Blockchain
Fest 2021

Tanja Bivic Plankar has 12 years’ experience in television broadcasting, public speaking and communications. Since 2017 she is an active member of the regional crypto community, has participated in numerous blockchain-related media campaigns and is involved in several blockchain technology projects.

Since March 2018 she is also the president of Blockchain Alliance Europe ( blockchainalliance.si )
Blockchain Alliance Europe is a non-profit organization that connects companies and legal entities that use or implement blockchain technologies or are a part of the blockchain ecosystem.

Blockchain Alliance Europe advocates for mass usage of blockchain technologies and crypto-assets and with the vision to transform Europe into a global blockchain destination.

The alliance was established with the purpose of mutual assistance in business development, networking, cooperation and a joint approach to defending the interests of the members of the alliance. Members of the alliance also work closely with the Slovenian and European regulators in the relevant legislation field.

Ethan Ng, Ceo of BiKi.com Southeast Asia
BiKi.com is one of the fastest growing crypto exchange and ranking in the top 30 exchanges. He was also the Marketing Lead of Huobi Global, leading the team into market expansions in different markets, he was the organizer of Blockchain Festival Vietnam, garnering 1626 attendees, 30 vip speakers and 52 media delegates. 
Prior to this, he was a digital strategist in the banking sector and growth specialist in startups. Ethan graduated with Bachelor of Business Marketing from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. 
- Ex Huobi Global Marketing Lead 
- Digital Strategist from traditional bank 
- Extensive experience in growth marketing and lean startup 
- Southeast Asia regional expansion experience

BiKi.com

Thomas leads the Product Strategy, Product Management and Product Marketing teams across Polymath’s product portfolio. Prior to joining Polymath, Thomas was Director of Product Management at Extreme Networks where he led Extreme’s Software and Cloud offerings. Prior to Extreme Networks, Thomas was VP, Business Development & Strategic Alliances at BlueCat Networks. Thomas holds a master’s degree from Toulouse University.

Marc Taverner is the executive director of the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (inatba.org), the pre-eminent nonprofit organization supporting the growth of DLT & blockchain technologies. INATBA does this by engaging public and private audiences to address and reduce frictions that inhibit market growth.

As Executive Director, Marc works with INATBA’s members to host bilateral conversations between governments (including the European Commission) and companies to inform policies and regulations and advance the international adoption of blockchain. Marc has been active in the global blockchain ecosystem for more than six years, working across 20 countries, engaging with organisations from core cryptocurrency companies to governments and financial institutions, to large corporates and industry associations.

Prior to joining INATBA, he was the Global Ambassador and head of Business Development for the Bitfury Group, one of Europe’s largest blockchain unicorns.
To INATBA he brings a unique set of experiences gained from a career in start-ups and industry-leading companies. The founder of a successful modem distribution company, Nuvo, Marc has held leadership roles with many top technology companies, including Genesys Conferencing, the world's largest provider of unified communications services, and Promethean, a market leader in educational technology solutions.

Oriol works as a Management Consultant at AirHelp, Advisor for a Hong Kong-based FinTech company, ixFintech, Strategic Advisor at a Hong Kong-based WealthTech company, ETFCool, Strategic Advisor at ScallopX and FinTech Mentor at F10 Incubator & Accelerator, Singapore.

Oriol is member of the Blockchain, Digital Banking and Greater Bay Area Committees at the Fintech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK), as well as the Singapore Fintech Association (SFA).

He is Fellow at the Digital Euro Association (D€A) and at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)

Jesus Rodriguez is a technology expert, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and internationally recognized speaker and author.

A computer scientist by background, Jesus is the CEO at IntoTheBlock, a platform that leverages advanced machine learning to understand and predict crypto-asset markets.

Jesus is also the Chief Scientist and Managing Partner at Invector Labs, a development studio focused on leveraging artificial intelligence in real world applications. In addition to his operational work, Jesus is a guest lecturer at Columbia University where he teaches topics related to AI and data science.

Jesus’s career includes several successful exits as an entrepreneur in the enterprise software space and tenures building cloud systems at Microsoft and quantitative trading platforms for several Wall Street hedge funds.
Jesus has been the recipient of several industry awards including the Inc. 500 and Stevie Awards for American and international business.
He serves as a board member in several enterprise software companies and is an investor in over a dozen of startups.

Irina S. Litchfield is President of Lumeria, Pre-IPO IR firm.

She is founder of BlockchainCube, DLT consulting firm. She is a senior advisor at SpaceFund, advisor at ProChain Capital and founding advisor at ABE, global securities exchange. She cofounded payments/gaming company in 2005.

Early to the blockchain space, she cofounded a bitcoin exchange in 2013 and later built an online bank. Passionate about innovation technology, positive social capital and democratization of space, investments and opportunities,
Irina often speaks as a subject matter expert. She is an organizer of ARRA global innovations summit, co-orgonizer of BitAngelsTexas and columnist at CoinRivet

You can reach her linkedin.com/in/irina-litchfield-b50352131

Stefan Gergely is the Head of the Mobile Blockchain & Advanced Technologies Department of Zitec. Stefan founded Aurus.io, a fintech company that built a 100% gold-backed cryptocurrenc; ATA, the Romanain Association of Advanced Technologies as well as other tech startups. Stefan co-founder Udevoffice, one the first agencies to develop blockchain technology, which was recently acquired by Zitec, one the largest development agencies in Romania.

Topic:
How to built a legit crypto startup, etc.
It's time for blockchain to enter the mainstream tech world
What PoCs we built for big companies to show added value of blockchain for their businesses
-> Transavia Airlines: we build a proof of concept to show how blockchain can improve the in-airport experience with a ticket "zero knowledge proof" solution
-> Identity solution for Armenia for the UNDP
-> etc
-> How to find the ideal blockchain use case for your company
-> How to integrate crypto into your business

Mariana Founded and manages Infiom, a global consensus blockchain economy for creation of DeFi, NFTs, and Consensus Blockchain Ventures. Prior to Infiom, she was the Managing Director of BitAngels, the first crypto angel network formed in 2013 that invested in launch of Ethereum. She is an Advisor to SuperWorld, Open Therapeutics, Alysida Health, uPrime, and System9.

Mariana was EVP Business Development for NTN Buzztime, Inc. (AMEX:NTN) and Head of Business Development, Content Aggregation and Programming for MediaZone, a broadband video company launched and owned by NASPERS Internet (largest investor in Tencent). Mariana also founded and directed the Digital Media Incubator at KPMG LLP. Portfolio companies raised angel investments from Michael Jackson, Beny Alagem, Al Copeland, IdeaLab, David Gefen, Brian Singer, Bob Daly, Jeff Pollack of Handprint Entertainment and John Gee, Executive Director of NASA Ames Research Incubator, and VC funding from Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia, Intel, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Dell, Panasonic, and Chase Capital Partners.

Mariana served on the New Media Board and serves on the International Committee of the Producers’ Guild of America and is a member of the Television Academy. Mariana served on the Board of the Tim Draper’s Zone Ventures Club and on the Mayor Riordan’s Digital Coast Roundtable.

Topic:
Earn Revenue in NFTs, DeFi and Consensus Blockchain Ventures

Henrik Gebbing Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Finoa, a FinTech focusing on Banking Services for Blockchain-based Digital Assets. Prior, Henrik worked as a Consultant at McKinsey & Company, serving financial institutions and high-tech companies across the globe.

He started his career with a dual degree in the high-tech branch of Siemens AG. Henrik earned a B.A. in Int. Management & Finance (Germany), was granted a Fulbright Scholarship for his M.Sc. in Marketing at Golden Gate University (USA), and earned an MBA from IE Business School (Spain).

Topic:
Building a company that strives to bring sense and calm to the ever-changing blockchain ecosystem by bridging the gap between institutional investors, corporations and the wider crypto community

Developing strategic partnerships in Blockchain based invoicing and crypto currency payments, sourcing relationships in DeFi and traditional finance, and identifying new revenue opportunities.
Responsible for shaping and developing business and partnership strategies, negotiating and closing deals and working closely with the Product, Engineering and Marketing.

Topic:
The One stop shop for simplified Crypto Management

Aly Madhavji 穆亚霖 is the Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. He is a Limited Partner on Loyal VC and Draper Goren Holm. Aly consults organizations on emerging technologies such as INSEAD and the UN on solutions to help alleviate poverty. He is a Senior Blockchain Fellow at INSEAD and was recognized as a “Blockchain 100” Global Leader by Lattice80.

He is an internationally acclaimed author, publishing three books and a monthly columnist for the leading blockchain magazine. Aly serves as a board member of CryptoStar Corp. (TSXV: CSTR), Mechanical Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ: MKTY) and has served on various advisory boards including the University of Toronto’s Governing Council, which manages a $2.5B budget. He is a mentor with Chinaccelerator, an elite accelerator program operated by the venture fund SOSV with $855M+ AUM and the Mobile Only Accelerator (MOX).

Aly holds a Master of Global Affairs as a Schwarzman Scholar from Tsinghua University (清华大学), a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD (Singapore and France), and a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction from the University of Toronto.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alymadhavji

Topic:
How Blockchain is driving an ROI in various industries

Maria Paula is an Advisor to the Board of Directors at Golem Network, and in addition, serves as the Founder and Managing Director of ETHBerlin/ Department of Decentralization. Maria Paula has been a part of the crypto community since early 2017, joining the Web3 Foundation/Polkadot on their very early days.

In her spare time, María Paula leverages the Department of Decentralization/ETHBerlin collective to explore different verticals of the community, from social experiments such as the Berlin culture and hacking festivals, to project managing the Ethereum Görli Testnet. One of the favorite topics to cover is the intersection of technology and art - having published the two most comprehensive reports on the matter and curated and produced several art exhibitions and educational initiatives.

Through her work and adjacent projects, as well as consulting for several other projects and individuals in the Blockchain space, her goal is to educate and inspire individuals from all backgrounds to get involved in the community.

Topic:
DeFi’s domino effect on NFTs, Blockchain and Web 3.0 adoption.

Linkedin:
linkedin.com/in/mar%C3%ADa-paula-fern%C3%A1ndez-no-social-selling-please-a96a8034