Digital Commodities Summit 2017 | S&P Global Commodity Insights | 14 November 2017 | ETC County Hall , Riverside Building, Belvedere Road SE1 7PB London, UK

Designed for today’s energy companies along with other commodities such as agriculture, metals and petrochemicals, the event will also attract further blockchain stakeholders. These will include fintech and IT software providers; banks, consultants and lawyers; exchanges; data, news and analytics providers; and governments and regulators.

We hope that you can join them by clearing your busy schedules to network, learn and obtain key insights into this exciting new global trading phenomenon that promises to transform organizations of all kinds for years to come.

What to expect at Platts new Digital Commodities Summit:

• Update on blockchain development today: Technical terms, definitions and uses, DLTs, public v private, smart contracts and investment so far

• Current state of energy trading and its shortcomings: Latest DLT development – what it can and cannot fix

• Cybersecurity: Rules of engagement, anonymity and trust – guarding against cybercrime, gaining regulatory/consumer trust

• Regulation outlook: Who is responsible for intervening when problems arise? What about compliance with MIFID and REMIT? Creating a welcoming regulatory atmosphere for blockchain

• Legislation: Implications for meter operation, data protection, network access, network tariffs and contract law, smart contract design and standardisation

• Adoption: Long journey to mass participation, requiring high level of cooperation between competing counterparties and developing the necessary skillsets

• Technological issues: – Improving speed/maintaining security. Scaling up to cope with data volume

• The innovators: Key energy trading initiatives and experiments at exchanges

• Trends in cryptocurrencies: Future developments and their role in blockchain technology

• Wider impacts: Automation, jobs and social impacts

New and enhanced event features:
• Enhanced Networking
A dedicated one2one meeting area to help forge and develop valuable relationship

• Audience Participation
Live Polling & Q&A Through our networking tool

• Meet the experts
Gain Experts knowledge through our meet the speaker sessions

• Valuable Takeaways
A detailded post-event report for all attendees to share back at the ofofice

• International Insights
Featured sessions and Q&A Broadcast live around the world

• Maximum Value
Never Miss a moment with sessions streamed live in the networking area.

Audience:
• New and enhanced event features:
• Independent traders
• Fintech and IT software providers
• Banks, consultants and lawyers
• Intermediaries/exchanges
• Data, news and analytics providers
• Governments, regulators and policy makers
• Industry representatives
• Terminal, storage and logistics companies

2017 Speakers:

Alan Taylor
Head Trading Information Management, Axpo Trading AG

Alexander Varvarenko
Founder and CEO, ShipNEXT

Alistair Cross
Global Chief Operations Officer, Mercuria

Angelique Slach
Chief Innovation Officer, Rabobank

Arnaud Stevens
Managing Director, Head of Global Energy & Commodities, Americas, Natixis

Arnoud Star Busmann
program Director, Trade & Commodity Finance - Blockchain Innovation, ING

Arran Kitson
Strategy & Operations, Conjoule

Aviv Handler
Managing Director, ETR Advisory

Christian Baer
Secretary General, Europex

Clemens Wagner-Bruschek
Energy Market Specialist, E-Control

Craig Pirrong
Professor of Finance and Energy Markets Director for Global Energy Management Institute, University of Houston

Daniel Masters
Director, Global Advisors Bitcoin Investment Fund

Dr Bharat Bhardwaj
General Manager, GoBuyChem

Erik Olofsson
Head of EMEA, Chain Inc

Ewald Hesse
Vice President, Energy Web Foundation; and CEO, Grid Singularity

Hugh Halford-Thompson
CIO, BTL Group

James Rilett
Global Director of Innovation, S&P Global Platts

James Robert ("Bo") Collins
CEO, Lone Star Capital

Jan-Peter Kleinhans
IoT-Security Project Leader, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung

John Kingston
Director, Global Market Insights, S&P Global Platts

José Queirós de Almeida
Leader of the Trading Workstream, Blockchain Platform, EURELECTRIC

Julian Gray
Technology Director, BP Digital Innovation Organisation

Laurent Schmitt
Secretary General, Entso-e

Lorien Gamaroff
CEO, Bankymoon

Mark Pryor
Chairman and CEO, The Seam

Marta Piekarska
Director of Ecosystem, Hyperledger

Martijn Siebrand
Programme Manager Supply Chain Finance, TKI Dinalog

Michael Merz
Managing Director, PONTON

Netanel Rubin
CEO, Vaultra

Paul Giesbertz
Head Advisor Market Policies & Regulatory Affairs, Statkraft

Peter Vessenes
Former CEO, CoinLab; Co-Founder/Chairman Emeritus, Bitcoin Foundation

Prasanna Gopalakrishnan
Chief Digital & Information Officer, Boston Private

Siobhan Hall
Senior Editor, EU Energy Policy, S&P Global Platts

Steffen Kux
Senior Project Manager, Slock.it

Stephane Ifrah
CEO, Napoleon Capital

Thomas Zakrzewski
Head of Architecture and Digital Design for Risk Services, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Yvonne Zhang
Founder, Aquifer Institute; and Former Asia Head of Metals, CME

2017 SPONSOR:
• Matrix Global
• Renovation PR
• Alpha point
• Generation 10