Introduction speech and Host – Aurora C. Aquino Board of Adviser Trans International, Board of Adviser C3 Summit US/Arab Healthcare, Adviser to the Royals. (5 min.) 1:00 pm. 1:05

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Key Speaker- H.E. Ambassador Koné Tanou , ECOWAS Permanent Observer to the United Nations. (15 min.) 1:05- 1: 20 pm

 

Guest speaker- Sergio Cordova Fernandez CEO of Public Foundation Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist & UN Blockchain Commissioner (15 min.) 1:20-1:35 p.m.

 

Keynote Speaker- Josef Merrill - (10 min. ) 1: 35 pm to 1:45 pm.

 

Started his professional career as a U.S. diplomat, and was a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service, completing assignments in Washington, DC; Sarajevo, Bosnia- Herzegovenia; Abuja, Nigeria; and Seoul, South Korea. He is a graduate of the University of California, Davis, and earned his M.B.A. in Finance and Economics from the University of Chicago. Josef volunteers as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Legacy Traditional Schools, and as a founding board member of Emma’s Choice and the STEM Academy.

 

Main Topics of Conference Moderator and Speakers

 

1) Impact of the Digital Economy on the Future World Pattern- (45 min) 1: 45 pm - 2: 30 pm.

The digital economy transcends national boundary systems and civilizations. It has brought about the most inclusive economic model in the thousands of years of human history. Its prevalence will bring great changes to the global economy and will also have a profound impact on the world pattern.

 

Moderator- Thomas Meredith - Founder and CEO of BitMinutes, offering Free Money Transfer and Guaranteed Loans to over 4 Billion bank and mobile accounts worldwide using proprietary “Smart Token” technology.

 

Speaker- David Mondrus – CEO Trive , 30+ years of experience. Former employee #5 at Bigfoot.com, CTO - Bigstar.com and CEO – One Model Place.com. I hold an MBA from

Columbia University. I believe that Bitcoin will change the world for the better right in front of our eyes.

 

Speaker- Yiting Shen -Global Head of External Network Management for Treasury & Trade

Solutions (TTS) at Citigroup (120 countries, ~300 banks)

 

Speaker - Stephen Turban - US-China Block Invest Summit to Harvard’s Blockchain and

Cryptocurrency Summit. Outside of blockchain,blockchain, he has been invited to host shows

such as Jiangsu TV Who’s Still Standing,the Ivy-League Spring Festival Gala, and the

Harvard-China Film Festival. Stephen is an all-star contributor to the Tech in Asia media

platform and is the author of the Amazon bestseller.

 

Speaker- Lion Shi - Leon has worked as a financial report in Founder, a well-known financial

and commercial media based in writer of Litters from Silicon Valley; Strategic director of GEM

listed company Dark Horse Venture; Leon is also a founding member of online education

company ny sanhao.com. No. Now he is in charge of investment and investment banking

business of Node Capital.

 

2) New Technologies, New Ecosystems and Innovation Practices in Blockchain Technology- Blockchain is a global technological revolution. How one can use this new technology to drive development through innovation and build a new ecosystem has become an international proposition. Panels - 2:30pm - 3:15 pm (45 min.)

 

Moderator- Ban Tran CEO Trans International Group LLC. New technology development in Blockchain, Nano, and Graphene.

 

Speaker- Sean Koh- CEO Entrepreneur, and Investors Crypto/Blockchain. He was rated by one Fortune 500 Youth Entrepreneur.

 

Speaker- Alexander Riggs-Founder and CEO of Smart Chain Media, a premiere media and

Blockchain company that is transforming entertainment. Smart Chain Media is creating a

platform that levels the playing field for content creators all over the world regardless of gender,

language, location or race.

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Speaker- Andrew Zhang- IBM Watson Cloud Advocate. He has many years of experience in

cloud, analytics, machine learning, and blockchain. He is also working with startup companies

and enterprises in financial, healthcare, media, and telecom industries. country. He is currently

co-authoring a book on Blockchain which focuses on Blockchain as a service, smart contract,

data privacy, identity management, and HyperLedger-Ethereum cross-chain interoperability.

 

Speaker- Frank Fu - CEO of HBUS, the exclusive strategic partner of Huobi. Fu founded

several blockchain mobile consumer applications and digital media startups in the US and Asia

in his career. Previously, he served as Global Managing Director of Meitu and the President of

Kingsoft Office Software US, a subsidiary of Kingsoft. Fu served as vice president and general

manager at Bitfone, a pioneer mobile device management company acquired by HP for $160

million.

 

Speaker- Josh Smith -He led tech for the Presidential Campaign of Former US Ambassador to

China Jon Huntsman, led the creation of planet scale applications for Disney, Grindr, P90X and

several undisclosable Fortune 500s and movie studios. Advisor for Quoine's Liquid Exchange

ICO Mission Control (a regulated Japanese exchange), an advisor to the Wishtoyo Foundation .

 

3) How will Blockchain usher in a new age of Sustainable Development ?- Blockchain will usher in a new era of sustainable development, and is already making great changes. From ending corruption in developing nations, to securing and digitizing our cities and infrastructure, and protecting and employing thousands of populations in the world.

 

Panels- (40 min) 3: 15 pm. to 4:00 pm

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Moderator- Thomas Meredith CEO Bitminutes offering Free Money Transfer and Guaranteed Loans to over 4 Billion bank and mobile accounts worldwide using proprietary “Smart Token” technology.

 

Speaker - Bobir Akilkhanov- CEO Blockcrunch ,17 years of entrepreneurial and IT

experience to the team. Bobir's career was kicked off at the age of 21, when he was awarded

Entrepreneur of the Year in Australia in 2006 after founding a Facebook like website only a few

months after "The Facebook" went live..

 

Speaker- Ronen Sartena- Co founder - Through unique business development strategies,

thorough understanding of blockchain, the ICO process, finance, trading, and business

development, Ronen helps blockchain startups with key processes early on in their development.

 

Speaker- Daniel Xiao Sijian- Head of Asia-Pacific at BiYong ,Daniel is responsible for setting

business development strategy for Asia pacific division to develop market, engage users and

promote BiYong as the leading blockchain social platform for the region. Daniel holds an

M.Tech. in Enterprise Business Analytics from National University of Singapore, a bachelor in

Digital System security from University of Wollongong, and is a seasoned public speaker.

 

Speaker- Bo Zhang - Aurora Co-founder & amp; Global Market Executive. Graduated from

Tianjin Foreign Studies University, Bo has 10 years of working experience in European

countries.He was General Manager of ChoiceMMed Germany GmbH and Sales Director of

Zerotech, with extensive experience in overseas marketing and sales.

 

Speaker- Daniel Wang- Founder and chairman of Loopring Foundation. Daniel Wang is the

creator of Loopring Protocol, founder and chairman of Loopring Foundation. He used to work as

a senior software engineer and tech-lead at Google Mountain View, a senior director of

engineering at JD.com, and a senior director at Zhongan Insurance. Information Technology

Limited. He founded Coinport, a cryptocurrency exchange.

Daniel’s current focus include big data, high performance systems, blockchain, cryptocurrency,

and decentralized trading technologies.

 

Breaktime socializing (15 min) 4:00 -4:15 pm

 

4) Will Blockchain Bring a Disruptive Revolution to Traditional Equity Investment?-

The emergence of digital currency has brought an unprecedented impact on traditional equity investment. This is an “ irreconcilable “ gambling and a process of gradual integration. Will Blockchain bring a disruptive revolution to traditional equity investment.

 

Panels - (40 min) 4:15 - 4:50 pm

 

Speaker- Dr. Farzam Kalamadi- CEO of Future Trends China specialist and US Corporation engaged in investment and trade consulting, media relations, government lobbying, and so on. The Most Influential Foreign Figure In Modern China's History," is a Persian American, educated in Boston, now residing in Shanghai China for over a decade, is one of the very few personalities widely acclaimed both by the Chinese media and also recognized by the China government leadership at large as a true "China Hand" and a leading authority on China.

 

Speaker- Daniel Wang- Founder and chairman of Loopring Foundation. Daniel Wang is the

creator of Loopring Protocol, founder and chairman of Loopring Foundation. He used to work as

a senior software engineer and tech-lead at Google Mountain View, a senior director of

engineering at JD.com, and a senior director at Zhongan Insurance. Information Technology

Limited. He founded Coinport, a cryptocurrency exchange. Daniel’s current focus include big

data, high performance systems, blockchain, cryptocurrency, and decentralized trading

technologies.

 

Speaker- Matthew Herrick CEO- Prominent private equity fund, he Co-Founded Deed coin, in Melbourne, Florida in May of 2017. Leveraging blockchain technology to lower real estate commission to 1%. Herrick began scaling the platform and growing it into the industry leader it is today. Deedcoin has brokerage offices in 173 cities across all 50 states and Puerto Rico, servicing some 17,000 users, 30% larger than the previous industry leader Redfin.

 

Speaker- Xu (Haydn) Huang - CFA, MBA Haydn has good insights in fin-tech/banking digital transformation thanks to his background in both Banking and Technology.

 

5) Global Regulations and Supervision of the Digital Economy- In the rapid development of the digital economy, it is an unavoidable global topic to meet the legal supervision and improve the laws and regulations of various countries. The solution of this issue will bring new opportunities for the legalization, standardization and development of the digital economy around the world.

 

Panels- (35 min) 4:50 - 5:25 pm.

 

Speaker- Michael Dupree- CEO Easy Bit Bitcoin- Owner of EasyBit, Dupree manages

 

Speaker- Thomas Meredith- CEO Bitminutes- offering Free Money Transfer and Guaranteed Loans to over 4 Billion bank and mobile accounts worldwide using proprietary “Smart Token” technology.

 

Speaker- Vivi Lin- She is currently global managing partner of China’s leading blockchain media Mars Finance and incubator Consensus Lab. She is also founder of new media venture VIVI Media Group, which partners with investor relations and partnership assistance. She is also the global managing partner for China’s leading blockchain media - Mars Finance, in which she helps with their global operations and investment in the blockchain and crypto space.

 

Speaker- Justin Wale- Lawyer specializing on Crypto/Blockchain Technology

 

6 ) Blockchain Opens a New Chapter in the Development of NGOs-

Can Blockchain brings changes to national economies and government management, but also new development opportunities to NGOs and international organizations. Blockchain technology plays a role in NGOs and serves as a link to promote economic and cultural exchanges worldwide. It will open a new chapter in the development of NGOs.

 

Panels- (30min) 5:25 - 6: 00 pm

 

Speaker- Thomas Meredith- CEO and Founder of Bitminutes offering Free Money Transfer and Guaranteed Loans to over 4 Billion bank and mobile accounts worldwide using proprietary “Smart Token” technology.

Speaker- Michael Dupree- Owner of EasyBit Bitcoin CEO Bitminutes- offering Free Money Transfer and Guaranteed Loans to over 4 Billion bank and mobile accounts worldwide using proprietary “Smart Token” technology.

 

Closing speech - 6:00 pm

 

Closing Remark- H.E. Ambassador Koné Tanou Permanent Mission of ECOWAS

 

Thank you for attending and being part of the Global Blockchain Conference.

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