Blockchain Disruptors

Although Blockchain is popularised by Cryptocurrencies, the potential of this new technology extends beyond the financial sphere. Speakers Matej (DECENT; Shanghai),Alexandre (PUBLIQ; Hong Kong), Rene (Luxtag; Malaysia/Germany) and Suraya (ACCESS Malaysia; Malaysia) will share at least two non-finance applications of Blockchain technology, plus current opportunities in the Blockchain space in Malaysia, in a 1.5 hour session. The 4 Disrupting Topics Topic 1: Reshaping the Media Industry by Alexandre, PUBLIQ Topic 2: Blockchain Technology and its Applications by Rene, LuxTag Topic 3: Decentralised Content Distributed Network Utilising Blockchain by Matej, DECENT Topic 4: Opportunities in the Blockchain Space in Malaysia by Malaysia, About the Speakers: Rene Bernard is the CEO & co-founder of LuxTag Powered by NEM and President of the Access Blockchain Association (Malaysia). An international technopreneur since 2002 with e-commerce and cyber security background, Rene now focuses on Blockchain technology’s adoption and integration. He regularly shares insight about Blockchain at various local and global events, and conducts talks at educational institutions in Malaysia, in the capacity of Access Blockchain Association. Suraya is an independent communications consultant specialising in online content creation and management, acts as Country Manager (Malaysia) for Wirex Limited - an online banking platform specialising in mobile banking, remittance and Bitcoin debit card. A personal finance enthusiast, she also writes about Cryptocurrencies in her website Ringgit Oh Ringgit (ringgitohringgit.com). Suraya is the Vice President of the Access Blockchain Association (Malaysia). Alexandre is a Fintech and Blockchain expert with in-depth knowledge of derivatives from his experiences at Société Générale and JP Morgan across Paris, Luxembourg and Hong Kong. Alexandre is passionate about new technologies, particularly in Blockchain and AI. He has been working with several Fintech startups where he was in charge of building Blockchain based workflows and Proof-of- Concepts. His passion has grown into a drive to change many aspects of our global social, financial and media ecosystems to be more efficient, transparent, and secure. Matej’s interest in online privacy and Blockchain was first sparked while he was studying for Computer Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne where he also completed a project on implementing privacy protection for mobile devices at Nokia Research Center. Since 2011, he has been extensively involved with Bitcoin – first by mining at his laptop and later switching to GPUs and ASICs. He has served as the CEO of many Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency conferences in Austria, China, Belgium, UK (BitcoinExpo, Central European Bitcoin Expo, BTC2B Congress) and more. Matej founded the first Bitcoin Marketing agency in the world. He also founded the first Cryptocurrency e-Gaming Consulting Firm and served as a consultant in the Isle of Man. Who should attend? *Disruptors *Cryptos *Blockchain *Startups *Educators *Students *Professionals *Entrepreneurs *FinTech *Innovators *Risk Takers