08:00
THE BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT
08:00
Breakfast + Receptions
09:00
Opening remarks / introductions
Global Head of Emerging Business & Technology and Global Blockchain Lead
BNY Mellon (UK)
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
BNY Mellon
Chief Technology Officer
Bank Hapoalim(Israel)09:45
Objective: Expose the regulatory, legal, compliance challenges, and solutions that global regulatory bodies were and still facing in enabling Blockchain solutions in their markets
Secretary (Cabinet Member)
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation(US)10:05
Moderator: Dr. Yoav Intrator
Chief Technology Officer
Bank Hapoalim(Israel)
Head of
EDCAB European Digital Currency & Blockchain(UK)
Partner
Herzog Fox & Neeman(Israel)
Vice President of Corporate and Public Policy
Start-Up Nation Central(Israel)
Deputy Director at the Monitary Authority of Singapore
10:35
Q&A
10:45
Break
11:10
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Global Head of Emerging Business & Technology and Global Blockchain Lead
BNY Mellon (UK)11:30
Moderator: Shahar Markovitch
Chief Digital Officer
Bank Hapoalim(Israel)
Deputy Global Head, North American Lead Emerging Business & Technology
BNY Mellon(US)
Chief Technology Officer
Traiana(Israel)
Global Lead Lawyer for FinTech Innovation Lab
UBS (UK)
Director of Innovation
Banco Santander(Spain) 12:00
Q&A
12:10
Objective: examine key challenges in designing, developing, deploying and maintaining Blockchain solutions.
Global Financial Services Consulting Blockchain Leader
Deloitte(US)12:30
Jared Harwayne-Gidansky
Deputy Global Head, North American Lead Emerging Business & Technology
BNY Mellon(US)
Chief Executive Officer
QED-it(Israel)
Director in Microsoft’s Applied Innovation team
Microsoft(US)
Chief Executive Officer
Wave™ (by OGYDocs)(Israel) 
Founder SigmaLabs Accelerator and Partner at
Entrée Capital(UK)13:00
Q&A
13:10
Lunch
14:15
Objective: examine different uses of Blockchain to help governments, municipalities, local businesses and communities develop new business models, transform, or further automate their value chain
Director in Microsoft’s Applied Innovation team
Microsoft(US)14:35
Moderator: Alex Batlin
Global Head of Emerging Business & Technology and Global Blockchain Lead
BNY Mellon (UK)
CEO
Estonian Cryptocurrency Association(Estonia)
Senior Manager, EMEA Grid Blockchain Lab Business Development Lead
Deloitte(Ireland)
Head of Dutch Government Blockchain Pilots
Dutch Government(The Netherlands)
Cross Products and Market Innovation
D+H(Israel)15:05
Q&A
15:15
Closing remarks
15:30
Networking Cocktail Reception
