Alex Batlin is the Global Head of Emerging Business & Technology team and the Global Blockchain Lead at BNY Mellon, responsible for research and development of emerging technology enabled business strategy, business models, products and services.

Asse is a Leader of Estonian Cryptocurrency association, cryptocurrency and blockchain expert with experience in smart contracts and implementing blockchain in banking sector. Currently co-working with Ignite as a blockchain expert.

MBS in Management Consulting, University College Dublin: BCL in Law, University College Cork

8 years’ experience in the investment and asset management industry

Co-author of Ireland’s FinTech Strategy policy document

Member of Ireland’s Industry Blockchain Expert Group (IBEG)

Member of the Irish Funds industry body FinTech working committee

Project Manager & Solution Lead for development of RegChain

Key messages: Blockchain will be a key constituent to creating smart economy and create a new technological backbone Blockchain will not exist in isolation.Ultimate economic value will be created as new technologies combine and intersect Will a smart economy be “smart” if it leads to social depravation or poverty for those humans no longer relevant to new value chains? Do humans fundamentally have a right to participate in the economy and work? Are we limiting “smart” to cities? How do we advance adoption for all of the population, rural or urban?

Marloes Pomp is the projectleader of 30 blockchain projects from the Dutch Public Service. The projects aim to enhance knowledge regarding the technology within the participating organisations and assist them in developing use cases for (future) application of Blockchain.

Eran Vitkon, D+H product manager, who is responsible to oversee transaction banking market innovation. Mr. Vitkon is a Fintech veteran with more than 10 years of experience servicing worlds' largest banks in range of senior roles including product management, R&D , sales, and services. Mr. Vitkon focuses on innovative technologies such as blockchain, real time payments, regulations, robots, analytics and artificial intelligence technology that can change the face of the financial industry. Mr. Vitkon holds BA in Business Administration from IDC Herzliya.