Mainstage
09:00 - 09:05
WELCOMING REMARKS
Eric Van Der Kleij, Beverly Tonna, Max Studennikoff
09:05 - 09:25
A European approach to A.I.
Pascal B. van Knijff, Lydia Barbara, Ludovic Bodin, Wayne Grixti, Mariella Baldacchino
09:25 - 09:45
Fintech, Securities & Regulation
Beverly Tonna, Jon Matonis, Kenneth Farrugia, Benjamin Griscti, Jacek Czarnecki
09:45 - 10:00
WORTH THE RISK: THE GLOBAL STATE OF CHAINS
Brock Pierce
10:00 - 10:10
Keynote by the Hon. Joseph Muscat, Prime Minister of Malta
Hon Dr Joseph Muscat
10:10 - 10:20
Keynote by Hon. Silvio Schembri
Hon Silvio Schembri
10:20 - 10:30
Will IoT reinvent the 21st century business model?
Marc Taverner
10:30 - 10:50
A World First - Giving DAO its legal personality
Christina Scicluna, Steve Tendon, Amandine Doat, Leonard Bonello, Irina Heaver
10:50 - 11:10
Malta's Role in the Digital World Economy
Dr Ian Gauci, Joseph Borg, Stephen McCarthy, Ramona Azzoppardi, Deborah Chappell, Anthony David Gatt
11:15 - 11:25
Innovating for Tech Opportunities across the Commonwealth
Lord Marland
11:25 - 11:40
Towards a common Sandbox Environment
Eric Van Der Kleij, Lord Marland, Minister Carmelo Abela, Dr Amanda J Sharkey
11:40 - 12:00
A.I. FRAMEWORK INITIATIVES: HOW SHOULD WE REGULATE AI?
Monty Munford, Alexiei Dingli, Olga Finkel, Dinis Guarda, Gagan Singh
12:00 - 12:10
The current status of the DLT Regulatory Framework
Jonathan Galea
12:10 - 12:20
REGULATING STOS FOR THE MASSES
Gordon Einstein
12:30 - 14:00
AI START UP PITCH
14:00 - 14:10
Blockchain and the Future of Humanity
Vinay Gupta
14:10 - 14:40
How does Blockchain bring social benefits to Emerging Economies?
Monty Munford, H.E. Khurram Shroff, Vinay Gupta, Neyma Jahan
14:40 - 14:55
The future of digital money
Bobby Lee
14:55 - 15:10
Is a Global Decentralised Financial System a Possibility or a Utopia?
Bobby Lee, Eric Van der Kleij
15:10 - 15:20
Bitcoin: a 21st century Currency Renaissance?
Tim Draper
15:20 - 15:30
How can we reconcile blockchain security with rampant hacks?
Pascal Gauthier
15:30 - 15:40
Hacking the DNA of Humanity by Blockchain & A.I.
Dinis Guarda
15:40 - 16:00
How will A.I. shape an evolving job market?
Francina Moisa, Thomas Power, Angelo Dalli, Jorge Sebastio, Ben Goertzel
16:00 - 16:20
Data mining: Your online identity
Max Studennikoff, Miko Matsumura, John Calian, Dr. Alexandra Mikityuk, Dion Croom
Jimmy Zhao
16:20 - 16:30
What is Web 3.0 and why does it matter?
Larry Sanger
16:30 - 16:50
How Will Blockchain, A.I. and IoT Converge in the Next Decade?
Wesley Ellul, Larry Sanger, Fernando Martinho, Mike Rosner, Francesco Andreoli, David Pulis
Francesco Andreoli
16:50 - 17:05
Decentralised A.I.: an Existential Risk or an Auspicious future?
David Orban, David Hanson
17:05 - 17:15
Cryptocurrency exchanges: Opportunities and Challenges
Kiana Shek
17:15 - 17:25
GAME THEORY: HOW DO WE INCENTIVISE GOOD BEHAVIOUR?
Lars Brunjes
17:25 - 17:40
How will digital currencies change the world?
Roger Ver
17:40 - 18:00
Ethical Implications of AI for Humanity
Thomas Power
18:00 - 20:00
NETWORKING DRINKS
19:30 - 23:00
AWARDS GALA
Workshop stage
Room 1 - AI Thought leaders
09:00 - 09:20
INTRODUCTORY KEYNOTE
Ben Goertzel
09:20 - 10:10
REGULATIONS, RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR AI
Dr Amanda J Sharkey, Massimiliano Caruso, Ben Goertzel, Amy Ter Haar
10:10 - 11:00
TOWARDS LEGALLY AND POLITICALLY SAVVY AIS
James Hughes, Vitaly Gumirov, Ani Sachdev, Ben Goertzel, Dylan Seychell
11:00 - 11:15
FROM ROBOTICS AND A.I. TOWARDS THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Dr. Nikolaos Mavridis
11:15 - 11:50
ADVANCED GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE JOB MARKET
David Orban, David Hanson Ph.D., Gina Smith, James Hughes, Ani Sachdev
11:50 - 12:40
AI IN MALTA
Amy Ter Haar, Angelo Dalli, David Hanson Ph.D., Massimiliano Caruso, Vitaly Gumirov
12:40 - 13:00
CONCLUSION AND NEXT STEPS
Room 1 - AI & BC for Payments, Banking & Finance
14:00 - 14:10
THE FUTURE OF MONEY
Parth Detroja, Aditya Agashe
14:10 - 14:20
MARKET SENTIMENT, MIXED EMOTIONS AND CRYPTO FUNDAMENTALS
Bobby Lee
14:20 - 14:30
FINANCIAL DISRUPTION: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Max Kantelia
14:30 - 14:35
STO TO FINANCE A STARTUP: THE FIRST STEPS TO LAUNCH A SECURITY TOKEN
Max Kops
14:35 - 14:55
21ST CENTURY RISKS: BANKING AND CYBERSECURITY
Chris Grech, Sean Salloux, Paul Warren, Dr. Stefan Beyer, Jean-Michel Azzopardi
14:55 - 15:15
PAYMENT PROCESSORS AND THE NEED TO ADAPT
Yanki Önen, Jovan Gavrilovic, David Gold, Calvin NG, Ivan Bolonikhin
15:15 - 15:35
TRADITIONAL CURRENCY VS CRYPTOCURRENCY
Dushan Spalevich, Arnaud Salomon, Andrea Castiglione, Matthias von Hauff, José Maria Macedo
15:35 - 15:45
BRIDGING THE GAP: CRYPTO AND FIAT CURRENCY
Oliver Prock
15:45 - 16:00
ADDRESSING VULNERABILITIES FOR NEXT GENERATION CRYPTOCURRENCY WALLETS
Pascal Gauthier, Brad Bulent Yasar, Robert Rhodin, Dr Malcolm Falzon, Vitaly Gumirov
16:00 - 16:10
FINTECH: ARE TURST LAYERS AND INCREASED EFFICIENCY ENOUGH FOR MASS ADOPTION?
Vaibhav Khadikar
16:10 - 16:20
CHANGE AND EXCHANGE: IS A CRYPTO MARKET RECOVERY IN SIGHT?
Pawel Kuskowski
16:20 - 16:30
BLOCKCHAIN AND THE GLOBAL BANKING SYSTEM
Nuno Barroso
Room 1 - Understanding DAO
16:30 - 16:45
STATE OF THE DAOS
Beth McCarthy
16:45 - 17:00
COLLECTIVE ORGANISATION AND PRODUCTION IN THE DAO ERA
Daniel Shavit
17:00 - 17:25
TOKENSPACE: A VISUAL APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING PROPERTIES OF CRYPTOASSETS
Wassim Alsindi
17:25 - 17:35
KELSEN: TACKLING CORRUPTION WITH ETHEREUM SOFTWARE
Louis Margot-Duclot
17:35 - 17:45
BLOCKCHAIN PARTNERSHIPS IN THE REAL WORLD, FINANCIAL INCLUSION, DEFI (DECENTRALIZED FINANCE MOVEMENT).
Gustav Arentoft
17:45 - 18:00
OPEN DAO: PROTOTYPING DAO SOLUTIONS
Beth McCarthy, Daniel Shavit
Room 2 - Driving Legislation in Technology
09:00 - 09:10
OPENING KEYNOTE
Hon. Silvio Schembri
09:10 - 09:30
RUNNING AN EXCHANGE IN A REGULATED ENVIRONMENT
Hirander Misra
09:30 - 10:15
ICOS & STOS – FRIENDS OR FOES?
Dr. Jeppe Stokholm, Jor Law, Miko Matsumura, Hirander Misra
10:15 - 10:30
KEYNOTE SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALTA
Hon. Joseph Muscat
10:30 - 11:00
KNOW YOUR BLOCKCHAIN: COMPLIANCE IN DLT
Adam Vaziri
11:00 - 11:30
DELVING INTO LEARNING & TECHNOLOGY: THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIVE INITIATIVES
Dr. Lars Brünjes
11:30 - 11:45
COFFEE BREAK
11:45-12:05
TAX OR NO TAX: HOW CRYPTOS ARE TAXED IN MALTA
Antoinette Scerri
12:05-12:15
SECURITY TOKENS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF STOCK EXCHANGES
Abdalla Kablan
12:15-12:35
THE USE OF SMART TOKENS IN SECURITIES FIELD
Georgiy Gukasyan
12:45-13:05
BLOCKCHAIN, DLT AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSURANCES
Dr. Joshua Ellul
13:05-13:15
CLOSING ADDRESS
Anton Dalli
Room 2 - The Brokerage Event
14:00 - 18:00
FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS FOR AN ALL-INCLUSIVE B2B MATCHMAKING HAVEN AT BEST SUMMIT IN TOWN.
Mainstage
09:00 - 09:10
Enough is Enough: the Power of Blockchain to end the era of big data breaches
Alain Falys
09:10 - 09:30
Institutional and private invesment in A.I.
Tugce Ergul, Alex Fayette, Vivek Ramaswami, Sunil Chhaya, Eric Benz
9:30 - 9:40
Demistfying A.I.: The transition is closer than you think
Angelo Dalli
09:40 - 09:50
Our relationship with A.I. and robots
Noel Sharkey
09:50 - 10:10
Artificial General Intelligence: fact or fiction?
Monty Munford, Noel sharkey, Ben Goertzel, Dr. Claudia Borg, David J Gunkel
10:10 - 10:20
WHEN EMERGING TECH COLLIDES: A STABILISING FUTURE FOR IGAMING
Juliet Adelstein
10:20 - 10:40
A.I.: Lessons learned and prospects ahead
Thomas Power, Dinis Guarda, Toufi Saliba, Joshua Hong, Paul Lee
10:40 - 10:50
How will blockchain affect today's charities?
Sandor Habsburg-Lothringen of Austira
10:50 - 11:00
Emerging economies, credibility crises and cryptocurrency
Michael Nye
11:00 - 11:20
Tech trio: The social significance of A.I., IoT and Big Data
Miguel Francis-Santiago, Jan-Peter Doomernik, Anthea Greco, Omaid Hiwaizi
Omaid Hiwaizi
11:20 - 11:30
Next steps: Malta's role as the quantum island
Andre Xuereb
11:30 - 11:40
DETERMINISTICALLY COMBATING DEEPFAKE A.I. USING BLOCKCHAIN AND CRYPTOGRAPHY
Toufi Saliba
11:40 - 11:50
A.I. TECHNOLOGY: OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW
Angelo Dalli
11:50 - 12:00
A NUANCED FUNDRAISING MECHANISM FOR TECH STARTUPS
David Orban
12:00 - 12:10
TOWARDS A TOKENISED CULTURE OF BORDERLESS HARMONY
Gordon G.E. Wang
14:00 - 14:10
SECURITY TOKENS ON A BITCOIN LAYER TWO SIDECHAIN
Adam Back
14:10 - 14:20
Debunking the myths and fallacies of Blockchain
Miko Matsumura
14:20 - 14:30
A $500 TRILLION TOKENISED ECONOMY
Patrick Lowry
14:30 - 14:50
No breaks on the crypto roller coaster
Alex Batlin, Steve Kelso, Denis O'Neill, Evan Luthra, Patrick Lowry, Sam Lee
14:50 - 15:00
Investment: crypto equity and security tokens
Simon Dixon
15:00 - 15:20
The Ultimate showdown: BTC vs BTC Cash
Monty Munford, Roger Ver, Tone Vays
15:20 - 15:40
Global Banking in the Digital Age
Monty Munford, Eloisa Marchesoni, Kenneth Farrugia, Simon Dixon, Gregory Klumov, George Paliani
15:40 - 15:50
Blockchain Investment: Has the industry matured for institutional Investors?
Denis O'Neill
15:50 - 16:15
All you need to know: STOs - IPOs - IEOs
Ransu Salovaara, Giacomo Arcaro, Gordon Einstein, Ruslan Gavrilyuk, Max Kops, Kokila Alagh
Kokila Alagh
16:15 - 16:25
THE BLOCKCHAIN DILEMMA: SCALABILITY AT THE EXPENSE OF DECENTRALISATION
Alexander Borodich
16:25 - 16:40
What will the Future of the Fintech Industry Look Like?
Alex Alexandrov, Alexander Borodich
16:40 - 16:50
Blockchain and the transaction revolution
Mariela Tanchez
16:50 - 17:10
365 days later: Which crypto projects are building this budding space?
Dotun Rominyi, Tone Vays, Alexander Borodich, Yagub Rahimov, Marwan Alzarouni, Ivan Bolonikhin
17:10 - 17:20
Money, iGaming and blockchain technology
Erwin Dickman
17:20 - 17:30
BEYOND BANKING: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE MERGE ARTIFICIAL INTUITION WITH DLT?
Alex Alexandrov
17:30 - 17:50
Banking the Unbanked: The significance of borderless currency
Max Studennikoff, Patrick Chang, Carla Vella, Adam Back, Nuno Barroso, Ruzbeh Bacha
17:50 - 18:00
A PARADIGM SHIFT: UNDERSTANDING DECENTRALISED FINANCE
Jimmy Zhao, Eric Zhang
18:00 - 20:00
NETWORKING DRINKS
19:00 - 21:00
CRYPTO CRUISE
22:00 Onwards
CLOSING NIGHT
Workshop stage
Room 1 - AI & BC for Retail & Property
09:00 - 09:10
FROM PROOF OF OWNERSHIP TO PROOF OF WORK
Antonio Giannino
09:10 - 09:20
HOW TO ACCEPT CRYPTO WITHOUT INVESTING IN NEW POS HARDWARE
Martin Glettler
09:20 - 09:30
MACHINE LEARNING IN REAL ESTATE MARKETPLACES
Dr. Gege Gatt
09:30 - 09:40
WHEN BLOCKCHAIN MEETS RETAIL
Thibault Verbiest
09:40 - 10:00
REAL ESTATE AND BLOCKCHAIN: BEST USE CASE OR ALL HYPE?
Yael Tamar, Alexandra Levin Kramer, Thibault Verbiest, Dr Henry Balani, Dr. Jeppe Stokholm
10:00-10:20
STREAMLINING B2B PAYMENTS AND CROSS BORDER TRANSACTIONS
Gabriele Lipniute, Brad Bulent Yasar, Uldis Teraudkalns, Haroun Moula, Jack Nikogosian
10:20-10:30
ISLAMIC FINANCE MISSING LINK BLOCKCHAIN
H.E. Khurram Shroff
Room 1 - AI & BC for Entertainment & Marketing
10:30 - 10:40
THE BITCOIN NETWORK EFFECT AND BLOCKCHAIN ADOPTION RATES
Anna Frankowska
10:40 - 11:00
WEB 2.0 VS WEB 3.0
Marco Calicchia, Jean-Philippe Beaudet, Sergei Khitrov, Daniele Monteleone, Dr. Alexandra Mikityuk
11:00 - 11:10
PERSONAL BRANDING: GROWTH HACKING YOUR WAY TO PROMINENCE
Giacomo Arcaro
11:10 - 11:20
ASSETS ON THE BLOCK: UNDERSTANDING VIRTUAL OWNERSHIP
Caty Tedman
11:20 - 11:40
CONSUMER DEMANDS AND WEB TRAFFIC IN THE CRYPTO ERA
Maya Middlemiss, Dr. Tiffany Brown, Sébastien Borget, Vaibhav Khadikar
11:40 - 12:00
GAMIFICATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN AFFILIATE MARKETING
Ray Davies, Gabriel Zanko, Benjamin Boyle, Franco Bondi, Dr. Denise De Gaetano
Room 1 - AI & BC for Transport & Logistics
12:00 - 12:10
UNCOVERING BLOCKCHAIN USE-CASES: SUPPLY CHAIN TRACEABILITY
Giuseppe Perrone
12:10 - 12:25
SUPPLY CHAIN 4.0: REDEFINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN AND MACHINE
Antonio Giannino, Gabriele Bernasconi, Eleonora Mulas, Premindra Rajaram
12:25 - 12:35
HOW BLOCKCHAIN WILL CHANGE THE WORLD OF LOGISTICS
Guido Schmitz-Krummacher
12:35 - 12:45
LOGISTICS AND BLOCKCHAIN AT SCALE
Richard Parris
12:45 - 13:00
A.I., BLOCKCHAIN AND BIG DATA: THE TRINITY DRIVING US TO THE FUTURE
Gagandeep Singh
13:00 - 13:25
SMART CRYPTO CITIES
Maksym Vysochansky, Bruce Jeong, Eloisa Marchesoni, Ryan Burleson, Andrea Bonaceto
13:25 - 13:45
HOW CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRINCIPLES, BLOCKCHAIN AND IOT HELP SMART SUPPLY CHAINS
Gabriele Bernasconi, Eleonora Mulas
13:45 - 14:00
UNDERSTANDING THE UTILITY OF NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS
Room 1 - AI & BC for Healthcare
14:00 - 14:10
KEYNOTE BY HON. CHRIS FEARNE
Hon Chris Fearne
14:10 - 14:20
A.I. AND BLOCKCHAIN - THE IDEAL RELATIONSHIP FOR SUCCESS IN HEALTHCARE
Stefan Buttigieg
14:20 - 14:40
BLOCKCHAIN IN HEALTHCARE: THE ULTIMATE CASE
Zain Rana, Dr. Denise De Gaetano, Henry Ines, Stefan Buttigieg, Maria Marenco
14:40 - 15:00
BLOCKCHAIN, A.I. AND MEDICAL RECORD MANAGEMENT
Stefan Buttigieg, Jake Azzopardi, Dr. Gege Gatt, Tomaz Gornik, Adrian Pisani
15:00 - 15:20
A.I. IN PUBLIC HEALTH: SHIFTING FROM REACTION TO ANTICIPATION
Maria Marenco, Conrad Attard, Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Stefan Buttigieg
15:20 - 15:30
FREE HEALTH IN THE WORLD
Fernando Chacón
15:30 - 15:35
CLOSING REMARKS
Stefan Buttigieg
Room 2 - Blockchain and Risk (BAR) Seminar
09:00 - 09:30
CONTROL, ALT, DELETE
Dr. Terence Cassar
09:30 - 10:00
REGULATING NEW TECHOLOGY FRONTIERS
Dr. Christian Ellul
10:00 - 10:45
IFORGOT
Howard Poston
10:45 - 11:00
COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 11:30
BLOCKCHAIN - THE GAME CHANGER
Carla Vella
11:30 - 12:15
SMART CONTRACTS
Fabio Hidlebrand
12:15 - 12:45
ETHICS BY DESIGN
Ivana Bartoletti
Room 2 - AI & BC for Social Impact
14:00 - 14:10
OPENING REMARKS
Chris Vassallo
14:10 - 14:25
NATURE2.0: INSIGHTS TOWARDS THE UNIMAGINABLE ECOSYSTEMS OF TOMORROW: FROZEN MINDSETS, EXISTING TECHNOLOGY AND THE COMMONS
Jan-Peter Doomernik
14:25 - 14:55
FROM WASTE TO RESOURCE
Chris Vassallo, Tabata Mussone, Neal Camilleri, Francesco Vauban, Mariano Jose Diaz Villafuerte
14:55 - 15:20
UTILISING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY TO EMPOWER PEOPLE
Fraser Brown, Liliana Carrillo, Martijn Hekman, Duncan Murray, Claude Ebejer
15:20 - 15:35
MAKING GOVERNMENTS COMPETE FOR YOU
Titus Gebel
15:35 - 16:00
A “SHARERS INITIATIVE” FOR OPEN GOVERNANCE?
Eduardo Javier Muñoz, Francesco Carbone, Remigio Maradona
16:00 - 16:25
SOCIAL IMPACT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION
Neha Mehta, Severiyos Aydin, Barbara Lang, Lucas Zaehringer, Daud Zulfacar
16:25 - 16:40
DOING WELL BY DOING GOOD
Kenneth Reece
16:40 - 16:55
STARTUP INVESTORS SHOULD PRIORITIZE SOCIAL IMPACT OVER ROI
Jan Brody
16:55 - 17:20
CAN TECH TIP THE SCALE TOWARDS CHANGE?
Sandor Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduke of Austria, Jan-Peter Doomernik, Juliet Annerino, Liliana Carrillo
17:20 - 17:35
BLOCKCHAIN AND TECH FOR FOOD SECURITY
Steve Cachia
17:50 - 18:00
CONCLUSION AND NEXT STEPS
Chris Vassallo
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