Blockchain Conference Malta

Mr. Babay is also the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Intrinsic Value Investment Partners, a hedge fund that is value focused. Concurrently, Mr. Babay is Chairman & CEO of HealthSapiens, a decentralized healthcare provider that delivers on-demand access to healthcare anytime, anywhere, via mobile devices, the internet, video and phone focusing on the Medicare, Individual, and Hispanic markets. Mr. Babay has over 15 years of global investing, entrepreneurial and corporate finance experience allocating capital across the capital structure (credit and equity), angel investing, liquid and illiquid investments in securities. Mr. Babay started his Wall Street career at Lehman Brothers' Mergers and Acquisition department. As a result of his stellar achievements, Mr. Babay was invited to join the Center of Excellence team of Principal Investing and, later joined the Capital Structure Arbitrage desk. A notable achievement at the global macro level was Mr. Babay's call of the Housing Market Bubble in late 2005, which was mentioned in Larry McDonald's book, "Colossal Failure of Common Sense." Mr. Babay left Lehman Brothers in 2006 and joined Foxhill Capital, a distressed/ special situation hedge fund, as a partner and member of the investment committee. Prior to his Wall Street experience, Mr. Babay implemented the global strategy for various international companies across the Middle East and Europe. Mr. Babay is proficient in three languages, English, French and Arabic, and possesses significant knowledge and understanding of global trends and their impact on current market conditions. Mr. Babay has published numerous studies and analysis while at Columbia University. Mr. Babay is member of the board of director and Chairman of the compensation committee of GLYECO, a publicly traded company, principally involved in processing of waste into high quality ethylene glycol. Mr Babay also is a member of the Board of Directors of the Arab Bankers Association of North America (ABANA), Overground Arts Alliance, and Chairman of the Board of the Friendship Ambassadors Foundation, Inc. (FAF). Mr. Babay received a B.S. in finance and economics from HEC Institute and an MBA from Columbia Graduate School of Business.

Arifa Khan is India Partner of the Ethereum Foundation. She has been researching the blockchain space since 2015 and is a distributed ledger technology evangelist. She is currently leading efforts to build a ground-breaking decentralised solution for capital markets (DGCAMP) as Founder & CEO of Himalaya Labs, which she considers her most inspired and important work to date. (https://medium.com/@misskhan/what-is-dgcamp-2a6fae4cf699)

She is a celebrated investment banker with experience in Leveraged Finance/ Financial Sponsors Coverage/ Debt Products/Capital Markets & Credit. She has worked with two Swiss banks Credit Suisse & UBS, which honed her ability in deal origination, and confident execution. She has deep sector expertise in Banking & Financial services, Fintech and Blockchain. She currently advises Govt. of India on infrastructure financing and the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh State on blockchain adoption.

Arifa has an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, USA where she majored in Finance and specialised in advanced financial concepts, modelling and speculative markets. She is mathematically gifted, and earned early accolades as a Gold Medalist in Mathematics. She ranked 14th in Andhra Pradesh State Engineering Entrance EAMCET when she was just 14 years old, which earned her an admission in Computer Science Engg. Having hailed from a small town in Andhra Pradesh with no engineers, and from a family of non-mathematicians, she created waves as a teenage prodigy. However, she did not return to pure mathematics until a fascination for blockchain took hold of her in 2015. She has a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras - an inflection point in shaping her ambition.

Arifa is Member Wharton UK Club Committee, Founder Europe-India Conclave Series, speaker at several international conferences. She is known for her versatile talents and is a poet and an acclaimed painter. She is inspired by genius polymaths such as Tagore, Steve Jobs, Vitalik.

Co-Founder and Investor of the Arcona ecosystem
Daniel is a serial entrepreneur recently having been concentrated on start-ups. He came to Arcona through trial and error and ended up being desperately in love with the project. Apart from investing he is a lot into developing and promoting the extraordinary concept of Arcona’s Digital land. 
On being that engaged and having become a reputable expert in AR and its possibilities Daniel shares his knowledge and excitement about the ecosystem of Arcona merging together real and virtual worlds. He performs at specialized activities as a speaker all across the globe. The number of Daniel’s pitches has already exceeded 300 threshold and keeps growing with each day.

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I grew up the son of a migrant worker and went from a minimum wage factory job to raising millions of dollars in capital. 

Founded a Techstars/VC-backed computer vision company which sold in 2015 to Kairos, EIR/advisor to LATAM Socialatom VC fund. Emerging technology product strategist with Occipital Bridge VR mixed reality headset, InfoScout, IoT, wearables, Sentiment Analysis, and 3D Body Scanning.

Speaker, writer, panelist - Singularity University, Inman, ICO CROWD, Forbes, TEDx, MIT Enterprise Forum, NYC Meetup, Detroit Regional Chamber, as just a few examples. Also featured as an entrepreneur in the New York Times, Wired, Fast Company, Techcrunch, and Business Insider.

I lead a purpose-driven organization focused on the Decentralized Future of Work (AI+blockchain). https://blackboxfoundation.org

James Catania is the CEO of Intelliblock one of the first end-to-end blockchain solution providers. James is one of the premiere consultants of blockchain systems and technologies in Malta

Mr. Steve Muscat Azzopardi and his team advise International clients on setting up their wealth structure or business operations and licensing requirements in different jurisdictions, and continue to support them thereafter. Steve brings to the table over fifteen years of international experience in the financial services industry which led to his expertise in advising blockchain-based businesses, including ICO, STO, crypto exchanges and other crypto service providers.   Steve Muscat Azzopardi graduated from University of Malta with a Bachelor in Banking & Finance in 2001. After a couple of years with a UK financial advisory firm based in Malta, in 2005 Steve joined Lombard International Assurance in Luxembourg where he headed up several operational teams. Here he dealt with the world’s leading Private Banks and Family Offices using privatbancassurance as a financial planning tool. In 2012 Steve returned to Malta’s booming Corporate Services industry where he advised private clients on corporate relocations to Malta including trust companies, maritime structures and financial services licensed activities.

As Head of the Corporate Services practice at Chetcuti Cauchi Advocates, Steve and his team advise and support UHNWIs on bespoke solutions for commercial activities, private yachts and aircraft, property investments and family legacy protection.

CREST certified consultant with broad experience performing security audits and penetration testing against a number of environments. Extensive experience testing web based applications.

CREST Certified Simulated Attack Manager (CCSAM) - CBEST testing

Fluent developer who makes heavy use of bespoke scripts during penetration tests.

Interest in network protocols security testing via fuzzing. Developer of “TAOF – The Art of Fuzzing”, a GUI cross-platform Python generic network protocol fuzzer (http://www.theartoffuzzing.com)

Co-author of "SQL Injection Attacks and Defense" 

Ability to quickly learn and explore new intrusion techniques and adapt them to other scenarios.

Specialties: penetration testing, fuzzing, protocol analysis, vulnerability research, vulnerability exploitation, web application testing, crest

Over 25 years experience directly in the Software Development Life Cycle and Payment Technologies. Specialising in Product development and commercialisation, IT Strategy, Blockchain architecture, Tokenomics, Ethereum Smart contracts, Cloud Architecture, eCommerce, online Marketplace and Payment technologies. Vast experience as CTO with a leading software solution provider, managing a global team of IT professionals based in Germany, Jordan, Philippines, Brazil, Bolivia and Malta. I also led the technical preparations and implementations required for a successful IPO.

Held CEO role of an ecommerce innovation group in South Africa and Malta establishing company structure, budgeting, business development, development processes, automation, information security, HR policies for IT talent retention and product architecture.

My success is achieved through a professional hands-on approach and a combination of computer science and business management skills. I have successfully managed multi-team and international projects, from Architecture design to Active-Active Cloud operations, from modular software design to on time delivery, from technical presales to SLA and contract negotiation. My experience includes enterpise software deliveries to large multinational banks.

I have led the IT infrastructure design, implementation, procurement and technology operations for the provision of a 24x7 Cloud based Payments Managed Service. 

Specialties: Credit cards and payment; card schemes; EMV Chip, Oracle, strategic partnership management, software development and design, IT security, saas, Managed Services, Cloud computing and compliance, bitcoin, VISA, MasterCard, Issuing, Acquiring. eWallet, automation, Business Process Management BPM, SLA and contract negotiation.

Kambiz Djafari is currently the CEO and Co-founder of Edgecoin.io, a blockchain tech start-up that aims to make education smart by bringing it on the blockchain.

He also is the Head of Online Marketing and steering committee member in a German re-commerce company.

Starting his career path more than 10 years ago at Online Marketing, Webanalytics, Growth Hacking and Event Management, he learned his ropes on various sides of the business world.

As an early investor in Bitcoin, he studied the underlying technology of the blockchain for many years and made a name of himself in the industry.

Kambiz started Edgecoin as a direct result of these studies with the goal to fundamentally disrupt education as we know it now. Equipped with the knowledge of the blockchain, the experience in Online Marketing and Webanalytics and the will to change our flawed academic system, he decided to build something everlasting that will change schools, universities and much more for the upcoming generations.

He is incredibly versatile (Tausendsassa in German) and his strength lies in his ability to combine common sense, analytic thinking, pragmatism, data driven working and out-of-the-box thinking in order to face challenges and solve problems.
To his employees his not a friend but an understanding, authentic and motivating leader who would never shy away from getting the work done.

Listed in top 100 high-profile representatives of the crypto community, Ismail Malik, Founder and CEO of BlockchainLab as well as Editor In Chief of ICO CROWD.

Ismail Malik promoted his own startups as far as the late 1980s, worked in the telecommunications segment, found a platform capable of creating scalable chains of the blockchain Credits. He also gave lectures cooperating with various universities. The expert used to be Editor In Chief of Bitcoin Entrepreneurs. Currently, he is Co-Founder of CoinViral and CoinDesk.

At present, the expert is mainly focused on strategic management of projects related to e-money, cryptocurrencies, and mobile services. Ismail Malik is not only Head of many projects, but also PR Specialist. He has experience in developing and convening large-scale media campaigns involving all media sources. Nowadays, the expert’s primary location is BlockchainLab that creates and promotes business solutions, mobile and web services based on blockchain.

Petar Savic is a Serial Tech Entrepreneur turned investor (Token Sale, ICO, crowdfunding) with a key interest in project management within a Blockchain and Internet environment, bridging the gap between technical, creative and commercial requirements. 

Moreover, he is the Founder of a London based Accelerator for international startups called Supreme Factory and Co-Director of Startup Grind London and Malta chapters, a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Petar is also a Trustee of Primrose Hill, a London's smart village.

Petar is a member of many initiatives such as SEEBA - South East European Business Association, London tech Advocates,  Serbian Entrepreneurs, Serbian Blockchain Initiative, IDACB - International Decentralized Association of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, EUCC - European Chamber of Distributed Ledger Technologies and Crypto Currencies, etc.

His previous experience includes more than a decade as an IT Project Manager in corporate, government and culture sectors, with experience in Digital Marketing, Web Development, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Live Streaming. 

He was a Marketing and Events coordinator at the UCL Advances, at the time the biggest entrepreneurial department in the word and the biggest University in Europe, working with more than 200 entrepreneurs.

For four years he advised some of the most promising tech startups and funds. 

Serial Tech Entrepreneur turned investor (equity, token sale, ICO, crowdfunding) with a key interest in project management within a Digital Media, Blockchain and Internet environment, bridging the gap between technical, creative and commercial requirements.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / MULTI-EXPERTISE UNICORN:
• 10 years experience as an IT Project Manager in corporate, government and culture sectors.
• 15 years of experience in Digital Marketing, Web Development and SEO.
• 12 years of Mentoring, Business Skills and Social Media Workshops.
• 10 years of experience in Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Live Streaming.

EARLY ADOPTER / TECH INNOVATOR: 
• 2013 - First custom made Festival Android phone.
• 2012 - Augmented Reality & SEO for Nobel Prize Winner - Ministry of Culture Serbia.
• 2011 - Spotify Festival branded playlist.
• 2010 - Festival real time Life Stream Social Hub with Twitter Wall and HD Live Streaming.
• 2011 - Mixcloud Contests
• 2009 - SoundCloud Competition App
• 2006 - Twitter Beta Tester @supremefactory
• 2002 - Record Label Multimedia CD (Audio CD + Video CD + Windows Multimedia).

Juergen Hoebarth is the CEO of Haexagon Concepts, which is a digital strategy consulting and transmedia storytelling agency. He is also the digital director at Piccing, Inc., where he is engaged in leading product vision and digital marketing. He holds two master’s degrees from the Academy of Visual Arts of Hong Kong Baptist University and is an avid follower and believer of the cryptocurrency and blockchain movement. Lately he is as well involved with tokenzin.com a rapid growing crypto media property. 

David Gyori is a globally renowned FinTech consultant, trainer, author and keynote speaker. He is CEO of Banking Reports Ltd London, providing top quality ‘FinTech Training for Bankers’ all over the world.
David is frequent Keynote Speaker of premier international banking and FinTech events: he recently gave Keynote Address at the World FinTech Forum in Seoul, South Korea as well as in Brussels at the annual conference of the European Banking & Financial Services Training Association.
David holds a number of key international positions: He is Founding Member of the World FinTech Association and Member of the Panel of Judges of the European FinTech Awards as well as the UK National Technology Awards. He is co-author of ‘The FINTECH Book’, published by Wiley and Sons in 2016, quickly becoming a global category best-seller.
David is Faculty Member of the Retail Banking Academy (London), one of the most prestigious banker-training facilities globally. He serves on the Advisory Board of multiple FinTech companies in the United Kingdom.
David spends significant time in London as well as in Budapest, but when you contact him, chances are he is on a trip to a third destination, delivering training, speeches or consulting services.

Max Krupyshev, COO of Cubits.

Blockchain-based project Cubits, headquartered in the Germany and Malta, deals with solutions that allow users to quickly convert bitcoins into cash and vice versa. Company’s mission is to make bitcoin accessible all over the world and simplify the process of cryptocurrency use for companies and individuals. Cubits works with various electronic payment systems, including Visa and Master Card.

Max will explain how to integrate bitcoin in the payment system of a casino (for depositing and withdrawals) and what opportunities open up for gambling business through the usage of bitcoin.

The main topics covered in the presentation:

bitcoin transactions for various types of wallets: review;

ways of storing and using bitcoins for players;

speed of bitcoin payments;

protection of cryptocurrency payments against fraud and cyber-attacks;

risks of operators;

relations with a regulator and banks.

Neville is a Reach High Postdoctoral Fellow in Computer Science specialized in program analysis, and a technical adviser on DLT regulation. He holds a PhD in dependable software engineering from the University of Southampton. His current focus is on security and program analysis of smart contracts deployed on the Ethereum blockchain.

Relevant open source projects:

MadMax: https://github.com/nevillegrech/MadMax

Gigahorse: https://github.com/nevillegrech/gigahorse-toolchain

"Astra inclinant, non necessitant"
(The stars incline, they don't determine)

I'm a programmer turned to the dark side (I went to law school and became a lawyer). Then turned entrepreneur and investor. 

I had a chance to work and travel in 54 countries, working with startups of every kind: from telecom to online banking and energy trading, to very traditional business such as solar panels (China), steel (India), motorbike (Thailand), and many more.

AN UNUSUAL JOURNEY

I'm employee no. 8 of Wind, a telecom startup company sold for €12.1 billion ($15.6B). In this company, I've learned that launching a startup is exciting and that I'm very good at it. I've also learned that I can be a very bad and unhappy employee when the startup grows into a traditional company. This was confirmed by my following experience. Lesson learned, thanks!

I spent 2005-2009 as a digital nomad, helping companies to expand to Europe.

From 2011, I mentor and invest time and money into startups, mostly early stage. I am a Fintech and ICO advisor and investor, and I enjoy public speaking, writing, and teaching. I am building Startuphome a co-living for young entrepreneurs. See you there!

Senior Associate at GANADO Advocates’ team, one of the oldest legal companies in Malta and the world engaged in the commercial and financial law. 

Leonard Bonello is a leading company expert in fintech issues. Within his law practice, Leonard constantly examines financial technologies in the legal aspect, focusing on the regulation of ICOs and cryptocurrency assets as well as various e-payments and cryptocurrency transactions.       

He is a Doctor of Laws (University of Malta) and a Master of Banking and Finance (Queen Mary University of London). Leonard Bonello is also a visiting lecturer and examiner at the University of Malta. 

Dr. Joseph F. Borg is an Advocate and Partner at WH Partners, heading the Blockchain Advisory and the Gaming and Gambling Advisory sections of the firm. He also practices in the areas of Esports, Corporate, IT, Telecoms and Intellectual Property Law. He also lectures Gaming Law at the University of Malta. Joe occupied the role of Secretary General of the Malta IT Law Association (MITLA) for over 3 years and is currently the Vice-President and Co-Founder of Bitmalta, which is a non-profit organisation with a mission to promoting and stimulating discussion about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in Malta. Before joining WH Partners he occupied the post of Chief Regulatory Officer of the Lotteries and Gaming Authority - Malta. Joe was also an elected Member on the Board of Trustees of the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR), a position which he held throughout 2012. He had originally joined the Authority in March 2007 as Director Legal and Enforcement and has occupied this position for almost 4 years. Before joining the Authority, Joseph, acted as a Legal Counsel to Vodafone Malta Limited for three years.

Joseph was conferred with an LL.M. in Information Technology and Telecommunications Law at the University of Strathclyde (Glasgow), with Distinction. Earlier, he was awarded the LL.D. from the University of Malta, after writing and successfully defending a thesis entitled, 'Protection of Trademarks Against Domain Names'. In November 2000, Joseph graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Legal and Humanistic Studies. Joseph went on an Erasmus Exchange in 2002 at the Facolta di Giurisprudenza of the Universita' degli Studi di Bologna. In 2009 he completed a Regulator Development Program organized by the International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas (UNLV). In 2012 he was awarded a certificate in Casino Management by the UNLV.

Gordon Einstein is a hybrid Crypto-Attorney, Technologist, and Enterprise Strategist. Gordon received his undergraduate degree in Politics in 1991 from Brandeis University in Boston and then received his JD in 1995 from the USC Gould School of Law in Los Angeles. Gordon is also a proud Eagle Scout, having served in Boy Scout Troop 223. 

Initially Gordon's law practice centered on startup, venture capital, investment banking, regulatory compliance, intellectual property and general business law. In 2010 Gordon judged that the new field of cloud computing had potential. The group he formed brought to life his vision of the law firm technology platform of the future - AdaptiveSky. AdaptiveSky continues to operate successfully and is a nationally-recognized premier service provider, with its clients primarily located in New York and California. AdaptiveSky has also been awarded Worldox Systems Integrator status (the highest certification level available) by World Software. 

As an avid computer and programming hobbyist, in 2012 Gordon was intrigued by Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and the related technologies. By 2014, he was providing legal services to several individuals and companies operating in this space. And by 2016 the majority of Gordon’s law practice involved working with crypto, blockchain and FinTech startups and funds. This was formalized as CryptoLaw Partners in 2017. Gordon frequently speaks and educates both in the United States and abroad, quite often in Ukraine. Some common themes are issues and developments relating to cryptocurrency, the legal aspects of FinTech, structuring blockchain startups, and AML/KYC compliance.

Gordon’s “spare time” is dedicated towards (very, very slowly) improving his Russian and German language skills, travelling, free weight strength training, and various recreational programming projects.

JONATHAN GALEA
Blockchain & cryptocurrencies lawyer, President of Bitmalta
Jonathan’s considerable experience in the blockchain sector ranges from a close study on the
developing regulation in the area to hands-on experience in the technical and economic
aspects of cryptocurrencies, one of the most widely-adopted uses of the blockchain so far.
Jonathan’s LL.D. (Doctorate of Laws) thesis was titled “The Effect of Bitcoin on Money
Laundering Law”, and being completed in May 2015, it was one of the first ever legal theses
on the subject. He has been following developments in the area for four years and moreover
has also participated as a keynote speaker in several conferences both in Malta and abroad,
covering the legal, technical and economic aspects thereof.
Jonathan’s expertise consists of legal advice on regulatory matters related to blockchain
technologies and cryptocurrencies in general as well as technical advice on blockchains and
platforms built on top of them (from a fundamental perspective). He is an active member in
various crypto-communities and is experienced in the mining, trading, investing and analysis
of cryptocurrencies.
Jonathan is also the president of Bitmalta, the first non-profit association in Malta dedicated
to advocating the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies with particular focus on the
Maltese islands. Moreover, apart from completing various courses related to blockchain
technologies and attending various seminars, Jonathan has also successfully completed the
“Programming in C” course with Ice Malta, thus giving him further insight on the intricacies of
programming languages since C served as a basis for most modern languages.
Experience:
- President and co-founder of Bitmalta, the first Maltese association dedicated towards
advocating blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies
- Guest Keynote Speaker at the following conferences:
• International Chamber of Commerce: Financial Crime Forum (May 2016, Malta)
• Blockchain Week 2017 (February 2017, London)
• Simposia Executive Seminar on blockchain technologies (March 2017, Malta)
• Economic Forum: Forum Ekonomiczne – Instytut Wschodni (September 2017, Krakow)
• Central and Eastern European Gaming Conference 2017 (September 2017, Budapest)
• Malta Innovation Summit (October 2017, Malta)
• CryptoAffiliate Conference (October 2017, Prague)
• SiGMA 2017 (November 2017, Malta)
• Blockchain Dev Conference, Developer Week 2017 (February 2018, San Francisco)
- Blockchain Legal Advisor to the Suncontract ICO; a project aiming to make energy
tradable on the Ethereum blockchain <https://suncontract.org/>

- Blockchain Legal Advisor to the Chimaera ICO; a project aiming to create a blockchain
on which game developers can deploy their creations and the players themselves are
the miners supporting the network through their gameplay
<https://www.chimaera.io/>
- Advisor to two upcoming prominent ICOs; details to be divulged once publicly
announced
- Founder of “Bitcoin Malta”, the largest Maltese Facebook group with over 1,200
members aimed as a hub of discussion for blockchain technologies and
cryptocurrencies.

Josef co-leads our blockchain advisory team in Malta. We cater for a various number of clients ranging from STOs, ICOs, other blockchain companies which have launched their own platform and want to based their operations in Malta, crypto-funds, payment platforms and exchanges. Josef can speak about the following:

Josef can examine how traders and virtual currency holders need to become aware of the tax implications to safeguard their interest, which may arise from the disposal of such crypto-assets. He can also provide a detailed analysis of income tax implications arising from the trading activity of virtual currencies, whilst paying particular attention on the current applicable treatment of capital gains arising on a disposal thereof. He can examine the deemed source of such profits and/or gains and the repercussions which may arise thereof, particularly to persons who have limited connection with Malta. In the latter part of the seminar, the indirect tax position of virtual currencies and crypto-assets will be scrutinised from a general point of view, with attention being afforded also to initial coin offerings.

I’m the senior partner in international group of boutique law firms – Thompson&Stein. We specialize in law and tax consulting for the blockchain industry. The company's activities include assistance in obtaining cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service provider licenses especially in Estonia. We have regional offices in Poland (Warsaw), Malta (Swieqi) and Estonia (Tallin).

Speaker will focus on performance & influencer marketing strategies that will allow blockchain start-ups and ICOs to compete against incumbent centralised competitors and disrupt their space

Max Ganado is a senior partner at GANADO Advocates, the largest law firm based in Malta that provides a full range of services to private customers and businesses. GANADO Advocates is an exclusive member of Lex Mundi, the upscale global network of law firms.

Currently, Max Ganado supervises over 60 lawyers. His tasks as a senior partner include the solution of administrative matters and the development of company’s strategy, but he spends up to 40% of his time on the legal practice.

Max Ganado is a specialist in the field of voluntary organizations, trusts, and investments as well as investing in cryptocurrencies. He often speaks at conferences and in mass media, focusing on blockchain in terms of the legal system and promising legislative strategies related to decentralized services and digital currency.

I am a US-qualified attorney specializing in the fields of international tax and wealth management. I write and speak on emerging legal and regulatory issues related to blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and initial coin offerings. I advise family offices and institutions on global wealth planning strategy, including planning for international estates, developing strategies for business succession, and structuring wealth owners’ assets. My practice also involves offering guidance to clients on a variety of international tax issues, including large multinational transfer pricing arrangements, cross-border taxation, tax controversy, financial institution reporting and compliance, and the taxation of private aircraft.

Peter Mitchell is an associate in the International Tax and Wealth Management practice groups of Baker McKenzie Zurich. Peter recently earned his LL.M. in taxation from New York University. Prior to his studies, he gained several years of litigation experience in insurance coverage, federal investigations, and white collar defense.

Christopher Murrer is an associate in the International Tax and Wealth Management practice groups of Baker McKenzie Zurich. He joined the Firm after practicing for seven years as a domestic tax and estate planning attorney in New York and Washington, DC.

Gordon Einstein is a hybrid Crypto-Attorney, Technologist, and Enterprise Strategist. Gordon received his undergraduate degree in Politics in 1991 from Brandeis University in Boston and then received his JD in 1995 from the USC Gould School of Law in Los Angeles. Gordon is also a proud Eagle Scout, having served in Boy Scout Troop 223. 

Initially Gordon's law practice centered on startup, venture capital, investment banking, regulatory compliance, intellectual property and general business law. In 2010 Gordon judged that the new field of cloud computing had potential. The group he formed brought to life his vision of the law firm technology platform of the future - AdaptiveSky. AdaptiveSky continues to operate successfully and is a nationally-recognized premier service provider, with its clients primarily located in New York and California. AdaptiveSky has also been awarded Worldox Systems Integrator status (the highest certification level available) by World Software. 

As an avid computer and programming hobbyist, in 2012 Gordon was intrigued by Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and the related technologies. By 2014, he was providing legal services to several individuals and companies operating in this space. And by 2016 the majority of Gordon’s law practice involved working with crypto, blockchain and FinTech startups and funds. This was formalized as CryptoLaw Partners in 2017. Gordon frequently speaks and educates both in the United States and abroad, quite often in Ukraine. Some common themes are issues and developments relating to cryptocurrency, the legal aspects of FinTech, structuring blockchain startups, and AML/KYC compliance.

Gordon’s “spare time” is dedicated towards (very, very slowly) improving his Russian and German language skills, travelling, free weight strength training, and various recreational programming projects.

Florian Grummes is an independent analyst and consultant who has been active in the financial markets since 1995. Being an individual and contrarian thinker he turned bullish on Gold & Silver in 2002 and started focusing on this neglected sector. He spent years improving his technical anlaysis skills and attended numerous workshops shaping his trading & psychological skills.

In 2008 he started sending out his research about the goldmarket to his friends. Quickly his readership encouraged him to open his research to the public. His outstanding trackrecord and his objective approach consequently brought him worldwide attention and a large international follower base. Since 2011 he is writing a bi-weekly in-depth Gold & Silver analysis for one of Germany´s largest gold and silver retailer „the pro aurum group“.

In 2015 he started publishing his famous and outstanding „Midas Touch Gold Model“ and has helped lots of followers to protect their capital. Today he is well known for combining technical, fundamental and sentiment analysis into one accurate conclusion about the gold market. As well he has been a very early investor in the cryptocurrencies and brought his reader into Bitcoin below 350 USD and into Ethereum below 8 USD.

I grew up the son of a migrant worker and went from a minimum wage factory job to raising millions of dollars in capital. 

Founded a Techstars/VC-backed computer vision company which sold in 2015 to Kairos, EIR/advisor to LATAM Socialatom VC fund. Emerging technology product strategist with Occipital Bridge VR mixed reality headset, InfoScout, IoT, wearables, Sentiment Analysis, and 3D Body Scanning.

Speaker, writer, panelist - Singularity University, Inman, ICO CROWD, Forbes, TEDx, MIT Enterprise Forum, NYC Meetup, Detroit Regional Chamber, as just a few examples. Also featured as an entrepreneur in the New York Times, Wired, Fast Company, Techcrunch, and Business Insider.

I lead a purpose-driven organization focused on the Decentralized Future of Work (AI+blockchain). https://blackboxfoundation.org

Petar Savic is a Serial Tech Entrepreneur turned investor (Token Sale, ICO, crowdfunding) with a key interest in project management within a Blockchain and Internet environment, bridging the gap between technical, creative and commercial requirements. 

Moreover, he is the Founder of a London based Accelerator for international startups called Supreme Factory and Co-Director of Startup Grind London and Malta chapters, a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Petar is also a Trustee of Primrose Hill, a London's smart village.

Petar is a member of many initiatives such as SEEBA - South East European Business Association, London tech Advocates,  Serbian Entrepreneurs, Serbian Blockchain Initiative, IDACB - International Decentralized Association of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, EUCC - European Chamber of Distributed Ledger Technologies and Crypto Currencies, etc.

His previous experience includes more than a decade as an IT Project Manager in corporate, government and culture sectors, with experience in Digital Marketing, Web Development, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Live Streaming. 

He was a Marketing and Events coordinator at the UCL Advances, at the time the biggest entrepreneurial department in the word and the biggest University in Europe, working with more than 200 entrepreneurs.

For four years he advised some of the most promising tech startups and funds. 

Serial Tech Entrepreneur turned investor (equity, token sale, ICO, crowdfunding) with a key interest in project management within a Digital Media, Blockchain and Internet environment, bridging the gap between technical, creative and commercial requirements.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / MULTI-EXPERTISE UNICORN:
• 10 years experience as an IT Project Manager in corporate, government and culture sectors.
• 15 years of experience in Digital Marketing, Web Development and SEO.
• 12 years of Mentoring, Business Skills and Social Media Workshops.
• 10 years of experience in Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Live Streaming.

EARLY ADOPTER / TECH INNOVATOR: 
• 2013 - First custom made Festival Android phone.
• 2012 - Augmented Reality & SEO for Nobel Prize Winner - Ministry of Culture Serbia.
• 2011 - Spotify Festival branded playlist.
• 2010 - Festival real time Life Stream Social Hub with Twitter Wall and HD Live Streaming.
• 2011 - Mixcloud Contests
• 2009 - SoundCloud Competition App
• 2006 - Twitter Beta Tester @supremefactory
• 2002 - Record Label Multimedia CD (Audio CD + Video CD + Windows Multimedia).

Patrick J O' Brien is Director of Communications for Exante Ltd, an award winning Investment Broker company. As business contributor for some of Europe's leading business magazine he recently interviewed nine Prime Minsters of the EU during Malta's holding of the EU Presidency. He previously worked for The Mail and The Times. In 2015, he won business Journalist of the year and through his work at Exante works in building strong business relationships for Malta globally.

James Catania is the CEO of Intelliblock one of the first end-to-end blockchain solution providers. James is one of the premiere consultants of blockchain systems and technologies in Malta

Co-Founder and Investor of the Arcona ecosystem
Daniel is a serial entrepreneur recently having been concentrated on start-ups. He came to Arcona through trial and error and ended up being desperately in love with the project. Apart from investing he is a lot into developing and promoting the extraordinary concept of Arcona’s Digital land. 
On being that engaged and having become a reputable expert in AR and its possibilities Daniel shares his knowledge and excitement about the ecosystem of Arcona merging together real and virtual worlds. He performs at specialized activities as a speaker all across the globe. The number of Daniel’s pitches has already exceeded 300 threshold and keeps growing with each day.

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A technologist, marketer, writer and health addict with a passion for launching outstanding products.

Yael is a blockchain strategist, storyteller, speaker, advisor, and mentor. In 2017, Yael founded TopOfBlockchain, making sense of blockchain technology and ventures with the right business and token models, as well as messaging. She is the Chief Communications Officer at VeganNation, building a global decentralized ecosystem for vegans powered by its own cryptocurrency, VeganCoin, and the CMO for iOlite, a blockchain-based engine translating human/natural language into code for smart contracts and Dapps

Max Krupyshev, COO of Cubits.

Blockchain-based project Cubits, headquartered in the Germany and Malta, deals with solutions that allow users to quickly convert bitcoins into cash and vice versa. Company’s mission is to make bitcoin accessible all over the world and simplify the process of cryptocurrency use for companies and individuals. Cubits works with various electronic payment systems, including Visa and Master Card.

Max will explain how to integrate bitcoin in the payment system of a casino (for depositing and withdrawals) and what opportunities open up for gambling business through the usage of bitcoin.

The main topics covered in the presentation:

bitcoin transactions for various types of wallets: review;

ways of storing and using bitcoins for players;

speed of bitcoin payments;

protection of cryptocurrency payments against fraud and cyber-attacks;

risks of operators;

relations with a regulator and banks.

Juergen Hoebarth is the CEO of Haexagon Concepts, which is a digital strategy consulting and transmedia storytelling agency. He is also the digital director at Piccing, Inc., where he is engaged in leading product vision and digital marketing. He holds two master’s degrees from the Academy of Visual Arts of Hong Kong Baptist University and is an avid follower and believer of the cryptocurrency and blockchain movement. Lately he is as well involved with tokenzin.com a rapid growing crypto media property.