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Championed by leading minds.

We focus on showcasing a transaction-based economy that ushers in business utility through blockchain technology delivered by the brightest business and technical minds in the space. Our stages are robustly organised to give you the tools needed to bring your business onto the blockchain.

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Peter Schiff
Peter Schiff
Chief Economist and Global Strategist
Euro Pacific Asset Management
Peter Schiff

Peter Schiff began his investment career as a financial consultant with Shearson Lehman Brothers, after having earned a degree in finance and accounting from U.C. Berkeley in 1987.

Kenneth Braithwaite
Kenneth Braithwaite
Former Secretary of the US Navy
Kenneth Braithwaite

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite of Pennsylvania served as the 77th Secretary of the Navy from 2020 to 2021.  He was the first Navy flag officer (admiral) to become a confirmed Secretary of the Navy. Previously he served as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway where he strengthened bilateral relations especially on defense with emphasis on the Arctic.

Dr. Agata Slater
Dr. Agata Slater
Blockchain Practice Leader
IBM Consulting
Dr. Agata Slater
Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini
Prof. of Economics, New
York Univ. Stern School of Business
Nouriel Roubini

Aside from his academic and business roles, Dr. Roubini is a highly respected economist and widely cited by the media. He served in a variety of consultancy and advisory roles including at the White House, the IMF, and the World Bank among others.

Christine Leong
Christine Leong
CIO
nChain
Christine Leong
Commissioner Kelvin Lester K. Lee
Commissioner Kelvin Lester K. Lee
Securities and Exchange Commission
Republic of the Philippines
Commissioner Kelvin Lester K. Lee
Congressman Darren Soto
Congressman Darren Soto
U.S. Representative (FL-9)
Congressman Darren Soto

Elected in 2016, Darren Soto represents Central Florida in Congress. He fights every day to create high paying jobs, increase access to higher education, and ensure clean water, land, and air for his constituents.

Lavinia Osbourne
Lavinia Osbourne
Founder
Women in Blockchain Talks
Lavinia Osbourne
W. Scott Stornetta, Ph.D.
W. Scott Stornetta, Ph.D.
Partner
Yugen Partners
W. Scott Stornetta, Ph.D.

Dr. Stornetta is considered by many to be the co-inventor of the blockchain. His series of papers and patents, written with Dr. Stuart Haber at Bell Communications Research, laid the foundation for Bitcoin and other digital currencies.

Yves Mersch
Yves Mersch
Member of the Executive Board
European Central Bank
Yves Mersch

Yves Mersch is a pioneer of the monetary union. Since the founding of the ECB and thus since the introduction of the euro, he has spent many years on the ECB Governing Council deciding on interest rates.

Adrian Grenier
Adrian Grenier
Actor | Regional Goodwill Ambassador
North America, UN Environment Programme
Adrian Grenier

Actor, filmmaker, musician, entrepreneur and philanthropist Adrian Grenier is as passionate about embodying compelling characters as he is about developing successful business ventures and leading a campaign for environmentally conscious living.

Andrei Kirilenko
Andrei Kirilenko
Professor of Finance
Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Andrei Kirilenko
Ben McKenzie
Ben McKenzie
Actor & Author
Ben McKenzie

At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Gotham) was the perfect mark for cryptocurrency: a dad stuck at home with some cash in his pocket, worried about his family, armed with only the vague notion that people were making heaps of money on something he—despite a degree in economics—didn’t entirely understand. Lured in by the promise of taking power from banks, possibly improving democracy, and sure, a touch of FOMO, McKenzie dove deep into blockchain, Bitcoin, and the various other coins and exchanges on which they are traded.

Douglas Rushkoff
Douglas Rushkoff
Author & Host
Team Human
Douglas Rushkoff

An author and documentarian, Douglas Rushkoff was named one of the world’s 10 most influential thinkers by MIT. His talks are a culmination of his pioneering work, and an infallible source of what’s to come.

George Gilder
George Gilder
Economist, Writer, Investor & Technology Visionary
George Gilder

George is an American investor, writer, economist, techno-utopian advocate, and co-founder of the Discovery Institute. His 1981 bestseller Wealth and Poverty advanced a case for supply-side economics and capitalism during the Reagan administration.

Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales
Wikipedia
Founder
Jimmy Wales
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Former Trader
Risk Specialist and Best-Selling Author
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nassim studies probability and is a Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering. A prolific author, his multivolume essay covering broad facets of uncertainty, the Incerto, is published in 43 languages.

Scott O'Malia
Scott O'Malia
CEO
ISDA
Scott O'Malia
Stuart Haber
Stuart Haber
Principal
Stuart Haber Crypto, LLC
Stuart Haber

Stuart co-invented the blockchain technique for ensuring digital records integrity in 1990, and co-founded Surety, spun off from Bellcore to offer digital time-stamping services—the first commercial deployment of a blockchain—in 1995.

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

Thomas is an Alternate Member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank and holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Zurich. From 2006 to 2009, he was Executive Director at the IMF in Washington, D.C.