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Blockchain4Belgium Initiative
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Blockchain4Belgium is initiated by Christophe Maertens from SPF BOSA Strategy & Support, Nathanael Ackerman from AI4Belgium, SPF BOSA & Digital Minds for Belgium and their many partners from various ecosystems that brings together all the key-players, institutions, and citizens in a bottom-up & co-creative dynamic. From the start it has a European, and Global perspective. Many topics and key issues will be addressed in a transversal and inclusive approach.
From 9am to 4pm, Brussels time, let’s attend outstanding keynotes and let’s actively participate in the future to our interactive workshops on Ethics, Europe, Governance, Future Economy, Law, Fiscality, Technology, Cryptography, NFT, MetaVerse, AI... This initiative is organized by the the SPF BOSA, is part of AI4belgium and hosted during the EuropeanAIWeek (14th march - 18th march) that welcomes 300+ key local & international actors. 27 countries are represented.
OUR SPEAKERS
Christophe Maertens
Blockchain4Belgium Lead & Product Manager at SPF BOSA
Nathanael Ackerman
AI4Belgium General Manager, Head of AI at SPF BOSA & Digital Mind for Belgium
Marc Zeller
Integrations lead at Aave
Bart Becks
Board Member at European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency
Danielle Jacobs
CEO at Beltug & Digital Mind for Belgium
José Zurtrassen
Executive Chairman at Chainius Solutions
Evrim Tan
Researcher at KU Leuven & European Blockchain Service Infrastructure
Laurane Bindelle
'Project leader at PickSell Gallery & Community builder at CryptoSquare
Kevin de Patoul
CEO & Co-Founder at Keyrock
Christophe De Beukelaer
Politician & Entrepreneur
Simon Polrot
European & International Affairs at ADAN
Prof. Nicolas van Zeebroeck
Professor at Digital Economy & Strategy at ULB & AI4Belgium Board Member
Thibault Verbiest
Internet, Fintech & Blockchain lawyer at Metalaw
Tariq Krim
Founder Polite.one & Netvibes.com
Xavier Damman
Contributor at DAOBrussels
Claudia Lomma
NFT Consultant
Benjamin Boutin-Spark
Artist & NFT seller on Rarible
Koen Vingerhoets
Deloitte
Julien Quertain
Co-founder at Upbots
Thomas Smets
Co-founder at Arcadia Finance
Florian Ernotte
Blockchain& Technoloy business lawyer at Avroy Advocates
Bart Preneel
Professor at KULeuven & AI & Cybersecurity Lead
Marek Hudon
Professor at Solvay Business School
Fabrice Epelboin
Administrator at IOUR Foundation
Stephan-Eloise Gras
Founder at Digital Africa
Guillaume Fernandes
CTO at StoverseEvent Schedules
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| Time | Session | speak | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00am-09:15am | Welcome & Launch Blockchain4Belgium Initiative |
Nathanael Ackerman Christophe Maertens Nicolas Van Zeebroeck |
Room-01 |
| 09:15am-09:45am | Web 3.0 : a new hype or the future of the internet | Thibault Verbiest | Room-01 |
| 09:45am-10:15am | Web 2.5 best of both worlds | Tariq Krim | Room-01 |
| 10:15am-10:45am | How DAOs -Internet native organizations- will accelerate the transition to a participative doughnut economy in our region | Xavier Damman | Room-01 |
| 10:45am-10:50am | Session Openings | Room-01 | |
| 10:45am-11:00am | Why I am the first Member of Parliament to get my paychecks in Bitcoin | Christophe De Beukelaer | Room-01 |
| 10:45am-11:00am | The importance of Blockchain for Belgian Companies | Danielle Jacobs | Room-02 |
| 11:00am-11:15am | DeFi & NFT as Collateral | Thomas Smets | Room-01 |
| 11:15am-11:30am | Why developing our project in Belgium wasn't an option? | Julien Quertain | Room-01 |
| 11:15am-11:30am | How the stablecoin revolution is changing the liquidity provider business | Kevin Patoul | Room-02 |
| 11:30am-11:45am | Investments in Blockchain | Jose Zurstrassen | Room-01 |
| 11:30am-11:45am | Blockchain: security and privacy challenges. | Bart Preneel | Room-02 |
| 11:45am-12:00am | The sovereignty of a unique identity through the new economy | Daniël Du Seuil | Room-01 |
| 11:45am-12:00am | Which businesses will be impacted by NFTs | Claudia Lomma | Room-02 |
| 12:00am-12:15am | Is there business to do with the Metaverse? | Benjamin Boutin-Spark | Room-02 |
| 13:30pm-14:00pm | DeFi & Regulation threats and opportunities | Marc Zeller Simon Porlot |
Room-01 |
| 13:30pm-14:00pm | European perspective on Blockchain and AI | Bart Becks | Room-02 |
| 14:00pm-14:15pm | Ethics and Governance in alternative currencies | Marek Hudon | Room-01 |
| 14:15pm-14:30pm | NFT projects are self-funded startups | Laurane Bindelle | Room-01 |
| 14:15pm-14:30pm | Fiscality in Belgium, opportunities and challenges | Florian Ernotte | Room-02 |
| 14:30pm-14:45pm | Cybersecurity: delivering resilience to the victims using DeFi | Fabrice Ebelpoin | Room-01 |
| 14:30pm-14:45pm | Making crowdfunding accessible via STO mechanisms | Guillaume Fernandes | Room-02 |
| 14:45pm-15:00pm | How to support innovation in Africa? | Stéphan-Éloïse GRAS | Room-01 |
| 14:45pm-15:00pm | Grass grows where the sun shines | Koen Vingerhoets | Room-02 |
| 15:00pm-16:00pm | Blockchain4Belgium’s Objectives & Milestones discussion | Key Players | Room-01 |
| 16:00pm-16:30pm | Interactive polls & What’s next | Christophe Maertens | Room-01 |
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