BACK TO 2019

The speakers for the 2019 Geneva Blockchain Congress were:

Pierre Maudet

State Councillor for Geneva

Carlos Moreira

CEO of Wisekey and former cybersecurity specialist for the United Nations

Patrick Odier

Partner, Banque Lombard Odier and a former chairman of the Swiss Bankers’ Association

Toufi Saliba

CEO of Toda.Network and expert in algorithms, machine learning and cryptography

Don Tapscott

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute and author of 16 books on technology and its impact on business and society

Tey Al Rjula

Co-Founder and CEO – Tykn.tech

Nathan Anderson

Co-Founder and CEO – Scantrust

Nagib Aouini

Cybersecurity Director – ELCA

Jori Armbruster

Founder – EthicHub

Baptiste Audren

Chief of product – Komgo

Vicken Bayramian

Founder & CEO – Cryptolex

Sahra Benaouda

Mandatory – SBConsulting

Pierre Besson

Executive Director – UBP

Delphine Bracher

Writer of the white paper « Ethic of blockchain » – Ethix.ch

Lamine Brahimi

Co-Founder & Managing Partner – Taurus Group

Pierre-Yves Burgi

Deputy CIO – University of Geneva

Alex Cahana

Venture Partner & Head of Medtech and Healthcare – Cryptooracle

Stephane Cheikh

Artificial Intelligence Program Director – SITA | ATS – CH

Naoufel Cheikhrouhou

Supply chain Professor – HES-Ge

Olivier Depierre

Partner – DLT LAW

Frédéric Dumonal

Director of the continuing education – CREA Ge

Jörn Erbguth

Smart Contract and Data Protection Consultant

Krzysztof Gagacki

Founder – IOVO.io

Ricardo Garcia

Blockchain Consultant – Scantrust

Vincent Graf Narbel

Advisor Digital Transformation and Data – CICR

Jérôme Grilleres

Director – Vechain EU

André Güdel

Head International HQs Cluster – KPMG Switzerland

Daniel Haudenshild

CEO – Swisscom Blockchain

Robert Hensler

Chairman – Palexpo SA

Alain Jeannet

Directeur Business Development – Ringier Axel Springer Suisse SA

Serge Kassibrakis

Head of Quantitative Asset Management – Swissquote

Pierre Kauffmann

Industry Solution Architect – IBM

Florence Lafayette Driessens

Project Manager – Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne

Christophe Lamps

Senior Partner – Dynamics Group

Paul Lee

Mind.ai – CEO

Jonas Loetscher

Chief of product – Procivis

Richard Maaghul

CEO – ODEM.io

Rodolphe Meyer

Enterprise Architect – HUG

Jean-Henry Morin

Associate Professor – Université de Genève

Monique Morrow

Venture Partner – Sparklabs

Dejan Nikolic

Deputy Directorate General for Economic Developement, Research and innovation – Geneva

Fedor Poskriakov

Partner – Lenz & Staehelin

Ben Robinson

Chief Strategy Officer – Temenos

Alexi Roussel

Co-Founder – Bity

Arnaud Salomon

CEO – Mt Pelerin

Hans Schwab

CIO – WiseKey SA

Michael Sedenkov

Enterprise Architect – Philip Morris International

Jean-Marc Seigneur

Director of the blokchain CAS – Université de Genève

Fabio Sofia

Managing Partner – WeCan.Fund

Vincent Subilia

Vice President Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Deputy Director General – CCIG

Vincent Thalmann

Partner, Head of Corporate Tax Western Switzerland – KPMG

Philippe Thévoz

eGovernment Systems Vice-President – SICPA

Patrick Trinkler

Founder & CEO – Arcatrust

Patrick Ventuzelo

Security Researcher – Quoscient GmbH

Antoine Verdon

Co-Founder – Proxeus

Wang Wei

Founding Chairman – CMAA

Andre Wolke

CEO – Validity Labs

Robert Zaremba

CTO – Cerealia

Five fields for discussion

There were five fields of discussion for the 2019 Congress:

E-government
and Digital Identity

Fin-Tech for
the Economic Market

Fin-Tech for the
Banking Sector

Education

Commodity Trading
and Supply Chain

SPEAKERS

Attendees from 13 countries

Exhibitors
and start-ups

International media organisations

Attendees in 2019

Attendees were drawn from a wide range of countries spanning three continents:

Belgium
Canada
China
The Czech Republic
France
Germany
India
Italy
The Netherlands
The Republic of Korea
Spain
Switzerland
The USA.

VIDEOS

Welcome

Robert Hensler, President, Palexpo SA

Opening

Patrick Odier, partner, Banque Lombard Odier

State of the Blockchain Revolution

Don Tapscott, Executive chairman of Blockchain Research Institute

How could Geneva become an international blockchain hub ?

Don Tapscott, Executive chairman of Blockchain Research Institute | Carlos Moreira, CEO WISeKey | Hans Schwab, CIO WISeKey

Digital integrity & Blockchain

Philippe Thévoz, eGovernment Systems Vice-President, SICPA

Blockchain opportunities between China
and Switzerland

Jérôme Grilleres, Director Vechain EU | Wang Wei, CMAA | Vincent Subilia, Vice President Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Deputy Director General CCIG

Presentation of IOVO.io

Krzysztof Gagacki, Founder, IOVO.io

Presentation of Mind.ai

Paul Lee, CEO Mind.ai

Presentation of TODA

Toufi Saliba, CEO, Toda.Network

Roundtable : Ethic and perspectives of IOT and Blockchain

Toufi Saliba, CEO, Toda.Network | Paul Lee, Founder and CEO, MIND.ai | Krzysztof Gagacki, Founder, IOVO.io | Delphine Bracher, Ethicist, ethix.ch
Dejan Nikolic, Deputy Directorate General for the Economic Development, Research and Innovation, Canton of Geneva

Summary of the workshops : what are the issues and challenges to be developped for 2020 ?

Nagib Aouini, Cybersecurity Director, ELCA
Olivier Depierre, Co-Founder and partner, DLT Law | Christophe Lamps, Senior Partner, Dynamics Group | Jean-Henry Morin, Associate Professor, Université de Genève
Sahra Benaouda Brean, Independant Contractor, SBConsulting