06 Nov 2017

BConference is proud to present the unique interview with Natalie Gavrilenko CEO of AroundB

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Financial IT: What is the mission of your company? What makes AroundB special and what are the solutions that you bring to the market?

Natalie Gavrilenko: I believe that our mission is to connect developers of Blockchain products & services with their audience. AroundB helps build partnerships and reach out to future customers and investors. We set these goals for ourselves when launching each of our projects. Let me note that AroundB is the world’s first agency specializing in organizing events in the field of cryptocurrency and rendering marketing services.

To be more specific, we set up:

  • Profile FinTech conferences and exhibitions;
  • Meet-ups of the industry experts;
  • VIP meetings with the industry leaders;
  • Presentations of new products, services and companies;
  • Marketing consulting and PR campaigns

We have 4+ years’ experience in launching Blockchain projects from conception through to maturity. During this time, we arranged over 15 conferences, 25 meetups, 7 VIP meetings and 20 presentations.

Financial IT: Why have you chosen to focus on blockchain projects?

Natalie: We deliberately have chosen this focus. In addition to many years of experience in this environment, we see an enormous potential for development of the blockchain technology and its global reach throughout the world in the near future. According to experts, a number of companies being engage with this technology will increase annually by an average of 47%. Based upon the market study results, we have found that there are almost no companies providing services similar to ours. AroundB is a well-timed project requested by the market.

Financial IT: What have you been working on?

Natalie: It is the second year in a row that we are holding our conference in Abu Dhabi. Last year, it was very successful and brought together over 130 participants from many different locations. We understand that the market in the Emirates (both Dubai and Abu Dhabi) has been developing rapidly. This is the reason why this region is looking for new projects & new teams that can become part of the FinTech system of the UAE.

So on December 7, 2017 on the BConference in Abu Dhabi we will we bring together industry leaders from around the world to cover the most relevant Blockchain topics aimed at expanding dialogues between governments, international corporations, innovative companies, investors and breakthrough start-ups.

Financial IT: What are the topics that will be covered during the conference?

Natalie: We will have four main directions.

●       ICO’s and involvement of investments

●       Blockchain technology for FinTech and government

●       Cryptocurrencies, chances for legalisation and regulation in Japan
Smart contacts.

BСonference is a must visit, a special day packed with unique perspectives of thought leaders and visionaries sharing insights and wisdom in a beautiful setting.

Financial IT: What are the major plans you have for AroundB?

Natalie: Over the past year, the cryptocurrency market has grown dramatically. We could not help but react to the development of this market and build our plans based on this trend. We have set a goal for the next year to develop the blockchain idea in countries where this technology is just beginning to emerge. In addition, we plan to not only support and promote events but also develop marketing and consulting strategies for new exciting blockchain start-ups.

Source: https://financialit.net/content/aroundb-its-all-around-blockchain

31 Oct 2017

The BConference Abu Dhabi presents an exclusive panel discussion “Legal and Regulation”

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Blockchain Conference Abu Dhabi, the main FinTech event in the Middle East region, will be held on December 7, 2017 in Abu Dhabi. We are glad to announce that the conference agenda includes exclusive panel discussion “Legal and Regulation” with the participation of two high level speakers of the event – Founder of Legal Advice Middle East (UAE) Suzanna Kalendzhian and Director at Diacle (Hong Kong) Adam Vaziri.

Topics to be discussed:

  • Cryptocurrency regulation in the world, including in UAE.

Today, the whole world is concerned about the issue of cryptocurrency regulation, and the Emirates is no exception. This topic will be covered during the first part of our discussion panel involving personal experiences shared by the qualified lawyers from around the globe. The government of the Emirate might soon follow the example of Japan and give cryptocurrency the same status as fiat currency within the legal framework, mightn’t it?

  • The legal status of ICOs and tokens.

The conference speakers during the second part of the panel will share their opinion on the legal status of tokens in the UAE and their vision of the tokenization market development in this region and worldwide.

The discussion panel will feature the following participants (to be updated):

1. Suzanna Kalendzhian is the Founder of LegalAdviceME.com – an award-winning online legal services platform connecting consumers and lawyers across the Middle East by allowing them to find, communicate and transact with each other online.

Legal Advice Middle East, the first online legal services marketplace in the region, was nominated for Dubai SME Stars of Business Awards 2016 and became a Winner of the 2016 Innovating Justice Award from the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL).

2. Adam Vaziri is a blockchain lawyer and set up Diacle assist blockchain & fintech projects with compliance. Diacle is based in London and Hong Kong. He is a tireless blockchain entrepreneur and labelled a ‘ bitcoin pioneer’ by Bitcoin Magazine. It is now his third term as director of UKDCA, which lobbied and achieved the most favorable regulatory environment for cryptocurrency in the world. Adam runs bitlegal.io a global tracker for blockchain law since 2014 and featured by CNN and Washington Post. Adam ran first suite of blockchain hackathons across the world: UK, India, HKand Malaysia under HackCoin. Adam is a member of Chain-Finance which provides dedicated news/events for the blockchain financial services industry.

Don’t miss a chance to get first-hand opinion on the most relevant topics from the leading experts at Blockchain Conference Abu Dhabi on December 7, 2017. Join us, if you haven’t done it yet!

24 Oct 2017

Please welcome Ghulam Raza — a new keynote speaker at the Blockchain Conference Abu Dhabi

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On December 7, 2017, BConference Abu Dhabi will bring together Blockchain experts from around the world at one time, in one place, to search for and develop Blockchain solutions that will continue to change our lives! We are proud to announce our great new speaker — Chief Financial Officer at Abu Dhabi Finance (UAE), Ghulam Raza.

At the Conference Ghulam will describe in detail how Blockchain technology will impact the banking sector and what the banking institutions are doing in the Fintech space.

Ghulam Raza is a qualified Chartered Accountant from Pakistan and a Fellow member of the Associate of Chartered Certified Accountants from the UK. He has over 15 years of experience in Finance, Accounting (including IFRS) and Audit. Prior to joining ADF, Ghulam spent 9 years in Finance, Audit and Advisory roles at United Bank Limited Middle East and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

At Abu Dhabi Finance he oversees financial management including liquidity risk management, the operational aspect of the loan cycle, supervising IT infrastructure and solutions management, ensuring successful launch of large scale projects and initiatives.

During his time at ADF, Ghulam has been instrumental in negotiating the commercial funding facility for ADF and implantation of an automated IFRS accounting solution for mortgage loans using the Oracle system for which Abu Dhabi Finance was awarded “Best Use of Technology Award” by the Banker Middle East.

Ghulam Raza is the owner of the “Young CFO of the year 2015” award from CPI Media Group and the “ACCA of the year 2015” award from MECA CFO Alliance.

Do not miss your chance to join the Blockchain Conference in Abu Dhabi and build our future today!

18 Oct 2017

B Conference is pleased to present Katya Dorozhkina and Henri Bergstrom speakers at the event

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We are proud to announce two great new speakers in the run up to our Abu Dhabi Сonference in December, 2017, they are, Co-founder/Head of Accelerator ‘Starta Accelerator’ Katya Dorozhkina and Advisor in Business Development at Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Henri Bergstrom.

Katya Dorozhkina is an entrepreneur, economist, and investor in startups. She is a published author of books and articles on business, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Starting her marketing career at Neilsen she later improved her product and business development skills in different industries, such as pharmaceutical, IT and FinTech, working for some notable Wall Street companies.

Katya will discuss how ICO’s are affecting the Blockchain industry as well as sharing thoughts on why and how the Startup Funding Pipeline got disrupted.

Henri Bergstrom started his capital market career by drafting the design of Finnish Clearing and CSD systems while working in the Finnish consulting company TT-Innovation. Prior to this Henri worked in IT development as an IT management consultant. Henri has contributed by writing articles in industry papers such as ISS Magazine, MondoVisione and Banking Technology as well as writing his own CSD related blog as part of Nasdaq’s public communication.

At the Conference Henri will speak about various technologies affecting ADX and global capital markets. He will describe why ADX approaches to new technologies and DLT. He will explain how ADX potential DLT enabled business opportunities.

Join us at the Blockchain Conference in Abu Dhabi on December 7, 2017 and help build our future today!

10 Oct 2017

Please welcome ‘Komodo Platform’ – the B Conference Gold Sponsor

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This year’s Blockchain Conference in Abu Dhabi is set to be one of the largest industry conferences in the Middle East. On December 7, 2017, our event stage will feature amazing speakers from around the world, who will share their experiences and present to a lucky audience all about the growing industry that is Blockchain. This fantastic event is a must visit, a special day packed with the unique perspectives of thought leaders and visionaries sharing insights and wisdom in a beautiful setting.

We are pleased to present the ‘Komodo Platform’ as our Gold Sponsor. The ‘Komodo’ team is focused on providing anonymity through zero knowledge proofs and the security through a novel Delayed Proof of Work (dPoW) protocol. The project’s primary goal is to decentralize token issuance, exchange & distribution. They also provide a framework for dapps (decentralized apps) and corporate Blockchain-based solutions. They have accomplished this by introducing one of the most complete and trustless ecosystems in cryptocurrency.

‘Komodo Platform’ is the first cryptocurrency project to provide full atomic swaps with automatic order matching. It is the first project to create a private ICO participation and distribution mechanism by leveraging Jumblr and BarterDEX technology (dICO). Recently, the project has realized the first Atomic Swaps on SPV (electrum) clients. It allows users to swap atomically without having to download the entire Blockchain.

‘Komodo Platfrom’ is one of the first cryptocurrencies to partner with the Fintech e-banking platform (Monaize). The same fintech company will launch the first-ever dICO using Komodo Platform’s technology.

‘Komodo Platform’ will be represented at the Blockchain Conference by their Chief Security Officer Karim D. J. Stadelmann. At the age of 21, Karim launched his first startup, which was successfully sold three years later. Following that, he joined several cryptographic and open source projects concentrated on IT related security and intrusion detection systems. In 2016, Karim started to cooperate with the Komodo core developers. Since that time, he has proofed his ITSEC skills and has been announced as their Chief Security Officer.

Join the B Conference Abu Dhabi to build our common future today!

 To register for Blockchain Conference Abu Dhabi, please follow bconference.org/pricing

03 Oct 2017

B Conference is pleased to present ‘DreamTeam’ as the General Sponsor of the event

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On December 7, 2017, Abu Dhabi will host a one-day Blockchain Conference that brings together the top speakers from around the globe, who will lead the event attendees to rediscover the World of Blockchain.

Last year this event went down in the history of the modern Middle Eastern world as a new quality platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience, and success stories in the sphere of Blockchain technology.

This time during the Blockchain Conference companies will showcase their unique projects and the ways to improve the business world with the help of their effective solutions.

The Blockchain Conference organizers are highly selective in their choice of speakers, partners, and sponsors, thus ensuring the quality and uniqueness of both the conference content and the event in general. In this regard, the organizers are pleased to present ‘DreamTeam’ as the General Sponsor of the Conference.

DreamTeam – the world’s first Esports recruitment and management platform for amateur, novice, and professional players. The new platform provides an all-in-one solution for gamers who want to build, manage and monetize their teams. It was created by Alexander ‘ZeroGravity’ Kokhanovskyy, the Founder of Na’Vi, one of the World’s biggest Esports organizations, and Co-Owner of ESForce.

‘DreamTeam’ is based on Blockchain thus fostering trust and transparency, particularly through the application of smart contracts. By using blockchain and smart contracts technology, DreamTeam’s vision is to build a multi-billion-dollar ecosystem on one single platform that includes media right sales, sponsorships, players’ salaries, and prize money payouts, all of which is paid out in ‘DreamTeam’ Token. The tokens ensure the highest possible security, on-time payments, automated obligations control and utilize a state-of-the-art anti-fraud system.

At the Blockchain Conference, the DreamTeam will be represented by Alexander ‘ZeroGravity’ Kokhanovskyy who will speak on “Blockchain and Smart contracts as part of the Esports and Gaming ecosystems.” Throughout the day he will also be available for a chat in a dedicated Expo area reserved for the General Sponsor.

Join the BConference Abu Dhabi to build our common future today!

27 Sep 2017

Risk Management speakers at Blockchain Conference in Abu Dhabi to reveal ways of addressing risks in the cryptocurrency market

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In the world of Blockchain, most experts talk about the ICO and crowdfunding but usually skirt contentious issues on high risks that are specific to an ICO process.

The organizers of the B Conference , which will take place in Abu Dhabi on December 7, 2017, have selected professionals from different parts of the world. During their speeches, they will share unique information to be applied for the safety ICO, as well as reveal their experience of anti-crisis solutions that have already saved more than one project.

Our speaker Alexander Larsen, President of Baldwin Global Risk Services Ltd., will tell in detail about the risks that may occur during the ICO and ways of their management.

Our speaker holds a degree in Risk Management from Glasgow Caledonian University and is a Certified Fellow of the institute of Risk Management. He has 15 years of experience within risk management across a wide range of sectors, including oil & gas, construction, utilities, finance and the public sector, and has considerable expertise in training and working with organizations to develop, enhance and embed their Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Business Continuity Management (BCM), and Project Risk Management (PRM) processes in countries such as Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Qatar.

Alexander spent the first half of his career in the UK working in senior risk consultancy roles in the UK with Marsh and Zurich before leaving to join Det Norske Veritas (DNV) in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates with responsibility of developing their risk management services for the energy sector in Middle East & Asia. Since leaving DNV he has worked in the Middle East in a variety of roles. Prior to working with Lukoil, as Risk Manager for major projects and operations in Iraq, Alexander was at Saudi Aramco developing their ERM framework and also spent a few years developing and implementing Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) within Qatar Foundation.

The next keynote speaker of the Blockchain Conference in Abu Dhabi to be held on December 7, 2017 will be Yoram Golandsky, Сhief Executive Officer CISO/CIRO, security Professional Services leader. Having over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and risk management, our speaker will talk about how to apply his experience in the blockchain technology and how it all works in practice.

A seasoned executive and veteran entrepreneur with proven experience in technology, management, and sales. A Technology senior executive with nearly 25 years of proven experience in the security field, twenty of them in the Cyber Security and Risk Management domains. In recent years Yoram is also involved with Blockchain and Smart Contract technologies, Yoram is a member and an individual contributor to the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, and on the advisory board of Wowllet an Ethereum application development startup. Named to the National Law Journal’s inaugural list of Trailblazers in Cybersecurity and Data Protection for 2015. Mentor at the Barclays Accelerator Powered by Techstars in Tel Aviv – March 2016. Member of the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance.

Yoram will deliver the following report: The difference between DLT and Blockchain.

In his report, the speaker will touch on important topics: which model would answer your needs: Centralized VS Partial VS Decentralized, the Pros and Cons of the different Consensus model, what are Smart Contracts, how to build a Smart Contract application.

We remind you that on December 7 you will enjoy exclusive reports and discussions to be presented at the Blockchain Conference in Abu Dhabi. Moreover, having purchased a ticket, you will have the opportunity not only to listen to the speakers but also to visit the expo and chat with its teams personally.

Do not miss your chance to join the Blockchain Conference in Abu Dhabi and build our future today!

22 Sep 2017

How can one raise $ 250 million in 30 minutes? Our speakers will tell you everything they know!

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Only one day. Only exclusive reports and discussions. Exhibition & demonstration of products. All this is about the Blockchain Conference to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 7, 2017.

The last year’s event is best remembered in the modern Middle East world for having contributed to the emergence of a qualitative platform for the exchange of knowledge, experience and successes in the field of blockchain.

The blockchain technology develops rapidly, similar to the speed of light. It has already been applied in the financial and banking spheres. Moreover, it has already begun to strike its roots in the spheres of everyday life, including medicine and insurance, sectors of industry & production, circulation of documents and investment activities.

It was investing or ICO that became the most hotly debated issue at the event in 2016. How can one raise $ 250 million in 30 minutes? What is the main component of a successful ICO? Is it an idea, a team, an implementation process or just a luck?

Issues to be discussed at the Blockchain Conference do not end there. Please meet our new speakers:

Justas Pikelis, Co-Founder & Business Lead at Monetha (Switzerland), will deliver a speech devoted to marketing details of successful ICO.

Justas Pikelis is an entrepreneur who has founded successful companies in IT and robotics. With a previous experience in building and consulting startups, Justas Pikelis has co-founded “Monetha”.

“Monetha” is a decentralized trust and reputation system that works together with a mobile payments processor on the Ethereum blockchain. In simpler words, “Monetha” is a new generation “PayPal” with a trust layer on top of it. On August 31st, 2017, “Monetha” raised 37 million US dollars in 18 minutes during their successful ICO and is one of the most promising payment technologies on the Ethereum network.

Further, the Director at Diacle (Hong Kong) Adam Vaziri will take part in the panel discussion devoted to ICO legalization as the important and most pressing direction of the Blockchain technology.

Adam Vaziri is a blockchain lawyer who set up Diacle assist blockchain & fintech projects with compliance. Diacle is based in London and Hong Kong. He is a tireless blockchain entrepreneur who is labelled a ‘bitcoin pioneer’ by Bitcoin Magazine. It is now his third term as director of UKDCA, which has lobbied and achieved the most favorable regulatory environment for cryptocurrency in the world. Adam runs bitlegal.io, a global tracker for blockchain law since 2014, featured by CNN and Washington Post, and ran first suite of blockchain hackathons across the world: UK, India, HK and Malaysia under HackCoin. Our speaker is a member of Chain-Finance that provides dedicated news/events for the blockchain financial services industry.

May we remind you that on December 7, 2017, in Abu Dhabi you will have only one day to attend the Blockchain Conference to participate in discussion panels and visit our expo area.

Don’t miss a chance to buy your ticket!

Join BConference Abu Dhabi to build our future today!

06 Sep 2017

ICO, Banking, Energy, Healthcare, Retail and E-Gov as the Blockchain Trendiest Areas to be Discussed at Blockchain Conference Abu Dhabi

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The Blockchain industry has been developing more rapidly than the boldest forecasts predicted. Having become an integral part of the financial and banking spheres, it has already occupying its niche in medicine, insurance, document circulation, energy, retail and other economy spheres. Today, the Blockchain is blooming. However, it is worth knowing what we may expect from the technology in the next 6-9 months.

On December 7, 2017, Abu Dhabi will host for the second time the main Blockchain conference of the MENA region – Blockchain Conference Abu Dhabi (BConference), which will bring together representatives of the Blockchain industry from around the world to talk about their successful experience of using the technology in the most relevant areas for the region.

The key topics of the BConference Abu Dhabi 2017 include:

  1. The most innovative technology of our time: Up-to-date information on the crypto-currencies and Blockchain

The crypto-currency market capitalization has approached the $ 143 trillion mark in 2017. Governments, investors and business are actively developing plans on using the Blockchain to enter the list of the most technologically advanced countries in the world. For example, in October 2016, the authorities of the largest city in the UAE, Dubai, announced the launch of a Blockchain strategy to become the first city operating on the Blockchain technology by 2020.

One of the BConference panel will be devoted to the preliminary issues on the crypto-currency and Blockchain market review, the possibilities of their use within the country and beyond its borders, the analysis of successfully implemented cases. In addition, the participants will get acquainted with the projections and prospects for the Blockchain development in the Middle East Region.

  1. Financial sector: How may the Blockchain improve the financial international payments and banking transactions at all levels?

Researchers from the British HR agency Robert Half Financial Services have found that 52% of the world’s financial services companies plan to implement the Blockchain as it facilitates transactions, increases their speed and reduces the costs for the parties. According to the study of the TABB group, the Blockchain will enter the daily life of all financial companies by 2026.

  1. Logistics: Control over the goods import and export around the globe

The world commerce volume, excluding oil, in the emirate of Dubai in the first 2 quarters of 2017 has amounted to approximately $ 259 billion, which makes it a major trade hub connecting the markets of Asia, Africa and Europe. The Blockchain or the distributed ledger technology will reduce the amount of customs documentation accompanying all movements of goods and will allow their suppliers and recipients to track all processes and the compliance with the terms and conditions of supply contracts in real time. The authorities of the emirate together with IBM and a number of other companies are already working on the creation of such Blockchain platform.

  1. Energy: Reducing costs in the energy market

The Blockchain has already been successfully used to exchange surplus solar energy in the US and Australia, where full-fledged virtual exchanges have been created for this purpose. In the experts’ opinion, a decentralized approach in the energy market will make it possible to significantly reduce costs not only by eliminating intermediaries in the energy market but also by using local energy exchange as needed. It is most likely that the Blockchain will become a means of updating and improving existing centralized energy systems as well as create a mixed distributed system where both large power plants and micro networks will participate.

  1. Healthcare: Modernization of healthcare systems

The decentralized data transmission system has already been actively used for the purpose of technological modernization of the healthcare system. The study of the Blockchain technology potential is carried out in terms of its use in the diverse medical administration starting from the basic client data commit process and ending with the monitor of the development and treatment of the patients’ diseases.

  1. Investment raising: ICO boom

The initial coin offering (ICO) is challenging some other ways of the fund raising. In 2017, the start-ups have already raised 10 times more funds through the ICO than in 2016. According to a research firm in the crypto-currency field Smith & Crown, in 2017, the Blockchain start-ups have raised over $ 1 billion through ICO. The unconventional method of investment generation is almost as efficient as the usual IPO.

The Conference may be of interest to representatives of the banking and financial sectors, managers and owners of companies in the field of money transfers and exchange operations, energy companies, save-energy companies, retailers, Blockchain start-ups as well as representatives of public authorities at all levels.

To participate in the Blockchain Conference Abu Dhabi, please register on https://bconference.org/.

For partnership and cooperation, please contact us by +442 03 239 96 70 or [email protected].

21 Aug 2017

The Emirates will Recognize Crypto Currencies as a Legal Payment Method, won’t they?

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Japan has become the first in the world to recognize officially crypto currencies at the legislative level. In April this year, the government adopted a law on virtual currencies awarding bitcoins and other crypto-currencies the status of a payment method. In the days and weeks that followed, the major national industries have introduced Bitcoin as a payment method. Increasingly, at the time of the conference, over 300,000 stores in Japan will accept bitcoin payments adding billions to the national economy.

As a result, other governments have taken similar steps in this direction. Estonia, South Korea, Russia, Denmark and Canada are looking into ways of encouraging the adoption of Bitcoin on national and international levels.

Today, we also observe interest in crypto currencies in the Arab world. Being a source of emerging talents and companies, the UAE and the Middle East are sizing up an opportunity to adopt Bitcoin and Blockchain technologies. This opportunity lies not only in directly benefiting from increasing the size of the national economy but also in becoming a global leader in the industry with Blockchain and cryptocurrency friendly models and frameworks.

For the second year in a row, the crypto currencies as a legal payment method around the globe is among key talking points at the Blockchain Conference Abu Dhabi. In 2017, Jörg von Minckwitz will speak at the conference discussing Japan’s adoption of Bitcoin and telling why the next country to do so will grow its economy. He will speak about the benefits reaped from such a move, and explain how the booming and disruptive crypto currency market can work with traditional banking for the benefit of governments and companies.

Jörg von Minckwitz is the CEO and co-founder of Bitwala – Europe’s leading crypto to local currency transfer service. Jörg’s role is to envision the new possibilities that Blockchain technology offers and to utilize it by developing new services for the financial sector. Jörg has over 6 years of experience in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency sectors. Prior to Bitwala, he founded Europe’s first Crypto Consulting, Crypto Incubator and first Crypto E-commerce shop. His work has been recognized and awarded with prizes by, among others, ICT Spring, Pioneers Festival and The German Innovation Prize. Previously, he spoke at Money 20/20, Paris Fintech Forum and Distribute Blockchain Conference.

Jörg von Minckwitz will appear at the Blockchain Conference in Abu Dhabi on December 7, 2017. To register for the conference, please visit bconference.org.

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