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JOHANNESBURG
BLOCKCHAINAFRICA CONFERENCE 2018
8-9 MARCH 2018
+27 (21) 409 7000+27 (0) 78 488 5095
@BlockchainZA
BitcoinEventsZAHosted by: Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd
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Why the Blockchain Africa Conference 2018?
HOW BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY IS TRANSFORMING THE WAY WE TRANSACTAND DO BUSINESS
Blockchain technology and digital currencies are changing
the way we do business with each other: how we store and
retrieve information, how we transact, and how we send and
receive money across the world.
Blockchain technology offers advancements and innovation in
various technological fields. The open-source, decentralised
and distributed nature of the blockchain creates new
opportunities in Africa because the technology offers people,
governments, companies and institutions an alternative to
existing systems.
Africa has a huge need for financial inclusion; therefore,
governments, regulators and banks are looking at various
supporting technologies to bring more financial services to
the end user. Blockchain technology opens new avenues for
traditional banking, mobile banking, payments and remittance
services. More and more startups and established companies
are now looking to disrupt this industry by undercutting or
bypassing traditional operators and payment networks, while
also offering businesses new ways of accepting payments.
Around the world, we have already seen innovation where
title deeds, identity documents and marriage certificates are
recorded and stored on blockchain systems. This evolution
of smart contracts can also make businesses in Africa more
efficient and make the legal system more equitable as they
enable transactional efficiency. Any contract capable of
automatically enforcing itself, without the need for a trusted
intermediary, will save a massive amount of time and money,
especially within the financial and securities sectors.
The financial services industry is in a metamorphosis with
companies racing to provide both new products and services,
and improve existing ones. The end result will be that the
consumer will benefit greatly from these distributed ledger
technologies. Many of the world’s largest banks are already
experimenting with Ethereum, Bitcoin and Ripple through
private and public blockchains as these offer secure,
immutable, faster, cheaper alternatives to some of the
traditional banking systems.
The possibilities of blockchain technology are endless. Any
industry that deals with transactions can and will be disrupted
by this technology. Rather than the Internet of Information,
this is the Internet of Value or the Internet of Money.
The Blockchain Africa Conference 2018 will bring together
a diverse range of experts who will discuss how blockchain
technology can be used to transform exiting processes
and systems in order to lower costs, improve efficacies and
reduce fraud.
Themes of the Blockchain Africa Conference 2018
EMBRACING BLOCKCHAINCut through the hype to see how blockchain technology could provide a transformative opportunity to eradicate antiquated systems and processes within organisations, as well as managing expectations of businesses looking to replace existing systems with blockchain technology.
Learn how Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are taking the world by storm as a new mechanism for crowd funding that has emerged outside of the traditional financial system. Learn about some of the new altcoins that have emerged such as Dash, Monero and ZCash and how they differ from bitcoin.
USE CASESInvestigate use cases including payments, settlements, KYC, AML, blockchain as a service and identity management to see how both financial and non-financial institutions can use blockchain technology. Hear from some of the most prominent startups on how they are using this technology to solve real problems.
REGULATORY ENVIRONMENTHear how blockchain technology can improve transparency, audit trails and transaction reporting to ease regulatory and compliance processes as well as how regulators are considering regulating cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. How have countries such as Japan and South Korea regulated bitcoin? What are other countries considering in terms of regulation? What are the risks of an unregulated ICO market? These are some of the topics that will be discussed.
TECHNOLOGY HURDLESAddress concerns around performance, scalability and blockchain infrastructure and the implementation of blockchain systems.
JOHANNESBURG
BLOCKCHAINAFRICA CONFERENCE 2018
8-9 MARCH 2018
Who will attendthe conference?
DELEGATES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
Whether you’re a financial services professional, CEO, CIO, CTO,
compliance officer, investor, fund manager or entrepreneur, it’s time to
be prepared for the impact that Blockchain technology will have on your
business and how it will affect your competitors.
The conference will attract representatives from the following areas:
· Risk Officers
· Operational Risk
· C-Level Executives
· Innovation
· Innovation Engineering
· Product Management
· Product Team
· Payment Solutions
· Mobile Payments
· Asset Managers
· Fund Managers
· Central Banks
· Exchanges
· Broker Dealers
· Settlement
· Derivatives
· Internal Audit
· IT Personnel
· Clearing Settlement
· Trade Clearing
· Legal Advocates
· Regulators
· Venture Capitalists
· Entrepreneurs
Bitcoin Events was founded in 2014 by Sonya Kuhnel and
Theo Sauls when they realised there was a need to provide
education and information on the opportunities that digital
currencies and blockchain technology in Africa offers.
Bitcoin Events hosted its inaugural Bitcoin Africa Conference
in Cape Town in 2015 which was a huge success. International
expert speakers included well-known South African
entrepreneur, Vinny Lingham, early adopter and well known
Venture Capitalist, Brock Pierce, CEO of Gem, Michael
Winkelsprecht, Chief Compliance Officer of Luno, Erik-
Wilgenhof-Plante. Sponsors included Gem, Gyft, BitPesa,
Bankymoon and PayFast.
Bitcoin Events hosted its second Blockchain & Bitcoin
Africa Conference in Johannesburg in 2016. The conference
was co-hosted by Absa, member of Barclays with over 200
attendees attending the two day event. The Keynote speaker
was Marcus Swanepoel, CEO of the well-known South Africa
bitcoin exchange, Luno. Speakers included William Frentzen,
Federal Prosecutor with the US Attorney’s Office, Elizabeth
Rossiello, CEO of BitPesa in Kenya, Vinny Lingham, CEO of
Gyft in the US, Tiana Laurence, CMO of Factom in the US,
Simon de la Rouviere, engineer at Consensys in South Africa,
Jonathan Levin, VP of Business Development at Chainalysis in
the US and Tawanda Kembo from BitFinance in Zimbabwe.
Bitcoin Events, sponsored by SAP and CoinBR, hosted it’s
third Blockchain Africa Conference in Johannesburg in 2017.
320 attendees attended from 14 countries (Kenya, Nigeria,
Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Cameroon, South Africa, the
US, the UK, Sweden, Russia, India, the Netherlands and Brazil)
with expert local and international speakers. Mr Andreas M.
Antonopoulos was the Keynote Speaker at the conference
and he is a well-known and highly respected authority in the
digital currency and blockchain space.
Speakers represented industries such as financial (Rand
Merchant Bank, Digital Asset and Strate), legal (Bowman
Gilfillan) and global technology industries such as SAP and
Microsoft. Other organisations such as the US Bitcoin
Foundation, Accenture and Thomson Reuters also attended.
Many blockchain and digital currency startups ranging from
identity, education, solar power and financial inclusion were
also present.
About the Organiser - Bitcoin Events
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Hosted by: Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd
2015Bitcoin Africa Conference 2015CAPE TOWNOpportunities and regulatory issues Bitcoin faces
2016Blockchain & Bitcoin Africa Conference 2016JOHANNESBURGChallenges and opportunities of Bitcoin and blockchain technologies as well as their impacton the current social, economic andpolitical order
2017Blockchain Africa Conference 2017JOHANNESBURGOpportunities and challenges digital currencies and blockchain technology presents in Africa
Speakers:Vinny Lingham (USA): CEO and Founder of GyftBrock Pierce (USA): Venture Capitalist & US Bitcoin Foundation Board MemberElizabeth Rossiello (Kenya):CEO and Founder of BitPesaErik Wilgenhof-Plante (Singapore):Chief Compliance Officer of LunoSimon Dingle (RSA):South Africa Radio Presenter and on Advisory Board of 22seven Micah Winkelspecht (USA):CEO and Founder of GemGavin Grobler (RSA):CEO and Founder of Ice3CubedDaniel Schwartzkopff (RSA):Managing Director & Founder of BetVIPJonathan Smit (RSA):Managing Director & Founder of PayFastLorien Gamaroff (RSA):Founder and CEO of Bankymoon Sean Emery (RSA):CEO and Co-Founder of RainFinJonathan Levin (UK):VP of Business Development at Chainalysis
Speakers:Marcus Swanepoel (RSA): CEO of BitXTiana Laurence (USA):Chief Marketing Officer of Factom Simon de la Rouviere (RSA):Engineer of Societies at ConsenSys Adrian Dommisse (RSA):Director at Dommisse Attorneys Inc Jonathan Levin (UK):CRO of ChainalysisElizabeth Rossiello (Kenya):Founder & CEO of BitPesaWilliam Frentzen (USA):Federal Prosecutor - US Attorney’s OfficeVinny Lingham (USA):Technology EntrepreneurProf G-J van Rooyen (RSA): Co-founder and CEO of Custos Media TechnologiesAlakanani Itireleng (Botswana): CEO of SatoshiCentre Pty LtdJared Tate (USA):Founder and creator of DigiByteLlew Claasen (RSA):Managing Partner of Newtown PartnersTawanda Kembo & Verengai Mabika (Zimbabwe):Lead Business Developer at BitFinanceLeanne Kemp (UK):Founder & CEO of Everledger
Speakers:Andreas M. Antonopoulos (USA):Entrepreneur, Author Darrel Orsmond (RSA):Industry Head Financial Services at SAP Africa Farzam Ehsani (RSA):Leader of Rand Merchant Bank’s Blockchain InitiativeClive Cooke (USA):Managing Director at R3 CEVTanya Knowles (RSA):Executive Director of Fractal Solutions Llew Claasen (RSA):Executive Director of the US Bitcoin Foundation Adrian Hope-Bailie (RSA):Chief Standards Officer at Ripple Gavin Wells (UK):Head of Europe at Digital AssetMichael Glaros (USA):Senior Program Manager with Microsoft Azure’s Blockchain Engineering TeamFrancisco Khoza (RSA):Head of Banking and Finance at Bowman GilfilanAbraham Cambridge (RSA):Founder and CEO of The Sun Exchange Shaun Conway (RSA):Founder of ConsentNicole Anderson (UK):CEO / Co-founder of FinTech Circle InnovateJohn Velissarios (RSA):Principal Director at Accenture - Global Blockchain Technology Lead Joyce Shen (USA):Global Director at Thomson ReutersJohn Karanja (Kenya):Founder and Consulting Lead at BitHub.Africa - Blockchain Accelerator Rocelo Lopes (Brazil):Chairman of CoinBR Bitcoin Services
Keynote Speaker:Vinny LinghamCEO of Gyft
No. of Attendees 150
Keynote Speaker:Marcus SwanepoelCEO of Luno
No. of Attendees 200
Keynote Speaker: Andreas M. AntonopoulosSecurity and Distributed Systems Expert, Bitcoin Expert, Speaker, Coder, Entrepreneur and Author
No. of Attendees 320
Previous Conferences
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With Thanks to our Sponsors
2015Bitcoin Africa Conference 2015CAPE TOWN
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2017Blockchain Africa Conference 2017JOHANNESBURG
2016Blockchain & Bitcoin Africa Conference 2016JOHANNESBURG
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DIAMOND (South Africa)R 250,000.00
(US Dollars)
$20,000.00
PLATINUM (South Africa)R 150,000.00
(US Dollars)
$11,500.00
GOLD (South Africa)R 70,000.00
(US Dollars)
$5,500.00
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If you are as passionate about growing the blockchain and digital currency space in Africa and would like to be seen as the driving force behind the Blockchain Africa Conference 2018, we invite you to become a sponsor of the conference.
Sponsorship PackagesJOHANNESBURG
BLOCKCHAINAFRICA CONFERENCE 2018
8-9 MARCH 2018
Hosted by: Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd
Exhibition Opportunity
EXHIBITION PACKAGE: 8 & 9 MARCH 2018
R30,000.00 / USD 2,500.00
The exhibition package on the 8 & 9 March 2018, includes the following:
2 x Tickets for entry to conference on 8 & 9 March 2018
2 x 2 Meter exhibition space
1 x 15A Plug point
2 x Chairs
1 x Table
Plasma Screen on request (R5000.00 for Plasma Stand)
JOHANNESBURG
BLOCKCHAINAFRICA CONFERENCE 2018
8-9 MARCH 2018
+27 (21) 409 7000+27 (0) 78 488 5095
@BlockchainZA
BitcoinEventsZAHosted by: Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd
Exhibition Opportunity for Startups
EXHIBITION STARTUP PACKAGE: 8 & 9 MARCH 2018
R10,000.00 / USD 800,00
The exhibition package on the 8 & 9 March 2018, includes the following:
2 x Tickets for entry to conference on 8 & 9 March 2018
2 x 2 Meter exhibition space
1 x 15A Plug point
2 x Chairs
1 x Table
Plasma Screen on request (R5000.00 for Plasma Stand)
JOHANNESBURG
BLOCKCHAINAFRICA CONFERENCE 2018
8-9 MARCH 2018
+27 (21) 409 7000+27 (0) 78 488 5095
BitcoinEventsZA
@BlockchainZA
Hosted by: Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd
To qualify for the startup exhibition opportunity, your company should be less than 3 years old.
Terms and Conditions:
Each application will be reviewed before accepting the exhibition opportunity request. Limited startup exhibition space available.
Other Sponsorship Opportunities
SPEAKERS DINNER: 8 March 2018
We are offering one sponsor an opportunity to host the speakers dinner on the 8 March 2018 at 19:00pm.
R30,000.00 / USD2,200.00
The sponsor may place promotional material on the table(s) and do the welcome talk. The sponsor may place up to two of their own standup banners at designated areas at the conference venue.
NETWORKING EVENT: 8 March 2018
We are offering one sponsor an opportunity to host the networking event on the 8 March 2018 from 17:00-19:00pm.
This will include drinks and finger food at the conference venue.
R8,000.00 / USD600.00
The sponsor may place up to one of their own standup banners at designated areas at the conference venue.
JOHANNESBURG
BLOCKCHAINAFRICA CONFERENCE 2018
8-9 MARCH 2018
+27 (21) 409 7000+27 (0) 78 488 5095
@BlockchainZA
BitcoinEventsZAHosted by: Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd
SONYA KUHNEL
Sonya is the co-owner of Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd as well
as the founder and Managing Director of the Blockchain
Academy. The academy provides training and consulting
for financial institutions, corporates, developers,
entrepreneurs, start-ups, schools, government and
interested individuals on digital currencies such as
bitcoin and the blockchain technology in Africa.
Sonya is also the co-organiser of the Bitcoin Cape Town
Meetup Group, which has about 500 members.
THEO SAULS
Theo is the co-owner of Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd. Theo is
also the host of Africa`s biggest Java Conferences in
South Africa. He is also the founder and owner of the UX
and PHP South Africa Conferences, and the founder of
UX Design Healthcare UK.
If you would like to find out more about becoming a
sponsor, please contact Sonya Kuhnel at
Visit our website at www.blockchainafrica.co
for more information.
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +27 (0) 21 409 7000
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