Luxembourg Blockchain Week

Detailled Agenda 2022

Some parts of the program are upon Check the details in the program. Most of the events are scheduled at d’Coque. If the location is different, it will be stated next to the event.

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

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:

  • Arnaud Delestienne, Member Executive Committee, Luxembourg Stock Exchange
  • Natasha Deloge, Head of Innovation, CSSF
  • David Durouchoux, Deputy CEO, SG Forge

7:00 pm Cocktail Sponsored by Société Générale Luxembourg

SATELLITE EVENTS HOSTED BY ELVINGER HOSS AND ORGANISED AT ELVINGER HOSS

Address: 2 Pl. Winston Churchill, 1340 Luxembourg

11am: Lëtzblock event Anti-Money Laundering, a hot topic for digital assets hosted by Elvinger, Hoss, Prussen.

Panelists: Ira Gorbach, Scorechain, Sophie Dupin, Elvinger, Hoss, Biba Homsy, Homsy Legal, Ajinkya Tulpule, bitFlyer

Demo: Eduardo Bedolla, Scorechain

Limited seats available, registration is required even for week pass holder.

Agenda:

11.00 – 11.10: open key note from Gary Cywie

11.10 – 11.30 : panel discussion on AML in crypto

11:30- 11.40 questions from the audience

11:40 – 12.00: tool’s demonstration from Scorechain

Panel discussion will cover the following points:

1. Does the AML framework for TradFi apply for VASP and DeFi

2. Travel Rule: where do we stand?

3. What are the key points of attention for an effective AML Framework?

Speakers:

• Gary Cywie, Partner Elvinger Hoss

• Sophie Dupin, Partner Elvinger hoss

• Ira Gorbach, Compliance & Investigations Manager

• Ajinkya Tulpule, Chief Compliance Officer, bitFlyer

• Biba Homsy, Founder Homsy Legal and President LëtzBlock (moderator)

• Scorechain demo by Edouardo Bedolla, AML specialist, Scorechain

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