Blockchain africa conference 2017 programme. THE BLOCKCHAIN AFRICA CONFERENCE 2017 que tendrá lugar del 1-3 March 2017 - Focus Rooms | Johannesburg, South Africa Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd hosted the inaugural Bitcoin & Blockchain Africa Conference in 2015 in Cape Town and its second conference in 2016 in Johannesburg. Both conferences were a huge success and were attended by international and local delegates. The world's largest organisations are looking at the blockchain technology as a means to improve their existing services, systems and products by leveraging its key features: security, transparency, full life-cycle transaction history, real-time, immutability and cost-efficiency.

1. Programme
Organised
by
1-­‐3
March
2017
|
Johannesburg

2.
PROGRAMME: BLOCKCHAIN AFRICA CONFERENCE 2017: Day 1: 2 March 2017
1-­‐3
March
2017
Time
Speaker
Descrip=on
8:00
am
-­‐
8:45
am
Registra2on
and
coffee
8:45
am
-­‐
9:00
am
Ian
Merrington
CEO
of
the
Cape
Innova=on
and
Technology
Ini=a=ve
(CiTi)
Welcome
and
opening
address
9:00
am
-­‐
9:45
am
Keynote
Address
Keynote
9:45
am
-­‐
10:30
am
Darrel
Orsmond
Industry
Head
Financial
Services
at
SAP
Africa
(SA)
Topic:
Blockchain:
Friend
or
Fiend?
Blockchain
challenges
the
most
basic
tenets
of
exis2ng
business,
personal
and
public
rela2onships
10:30
am
-­‐
10:45
am
Tea
break
10:45
am
-­‐
11:30
am
Farzam
Ehsani
Leader
of
Rand
Merchant
Bank's
Blockchain
Ini=a=ve
(SA)
11:30
am
-­‐
12:15
pm
Speaker
from
R3CEV
Speaker
from
R3CEV
12:15
pm
–
1:00
pm
Lunch
1:00
pm
–
1:45
pm
Tanya
Knowles
Execu=ve
Director
of
Fractal
Solu=ons,
a
Division
of
Strate
(Pty)
Ltd
(SA)
Topic:
The
idealism
and
reality
of
implemen2ng
blockchain
technology
–
how
do
you
get
the
balance
right?
1:45
pm
–
2:30
pm
Llew
Claasen
Execu=ve
Director
of
the
US
Bitcoin
Founda=on
&
Venture
Capitalist
Topic:
How
to
create
an
inclusive
financial
system
with
Bitcoin
2:30
pm
–
3:15
pm
Adrian
Hope-­‐Bailie
Chief
Standards
Officer
at
Ripple
and
the
co-­‐chair
of
the
Interledger
Community
Group,
as
well
as
the
W3C
Web
Payments
Working
Group
3:15
pm
–
3:30
pm
Tea
break
3:30
pm
–
4:00
pm
Sponsor
Session
Sponsor
Session
4:00
pm
–
4:45
pm
Panel
4:45
pm
–
7:00
pm
COCKTAIL
NETWORKING
EVENT

3.
PROGRAMME: BLOCKCHAIN AFRICA CONFERENCE 2017: Day 2: 3 March 2017
1-­‐3
March
2017
Time
Speaker
Descrip=on
8:00
am
-­‐
8:45
am
Registra2on
and
coffee
8:45
am
-­‐
9:00
am
Ian
Merrington
Welcome
and
opening
address
9:00
am
-­‐
9:45
am
Sponsor
Session
Sponsor
Session
9:45
am
-­‐
10:30
am
Francisco
Khoza
Head
of
Banking
and
Finance
at
Bowman
Gilfilan
(SA)
10:30
am
-­‐
10:45
am
Tea
break
Two
start-­‐up
companies
from
South
Africa
will
present
their
blockchain
related
services:
10:45
am
–
11:45
am
Abe
Cambridge
&
Shaun
Conway
CEO
&
Founder
of
The
Sun
Exchange
(SA):
Topic:
Solar
Powering
Africa
Using
Bitcoin
Smart
Contracts
Founder
at
Consent:
Topic:
Sovereign
Superpowers
11:45
am
–
12:15
pm
Rocelo
Lopes
Chairman
at
coinBR
Bitcoin
Services
(Brazil)
Topic:
Connec2ng
"BLOCKCHAIN"
to
Blockchain
12:15
pm
–
1:00
pm
Lunch
1:00
pm
–
1:30
pm
Sponsor
Session
Sponsor
Session
1:30
pm
–
2:00
pm
Gavin
Wells
Head
of
Europe
at
Digital
Asset
Holdings
(UK)
2:00
pm
–
2:30
pm
John
Karanja
Program
Advisor:
Crypto-­‐Currencies
&
Disrup=ve
Banking
at
AITEC
Africa
(Kenya)
2:30
pm
–
3:15
pm
Nicole
Anderson
CEO
and
Co-­‐founder
of
FinTech
Circle
Innovate
(UK)
Topic:
Follow
the
money
–
a
look
at
the
role
of
investors
and
their
impact
on
global
innova2on
in
Blockchain
3:15
pm
–
3:30
pm
Tea
break
3:30
pm
–
4:30
pm
Panel:
Regula2on,
compliance
and
challenges
blockchain
and
digital
currencies
face:
• The
UK
FCA
sandbox:
crea2ng
a
suppor2ve
environment
for
structured
innova2on
• Will
central
banks
issue
cryptocurrencies?
Why
did
Senegal’s
Central
Bank
decide
to
issue
a
digital
currency?
Panelists:
Edan
Yago:
CEO
and
Founder
of
Epiphyte
Corpora2on
Francisco
Khoza:
Head
of
Banking
and
Finance
at
Bowman
Gilfillan

4. ABOUT
THE
ORGANISERS
SONYA
KUHNEL
Sonya
is
the
co-­‐owner
of
Bitcoin
Events
Pty
Ltd
which
was
founded
in
2014.
She
is
also
the
founder
and
Managing
Director
of
the
Blockchain
Academy.
The
academy
provides
training
and
consul2ng
for
financial
ins2tu2ons,
corporates,
developers,
entrepreneurs,
start-­‐ups,
schools,
government
and
interested
individuals
on
digital
currencies
such
as
bitcoin
and
the
blockchain
technology
in
South
Africa.
She
is
also
the
co-­‐organiser
of
the
Bitcoin
Cape
Town
Meetup
Group,
which
has
about
400
members.
Sonya
is
passionate
about
disrup2ve
technology,
digital
currencies
and
blockchain
technology.
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.
The
Blockchain
Africa
Conference
is
organised
by
If
you
would
like
to
find
out
more
about
becoming
a
sponsor,
please
contact
Sonya
Kuhnel
at
sonya@blockchainafrica.co
Visit
our
website
at
www.blockchainafrica.co
for
more
informa2on.
Email:
info@blockchainafrica.co
Telephone:
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