Blockchain Week 2023 - Australia | Blockchain Australia | 25 June 2023 | TBA, Australia

Embarking on a new era of growth and innovation, the blockchain industry is evolving at an unprecedented pace – join us at Blockchain Week 2023 to explore the latest developments and chart a course for the future of blockchain technology, digital currency & Web3.

The Flagship Event for the Australian Blockchain & Digital Currency Industry.

5 days of exclusive online and in-real-life events including a launch, roundtables, live panels, fireside chats, a Fringe Festival, NFT art galleries, afterparties, workshops, debates, labs and more—in Australia’s biggest national Blockchain Week of the year.

2023 Speakers

Katie Knight
Chief Executive Officer, Investment NSW

Caitlin Long
Founder and CEO, Avanti Financial Group

Gracy Chen
Managing Director, Bitget

Paul Stonham
General Manager, DLT Solutions, ASX

Commissioner Hester M. Peirce
Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Hannah Beazley MLA
Member for Victoria Park, Parliament of Western Australia

Chloe White
Managing Director, Genesis Block

Howard Silby
Chief Innovation Officer, NAB (National Australia Bank)

Ryan McCall
CEO, Zerocap

Mark Lenzner
Executive Director ICT / Digital Sourcing, NSW Department of Customer Service

Yin Man
Digital Director, Office of the Building Commissioner, NSW Department of Customer Service

Sarah Milby
Senior Policy Director, US Blockchain Association

Nigel Dobson
Banking Services Portfolio Lead, ANZ

Sophie Gilder
Managing Director, Blockchain & Digital Assets, CBA (Commonwealth Bank of Australia)

Marisa Coppel
Senior Counsel, US Blockchain Association

Aaron Patrick
Senior Correspondent, Australian Financial Review

Schellie-Jayne Price
Partner, Stirling and Rose

Paul Derham

Managing Partner - Virtual Assets, Financial Advisory, Derivatives, FX, Licensing, Holley Nethercote

Trevor Power
First Assistant Secretary, Commonwealth Treasury

Sunil Senapati
Chief Operating Officer - Trade & Payments, XDC Network

Dan Chesterman
Group Executive, Technology and Data, Chief Information Officer, ASX

Candace Sjogren
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Sales, Marketing and Revenue Operations, Zero Hash

Alice Dillon
Senior Legal Counsel, Immutable

Kevin Coutinho
Founder, Layer One X

Michael Shaulov
CEO and Co-Founder, Fireblocks

Sean White
Community & Business Development (Aus), XDC Network

Jonathan Kay
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Algo Foundry

Liya Dashkina
Head of Investor Relations and Investment Operations, Reinventure Group

Anya Nova
Blockchain Development & Staking Operations, Power Ledger

Chagri Poyraz
Global Head of Sanctions, Binance

Mateen Soudagar
Co-Founder and CEO, Metakey

Lisa Teh
Co-Founder, Mooning

Jonathan Hatch
Senior Advisor & Lawyer Strategic Intelligence - Innovation Hub - Strategy Group, ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission)

Vanessa S Lee-AhMat
Founding Cultural Chair, WBW Walking Between Worlds

Stephanie Bazley
nvestment Research Manager - Blockchain, AirTree

Robbie Ferguson
Co-Founder, Immutable

Ashok Venkateswaran
Vice President- APAC head for digital assets and blockchain, Mastercard

Ben Morris
Director, Head of Web3 Ecosystem APAC, Circle

Lawrence Wintermeyer
Chair, GBBC Digital Finance

Electra Frost
Co-Founder, Digital Playhouse

Michael Bacina
Partner, Piper Alderman

Greg Valles
Managing Director, Valles Accountants

Caroline Bowler
CEO, BTC Markets

Susan Brown
Partner, Deloitte

Anatole Baboukhian
Senior Manager, Public Policy (EMEA), Crypto & Digital Asset Public Policy (Global), FIS

Stuart Cureton
COO, International, tastytrade

Kate Cooper
Executive, Digital Assets, NAB

Mark Bailey
Director Corporate Finance & Forensics, Hall Chadwick

Edward Woodford
Co-Founder and CEO, Zero Hash

Jonathon Miller
Managing Director, Australia, Kraken Australia

Annie Ong
General Manager, Sales, Chainup

Manan Vora
Founding Member, Liminal

Ross Edwards
Senior Director, Client Solutions and Delivery, CBDC, Ripple

Caroline Malcolm
Vice President, Global Public Policy, Chainalysis

Gaurav Johri
Senior Adviser, Trade & Investment, AUSTRADE

Adrian Przelozny
CEO, Independent Reserve

Lisa Wade
CEO, DigitalX

John Bassilios
Partner (Lawyer), Hall & Wilcox

Zunilka C. Whitnall
New Product and Innovation Lead, UNICEF

Jackson Zeng
CEO, Caleb & Brown

Jo Rocca
Junior Software Developer, Labrys

Karti Mahendran
Principal, Deloitte

Peter Xing
Co-founder, Transhuman Australia

David Elliot
Executive Director, Agile Digital

Effie Dimitropoulas
Executive Director – AUDD, Novatti

Steve Vallas
Managing Director, Blockchain APAC

Katrina Donaghy
Chief Executive Officer, Civic Ledger

Kieran Warwick
Co-Founder, Illuvium

Dilip Rao
Program Director - CBDC Research, Digital Finance CRC

Helen Ye
CEO, Qubit Underwriting

Adam Percy
General Counsel & Company Secretary, Swyftx

Alyse Sue
Director of Metaverse, KPMG Australia

Alex Harper
Co-Founder and CEO, SwyftX

David Lavecky
CEO and Co-Founder, Canvas.co

Michele Levine
Partner, Hamilton Locke

Charlie Karaboga
CEO and Co-Founder, BlockEarner

Louisa Xu
Senior Legal Counsel, Australian Payments Plus

Jessica Renden
CEO, Cointree

Nathan Catania
Partner, XReg

Hannah Glass
Senior Associate, King & Wood Mallesons

James Elia
General Manager - Australia, Coinjar

Christian Wigstrom
Co-Founder and CEO, Monoova

Karen Cohen
Community Champion, Algorand Foundation

Karl Mohan
GM Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Crypto.com

Hamish Jones
Community Champion, Algorand Foundation

Samira Tollo
Chief Technology Officer, Elbaite

Andrew Vranjes
VP of Sales and GM, APAC, Blockdaemon

Lucas Cullen
Visionary, DLTx

Ray Brown
Coinspot

Josh Lehman
Co-Founder, Digital Surge

Leah Callon-Butler
Director, Emfarsis

Ray Wang
Co-Founder/ CEO, LucaPlus

Aaron Hilton
Founder, Powerplay

Mentis
Founder, Atman Academy

Madeleine Jones
Web3 Strategist, Take3

Chris Manski
Chief Executive Officer, Charity Token

Bryn Newell
Group CTO/CIO, Eightcap

Blake Cassidy
CEO, Bamboo

Renee Francis
Founder & Director, Take3

John O'Loghlen
Managing Director - APAC, Coinbase

Shane Brunette
Founder, CryptoTaxCalculator

Greg Oakford
Co-Founder, NFT Fest

Nick Kumaran
Managing Director - Australia & New Zealand, Accubits

Danielle Marie
Web3 Educator, TAFE Queensland

Eric Wu
Head of Growth, RelayPay

Alexandra Sims
Member of Executive Council, Blockchain NZ

Shane Verner
A/NZ Sales Director, Fireblock

Rahul Advani
Policy Director, APAC, Ripple

Jamie Lumsden
Partner, Hamilton Locke

Bill Angelidis
Founder and Managing Director, ASTA

Paul Hewson
Director, KordaMentha

Ben Rose

Regional General Manager: Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands, Binance

Jacob Pang
Co-Founder, Crypto Community Vietnam

Shourov Bhattacharya
Co-Founder/Co-CEO/CTO, Polynize

Frederick Brien
Co-Founder, Tokens for Humanity

Maryna Kovalenko
Co-Founder, Syla

Aaron Boyd
Vice President, Payment Security & Risk, Cyber & Intellgence, Mastercard

Katherine Boiciuc
Digital Transformation Lead, Viva Energy Australia

Jack Deeb
Chief Operating Officer, Mycelium

Rob Allen
Executive Director, The Hashgraph Association

Jamie Nuich
Principal Solicitor, Square Pegs Legal

Michael Mavromatis
Partner, Holley Nethercote

Dr. Nataliya Ilyushina
Research Fellow, RMIT University

Zach V
Web3 Program Director, AXL Ventures

Gordon Christian
Chairman, Digital Playhouse

Viola Hui
Head of Marketing, AXL Ventures

Vincent Gramoli
Director, Redbelly Network

Brad Bond
Head of Emerging Technologies, Mantel Group

Steven Pettigrove
Special Counsel, Piper Alderman

Brinda Paul
Director of Compliance, Banxa

Joni Pirovich
Principal, Blockchain & Digital Assets

Debora Kocak
COO, PUML

Lachlan Feeney
Founder and CEO, Labrys

Chris Jewell
CEO and Co-Founder, Zepto

Callan Sarre
Director, CryptoCate

Angela Clark
Co-Founder, Wallet Nation

Angela Ang
Senior Policy Advisor, TRM Labs

Simon Tsapepas
Managing Director, Madison Branson Lawyers

Prashant Gami
CEO and Founder, x.enabler

Tim Wilks
Chief Business Development Officer, FinTech Sector

Sophie Amat
Finance and Crypto Analyst, MASSIVE

Guy Dickinson
Founder and CEO, BetaCarbon

Mike Meisels
Senior Enterprise Account Executive, Chainalysis

Paul Kang
Co-Founder, Entersoft

Michael Mavromatis
Partner, Holley Nethercote

Imran Ansari
Co-Founder, Director, Brang

Amy-Rose Goodey
Head of Operations, Blockchain Australia

David Elliot
Executive Director, Agile Digital

Jordan Franklin
Co-Founder, Dear Crypto

Eoin Flynn
Head of Operations, Tymlez

Fisher Yu
Managing Director, Hash Laboratories

Jock Haslam
Director, Hashlock

Darren Langley
General Manager, Rocket Pool

Austin Lewinsmith
Founder, Blockchain Collective

David Harris
Strategy and Partnerships, Cur8

Yolanda Sam
Delivery Manager, Verida

Michael Cotton
CPO, Optio Capital

Simon Spencer
Financial Lines & Cyber Underwriting Manager Australia and NZ, Frontier Global Underwriting

Bryce Thomas
Co-Founder, Tokens For Humanity

Daniel Montoya
Blockchain and Emerging Tech Lead, ASTA

Shanice Desilva
Community Growth Specialist, Take3

Simon Keeling
Director - Emerging Companies, PWC

Adam Rawlings
Director, Meikai Group

Tommy Honan
Head of Product Strategy, SwyftX

Milly Rowett
Engineering Manager, CashApp

Darren Rogan
Founder, Rogues Lab

Steve Milburn
Director, DLTx

Margaret Rosenfeld
Chief Legal Officer, Cube Group, Inc.

Phil Talbot
Founder and CEO, Authentium

Martin Purcell
Managing Director, One Brand

Graeme Pease
Training Specialist, Chainalysis

Mike Stewart
Chief Strategy and Advisory, Layer One X

Gordon Little
Policy Lead, Blockchain Australia

Danny Talwar
Head Of Tax, Koinly

Ashi Bhat
Co-Founder, Insider App

Kal Desai
Co-Founder, Nodeify

Matiu Rudolph
Chief Operating Officer, Layer One X

Stacey-Ann Pearson
Head of Web3 - APAC, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Rick Ross
Tax Partner, EY

Kevin Li
Metakademy Lead, MetaKey

Steve Morlando
Entrepreneur

Henrik Andersson
Co-Founder and CIO, Apollo Capital

Dr. Andrzej Gwizdalski
Lecturer, University of Western Australia

Aaron Alderman
CTO, Swell Labs

Vidy Potdar
Director, Blockchain R&D Lab, Curtin University

Sonja Bernhardt OAM
Emerging Tech Enthusiast History EduTainer: AR/VR, AI, Robotics, Internet, Blockchain, Women in Tech

Alison Mackie
Executive Director, NZTech - BlockchainNZ

Mitchell Travers
Co-Founder, Soulbis

2023 Sponsors

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY:
• NSW Government
• Investment NSW

MAJOR SPONSORS:
• Mastercard
• Binance AU
• Take3
• Bitget
• XDC Network
• Fireblocks

INDUSTRY SPONSORS:
• Asta
• Deloitte
• Cube
• ASX
• Advance Queensland - Queensland Government
• Wentravel
• Algorand Foundation
• Kraken
• ACS River City Labs
• Zero Hash
• Chainalysis
• DLTX
• Independent Reserve
• Piper Alderman

ECOSYSTEM SPONSORS:
• Oshi Gallery
• Layer One X
• Digital Playhouse
• Tokens for Humanity
• Stacks Australia
• WAWEB3
• BTKN

MEDIA PARTNER:
• Cointelegraph