BLOCK O2O Global Virtual Summit

Wednesday 18 Nov 2020

                 9 AM (HKT)                 

9:00am – 9:05am – Welcome Remarks: NexChange by Juwan Lee, Chairman & Group CEO, NexChange

9:05am – 9:15am – Welcome Remarks: Cyberport by Dr. George Lam, Chairman, Cyberport

9:15am – 9:25am – Keynote Address: HKSAR Government by Dr. David Chung, EngD, JP, Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology, HKSAR

9:30am – 9:45am – Keynote: The Macro Case For Digital Assets by Dan Morehead, CEO & Co-Chief Investment Officer, Pantera Capital

9:45am – 10:15am – Fireside Chat: Justin Sun x Stefan Rust
Speaker: Justin Sun, Founder, TRON, CEO, BitTorent
Moderator: Stefan Rust, Founder & Managing Partner, Sonic Capital

                 10 AM (HKT)                 

10:15am – 10:30am – Keynote: Protocol upgrades, smart contracts, formal verification, and what’s happening today on Tezos by Arthur Breitman, Early Architect, Tezos

10:30am – 11:00am – Panel: DeFi: What’s exciting about DAO, liquidity pools, and Yield Farming?
Speakers:
Alex Mashinsky, Founder & CEO, Celsius Network
Miko Matsumura, General Partner, Gumi Ventures & Co-founder, Evercoin Exchange
Urszula McCormack, Global Banking & Finance Fintech Sector Lead, King & Wood Mallesons
Moderator: Angie Lau, Editor-in-Chief, Founder & CEO, Forkast.News

10:45am – 11:00am – Keynote: The Art of the Newly-Possible: How Blockchain is converging with other Emerging Technologies to Transform Health by Heather Flannery, Founder & CEO, ConsenSys Health

                 11 AM (HKT)                 

11:00am – 11:15am – Keynote: DECENT by Matej Michalko, Founder, CEO & President, DECENT

11:15am – 12:00pm – Panel: New Market Opportunities for Tokenized Assets and Digitized Securities
Speakers:
Chris Carlin, Head of Alliances, Redistribution Solutions & Data Products, Asia, Morningstar HK
Emi Lorincz, Board Member, Crypto Valley SWISS
Martin Sabine, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Somerley Capital Holdings Limited & Somerley Capital Limited
Nitin Gaur, Director, IBM WW Digital Asset Labs
Moderator: Samson Lee, Founder & CEO, Coinstreet Partners

11:30am – 11:45am – Keynote: Rethinking The Future by Peter Tylczyński, Vice President, Business Development, MineBest

11:45am – 12:00pm – Keynote: How NFTs will fuel the next DeFi Revolution by Yat Siu, Chairman & Co-Founder, Animoca Brands & CEO, Outblaze

                 12 PM (HKT)                 

12:00pm – 12:15pm – Keynote: Not Just a Law Firm: How DLA Piper is helping our clients innovate for the future by Scott Thiel, Asia Head of Global Technology & FinTech sector initiative, DLA Piper

12:15pm – 12:50pm – Panel: The State of Blockchain Regulation and Governance
Speakers:
Jason Hsu, Former Congressman of Taiwan & Co-Chair, Taiwan FinTech Association (TFTA)
Alex Armengol, Diversification Area Coordinator, Andorra’s Entrepreneurial Confederation (CEA)
Emmanuelle Ganne, Senior Analyst, Economic Research and Statistics Division, WTO
Moderator: Henri Arslanian, Global Crypto Leader, PwC

12:30pm – 1:00pm – Fireside Chat: Charles Hoskinson x Juwan Lee
Speaker: Charles Hoskinson, CEO, Input Output (IOHK) & Founder, Cardano (ADA)
Moderator: Juwan Lee, Chairman & Group CEO, NexChange Group

12:45pm – 1:15pm – Panel: DeFi vs CeFi – The Next Opportunity
Speaker:
Adrian Lai, Co-Founder & CEO, Liquify
Daniel Chan, Head of Blockchain Innovation Lab, FORMS HK
Frankie Tam, Technology Lawyer, Eversheds Sutherland
Linda Chan, CEO & Co-founder, Zocial Earn
Moderator: Rico Tang, Senior Manager, Blockchain and RegTech Lead, FinTech Cluster, Cyberport

                 1 PM (HKT)                 

1:00pm – 1:35pm – Panel: Public Open Blockchains, Regulation and Interoperability: Explained
Speakers:
Julian Low, Business Development Director, South East Asia TZ APAC
Pindar Wong, Chairman, VeriFi (Hong Kong) & Commissioner, Global Commission on Internet Governance
Dr. Waishun Lo, General Partner, DL Capitals
YiFan He, Founder & CEO, Red Date Technology & Executive Director, BSN Development Association
Moderator: Olga Yaroshevsky, Content Strategist, NexChange Group

1:15pm – 1:30pm – Keynote: The Institutionalisation of Bitcoin and Blockchain by Sankalp Shangari, CEO, AlgoBitz

1:30pm – 2:05pm – Panel: Enterprise Blockchain for the Next Decade and its Legal Implication
Speakers:
Noëlle Gahan, Chief Marketing Officer, Digital Transaction Limited
Kenneth Choy, Consultant & Head of Technology Transactions practice, Nixon Peabody CWL
Moderator: Rico Tang, Senior Manager, Blockchain and RegTech Lead, FinTech Cluster, Cyberport

1:45pm – 2:30pm – Panel: Delivering a Successful Security Token Offering
Speakers:
Gary Tiu, Executive Director & Head of Regulatory Affairs, BC Technology Group
Jonathan Macey, Founder & CEO, Macey & Sons Auctioneers & Valuers Ltd
Mance Harmon, Co-Founder & CEO, Hedera
Susheela Rivers, Hong Kong Office Managing Partner & Global Real Estate Sector Co-Chair, DLA Piper Hong Kong
Moderator: Scott Thiel, Asia Head of Global Technology & FinTech sector initiative, DLA Piper

                 2 PM (HKT)                 

2:00pm – 2:30pm – Keynote: Global Digital Transformation In Public Sector Using Blockchain Tech by Marquis Cabrera, Founder & CEO, Stat Zero

2:15pm – 2:55pm – Panel: Fintech State of Mind: Trading, Payments, Custody
Speakers:
Alexandre Kech, CEO & Co-Founder, Onchain Custodian
Misha Alefirenko, Co-Founder & CEO, VelvetFormula
Quentin Charles Reyes, Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder, SIBEX
Rishi Ramchandani, Director of Business Development, Asia, BlockFi
Moderator: Craig Cobb, Founder, TraderCobb

2:30pm – 2:45pm – Keynote: The Trillion Dollar Asset Tokenization STO Opportunity by Samson Lee, Founder & CEO, Coinstreet Partners

2:45pm – 2:50pm – Keynote: Custody For The Future by Alex Daskalov, CEO, KNOX

2:45pm – 3:20pm – Panel: CBDC: The Great Experiment in Greater Bay Area
Speakers:
Alicia Garcia Herrero, Chief Economist, APAC, Natixis & Senior Research Fellow, Bruegel
Charles D’Haussy, Director, ConsenSys
Pindar Wong, Chairman, VeriFi (Hong Kong) & Commissioner, Global Commission on Internet Governance
Moderator: Paul Schulte, Founder & Editor, Schulte Research

                 3 PM (HKT)                 

3:00pm – 3:15pm – Keynote: Investing in Crypto as an Asset Class by Sean Sanders, Founder & CEO, Revix & Tiaan Wolmarans, Head of Production Development, Revix

3:00pm – 3:35pm – Panel: Enterprise & Blockchain
Speakers:
Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director, Hyperledger, The Linux Foundation
Nitin Gaur, Director, IBM WW Digital Asset Labs
Richard Gendal Brown, Chief Technology Officer, R3 Corda
Moderator: Neha Mehta, Founder & CEO, FemTech Partners

3:15pm – 3:30pm – Keynote: Demystifying DeFi with Aave Protocol by Stani Kulechov, Founder & CEO, Aave

3:15pm – 3:55pm – Panel: Digital transformation and innovation: what’s new for governments and businesses
Speakers:
Anndy Lian, Advisory Board Member, Hyundai DAC Technology
Dr. Ernie Teo, Co-founder, Dedoco & Vice-Chairman, Blockchain Association Singapore
Mohammad Sear, Associate Partner, Digital Government & Public Sector Advisory, EY
Dr. Toa Charm, Chairman, OpenCertHub & Associate & Professor, CUHK Business School
Moderator: Olga Yaroshevsky, Content Strategist, NexChange Group

3:30pm – 3:45pm – Keynote: Smart Cities Life: Applying Smart Technologies for Greater Urban Impact by Hugh Chow, CEO, ASTRI

3:30pm – 4:10pm – Panel: Hindsight is 2020: Emerging Tech Investments in the New Normal
Speakers:
Bowie Lau, Partner, True Global Ventures & Founder, MaGEHold
Mathias Ruch, Founder & CEO, CV VC
Joshua Ho, Co-founder, QCP Capital
Shawn Dehpanah, Executive Vice President & Head of Corporate Innovation, APAC, Plug and Play Tech Center
Moderator: Tiffany Xingyu Wang, Chief Strategy Officer, Spectrum Labs

3:45pm – 4:20pm – Panel: European Angle: Reality and Future of Blockchain Companies Operating in Europe
Speakers:
Juan Otero, Co-founder & CEO, Travala com
Dr. Michael Gebert, Chairman, European Blockchain Association
Biba Homsy, Luxembourg National Expert on Blockchain, DLTs & AI, ISO
Moderator: Anton Mozgovoy, Co-founder & CEO, Holyheld

3:45pm – 4:25pm – Panel: Security and Privacy in Blockchain Networks: Myths and Reality
Speakers:
Dr. Ben Goertzel, Founder & CEO, SingularityNET & Ex Chief Scientist, Hanson Robotics
Tiffany Xingyu Wang, Chief Strategy Officer, Spectrum Labs
Tom Trowbridge, Co-founder, Fluence Labs & Former President, Hedera Hashgraph
Dr. Lucas Hui, CTO, ASTRI
Moderator: Paul Schulte, Founder & Editor, Schulte Research

                 4 PM (HKT)                 

4:00pm – 4:30pm – Panel: Panel: Post-COVID: How 2020 Changed Blockchain Landscape
Speakers:
Josephn Lim, Head of Global Business Development & Partnerships, Tribe
Alex Nascimento, Co-founder, UCLA Blockchain Lab
Moderator: Stefan Rust, Founder & Managing Partner, Sonic Capital

4:00pm – 4:40pm – Panel: Compliance for Blockchain: Regulatory Hurdles and FATF Guidelines
Speakers:
Benjamin Zemmour, Business Manager, Scorechain
Brian Tang, LITE Lab, HKU & Founder, Asia Capital Markets Institute (ACMI)
Dr. Guenther Dobrauz, Partner, PwC Legal Switzerland
Joshua Ashley Klayman, U.S. Head of FinTech & Head of Blockchain and Digital Assets & Global Tech Sector Co-Head, Linklaters LPP
Prof. Michael Sung, Co-Director, The Fundan Fanhal FinTech Research Center
Moderator: Gordon Einstein, Founder Partner, Cryptolaw Partners

4:15pm – 4:30pm – Keynote: The Adoption of Blockchain Outside the Use of Cryptocurrencies by Roberto Capodieci, CEO, Blockchain Zoo

4:15pm – 4:55pm – Panel: Digital Assets and Beyond: Infrastructure, Liquidity & Analysis
Speakers:
Anton Golub, Founder & CEO, Flovtec
Jesus Rodriguez, Co-founder & CTO, IntoTheBlock
Stephen Richardson, VP of Product Strategy, Fireblocks
Thomas McMahon, Co-founder & CEO, AirCarbon Exchange
Moderator: Maria Vovchok, Event and Investor Relations Manager, Startup.Network

4:30pm – 4:45pm – Keynote: Bringing Blockchain into industry 4.0 and securing Blockchain applications by Edmond Lai, Chief Digital Officer, HKPC

4:30pm – 5:00pm – Panel: The rise of DeFi: from Hype to Real Life Use Case
Speakers:
Jonathan Tse, Head of Trading, Hong Kong, Copper.co
Nathan Doctor, CEO & Co-Founder, Qualified io
Moderator: Maria Vovchok, Event and Investor Relations Manager, Startup.Network

4:45pm – 5:15pm – Panel: The Battle of Financial Systems: from Bitcoin to DeFi
Speakers:
Dr. Clifford K. Choi, DC, Director, The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong (BAHK)
David Johnston, President, DLTe
Felix Mago, Co-founder, Dash NEXT & Dash Thailand
Jeffrey Wernick, Independent Investor & Early Bitcoin Investor
Karthik Iyer, Founder & CEO, Blockchain Monk
Moderator: Gabriel Zanko, CEO, MobileYourLife

4:45pm – 5:25pm – Panel: Blockchain for Good: Global Social Impact Use Cases
Speakers:
John Probandt, Chairman & CEO, BFD Inc.
Mai Fujimoto, Top Blockchain Influencer in Japan & CEO, KIZUNA & Co-founder, Blockchain PROseed
Michelle Chivunga N, Founder & CEO, Global Policy House
Moderator: Aly Madhavji, Managing Partner, Blockchain Founders Fund & Limited Partner, Loyal VC & Draper Goren Holm

                 5 PM (HKT)                 

5:00pm – 5:15pm – Keynote: How digital currency will change the world by Roger Ver, Founder, Bitcoin.com

5:15pm – 5:20pm – Closing Remarks: NexChange by Olga Yaroshevsky, Content Strategist, NexChange Group