Nick Giurietto
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
Australian Digital Commerce Association
- Realizing the potential of Blockchain and how the technology will impact market and business practices
- Highlighting the challenges and opportunities of replacing CHESS with Blockchain, from financial results to technical performance
- Identifying the next steps needed to unleash Blockchain technology in Australia
Peter Hiom
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
ASX
Dr. Alzarouni founded the region’s first innovation hub for Blockchain technology. The center aims to bring together Blockchain thought leaders, developers, investors, and educators. It is a place to engage with the Blockchain community. Discover how Dr. Alzarouni established the Blockchain center and its role in Dubai
Dr. Marwan Alzarouni
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Dubai Blockchain Center
- Discussing current Blockchain policy, standards and collaboration in the APAC region
- What are the tools needed to grow a sustainable Blockchain ecosystem?
- What are the challenges and limitations of standards and policy?
Moderator:
Nick Giurietto
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Australian Digital Commerce Association
Panellists:


Stakeholder Engagement Manager
Standards Australia

Hall & Wilcox

The Treasury

Dubai Blockchain Center
Are organisations getting wise to the complexity of Blockchain projects? Are they tolerating the pain of consortiums in exchange for gaining the benefits and unleashing the power they offer?
As IBM’s global initiatives reach their own tipping points, are we also on the cusp of breakthroughs in Australia? Hear from IBM Blockchain leaders Rupert Colchester and Paul Hutchison as they explore these trends and share their insights on enterprise Blockchain in Australia.
Paul Hutchison
Vice President Blockchain GIU - Asia Pacific
Global Business Services, IBM
Rupert Colchester
Blockchain Leader
IBM Australia and New Zealand
- How massive Blockchain adoption with transform the platform economy
- Profiling the new economic model – between challenges and opportunities
- How private and public organisations will benefit from the new economic models based on Blockchain
Paul Fox
Managing Director
Blockchain Pacific
Where is the golden mean between two approaches in digital identity? EU - highly developed but centralized or US - wild west of unstructured free market. Discover the agnostic Digital ID on Blockchain.
Oleksii Konashevych
Visiting PhD researcher
RMIT University
Fintech priorities and opportunities for Blockchain
Senator the Hon Jane Hume
Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology
Parliament of Australia
- Discussing Commonwealth Bank’s world first Blockchain-bond system a year after its launch
- Highlighting the challenges faced and lessons learned
- Using disruptive technologies to aid developing nations stabilise their economies and management processes
- Assessing the future of Blockchain in payments and capital raising
Sophie Gilder
Head of Experimentation - Blockchain, Embodied AI & Emerging Tech, Innovation Labs
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- How is Blockchain currently used in major industries?
- Is Blockchain always the solution for big business? What are the limitations?
- What are the main challenges of implementing Blockchain in established businesses and industries?
Moderator:
Cindy Nicholson
CEO/Managing Director
Braintree
Panellists:
JLL

Group Treasurer
AGL Energy


IBM Australia and New Zealand

Strategic Initiatives Lead
ConsenSys
Jason Rockwood
VP, North America
VeChain
- Comparing different Blockchain platforms and how they impact a business or project
- Understanding the considerations for each different use case
- Listening to individual experiences of specific platforms
Moderator:
Mark Staples
Senior Principal Researcher
CSIRO's Data61
Panellists:
Sophie Gilder
Head of Experimentation - Blockchain, Embodied AI & Emerging Tech, Innovation Labs
Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Blockchain Philanthropy Foundation

King & Wood Mallesons