Future Blockchain Summit 2019 | Dubai World Trade Centre | 3 April 2019 | Dubai World Trade Centre, Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - UAE

The second edition of the Future Blockchain Summit, the world's largest blockchain festival brings to the forefront government visionaries, blockchain revolutionists, startups, investors and the brightest disruptors to marry business sense with opportunity and set the global blockchain agenda.

2019 Speakers

Aanchal Anand
Land Administration Specialist in the Global Land and Geospatial Unit, World Bank

Aaron Cai
Blockchain General Manager, Tencent

Abdel Mageed Yahia
Director UAE and Representative for the GCC Region., World Food Programme

Abraham Cambridge
Founder & CEO, Sun Exchange

Ad Kroft
Program Manager, Dutch Blockchain Coalition

Ahmad Nassar
President,, NFL Players Inc

Ain Aaviksoo
Former Deputy Secretary General for E-Services Innovation, Ministry of Social Affairs

Alex Yakovlev
Head of Blockchain, National Settlement Depository

Amy McGann
Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State

Andrius Adamonis
Blockchain Project Manager, Bank of Lithuania

Antonis Polemitis
CEO, University of Nicosia

Benjamin Dubois
Nestle

Brent Wilton
Global Head of Workplace Rights, Coca-Cola

Chris Ballinger
CEO and Founder, MOBI - the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative

Chris Kiew-Smith
Head of Fintech Strategy, Financial Services Regulatory Authority

Chrissa McFarlane
Founder, Patientory - USA

Christian Lundén
Director of Future Business, Nordic Choice Hotels

Dale Chrystie
Blockchain Strategist, FedEx

Daniel Nigrin
CIO, Boston Children's Hospital

David Graham
CIO, City of Carlsbad, San Diego

David Martin
Managing Director and Co-Founder, Power Ledger

Dilip Rao
Global Head of Infrastructure Innovation, Ripple

Dimitris Argirakis
Director, Airport Hotel Basel

Dr Abdalla Kablan
Blockchain Advisor, Malta Government

Dr Abdullah Albeyatti
Board Member IGB, NHS Digital, CEO and Co-Founder of Medicalchain, MedicalChain

Dr Christian de Vartavan
Co-creator, PUBLIQ

Dr Robert Learney
Lead Technologist, Blockchain & DLT, Digital Catapult

Dr Roman Beck
Head of European Blockchain Center, IT University Copenhagen

Dr. Julie. A. Maupin
Director of Social Impact & Public Regulatory Affairs, IOTA Foundation

Emma McClarkin

Erik Árokszállási
CEO, TE Foods

Eugene Mayne
Group CEO, Tristar

Francois Sonnet
Co-founder, ElectriCChain

Franklyn Richards
Founding Director, LiteCoin

Gunjan Bhardwaj
Co-Founder and CEO, Innoplexus

H.E. Dr. Aisha Bint Butti Bin Bishr
Director General, Smart Dubai Office

H.E. Wesam Lootah
Chief Executive Officer, Smart Dubai Office

Henrik Hjelte
CEO, ChromaWay

Howard Popoola
Vice President - Corporate Food Technology and Regulatory Compliance, The Kroger Co.

Ian Khan
Technology Futurist, Author and Filmmaker

Iris Taguet
Blockchain Lead, Air France KLM

James Mayo
CEO, 8 Circuit Studios

James Row
Managing Partner, Entoro Capital

Jawad Riachi
Founder, Liquid D 9smart

Jonathan Reichental
CIO, City of Palo Alto

Joseph Thompson
CEO, AID Tech

Julien Bouteloup
Flying Carpet, Founder & CEO

Khalifa Alzeraim Alsuwaidi
CEO & Board Member, Emirates Real Estate Solutions

Kris Bennett
Blockchain Influencer, #blockchainbeardguy

Krishi Fagwani
Co-founder, Hashtag Loyalty

Kristo Vaher
CTO, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications for Estonia

Kyle Kemper
Technologist, Strategist & Author of "The Unified Wallet

Lisa Lambert
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer Founder & SVP, National Grid Partners, National Grid

Lohan Spies
Founder, ixo Foundation

Lorrie Carr
CEO, ExceleraRx

Lyon Hardgrave
Vice President, Business and Product Development, Vakt

Mark Balovnev
Managing Director, Educhain

Mark Tavener
Global Ambassador & Markets Development, Bitfury

Marloes Pomp
Program Officer for Blockchain, Dutch Government

Marta Piekarska
Director of Ecosystem, Hyperledger

Mohamed Al Sharid
Senior Project Manager – Emerging Technology, Smart Dubai Office

Mureed Basheer Mustafa
Director of Operations, Emirates Real Estate Solutions (ERES)

Narigamba Mwinsuubo
CEO, Bitland

Navin Gupta
Managing Director, South East Asia and MENA, Ripple

Nikolaj Martyniuk
CEO & Co-founder, Wepower

Nolan Bushnell
Founder, Atari & X2 Games

Omar Ahsan
Head of Innovation - Global Commercial Banking, HSBC

Omar Rahim
CEO, Energi Mine

Ott Vatter
Managing Director, e-Residency, Estonia

Panos Panay
Founder, Open Music Initiative

Paul Copping
Chief Innovation Officer, Digital Greenwich

Paul Field
Group CTO, TUI Group

Pedro Anderson
Founder, Winding Tree

Pete Mathias
Business Development, Bertelsmann

Phil Chen
Decentralised Chief Officer, HTC & Founder, HTC Vive

Pierre-Marie Heller
Board Advisor, Blodon

Professor Adam Marks
Provost’s Advisor on Academic Quality and Strategic Initiatives, Zayed University

Rob Jennings
Founder & CEO, Beefchain

Robert Norton
CEO, Varisat

Roberto Mancone
COO, we.trade

Samuel Burke
Business and Technology Correspondent, CNN Money

Serdar Nurmammedov
CEO and Founder, Beam Wallet

Synho Do
Director, Laboratory of Medical Imaging and Computation, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Thomas Hardjono
Technical Director, MIT Internet Trust Consortium

Vanessa Grellet
Executive Director, Consensys

Ville Sointu
Head of Emerging Technologies, Nordea Bank

Vinny Lingham
CEO & Co-Founder, Civic

Xavier Lagardere
Vice President and Head of Distribution, Lufthansa Innovation Hub

Zeina El Kaissi
Head of Emerging Technology and Global Partnerships, Smart Dubai Office

2019 Partners

SMART ICT:
• DU

STRATEGIC:
• Blockchain Group
• TongBloc
• Land Department

LEVEL 1:
• Lenovo
• SAP
• Jupiter
• Uqu
• Airthereum

LEVEL 2:
• Dubai Health Authority

LEVEL 3:
• Locus Chain Dubai
• AWS Mining
• Till

GLOBAL LEADERS EXCHANGE:
• PWC

ASIA FORUM:
• Daxiang
• Cryptoverze
• Coins
• Clover Solutions
• CJ News
• Blockmanity
• Blockcast
• Bitkan
• Bigcoin
• Altered Block
• Betas
• Blockon
• Block Chain Throne
• Dify
• Jubilee Capital Management
• GodelLabs
• FastPay
• Bitkio
• Tienmahoa.Net
• OKChances Rich Together
• KTC Group
• Kiemtienso.io
• Jinse

STARTUPS:
• Iown Group
• Vinculum
• Chainyard
• Birdchain
• Accubits
• Double Chain
• Bloomyt
• Limar Global Technology
• Bank of Hodlers
• E-mal
• Eighth Corporation
• Vitro

MEDIA:
• Smrt SMB
• CoinPoint
• Harvard Business Review
• MIT Technology Review
• AmCham Abu Dhabi
• Live Admins
• Frenchweb.fr
• U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council
• Fintecj Futures
• Blokt
• Top Market Group