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CHAIN REACTION

10-12 SEPTEMBER 2024

AI - Blockchain - CRYPTO

CONNECTING ASIA AND EUROPE

Bringing together Cross-Industry Leaders at Chain Reaction to cover

Blockchain

Discover the revolutionary technology aiming to transform the world of business as we know it.

AI

Understanding the hype, applicability and safety of artificial intelligence to open innovative frontiers.

Finance

Deconstructing digital currency, DeFi and tokenization as the disruptor of the financial landscape

Web 3

Discover revolutionary technologies – blockchain, metaverse, gamefi, DePIN, ZKP, scale ups and much more

AI

Understanding the hype, applicability and safety of artificial intelligence to open innovative frontiers

Finance

Deconstructing the financial landscape with digital assets and currency, DeFi, payment systems and tokenization

Chain Reaction Snapshot

Attendees

2,000+

Speakers

50+

Organisations

100+

CR24 Themes

Chain Reaction focuses on three overarching global themes which has been fine-tuned to attract prospects and spark innovation through keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, fireside chats, and presentations.

Innovative Technologies

Immerse in the world of emerging technologies such as blockchain, metaverse, DeFi and A.I .

Digital Assets

Leading global financial institutions will share their motivations and reservations of digital assets.

Policy

Understand incoming trends in technological and legislative infrastructure.

Who is Coming to CR24?

Hear from the world's most influential voices and organizations.

What to Expect

Get ready to hear from leading experts and individuals discuss diverse ideas across multiple forum styles at Chain Reaction.

Hiring Rooms

Get access to talent by connecting your HR with graduates and interested participants at Chain Reaction.

Co-located Event

Understanding the hype, applicability and safety of artificial intelligence to open innovative frontiers.

Breaking News

Discover new insights on breaking events, upcoming legislations and economic development initiatives.

Hiring Rooms

Get access to talent by connecting your HR with graduates and interested participants at Chain Reaction.

Co-located Events

Official parties, product launches and other panels held in conjunction with our partners.

Breaking News

Discover new insights on breaking events, upcoming legislations and economic development initiatives.

Networking

Are you ready to connect with the best and brightest of the industry? Learn, exchange ideas, and discover new opportunities throughout the various Chain Reaction platforms and side events. Expand your network through round table discussions, chatting with a speaker or meeting our sponsors.

Chain Reaction is Looking for the Most Innovative Blockchain Startups in the Region

Idea

Broadcast your project to the world through Chain Reaction

Pitch and Win

Get in a pitch battle with your peers to win the prize and gain notoriety. The winner will receive a non-dilutive cash prize

Collaborate

Leverage Chain Reaction to find partners, clients and investors

Registration of startups will be allowed soon

Our Speakers

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

C4IR AZERBAIJAN

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

SYZ GROUP

DIRECTOR

OFFICE FOR FINANCIAL MARKET INNOVATION & DIGITALISATION OF LIECHENTENSTEIN

Dotun Rominiyi heads emerging technology globally for the capital markets division of LSEG. He's steering the adoption of blockchain and DLT across the group’s capital markets businesses as well as being part of the wider cross-divisional leadership around digital asset strategy and engagements with the wider capital markets landscape through strategic partnerships and external initiatives. With a combined 16+ year career history in video games and financial services (derivatives trading & quantitative market-making infrastructure & execution), with expertise that includes software engineering and architecture, product design and delivery, blockchain and DLT, high performance computing as well as real-time and scalable distributed systems.

DIRECTOR OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP

AI & ADVANCED TECH DIRECTOR

MIN. OF TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATIONS & IT OF OMAN

David Palmer is a digital visionary and global platform innovator. He is the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of Vodafone’s Digital Asset Broker (DAB) platform, and one of the leaders in blockchain technology for Vodafone Business.

David is a recognised thought leader in blockchain, Web3 and the application of these technologies to telecoms and wider enterprise business. David is an expert on the convergence of digital technologies and new business models, and he is currently exploring the opportunities associated with IoT, Blockchain, DeFi, Digital Identity and the Metaverse.

BLOCKCHAIN LEAD

VODAFONE BUSINESS

Paolo Bortolin serves as the Deputy CFO for the City of Lugano, a role in which he exemplifies fiscal acumen and strategic financial planning. With an extensive background in public finance and budgetary oversight, Paolo is committed to ensuring the financial stability and economic growth of Lugano. Before his tenure with the City of Lugano, Paolo honed his expertise through various financial leadership roles, where he demonstrated a keen aptitude for financial analysis, risk assessment, and the successful management of complex budgets.

DEPUTY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

CITY OF LUGANO

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

COINSHARES

Vladimir Remyga is a Director in Risk Advisory department. He leads Deloitte’s digital and cyber security services in the Caspian and Caucasus regions. Vladimir has over twenty years of experience in IT and cyber security and serves large number of organizations in whole CIS region, specializes in Digital and Cyber risk management, IT cost optimization and Digital driven transformations.

He joined Deloitte in 2019 and shares his time between Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Uzbekistan. Prior to joining Deloitte, Vladimir was based in Almaty, Kazakhstan where he was IT Advisory Director in a global consultancy firm.

DIRECTOR, RISK ADVISORY

DELOITTE

PARTNER

KPMG

DIRECTOR

BARINGS

Brett Hornung currently leads web3 at Accenture across Growth Markets (Africa, Middle East, Asia). Brett has been a part of Accenture’s blockchain and multiparty systems practice for the past six years and has worked across tokenized money, identity, and objects. Working with the world’s largest brands and financial institutions, Brett helps traditional enterprise explore, ideate, and build products and services – with a focus on driving business and consumer value. In his free time, Brett maintains a web3 blog on Medium and manages a web3 email newsletter – both with the intention of simplifying web3 and cutting through the hype.

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WEB3 LEAD & INNOVATION MANAGER

ACCENTURE

Alena Afanaseva, CEO and founder of Beincrypto.com, brings over a decade of traditional finance experience to the decentralized economy. Since 2018, she's grown the platform into a global crypto news hub with 8M monthly visitors and a 200-member team from 60+ countries. Beincrypto.com covers news in 20 languages, ensuring a broad reach. Alena's expertise spans macroeconomics, monetary policy, and financial asset analysis. She's also a passionate advocate for women's empowerment in web3. Committed to unbiased reporting, she drives digital finance evolution while promoting diversity.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

BE IN CRYPTO

Tobias Bauer is the Partner of Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. He is a Startup Mentor for APX, PlugAndPlay, NUMA New York, Alchemist Accelerator, and a Venture Partner of Republic.

He worked in the investment team of Chinaccelerator, one of the global elite accelerator programs operated by theventure fund SOSV with $907M+ AUM in China. Furthermore, he worked for the German Government in Thailand where he co-organized the NSTF, a career fair with 1.1M visitors, in order to enable students to build their professional career. In the past, he has lived in 9 different countries across 15 cities and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, English and German.

PARTNER

BLOCKCHAIN FOUNDERS FUND

Vilma Mattila is the Co-Founder of 5irechain (Valued at +2.5 billion USD) Founder of Node Kapital Venture Fund & wweb3.org Organization.

Vilma has multiple awards & patents in the fields of Distributed computing, Encryption, Data Storage & IoT.

She has +8 Years of experience in Blockchain. She has Invested/Incubated +70Companies, Including +5 Unicorns. (Tron, Vechain, Chainlink etc..)
Vilma is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, an Ex-EU Lawyer, Singularity University & Currently a Mentor at Techstars.