Special Thanks to the International Crypto Community in Berlin for joining us at the 1st annual C3 Crypto Conference

I’m an enthusiastic entrepreneur with a passion for ICO & Blockchain, growth marketing, business strategy and people.

Stefan is a Digital Media Executive, Commercial Strategist and Licensing Professional, delivering sustainable new businesses and profits at Media, Entertainment, Brands and Tech Companies for almost two decades.

Sebastian Deyle has been successfully working in the entertainment industry for over 20 years and has managed to put together an international team of experts for concertVR who are working together to redefine the way we experience concerts.

Alena develops early stage ideas into profitable products and services. Her track record includes several successful startups in finance and technology. A polyglot who speaks seven languages, Alena graduated in Diplomacy, Marketing Communication and German Studies.

As managing director and co-founder of IDnow GmbH, Sebastian Bärhold is responsible for finance, legal affairs, marketing and strategy. Previously, he founded the online ticketing company amiando which was sold to XING AG in 2011.

Valentin Schmid is the business editor of the Epoch Times, the largest independent Chinese media organization, publishing in 21 languages and 35 countries.

Christian is CEO and Co-Founder of the German Blockchain startup MADANA.

Christian is a product focused entrepreneur, Co-Founder and Managing Director at XTECH (www.xtech.ai), a technology company focused on enabling the Machine-to-Machine Economy.

Advisor, consultant, and business development with 6 years of cryptocurrency experience.

Balazs Deme has been involved in the blockchain space since late 2012. Prior to starting Herdius, Balazs has worked in the field of A.I to perform semantic analysis on text.

Laurent was a undergraduate at the University of St. Gallen, has founded a business in fashion and has had moderating appearances at START Summit, TEDxHSG and WHU IdeaLab.

Miriam Neubauer is the Managing Director at Catena Capital, a newly founded investor into blockchain and crypto companies, based in Berlin. At Catena Capital, she focuses on infrastructure technologies as well as applications useful to the crypto community right now.

Co-Founder of Pepper.com and Founding Board Member at Catena Capital.

Currently building CERTIFICAR a car data storage & certification service based on Blockchain technology.

Oliver Prock, CEO & Founder Smarter than Crypto as well as CIO at Salus Alpha Capital GmbH and Chairman of AIFM Federation Austria.

Tilo Bonow is Founder and CEO of Berlin-based PIABO, premier business performance amplifier and premium brand public relations agency for the international digital industry. He is a platinum-level influencer, networker and driver of success for entrepreneurs in global arenas.

Through the savedroid ICO, Yassin wants to democratize cryptocurrencies by creating a unique AI-fueled ecosystem of crypto saving and investing for the masses. User will profit from easy access to smart micro saving and investment plans across Coins and Tokens.

Randall is now reporting on the crypto economy with a focus on business models and technological innovation. He bought his first Bitcoin in 2013.

Sven Wagenknecht is editor-in-chief of BTC-ECHO and is responsible for editorial planning and business development.

Having worked as Digital Expert & Tech Lead at McKinsey for several years, Philip has hands-on experience at many levels, from Frontend over DevOps to leading teams of various sizes, and understands the wide-ranging requirements for fast, robust and secure software development.

Since 20 years Axel Hesse is a successful serial entrepreneur. He has a large expertise in brand-building, e-commerce, digitalization and social media.

Jess is co-founder and COO of Codex Protocol, a decentralized title registry for art and collectibles backed by an industry consortium. She recently wrote her MA thesis on applications of blockchain for art at Sotheby’s Institute of Art.

Peter Grosskopf is Chief Technology Officer of solarisBank and former Chief Development Officer at HitFox Group and the Fintech Company Builder Finleap.

Jeff Gallas is a Blockchain consultant, investor and entrepreneur based in Berlin. Actively involved in the Bitcoin and Blockchain space since 2011, he co-founded one of the first European Bitcoin broker websites and is the founding director of the German Bitcoin Foundation (“Bundesverband Bitcoin”).

Christopher is leading the marketing efforts at Trade.io and is helping Naga Group with their marketing. Combined they raised over $80 million.

Member of SAP’s Blockchain team who develops blockchain-based solutions for SAP customers and partners, drives adoption and breaks the hype through tangible use-cases.

Moritz Bierling is a researcher, writer, and speaker on blockchain and crypto technologies. In summer of 2016 he organized the world’s first residential Ethereum developer training in Chile. His work has appeared in outlets such as CoinTelegraph, EthNews, and Bitcoin.com.

Full Stack Ethereum App developer. Ethereum blockchain & expert for smart contracts. Partner and Blockchain Development at Leiner + Partner.

Ole Kannapinn is winner of the Tiger Award for the “Best Online Marketer 2017 Germany” and known for his innovative online-marketing strategies. Now he is connecting the power of online marketing with the crypto scene.

Founded crypto exchange Evercoin. He personally invested in FileCoin, Brave, CIVIC, Propy and Lyft.

Her vision is to make shopping on mobile entertaining, exciting and fun, thereby especially targeting Gen Z, a generation that is known for being digital native and having a great passion for video creation.

Matthew works on Holochain, a new way of building and running applications that puts people in control of their digital lives. Holochain enables a new pattern of communication that empowers individuals, fosters trust and helps build thriving communities. Inspired by the design patterns of natural living systems, Holochain applications are faster, more scalable and 10,000 times cheaper than blockchain approaches.

Victor is an expert in the area of cloud computing and corporate industrial systems. An IT industry veteran with more than 17 years of progressing experience.

Vlado has over 14 years of experience with building international business and sales networks for innovative technological products and in the energy sector.

A “citizen of the world” with a Swedish passport, Dušan was awarded the prize Business Angel of the Year in Europe in 2013 by EBAN (European Business Angel Network) after having three positive exits within a week, which was previously unheard of in the global angel history.

Stephan is one of the co-founders of Etherisc, a blockchain startup building decentralized insurance applications. Before Etherisc, he co-founded disrupt consulting, a cooperative for digital strategy consulting, educated major banks and telecom enterprises on blockchain technology, and was part of the of the UBS Crypto Innovation Lab.

Erkki has been in the field since 2013. He is working towards a global decentralized future with Espeo Blockchain, a full-service partner for blockchain projects.

Veronica Garcia was an investment consultant at Credit Suisse and UBS for Latin American Asset Managers. After finishing her graduate studies at the ETH in Zurich she joined IBM Research Lab. She also worked as a consultant for the World Bank, IADB and Castalia.

Her research focused on renewable technologies and on quantififying investment needs to reach the country targets for renewable power generation.

In 2018, visionary Hendrik Hey is focusing on the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) for a blockchain-driven licensing, trading and distribution platform for high quality video content for international broadcast, VOD and online video publishing.

Rostyslav Futalo lives in Vienna, Austria. His 15+ year experience in banking and finance was gained at top positions with leading financial institutions in Europe, ex-USSR and India: Raiffeisen Banking Group, SREI Infrastructure Finance.

Adrian Wons head of ICO Services at EY in Berlin. He is a specialist in ICO strategy and token design and author of the forthcoming book “Initial Coin Offering – Grundlagen, Strukturen und Begriffe”.

Felix is Head of the Berlin-based Blockchain academy “Blocktech Institute” and also works as Head of Innovation Management at QuadriO. The author of the “Bitcoin Handbook” is an experienced Blockchain educator and innovation consultant with deep understanding of finance and banking.

Sebastian is part of Commerzbank’s Corporate Strategy Department and Manager at the company’s DLT / Blockchain Lab. Within the lab, he is dealing with analysis and implementation of DLT / Blockchain solutions for the financial industry. Prior to joining the DLT world, Sebastian worked as Head of Business Development, Corporate Strategist as well as Inhouse Consultant at Commerzbank and as Banking Analyst at McKinsey & Company, Inc.

Mikko Alasaarela is the founder and CEO of Inbot, an AI-powered platform for business growth, and the winner of 2018 Global Blockchain Competition in the AI category.

Maximilian has always been interested in tech since a very young age. Together with his brother he started gaming at the age of 4 and went on to build his own computer at the age of nine. He later decided to pursue his passion and chose to go to a technical high school with a focus on computer science.

Senior Tech/Media M&A Banker and Board level Strategy Advisor/Director — Digital Media, Entertainment, FinTech, Blockchain, Crypto, ICOs.

Haydar Haba, Managing Partner, is our technology enterprise expert. Recognized for his technological vision and expertise in the Internet and Telecom industries, Mr. Haba is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience building a string of successful companies with disruptive technologies that have generated billions of dollars in revenue. Mr. Haba founded and built IntelePeer, Telco 214, and others from inception to exit, raising millions of dollars in Venture Capital.

Dr. Hermann Liu, Managing Partner, our asset management expert, previously co-founded Arbor Ventures: a $100 million VC fund. This project invests in P2P lending, blockchain technology, cloud computing, and other technological disruptions. Now, with the new opportunities brought about by the ICO boom, Dr. Liu is ready to deliver similar results to a select group of the Fund investors.

Davide Scola has over 25 years experience in the financial and insurance sectors as advisor and manager of saving and investment deparments for italian and international companies. He moved towards the crypto market at the middle of 2015 as an investor first and next as a crypto specialist for italian companies.

Marina Siradegyan is a marketing strategist at Changelly.com, instant cryptocurrency exchange that has over 2M registered users from all over the world.

Florian is a manager in the Corporate Tax and SMART START departments of KPMG AG in Cologne. His practice focuses on advising corporations and partnerships on tax law, in particular the taxation of start-ups, digital business models and venture capitalists.

Andrea Bauer is an innovation consultant, business developer, public speaker, and author. For more than 15 years she has been working with her consulting firm BEAM Studio on the implementation of innovation projects and is involved in strategy development, brainstorming and market introduction.

Yauhen Yakimovich is the CTO and Co-founder of Crypto Real Estate AG which is launching the first professional real estate cryptocurrency. With an inner value (Swiss real estate) and compliant with regulations, the SwissRealCoin becomes a securitized and more stable cryptocurrency, and eventually the world’s most important safe haven currency.

Pratik is a Senior Growth Marketer with 8 years of experience in the adtech industry. He believes blockchain technology can make the Internet – decentralized and democratized. He talks about Decentralization, Blockchain and his experiences on various forums.