Africa Blockchain Summit (ABS) 2018 | BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT | 14 May 2018 |

The Africa Blockchain Summit (ABS) is first of all a Central Bank Governors’ Forum, organized by the Central Bank of Tunisia and Paris Europlace with the technical support of the Group Talan, meant to understand the impact of the Distributed Ledger Technology on African and Emerging countries’ financial sector.

This initiative aspires to contribute to the current global thinking on Blockchain, and to propose a regional grid of analysis and understanding of this technology. It is based on a multidimensional approach, which will identify the blockchain's opportunities, challenges and potential applications for the African and the MENA region’s financial sector.

Three coordinated events are planned:

• The first, institutional, the Governors' Conference, will bring together Governors of Central Banks and senior African and international financial institutions’ executives in panel discussions moderated by renowned speakers.
• The second will be dedicated to workshops on practical uses of the Blockchain by the financial sector.
• Finally, the third event will focus on research and innovation, through a Hackathon, gathering FinTechs, academics, researchers and developers around a Blockchain challenge, in connection with operational concerns.

2018 Speakers:

Marouane El Abassi
Governor, Central Bank Of Tunisia

Arnaud De Bresson
Ceo, Paris Europlace

Mehdi Houas
Ceo, Talan Group

Harish Natarajan
Lead Financial Sector Specialist In The Finance And Markets Global Practice, World Bank

Dr. Edoh Kossi Amenounve
Ceo, Brvm, Chairman, Africafinlab

Thierry Bedoin
Chief Digital Officer, Banque De France

Abderrahim Bouazza
Ceo, Bank Al-maghrib

Wissam H. Fattouh
General Secretary, Union Arab Bank

Takeshi Shirakami
Deputy Head Of The Committee On Payments And Market Infrastructures Secretariat, Bis

Mohamed Horani
Chairman And Ceo, Hps Worldwide

Coulibaly Horo
Advisor To The General Director Of Organisation And Information Systems, Bceao

Francisco Rivadeneyra
Director Of Research, Bank Of Canada

Hubert Vauplane
Kramer Levin Paris

Phillipe Lerique
Partner, Artificial Intelligence, Talan Group

Imen Ayari
Chief Blockchain Officer, Head Of Innovation Factory, Talan

Bashar Lazaar
Director Of Operations For The Mena Region, Consensys

Thierry Roehm
Head Of Trade Services, Global Transaction Banking Division, Société Générale

Sébastien Seailles
Director - Eses Market Advocacy - Europe,euroclear France

Fatma Siala
Professor In Economics And Member Of Central Bank Of Tunisia's Board Of Directors

Jérôme Bernard
Blockchain And Dlt Lead, Talanlabs

Hichem Ben Fadhl
Chairman, Ajyal Capital

Gilles Réant
Manager, Hps

Christophe Bisière
Professor, Toulouse School Of Economics

Nathalie De Gaulle
Head Of Government Affairs And Central Banks, Ledger

Charles Azanlekor
Technical Advisor , Hbnb Blockchain Solution Factory

Habib Bouchrara
Ceo, Hbnb Blockchain Solution Factory

Gonzague Grandval
General Manager Emea, Pickiochain

Vincent Pignon
Ceo, Wecan, Lead Project Manager

Marloes Pomp
Program Officer, Dutch Government

2018 Sponsors:

• Banque Tuniso- Libyenne
• STB Bank
• ATB
• Banque De Tunisie
• Banque Internationale Arabe De Tunisie

PRESS:
• Agence Ecofin
• RB Revue Banque
• Paris Europlace
• Banque Centrale de Tunisie
• Talan

PARTNERS:
• Paris Europlace
• Banque Centrale de Tunisie
• Talan