PAST SPEAKERS

He is a Swiss-Taiwanese dual-national lawyer protecting and promoting Cardano, the world’s first third-generation blockchain using a scientific philosophy

NATHAN KAISER

Chairperson,

Cardano Foundation

Switzerland

A leading venture capitalist in America, Worth Magazine regards him as one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Finance

TIM DRAPER

Founder,

DFJ Venture Capital

United States

Known as the Godfather of 'VOIP', he is one of the most important innovators and pioneers of modern business

ALEX MASHINSKY

Founder and CEO,

Celsius Network

United Kingdom

With over 12 years of experience in cybersecurity, privacy and emerging technology, Kevin is an early crypto evangelist who played a critical role in some of the early iconic blockchain projects

KEVIN FENG

Chief Operation Officer,

VeChain

China

An economist working on the Standardisation of Practice In Crypto Entities (SPICE) initiative on the regulatory task force in ACCESS

FREDERICK FUNG

Team Member of Regulatory Task Force,

ACCESS

Singapore

He was amongst the LinkedIn Power Profiles for Finance in 2018 for his active contribution as a key opinion leader in the professional finTech and blockchain community

CHIA HOCK LAI

President,

Singapore FinTech Association

Singapore

ANTONY LEWIS

Director of Digital Assets,

R3

Singapore

He conceived Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative in 2014 where he led the creation and deployment of several world-leading digital-enabled transformative services

HOCK YUN KHOONG

Partner, Blockchain Fund 1,

Tembusu Partners

Singapore

Elias is the director of Moonlight, a Core NEO ecosystem project by the city of Zion. NEO Blockchain is the 2nd largest built upon protocol for Dapps

ELIAS TAN

Singapore Lead,

NEO

Singapore

Having worked with leading companies in the financial and technology industry, Kiana has helped make investments more convenient and secure through blockchain technology

KIANA SHEK

Co-founder,

DigiFinex Exchange

Singapore

Guilhem is a seasoned executive with 7 years in fintech and 12 years in banking. He has extensive knowledge in lean transformation, core banking and product & process digitalisation

GUILHEM VINCENS

Head of APAC Change Management and Innovation,

ABN AMRO Bank N V

Singapore

He is a well-rounded business strategist with more than 15 years of experience in Asia. Anndy has advised a variety of industries for local, international & public listed companies

ANNDY LIAN

Member of Gyeongsangbuk-do Blockchain Special Committee,

Government of the Republic of Korea

Singapore

Kenrick is the founder of a company that ran eight hotel price comparison websites, generating 6 million unique visitors across the portfolio

KENRICK DRIJKONINGEN

Founding Partner,

LuneX Ventures

Singapore

He has 10+ years of experience in investing across education, technology, financial services and health care industries. Tony has also done deals amounting to more than US$ 1 billion so far

TONY GU TAO

Founding Partner,

NGC Ventures

Singapore

With 20+ years of experience in the banking and financial services industry, Anthony is an author, blockchain enthusiast and investor who aims at training the new generation of blockchain and Six Sigma professionals

ANTHONY LAI

Founding Member

ITSA - International Token Standardization Association

Singapore

As an industry leader with 18 years of experience in law, her work was recognized as “Best in Compliance and Regulatory” by Euromoney's Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards

KRISTI SWARTZ

Managing Partner,

Swartz, Binnersley & Associates

Hong Kong

Joseph brings with him 20+ years of experience having successfully started and managed several award-winning businesses in software, internet, and brand/artist management companies

JOSEPH TOH

Founder,

SignKeys

Singapore

A technology entrepreneur and motivational growth coach. His company Bit Rig Builders became the first company in Southern California to produce and ship customized crypto mining machines to consumers

KEVIN SOLTANI

Founder & President,

GIMA Group; California Blockchain Alliance

United States

Joshua is a crypto enthusiast and an early-stage tech investor, focused on frontier markets and verticals

JOSHUA HO

Co-Founder,

QCP Capital

Singapore

A FinTech expert, thought leader, Futurist and acclaimed author, Malik runs one of the largest impact communities on Social media, with nearly half a million followers in 60 countries and a billion impressions

MALIK KHAN KOTADIA

Co-founder, Chief mentor and CEO,

Finnovation Labs Private Limited

Singapore

A Bitcoin entrepreneur since 2012, he develops blockchain solutions for the Scandinavian financial sector. Christian also founded one of the first Swedish bitcoin exchanges, BTCX

CHRISTIAN ANDER

Founder,

Blockchain AB and BTCX

Sweden

Commonly known as ‘The Bitcoin Man’, he founded Crypto Chain University, the oldest repository for compilation of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency research papers

HERBERT SIM

Founder,

The Bitcoin Man

Singapore

He is a strategic advisor to international stock exchanges & FinTech companies on delivering global initiatives within the APAC region

ANDREW PAL

Chief Strategy Officer (APAC),

GSX Group

Singapore

He plays an active role in implementing changes within Standard Chartered Bank to conform to applicable OTC regulatory reforms impacting FM business. Mr. Ho is also the co-chair of the ISDA South East Asia Legal and Regulatory Committee.

JOHN HO

Head, Legal, Financial Markets,

Standard Chartered Bank

Singapore

He is an advisor for financial institutions on how to use the Distributed Ledger Technology to facilitate a global pool of liquidated assets for trading

CHUAN JI LIM

Partnerships (APAC),

Gibraltar Stock Exchange Group

Singapore

SIMON WILLIAMS

Senior Legal Counsel,

Origin X Capital

Hong Kong

He was the Senior Digital Strategist at Mizuho Financial Group, one of the largest financial conglomerates in Japan. Under his leadership, Mizuho has played a notable part in developing blockchain initiatives within finance

IKUMA UENO

Business Development Manager,

Cumberland

Singapore

She started 4 technology start-up companies and 2 Fintech investment funds since 2010. Vanessa is instrumental in spearheading the research & development department and the developer ecosystem in BCB Blockchain.

VANESSA KOH

CTO,

GBCI Ventures

Singapore

NG YI MING

Partner,

TRIVE

Singapore