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blockchain & alternative finance conference in Northern Europe

October 14-15
Kultuurikatel, Tallinn, Estonia
The largest conference in northern Europe

About 
conference

If you want to keep pace with the times or take interest in innovations and blockchain technology, as well as in alternative opportunities for financial instruments and the future of the banking sector, then you can't miss this event.

At the two-day CryptoFin conference, the best speakers are waiting for you to share their ideas, knowledge and vision of market trends.

Why to participate

Conference offers:

What will happen?

The CryptoFin international conference will bring together the key figures of the financial sector and become the best networking platform for the market leaders and start-up companies. The CryptoFin format includes a rich program of speeches by experts and market leaders and networking events that will contribute to the establishment of partnerships for further development, including the largest exhibition and an all-in afterparty.

2
days of quality
content
30+
speakers
700+
participants
50+
exhibitors

Who is it for?

Agenda

day 1
08:45
CHECK-IN
09:00
Welcome coffee and networking
09:20
CONFERENCE OPENING
09:30
THE FUTURE OF CRYPTO ASSETS AND TOKENIZATION
09:30
The role of tokenization in a global economy Juergen Hoebarth (Tokenization Limited)
09:45
How can cryptocurrencies change the paradigm of money? Vytautas Karalevičius (Bankera, Spectrocoin)
09:55
Bitcoin: A New Kind of Ownership Bobby Lee (BTCC)
10:20
The True Use Cases For Bitcoin Brian McCabe (Paxful)
10:30
Pumpamentals: What actually drives the price of a cryptocurrency? Richard Heart (HEX)
10:50
Will crypto currency become a major payment method? Jan Frištak (Platon finance)
11:00
How to recognize a crypto scam? Asse Sauga (Estonian Cryptocurrency Association)
11:15
Why has the STO Market stalled and what is needed to move it forward? Kevin Murcko (CoinMetro)
11:30
The death of ICO or what is next? Dmitry Ogievich (Currency.com)
11:40
Permit A38: How to tokenize financial instruments FMA-compliant in EU Christian Heinz (Blockzeug)
12:00
Crypto panel: the future of crypto assets and tokenization Moderator: Juergen Hoebarth Panelists: Bobby Lee, Richard Heart, Kevin Murcko, Maria Stankevich, Dmitry Ogievich, Reimo Hammerberg
12:30
Lunch
13:30
BLOCKCHAIN AS A TOOL IN MODERN BUSINESS MODEL
13:30
The real use cases about blockchain adoption in business Galya Westler (Plazus Technologies)
13:45
3 layers of DLT Matthew McGraw (Dispatch Labs, the Bureau, HERE Collective)
14:00
DAO, blockchain, and governance Olivier Rikken (Emerging Horizons)
14:15
Euro on Blockchain and hot Libra Philipp Sandner (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)
14:30
Smart contracts as a transformation of the industries Zoltan Toth (Everprove)
14:45
Designing the MVP for Decentralized Blockchain application Taha Sajid (Huawei Technologies)
15:00
ZeroKnowledge vs Compliance: is the consensus possible?Anatoly Ressin (Blockvis, Parsiq)
15:15
Cyber-Resilience: Blockchain, Privacy, and Cybersecurity Bert Kastel (Techtonic Edge)
15:30
Blockchain from here to the space Erol User (USER Corporation)
15:45
Blockchain- the business of diversity and inclusion Lavinia D. Osbourne (Women in Blockchain Talks)
16:00
Blockchain and Beauty Aleksei Vladimirov (MissBest)
16:07
The new era of decentralized database Iurii Mikheev (Artelika, OASIS DDB)
16:15
Blockchain panel: Blockchain adoption challengesModerator: Olivier RikkenPanelists: Matthew McGraw, Philipp Sandner, Lavinia D. Osbourne, Bert Kastel, Galya Westler
16:45
Coffee break
17:0018:30
STARTUP pitch
Jury: Olivier Rikken, Matthew McGraw, Juergen Hoebarth, Taha Sajid
22:00
ALL-INCLUSIVE AFTERPARTY
day 2
11:00
Welcome coffee and networking
11:25
2 DAY OPENING
11:30
THE NEW ERA OF BANKING
11:30
Ghosts of finance past, present and digital Ali Al Khamis (SBA)
11:45
How TechFin is reshaping the financial models Taha Sajid (Huawei Technologies)
12:00
Decentral custody of client assets - Roadmap to the Decentral Bank Tobias Kress (Tatoshi Wallet)
12:15
What´s about disintermediating of commercial banks? Martin Ploom (SmartCredit.io)
12:30
Redefining Banking: how will crypto shape the new financial system in the years to comeModerator: Kevin MurckoPanelists: Martin Ploom, Taha Sajid, Ali Al Khamis, Brian McCabe, Christian Heinz
13:05
MARKETING FOR THE ALTERNATIVE FINANCE INDUSTRY
13:05
Marketing trends and tools and fails that all ICO-s do Slava Jefremov (Cointraffic)
13:20
How to find investors and raise your crypto projects thanks to marketing? Alexander Belov (Co-founder of Coinstelegram)
13:30
Stakeholder engagement and the importance of building a trust relationship for blockchain projects Irina Heaver (Emirex)
13:45
Crypto payment adoption in ACTion? ChristyAna Taveras (ACTx)
14:00
Marketing panel: How to run successful advertising for crypto and blockchain projects Moderator: Clara Florey (DisPRuptive)Panelists: Slava Jefremov, Alexander Belov, ChristyAna Taveras, Liina Laas-Billson, Jan Stranberg
14:30
LUNCH
15:1517:15
REGULATION AND INTERNET SECURITY TRENDS
15:15
Is it still a wild west in crypto regulation? Priit Lätt (PWC Legal)
15:30
GDPR and data protection Silvan Jongerius (TechGDPR DPC)
15:45
How to protect yourself against crypto fraud Andrey Fedunin (BTC-Alpha)
16:00
How companies can be compliant and avoid penalties through AML compliance framework Kuskowski Pawel (COINFIRM)
16:15
Licenses for crypto services providers in EU Anna Agu (Lex Law Office)
16:30
Legal panel: Crypto industry- unregulated, regulated or overregulated?Moderator: Anna AguPanelists: Reimo Hammerberg, Kevin Murcko, Irina Heaver, Zoltan Toth, Priit Lätt, Pawel Kuskowski
17:05
CLOSING SPEECH
Anna Agu, Ksenia Kostina
17:1518:00
NETWORKING

SPEAKERS

Bobby Lee (CHN/USA)
Founder of Ballet
Previously, Co-founder and CEO of BTCC
Richard Heart (USA)
Founder at HEX
Serial entrepreneur
Twitter 52.6K, YouTube 41.5K
Matthew McGraw (USA)
CEO at Dispatch Labs
Founding partner at The Bureau
Co-founder at Here Collective
Olivier Rikken (NL)
Partner - Founder at Emerging
Startup mentor at YES!Delft
Lecturer at TU Delft, Nyenrode Business University, Leiden University
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner (DE)
Head of Frankfurt School Blockchain center
Member of Fintech Council of the Federal Ministry of Finance
Founding member of Bundesverband Blockchain
Vytautas Karalevičius (UK)
Co-founder of Bankera
CEO of SpectroCoin
PhD on blockchain in finance at University of Leuven
Dr. Zoltan Toth (HUN)
Partner of Harglaw law firm
Founder of Everprove
President of the Board of the Hungarian Blockchain Technology Foundation
Slava Jefremov (EST)
CPO at Cointraffic
An expert in blockchain marketing
Worked for the top players including MARK.SPACE, Google, Adzuna and even consulted Presence Switzerland – part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Sochi Olympics
Kevin Murcko (EST)
Founder & CEO at CoinMetro
Co-founder & CEO at European Crypto Association
Permanent guest on BloxLive.tv covering Crypto Market Analysis
Silvan Jongerius (DE)
Managing Partner & DPO at TechGDPR
Founder and president at BerChain
Speaker and educator in GDPR and blockchain
Asse Sauga (EST)
Co-founder and board member at Estonian Cryptocurrency Association
Advisor at SmartCredit.io, Change Finance, Chromapolis Devcenter, Cryptyk
Author of the first Estonian book about Bitcoin and Blockchain
Galya Westler (CAN)
CEO at Plazus Technologies
Owner at 2Galvanize Solutions
TEDx speaker
Martin Ploom (CHE/EST)
CEO at SmartCredit.io
Former vice president at Credit Suisse
Crypto veteran with strong financial background
Andrey Fedunin (UA)
Head of the international relations department of BTC-Alpha
Erol User (TUR)
founder & CEO of USER Corporation
one of the most well-known Turkish businessmen
Founder, President or board member of many organizations or associations including: JCI (Jaycees ) Turkey, Worldwatch Institute Europe, TUGIAD, TESEV, TEMA, Conference Board, Club Of Rome, Club of Budapest, Kidsparliament, DEIK, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights and Venice Expo 2015
Alexander Belov (RUS)
CEO of Coinstelegram.com and cointelegram.ru
CEO of investment firm coinstelegram.fund
PR Director of Beeminer Group
Tobias Kress (CHE)
CEO and co-founder of Tatoshi Wallet
Vice Head Channel
Anna Agu (EST)
Co-founder and partner of Lex Law Office
Co-founder of opencoin.finance (Erso)
Co-organizer of CryptoFin Conference
Lavinia D. Osbourne
Founder & Host of Women in Blockchain Talks
Financial Wellbeing coach
Ian Scarffe
Brand Ambassador
Blockchain Advisor and Consultant
ianscarffe.com
Irina Heaver (UAE)
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer Emirex.com
A Dubai based entrepreneur
Multilingual Australian qualified lawyer
Juergen Hoebarth (Hong Kong / AUT)
Managing director of Tokenization Limited
Speaker and strategist , Advisory Council Member
Digital Asset Association Austria
Ali Al Khamis (UAE)
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer Emirex.com
A Dubai based entrepreneur
Multilingual Australian qualified lawyer
Taha Sajid (SAU)
Core Network Lead at Huawei Technologies
Chief consultant/COO for Digital Transformation projects
Principal Director of Blockchain at Prudential Solutions, COO at Trustti
Maria Stankevich (RUS)
Head of Business Development at EXMO
CEO at Enfins Payment System
Dmitry Ogievich (BY)
Head of development at Currency.com
CEO at EXP Capital
Worked at EPAM Systems for more than 11 years
Pawel Kuskowski (PL/UK)
Co-Founder and CEO at COINFIRM
Ex-Global Head of AML of Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS
Advisory board member - International Compliance Association. Forbes Contributor
ChristyAna Taveras (PRI)
Co-founder of ACT Ventures Consulting Group
Founding member of Design for Good: Wonder Makerspace
JAN FRISTAK (SK)
Financial Consultant at Platon Finance
FinTech analysis at etheronic
Financial analysis, ARBITAS
More than 350 Financial plans&analysis
Ray Youssef
CEO and co-founder of Paxful
Jan Stranberg
VP of Marketing at Paxful
Priit Lätt (EST)
Partner at PwC Legal Estonia
lecturer in the IT law training program at the University of Tartu
Reimo Hammerberg (EST)
Partner at Law Firm Sorainen
Lecturer at the University of Tartu
Brian McCabe (IE)
Head of Product Marketing at Paxful
Christian Heinz (GE)
CEO at Blockzeug
Anatoly Ressin (LV)
Co-Founder and Chief Blockchain Architect at PARSIQ
CEO at Blockvis
Bert Kastel (USA)
Founder and CEO at Techtonic Edge
Founder at Healid.io
Founder at Idaho Blockchain Initiative
Aleksei Vladimirov (RUS)
Owner at MissBest
CEO and founder at Miss Blockchain
Iurii Mikheev (RUS)
CEO at Artelika, OASIS DBB

Afterparty

The CryptoFin Conference attach great importance to the networking, since we know that the communication in a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere leads to better results and long-term partnership. All inclusive afterparty will be waiting for you.

14th of October
Venue: Urban bar, Roseni 9, Tallinn
Start at 10 P.M.

  • cool bar menu & hookah
  • show program
  • cold buffet

MOVIE PARTY

awesome movie awesome movie awesome movie

Arrive earlier and enjoy welcome drink & chat pre-event!

On the 13th of October 2019, we will watch the first blockchain-funded & focused documentary "Trust Machine", eat popcorn, enjoy drinks and a warm atmosphere.

The best way to meet and relax after the trip in a friendly community of like-minded people.

13th of October
Venue: Cinamon, T1
Peterburi tee 2, Tallinn
Start at 6 P.M.

  • networking networking
  • cold drinks cold drinks
  • yummy popcorn yummy popcorn
  • awesome movie awesome movie
awesome movie

The CryptoFin App

Nowadays, when every second counts, we consider it's our duty to provide CryptoFin's participants App which allows to network with one another - before, during, and after the event.
CryptoFin will be in your pocket! Thanks to CryptoFin App you can connect and message other visitors, find all needed information, set up a meeting and network as a star!

In the application you will find:

criptofin APP
  • up to day agenda
  • general information about event (date, time, venue)
  • attendees profiles
  • speakers bio
  • exhibitors/ sponsors/ partners profiles
  • floor plan
  • hotels and restaurants recommendations

Startup
pitch

We will be happy to see innovative and perspective start-ups at the CryptoFin Conference. To win participation in start-up competition for free, please answer the short questionnaire. The most interesting projects will be selected by the organizers.

Winners will get:

  • Participation in a startup pitch
  • 2 Silver passes to CryptoFin Conference

Startup pitch is the chance to get ca 30000 eur prizes:

  • Listing and advice at popular trading platform
  • Gold stand at next CryptoFin event
  • Wide media promotion

SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS

Platon Finance LeadGid Webvork Lexlaw BTC-Alpha Currency Coinstelegram fund Stex Coinfirm WhalesHeaven Valega Chain Analytics Piixpay Dispruptive Share Hope Wunderbit Paxful Newlife LexisNexis Safe-Enter

PARTNERS

Danish Startup Group (DSG) CryptoNewsZ Brave New Coin (BNC) CEX.IO anycoin.news worldexpo coinvoice bitok.blog ruscryptonews.ru online24news.ru kiosks.ru www.share-talk.com it-kharkiv.com kriptovalyuta.com cryptonews.one neironix MMGP.com Crypto-reporter Forkwsnews.io blockference The cryptonomist Mr.BTC.org WorldCoinIndex Kryptoraha.ee Bits.media AMBcrypto icoholder coincodex bitcoinchaiser Theblockchain jounnal LA Fintech Embassy of coin Gold Royal Sindicode Tproger assodigitale.ii logistics Bitnewstoday Ichar.ru Techheres.ee bloomchain Crypto Idol BTC manager Telecomtimes Coinzilla UNLOCK MyDearDrone Securities.io Cryptopolitan Bitcoin Garden Fintech Finance Coindar Blockchain Watching Byzantium Forklog Digital Notice Cryptoverze Market Across Jumpstart Media Advendor Coworking.puzl Blockchain.News Crypto notias Ourbitcoinnews BitcoinNews Jetsevent Topmarketgroup CoinChoose CloudMaitre CPAexchange CoinPoint Miss Best Unics artelika artelika artelika artelika artelika blockchainassociation cointraffic chaintimes thecoinrepublic Best Online Forex

CONTACTS

TICKETS AND SPONSORS
Kate Fedorova
Project manager
MEDIA PARTNERSHIP
Anna Agu
Co-organizer
Estonia Tallinn
Kultuurikatel
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