Blockchain Centre Launch event 27th January (Saturday), 2018 Green Hall 2, Upės str. 23 Vilnius,

13:30 - 14:00 Registration 13:30 - 14:00 Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony with partners and residents of Blockchain Centre Vilnius. Witnessed by Virginijus Sinkevičius, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania

14:00 – 14:30 Welcome speeches Paulius Kunčinas, Chairman of the Board, Blockchain Centre Vilnius Antanas Guoga, Member of the , Founder of Blockchain Centre Vilnius Keynote welcome speech: Virginijus Sinkevičius, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania Ribbon cutting ceremony Martin Davidson, Global Director and CEO Blockchain Centre Melbourne

14:30 – 15:30 Panel discussion: Governmental panel: The future of blockchain Pierre Marro, Team leader Fintech, blockchain, Access to finance, European Commission, DG Connect Dirk Bullmann, Financial coordinator and advisor to the Director General, European Central Bank Vlad Radysh, Government Relations Director of Bitfury Group Siân Jones, Founder of European Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology Forum, COINsult Dr. Atif Ansar, Programme Director at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford Layla Dong, Foundation board member at the WEF Global Shapers Community Moderator: Paulius Kunčinas, Chairman of the Board, Blockchain Centre Vilnius

15:30 – 15:50 Coffee break

15:50 – 16:05 Case study: Use cases of NEM blockchain Kristof Van de Reck, Regional head Europe and Council member of NEM.io Foundation

16:05 – 16:20 Case study: Pillar Project: Your Data. Your Life. Empowered by blockchain Tomer Sofinson, Co - Founder of 20|30 & Pillar Project

16:20 – 16:35 Case study: China’s blockchain industry Sonic Zhang, Founder of Value Net Capital

16:35 – 17:35 Corporate panel: How can blockchain enable business? Arminta Saladžienė, Vice president, Head of securities services, Nasdaq Ashley Kemball Cook, Business development lead at Qadre Mantas Katinas, CEO of Invest Lithuania Lon Wong, President of the NEM.io Foundation Daniel Bar, Chairman and founder of bitfwd Tomer Sofinson, co-founder of 20|30 & Pillar Project Moderator – Antanas Guoga, Member of European Parliament

17:35 – 17:45 Q&A Closing remarks by Eglė Nemeikštytė, CEO Blockchain Centre Vilnius

18:00 – 21:00 Networking party

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