Dr Jane Thomason

Dr Jane  Thomason  has been recognised in Forbes Magazine (2018) as Blockchain’s Leading Social Development Thought Leader. She is a well known author and blogger, in 2019 she published “Blockchain Technologies for Global Social Change” (IGI Global).

She is also Co-Founder of the  British Blockchain and  Frontier Technologies Industry  Association,  Industry Associate, University College London Blockchain Centre and Section Chief Co-Editor Blockchain for Good: for Frontiers in Blockchain. She is a successful entrepreneur (having founded and grown a $250m revenue business)  and an advocate for women’s empowerment globally.

Dr Jane is a frequent speaker and panellist and is adviser to governments, international organisations on digital transformation and number of blockchain startups in the blockchain space.

Arturo Alejandro Canseco

Arturo Alejandro Canseco is a legal & fintech Associate at Dentons Mexico. Prior to that he was associated with  Ramos Ripoll Schuster firm specialized in Mexico and Etisalat as Fintech foreign advisor a telecommunication based in Emirates, he’s a huge passionate about Technology & Innovation.

Arturo has a Law degree from the Autonomous University of Puebla and he is currently studying B.S. In International Trade at the same University. He has various certification in Fintech and technology from Hongkong University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) . He also serves as a speaker in different summits and events of Fintech.

Rene Gruner, CBP, Switzerland

Mr.Rene is a Fintech Blogger and Digital Assets Early Bird. Sunny banking beach is facing the largest monster tsunami of automation, disruption, desintermediation & decentralization in history and he truly believes that those who do not move with the time will be removed over time

His expertise in institutional derivatives trading & real estate combined with a deep understanding of disruptive trends such as AI, crypto assets, blockchain, mobile banking & wealthtech has enabled him to act as an interface between tech-driven digital finance & fading brick-and-mortar banking

Currently he holds the following positions:
📌 Chief Editor at Banksith.com
📌 Ambassador of Crypto Assets for Institutional Money Managers
📌 Strategy Advisor at Nectar Digital Wealth AG
📌 He is a Senior banker with 15 years of derivatives trading expertise

Rene is Certified Bitcoin Professional & a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst. He also holds various fintech & blockchain related certifications. (CAS Blockchain University of Zurich, Python for Finance & Blockchain Architecture, IBM Blockchain foundation developer batch) He is also a licensed Eurex, EEX (Power derivatives) & Series 3 Broker.

He worked for reputable financial institutions such as Unicredit and Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking in Hamburg, Vienna, London, Zurich and Frankfurt. His expertise in institutional derivatives trading, real estate investments combined with a deep understanding of disruptive trends such as artificial intelligence, crypto assets, blockchain, branchless banking and wealthtech has enabled him to act as an interface between technology-driven digital finance and traditional banking.

Prof. Dr. Carsten Bartsch, Germany

Managing Partner of DB&P
VP Marketing for Vesto
Vice-President, Director of Business Programs
Professor for Marketing and Strategy at HDBW – Hochschule der Bayerischen Wirtschaft ,Munich

He is Master in Business Administration in Saarbruecken, Midland & Washington (D.C.)
Ph.D. in Marketing at HHL – Leipzig Graduate School of Management

In academic, he has been Professor for Marketing & Strategy for 10 years, as a consultant he has 20 years of experience in international management consulting and as executive trainer for multinational firms specialized in the fields of marketing, strategy & (digital) business modeling

Prof holds currently following positions
📌 Vice-President, Director of Business Programs & Professor for Marketing and Strategy at @HDBW – Hochschule der Bayerischen Wirtschaft in Munich, where he was a founding member of the academic as well as the management team
📌 Managing Partner of DB&P, an internationally operating management consulting platform with a special focus on the finance & banking industry
📌 He is also VP Marketing for @Vesto, a Silicon Valley based start-up focused & stable coin & secure digital asset transfer solutions for the financial industry

Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes , USA

Chief Ethics Officer for the Government Blockchain
Chief Quality & Innovation Officer at MEDNAX Healthcare Solutions
Senator-World Business Angel Investment Forum
Top 100 Global Leaders in Finance

She is healthcare futurist & globalist having extensive experience in healthcare industry as a founder, executive, consultant & speaker.

Dr. Ingrid Vasiliu-Feltes holds several certifications
📌 Bioethics from Harvard University
📌 Artificial Intelligence & Business Strategy from MIT Sloan
📌 Blockchain Technology & Business Innovation from MIT Sloan
📌 Finance from Harvard Business School
📌 Negotiation from Harvard Law School
📌 Innovation & Entrepreneurship from Stanford Graduate School of Business
📌 Certified Healthcare Risk Management from American Society for Healthcare Risk Management
📌 Master Black Belt in Lean & Six Sigma Management

She is associated with
📌 Faculty Member of the WBAF Business School, Division of Entrepreneurship
📌 Honorary member of Law & Technology Global Online Academy
📌 Teaching EMBA Business Technology at UM Business School
📌 Ambassador of Think-Tanks ; Women in AI, Blockchain in Healthcare Today & League of Virtual Social Entrepreneurs