Future Blockchain Summit 2020 | Dubai World Trade Center | 5 December 2020 | Dubai World Trade Centre , Sheikh Zayed Rd - Trade CentreTrade Centre 2 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Inspirational sessions, updates on regulations and practical, implementation focused case-studies from experts across industry focused tracks which will include Government & Big Tech, Education, Energy, Fintech, Healthcare and Future Mobility.

2020 Speakers

SPEAKERS:

Abdulqader Ali
CEO, Smartworld

Alex Nascimento
Faculty member and Co-founder of Blockchain, University of California Los Angels UCLA

Ali Sajwani
Founder & CEO, Grape Technology

Aly Madhavji
Managing Partner , Blockchain Founders Fund; Senior Blockchain Fellow, INSEAD

Andrea Canidio
Fellow, Stone Research Center, INSEAD

Aya Darwish
Senior Specialist - Oil and Gas Data Analytics, ADNOC

Basker Gumandi
Director Technology and Innovation, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Ben Tregenna
Head of Informatics, UNEP-WCMC

Ben Weisman
Financial Innovation Lead, World Economic Forum

Brett King
Founder and CEO, Moven

Chrissa McFarlane
Founder and CEO, Patientory, Inc.

Dave Crane
Host, DaveCraneGlobal.com

David Magard
Advisor - Division for Digital Development, Swedish Ministry of Infrastructure

Dia Haykal
Editor-In-Chief, MIT Technology Review Arabia

Dotun Rominiyi
Blockchain Strategy - Emerging Technologies, London Stock Exchange

Dr Muneer Zuhdi
Partner – MEA Region, Nokia Bell-Labs

Dr Ramadan AlBlooshi
CEO, Dubai Healthcare City Authority

Dr Susan Alman
Faculty Member, School of Information, San Jose State University School

Dr. Alex Grech
Director of the Commonwealth Centre for Connected Learning, Senior advisor to the Malta Minister for European & Foreign Affairs

Dr. Jacques Khouri
Head of Digital Transformation & Innovation, Dar Al-Handasah

Dr. Marwan Alzarouni
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Blockchain Center

Dr. Stephen Harmon
Associate Director, Center for 21st Century Universities, Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)

Dr. Tim Mackey
Associate Professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Diego School of Medicine & Global Health Policy Institute

Gabriel Söderberg
Associate Professor - Economic History, Uppsala University

George Akhras
Chief Information Officer, Academia Management Solutions International (AMSI)

H.E. Younus Al Nasser
Assistant Director General, Smart Dubai

John Zerihoun
CEO, Yamba

Jyoti Lalchandani
Group Vice President, IDC Middle East, Africa & Turkey

Kareem Gad
Director, Smart Services and Projects, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU)

Karl Poterack
Medical Director - Applied Clinical Informatics & Assistant Medical Information Officer, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA

Ken Rutkowski
TEDx Speaker & Radio Host

Mariam Al Muhairi
Project Manager, Dubai Future Foundation

Mark Balovnev
CEO, Educhain

Marta Piekarska-Geater
Director of Ecosystem , Hyperledger

Massamba Thioye
Sustainable Development Mechanism Program & Co-chair of Climate change Coalition, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Mateusz Mach
CEO, Nextrope

Matthew Yarger
Head of Smart Cities, Social Impact & Regulatory Affairs Department, IOTA Foundation

Olinga Taeed
Visiting Professor, Birmingham City University

Paul Veradittakit
Partner, Pantera Capital

Prof Khaled Salah
Professor, Computer Engineering, Khalifa University

Prof Riyad Hamzah
President, University of Bahrain

Rahul Vijay
Head of Global Connectivity, Uber

Saqr Ereiqat
Consulting Leader, Gov & Public Sector, IBM

Ted Hwang
CEO, Danal Fintech , CBO, PayProtocol

Thomas Zakrzewski
Head of Blockchain, S&P Global Ratings

Tony Sun
Deputy Director, Blockchain Team, Ant Financial

Vilius Šapoka
Minister of Finance, Republic of Lithuania

Vivek Zakarde
Head - Business Intelligence, Analytics & Data Warehouse, Reliance General Insurance

Yariv Cohen
Founder, Ignite Power

2020 Sponsors and Partners

STRATEGIC:
•DEWA

OFFICIAL EDUCATION PARTNER:
•Shahada

EXHIBITORS:
•Blockinterop
•iOWN Group
•Innova Analytics IT Solutions LLC
•Meta Information Technologies Co.
•Mirach Innovations
•Newsaffinity
•Crypto PR Lab
•JUSTCHAIN
•Distichain
•Coinvoice
•aws
•Paycoin
•Bloqwork
•Blockchain Industry Group
•aBey
•Shahada
•DEWA

LEARNING PARTNER:
•Blockchain Training Alliance

INSIGHTS PARTNER:
•IDC

COMMUNITY PARTNER:
•ArabNet

ASSOCIATION PARTNERS:
•Tribe Accelerator
•MIT Technology Review
•Singapore Business Council
•DIFY
•US UAE Business Council
•Russian Centre of Digital Innovation and ICT
•Swiss Blockchain Federation
•Dubai Blockchain Center
•British Blockchain Association
•Blockchain Industry Group
•Crypto PR lab
•What's Your Creed
•Patientory
•Russian Business Council

MEDIA PARTNERS:
•CEX.io
•Jinse
•Unlock Blockchain
•Coin Telegraph China
•Coin Telegraph
•AMBCRYPTO
•TechGeek365
•Asia Blockchain Review
•CryptonewsZ
•CoinVoice
•Coinpedia
•Blokt
•MIT Technology Review