Blockchain Live 2018 | Blockchain Live | 26 September 2018 | Olympia Grand, Olympia Way, Hammersmith, London W14, UK

Blockchain Live 2018 is an event dedicated to the adoption of blockchain technology. Set amidst the stratospheric growth of blockchain start-ups and ICO’s, 2017 marked Blockchain Live’s inaugural year and it exceeded all expectations. Bringing together delegates from key sectors looking to embrace and adopt distributed ledger technology.

Sectors include: Financial Services, Logistics, Supply Chain, Insurance, Charities, Higher and Further Education, Manufacturing, Energy, Construction, Transport, Central & Local Government and Healthcare. Companies that attended include; Centrica, BNP Paribas, AIG, Santander, NHS Digital, Marks & Spencer, London Stock Exchange, HSBC, Gambling Commission, CityGroup and BUPA to name but a few.

2018 Speakers:

Daniel Larimer
CTO, Block.one

Brendan Blumer
CEO, Block.on

Rob Jesudason
Group President, Block.one

Antonis Polemitis
CEO, University of Nicosia

Alex Tapscott
Author, Blockchain Revolution

Blythe Masters
CEO, Digital Asset

Joseph Lubin
Founder, ConsenSys

Eva Kaili MEP
Member of the European Parliament, Chair of the STOA, European Parliament

Oliver T. Bussmann
Founder and Managing Partner, Bussmann Advisory

Simon Taylor
Co Founder and Blockchain Director, 11:FS

Nick Szabo
Creator of Smart Contracts

Ruth Milligan
Head of Financial Services and Payments Programme, techUK

Llew Claasen
Executive Director, Bitcoin Foundation

Perianne Boring
Founder, Chamber of Digital Commerce

Tim Draper
Founder, Draper Associates

Lisa Cheng
Founder, The Vanbex Group

Kevin Hobbs
CEO, The Vanbex Group

Lydia Torne
Senior Associate, Simmons & Simmons

David E. Rutter
Founder and CEO, R3

The Hon Albert Isola MP
Minister for Commerce, HM Government of Gibraltar

Teana Baker-Taylor
Advisory Council, Global Digital Finance

Konstantinos Chalkias
Cryptographer and Platform Engineer, R3

Benedikt Schuppli
Co-Founder, Lexon

Alex Mashinsky
Founder and CEO, Celsius Network

Arno Laeven
Digital Strategy and Innovation Advisor

Scott Nelson
Chaiman and CEO, Sweetbridge

Adam Cooper
Chief Architect

Christopher Sherrington
Director of Digital Strategy, Centrica

Melissa Gilmour
Global Head of Community, Sweetbridge

Farzad Pezeshkpour
Emerging Technologies Distinguished Engineer, NatWest

Gilbert Verdian
Blockchain Founder, International Organisation for Standardisation

Jenny Knott
CEO, FinTech Strategic Advisors

Dr Natalie Pankova
Healthcare Lead, GBA London

Tommy Jamet
President, GBA London

Rob Viglione
Co-Founder, ZenCash

Humayun Sheikh
Founder & CEO, Fetch.ai

Rhian Lewis
Founder, London Women in Bitcoin

Alastair Band
Founder, Blockchain Beginners

Amit Patel
Head of New Ventures, BUPA

Ana Trbovich
Co-Founder and Foundation Council Member, Energy Web Foundation

Ben Wyeth
Senior Innovation Engineer, NatWest

Birgitte Andersen
CEO, Big Innovation Centre

Antony Welfare
Retail Sales Development Director, Oracle

Andrew Spence
Faculty Member, Blockchain Research Institute

Charles Carter
Emerging Technology, Innovation and Strategy Specialist, Transport Systems Catapult

Vaughn McKenzie-Landell
CEO & Co-Founder, JAAK

Cliff Fluet
Digital Media & Brand Entertainment Partner, Lewis Silkin LLP

Damien Moore
Co-Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group for Blockchain

Dr Dominique Guinard
Founder & CTO, EVRYTHNG

Ben Livshits
Chief Scientist, Brave

Danielle Saikaly
Lecturer, ESCP Business School

David Ferguson
Head of Digital Innovation, EDF

Dean Demellweek
CIB Industrial and Digital Transformation, BNP Paribas

Jan Denecke
CEO, Kodak One

Professor David Shipworth
Professor of Energy and the Built Environment, UCL

Dr Jane Thomason
CEO, Blockchain Quantum Impact

Dr Jane Thomason
CEO, Blockchain Quantum Impact

Eleonora Harwich
Head of Digital and Technological Innovation, Reform

2018 Partners:

• Dexon
• Cobinhood
• pwc
• Sweetbridge
• IBM
• Fetch
• Vanbex
• Varius
• University of Nicosia
• Ether party
• Bitfury
• Zencash
• techUK
• GovNet
• Big Innovation
• 11FS
• BlockchainInsider
• Fintech Scotland
• Outlier Ventures
• British Blockchain Association
• Global Digital Finance
• Coinscrum