Radisson BLU Hotel Lietuva, Vilnius, Lithuania
ONSITE & ONLINE
Planting the touchstones for future WEB 3 vision in Lithuania and Europe.
The event is free of charge for public sector representatives from governmental, research and academic institutions.
Summit is designed to consolidate key stakeholders to talk about the impact the Web3 is about to wield on financial institutions, digital services, information society, individuals as well as regulators and market watchdogs.
Companies, start-ups, investors, associations, policymakers, and technology leaders from all over the globe to exchange knowledge and discuss the most challenging industry topics.
- Gaining understanding of the technology and underlying business models
- Harnessing fundamental regulatory shifts in the digital society
- Shaping the Web3 leadership in the region and building the Future
The Event will embrace decentralized finances, DAO, metaverse, crypto economy, digital assets, central bank digital currencies, digital single market, technology convergence, self-sovereign identities, and more.
Together we will talk about regulation, will train on the practical cases and will examine evolving decentralized business models.
Programme
Registration & Welcome coffee
Opening speech by Aušrinė Armonaitė
(Minister of Economy and Innovation)
Opening introduction by MCs
Martin Bruncko (Executive Vice President for Europe @ Binance)
Can Europe be a global leader in Web3?
Keynote Speaker Paolo Tasca (Executive Director @ UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies)
The Web3 Economy
Winston Ma (Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ CloudTree Ventures)
Three-way currency war in metaverse: crypto, big tech tokens, and CBDC
René Schulte (Director of Global Innovation @ Valorem Reply and leader of the Spatial Computing and Metaverse practice @ Reply)
The Future of Computing with Spatial Computing and Metaverse Technologies
Coffee break
Networking lounge
Valentina Contini (Innovation strategist @ Diconium, digital agency part of the Volkswagen group)
Gaming and its relationship with the Metaverse
Keynote Speaker Aragorn Meulendijks (Former CMO, Strategic Advisor and Metavangelist @ YOM Futurist, Speaker @ ItsMrMetaverse)
The Metaverse Hype: propped up by fraud, speculation and misunderstanding
Panel Discussion “Metaverse: openness, safety and accessibility”
Moderator Mindaugas Civilka (Partner @ TGS Baltic)
Panellists:
- René Schulte (Director of Global Innovation @ Valorem Reply and leader of the Spatial Computing and Metaverse practice @ Reply)
- Valentina Contini (Innovation strategist @ Diconium, digital agency part of the Volkswagen group)
- Aragorn Meulendijks (Former CMO, Strategic Advisor and Metavangelist @ YOM Futurist, Speaker @ ItsMrMetaverse)
- Mindaugas Ubartas (CEO @ DigiTech Sector Association INFOBALT)
Lunch snacks
Networking lounge
Sasha Wallinger (Head of Web3 and Metaverse Strategy @ Journey)
Fashioning the Metaverse: Opportunities Across Web3 For Fashion
Keynote Speaker Kabir Veitas (Co-Founder & CEO @ NuNet)
Web3 — enhancing human socio-economic systems (?)
Diederik Van Wersch (Director Mid-Market EMEA @ Chainalysis)
Web3: Promises and Pitfalls
Odeta Valiuškytė-Jacė (Next-gen digital experiences strategist @ Storyfounders)
Web3 Fashion Playbook: brands playing, consumers paying (& vice versa)
Panel Discussion “Web3: identities, data and digital assets”
Moderator Vytautas Kašėta (President @ Crypto Economy Organisation)
Panellists:
- Sylvain Vittecoq (Founder & CEO @ FileChain)
- Emanuele Francioni (Founder and Director @ Dusk Network)
- Kabir Veitas (Co-Founder & CEO @ NuNet)
- Odeta Valiuškytė-Jacė (Next-gen digital experiences strategist @ Storyfounders)
Coffee break
Networking lounge
Christoph Puhl (Senior Solutions Architect @ Chainalysis)
Let’s talk about apes!
Redefining success in Web3 terms
Moderator Skaistė Budbergytė-Zabielaitė (Managing Director @ Crypto Economy Organisation)
Panellists:
- Indrė Viltrakytė (Co-Founder @ Robert Kalinkin, Founder & CEO @ The Rebels)
- Lina Survila (Metaverse fashion journalist & creator @ The Wearables Daily and Contributor journalist @ Hackernoon, NFTPlazas, and Blockster)
- Juras Sokolovas (world champion of kyokushin karate)
- Liucija Lenkauskaitė-Stankevičė (Project Lead @ DecentWorld)
Robert Kalinkin (Founder & Creative Director @ ROBERT KALINKIN)
KALINKIN | The Rebels
End of Summit
Networking Event (Lobby of the Conference Centre – Networking lounge)
Networking Party featuring DJ Jovani
Admission: complimentary for all attendees
Registration & Welcome coffee
Opening speech
Opening introduction by MCs
Keynote Speaker Daniel Trinder (Vice President for Government Affairs @ Binance)
Why regulating Crypto and digital assets matters: Global perspectives
Panel discussion „Crypto regulatory thought leaders: regulation priorities for 2023”
Moderator: Renata Šumskaitė (President @ Crypto Assets Organisation)
Panelists:
- Janet Ho (Head of EU policy @ Chainalysis)
- Daniel Trinder (Vice President for Government Affairs @ Binance)
- Karolis Žemaitis (Vice-Minister of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania)
- Simonas Krėpšta (Board Member @ Bank of Lithuania)
Coffee break
Keynote Speakers Nils Andersen-Röed (Head of Intelligence and Investigations EMEA @ Binance) and Lilija Mažeikienė (Investigations Specialist @ Binance)
Disrupting criminal (mis)use of cryptocurrencies
Sylvain Vittecoq (Founder & CEO @ FileChain)
Which Web3 ledgers to scale and to comply ?
Panel Discussion “New European and national regulation of crypto activities – challenges and opportunities“
Moderator Gediminas Laucius (Legal & Tax Services Partner @ LEWBEN)
Panelists:
- Martin Bruncko (Executive Vice President for Europe @ Binance)
- Diederik Van Wersch (Director Mid-Market EMEA)
- Ryan King (Head of Business development @ Dusk.Network)
- Mindaugas Liutvinskas (Vice-Minister @ the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania)
Lunch snacks
Ken Olling (CEO @ Meld Finance)
CeDeFI: untangling crypto chaos
Tim Bruckmann (Founder @ IAMX AG)
Self-Sovereign Identity
Timothy A Olsson (Director @ Social Systems Lab)
Allocating shared resources in a decentralised way
Panel Discussion “Web3: What next for digital transformation in Lithuania?”
Moderator Marius Jurgilas (SVP for Research & Innovations @ Super How?)
Panelists:
- Dina Lurje (Head of Legal @ Nord Security)
- Vaida Markevičienė (Vice-Minister @ the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania)
- Sigitas Mitkus (Adviser to the President of the Republic of Lithuania)
- Elijus Čivilis (General Manager @ Invest Lithuania)
Ryan King (Head of Business development @ Dusk.Network)
Taming the Frontier: Why We Need Regulation in the Web3 Space
Janis Strelnieks (Sales Director, CEE, DE & AT @ Fireblocks)
Building guardrails to mitigating risks: counterparty, liquidity, security, regulatory
Coffee break
Networking lounge
Antti Innanen (Chief Executive Officer @ Dot. Legal Design)
Law3 – how web3 ideas might transform legal services”
Keynote Asse Sauga (Author of book “The Bitcoin wave – Catch the wave and learn to surf on it!”)
Next evolution of money – something beyond Bitcoin
Wrap up discussion
Moderator Andrius Bartminas (Co-Founder and CEO @ SUPER HOW?)
Panellists:
- Mindaugas Civilka (Partner @ TGS Baltic)
- Gediminas Laucius (Legal & Tax Services Partner @ LEWBEN)
- Marius Jurgilas (SVP of Research & Innovation @ Super How?)
- Vytautas Kašėta (President @ Crypto Economy Organization)
- Renata Šumskaitė (President @ Crypto Assets Organisation)
End of Summit
Networking Event (Lobby of the Conference Centre – Networking lounge)
Networking Party featuring DJ Jovani
Admission: complimentary for all attendees