Conference Room
Workshop Room
Conference Room
Conference Chair
Beverly Tonna
Legal Advisor - Blockchain Advisory
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How are local regulatory idiosyncrasies flirting with the global stage? Whether it's AI & blockchain regulation or DAO Governance, we're asking all the big questions.
Welcome to the WInter edition of the Malta AIBC Summit 2019
Monty Munford
Beverly Tonna
When two worlds collide: exploring micro and macro regulatory perspectives
Jillian Godsil
Mru Patel
Christopher Azzopardi
Mariella Baldacchino
Dr Josef Cachia
Fintech, payment solutions and compliance
Dirk Urpani
Stephen McCarthy
Kenneth Farrugia
Irina Heaver
Jaguar-Adva Gal
Andrew Zvirzdin
A balancing act: the ideal crypto wallet for newcomers
Bobby Lee
Achieving tech supremacy with high-performance chains
Ciprian Pungila
Leading the pack: Malta's national AI strategy
Hon. Joseph Muscat
Onwards: the next frontier for the tech nation
Hon. Silvio Schembri
Information embargos: bringing auditing to the 21st century
Jason Meyers
Heads will roll: China taking on the US?
Dr. Joseph F. Borg
Jason Meyers
Gordon Einstein
Rico Pang
Tech nations: an open-minded look at today's leading jurisdictions
Dr. Joseph F. Borg
Jackie mallia
Michelle Chivunga
Malcolm Tan
Reimagining going public with continious securities offerings
Joris Delanoue
A new VC model: decentralised autonomous trusts
Randy Boyer
Simon Hooper
Joris Delanoue
David Orban
Alex Armengol
Bulls lead the way? Malta's role in the age of DEFI
Jonathan Galea
Blockchain Advisory
Revving the blockchain engine with international standardisation
Sinaida Epp
Steve Tendon
Gordon Pace
Wayne Grixti
George Cutajar
The Aviation industry: redistributing wealth with blockchain
Brendan McKittrick
The good, the bad and the stable
Justine Scerri Herrera
Michael Kyprianou & Co.
10 AI Startups with innovative projects will pitch on stage in front of established entrepreneurs and savvy investors. Set your sights on the moon and battle it out in a shark-tank environment with some tough love from a select panel of stern judges.
A.I. Start-up Pitch
Conference Chair
St. John Bent
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Crypto payment solutions in the digital era
Felix Mago
The silicon dome: financial crime in the age of cyber-espionage
Federica Taccogna
FTI Consulting
Do's and dont's: the changing face of financial crime
Quyen Nong
Sonia Goklani
Gavin Brown
Alfio Bardolla
St. John Bent
Taking the world by storm: demistifying the consequences of Facebook's Libra
Gordon Einstein
Facebook Libra, the BTC lightning network or the DAO protocol?
Tom Trowbridge
Eric Wall
David Pulis
Truth Raider
Michael Herman
Gordon Einstein
Blockchain interoperability: out with the old, in with the new
Kyle Chassé
Vahid Toosi
Sebastian Markowsky
Ian Balina
Mati Greenspan
Redefining investment vehicles: STOs - IPOs - IEOs
Ian Balina
Stephen Meade
MonetaPro
Mikko Puhakka
Mru Patel
Yael Tamar
Bitcoin halving: bulls lead the way
Richard Heart
Change and exchange: solutions to pervasive crypto liquidity challenges
George Zarya
Jimmy Zhao
Herbert Sim
Kishore Mansinghani
Fintech focus: what does the future of financial technology look like?
Gene Deyev
DEX trading: expectations and market predictions
Mati Greenspan
Monty Munford
Crypto funds, asset management, and custodianship
Monty Munford
Calvin NG
Mark Berger
AlphaPoint
Joeri van Geelen
Dan Schatt
One step closer to a cashless society: Machine-to-machine payments and stable coins
Megan Li
BitDesk Pte Ltd
Tony Evans
Paul Bao
Bitcherry Foundation Ltd
Jay Liang
Richard Ells
Bob Qin
The sky is the limit: forging industries for innovation and disruption
Daniel Doll Steinberg
Bitcoin leads the way: AMA with Tim Draper
Tim Draper
Jessica Walker
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AI could help detect and eventually prevent diseases, improve access to medical records, and cut costs. Let's look at the positive impact new technologies could have on the healthcare system.
Check the pulse of blockchain & AI in healthcare
Steve Tendon
Maria Marenco
Jenny Creed Geraghty
Dr Jane Thomason
Devon Krantz
Decentralized data monetization, powered by blockchain
Samantha Nazareth
Greta Attard
Alex Cahana
Rama Rao
Improving Dementia & Elderly Care Using Tokenomics
Simon Hooper
Conference Chair
Martina Fuchs
TV Anchor, Business Journalist
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Your invention can be the most innovative, but without adoption it has a limited lifespan. This section will focus on the importance of education for the mass adoption of new technologies.
Blockchain Education: the Chimera on the Bridge of Partial Knowledge
Dr. Joshua Ellul
Gordon Pace
Entrepreneurial mindset in the blockchain field
Alfio Bardolla
The new face of Education in the 21st Century
Athanasios Ladopoulos
AI & Blockchain: Exploring The Learning Curve
Xenia Vyazemskaya
Dr. Joshua Ellul
Alexiei Dingli
Richard Parris
Jean-Philippe Beaudet
Tokenization of organisations: increasing engagement and efficiency
Alecos Colombo
Utility token regulation inside a NPO
Fabio Coppola
Blockchain and Al - a solution to a global monetary system
Sherif Botros
Global Currency War: A deep dive into public, private and goverment-denominated currencies
David Wainwright
Belega Malta
Amelia Tomasicchio
Sven Grensemann
David Mock
Momentum Protocol
Principles of cryptocurrency arbitrage
Gavin Brown
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Introduction
Xenia Vyazemskaya
Masha Vyazemskaya
Gene Deyev
Stobox
How blockchain can transform capital markets and what will be the broader implications of that?
Borys Pikalov
What are security tokens and digital securities?
Jay Liang
What are the benefits of raising funds via offering digital securities?
Borys Pikalov
Jay Liang
Who are the investors in digital securities?
Gene Deyev
Stobox
Jay Liang
Assessing the feasibility of conducting an STO
Gene Deyev
Stobox
Borys Pikalov
The regulatory landscape of Malta and the role of Malta Digital Innovation Authority in ensuring the high quality of Maltese virtual assets service providers
STEPHEN MCCARTHY
Q&A
The legal status of digital securities in various jurisdictions
Borys Pikalov
Gene Deyev
Stobox
Luke Mizzi
Paul Caruana Turner
The rules for securities offerings in various jurisdictions. Exemptions from obligations to publish Prospectus.
Borys Pikalov
Gene Deyev
Stobox
Luke Mizzi
Paul Caruana Turner
How the secondary trading of digital securities can be enabled? What are the technical and legal requirements for trading venues?
Borys Pikalov
Gene Deyev
Stobox
Pavel Brilliant
How blockchain-based secondary market infrastructure should handle potential market abuse and ensure security?
Jean-Michel Azzopardi
Is private or public blockchain better for securities accounting and transaction settlement?
Pavel Brilliant
What are the challenges of complying with GDPR requirements and how they can be overcome?
Fabien Bouhier
Q&A
Conference Chair
Alexis Johnson
President, Light Node Media, Investor
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Is blockchain enterprise ready?
Anton Mozgovoy
Facebook Libra, financial markets, and the developing cryptocurrency ecosystem
Rico Pang
Ali Kassab
Privacy and security: why does it matter?
Wasim Ahmad
Investor insight: the hottest startups to watch out for in 2020
Juliet Su
Jay Liang
Ernesto Vila
Claude Waelchli
The state of Bitcoin: what effect will the May 2020 BTC halving have on the crypto markets?
Patrick Lowry
Alexis Johnson
Next steps: best practices for cryptocurrency adoption
Yuri Cataldo
Steve Good
Iris locked code: Enhancing blockchain security with second layer technology
Dr. Daehoon Kim
Token offerings or standard equity? What are the options for raising capital for startups given today's trends?
Deborah Chappell
Tiffany Xingyu Wang
Steven Parker
Mark Berger
Conference Chair
Bruce Porter Jr
CEO at GlobalBoost, Founder at Washington Elite Summit
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DAOs the future of Organizations
Biyan Mienert
Introducing Decentralized Flexible Organizations
Marco Vasapollo
Alessandro Mario Lagana Toschi
New Forms of Currency: Why "social good" is anti-money
Grace Rachmany
State of DAO
Biyan Mienert
Marco Vasapollo
Alessandro Mario Lagana Toschi
Grace Rachmany
Blockchain Island
Lewis William
Becoming owner of your data, and identity
Liliana Carrillo
Blockchain powered cash payments for humanitarian projects
Martijn Hekman
The Power of Blockchain for Social Good
Mamadou Kwidjim Toure
Financial Inclusion in the time of blockchain - A tale from Timor-Leste
Andrea Vinelli
SOCIAL IMPACT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION
Martijn Hekman
Liliana Carrillo
Arnaud Saint-Paul
Chris Vassallo
Sergio Figueredo
Creating Next-Generation Digital Courses for Learners from ‘Global South’
Roy Saurabh
Complimentary Digital Currency as a Political and Economic Development Tool
Xenofon Kontouris
REORGANISING SOCIETY POST BLOCKCHAIN REVOLUTION
Andy Tulett
Conference Chair
Irina Busurina
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The study of the infinitely small is becoming pretty big. From the aspects of quantum bits to the adoption of quantum tech, this session will leave you simultaneously alive & dead - just ask Schrödinger's cat.
Quantum 101: an enterprise approach
Mario Cartia
How to predict chaos
Miro Svetlik
Quantum computing adoption at an industrial level
Mario Cartia
Jason Turner
Talal Debs
Pushing the boundaries: exploring IBM's quantum initatives
Jennifer Harding
Tech convergence, blockchain technology and cybersecurity
Andre Xuereb
Quantum communication: an overview
Andre Xuereb
Jennifer Harding
Miro Svetlik
Antoine C. Sciberras
Investment in the future of quantum
Tiffany Xingyu Wang
Andre Xuereb
Antoine C. Sciberras
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Introduction
Jonathan Galea
Blockchain Advisory
DeFi: a new era of financing
Mark Mueller-Eberstein
Mr. Dieter Brockmeyer
Daniel Sloan
Bruno Macchialli
The battle of security tokens
Tzahi Kanza
FutureBlock
Kyle Scerri
Gordon Einstein
Jason Corbett
Jaguar-Adva Gal
Banking on Blockchain
Jonathan Galea
Blockchain Advisory
Richard Iamunno
Jonathan Bellizzi
Mark Scicluna Bartoli
The Travel Rule and other AML conundra
Ruslan Tarasov
Philip Bugeja
How secure is secure? The importance of cyber-security
Anton Dalli
Antonio Mauro
Svetlana Shubina
Donald Tabone
Closing remarks
Anton Dalli
Conference Room
Conference Chair
Monty Munford
From enterprise machine learning algorithms to a blockchain-based Web 3.0 transition, the A.I. & Blockchain Summit covers all the juicy topics in the world of business and emerging technology.
A nuanced fundraising mechanism for tech startups
David Orban
Bringing AI and blockchain into the enterprise ecosystem
Mark Mueller-Eberstein
Fred Almeida
Chionh Chye Kit
Yelena Kensborn
Tiffany Xingyu Wang
Libra: cracking the code of Facebook’s ambition
Tom Trowbridge
Analysing the architecture of crypto-exchange hacks
Svetlana Shubina
Falling for deep learning: designing systems that detect and optimise human error
Stephen Meade
Alexiei Dingli
David Orban
Miro Svetlik
AI is good and human stupidity is bad
Angelo Dalli
Accelerating mass adoption through Cinema
Miguel Francis Santiago
Data is the new oil, but what do we do with it?
Miguel Francis Santiago
Josh Lawler
Ethan Ng
Beatrice Collet
Chiliz Blockchain Campus
Financial inclusion and DeFi
Max Kantelia
Emerging economies, credibility crises and cryptocurrency
Anna Pelova
Monty Munford
Jarred Winn
Juergen Hoebarth
Dana Farrugia
Bringing AI development into human-machine ethics
Yorick Wilks
Ethical implications of AI development on modern life
Wesley Ellul
Angelo Dalli
Yorick Wilks
Dhanonjoy Mishra
Research and development: trends to looks for, pitfalls to avoid
Biyan Mienert
Michael Herman
Mike Yezhov
Henry Duong
Merging financial markets with crypto trading
Bob Ras
Game on: engaging sports fans on the global stage
Alex Dreyfus
15 Coins with the most promising crypto and/or blockchain projects will pitch on stage in front of established entrepreneurs and savvy investors . Set your sights on the moon and battle it out in a shark-tank environment with some tough love from a select panel of stern judges.
Tech Startup Pitch
Conference Chair
Maria Vovchok
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Truly transformative solutions to large-scale problems are created when different people are brought together to make what would otherwise be considered unusual connections. Let's take a deep dive into the world changing applications of A.I. and blockchain technology.
Unleashing economic opportunity: one Africa; one coin
Akon
Lynn Liss
Jon Karas
Social use-cases: blockchain for emerging economies
Ania Poullain-Majchrzak
Jose Alejandro Regojo
Alexander Borodich
Stephen Meade
The future of money: cbdc and corporate stablecoins
Alexander Borodich
Long Bitcoin short the banks: AMA with Anthony Pompliano
Jessica Walker
Anthony Pompliano
A sleeping giant: driving mass adoption in Africa
Tiffany Xingyu Wang
Akon
Richard Ells
Micky Watkins
Rod Alexander
José Maria Macedo
The innovation edge: 21st century startups and world changing ideas
Darren Parkin
Federico Tai
Ali Kassab
Wasim Ahmad
Governance through transparency and active participation
Liliana Carrillo
Rethinking public services in light of blockchain technology
Liliana Carrillo
Lewis William
Kenneth Garofalo
Andrea Corbelli
Michelle Chivunga
Pablo Coirolo
Next steps: web 3.0 to empower businesses and startups
Maria Vovchok
Yuval Halevi
Marie Tatibouet
Gate.io
Marina Petrichenko
Trust by design: censorship resistant DAOs and decentralised AI in 21st century business
Alessandro Biancini
Alessandro Mario Lagana Toschi
AI-DAOs: communities that build intelligence
Dimitri De Jonghe
A burgeoning DAO landscape: case studies in decentralised governance
Grace Rachmany
Bridging the gap: the token economy and traditional finance
Georgy Sokolov
At loggerheads? Fintech vs DeFi
Maria Vovchok
Kyle Chassé
José Maria Macedo
Georgy Sokolov
Bitcoin SV: Massive scaling to be the global enterprise blockchain
Jimmy Nguyen
Satoshi's Vision: How Bitcoin's original design creates honest commerce
Craig S. Wright
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DAO Leadership
- Everyone has a breakthrough in communication with at least 1 critical relationship at work (with an individual or a team)
- Each participant has newfound ease around communications
- Participants are able to apply new tools and paradigms to making requests and delegating to others
- Participants acquire tools and formats for collaborative decision-making that they can use in their organizations
- Warm-up exercise for creating group affinity and ground rules
- Setting standards as a group. Handling disruptions. Aligning a culture
- How do mindsets affect our communications and why has nobody ever taught you that?
- Failures of delegation: examples of failures of delegation & source of miscommunications
- Bridging cross-cultural gaps. Clear communications
- Tools for collaboration. Creative brainstorming without the suppression of ideas
- How will this impact your work right away?
Grace Rachmany
Conference Chair
Martina Fuchs
TV Anchor, Business Journalist
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Security on the web will be revolutionised by blockchain. Let's hear what the thought leaders driving this industry have to say.
Driverless car: cybersecurity, sensors, forensics and risk analysis approach
Antonio Mauro
Blockchain Enabled Cybersecurity
Eric Egnet
Cyber Sec In Exchanges & Tokens
Jean-Michel Azzopardi
Professor Wang Yongge
Oliver Marco La Rosa
Anton Dalli
Johan Ditz Lemche
Protecting Digital Assets and blockchain in a hybrid multi-cloud world
Andrea Corbelli
MICROSOFT RESEARCH PRESENTS DECENTRALIZED & COLLABORATIVE AI ON BLOCKCHAIN
Justin Harris
Guardians of Cybersecurity
Sachin Narode
Regulation of Cyber Security in Blockchain Space
Jean-Michel Azzopardi
Donald Tabone
Dr. Joseph F. Borg
Paul Caruana Turner
Xander van der Heijden
Puppet Masters - How social engineers continue to pull our strings
Jelle Wieringa
Project HACKSTOP
Jean-Michel Azzopardi
12 steps to crypto AbundAnce
Marc Fleury
Conference Chair
Martina Fuchs
TV Anchor, Business Journalist
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Blockchain is shaking up the real estate industry, enabling the democratisation of property and making the process faster and smoother, let's dig in.
Conciliating Immutability with Upgradability in Ethereum
Adrian Niculescu
Democratization of real estate
Yael Tamar
Lifting the lid on Pandora's box of digital currencies
Yael Tamar
Dhananjay Singh
Hargittay Szabolcs
Aibek Amandanov
Matthias von Hauff
Tokenizing Real estate properties
Mohanned Halawani
Masha Vyazemskaya
Asaf Fybish
Alan Tonetti
Thomas Russell
TBA
Antonio Giannino
How listing or IEO on Crypto Exchanges will help retailers
Sergei Khitrov
Listing.Help
Coming full circle - managing supply chain
Eric Sciberras
Denise De Gaetano
Nathan Williams
AltcoinSara |
Dr. Issame Outaleb
Conference Chair
Bruce Porter Jr
CEO at GlobalBoost, Founder at Washington Elite Summit
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Emerging technology such as AI and blockchain has drawn new life into the traditional art industry. From AI-created paintings, to intellectual property data storage, the art world is a fast-changing landscape. Don't miss out.
New cinema for Blockchain implementation into Socio-economic growth
Miguel Francis Santiago
Blockchain and Cinema: Developments, Opportunities, Challenges
Patrice Poujol
How blockchain can protect intellectual rights
Dr. Pandwe Gibson
Maria Carola
Sergio Stephano
Amelia Tomasicchio
Dylan Seychell
Redefining the Artist to Audience Relationship Using Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology
Steve Dryall
Design Principles Behind EMURGO & Blockchain
Marta Ryzhok
AI Making Art
Angelo Dalli
When AI fights itself to create Art
Dylan Seychell
Mark Bugeja
Conference Chair
Irina Busurina
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Big Data is a big deal. Pursuing an ethical direction will be essential for the sustainability of societies, let's explore the opportunities that stem from such an approach.
The value of data and the ethical problems
Alyze Sam
John David Marshall
Sander Venema
Annie Machon
Data and new technologies: focus on blockchain and AI
Jean-Philippe Beaudet
Data breaches, abuse and regulations: How big tech is addressing
Bryan Eldridge
Nikolai Timofejev
Prifinance
Andrea Bonaceto
Censorship, Data intelligence/security intersection and government policies
Annie Machon
Fake news; Responsible journalism
Bruce Hieldberg
Stefania Barbaglio
Felix Herrmann
Luca Bondin
Ramy Gabal
Conference Chair
Marinella Andaloro
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From energy tokenization to energy data provenance, and from peer-to-peer energy trading models to renewable investments. Discover how we can all benefit from the impact blockchain will have on the energy industry.
How P2P energy grids are the future of renewables
Matthew Kaye
Incentivizing renewable energy using blockchain
Assaf Ben Or
GreenTech Protocols and the Sustainable Token Movement
Dr. Pandwe Gibson
Carbon Emissions, how blockchain can help?
Hugo Jacques
INCENTIVIZING RENEWABLES INVESTMENT
Dr. Pandwe Gibson
Ann Shin
Johann Polecsak
Frank Dumas
Energy Equates to Equal Opportunity
Kenneth Reece
Conference Chair
Bruce Porter Jr
CEO at GlobalBoost, Founder at Washington Elite Summit
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Welcome Remarks
Jay Liang
The Future of Distributed E-Commerce
Ender Xu
The Public Chain of Distributed E-Commerce
Bob Qin
The Impact of Distributed E-commerce on World Economic Development
Jay Liang
Ender Xu
Bob Qin
Kayla Cui
Silur |
The Application of Distributed E-Commerce
Kayla Cui
Closing Remarks
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A coding class to learn how to challenge a DAO-Powered Flexible Decentralized Application that interact with the DEFI Ecosystem
Coding the Censorship-Resistant future.
Alessandro Mario Lagana Toschi
Marco Vasapollo
Conference Chair
Omar Cutajar
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Emerging Opportunities: MALTA & SPACE – Where we want to go?