Blockchain Centre Vilnius Launch event 27th January (Saturday), 2018 Green Hall 2, Upės str. 23 Vilnius, Lithuania 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 ñ Paulius Kunčinas, Chairman of the Board, Blockchain Centre Vilnius ñ Antanas Guoga, Member of the European Parliament, Founder of Blockchain Centre Vilnius ñ Keynote welcome speech: Virginijus Sinkevičius, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania Ribbon cutting ceremony ñ Martin Davidson, Global Director and CEO Blockchain Centre Melbourne 14:30 – 15:30 Panel discussion: Governmental panel: The future of blockchain ñ Pierre Marro, Team leader Fintech, blockchain, Access to finance, European Commission, DG Connect ñ Dirk Bullmann, Financial coordinator and advisor to the Director General, European Central Bank ñ Vlad Radysh, Government Relations Director of Bitfury Group ñ Siân Jones, Founder of European Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology Forum, COINsult ñ Dr. Atif Ansar, Programme Director at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford ñ Layla Dong, Foundation board member at the WEF Global Shapers Community ñ 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? ñ Arminta Saladžienė, Vice president, Head of securities services, Nasdaq ñ Ashley Kemball Cook, Business development lead at Qadre ñ Mantas Katinas, CEO of Invest Lithuania ñ Lon Wong, President of the NEM.io Foundation ñ Daniel Bar, Chairman and founder of bitfwd ñ Tomer Sofinson, co-founder of 20|30 & Pillar Project ñ Moderator – Antanas Guoga, Member of European Parliament 17:35 – 17:45 Q&A ñ Closing remarks by Eglė Nemeikštytė, CEO Blockchain Centre Vilnius 18:00 – 21:00 Networking party http://bcgateway.eu/ .