Blockchain Week Australia 2022 | Blockchain Australia | 26 February 2022 | Virtual

This event features a dynamic mix of pioneering technology, academics, executives & government leaders who have paved the way in the blockchain and digital assets landscape in Australia

2022 Speakers

SPEAKERS:

Senator Jane Hume
Minister, Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy

Sam Bankman-Fried
CEO, FTX

Kate Pounder
CEO, TechCouncil

John Paitaridis
CEO, CyberCX

Yat Siu
Chairman & Managing Director, Animoca Brands

Senator Andrew Bragg
Liberal Senator, New South Wales

Lisa Wade
CEO, DigitalX

Karl Mohan
General Manager APAC, Crypto.com

Chloe White
Managing Director, Genesis Block

Adrian Przelozny
CEO, Independent Reserve

Caroline Bowler
CEO, BTC Markets

Dan Chesterman
CIO, ASX

Joni Pirovich
Principal, Blockchain & Digital Assets

Christian Wigstrom
CEO, Monoova

Leigh Travers
CEO, Binance Australia

Brett Harrison
President, FTX.US

Ada Jonuse
CEO & Co-Founder, Lympo

James Ferguson
CEO, Immutable

Carly Reilly
Host, Overpriced JPEGS

Kain Warwick
Founder, Synthetix

Simon Cant
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Reinventure

Natasha Blycha
Managing Director, Stirling & Rose

Laszlo Peter
Head of Blockchain Services, KPMG

Scott Farrell
Partner, KWM

Carolyn Breeze
CCO, Zepto

Tim Bass
CEO & Co-Founder, Block8

Andrew Gee
Executive Director, Macquarie Bank

Sarah Hickey
Partner, PWC

Michael Bacina
Partner, Piper Alderman

Hannah Glass
Senior Associate, King & Wood Mallesons

Vanessa Le Ah-Mat
Chair, Walking Between Worlds

Gayan Benedict
CTO, Salesforce

Ryan McCall
CEO, Zerocap

Niki Ariyasinghe
Head of Business, Chainlink Labs

Susan Brown
Director, Deloitte Digital

Mark Carnegie
Founder, MH Carnegie

Robbie Ferguson
Co-Founder & President, Immutable

Sarah Grace Worboys
Explorer, Airtree

Susan Corbisiero
Director, Global Business & Talent Attraction Taskforce

Greg Medcraft
Non Executive Director, AFG Financial Group

Alexander Maron
Head of Operational Risk, Volt Bank

Danielle Marie
Founder, ShesBlockchainSavvy

Claudio Lisco
Innovation Strategist, Consensys

Chia Hock Lai
Chairman, ASEAN Blockchain Consortium

Loretta Joseph
Senior Consultant, Digital Assets Financial Intelligence

John Bassilios
Partner, Hall & Wilcox

Jack Deeb
Head of Corporate, Mycelium

Adriana Belotti
Marketing & Community Development, Prismatik

Leah Callon-Butler
Director, Emfarsis

Jason Lee
COO, Algorand Foundation

Jason Potts
Director, Blockchain Innovation Hub @ RMIT

Ellie Rennie
Future Fellow, RMIT

Todd Lenfield
Country Manager, Chainalysis

Karen Cohen
Founder & Director, Emerging Tech Talent

Jonathon Miller
Managing Director, Kraken Australia

Jane Thomason
Founder, Supanova

Camilla Bullock
CEO, Emerging Payments Association

Henrik Andersson
CIO, Apollo Capital

Rob Allen
SVP Ecosystem Acceleration, HBAR Foundation

Mark Gustowski
Managing Director, Innovation Architect

Nathan Halliday
Country Manager, Zipmex

Chloe Chen
Director of Compliance, Binance Australia

Scott Hudson
General Manager, Computershare

Stephen Smith
Blockchain APAC & Japan, VMware

Cath Whitaker
CEO, SelfWealth

Luke Bresland
Private Banking Relationship Manager, BNK Bank

Janine Grainger
CEO & Co-Founder, EasyCrypto

Alex Vynokur
CEO, Betashares

Austin Lewinsmith
Co-Founder, Blockchain Collective

Richelle Cox
Creative & Content Lead, Blockchain Australia

Ian Love
Founder & CEO, BCA.Fund

Seri Renkin
Advisor & Consultant

Katrina Donaghy
CEO & Co-Founder, Civic Ledger

Ronald M. Tucker
Founder & Chairman Emeritus, ADCA

Fred Schebesta
Co-Founder, Finder

Steve Vallas
CEO, Blockchain Australia

Steve Sammartino
Futurist

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Katie Heathcote
Associate Director Technology, InvestNSW

JHL
Project Core Developer, Serum

Journey Li
Master of Whispers, Nansen

Bokky Poobah
Xtreme High Yield People Farmer, Ethereum Smart Contracts Developer

Joan Norton
Senior Commercial Strategy Manager, Cricket Australia

Alana Kushnir
Art Lawyer, Guestworkagency

David Elliott
Head of Commercial Operations, AFL

David Yu
CEO, ECOMI

Greg Oakford
Co-Founder, NFT Fest

Jeff Yew
CEO, Monochrome Asset Management

David Mack
Investor, Koji Capital

Kaia Myers-Stewart
Head of Product, BitCore

Kelsie Nabben
Researcher, RMIT

Greg Valles
Managing Director, Valles Accountants

Tiffany Okewole
Senior Software/Systems Engineer Manager

Harry Papacharissiou
Developer, Chainlink Labs

Michele Levine
Special Counsel, The Fold Legal

Susannah Wilkinson
Co-Founder, Digital Law Association

Dimitrios Salampasis
Director, Master of Financial Technologies, Swinbourne University

James Ferguson
CEO, Immutable

Rebecca Schot-Guppy
Director, Firemark Ventures

Adam Poulton
Managing Director, Get Paid in Bitcoin

Liya Dashkina
Head of Investor Relations, Reinventure

Danielle Gearce
Senior Vice President, Northern Trust

Caitlin Long
Founder & CEO, Avanti Financial Group

Matty (DCL Blogger)
Founder, The Metakey

Silvio Micali
Founder, Algorand

Sebastien Borget
Co-Founder & COO, The Sandbox

Danielle Weber
Artist, Danielle’s Artwork

Nigel Dobson
Banking Services Portfolio Lead, ANZ

Jeremy Loeliger
Commissioner, NBL

Amy-Rose Goodey
Operations Manager, Blockchain Australia

Steve Weston
Co-Founder & CEO, Volt Bank

Brooks Entwistle
VP, Managing Director APAC, Ripple

Mark Burgess
Chairman, HESTA

Cathie Armour
Commissioner, ASIC

Evan Gallager
Principal Specialist, AUSTRAC

Mary Delahunty
Founder & Managing Director, Seven Advisory

Jackson Zeng
CEO, Caleb & Brown

Michele Levine
Special Counsel, The Fold Legal

Paul Derham
Partner, Holley Nethercote

Mariella Meija
Chief Marketing Officer, Meadow Labs

Ryan Selkis
CEO, Messari

Alex Connolly
Co-Founder & CTO, Immutable

Ren Butler
Labs Manager, WeWork

Yvonne Adele
MC & Mentor

Mance Harmon
CEO, Hedera Hashgraph

Louisa Xu
Senior Legal Counsel, New Payments Platform

Michael Shaulov
CEO & Co-Founder, Fireblocks

Asher Tan
Co-Founder & CEO, Coinjar

Derek Lau
Game Director, Guild of Guardians

Sarah May
CMO, RUN IT WILD

Nathan Bourne
Senior Executive Leader, Market Infrastructure, ASIC

Michael Gu
CEO, Boxmining

Hong Fang
CEO, OKCoin

Chris Smith
Founder & CEO, Big Esports

Anthony Sassano
Ethereum Education, Independent

Anthony Jones
Head of Innovation & Fintech, Visa AU

Effie Dimitropoulos
Executive General Manager, Novatti

Cory Klippsten
CEO, SwanBitcoin.com

Paul Brody
Global Blockchain Leader, Ernst & Young

Michael Kong
CEO, Fantom

Daniel Bar
Venture Builder, Bitfwd

Ridley Plummer
Metaverse & NFT Manager, Tennis Australia

Isabel Gonzalez
Chief Operating Officer, POAP

Giant Swan
Virtual Reality Artist, A Giant Swan

Adam McBride
Host, The Adam McBride Show

Mehdi Zerouali
Director, Sigma Prime

Sophie Gilder
Head of Blockchain & Digital Assets, CBA

Ian Taylor
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Megan Monroe
TBD Compliance Lead, Block

Kristin Smith
Executive Director, Blockchain Association

Marc Adams
Senior Executive Lead, Strategic Intelligence, ASIC

Kris Marzalek
CEO, Crypto.com

Heath Behncke
Holon Global Investments, Managing Director

2022 Sponsors

• FTX
• crypto.com
• Independent Reserve
• btx markets
• Algorand Foundation Ltd.
• Blockchain Assets
• Binance AU
• Elliptic
• Fireblocks
• The HBAR Foundation
• Immutable
• Monoova
• CoinJar
• CoinSpot
• Chainanalysis
• digital X
• r3.
• Valles Accountants
• Spondo