Galaxy Labs
John Woods
CTO, Algorand Foundation
Bogdan Gusiev
CTO, Unstoppable Domains
Oct 25 - Visionary Stage
08:00-09:40
Registration & Coffee
09:40-09:50
Opening Remarks
Daniel Salmerón
Co-founder, European Blockchain Convention
Victoria Gago
Co-founder, European Blockchain Convention
Yves-Michel Leporcher
Blockchain Expert, Neurochain
Dr. Andres J. Ruiz Vargas
Head of Research, The Codos Foundation
Gregor Novak
President and Co-founder, SunContract
Naroa Zurutuza
Lead, Barcelona Technology Center, UNICEF Giga
Bernard Nicolay
Adjunct Professor of Finance, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Guénolé de Cadoudal
Head of Digital Assets, Credit Agricole
Adi Ben-Ari
Founder & CEO, Applied Blockchain
Andrew Rummer
Editor in Chief, Digital Frontier
Kerel Verwaerde
CMO, Cryptology
Menno Martens
Crypto Product Manager, VanEck
Tony Cheng
General Partner, Foresight Ventures
George Zarya
CEO, Bequant
11:20-11:30
Beyond Bitcoin: How Assets-backed Regulated Crypto is Revolutionizing the World of Finance
Silvina Moschini
President & Founder, Unicoin
Victor Busson
CMO, Taurus
Claus George
Head of Digitalization and Innovation TxB, DZ Bank
Michael Cyrus
Head of Collateral Trading and FX, DekaBank
Coty de Monteverde
Global Blockchain CTO, Banco Santander
Arnaud Misset
Chief Digital Officer, CACEIS
Madeleine Boys
Head of Community, GBBC Digital Finance
Waqar Chaudry
Executive Director - Innovation and Digital Assets Product, Standard Chartered Bank
Stephan Dreyer
Managing Director, Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA)
Denis Dounaev
Product Owner Cross Border Payments, Digital Token Identifier Foundation (DTIF)
Adam Gągol
Co-founder, Aleph Zero
Sebastian Becciu
Test Analyst, Sygnum Bank AG
Stefan Klauser
CEO & Co-founder, Aisot Technologies
Koh Onozawa
Co-CEO, Bit2me
Mark Nuvelstijn
CEO, Bitvavo
Gloria Hernández Aler
Co-founder and Partner, finReg360
13:40-14:25
Break
14:25-14:55
Agora Session with the Audience
Benedikt Faupel
Head of Blockchain, Bitkom
Ghan Vashishtha
Co-founder & CTO, Zeeve
Joe Rotondi
Co-founder, Unit Network
Patxi Barrios
Web3 Product Manager, Telefónica
Demetrios Skalkotos
CEO and Co-founder, expand.network
Adnan Alisic
CEO, Biokript
Victoria Gago
Co-founder, European Blockchain Convention
Richard Muirhead
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Fabric Ventures
Anja Blaj
Policy Expert, European Crypto Initiative
Joshua Ashley Klayman
Head of Blockchain & Digital Assets, Linklaters
Juan Jiménez Zaballos
Chairman of the Advisory Board Alastria, Alastria
Elsa Madrolle
General Manager, Europe, VerifyVASP
Giovanni Cunti
Chief Executive Officer, Gate.MT
Mark Nuvelstijn
CEO, Bitvavo
Yves-Michel Leporcher
Blockchain Expert, Neurochain
Kevin McHugh
Group Treasurer, Xapo Bank
Michael Hall
Founding Partner & CIO, Nickel Digital AM
Dr. Christoph Wronka
Director | Lead Blockchain, Digital Assets & Financial Crime, Deloitte GmbH
Matthias Steger
Steger Consulting
Tim Bruenjes
Head of Sales DACH, Nordics, Baltics & CEE, Fireblocks
Shurong Li
Head of Marketing, Tokeny
Jasmine Burgess
COO/CRO, Coinbase Asset Management
Carsten Emmelius
Director - Banks & FinTech Coverage, LBBW
Juan Carlos Salinas Royan
Head of Digital Assets and Fintech, MoraBanc
Eray Demirtop
Group Internal Consulting – Blockchain & Digital Assets, UBS
Bilal El Alamy
Co-Founder and CEO, PyratzLabs
Uldis Teraudkalns
CEO, Nexpay
Tayfun Karabagli
Huawei Cloud
Oct 25 - AMA Stage
10:40-11:00
Startup Battle Open Remarks
11:00-12:00
Startup Battle Session 1: Security, Blockchain Infrastructure, and Tokenization
Pitching Startups
AuditOne
David Velek, Co-founder & BD
Blockbrain
Oliver Padmaperuma, Head of Research
Bolide
Dmitriy Panshin, CPO
Chronicle Protocol
Niklas Kunkel, Founder
Crowdgenix
Sarel Dika, CEO
expand.network
Demetrios Skalkotos, CEO & Co-founder
kuutamo
Rune Bentien, Co-CEO
MC² Finance
Maggie Childs, Advisor
Pentestify
Lucas Martin Calderon, Founder & CEO
Session Jury Members
Artem Chestnov
General Partner, 4Blocks Capital
Mahsa Doorfard
Sales and Marketing Manager, coinIX
Nathalie Oestmann
Chief Operating Officer, Outlier Ventures
Sarunas Legeckas
General Partner, Founderheads
Torben Jorgensen
CFO, UDHC
15:00-16:00
Startup Battle Session 2: Gaming, Marketing, and Community
Pitching Startups
AddZest
Elliot Garreffa, Co-founder & CEO
PuraVida Global
Emanuel Toledo, CEO and Founder
DEFIT
Kevin Serou, Founder & CEO
GOV.DAO
Oliver Smith, Founder
Ispolink
Emanuil Pavlov, Founder and CEO
Immerzo
Michael Coppola, CEO
Operal
Tony Caradonna, President of the Board
Second World Games
Carlos Ripoll, CEO
STYLE Protocol
Leo Hilse, Founder
Thrilld Labs
Alexandra Overgaag, CEO & Founder
Session Jury Members
Anton Shakur
Head of Venture Capital, Hodl Group
Bilal El Alamy
Co-founder & CEO, PyratzLabs
Eugene Shakula
COO, yard [hub]
Jeddi Mees
Incubator Program Manager, Fabric Ventures
Sarunas Legeckas
General Partner, Founderheads
17:00-18:00
Pitching Startups
Startup Battle Session 3: Identity, NFTs and DeFi
Allfeat
JeanChristophe Barat, CEO
Digitalsocial.ID (DSID)
Simon Molitor, CEP & Co-Founder
Enefty
Giorgi Jashiashvili, Co-founder & CEO
Fiat24
Kay Shidlo, CMO
Kreatorhood
Maani Hariri, Co-founder
micapass
Gintarė Košubienė, CEO & Co-Founder
Perfect-iD
Dr. Timo Marks, CEO
QX
Zoran Nasteski, CEO
Sleap.io
Michael Ros, CEO & Founder
Ucollect.me
Miro Radenovic, Founder
Session Jury Members
Anton Shakur
Head of Venture Capital, Hodl Group
Artem Chestnov
General Partner, 4Blocks Capital
Bilal El Alamy
Co-founder & CEO, PyratzLabs
Jeddi Mees
Incubator Program Manager, Fabric Ventures
Nathalie Oestmann
Chief Operating Officer, Outlier Ventures
Oct 26 - Coreum Main Stage
08:00-09:30
Registration & Coffee
09:30-10:00
Constructing Personalized Portfolios in Crypto
James Morek
Co-Head of Institutional Sales, EMEA & APAC, Coinbase
Jasmine Burgess
COO/CRO, Coinbase Asset Management
Richard Murray
CEO, Hilbert Capital
Tim Grant
CEO, Deus X Capital
Aria Oh
CEO, Milk Alliance Inc.
Denisse Donoso
Spanish Team Lead, Beincrypto
Simone Binotto Torre
COO, Codego
Jovi J Overo
Managing Director Unlimit BaaS, Unlimit
Guido Buehler
Non-Executive Member of the Board, zondacrypto
Jörn-Jakob Röber
Head of EU Policy, Digital Currencies Governance Group (DCGG)
José Luis Lorente
Partner Financial Services, Bird & Bird
Cristian Cengher
Head of Payments Clearing and Operations, Erste Group Bank
Sören Hettler
Head of Investment Strategy and Private Clients, DZ Bank
Dr. Shamshudeen Mohd Yunus
Chief Strategist/Founder, Tijarah Holding Ltd
David Creer
Global DLT and Crypto Lead, GFT
Maria Eneva-Olms
Founder and CEO, Ekolance
Lisa Loud
Executive Director, Secret Network Foundation
Oliver Gale
Co-founder, Panther Protocol
Antoni Zolciak
Co-founder, Aleph Zero
Jarno Tapio Marttila
DevRel Engineer, Streamr
Jason Delabays
Blockchain Ecosystem Lead, Zama
Niklas Kunkel
Founder, Chronicle Protocol
Ana Santillan
Head of EMEA Financial Institutions & Co-Country Head of Switzerland, Fireblocks
Maria Eneva-Olms
Founder and CEO, Ekolance
Mounir Benchemled
Founder, ParaSwap
Favio Velarde
Head of Growth, Coreum
Bruno Garcia Sanmartin
CMO Prime Numbers, XDC NETWORK
Helwan Mandé
Developer Relations Engineer, Coreum
13:30-14:15
Break
14:15-14:45
Agora Session with the Audience
Tim Stingelin
Investment Manager, DCAP
Robby Yung
CEO, Animoca Brands
Saro McKenna
Co-founder & CEO, Dacoco GmbH (Alien Worlds)
Leo Khan
CEO, Undeads.com
Demetrios Skalkotos
CEO and Co-founder, expand.network
Gareth Jenkinson
Senior Journalist, Cointelegraph
Nathalie Oestmann
Chief Operating Officer, Outlier Ventures
Tim Grant
CEO, Deus X Capital
Alex Strzesniewski
Founder, AngelBlock
Ignacio Fonts Cavestany
Managing Partner and CEO, Inveready
Yaroslav Shakula
CEO, yard [hub]
Ivan Fernandez
Founding Partner, Enzo Ventures
Alex Odagiu
Investment Director, Binance Labs
Vineet Budki
Managing Partner & CEO, Cypher Capital
Anton Shakur
Head of Venture Capital, Hodl Ventures
16:45-17:30
Startup Battle Finals
5 session winners of the Startup Battle will pitch on stage and the judges will select the final TOP 3 startups at EBC9!
Finals Judges
Alex Strzesniewski
Founder, AngleBlock
Mahsa Doorfard
Sales and Marketing Manager, coinIX
Torben Jorgensen
CFO, UDHC
Yaroslav Shakula
CEO, yard [hub]
Oct 26 - Visionary Stage
08:00-09:45
Registration & Coffee
Manuel Villegas Franceschi
Digital Assets Specialist - Associate Director, Julius Baer
Natacha Dezert
Digital Strategy & Transformation - Blockchain & Digital Assets, BNP Paribas
Gernot Prettenthaler
RBI Blockchain Hub Lead, Raiffeisen Bank International AG
Nadia Filali
Head of Innovation & Development, Groupe Caisse des Dépôts
Victor Busson
CMO, Taurus
10:25-10:35
The Influence of the Bank for International Settlement on DLT Adoption in the Financial Industry
Jonathan Leßmann
CMO & Platform Strategy, SWIAT
Christopher Siedentopf
Head of Global Institutional Sales, Uphold
Maurice Mureau
CEO, Hodl Group
Hervé François
Partner, Blockhain / Digital Assets, Investcorp
Manuel Villegas Franceschi
Digital Assets Specialist - Associate Director, Julius Baer
Antoine Chaveron
Co-Founder & CEO, UNCX Network
Greg Vosper
Sales & Business Development, Blockdaemon
Mirko Schmiedl
CEO & Co-founder, Staking Rewards
Jesper Johansen
CEO, Northstake
Gareth Jenkinson
Senior Journalist, Cointelegraph
Szymon Sypniewicz
Co-founder & CEO, Ramp Network
Samuel Rondot
Managing Director, Damex
Iana Dimitrova
Chief Executive Officer, OpenPayd
Diego Meillassoux
Partner Account Executive, SettleMint
Tommaso Astazi
Head of Regulatory Affairs, Blockchain for Europe
Oleksandra Maksymenko
EU Government Affairs Manager, Revolut
Ernest Lima
Partner, XReg Consulting
Nena Dokuzov
Head of Project Group for New Economy & Blockchain Technologies, Slovenian Ministry of Economic Development & Technology
Giacomo Vella
Head of the Blockchain & Web3 Observatory, Osservatori Digital Innovation - Politecnico di Milano
Joao Rodrigues Frade
Head of Sector of the Digital Building Blocks, European Commission
Holger Bittner
Director New Business Development, FC Barcelona
Hayley Forth
Associate Director, Process Steward, MSD
13:15-13:45
Break
13:45-14:15
Agora Session with the Audience
Jorge Schnura
Co-founder and CEO, Unlockd
Caner Sevinc
Regulatory Counsel, Wirex
Dotun Rominiyi
Director of Emerging Technology, London Stock Exchange
Elliot Garreffa
Co-founder, AddZest
Lars Bakke Krogvig
Co-founder and Director of Engineering, Nansen
Ambre Soubiran
CEO, Kaiko
Dr. Max Bernt
Board Member, INATBA
Jon Fink Isaksen
Head of Policy, EMEA, Uniswap
Alain Otaegui
Policy Expert - Digital Finance, European Banking Authority (EBA)
Dr. Mark Richardson
CEO, Bancor Protocol
Thomas Nägele
Managing Partner, NÄGELE Attorneys at Law
Simon Molitor
CEO & Co-founder, Digitalsocial.ID
Julian Banks
Founder, Univox
Hugo Cortez
Co-founder and CEO, MYFC GROUP
Jose Mieres
Business Director, EuroGSAT
Aleks Ahrens
Head Web3 Partnerships, fliggs mobile
Álvaro González de Buitrago
CEO, Team Queso
Idan Zuckerman
Co-founder and Co-CEO, Upland
Oct 26 - AMA Stage
08:00-10:00
Registration & Coffee
10:00-11:00
Startup Battle Session 4: Sustainability, Social impact and DeFi
Pitching Startups
Crowmie
Fernando Dávila, CEO
erable
Vincent Katchavenda, COO & Founding member
EthicHub
Joan de Ramón Brunet, Head of Growth
Gratiago
Raoul Ullens, Co-founder & CTO
KERU
Hélène Quintin, CEO
Metacampus
Pere Pérez Ninou, CEO & Founder
PLENO
Nura Linggih, CEO & Co-founder
Billy
Robin Champseix, CEO
Solid World
Stenver Jerkku, CEO
ZeemGO
Borja Moreno Candau, CEO
Session Jury Members
Albert Domingo Vilar
Director, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Ventures
Mahsa Doorfard
Sales and Marketing Manager, coinIX
Mila Bozinov
Governance Lead, F3 Ventures
Miquel Costa Planas
President & CEO, Keiretsu Forum
11:05-11:25
Web3 Is a Joke: Bear Markets Are Funny!
Léo Filipetti
Co-founder, Crypto Comedy Collective
12:00-13:00
Startup Battle Session 5: Cryptos, Tokenized Assets, DeFi
Pitching Startups
basenode.io
Oliver Schantin, CEO and Co-founder
Bitstack
Alexandre Roubaud, CEO
Cheapskate
Chloe Flynn, Head of Operations
DLTPAY
Kenneth Kumor, Co-founder
Eczodex
Michael Quartey, CEO
Fume
Riccardo Conti, Co-founder
Merlin
Elie Azzi, Founder & Head of Product
Nash21
Ezequiel Sarra, Head of Business Development
NORTHSTAKE A/S
Jesper Johansen, Founder & CEO
Vestinda
Alin Breaban, Co-founder & CEO
Session Jury Members
Miquel Costa Planas
President & CEO, Keiretsu Forum
Sarunas Legeckas
General Partner, Founderheads
Torben Jorgensen
CFO, UDHC
Yaroslav Shakula
CEO, yard [hub]