[Spain] [Barcelona] European Blockchain Convention Barcelona Edition

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European Blockchain Convention is a one-day event that is going to take place in Barcelona. It is the leading conference in Europe where more than 600+ regulators, investors, tech leaders, developers, corporations, and entrepreneurs join from the blockchain industry.

Their aim is to provide world-class content from the best minds and also give everyone networking opportunities to seek partners or business relationships.

They will discuss about DLT and real-life blockchain applications from different sectors including government, healthcare, supply chain, mobility, and retail.
Statistics

    Attendees - 600
    Panels - 10
    Speakers - 40
    Hours of Networking - 40

Agenda

Right now, the agenda has not been completely set. However, they do have a preliminary agenda which is as follows.

    Registration
    Welcome and Opening Remarks by Victoria Gago and Daniel Salmeron
    Digital Society and Identity: Blockchain for Public Sector by Pelle Braendgaard
    Financial Markets Infrastructure & Services within the DLT era by Scott King
    Central Bank Digital Currencies & innovation in Payments by Thomas Moser
    Coffee Networking break
    Regulation in the evolving payments landscape in Europe
    Blockchain in Logistics & Supply Chain by Sunny Lu
    Trends in the Global Legal Landscape of Distributed Ledger Technology by Joshua Klayman
    EBC Networking Lunch
    Security Tokens - Enabling new Business Models by Robert Wiecko and Thomas Borrel
    Keynote Presentation by Sunny Lu
    Optimization of business processes with Blockchain in Infrastructure and Energy sector
    Short Networking Break
    Blockchain Technology for Healthcare Data by Anca Petre
    Blockchain Technology Technical Aspects State by Pavel Kravchenko
    Misunderstanding of when to use Blockchain by Henrik Hvid
    Networking Cocktail

Tickets

Currently, they are only offering virtual tickets for their convention that is going to take place on 21-22 September 2020. They have fixed 1500 tickets.

The price is not yet disclosed, but they will have three types of passes.

    Delegate EBC
    Delegate EBC + RACE by EBC
    Executive PASS

All the tickets will give access to the full virtual conference. You will also get proper networking opportunities where you get the chance to meet investors, industry leaders, developers, advisors, startups and regulators.
Speakers

They are adding new speakers to the European Blockchain Convention Barcelona every week. The ones that are already confirmed include the following.

    Peter Kerstens, European Commission
    Michael Kumhof, Bank of England
    Maria Concepcion de Monteverde, Banco Santander
    Joshua Klayman, Linklaters
    Sunny Lu, VeChain
    Scott King, ING
    Carlos Carriedo, American Express
    Sue McLean, Backer McKenzie
    Roberto Fernandez Hergueta, everis(NTT Data company)
    Dirk Bullmann, European Central Bank
    Victoria Gago, European Blockchain Convention
    Laia Ruiz, RSM Spain
    Mai Santamaria, Department of Finance, Ireland
    Gonzalo Perez del Arco, Amercian Express Europe
    Ivan Basart, Validated ID

And many more!
Venue

The venue for the European Blockchain Convention is the World Trade Center Barcelona - Auditorium. It is designed by Henry N. Cobb, the U.S. architect. You will get access to four buildings with light-filled spaces, open-plan, and luxurious hotels.