Blockchain & Cloud Platforms with Mark Rakhmilevich

A number of enterprise blockchain projects have gone live, particularly in FSI and Supply Chain.  Oracle has actively supported over a hundred customers in these areas, who leveraged Oracle Blockchain Platform.  Join Mark at this roundtable to learn about the technical and business challenges seen in these projects and successful approaches that helped to reach the go-live milestones.  And share your experiences, the challenges you’ve faced and solutions you would recommend.

Decentralized Finance RoundTable with Nicholas Merten (Host & Founder – DataDash)

In this Roundtable, DataDash will bring the decentralized finance movement together to discuss the emergence of decentralized lending protocols and exchanges, as well as diving into the emergence of smart wallets. We'll also debate about the need for stable coins, decentralized autonomous organizations, and a fully, or semi-decentralized approach to scaling DeFi.

Enterprise Blockchain Round Table with Neo – John deVadoss (Head of Neo Global Development)

In this Roundtable, John deVadoss will host the Enterprise Blockchain discussion, exploring what the blockchain industry needs to accelerate adoption at the enterprise level. Participants can learn from John's 15 years career at Microsoft, having played a major role in the success of the .NET and Microsoft Digital platform.We'll also debate about the need for incentives, economic infrastructure, game theory and governance.

Blockchain Games with Kyn Chaturvedi

In this roundtable, Kyn Chaturvedi will explore the question of how blockchain games can grow from thousands to millions of daily active users. The roundtable will discuss current innovations using blockchain and the challenges faced by today's blockchain game developers to reach the fabled mass market gaming audience.

Institutional Trading & Custody RoundTable with Christopher Thomas

Swissquote Bank, a fully regulated FINMA bank has been in the retail crypto market for four years and has recently built an institutional desk. Chris Thomas, Head of Digital Assets at Swissquote will discuss our trading and custody proposition for institutional clients globally.

Mastermind Sessions – Blockchain Interoperability

Join the world's leading minds in the first ever BlockDown Mastermind Session, pulling together the leading experts tackle the burning issues the blockchain industry faces. Never seen before content of leaders of competitive blockchain projects working together to provide a blueprint for the blockchain industry to move forwards.

Guests:

Jed McCaleb (Co Founder & Chief Architect, Stellar)

Regulation & Compliance Round Table with Julian Sevillano

In this Round table, Julian Sevillano will host the Regulation & Compliance discussion, exploring the challenges that regulators have in seeking to support innovation while at the same time combating financial crime and not running afoul of global sanctions regimes. An overview of existing US and global regulatory guidance on AML/BSA and Sanctions compliance and highlight where gaps exist Digital Assets Firms Perspective and Discuss key challenges in compliance for specific services offerings for digital assets.

Empowering Africa RoundTable with Jon Karas and Lynn Liss – Akoin

In this Roundtable, Jon Karas and Lynn Liss - Co Founders of Akoin, will shine on a light on the potential & importance of Africa leading up to the next tech revolution, the empowerment of African entrepreneurs and why businesses should be investing in the region. We will also discuss specific use cases in which blockchain can improve the lives of those living in Africa and explore ways to collaborate and bring prosperity to the continent.