Paris Blockchain Week Summit Held in France Dedicated to the Professionals of Blockchain and Crypto-assets
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Paris, December 18th 2018 – A few weeks after the PACTE law, which will regulate the crypto-asset industry in France, is voted, the Paris Blockchain Week Summit will gather 3,000 French and international professionals of the industry. The summit will be the flagship event of the Paris Blockchain Week.
The goal of the Paris Blockchain Week Summit is to showcase the French regulatory framework and ecosystem in order to:
Nurture vocations and foster the development of the blockchain scene in France and in Europe.
Encourage the best international blockchain projects to set up their activities in France and in Europe.
Organized by the French Digital Asset Association Woorton, Chain Accelerator, Datalents and Havas Blockchain, the event will take place in Station F and will be opened by Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy and Finance.
Kat Borlongan, Director of La French Tech, explains:
“The Paris Blockchain Week Summit will be an exclusive opportunity to show Paris as the European capital of blockchain and crypto-asset fundraising. Broadly speaking, this event will give the chance to gather the French and international tech ecosystem around these topics which are still undervalued in Europe and for which we are proud to be among the first movers.”
Agenda
During two days, on the main stage, renowned speakers from the most prominent international blockchain and crypto-asset organizations will present the latest advances in the industry and their sentiment on three main topics: Technology, Regulation and Investment.
Among the Topics Addressed:
Technology
Governance: the path to actual decentralization
Public and private keys management
Proof-of-Work vs. Proof-of-Stake
Integrating AI in distributed algorithms
IoT: wallets for people vs. wallets for objects
Strategies for decentralized data storage
Interoperability and scalability
Zero Knowledge Proof: beyond pure privacy applications
Sharding
Regulation
How the French regulated crypto-assets
Security Token Offerings: the next frontier
Self-regulation: a solution for secondary market players
The regulator’s conundrum: protecting the investor and fostering innovation
The future of currency in a digital world
International cooperation for the development of blockchain and crypto-assets
Attractivity and competitivity in the race for innovation
KYC-AML solutions for law enforcement agencies
Investment
Building the European digital asset market infrastructure
The role of exchanges in the democratization of crypto-assets
The OTC market chimaera
Investing in decentralized organizations
The rise of DEX
On-chain funds: the future of investing
Stable coins
A room dedicated to workshops and demos will also allow to showcase the French ecosystem and event partners in a more interactive format.
Speakers
More than 100 international speakers will attend the event. The first 45 announced are:
Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy and Finance
Mounir Mahjoubi, Secretary of State for Digital Affairs
Kat Borlongan, Director of La French Tech
Bibop Gresta, Chairman of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
Wei Zhou, CFO of Binance
Dominik Schiener, Co-founder of IOTA
Edward Moncada, CEO of Blockfolio
Arthur Breitman, Co-founder of Tezos
Nicolas Cary, CEO of Blockchain.info
Leonard Schrank, Former CEO of SWIFT
Pascal Gauthier, Chairman of Ledger
William Mougayar, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of JM3 Capital
Jenna Zenk, CTO of Melonport
Muneeb Ali, CEO of Blockstack
Henri Pihkala, CEO of Streamr
Ambre Soubiran, CEO of Kaiko
Mark Smargon, Co-founder of Colu and Bitgo
Ouriel Ohayon, Co-founder of ISAI
Angie Lau, Founder of Narramur and former Bloomberg TV lead anchor
Aleksei Antonov, Co-founder of SONM and SCDE Ventures
Michael Waitze, Founder of BlockchainLabs.ai
Zaki Manian, Founder of Skuchain
Jill Carlson, Founder of Juno
Benoît Couty, Tax Attorney at Pichard & Associés
Cyril Paglino, General Parter of Starchain Capital
Edward Woodford, CEO of SeedCX
Emanuele Francioni, Lead AT Dusk Network, & Executive Director of Web3 Ventures
Emin Gün Sirer, Professor at the Cornell University, & Co-Director of IC3 Initiative
Fabio Federici, Founder & CEO of Base58 Capital
Franck Guiader, Head of Innovation & Fintech at Gide 255
Jin Liu, Chairman at ABCMint Foundation
Justin Wu, Founder of Coinstate
Kosala Hemachandra, CEO of MyEtherWallet
Maja Vujinovic, CEO of OGroup, & former CIO of GE
Mark Yusko, Founder & CEO of Morgan Creek Capital Management
Michele Korver, Digital Currency Counsel at USDOJ
Mike Dudas, Founder & CEO of The Block
Philipp Honigman, Co-Founder of Tribute
Primavera De Filipi, Reasearcher at CNRS & Harvard University
Reuben Yap, COO of Zcoin
Robert Wiecko, COO of Dash
Tomasz Drwiega, Rust Developer at Parity Technologies
Tristan Thoma, Founder & CEO of Impera Strategy
Vincent Danos, Head Researcher at CNRS & ENS Computer Science Lab
Yves-Laurent Kayan, Founder & CEO of Coinplus
Karim Sabba, coorganizer of the event and co-founder of Woorton, explains:
“The Paris Blockchain Week Summit will gather the most famous French and international names in the Blockchain and crypto-asset space. Paris was missing a major international event dedicated to professionals to show the world they can consider France to set up their activities or accelerate their projects. France is one of the few G20 countries to have drafted in less than a year a welcoming framework for entrepreneurs of the industry. With a pool of talented engineers, a regulator that is agile with a keen understanding of the industry’s needs and policymakers open to meet the ecosystem, we have everything we need to welcome organizations whether they are industry giants or startups.”
About the Paris Blockchain Week Summit
An international conference dedicated to explore regulation, technology and investment of Blockchain and crypto-assets. The event will be held in Paris in Station F on the 16th and 17th of April 2019 and will gather 3,000 professionals and more than 100 international speakers. Among the first partners: Tezos, Ledger, Blockfolio, Solana, Gide 255, Streamr, ABCMint, La Place Fintech, Evenium, Brainjuice.
The Paris Blockchain Week taking place from April 13th to April 19th 2019 is a series of events under the joint High Patronage of the Ministry for the Economy and Finance and the Secretary of State for Digital Affairs. More than a dozen international events hosted by organizations from all around the world and thousands of attendees are expected to discuss blockchain and crypto-assets.
They support the Paris Blockchain Week: the Ministry for the Economy and Finance, the Secretary of State for Digital Affairs, Paris Europlace, La French Tech, the French Digital Asset Association, Woorton, Gide 255, Chain Accelerator, Datalents, Havas Blockchain, Capital Magazine, la Tribune, the Fintech Chair of Paris- Dauphine University and many more.
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