Recordings
Monday · 12 April
1:00 - 1:30 PM CET
EBC Sneak Peek
Get hyped for EBC 2021! The EBC crew will take you through the virtual platform, talk through the amazing speaker lineup and more!
1:30 - 2:00 PM CET
Lessons Learned from Blockchain Consortiums & the Emergence of a New Type of Network

Guillaume Dechaux
ConsenSys
2:00 - 3:15 PM CET
The Tokenization of Financial Assets is Finally Here. Are you ready?
Security tokens may finally represent the “killer app” for blockchain. Just as digitization has improved efficiency and transparency in other parts of the economy, the same will occur when capital markets move from issuing securities in dematerialized format to natively digital.

Hadrien Zerah
Adoption Manager, Nomadic Labs

Jan Karnath
Co-Founder & CEO, Timeless

Nadia Filali
Head of Blockchain, Groupe Caisse des Depots

Sebastian Kraft
Senior Product Owner DLT, Commerzbank

Dotun Rominiyi
Blockchain Strategy London Stock Exchange

Thomas Borrel
Chief Product Officer, Polymath
3:15 - 4:00 PM CET
What's Next for Payments Regulation in Europe
Towards the end of September 2020, the European Commission adopted a digital finance package, which included digital finance and retail payments strategies as well as concrete legislative proposals on crypto-assets and digital resilience. If adopted, these measures and proposals will impact on existing financial providers as well as bringing new entities into the regulatory net.

Gonzalo Perez del Arco
Director Government Affairs South Europe, American Express

Peter Kerstens
European Commission

Doris Dietze
Head of Digital Finance, Payment Services and Cybersecurity, German Ministry of Finance
4:00 - 4:30 PM CET
How to Issue a Central Bank Digital Currency
With the emergence of Bitcoin and recently proposed stablecoins from BigTechs, such as Diem (formerly Libra), Central Banks face growing competition from private actors offering their own digital alternative to physical cash. In this talk, Thomas Moser will explain how Central Banks could issue a CBDC, if desired.

Thomas Moser
Swiss National Bank
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Blockchain Startups - A New Dimension for Venture Capital
A distinguished panel of VCs will discuss their recent investments in the crypto/blockchain space. They will cover investment, deal flow, portfolio management, opportunities, and more.
4:30 - 5:00 PM CET
Trends in CeFi & DeFi
Catch Mariana Gospodinova on stage to discuss how the lines between DeFi (decentralised finance) and CeFi (centralised finance) are not as clear as one might think.

Mariana Gospodinova
General Manager, Europe, Crypto.com
5:00 - 5:45 PM CET
Creating Equitable Access to the Global Financial System
Financial products and services drive the world's development and reduce poverty. However, more than 1.7 billion individuals globally currently lack the most lack the most basic financial services and therefore cannot adequately invest in their health, education, and entrepreneurship. Blockchain technology has caused quite a stir in the tech and financial community, and its potential for empowering financial inclusion is being tested globally.

Sheraz Ahmed
Crypto Valley Association

Denelle Dixon
CEO, Stellar Development Foundation

Julien Le Goc
Director of Policy, Diem Association

Mai Santamaria
Head of Financial Advisory team Republic of Ireland
5:45 - 6:15 PM CET
How can blockchain support the energy transition?
From tracking the source of renewable energy to changing the relationship between how energy is produced and consumed, blockchain has the potential to transform the way companies collaborate and interact to accelerate the development of low-carbon energy.

Sabine Brink
Blockchain Lead, Shell

Miguel Angel Rojas
Blockchain Expert

Barbora Greplova
Co-Chair WG Energy, INATBA
6:15 - 6:30 PM CET
Fireside Chat with Lily from 'Lily's Show'
Lily, just 3 years old, has her own program in which she explains simple things to her followers. In her fifth chapter, she explains how Bitcoin works with the help of sweet Skittles , her stuffed animals and of course, her parents.

Lily Knight
World's leading cryptocurrency expert in the toddler space
Tuesday · 13 April
11:45 - 12:00 AM CET
PharmaLedger Introduction
12:00 - 1:00 PM CET
Healthcare Data Privacy and Ownership
Data is one of the best tools we have for fighting the Covid-19 outbreak, but health data — like consumer data — is held in silos in many different companies and institutions. And while third parties can track, trade, and negotiate that data, the people who create it, are often cut out of the deal. Blockchain can be used to solve these issues, by putting individuals in control of their data, which would be encrypted - ensuring privacy - and stored in a distributed network that no entity owned.

Ingrid Klingmann
Chairman, European Forum for Good Clinical Practice · PharmaLedger

Hernando Giraldo
Boehringer Ingelheim · PharmaLedger

Anca Petre
CEO, 23 Consulting

Nenad Georgiev
Research Associate, KU Leuven Center · PharmaLedger

Catherine Chronaki
European Federation for Medical Informatics · PharmaLedger
1:00 - 2:00 PM CET
Powering Clinical Trials with IOT and Blockchain
Reproducibility, data sharing, personal data privacy concerns and patient enrolment in clinical trials are huge medical challenges for contemporary clinical research. Blockchain, may be a key to addressing these challenges and should draw the attention of the whole clinical research community.

José Gabriel Teriús
Researcher, PharmaLedger · Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Despina Daliani
Clinical Research Associate, PharmaLedger · Onorach Clinical

Todd Culverwell
UCB Pharma · PharmaLedger

Giuseppe Pontrelli
PharmaLedger · OPBG

Votis Konstantinos
PharmaLedger · CERTH
2:00 - 3:00 PM CET
Can blockchain prevent the problem of counterfeit drugs?
As the illegal trade of counterfeit drugs trade continues to rise, various technology-based solutions will continue to develop. Although blockchain is at its nascent stage, it can play a pivotal role to flatten the curve. If adopted, blockchain can vastly limit the impact of fake medicines in the global market by revolutionizing supply chains.

Paolo Migliari
PharmaLedger · MSD

Valentina Strammiello
PharmaLedger · European Patients' Forum

Nuno Miguel Gonçalves
PharmaLedger · INCM

Stanislas Barro
PharmaLedger · Novartis

Timothy Marsh
GS1
3:00 - 4:00 PM CET
Verifiable Credentials for COVID-19 Data Management
At the moment, it is difficult for someone to prove that they have tested negative for COVID-19 across borders. Blockchain and DLTs can help transfer and share data efficiently between governments and businesses while ensuring the privacy of the individual. A blockchain-enabled system for COVID-19 tracing could also be thought of as a MVP for a larger effort to build a decentralised system for digital health records which patients can bring with them no matter where they go.

Benedetto Biondi
Innovation Manager, Blockchain Italia

Marco Cuomo
Applied Technology Innovation Manager, PharmaLedger · Novartis

Xavi Vila
Product Manager, Validated ID

Heather Leigh Flannery
ConsenSys Health

Daniel Uribe
Founder, Genobank.io
4:15 - 5:30 PM CET
Understanding Institutional-Grade Crypto Custody
The rise of cryptocurrency as an asset class is bringing increased attention to the importance of security and trust—as well as the growing need for regulations and standards of operation—in the space. The practices of centralized and decentralized exchanges have received the most scrutiny to date, but the manner in which digital assets are stored and managed is an equally important (though less discussed) concern.

Sandra Ro
CEO, Global Blockchain Business Council

Raimundo Castilla
CEO, Prosegur Crypto

Lior Lamesh
Co-Founder & CEO, GK8

Francisco Maroto
Blockchain Lead, BBVA

Henrik Gebbing
Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Finoa

Berit Fuss
Director Fintech Solutions, RIDDLE&CODE
5:30 - 6:30 PM CET
DLT & Crypto for Financial Services
The digitization of financial instruments – comprising digital assets, smart contracts and programmable money – takes the benefits of blockchain further by forging unprecedented levels of connectivity and programmability between products, services, assets and holdings. These digitized instruments will redefine the processes of commercial and financial markets, creating a new paradigm where value is brought at every touch point.

Laurent Marochini
Head of Innovation, Société Générale

David Creer
Global DLT and Crypto Lead, GFT Group

Darko Pilav
Director of Client Experience Engineering, Digital Asset

Kim Schneider
Blockchain Specialist, Rabobank

Simon Seiter
Head of Digital Assets, Deutsche Börse
6:30 - 7:30 PM CET
The Future of Finance: Digital Assets and Beyond
The emergence of digital assets– as supported by blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) – is heralding a new era. As digital assets gain traction, regulators are launching initiatives to support the development of the market, and traditional investors and asset managers are slowly pivoting their business models towards the digital realm. But who is driving these developments, who stands to benefit and what exactly are the advantages?

Luz Parrondo
UPF Barcelona School of Management

Candace Kelly
General Counsel, Stellar Development Foundation

Scott King
Blockchain Product Owner, ING

Álvaro Suárez
DLT-Lab Technical Lead, BME
Wednesday · 14 April
12:00 - 1:00 PM CET
CBDCs in Europe. Anytime soon?
The international debate on central bank digital currency (CBDC) is gaining momentum. And as a result, the world has been sieged by CBDC initiatives stemming from all the parts of the world, that aim to digitalise payments, encourage financial inclusion, improve cross border payments, support fiscal transfer, etc. Will Europe launch a CBDC in 2-4 years as Christine Lagarde suggested?

Hachem Hassan
Financial Legal Expert, Danmarks Nationalbank

Thomas Moser
Alternate Member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank

Martin Diehl
Head Payment Systems, Deutsche Bundesbank

Raphael Auer
Principal Economist, Bank for International Settlements

Antony Welfare
Executive Director, Enterprise, NEM
1:00 - 2:00 PM CET
Private Sector and its Opportunity to Shape CBDCs
Commercial banks have a pivotal role to play and a unique opportunity to shape the course of CBDC at its foundation. The main risk for Commercial Banks posed by a CBDC issuance is the risk of structural bank disintermediation, which consist of the shrinking of the commercial banks’ balance sheet due to a large-scale migration from bank deposits to CBDCs.

Julio Faura
CEO, Adhara

Philipp Sandner
Professor, Frankfurt School Blockchain Center

Dean Demellweek
Digital Transformation Leader, BNP Paribas

Monica Singer
ConsenSys
2:00 - 3:00 PM CET
Crypto Asset Regulation: EU vs USA vs ASIA
Although the sector is growing rapidly, blockchain-related businesses are still largely unregulated in most countries. Sadly, in some circles, the use of crypto is still perceived as a mechanism or tool to facilitate criminal activity. As a result, in order to prove their credibility, many blockchain-related businesses are seeking regulation. The purpose of this panel, therefore, is to explore the positions that different jurisdictions are taking, providing an overview of the top jurisdictions you should consider when deciding where to incorporate your blockchain business.

Agata Ferreira
EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum

Joshua Ashley Klayman
Head of Blockchain & Digital Assets, Linklaters

Teana Baker-Taylor
General Manager, UK, Crypto.com

Urszula McCormack
King & Wood Mallesons

Nina-Luisa Siedler
Board Member, INATBA
3:00 - 3:30 PM CET
CBDCs: Research, Design and Lessons Learned
Since the late 1990s, monetary theorists have regarded money in general and cash in particular as a substitute for a publicly available and freely accessible record-keeping device. Theoretically, cash could be replaced by a public ledger recording all past and present transactions. Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is such a record-keeping device that can ensure trade without a central authority – but can it do so efficiently and more robustly than traditional, centralised exchange?

Raphael Auer
Principal Economist, Bank for International Settlements
3:30 - 4:15 PM CET
Workshop with R3: Digital Assets on Corda
4:15 - 5:00 PM CET
DeFi: Building for the Future
More institutional money flowing into the DeFi ecosystem, either in the form of token investment or venture capital, is boosting liquidity and legitimacy. Institutional support is also guiding the ecosystem through the shoals of regulatory acceptability and the gradual adaptation of current market infrastructure.

Jason Jones
CCO, Centrifuge

Johann Bornman
Product, ConsenSys

Rebecca Rettig
General Counsel, Aave
5:00 - 5:25 PM CET
Distrikt: the Best of Both Worlds
A decentralized, professional social media network that empowers users to own and control their identity and data. Powered by DFINITY’s Internet Computer, Distrikt will be the first 100% blockhain-based social media network.

Andra Georgescu
Co-Founder, Distrikt
5:25 - 5:45 PM CET
How Blockchain Can Streamline Healthcare and its Payments
5:45 - 6:45 PM CET
Making Europe Fit for the 'Blockchain, DLT & Crypto' Era
Tech policy is at the forefront of the Von der Leyen Commission’s ambitions for making Europe Fit for the Digital Age. Indeed, digital transformation touches every corner of our lives, bringing new opportunities, but also new risks. There is growing awareness in Europe of the potential of technology and its central role in transforming our society and economy across all sectors. Is Europe ready for the 'Blockchain, DLT & Crypto' Era?

Adam Gagen
VP, Government Affairs, American Express

Eva Kaili
Member, European Parliament

Jörg Kukies
State Secretary, German Ministry of Finance

Agata Ferreira
EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum

Jan Ceyssens
Head of Unit European Commission
Thursday · 15 April
12:00 - 12:20 PM CET
Aave Protocol: DeFi & FinTech Worlds Collide
Learn from Aave’s vision to bring the DeFi and Fintech spaces closer together by providing access to DeFi directly from electronic money accounts, opening up DeFi services to a wider user base moving toward mainstream adoption

Stani Kulechov
Founder and CEO, Aave
12:30 - 12:40 PM CET
BlockStart: How an EU-funded Accelerator is Boosting Blockchain adoption in SMEs
BlockStart is a pan-European DLT / blockchain partnership program run by a team of 3 partners: Bright Pixel, CIVITTA and F6S. Through this program of mutually beneficial partnerships between end-user SMEs and potential DLT / blockchain specialists, SMEs will be able to adopt blockchain solutions that can help grow their businesses and acquire knowledge about the benefits of these technologies.

Joao Fernandes
Blockchain Accelerator Manager & Investor , BlockStart & Bright Pixel
12:40 - 1:00 PM CET
BlockStart: Startup Pitches
A selection of the most promising blockchain startups in Europe will pitch their projects live!

Mirko Kikovic
Co-founder and CEO at Infidia

Agata Kukwa
Head of Communications at REXS.IO

Martin Schäffner
Blockchain Architect at Datarella

Reinis Skorovs
Founder/CEO at Kedeon
1:15 - 1:45 PM CET
Complex blockchain infrastructures, scalability and interoperability
If blockchain-based platforms and applications are to succeed, they will need to be able to scale sufficiently to meet the needs of their target markets or users. Due to the way blockchains work, scaling poses challenges that are not present with conventional database technology.

Pavel Kravchenko
Founder, Distributed Lab

Marty Bell
Chief Software Architect, Rakuten Blockchain Lab

Omri Ross
Chief Blockchain Scientist, eToro
1:45 - 2:15 PM CET
Why 86% of enterprise blockchain implementations fail?
While high levels of investment into enterprise blockchain projects have been sustained over the last three years, the stark reality is that the vast majority still never make it beyond proof-of-concept. In fact, as few as 5% make it to production and, according to global research and advisory firm Gartner, 90% of those will need replacement within two years to remain competitive. what can enterprises do to increase their chances of success?

Matthew Van Niekerk
CEO & Co-Founder, SettleMint
2:15 - 2:45 PM CET
Keynote
Get hyped for EBC 2021! The EBC crew will take you through the virtual platform, talk through the amazing speaker lineup, preview the Startup Battlefield companies and more!

Arthur Breitman
Early Architect, Tezos
2:45 - 3:15 PM CET
Governance of Large Scale Blockchain-based Solutions
Get hyped for EBC 2021! The EBC crew will take you through the virtual platform, talk through the amazing speaker lineup, preview the Startup Battlefield companies and more!

Karen Ottoni
Director of Ecosystem, Hyperledger

Nadia Hewett
Data for Common Purpose and Blockchain, World Economic Forum

Marta Piekarska
Head of Community, Balancer Labs
3:15 - 4:00 PM CET
NFTs, DAOs and the New Creator Economy
The ownership economy – by way of decentralized autonomous organizations (aka DAO) and non-fungible tokens (aka NFT) – builds a business on top of the creator economy that encourages creators, operators and the community to collaborate together under a new, interdependent ownership mechanism that combines the best of both (legacy and creator economy). This new media structure will be wholly owned by the creators, operators and consumers themselves.

Marek Sobieniecki
IKEA

Robby Yung
CEO, Animoca Brands

Chris Carella
Tezos

Pawel Kuskowski
CEO, Coinfirm
4:00 - 4:30 PM CET
The Benefits of Coopetition in Blockchain Consortia
Get hyped for EBC 2021! The EBC crew will take you through the virtual platform, talk through the amazing speaker lineup, preview the Startup Battlefield companies and more!

Martha Bennett
VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester

Dale Chrystie
Blockchain Strategist, FedEx

Alexa Rios
Regional Product Expert, TradeLens | Maersk
4:30 - 4:50 PM CET
Trust as the Key Concept in Future Mobility using Decentralized Technologies
The Internet and consequently the Internet of Things were built without a trust layer. Decentralized Digital Identities as basis for Connected Mobility for example, may be one of the needed missing components to implement real data sovereignty and a trusted Economy of Things in future Connected Vehicles scenarios. Actual use cases and ways to tackle this challenge will be presented.

Peter Busch
Product Owner DLT Mobility, Bosch
4:50 - 5:40 PM CET
Blockchain in Mobility-as-a-Service
Get hyped for EBC 2021! The EBC crew will take you through the virtual platform, talk through the amazing speaker lineup, preview the Startup Battlefield companies and more!

Rebecca Johnson
European Blockchain Association

Jeanine Jue
Head of Developer Relations & Education, R3

Peter Busch
Product Owner DLT Mobility, Bosch

Moritz von Bonin
Head of Blockchain & DLT, Deutsche Bahn
5:40 - 6:40 PM CET
Where have you been? Blockchain for tracking goods in trade
Get hyped for EBC 2021! The EBC crew will take you through the virtual platform, talk through the amazing speaker lineup, preview the Startup Battlefield companies and more!

Alberto Cozer
Senior Global IT Platforms Director, Nestlé

Matthew Van Niekerk
CEO & Co-Founder, SettleMint

Pedro Lopez Belmonte
Blockchain Tech Lead, Richemont

Rodolfo Quijano
Head of Blockchain, Henkel

Garance (Bon) Osternaud
Project Manager for Blockchain, Carrefour
6:40 - 7:30 PM CET
Accelerating Technology Disruption in the Automotive Market
Get hyped for EBC 2021! The EBC crew will take you through the virtual platform, talk through the amazing speaker lineup, preview the Startup Battlefield companies and more!

Robin Pilling
Technical Lead, Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI)

Pramita Mitra
IoT & Blockchain Research Supervisor, Ford Motors

Odile Panciatici
Blockchain Program VP, Groupe Renault

Alba Vergara
IT Blockchain Specialist, SEAT
12:00 - 12:45 PM CET
How to Control Our Ever Expanding Digital Footprint?
Our digital footprint is ever expanding. Everyday we sign up to new services, from utilities, online banking, shopping accounts, tv and music platforms, to that one account we had to make only to buy a concert ticket. Not only all these signups expose our identity to serious security threats, it is also a hassle to keep track of them, remember all the login details, know which services we are paying for...

Margherita Leder
COO, TMP Group

Montse Guardia
General Manager, Alastria

David Palmer
Blockchain Lead, Vodafone
12:45 - 1:15 PM CET
Blockchain for Government Digital Disruption, the Exemple of Catalonia
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Daniel Marco
Director General of Innovation and Digital Economy at Government of Catalonia
1:15 - 2:15 PM CET
Where Do We Stand on Self-Sovereign Identity?
Self-sovereign identity shifts identity and credential management from the client-server model of centralized identity systems, which creates silos, to a peer-to-peer model. Self-Sovereign Identity is an emerging concept associated with the way identity is managed in the digital world. According to the Self-Sovereign Identity approach, users should be able to create and control their own identity, without relying on any centralised authority. This way, the identity owner can determine when, where, why and with whom to provide access to these credentials.

Charles Walton
Senior VP, Digital Identity, Mastercard

Coty de Monteverde
Blockchain Center of Excellence Director, Banco Santander

Antoine Maisonneuve
Blockchain Program Manager, Orange

Daniël Du Seuil
European Blockchain Partnership

Ivan Basart
CTO, Validated ID
2:15 - 3:00 PM CET
Blockchain Moves to the Public Sector
More governments join the race to pass regulatory legislation and commence pilot projects centered around blockchain technology every day. Governments can leverage blockchain technology to provide cybersecurity, process optimization, and integrate hyperconnected services while bolstering trust and accountability.

Matthew Van Niekerk
CEO & Co-Founder, SettleMint

Andreas Hartl
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

Kimmo Mäkinen
Senior Advisory, Finnish Ministry of Finance

Peteris Zilgalvis
Digital Innovation & Blockchain, European Commission
3:00 - 3:30 PM CET
Public & Private Sector Collaboration in the Blockchain Space
More governments join the race to pass regulatory legislation and commence pilot projects centered around blockchain technology every day. Governments can leverage blockchain technology to provide cybersecurity, process optimization, and integrate hyperconnected services while bolstering trust and accountability.

Paul Hearns
Blockchain Ireland

Nena Dokuzov
Ministry of Economic Development and Technology of Slovenia

Joao Rodrigues
Head of Sector Building Blocks, European Commission
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
User Owned Data and Web 3.0
The creaking foundations of our 40 year old internet are groaning under the strain of centrally owned user data. Attempts are under way to fix it. However, the political, regulatory, legislative and technical challenges in making such solutions work are substantial.
3:30 - 4:45 PM CET
Building A New Internet: The Bold Plan To Decentralize The Web
Once hailed for its revolutionary potential, the historically open, decentralized, egalitarian internet seems to inch closer toward centralized control with each passing day. But what can be done? Here’s a modest proposal: perhaps it’s time to build a new internet.

Alfonso de la Rocha
Research Engineer, Protocol Labs

Henri Pihkala
Co-Founder, Streamr

Peng Zhong
CEO, Tendermint, Cosmos

Aidan Hyman
Co-Founder & CEO, ChainSafe Systems

Des Martin
VP of Marketing and User Growth, Brave Software

Eric Wang
Ecosystem Development Lead, Parity - Polkadot
4:45 - 5:45 PM CET
Should we sell our data? A panel on the ethics of individual data monetisation
Data is of unprecedented importance today, but, present data marketplaces are inadequate as they fail to satisfy all the desirable properties - fairness, efficiency, security, privacy and adherence to regulations. In this panel , we discuss how blockchain enables a data marketplace solution that fulfills all required properties.

Hannah Rudman
Senior Challenge Research Fellow & Data Policy Lead, Scotland's Rural College

Shiv Malik
Head of Growth, Streamr

Maria Minaricova
Chair of the Board, Blockchain for Europe

Luca Cosentino
Product and Go-To-Market, Oasis Labs

Bruce Pon
Co-Founder, Ocean Protocol

Andra Georgescu
Co-Founder, Distrikt
5:45 - 6:15 PM CET
Keynote Protocol Labs
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Juan Benet
Founder, Protocol Labs
6:15 - 6:30 PM CET
Closing Session and Wrap up of EBC 2021
This sessions wraps up the lessons learned during EBC 2021.

Victoria Gago
Co-Founder, European Blockchain Convention

Daniel Salmeron
Co-Founder, European Blockchain Convention