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5 maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 2 OCTOBER 2019 1700 - 1720 Systems of trade and stores of value. What is the future of value generation? - James Song, Kumar Gaurav, Dr. Terrence Cassar, Vincenzo Belpiede, Moderator - Dejan Roljic 1720 - 1730 Battle of the Pitches: How to Really Win at Blockchain PR - Erhan Korhaliller 1730 - 1745 The evolving role of media in the blockchain industry - Lucrezia Corner, Nicholas Merten, Nate Whitehill, Moderator - Erhan Korhaliller Friday 4 October 0830 - 0930 Doors Open - Registration 0915 - 0945 Registration 0930 - 1000 Massive Product Launch 0945 - 1000 Welcome Speech - Ivan Filletti 1000 - 1005 Keynote Speech - Parliamentary Secretary Silvio Schembri 1000 - 1015 Innovation with a Purpose - Sonia Hernandez 1000 - 1020 Real Fibre to the home as a fundamental enabler for the future 1005 - 1020 Keynote Speech 1020 - 1030 The Science of Risk Taking - Daniel Grech 1020 - 1035 Interview - Ralf Reichert 1030 - 1050 Security in a hyperconnected world 1030 - 1055 Should we plug a heart into AI & Artificial Wisdom - Ludovic Bodin, Daniel Grech, Dr Gege Gatt, Moderator - Angelo Dalli 1030 - 1100 Salamantex - Solutions for easy crypto payments 1035 - 1100 ESports - The New Phenomenon - Mark O'Sullivan, Ivan Filletti, Paul Chaloner, Jaap Visser, Kersten Chircop 1055 - 1115 5G Case studies - Prof. Adrian Muscat, Sheila Kavanagh 1100 - 1120 Applications of AI in the Telecommunications industry 1100 - 1120 Vodafone brings Smart Parking to Malta 1100 - 1125 IP Challenges - Carl Brincat, Michele Magro, Reuben Portanier, Dolf Segaar 1115 - 1125 The future is Quantum - Prof. Andre Xuereb 1120 - 1140 Vodafone - 'Qaqoċċa: the hackers, the elderly and an artichoke' 1125 - 1145 Convergance of AI & Blockchain in a quantum world - Dr Johannes Schweifer, Jason Lau, Justin Litchfield, Dr Dominic Cortis, Moderator - Prof. Andre Xuereb 1125 - 1150 Traditional Sports and ESports - Why do they need each other? - Hon. Clifton Grima, Matt Paris, Kurt Fenech, Justin Mifsud, Marco Albregts, Mike Nieland 1130 - 1150 Autonomous cars - Driving the future with Iot 1140 - 1210 Erremme - Islamic Finance 1145 - 1155 When Disruption Became Positive - Mark Hipperson 1150 - 1220 Reaching the Millennials - Re-thinking Marketing Strategies - Arne Peters, Luca Pagano 1155 - 1210 Houston, We have a solution - Blockchain in the space industry - Mr. Geoffery Farrugia, Colin Doughan, Irina Litchfield, Moderator - Meagan Crawford 1200 - 1220 The future of network, drones, and self driving cars 1210 - 1220 IOT in the Automotive industry and beyond - Dr Miriam Dalli, 1210 - 1330 BCA (Part 1) 1220 - 1230 High Inflation Markets transforming into Crypto Countries - Dejan Roljic 1220 - 1250 ESports powered by Gaming Hardware12.50 - Edward Cachia, Paul Butler, Brian Copeland 1230 - 1240 deCODE the Future - John DeVadoss 1230 - 1250 How data is shaping the future of business 1240 - 1250 Cyber-Immunity in Crypto-Economy - Svetlana Shubina 1250 - 1300 Keynote Speech Education Minister Evarist Bartolo 1250 - 1310 Cyber Security in Crypto Space - Hartej Sawhney, Jean-Michel Azzopardi, Ing. Efrem Borg, Moderator - Jason Lau 1300 - 1315 Keynote Speech 1300 - 1320 Embracing 5G - How 5G drives new business opportunities1310 - 1325 Financial Supervision in the digital age - Dr Christopher Buttigieg 1315 - 1330 Keynote Speech - Asi Burak 1330 - 1400 Lunch Break 1400 - 1420 Right on the Mark - E-skills, Education and Learning - Carmel Cachia, Natalie Smolenski, Dr Joshua Ellul, Moderator - Prof. Carl Debono 1400 - 1560 BCA (Part 2) 1410 - 1445 Games in Digital Education - Keith Abela, Asi Burak, Hamish Macleod, Georgios N. Yannakakis, Dr Christos Gatzidis, Stephen Bezzina, Charles Theuma 1420 - 1440 Nothing Cryptic about Crypto - Cryptocurrency and when will the Banks be adopting it - Maria Carola, Dejan Roljic, Przemysław Borecki, Aoife, Moderator - Felix Herrmann 1440 - 1455 Should Sophia, be taxed or granted a tax break? Tax thoughts on automation and AI - Juanita Brockdorff 1445 - 1515 Keynote Speech - Noah Falstein 1455 - 1515 Digital Health and the future of healthcare - Soulla Louca, Maria Marenco, Laurent Dedenis, Moderator - Conrad Attard 1515 - 1530 Keynote Speech - Kunihiro Katsuragi 1515 - 1545 Games Development in Malta 1530 - 1550 What is the next Industrial Revolution? - Dele Atanda, Thierry Arys Ruiz, Dave Pulis, Matthew Scerri, Moderator - Joseph F Borg 1545 - 1615 The Incubator Experience - Dan Licari, JP van Seventer, Johannes Brauckmann, Eric Robertson, Christoffer Cedarholm 1550 - 1605 Social Media - How is it changing the business processes as we know them today? - Vita Martin, Nicholas Merten, Rachida Brocklehurst, Moderator - Erhan Korhaliller 1605 - 1635 Blockchain is dominating most industries incl; Education, Digital Identity, Finance, Real Estate and Insurance - Douglas Salt, Unenburen Ulziburen, Chris Kaye, Roderick Psaila, Angeliki Dedopoulou, Moderator - Dimitris Litsikakis 1615 - 1620 Closing 1635 - 1655 The challenges of auditing Digital Assets - Petri Basson, Ulisse Dellorto, Dr Christopher Agius, Dr Christopher P Buttigieg, Moderator - Reuben Buttigieg 1650 - 1720 QAN Platform 1655 - 1710 Blockchain's Relevance within the realm of taxation technology solutions - Matthew Zampa, Gordon Einstein, Moderator - Dr Ramona Azzopardi 1710 - 1730 Using blockchain purely as a good force to better humanity - Dr Josianne Cutajar, Jacopo Visetti, Mr Shakil Muhammad, Brad Kayton, Dr. Beeta Ehdaei, Moderator - Jill Ni 1730 - 1740 Closing Speech - Dr Abdalla Kablan Andy Cheung is the Head of Operations at OKEx, a global leading digital asset exchange, with sales and marketing experience with Huawei Technologies, Alibaba Group and Groupon Inc.. He manages the operations, business development, marketing and PR of OKEx and is deeply passionate about the internet and blockchain. When at Boostcom, a leading proptech company, Cheung helped with the digitization of the Global Shopping Centre Industry by assisting mall owners to address the impact from the rise of eCommerce and to work closely with them to build a true digital framework via a data-driven approach. John deVadoss is the founder of NEO, currently ranking as 20th blockchain company on the CoinMarketCap. He works at NEO's Seattle branch, focusing on developer experience and listening to developer feedback. deVadoss is former Director of Engineering for Microsoft's .NET framework and also served as general manager of Microsoft Digital, when he oversaw the majority of its product lifecycle. He believes that we are just scratching the surface when it comes to Blockchain applications and has listed supply chains, pharmaceuticals, fintech and games as possible areas that might make wide use of blockchain technology. Noah Falstein is a game designer and producer who has been in the video game industry since 1980. He was one of the first 10 employees at Lucasfilm Games, which became LucasArts Entertainment, and DreamWorks Interactive. He runs The Inspiracy, a source of freelance expert game design services and writes the "Better by Design" column for Game Developer magazine. He was hired by Google in April 2013 as 'Chief Game Designer', where he worked for four years before leaving in April 2017.

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