Blockchain in use conference 2021

Digital Identities for humans, companies and products

Susanne is Chief Innovation & Solution Officer at Spherity – a digital identity company. Her background is in security technology and she has 20 years hands-on, technical experience in cryptography. She created digital signatures in 2001 with (hardware-) secured keys, something that today blockchain wallets would do. In her doctoral thesis she invented a way to make electronic contracts interoperable. After leading technical teams of large German mobile network operators, she moved to more business related roles, where she drove sales, business development, partnerships, and roadmap activities for IT-security services and products. Today, Susanne is consulting companies on how to define IT-Security products & services and bring them to market.

Welcome Speech

After graduating in mechanical engineering from the University of Hanover, Dr. Stefan Franzke became managing director at the Institut für Integrierte Produktion in Hanover. As the head of the Innovation Center Lower Saxony beginning in 2003, he intensified his know-how in in the field of strategy consulting for innovations and key technologies and advised international investors in their relocation process. Additionally, as the managing director of Innovatives Niedersachsen, he was responsible for the national and international marketing of the federal state starting in 2006. Since July 1, 2014 Dr. Stefan Franzke is the CEO at Berlin Partner for Business and Technology. As CEO, Dr. Stefan Franzke promotes the growing business and technology location Berlin.

Moderator

Kai Wagner is responsible for partnership development and regulatory affairs at Jolocom, a Berlin based self-sovereign identity company that has been active in the decentralized identity space since 2014. There, he has developed and run projects on self-sovereign identity with the German and Belgian public sector, as well as with private sector entities such as Deutsche Telekom and Bundesdruckerei. Next to his work at Jolocom Kai Wagner has served as a member of the board of directors at INATBA since April 2019 and is the co-chair of its identity working group. Building on his work with the German Blockchain Association (Bundesblock) where he authored and coordinated a widely read comprehensive introduction and position paper to Self-Sovereign Identity.

FANZONE.io – Collectible NFTs for all sport fans

Co-Founder & CTO at FANZONE.io – Collectible NFTs for sports fans and more; Smart Contract Architect & former Blockchain PO at Porsche Digital.

collective.berlin – how NFTs can empower collaborations for the creative industry

Co-founder Daud formerly served as a software product manager, in a role that saw him work across several business silos. His position involved building and launching departments before handing the newly created divisions over to a fresh management team. A serial entrepreneur and devoted networker, Daud has launched startups in a variety of sectors, including community, design, fashion, food and proptech. Daud is a co-founder of Factory Berlin’s Blockchain Brunch, a hub for networking in the capital’s nascent crypto scene, and an active supporter of Berlin Blockchain Week as well as a founding member of BerChain e.V

Supporting creatives with NFTs technology

Cintia is building arts & tech projects for Keyko Labs and is currently leading the Darkroom, a space for web 3.0 experimentation with audio files and innovative art. She is passionate about creating community impact both off and on-line, being part of the team that produced the first NFT festival in Europe.

Blockchain@KfW: Back to the Future

2013 – 2017: Inhouse Consultant
2017 – present: Senior Marketing & Sales Strategist
2019 – present: Innovation Manager

Blocks or Not – The Perception of Crypto in Public Administration

Big data scientist, hardware hacker and crypto enthusiast. Responsible for the implementation of the German EU Covid Certificate.

Digital school reports with Blockchain in Berlin

Matti is responsible for innovation management at the IT Service Center (ITDZ) of the State of Berlin, which identifies new trends and technologies on the market at an early stage, picks them up and continues to think about them together with experts in the Berlin administration and IT specialists at the ITDZ Berlin. Before that, Matti was a researcher at the Technical University of Berlin.

Keynote Public Administration

Michael Kolain is a legal scholar and researcher at the intersection of law, technology and public welfare. He coordinates the research department “Transformation of the State in the Digital Age” at the German Research Institute for Public Administration (Director: Prof. Dr. Mario Martini). His special interest lies in the area of regulation and implementation of digital technologies in state and society – with a current focus on DLT/blockchain, artificial intelligence and robotics. Michael is a member of the Expert Panel of the European Blockchain Observatory and Forum EUBOF), representative of consumer interest in standardization of CEN and DIN concerning DLT and decentralised identity and co-founder of privacybyblockchaindesign.com.

Moderator

Florian Glatz is a lawyer, software developer and policy advisor in the blockchain space since 2014. He co-founded the Legal Tech Center and the German Blockchain Association, for which he serves as president. As a lawyer, Florian helps startups and corporations alike to navigate the uncharted waters of applied blockchain technology in a world of legacy legal systems.

How is transparency in supply chains possible?

Several years experience in marketing, sales and management. Always striving for sustainability and now, together with AFTS, part of this movement.

The challenges of traceability in Rwandan Tin

Nathan is the founder and CEO of Minespider, a public-permissioned Proof-of-Authority blockchain for creating digital product passports that track a material’s journey along the value chain. Nathan is a published author, conference speaker and UN/CEFACT expert.

IOTA Blockchain for social impact

Mariana de la Roche is the Lead Project Manager of the IOTA Foundation and the Co-Chair of the Social Impact Working Group of INATBA. Since the beginning of her professional career, Mariana has been working as a Project Manager for different NGOs and social businesses. Mariana has a Law degree with a specialization in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and graduated with academic excellence. Currently, she is completing an Executive Master in Public Administration.

Introduction keynote – Andreas Hartl, BMWi

Legal specialist
2004 – 2011: Federal Network Agency, Deputy head of section Frequency Regulation
2011 – 2017: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Deputy head of division Principles of Telecommunications Policy
2017 – today: Head of Division AI1 (Artifical Intelligence, Data Economy, Blockchain