Blockchain Expo Global
London ▪︎ 6-7 September 2021
The EdenBase team shared experience and insights at Blockchain Expo Global with Daniel Doll-Steinberg as moderator and Gokce Gizer as a panellist on ‘The NFT Revolution for Fashion, Luxury & The Metaverse,’ and with Eric Van der Kleij as moderator of the key panel ‘Central Bank Digital Currencies in Action.’
Hosted by TechEx, the world-leading Blockchain Expo series returned to London on the 6th-7th September to host its annual event.
Bringing together key industries from across the globe for two days of top-level content and discussion across four co-located events covering Blockchain, IoT, Cyber Security & Cloud, AI and Big data.
The Blockchain conference agenda presented a series of expert keynotes, interactive panel discussions and solution-based case studies. All exploring the key industries that are set to be disrupted the most by this new technology, including; legal sectors, retail, financial services, healthcare, insurance, energy, music, government, real estate and more.
DAY 1: BLOCKCHAIN FOR ENTERPRISE
Panel: The NFT Revolution for Fashion, Luxury & The Metaverse
Moderator Daniel Doll-Steinberg | Co-Founder, EdenBase
▪︎ Stefan Kovach, ThinkChangers Ltd
▪︎ Gokce Gizer, EdenBase
▪︎ Stefania Barbaglio, Cassiopeia Services
▪︎ Luca Pepere, Angelo Galasso
The panelists shared their experiences with NFTs for fashion, luxury and philanthropy, and discussed their view of the metaverse.
In addition, the panel included a case study of the launch of the ‘AG NFT’, the first ever decentralised luxury physical-digital NFT twin, created in a collaboration between EdenBase, Angelo Galasso and digital artist Lee Robinson.
“Technology is disrupting is the luxury market”
Panel: Technology Utopianism & the State of Blockchain in Enterprise
Moderator Laura Ellis | BBC
▪︎ Shamit Bhat, GSMA
▪︎ Mark Cudden, we.trade
▪︎ David Karney, Worldline
The panelists discussed blockchain moving into the slope of enlightenment from the plateau of productivity.
Day 2: THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL ASSETS
Panel: Central Bank Digital Currencies in Action
Moderator Eric Van der Kleij | EdenBase
▪︎ William Lovell, Bank of England
▪︎ Nicole Sandler, Barclays
▪︎ David Karney, Worldline Global
▪︎ Richard Ells, AnyTask.com
◦ Innovation within central banks – use cases and geographical hot spots where national currencies are being tokenised
◦ Why digitise fiat currency with CBDC? Disruptive or stabilising?
◦ Pivotal regulatory landmarks and their knock-on effect within the industry
Blockchain Expo Attendees
5,000+
Attendees
500+
Speakers
350+
Exhibitors
5,000 attendees congregated for the conference including CTO’s, Heads of Innovation and Technology, IT Directors, Developers, Start-Up’s, OEM’s, Government, Automotive, Operators, Technology Providers, Investors, VCs and many more.
The Blockchain Expo showcases the most cutting-edge technologies from more than 300 exhibitors and provide insight from over 500 speakers sharing their unparalleled industry knowledge and real-life experiences.