Agenda
This is the preliminary agenda for the event. Please note: Schedule is subject to changes.
European Blockchain Convention
Date: January 20th, 2020
Venue: 5* Hesperia Barcelona Tower by Hyatt
8:15
Registration
9:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Victoria Gago
European Blockchain Convention
Daniel Salmerón
European Blockchain Convention
9:20
Digital Society: Blockchain for Government and Public Sector
Dr. Stefan Junestrand
EU Blockchain Observatory Forum
Roberto Fernández Hergueta
everis
Belén Arribas
Colegio de la Abogacía de Barcelona (ICAB)
Pelle Braendgaard
uPort
Nacho Alamillo
Astrea
10:00
Financial Markets Infrastructure & Services within the DLT era
Victoria Gago
European Blockchain Convention
Maria Concepcion de Monteverde
Banco Santander
Mariana Gómez de la Villa
ING
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Carlos Arena
R3
10:40
Central Bank Digital Currencies & Innovation in Payments
Michael Kumhof
Bank of England
Dirk Bullmann
European Central Bank
11:20
Coffee Networking Break
11:50
Regulation in the evolving Payments Landscape in Europe
12:30
Blockchain in Transport, Shipping & Logistics
Pradipa Karbhari
Microsoft
Sunny Lu
VeChain
Javier Gallardo
Puerto de Barcelona
1:10
EBC Networking Lunch
2:40
Trends in the Global Legal Landscape of Distributed Ledger Technology
Joshua Klayman
Linklaters
Cristina Carrascosa
EU Blockchain Observatory Forum
Sue McLean
Baker Mckenzie
3:20
Security Tokens - Enabling new Business Models
Mai Santamaria
Department of Finance, Republic of Ireland
Thomas Borrel
Polymath
Robert Wiecko
Dash Core Group
Jose Serna
Securitize
Ciarán McGonagle
International Swaps and Derivatives Association
4:00
How Blockchain is Contributing to a More Energy-Sufficient World
Jose Minguez
Endesa
José Daniel García Espinel
Acciona
4:40
Coffee Networking Break
5:10
State of Technical Aspects of Blockchain Technology
Juan Caubet
Eurecat
Pavel Kravchenko
Distributed Labs
Bruno Škvorc
Lexon Foundation
Bruno Škvorc
Web3 Foundation
Laura Spinaci
Blockchain & Innovation Mentoring Lab
5:50
Patient Records on the Blockchain to Improve Continuity of Care
Marc Rocas
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Maria Marenco
Government Blockchain Association
Anca Petre
23 Consulting
6:30
Networking Cocktail
RACE by EBC
Date: January 21st, 2020
Venue: Congress Hall, Campus La Salle, Barcelona
8:15
Registration
8:40
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Victoria Gago
European Blockchain Convention
Daniel Salmerón
European Blockchain Convention
8:45
Batch 1. Startup presentations
2gether
Arex
Blocktac
ChainGo
Domi
etoshi
Everprove
Fidoo
Finboot
Freeverse
Gataca
10:45
Keynote Presentation: Blockchain Strategy of Catalonia
Daniel Marco
Director General for Innovation and Digital Economy, Government of Catalonia
11:15
Batch 2. Startup presentations
iCommunity
Pungo
Seven Row
Solarmente
Staxe
Trazable
Triple O Games
Valid Network
