Blockchain Australia Presents
AGENDA
The topics that matter to the Australian ecosystem.
Sessions that range from foundational basics to sectoral deep dives into the global implications of this emerging technology.
Blockchain Week 2021
Day One – Monday 19th April
BUILDING BLOCKS
DAY ONE PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY
Blockchain Week Kick Off Show
Time: 9:30am AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
SPEAKERS
Steve Vallas – Chief Executive Officer at Blockchain Australia
Ronald Tucker – Founder & Chairman Emeritus at Blockchain Australia (ADCA)
Karen Cohen – Deputy Chair at Blockchain Australia
Adriana Belotti – Director at Blockchain Australia
Brought to you by:
Talking Bitcoin - A Fireside Chat
Time: 10:00am AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
SPEAKERS
Chloe White – National Blockchain Roadmap Lead at Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources
Stephan Livera – Host at Stephan Livera Podcast
Understanding Ethereum and the Community (LIVE) with Anthony Sassano
Time: 11:00am AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
SPEAKERS
Jake Denny – Mycelium
Anthony Sassano – Founder of The Daily Gwei
REGISTRATIONS OPEN MONDAY 12TH APRIL 2021
Brought to you by
Exploring the World's Computer - Ethereum (Event Series)
RECORDED SESSIONS
Episode 2 – The evolution of Governance and role of DAOs
feat. Jack Deeb, interviewed by Jake Denny (SMI)
Episode 3 – Learning Solidity the language of Ethereum
feat. Bokky Poobah, interviewed by Jake Denny (SMI)
Episode 4 – The future of Domains on Ethereum
feat. Nick Johnson, interviewed by Jack Magnusson (Host of High Definition by Koji)
Episode 5 – Engineering the future of Ethereum – Eth2
feat. Peter Robinson, interviewed by Jack Magnusson (Host of High Definition by Koji)
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DeFi 101 - What You Need To Know
Time: 11:30am AEST
SPEAKERS
Ryan Kris – Associate Director at BDO Australia
Louisa Xu – Senior Legal Counsel at NPP Australia
Digital Asset Exchanges 101 - AMA
Time: 12:00pm AEST
Location:
Mine Digital, 1 Macquarie Place – Level 36, Gateway Building – Sydney, NSW 2000
SPEAKERS
Karen Cohen – Deputy Chair at Blockchain Australia
Grant Colthup – Chief Executive Officer at Mine Digital
ASIC Perspective - Engagement with Innovation
Time: 12:30pm AEST
Location:
Piper Alderman, 1 Farrer Place – Sydney, NSW 2000
SPEAKERS
Jonathan Hatch – Senior Advisor Strategic Intelligence – Innovation Hub at ASIC
Investing in [Blockchain] Innovation
Time: 12:45pm AEST
Location:
Piper Alderman, 1 Farrer Place – Sydney, NSW 2000
SPEAKERS
Michael Bacina – Partner, Piper Alderman
Chloe White – National Blockchain Roadmap Lead, Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources
Justin Amos – Chief Executive Officer, Lygon 1B
Jemma Xu – Co-Founder, RedBlock Capital
Kevin Saunders – Chief Investment Officer, Monochrome Asset Management
Central Bank Digital Currencies
Time: 1:30pm AEST
Location:
Hall & Wilcox, Level 18, 347 Kent Street – Sydney, NSW 2000
SPEAKERS
Chris Thompson – Deputy Head – Payments Policy Department at Reserve Bank of Australia
Claudio Lisco – Director Strategic Initiatives & Solutions – Aust & South East Asia at ConsenSys
Lisa Wade – Director at National Australia Bank
Richard McCarthy – Group Executive, Perpetual Corporate Trust at Perpetual Limited
Ross Buckley – KPMG Law – King & Wood Mallesons Professor of Disruptive Innovation
Central Bank Digital Currencies - A Crystal Ball View
AUSTRAC Perspective - Industry Engagement
Time: 2:30pm AEST
Location:
Hall & Wilcox, Level 18, 347 Kent Street – Sydney, NSW 2000
SPEAKERS
Evan Gallagher – Principal Specialist – Policy at AUSTRAC
Tess Ogle – Manager Exchanges, Regulatory Supervision at AUSTRAC
Regulation 101 - Topics Shaping The Industry
Time: 2:45pm AEST
Location:
Hall & Wilcox, Level 18, 347 Kent Street – Sydney, NSW 2000
SPEAKERS
Hannah Glass – Senior Associate at King & Wood Mallesons
Paul Derham – Partner at Holley Nethercote
Evan Gallagher – Principal Specialist – Policy at AUSTRAC
Byron Goldberg – Australia Head at Luno
Tess Ogle – Manager Exchanges, Regulatory Supervision at AUSTRAC
Blockchain (in) Education
Educational Approaches in the Blockchain Sector
Time: 4:00pm AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
SPEAKERS
Kelsie Nabben – Researcher at RMIT
Dimitrios Salampasis – Director at Swinburne University
Ingrid Volkmer – Director at International Global Policy Lab
Joseph Liu – Director at Monash Blockchain Technology Centre
Austin Lewinsmith – Co-founder at The Blockchain Collective
Brought to you by:
The Role of Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Education
Educational Approaches in the Blockchain Sector
Time: 4:30pm AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
SPEAKERS
Mark Gustowski – Managing Director at Innovation Architects
Philippe Ceulen – Principal Innovation & Ecosystems, Innovation Architects
Leesa Soulodre – Founder and General Partner, R3i Ventures
Lalitha Wemel – Regional Director (APAC), Community, Techstars
Brought to you by:
ECOSYSTEM SUPPORTERS
Blockchain Week 2021
Day Two – Tuesday 20th April
DIGITAL ASSETS
DAY TWO PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY
Keynote: The Hon. Andrew Bragg - Senator for New South Wales
Time: 10:00am AEST
Hon. Senator Andrew Bragg is joined by a panel guests to discuss the opportunities for Australia to advance as an international technology and financial centre.
TOPIC: Australia as a Technology & Finance Hub
An Audience @ the Australian Securities Exchange
Time: 10:15am AEST
Hon. Senator Andrew Bragg – Senator for NSW. Chair, Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre
Peter Hiom – Deputy CEO Australian Stock Exchange
Richard Wormald – Division President Australasia Mastercard
Caroline Bowler – CEO BTC Markets
Simon Banks – Director, PayPal Enterprise and Managing Director, Hyperwallet Australia
Enabling Australian beef exporters to access new markets with digital trade corridors
Time: 11:00am AEST
Laszlo Peter – Head of Blockchain Services at KPMG
Lachlan Graham – Chief Executive Officer, Argyle Foods Group
Melina Lagomarsino – Meat Traceability Analyst Argyle & KPMG
Tristan Shannon – Blockchain in Agribusiness Lead, KPMG
Beyond the [POC] Use Case: Real World Blockchain Applications
Time: 11:30am AEST
Emma Weston – CEO & Co-Founder, Agridigital
Simon Cant – Managing Director & Co-Founder, Reinventure
Natasha Blycha – Global Head of Digital Law, Herbert Smith Freehills
Katrina Donaghy – CEO at Civic Ledger
eftpos and Hedera: Enterprise-grade DLT
Time: 1:00pm AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
Ben Tabell – CIO, eftpos Payments Australia
Mance Harmon – CEO and Co-founder at Hedera Hashgraph (USA)
Zenobia Godschalk – SVP Communications, Hedera (USA)
Robert Allen – Entrepreneur in Residence, eftpos Payments Australia
Blockchain (in) Enterprise
Time: 1:30pm AEST
Location:
YBF Sydney, 155 Clarence Street – #5 -Sydney, NSW 2000
Gaurav Johri – Senior Adviser, Trade & Investment at Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)
Stephen Smith – Blockchain, Asia Pacific & Japan, Sales Lead at VMware
Danielle Gerace – Head of Market Advocacy & Innovation Research, APAC Northern Trust Corporation
Scott Hudson – General Manager – Market Liaison at Computershare
Vivekanand Ramgopal Vice President and Head – TCS Financial Solutions Tata Consultancy Services (INDIA)
Supported by:
Digital Currency Exchanges - The International Perspective
Time: 2:00pm AEST
Location:
YBF Sydney, 155 Clarence Street – #5 -Sydney, NSW 2000
Karen Cohen – Deputy Chair Blockchain Australia
Jeff Yew – CEO, Binance Australia
Byron Goldberg -Australia Head, Luno
Jonathon Miller – Managing Director Australia, Kraken
Proudly supported by:
Digital Currency Exchanges - The Australian Perspective
Time: 2:30pm AEST
Location:
YBF Sydney, 155 Clarence Street – #5 -Sydney, NSW 2000
Adrian Przelozny – CEO Independent Reserve
Caroline Bowler – CEO BTC Markets
James Elia – General Manager Australia, CoinJar
Proudly supported by:
A Conversation with Vinod Tiwari
VIRTUAL EVENT
Time: 3:30pm AEST
Vinod Tiwari – Global Head of BD at Powerledger
NFT's - Ready for the Mainstream?
Time: 4:00pm AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
Leah Callon-Butler – Director at Emfarsis
Ben Fairbank – CEO & Co-Founder at RedFOX Labs
Kieran Warwick – Co-Founder at Illuvium
Louise Mercer – Chief Experience Officer at Everledger
Proudly brought to you by:
A Conversation With Kain Warwick
Time: 4:30pm AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
Kain Warwick – Founder, Synthetix
Interviewed by Michael Bacina – Partner, Piper Alderman
Building the Decentralised Future
Time: 5:00pm AEST
Location:
Piper Alderman, 1 Farrer Place – Level 23, Governor Macquarie Tower – Sydney, NSW 2000
Adrian Manning – Director, Sigma Prime
Adriana Belotti – Digital Product and Community, Prismatik
Patrick McNab – Head of Product & Co-Founder, Mycelium
Michael Bacina – Partner, Piper Alderman
Alexa Bowditch – Associate, Piper Alderman
Proudly brought to you by:
Blockchain: The World View
Time: 6:00pm AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
Introduction by Kelly Sims – Assistant General Manager, Client Group at AUSTRADE
Caroline Malcolm – Head, Global Blockchain Policy Centre, OECD
Marc Taverner – Executive Director, INATBA
Siân Jones – Senior Partner, XReg Consulting
Anson Zeall – Chairman, Access Singapore and Co-Founder IDAXA.org
Ekaterina Anthony – Council, CryptoValley Association Switzerland
Supported by
ECOSYSTEM SUPPORTERS
Blockchain Week 2021
Day Three – Wednesday 21st April
THE BUILDERS
DAY THREE PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY
Australian Builders Community - Startups & Scaleups
Time: 9:30am AEST
Location:
YBF Melbourne, 520 Bourke Street – Melbourne, VIC 3000
Hosted by Kaia Myers-Stewart – Director of Product Management at BITS-Core
A showcase featuring Australia’s startups and scaleups. Striving to change the Blockchain landscape locally & globally.
Supported by
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Ignatius Bourke – ProvenDB
Renee Chung – DayByDay
Dale Taylor – FutureCX
Steve Milburn – DLTx
Ray Wang – LucaPlus
Chris Dorian – BuildSort
Chris Were – Verida
Tony Surtees – Laava
Adam Poulton – Get Paid In Bitcoin
Warwick Powell – Beefledger
Hosted at:
Proudly supporting ecosystem growth:
Block8 - From Zero to One
Time: 11:00am AEST
Location:
Stone & Chalk, 11 York Street – Sydney, NSW 2000
Tim Bass – CEO& Co-Founder, Block8
Leighlah Ashmore – Head of Partners and Alliances, Block8
A Green and Gold ink that doesn't run. Blockchain and the future of Australian Exports
Time: 11:30am AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
David Elliot – Executive Director, Agile Digital
Bridie Ohlsson – CEO, Geora
Rob McNeill – Assistant Director Customer Experience Group, IP Australia
ASX DLT Solutions Ecosystem – What’s actually happening
Time: 12:00pm AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
David Beros – Chief Product Officer, DigitalX Ltd
Betsy Stephens – Head of Strategy – Global Technology and Operations, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Paul Stonham – General Manager DLT Solutions at ASX
Matt Mills – Founder, Boulevard Global
Building the Borderless Economy with Algorand
Time: 1:00pm AEST
Location:
YBF Melbourne, 520 Bourke Street – Melbourne, VIC 3000
Karen Cohen – Deputy Chair Blockchain Australia
Jason Lee – Chief Operating Officer, Algorand
Michael Cotton – Founder, Meld Gold
Phil Talbot – Founder, Authentium
Shayne Hooper – Founder SPI
R3 & Grow Super - Solving legacy problems in the financial services with DLT
Time: 1:30pm AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
Willy Lim – Strategic Advisory Global, R3
Mathew Keeley – Managing Director & CEO, Grow Super
Indra Suppiah – Government Relations Lead (APAC) at R3
Ethics in Digital Assets and Infrastructure
Time: 3:00pm AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
Natasha Blycha – Global Head of Digital Law, HSF
Rupert Colchester – Lead Client Partner, IBM
Ellie Rennie – Professor and Future Fellow at RMIT University
Sue Keay – CEO Queensland AI Hub & Chair of Robotics Australia
Digital Identity and Privacy - A Conflict of Interests?
Time: 4:00pm AEST
Location:
YBF Melbourne, 520 Bourke Street – Melbourne, VIC 3000
John Phillips – Partner 460degrees
Amanda Robsinson – RedCross – Head of Social Innovation & Humanitech at Australian Red Cross
Victoria Richardson – Chief Strategy Officer at AusPayNet
Bridgette Engeler – Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Business and Law, Swinburne
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Privacy in Practice
Kee Jefferys – Chief Technology Officer at Oxen
Blockchain Week 2021
Day Four – Thursday 22nd April
THE NATIONAL BLOCKCHAIN LANDSCAPE
DAY FOUR PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY
The State of the [Blockchain] Nation
Location: WeWork, Level 22, 120 Spencer Street – Melbourne 3000
LIVE STREAM POWERED BY:
STATE OF PLAY
Time: 8:50am AEST
Steve Vallas – Chief Executive Officer at Blockchain Australia
THE REGULATORY LANDSCAPE
Time: 9:00am AEST
Michael Bacina – Partner at Piper Alderman
THE TAXATION LANDSCAPE
Time: 9:25am AEST
Joni Pirovich – Special Counsel at Mills Oakley
MANAGED INVESTMENT SCHEMES – AN OVERVIEW
Time: 9:45am AEST
John Bassilios – Partner at Hall & Wilcox
THE KRAKEN BANKING STORY
Time: 10:00am AEST
David Kinitsky – Chief Executive Officer at Kraken Bank
THE AML & CTF ENVIRONMENT IN 2021
Time: 10:45am AEST
Todd Lenfield – Country Manager at Chainalysis
A SINGAPORE PERSPECTIVE
Time: 11:00am AEST
Chia Hock Lai – Founding President Singapore Fintech Association, Co-Chairman Blockchain Association Singapore
Interviewed by Caroline Bowler – Chief Executive Officer at BTC Markets
REGTECH SETTINGS & TECHNOLOGY NEUTRALITY
Time: 11:30am AEST
Hannah Glass – Senior Associate, King and Wood Mallesons
FACILITATED DISCUSSION
Time: 12:00pm AEST
Proudly supported by:
Regulating and facilitating crypto-assets within the financial services framework
Time: 1:00PM AEST
Cathie Armour
Commissioner
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Cathie is the chair of ASIC’s Regulatory Issues and Policy Committees. She works closely with the ASIC teams responsible for regulating markets, corporations, financial reporting and insolvency and the enforcement of laws relating to market integrity and corporate governance. Cathie also focuses on the work of ASIC’s Innovation Hub which supports fintech and regtech activities.
Nathan Bourne
Senior Executive Leader Market Infrastructure
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Nathan leads ASIC’s Market Infrastructure team. The team supervises Australian market licensees and operators, clearing and settlement facilities, Australian derivative trade repository operators, benchmark administrators and credit rating agencies
Hema Reman
Senior Regulatory Policy Professional
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Hema is a regulatory policy professional and lawyer who is currently responsible for coordinating ASIC’s crypto-asset work.
She has expertise in providing strategic advice and leading projects to identify policy and legal solutions to facilitate business and drive behavioural change in the financial services industry.
The National Blockchain Roadmap - Master of Ceremonies
Time: 2:00pm AEST
Dr Jane Thomasson – Founder of Supernova Data
Blockchain Australia: Message from a Chairperson
Time: 2:10pm AEST
Adam Poulton – Chairperson at Blockchain Australia
The National Blockchain Landscape: The Story So Far
Time: 2:15 AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
Tim Bradley – General Manager, Emerging Tech. at Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
Chloe White – National Blockchain Roadmap Lead at Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
National Blockchain Roadmap: Sector Use Cases
Time: 2:45pm AEST
Credentials
Jason Potts – RMIT
Chris Berg – RMIT
Cybersecurity
Adriana Belotti – Prismatik
Steve Vallas – Blockchain Australia
Session 3 – RegTech
Hannah Glass – King & Wood Mallesons
Session 4 – Supplychain
Mark Staples – Data61
The Data Driven Future of Finance for Global Supplychains
Time: 3:15pm AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
Mastercard and Fresh Supply Co. – A Use Case
Asha Cugati – Head of Government and Business, Mastercard
Tony Murphy – Head of Global Trade APAC, Mastercard
Ashok Venkateswaran – Head of Digital Assets and Blockchain APAC, Mastercard
David Inderias – Co-Founder, CEO at Fresh Supply Co.
Sector Focus - The Agricultural and Supplychain Industry
Time: 3:45pm AEST
VIRTUAL EVENT
Louise Mercer – Chief Experience Officer at Everledger
Bridie Ohlsson – Chief Executive Officer at Geora
Cherie Tan – Vice President Communications & Sustainability at Asia Pacific Rayon
Emerging Technology Trends 2021
Time: 6:00pm AEST
Susan Brown – Partner, Deloitte
Michelle Mannering – Github Community Manager
Robert Hillard – Chief Transformation Officer at Deloitte Asia Pacific
Ellie Rennie – Professor and Future Fellow at RMIT University
Jason Lee – COO, Algorand
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