Detailled Agenda 2023

13:00 ¦ Opening words Emilie Allaert, Luxembourg Blockchain Lab

13:15 ¦ Inspirational speech Serge Linckels, DLH

13:30 ¦ Blockchain Wim Stalmans, The Blockchain Academy

14:00 ¦ Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) Adnan Imeri, LIST

14:30 ¦ Regenerative Finance Vincent Katchavenda, Erable

15:00 ¦ DeFi Andy Bryant, Vektor

15:30 ¦ Tokenisation Thierry Grandjean, LIST

16:00 ¦ Bear Market: lessons learned and the path forward Artem Sinyakin, Oak Invest & Wasabee Consulting

9:45 ¦ Bitcoin: The driving force behind the SDGs – Keynote by Sascha Grumbach, Green Mining DAO

10:00 ¦ Education – In discussion with Niamkey Kouamé, Servichain

10:15 ¦ Climate – In discussion with Alexander Neumüller Lead Climate Aspects Cambridge Digital Assets Programme (CDAP) and Adnan Imeri, LIST

10:30 ¦ How can DLT help with impact investing? Panel moderated by Maria Tapia, LSFI with Vincent Katchavenda, Erable; Ala Presenti, Moniflo; Monique Bachner, Bachner Legal

10:20 ¦ Fireside chat with Hedera – A balance sheet for the Planet by Laurence Stijns-Collignon, Paypal and Jonathan Rackoff, The HBAR Foundation

11:35 ¦ Credits market: biodiversity, carbon; is DLT an enabler towards sustainability goals? Panel moderated by Vanessa Müller, EY Luxembourg with Nura Linggih, Pleno; Sascha Grumbach, Green Mining DAO; Hanna Fiegenbaum, Research & Development, Jonathan Rackoff, The HBAR Foundation

12:10– 13:15 ¦ LUNCH BREAK

13:15 ¦ POST Philately entering a new dimension by Marco Van Maris, POST Luxembourg

13:30 ¦ Challenges and Opportunities: Blockchain’s Journey in Sustainable Supply Chains by LIST

¦ Blockchain Applications for Sustainable Finance

14:30 ¦ Innovation Pitches by Vincent De Smedt – Terya, Camille Bossel – Kapital, Rushank Bardolia & Abhimanyu Singh – Green Earth Agro, Raphael Scheuren – Blochome

15:10 ¦ Blockchain Applications for Sustainable Finance Panel moderated by Alex Panican with Ankit Arora, LIST; Camille Bossell, HACK Capital; Guénolé de Cadoudal, CACIB

15:55 – 16:15 ¦ COFFEE BREAK

16:15 ¦ Powering new business model with Blockchain pitches by: Terya, Blochome, Cent Finance,

18:00 ¦ LëtzStake After-Work & After Party Brought to you by ACI, Aleph.im, Massa, and Tezos / Nomadic Labs, the afterparty is free, but due to limited capacity, registration is subject to approval

Leading the Change: How the EU Drives Global Blockchain Adoption

10:00 | Registration

10:30 | Welcome words by Fabrice Croiseaux, Chairman of the Board, Infrachain a.s.b.l.

10:35 | ReimaginingEurope’s Digital Future: The Power of EBSI and Verified Identity by Christophe Maertens, Belgium, FPS BOSA & Blockchain4Belgium

10:55 | “The European Blockchain Services Infrastructure – EBSI” by Pierre Marro, Administrator for Communication Networks, Content and Technology, DG Connect (European Commission)

11:10 | “Turning Vision into Reality: The Role of EBSI-VECTOR and EBSI-NE in Advancing the European Blockchain Service Infrastructure” by Alla Aboudaka (VECTOR Project)

11:25 | “BlockStand” by Ricardo Simoes, Executive Director (INATBA)

11:40 | “EBSI, Blockchain and National Policies” by Alberto López, Deputy Director of the Innovation Lab, INCM – Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (Portugal), Piotr Rutkowski, Expert for blockchain and the development of digital technologies, Ministry of Digital Affairs (Poland), Patrick Weber, Project Manager, Ministry for Digitalisation (Luxembourg)

12:00 | Panel discussion With Alla Aboudaka, Alberto López, Christophe MAertens, Pierre Marro, Piotr Rutkowski, Ricardo Simoes, Patrick Weber, Moderated by Alexandra Höß, Doctoral Researcher, SnT

Lunch break – 12:30 pm – 14:00

Securing Business With Blockchain: Cybersecurity, Privacy and Compliance

14:00 | Afternoon opening

14:35 | “Understanding Basic Attacks on Ethereum Blockchains” by Antonio Ken Iannillo, Research Scientist, SnT

14:50 | “Reaching A New Frontier In Smart Contract Security And Insurance” by Dr. Peter Bärnreuther, Chief Underwriting Officer, Chainproof

15:05 | Use case Regulatory IT challenges related to Blockchain by Luc Maquil, Managing Partner, Maqit

15:20 | Panel discussion “How to anticipate and address cybersecurity risks and compliance requirementsto preserve and develop trust in blockchain capabilities for 2024 and beyond?” With Yevheniia Broshevan, Co-founder & CBDO, Hacken, Dr. Peter Bärnreuther, Yevheniia Broshevan, Antonio Ken, Moderated by Cédric Mauny, President, CLUSIL

Coffee break 16:00 – 16:20

Redefining Power: the Present and Future of Decentralized Governance

16:20 | DAOs– Is Decentralized Governance, a Decentralization of Power? by Jaguar A. Gal, Adv. CPA, CEO, JAGuar AI Reg&Comp. & JAGuar Lawyers

16:35 | “Creating a DAO: Centralisation Issues” by Wim Stalmans, Decentralisation Officer, TBA DAO

16:50 | Use case: Alpha Persei, by Harry Ghillemyn

17:05 | “Kleros and the Birth of Decentralized Justice” by Federico Ast, President, Kleros

17:20 | Panel discussion With Jaguar A. Gal, Adv. CPA, Federico Ast, Harry Ghillemyn, Wim Stalmans, Moderated by Sunny Jiang, Founder, MaasDAO

Networking cocktail sponsored by Net Service 18:00 – 19:00

8:45 ¦ Is the regulatory framework finally aligned with the needs of the crypto market players? by CMS Panel discussion with Martin Watkins, Montis ; Jack Ehlers, Bitstamp; André Rendeiro, Bison Bank; Aurélia Viémont, CMS

9:45 ¦ BREAKFAST

¦ DeFi

10:15 ¦ Welcome and introduction by Ananda Kautz, Head of Innovation, Digital Banking & Payments, Member of the Management Board – ABBL

10:25 ¦ Decentralised Finance: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities by Prof. Dr. Dirk Andreas Zetzsche, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance – University of Luxembourg

11:05 ¦ Is decentralised finance a game changer for traditional financial institutions? Panel discussion moderated by Thomas Campione, CFA. Advisory Director, Blockchain & crypto-assets Leader – PwC Luxembourg, Sara Berujon, Head of Payments Luxembourg – J.P.Morgan SE, Luxembourg Branch, Christophe Medinger, Deputy Head of Business Unit Digitalisation, Spuerkeess; Christian Dohmen, General Counsel, Luxembourg Stock Exchange; Prof. Dr. Gilbert FRIDGEN, Professor and PayPal-FNR PEARL Chair in Digital Financial Services, SnT – University of Luxembourg

11:45 – 13:00 ¦ Networking Lunch

¦ The future of Finance

13:00 ¦ Keynote by Nestor Verrier, Swissquote

13:15 ¦ Custody, regulations and new financial assets: is the impossible finally made possible? A panel moderated by Chris Hollifield, LFF with Marina Baudéan, 21Shares; Nestor Verrier, Swissquote; Jan Brzezek, Crypto Finance AG; Pierre Gérard from Scorechain

14:00 ¦ The Digital Money Dashboard: A one-stop-shop for everything digital money Presentation of the CDAP by Christopher Jack and Keynote by Roman Proskalovich

14:25 ¦ Interoperability Jean Diederich, Finegan in discussion with Roberto Petrarulo, Clearstream

14:40 ¦ Blockchain as a new generation a discussion led by Emilie Allaert, Luxembourg Blockchain Lab with Paolo Brignardello, FundsDLT

¦ Tokenisation

15:00 ¦ RWA Tokenization Explained Keynote by Luc Falempin

15:15 ¦ Fireside chat With Luc Falempin, Tokeny & Kevin Demeyer, Deloitte

15:30 ¦ A practical use case

16:00 ¦ An innovative outlook on Tokenization Panel discussion by Daniel Coheur, Tokeny; Philippe Noeltner, A&O; Veronica Martinez Sotillo, Quintet Private Bank ; Xavier Rouayroux, Olkypay

¦ DIGITAL ASSETS: BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER IN 2024?

17:30 ¦ Panel discussion with Karima Lachgar, Regulation crypto expert, Laurent Marochini, Head of Innovation SGSS Luxembourg, David Durouchoux, Deputy CEO of SG FORGE, Josselin Hebert Senior Digital Innovation Officer at ESM, Alexandre Briand, Economist, Project Manager, Market Infrastructures and Payment Systems at Banque centrale du Luxembourg

18:30 ¦ Networking Cocktail

20:00 ¦ VIP Dinner at El Barrio

AI & Blockchain, The Perfect Couple ?

With Yael Rozencwajg Founder at Nevelab Technologies, Panel with: Laurent Marochini, Yael Rozencwajg, Emilia Tantar & Petra Krizan. Pitchies by: Yves Elomo Technical Managing Director Divizend ; Niamkey Kouamé – Servichan Founder.

Lëtzblock Side event

12:00 14:00 – Landscape of Digital Assets in Investment Funds

$Opportunity Financial Services - Infrachain$

Opportunity Financial Services Workshop (upon registration)

15:00 – 16:00 – ( Nearly ! ) All you wanted to know about tax, accounting and set-up of a digital company in Luxembourg!

Tezos x Luxembourg Blockchain Week (@Silversquare Liberté)

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Detailled Agenda 2022

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1:00 PM PRE-PROGRAMME: CRASH COURSES powered by FABRIC VENTURES

1:00 pm Blockchain Introduction by Emilie Allaert, Luxembourg Blockchain Lab

1:30 pm Web3 and Metaverse by Max Mersch, Fabric Ventures, Blockdaemon and Amber

2:00 pm What to look for when investing in digital assets? by Alvaro Garrido Mesa, 2140 Consulting

2:30 pm DeFi (Decentralised Finance), Clément Fermaud, Commit

3:00 pm Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) by Adnan Imeri, Infrachain

3:30 pm WELCOME COFFEE

4:00 pm INAUGURATION

4:00pm Welcome words by Emilie Allaert, Luxembourg Blockchain Lab

4:10pm Address by Minister Fayot, Ministry of Economy and Ministry for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs

4:20pm Keynote from Gérard Lopez, Lydian

4:40pm Keynote from Helen Hai, Binance Charity

5:00pm Keynote from Erin Grover, Member of the World Economic Forum Working Group for blockchain and Carbon Credits:

Blockchain Expert Erin Grover Shares Use Cases for Solving The Climate Crises and Rewarding Regenerative Farming Practices.

5:20pm Keynote from Clément Fermaud, Commit on Regenerative Finance

7:00 pm VIP DINNER at The Six Seven

INFRACHAIN SUMMIT

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LUXEMBOURG BLOCKCHAIN LAB DAY

Focus on SDGs, sustainability and social impact

9:25 am Welcome speech by E. Allaert, Head of the Luxembourg Blockchain Lab

9:30 am Keynote by Petra Krizan, The blockhouse technology Ltd

9:45 am Masterclass

Blockchain and Sustainability, supporting the evolution of the new social economy by Yael Rozencwajg, Blockchain Israel

10:25 am Cryptocurrencies for Good: How International NGOs can leverage digital currencies in order to achieve greater humanitarian impact worldwide In Discussion with Yannick Naud, Unicef Luxembourg and Chris Hollifield, Luxembourg for Finance

10:40 am Healthcare: how patients can benefit from the use of DLT technology? moderated by Emilie Allaert, Luxembourg Blockchain Lab, with the following panelists: John Ward, Servblock, PharmD Anca Petre, 23 consulting, Dr Loïc Brotons, Galeon

11:25 am EBSILUX Live Demo

12:05 am Blockchain and the sustainability transition: threat or enabler? moderated by Enrico Benetto, the LIST, with the following panelists Guillaume Leti, Carbonable, Tomás Navarrete LIST, Lorenzo ZULLO Chemchain, Massimo PIZZOL Aalborg University

12:45 pm WALKING LUNCH

1:30 pm In discussion with the Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI) on the collaboration with the Luxembourg Blockchain Lab with José Godonou Atata, Stakeholder Coordinator, LSFI and E. Allaert, Head of the Luxembourg Blockchain Lab

2:00pm Pitch track, 6 companies, 6 min to pitch, 2 min to answer your questions: Galeon, Carbonable, Green Earth Trading, Moniflo, DLH, Kryptostone

2:50 pm Blockchain for Good: a new model for humanitarian cash-assistance in Kenya, Uganda, and Afghanistan by Elizabeth Li, Binance Charity (RESCHEDULED TO DAY 4)

3:10 pm COFFEE BREAK

4:15 pm ESG, SDG, a common mean to achieve a better society? a panel moderated by Valérie Ballouhey-Dauphin, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) with, as panelists: Georges Bock, Moniflo, Gwenn Nevelsteen, Rubey and Erin Grover, Member of the World Economic Forum Working Group for blockchain and Carbon Credits

5:00 pm Track & Trust, solutions to help with a responsible supply chain? a panel moderated by Evgeniya Weibel-Zimmer, Neofacto with, as panelists: Rushank Bardolia, Green Earth Trading, Koen Vingerhoets, Fujitsu, Sorcha Mulligan, SMEchain

SATELLITE EVENTS

9:30am ART&CULTURE

9:30 am Rubey: Presentation

9:40 am Blockchain: Unlocking investment opportunities in art? Moderated by Agnes Llorca Boutoleau and panelists: Anaida Schneider, Artessere, Maarten Van Doorslaer, Rubey and Xavier Buck, Namespace Group

10:30 am Artessere: Presentation

10:30 AM ABBL and Allen & Overy Event (upon registration here), at Allen & Overy premises: MiCA regulation: Shaping the future of issuance and services relating to crypto-assets in the EU

11:00 AM Putting Luxembourg on the Blockchain Map: Where does the ecosystem stand? (upon registration here): : Presentation of a report on the Luxembourg Blockchain ecosystem drafted on behalf of the Ministry of State, Department of media, connectivity and digital policy (SMC). Speakers: Infrachain , SMC

2:10 PM Blockchain for Good: a new model for humanitarian cash-assistance in Kenya, Uganda, and Afghanistan by Elizabeth Li, Binance Charity

2:30 PM Decarbonation Workshop – LIST presented by Tomás Navarrete

3:00 PM The LHoFT Event

Part 1 – State of DLT in the Financial Industry

3:00pm – Opening speech by Nasir Zubairi, The LHoFT
3:15pm – Panel discussion about the current state of DLT in the Financial Industry, with Philippe Noeltner, Allen & Overy, Thilo Derenbach, Clearstream, Bernard Simon, FundsDLT and Tobias Seidl, Stokr moderated by Alvaro Garrido Mesa, 2140 Consulting

4:00pm COFFEE BREAK

Part 2 -Trends in Web3, DeFi and Crypto

Pitching session (5min pitch + 3min Q&A)

4:20 pm – 4:30 pm Vektor

4:30 pm – 4:40 pm Monerium

4:40 pm – 4:50 pm Cybavo

4:50 pm – 5:00 pm Sparling Financial

5:10 pm – 5:20 pm Chainalysis

5:20 pm – 5:50 pm Panel

State of the Web3 and DeFi in Luxembourg/Europe. What are the challenges, opportunities and what should be done? discussed by the above companies

6:00 pm Société Générale Event (upon registration, sorry the event is full): Tokenisation of financial assets: do you really know all the opportunities?

Introduction by A. Jacquemin, CEO, Société Générale Luxembourg

Panel moderated by L. Marochini, Head of Innovation, SGSS Luxembourg with the following panelists: