APAC Blockchain Conference 2018 | Quest Events Pty Ltd | 13 March 2018 | Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, 65 Queens Rd, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria Australia 3004

The APAC Blockchain Conference, developed in partnership with the Australian Digital Commerce Association (ADCA), looks beyond the hype at the real impacts and potential of blockchain technologies in Australia.

The 2nd annual event will be held from 13 – 15 March in Melbourne and bring together blockchain innovators, business leaders and regulators to help you build your blockchain strategy and assess the viability of the technology.

Across the globe organisations are scrutinizing how blockchain technology can transform current processes, free them of the middle man and save significant costs. The potential is huge and possibilities limitless, however, there are considerable challenges to overcome before the benefits can be realised.

This is a not-to-be-missed event for anyone with an interest in blockchain.

2018 Speakers

Mahmood Al-Imam
Data Scientist, Blockchain Technology Malaysia

Steve Bellotti
Chief Executive Officer, Digital Currency Holdings

Lou Boyle
Innovation Executive, Local Government Association of Queensland

Bradley Brown
National Manager Strategic Intelligence and Policy , AUSTRAC

Simon Cant
Co-founder and Managing Director, Reinventure

Ivan Carlisle
Director of STEM, Melbourne Girls Grammar

David Cassidy
Managing Director, Kyckr

Matthew Chan
Regional Head, The US Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

Peter Christo
Head of ChinaPayments, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency, Novatti

Nick Cliff
Emerging Technology Lead, Australian Payments Network

Lucas Cullen
Co-Founder, Civic Ledger, Board Member, Blockchain Australia

Lucas Cullen
Co-Founder, Civic Ledger, Board Member, Blockchain Australia

Paul Derham
Partner, Holley Nethercote commercial & financial services lawyers

Lord Meghnad Desai
Professor Emeritus, London School of Economics

Rachel Desain
Executive General Manager of Innovation and Development , Australian Digital Health Agency

Nigel Dobson
Banking Services Business Domain Lead, ANZ

Katryna Dow
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Meeco

Craig Dunn
Chair, Australian Government’s Fintech Advisory Group, Non-executive Director, Westpac

Paul Fox
Partner, California Clean Energy Fund, Managing Director, Corran Toohill Capital

Nick Giurietto
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Digital Commerce Association

Hannah Glass
Solicitor, King & Wood Mallesons

Yukun Hao
Operations Director General, Technology Research Institute, HNA Tech

Danielle Henderson
Senior Vice President, Head of Market Advocacy and Innovation Research, Asia Pacific, Northern Trust

Da Hongfei
Founder, NEO

Jed Horner
Policy Manager, Standards Australia

The Hon. Ed husic
Shadow Minister Digital Economy and Future of Work, Federal Opposition

Victor Jiang
Executive Chairman, Sapien Ventures LLP

Loretta Joseph
Industry Advisory Council, Australian Digital Commerce Association and Fintech Leader of the Year 2017

Raj Karkara
Chief Revenue Officer and Director, tZero

Robert Kahn
Co-Inventor, TCP/IP protocols

Adam Koltun
Marketing Manager, The Quantum Resistant Ledger

Sam Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Blockchain Global and Bitcoin Group

Grant Lenaarts
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, Digital Custodians

Bin Li
Director, Innovative Research and Standardisation Expert, WeBank

Ming Li
Director, China Electronics Standardisation Institute (CESI)

Sarah Lim
Country Manager, VeChain Technology SEA

Lina Lim
Head of Technology, National Stock Exchange of Australia

Joseph Liu
Director, Blockchain Research Lab, Monash University

Zuotian Luan
Vice President, Fortuna Blockchain

Rhonda Luo
Senior Specialist Market Infrastructure, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

Huanyu Ma
Blockchain Algorithm Engineer, ZhongAn Technology

Serena Malatesta
Year 10 Student, Melbourne Girls Grammar

Richard Mccarthy
General Manager – Sales, Product and Marketing, Perpetual Corporate Trust

Greg Medcraft
Director - Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD

Evangeline Mullins
Year 12 Student, Melbourne Girls Grammar

Sam Nickless
Chief Operating Officer, Gilbert & Tobin

Katherine Noall
Chief Executive Officer, Sphere Identity

Millicent Perkins
School Captain, Melbourne Girls Grammar

Reece Proudfoot
Innovation Strategist, WWF Australia

Tal Rapke
Director of Innovation, Sanofi

Vaughn Richtor
Chairman, Ratesetter

Peter Robertson
Co-founder, ExistenceID

Philippa Ryan
Co-convenor of the International Standards Committee on Smart Contracts, NSW Bar Association and UTS Faculty of Law

Jamie Skella
Co-founder, Horizon State

Fran Strajnar
Chief Executive Officer, Brave New Coin

Thomas Sun
Team Lead, NAD Grid

Mark Toohey
Founder, TBSx3

Steve Torso
Managing Director, Wholesale Investor

Leon-Gerard Vandenberg
CTO & Evangelist, RightsFusion - Solara.io

Pieter Vandevelde
Chief Revenue Officer, TBSx3

Gennady Volchek
Chief Executive Officer, Shping

Vincent Wang
Chief Innovation officer , China Wanxiang Group

Andrew Wasleyewicz
Business Development Manager, Hcash

Joseph Weinberg
Technology Adviser, OECD

Simon Wilson
Director and Co-founder , Decentralize

Stephen Wilson
VP & Principal Analyst, Constellation Research

Claire Wivell-Plater
Managing Director, The Fold Legal

William Zhu
Founding Partner, Consensus Investment, President, The Blockchainer

Liming Zhu
Research Director Data 61 CSIRO, Chair, Australian Blockchain and DLT Standardization Committee

William Zuo
CEO & Founder, Gingkoo

2018 Sponsors

• ADDCA Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association
• Hcash
• VeChain
• NAD Grid Corp
• Horizon State
• Fortuna Blockchain
• Blockchain Technology Malaysia
• Quantum Resistant Ledger