Speakers

• Alain Aoun Co-Founder of Blockchain Leaders
  

  Alain Aoun

  Co-Founder of Blockchain Leaders
• Alfonso Govela Co-Founder of Hyperledger Latinoamerica
  

  Alfonso Govela

  Co-Founder of Hyperledger Latinoamerica

  MIT. M.Arch.A.S., Co-Founder Hyperledger Latinoamerica, Co-Chair Learning Materials and Development Working Group, Hyperledger, Linux Foundation. Urban Innovation and Blockchain Consultant for Metropolis. Consultant for Digital Civics UN-Habitat. Member of Alianza Blockchain Iberoamérica.

• Chiara Ventura Blockchain ITALIA, Education WG Co-Chair
  

  Chiara Ventura

  Blockchain ITALIA, Education WG Co-Chair
• Dimitrios Pikios Project Coordinator ESCO - European Commission
  

  Dimitrios Pikios

  Project Coordinator ESCO - European Commission

  Project Coordinator ESCO (European Classification of Skills/Competences, Qualifications and Occupations), DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion at the European Commission

• Dimitris E. Kiriakos Computer Scientist, MSc,MBA,MEd,Phd(c), Director of IEK Aigaleo VET Institute, Athens, Greece Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs.
  

  Dimitris E. Kiriakos

  Computer Scientist, MSc,MBA,MEd,Phd(c), Director of IEK Aigaleo VET Institute, Athens, Greece Ministry of Education & Religious Affairs.
• Donna Redel Fordham Law and Business school, AAB member
  

  Donna Redel

  Fordham Law and Business school, AAB member

  Donna Redel was the managing director of The World Economic Forum, the foremost global organization combining business, political, academic and other leaders of society committed to improving the state of the world. Ms. Redel was the first woman to chair a USA exchange, The Commodity Exchange. Following her work in global organizations, Ms. Redel began a second career as a New York City-based advisor and investor focusing on Fintech, Blockchain and emerging technologies. She is an active participant in the startup community with New York Angels, serving as a board member, the co-founder of the Blockchain Committee, co-chair of the Israeli Investment Committee and chair of the Education Committee.
  Ms. Redel developed and is teaching a course on Blockchain-Crypto-Digital Assets at Fordham Law school and Fordham Gabelli Business. She will also teach a newly designed course on Smart Securities. The focus of her public service efforts are the environment, the arts, health and promoting women’s leadership.

• Dr. Gilbert Fridgen PayPal-FNR PEARL Chair in Digital Financial Services (full professor), SnT, Université du Luxembourg, Member of INATBA AAB
  

  Dr. Gilbert Fridgen

  PayPal-FNR PEARL Chair in Digital Financial Services (full professor), SnT, Université du Luxembourg, Member of INATBA AAB
• Emanuela Campari Bernacchi Partner at Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners
  

  Emanuela Campari Bernacchi

  Partner at Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners
• Gustavo Prieto Ghent University & INATBA AAB Member
  

  Gustavo Prieto

  Ghent University & INATBA AAB Member
• Katarina Adam HTW Berlin, AAB member
  

  Katarina Adam

  HTW Berlin, AAB member
• Marc Taverner INATBA Executive Director. Former Global Ambassador & Markets Development, Bitfury. U.K.
  

  Marc Taverner

  INATBA Executive Director. Former Global Ambassador & Markets Development, Bitfury. U.K.

  Marc Taverner is an Executive Director of the International Association of Trusted
  Blockchain Applications (INATBA) – one of the largest multi-stakeholder blockchain
  organizations worldwide.

  Marc joined INATBA in 2020 as the first Executive Director and since then has been
  successfully leading the association with over 170+ companies, government officials, policy officers, regulators & legislators.

  With over 20 years of experience working across the globe in fast-paced, lean
  organizations, Marc brings a set of unique skills gained from a career in a mix of
  start-ups and industry leaders, building teams and driving growth. Prior to joining
  INATBA, Marc spent six years working with one of the original and largest crypto
  mining companies, chip manufacturers, and blockchain solutions providers – Bitfury.

  Marc also works as an independent consultant and advisor to international
  technology companies at Bluesphere Solutions.

  He holds BA with honours in European Business in Finance and Business Studies
  from Brunel University London and ESC Clermont Business School respectively.

• Margherita Leder TMP Group
  

  Margherita Leder

  TMP Group
• Montse Guardia Guell General Manager at Alastria Blockchain Ecosystem
  

  Montse Guardia Guell

  General Manager at Alastria Blockchain Ecosystem
• Torben Gosau Managing Director & Head of the Berlin Office at Kekst CNC
  

  Torben Gosau

  Managing Director & Head of the Berlin Office at Kekst CNC
• Wim Stalmans The Blockchain Academy, Education WG Co-Chair
  

  Wim Stalmans

  The Blockchain Academy, Education WG Co-Chair
• Wolfgang Karl Härdle Ladislaus von Bortkiewicz Professor of Statistics at Humboldt University
  

  Wolfgang Karl Härdle

  Ladislaus von Bortkiewicz Professor of Statistics at Humboldt University

  Wolfgang Karl HÄRDLE attained his Dr. rer. nat. in Mathematics at Universität Heidelberg in 1982 and in 1988 his habilitation at Universität Bonn. He is Ladislaus von Bortkiewicz Professor of Statistics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the director of the Sino German Graduate School (洪堡大学 + 厦门大学) IRTG1792 on “High dimensional non stationary time series analysis”. He also serves as head of the joint BRC Blockchain Research Center (with U Zürich). He is guest professor at WISE, Xiamen U, SMU, Singapore, NCTU, Hsinchu TW, Charles U, Prague CZ.

  His research focuses on data sciences, dimension reduction and quantitative finance. He has published over 30 books and more than 300 papers in top statistical, econometrics and finance journals. He is highly ranked and cited on Google Scholar, REPEC and SSRN. He has professional experience in financial engineering, smart (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, timely) data analytics, machine learning and cryptocurrency markets. He has created a financial risk meter, FRM hu.berlin/frm, a cryptocurrency index, CRIX thecrix.de. and organises regularly blockchainnights.com His web page is: hu.berlin/wkh

• Yael Rozencwajg Entrepreneur, businesswoman. Founder at Nevelab, Call for Coders, and Blockchain Israel.
  

  Yael Rozencwajg

  Entrepreneur, businesswoman. Founder at Nevelab, Call for Coders, and Blockchain Israel.

  20+ years serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working broadly in the digital industry, operations and management of infrastructures, built and managed strong teams. Member of the board in several growing startups. Early 2020, Yael founded Nevelab Technologies the first AI-based platform for sustainability management. Since January 2017 she is the founder and executive chair at Blockchain Israel, the largest organization in Israel dedicated to Blockchain Technologies and the Blockchain Academy pioneering expert-driven blockchain education programs working with Microsoft, IBM, Amazon and more. Prior to Blockchain Israel, Yael founded two startups acquired only 6 months after being launched (supply chain/data corp optimisation). Founder of a leading innovation agency, where Yael have pioneered initiatives for a wide range of global corporations (Fortune 500 luxury brands and institutions), impact organizations and enterprises by helping them integrate emerging technologies and driving digital transformation. Prior this position, Yael launched a breakthrough technology in 2001 (open-source system acquired by a global telco group) and focused her efforts along several broad social organisations to create growing communities.