Please see the Blockchain Ireland Week schedule below. Click each tab to see the schedule for that day.
Monday’s proceedings begin at 9am.
Venue: The Alex Hotel Dublin
09:00 - 09:15
Opening Remarks - Progress and Process
Presenting a year of progress for Blockchain Ireland, with key highlights, and insights from the from working paper process, and broad view of the ecosystem in Ireland.
Moderator: Paul Hearns
Speaker(s): Dave Feenan, Chair of Blockchain Ireland
09:15 - 09:45
Keynote - Ireland's Stand
The Minister for Finance opens the event week once again, with a unique perspective from Irish and European positions.
Moderator: Paul Hearns
Speaker(s): Paschal Donohoe TD - Irish Minister of Finance, and President of Eurogroup of Finance Ministers
09:50 - 10:30
Panel 1 - Blockchain as Infrastructure
Blockchain As Infrastructure of the New Economy
With blockchain maturing as a technology, where does it stand today and where does it go next?
Moderator: David Cunningham - Coinmama
Speaker(s): Alejandro Gutierrez-Defactor, Andrew Howell-Blockdaemon, Barry Lowry, CIO for the Irish Government, Daniela Barbosa, Hyperledger Executive Director at The Linux Foundation, Professor Donal O'Mahony at Trinity College Dublin
10:30 - 10:50
Break
Tea, coffee and snacks will be provided
10:50 - 11:30
Panel 2 - NFTs
Why Should Ireland Care About NFTs?
Is there more to NFTs than 2D images of apes?
Moderator: Lory Kehoe - Coinbase
Speaker(s): Peter Coonan-Actor, Mick Flannery-Musician, Maser-Artist, Joyce Moloney NFT Artist, Tommy Danvers-Token||Traxx
11:35 - 12:15
Panel 3 - Education & Skills
The Crypto-Sector Skills Gap
Is there a skills gap? If so, how wide is the gap? What do we need to do to address it?
Moderator: Charlie Taylor - Business Post
Speaker(s): Donal Travers-IDA Ireland, Dr Irina Tal-Dublin City University, Una Fitzpatrick-Ibec, Paula Marie Kilgarriff-Technological University Dublin, Michael Tuohy-Mazars
12:20 - 13:00
Panel 4 - Crypto in Ireland
Is Crypto Now Mainstream?
What next for crypto in Ireland?
Moderator: Rosanna Cooney - The Currency
Speaker(s): Brian Gahan-Coinbase, Mai Santamaria-Department of Finance, Rory O'Keeffe-Matheson, Cormac Dinan-Crypto.com, Sean Mullaney-Stripe
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
Food will be provided
14:00 - 14:40
Keynote - INATBA
INATBA – (International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications) Update
Insights into INATBA’s activities in Europe and around the globe
Moderator: Paul Hearns
Speaker(s): Marc Taverner-INATBA
14:45 - 15:25
Panel 5 - Future of Digital Assets
Are Institutional Investors and Institutions Ready for Digital Assets?
Moderator: Eve Finn - Legal & General Investment Management
Speaker(s): Ben Duve-BNY Mellon,
Jason Ward-Fidelity, Dan Bolland
-Sia Partners,
Deborah Hutton-Eversheds Sutherland, John Cronin-Zodia
15:30 - 16:10
Panel 6 - Web3
Web3
What is it? How is it different to Web2? Is Ireland ready to embrace Web3?
Moderator: Jillian Godsil - Blockleaders
Speaker(s): Mark Sugden-NEAR Foundation, Amit Chaudhary-Polygon, Brian Elders-SORS Digital Assets, Pete Townsend-Techstars, Alejandro Gutierrez-Defactor, Maggie Love-SheFi
16:15 - 17:00
Keynote - Ireland's Opportunity
Ireland’s Blockchain, Crypto & Web3 Opportunity
Can Ireland becoming a global blockchain, crypto and Web3 hub?
Moderator: Paul Hearns
Speaker(s): John Whelan-Santander
17:00 - 17:30
Keynote - W3BCloud-Digital Asset Management
Essi has been engaged within the digital asset space since 2013, helping companies structure, diversify and manage their treasuries of digital assets to achieve the best risk adjusted returns based on their personal risk profile. By conducting research, applying game theory, risk assessments and stress testing protocol designs. He consults crypto projects and DAOs on how to structure and improve their tokenomic model.
Moderator: Paul Hearns
Speaker(s): W3BCloud-Essi Lagevardi
17:00 - 18:00
Drinks - Social
Refreshments will be provided
18:00 - 20:00
Web3 Ireland - Polygon, NEAR Foundation, SwissBorg Ventures, 0x & Deltafund
Polygon, NEAR Foundation, SwissBorg Ventures, 0x & Deltafund
An exploration of the protocols and platforms making waves
Moderator: Lory Kehoe
Speaker(s): Amit Chaudhary-Polygon, Mark Sugden-NEAR Foundation, Shane Kehoe-SwissBorg Ventures, Theo Gonella-0x, Kavita Gupta
Venue: O'Donoghue's
20:00 - 00:00
Tuesday’s proceedings begin at 9:30am.
Venue: The Alex Hotel Dublin
09:30 - 10:15
Keynote
The Central Bank of Ireland’s views on blockchain, crypto and Web3
Moderator: Paul Hearns
Speaker(s): Gerry Cross-Director of Financial Regulation - Policy and Risk with The Central Bank of Ireland
10:20 -11:00
Panel 1 - Crypto Exchange
Discussing the new exchanges, how they work and what we can do with them.
Moderator: Derek Lawlor - Simmons & Simmons
Speaker(s): Arcangelo Giannatassio- Crypto.com, Oded Levanon-Coinmama, James Nagle-Bitcove
11:00 -11:20
Break
11:20 -11:40
Research - Tokenisation
A look at the global toekinsation ecosystem map.
Moderator: Paul Hearns
Speaker(s): Moritz Schuh, Austrian Blockchain Centre
11:45 -12:15
Education - DeFi
Understanding decentralised finance to better teach it.
Moderator: Daniel Alfa
Speaker(s): William Meara-The DeFi Coach, Stephen Browne, SORS Digital Assets
12:20 - 12:50
Sia Partners - Update
Moderator: Paul Hearns
Speaker(s): David Cass-Sia Partners
13:00 - 13:45
Lunch
13:45 -14:15
Career - How to Get a Job in Crypto
Sponsored by Morgan McKinley
Entering and navigating the talent pipeline.
Moderator: Claiza Oliveira - Coinbase
Speaker(s): Eoin Connolly-Morgan McKinley, Ciaran Bergin-Parker Stewart, Paul Smyth-Top Tier Recruitment
14:20 - 15:00
Panel 2 - Metaverse
What it is, where it is, and why you need to know.
Moderator: Lisa Gibbons - Blockleaders
Speaker(s): Juarez Junior-Microsoft, Aileen Carville-SKMMP, Sabrina Anjara-Accenture, Jack O'Connor, Algorand
15:05 -15:40
Keynote - European Commission
A view from Europe’s digital innovation and blockchain expert.
Moderator: Paul Hearns
Speaker(s): Helen Köpman, Acting Head of Unit, Digital Innovation & Blockchain, European Commission
15:45 - 16:15
Blockdaemon - Update
Moderator: Paul Hearns
Speaker(s): Luke Dorney, EMEA Head of Business Development, Blockdaemon
16:20 - 1700
Panel 3 - ID
Identity in a Web3 world
Moderator: Andrea Cosentino
Speaker(s): Nev Flynn-pfpid, Niall Dennehy-Aid:Tech,Seema Khinda Johnson- Nuggets
17:00 - 18:00
Refreshments
18:00 - 20:00
Start Up Pitches - Entrepreneurial
Hot, fast and furious – the pitches and ideas from the bleeding edge
- Unbanx
- Algovera
- Stalker
- Coum
- Kaff
- Ulysses Whiskey
Speaker(s): Algorand, ACT-Conor Mills, Deltafund-Kavita Gupta, Elkstone-Barry Brennan, Michael Dwyer, SwissBorg Ventures-Shane Kehoe
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Venue: Doheny & Nesbitt
20:00 - 00:00
Day 2 Wrap Party Sponsored by OKX
OKX Sponsored Drinks
Wednesday’s proceedings begin at 09:00
Venue: The Gibson Hotel, Dublin
09:00
Welcome - Introduction
Introducing the programme for the day of keynotes and panel sessions.
Moderator: Paul Hearns09:05 - 09:30
Keynote - State of the Nation - Blockchain, Crypto and Web3
State of the Nation Address on Blockchain, Crypto and Web3: Opportunities and Challenges
Speaker(s): Professor Brian Lucey, Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin09:30 – 10:10
Panel - CBDCs and Stablecoins
A panel of experts discuss the current scene for central bank digital currencies and stablecoins, with a view on the recent instabilities.
Moderator: Paul HearnsSpeaker(s): Louis Curran - Gigabyte Investments , Lisa Simpson - Deloitte, Tony Moroney - UCC & Irish Management Institute, Jonathan Camilleri Bowman-Sekuritance10:10 – 10:30
Break
10:30 – 10:50
Keynote - Outlook
Mastercard’s view on crypto, blockchain and the the general outlook
Moderator: Paul HearnsSpeaker(s): Martin Etheridge-MasterCard10:50 – 11:30
Panel - Blockchain & Sustainability
Addressing the questions around blockchain and crypto and energy consumption, from various expert views.
Moderator: Paul HearnsSpeaker(s): Dr Cathal Wilson, Nexalus Co-founder & COO, Rachel Maher, Manager, Blockchain, EY. 11:30 – 11:50
Keynote - Outlook
The outlook from crypto and derivatives exchange OKX.
Moderator: Paul HearnsSpeaker(s): Frederica Tompkins - OKX11:50 - 12:00
Closing - Wrap up
Closing remarks, acknowledgements, thanks and a view of the evening events.
Moderator: Paul Hearns
Venue: Online
10:00 - 12:00
Education - ESRI/EU CHAISE - Skills
The focus of this conference will be to analyse the demand and supply of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) skills. We will provide an examination of the current blockchain labour market within Ireland, the UK and the EU-27.
Registration link: here
Further info: here
Moderator: Joyce O'ConnorSpeaker(s): Dionysios Solomos (EXELIA), Dr Adele Whelan (Senior Research Officer, ESRI), Dr Klavs Ciprikis (Post-Doctoral Researcher, ESRI), Prof J O'Connor (Chair of the Education, Skills and Innovation Working Group, Blockchain Ireland)
Venue: Café en Seine
18:00
Opening Remarks - Welcome, and event recap.
Moderator: Lory Kehoe
Speaker(s): Lory Kehoe18:00 - 22:00
Awards - Introduction
Media personality Baz Ashmawy hosts the Blockchain Ireland inaugural industry awards.
Moderator: Baz Ashmawy18:00 - 22:00
Award 1 - Start-up WG - Presented by Jack O'Connor, Algorand
18:00 - 22:00
Award 2 - Legal & Reg WG - Presented by Marzena Golinska, W3BCloud
18:00 - 22:00
Award 3 - Education WG - Presented by David Cass, Sia Partners
18:00 - 22:00
Award 4 - Developer WG - Presented by Frank Friel, Fidelity Investments
18:00 - 22:00
Award 6 - Enterprise WG - Presented by Luke Dorney, Blockdaemon
18:00 - 22:00
Award 7 - Exchange - Presented by Cormac Dinan, Crypto.com
18:00 - 22:00
Award 8 - NFT Aesthetic - Presented by Niall Fagan, Meta
18:00 - 22:00
Award 9 - NFT Functional - Presented by Lory Kehoe, Coinbase
18:00 - 22:00
Award 10 - Unsung Hero - Presented by Lory Kehoe