Venue
The Ritz-Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton, Gate Village, DIFC, off - Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

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Event Date Tue Jan 15 +04 - Wed Jan 16 +04 (almost 6 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Jan 14 11:00pm - Wed Jan 16 8:00am
Location The Ritz-Carlton
Gate Village, DIFC, off - Sheikh Zayed Rd - Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Region EMEA
Details

UNLOCK is proud to be organizing the second edition of UNLOCK in Dubai on January 15th-16th 2019 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel DIFC. Blockchain is here to stay and is growing. Blockchain is set to have a market size of 2.5 trillion by 2021 from its current 548.2 billion in 2018. Dubai and the UAE were also pioneers in terms of embracing Blockchain to create a more efficient government service. Today Dubai is implementing 20 Blockchain case studies and the UAE has forged ahead with its strategy to have 50% of governmental services on the Blockchain by 2021.

UNLOCK 2019 Themes
• ICOs, Crypto-currencies, and the future of exchanges in a regulated World
• Scalability Interoperability and speed of Blockchain
• Governments and the Blockchain
• Investing in Blockchain
• Utilizing Blockchain for Trade, supply chain and businesses
• The Future of Blockchain
• Tokenization of Everything in a Digital Economy
• AI and Blockchain
• Blockchain and privacy
• Blockchain and Payments
• Blockchain in transportation and energy
• Blockchain as a Service and the role of telecom, cloud solution providers
• Digital Identity and Blockchain
• Expo 2020 in Dubai with Blockchain, AI, 3D and Big Data

Speakers

2019 Speakers

Nick Spanos
Founder, Chief Executive Officer BlockTech

WESAM LOOTAH
CEO, Smart Dubai Government Establishment

Nour Hineidi Kirk
Deputy Registrar, DIFC Courts

Bilal M. Husain
Founder and CEO, Digital Transformation

Mohsen Alzahrani
Vice President, Strategy and Excellence Saudi Payments (Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency)

Bart Brands
President, European Blockchain Foundation

Michael Chang
Head, Strategic Advisory Wachsman

Dr. Hesham Bin-Abbas
Senior Consultant, Ministry of Communications and Information technology (MCIT)

LLanjin (Ken) Huang
CEO, Founder, NuclearChain

Mohammed Irfan
Vice President, Global Operations Bloccelerate

Peter Ferry
Founder, Director Wallet Services

Paul Ferris
Chief Executive Officer, ObjectTech Group

RAMADAN ALBLOOSHI
Chief Executive Officer, Dubai Healthcare City Authority – Regulation (DHCR)

Toufi Saliba
CEO, Toda.Network

Yannis Kalfoglou
Blockchain Advisor

Saeed Hareb Al Darmaki
Managing Director Binary Financial and Co-Founder, Alphabit Fund

Abdullah Almoaiqel
Co-Founder and Partner, RAIN

Abdulrahman Ali Alolayan
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Taibah Valley

Eli Ansari
Co-Founder & CEO, BRX Exchange

Daniel Haudenschild
Chief Executive Officer, SwissCom Blockchain AG

Kamal Youssefi
Business Development Manager, SwissCom Blockchain AG

Hamdan Azhar
Chief Data Scientist, Zap.org

Arjeh van Oijen
CEO & co-founder, Unchain.io

IBRAHIM ALKURD
Founding Partner, Lavaliere Capital Management

Sponsors & Partners

2019 Sponsors & Partners

SPONSORS:
• Swisscom Blockchain AG
• Unchain.io
• Bitcrore
• NonZero
• MidChains
• SophiaTX

PARTNERS:
• Coin Rivet
• coinpoint
• Fintech Finance
• Financial IT
• ICOBrains
• ICOHOLDER
• Brave New Coin
• CoinIdol
• Coindelite
• Distributed
• Crypto Briefing
• Crypto Reporter
• ICO Finch
• Forklog
• RegTech
• ICO Brothers
• CryptoNewsZ
• Securities.Io
• Digital Notice
• Cryptoverze
• Finyear
• Global banking and finance
• ForICO
• DataFloq
• The Fintech Way
• CryptoTexty
• Business Transformation
• BitcoinNews
• Caixin Global
• Electronics Media
• CXOvoice
• Gulf Crypto
• BitcoinMe
• MidEast information
• WorldTechDaily
• BCFocus
• Al-iktissadonline