10 May 2021

The world’s first NFT conference is coming soon

 

Aroundb is pleased to announce its next online event The Conference.NFT.

Date: June 17th, 2021
Place: Online
Time: 12 pm – 6 pm CET
Organized by: AroundB, the creators of The Conference.Exchanges.

So, what’s all the fuss about NFTs?

NFTs (also known as non-fungible tokens) have become so popular it is impossible to resist learning something about them. Demand for NFTs is continuing to surge and the market is showing no signs of slowing down. For the year to date, the combined market cap of major NFT projects has increased by 1,785%. One may call NFTs an over-hyped bubble, but the facts say the opposite. Along with the crypto industry, NFTs are slowly but confidently conquering the world.

ConsenSys, Crypto.com, the New York Times, celebrities, and NBA players have all joined the NFT party. Isn’t it time you joined, too?

At the conference, you’ll get a chance to:

✅ Break the ice with NFTs and learn precisely what they are;

✅ Learn how to become an NFT buyer or seller;

✅ Get insights from the industry’s top professionals;

✅ Enjoy quality networking.

Wanna join? Register here on our website >>>

Who’s to speak?

The lineup of speakers for The Conference.NFT will be announced soon and will include:

✅ founders of leading blockchain and NFT companies; 

✅ NFT artists; 

✅ famous collectors; 

✅ metaverse founders and developers; 

✅ crypto lawyers and legal entrepreneurs.

Wanna join and showcase your project? Drop us a line at [email protected]

Interested in our past?

Check out our partners and speakers from a past online conference dedicated to DeFi back in March 2021:

Maker Foundation, B Protocol, Kyber Network, Aave, Crypto.com, 1Inch, dYdX, Kraken, MStable, Bitcoin,com, Bitstamp, Binance, Huobi, Shapeshift, Bitfury, Crypto.com, Hacken, Changelly, and many others.

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Wanna sponsor our event or become one of the speakers? Get in touch with us through email: [email protected]

14 Jan 2021

The Conference.Exchanges is back in 2021!

DeFi emerged as a secure, on-budget, and open-source alternative to popular financial services like loans and money transfers. Today it’s demonstrating strong growth and is stirring interest among blockchain industry leaders. 

Here a just a few facts about DeFi:

✔️During 2020, the Total Value Locked increased by 200% 

✔️In 2020, worldwide spending on blockchain solutions exceeded $4 billion.

✔️In January 2021, the total cryptocurrency capitalization reached $1 trillion. 

Do we need to say more?

It’s not too late to jump on the DeFi bandwagon. The Conference.Exchanges invites you to join the annual event for all savvy blockchain and DeFi users out there. 

It’s been a year since the last The Conference Exchanges event took place in Amsterdam. In 2021, organizers accept and adapt the event to a new reality and welcome you to join this exciting event online on March 5th, 2021. 

You’ll get a chance to:

✅ Deep dive into the DeFi field & crypto trading topics

✅ Find out about new DeFi projects & new CEX

✅ Get insights from the industry’s top professionals

✅ Enjoy some quality networking

Check out the conference partners and speakers from the past event:

ABCC Exchange, OKEX, EXMO, Binance, Huobi, Shapeshift, Bitfury, Stratx, Indacoin, Amsterdam Stock Exchange, Crypto.com, Hacken, Changelly, and more.

This year, you will hear presentations about: Dex vs Cex; Yfarming; AMM; Securities Frauds; Arbitrage & Trading Strategies; Regulation & Legal Issues and more.

Meanwhile, subscribe to the conference newsletter here: https://theconference.exchange/

 follow Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheconferenceE or join our Telegram community here: https://t.me/the_exchanges to keep in touch with the latest updates conference organizers will post soon.

Would you like to sponsor our event or become one of the speakers?

Get in touch with us through email: <[email protected]>

 

19 Jun 2018

Major Central Asia Blockchain Event Defined New Ways for Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Development in Kazakhstan

The major Central Asia fintech event Blockchain Conference Astana took place on June 14, 2018. The Mariott Hotel Astana brought together 25 speakers from the UK, USA, Canada, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, as well as over 200 participants from various sectors of the economy and government to discuss the most interesting and popular topics of the blockchain industry and prospects for the development of this technology in Kazakhstan.

The Conference was held with the support of Astana International Financial Center, MOST Business Incubator, Kazakhstan Association of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency and Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs.

The Conference was opened with an address by the AIFC Managing Director Mr. Kairat Kaliyev. He stated that financial technologies such as blockchain and crypto assets were key areas of focus of AIFC. Keeping with the theme, the president of the Kazakhstan Association of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, Mr. Dastan Kozhabekov, told about the role to be played by blockchain in the development of the Kazakhstan economy in the future. The founder of the Blockchain KZ community, Mr. Batyrbek Umarov, noted that a large number of fraudsters existed in the cryptocurrency market and the market regulation would solve the problem. In turn, Mr. Vadim Adriyana representing Crypviser spoke about the advantages of creating a depository for the cryptocurrency market. The MOST Business Incubator director Mr. Alim Khamitov spoke about the prospects for the development of start-up projects in Kazakhstan. The first section of the Conference ended with a discussion of peculiarities of the blockchain market in Kazakhstan. The discussion was joint by Mr. Kairat Kaliev, the AIFC Managing Director, Mr. Alim Khamitov, the MOST Business Incubator Director, Mr. Erlan Dumanuly, the Crowdsale Network Founder & the Vice President of the Association of Digital Technologies and Crypto Industry in Kazakhstan, Mr. Alexander Bondar, the SBH Law Office Partner, Mr. Dastan Kozhabekov, the Executive Director of the Kazakhstan Association of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, Mr. Yernur Rysmagambetov, the Managing Director & Member of the Board of AIFC and Mr. Batyrbek Umarov, the Blockchain KZ President.

The second section of the Conference was devoted to the regulation of cryptocurrencies and blockchain around the world. Mr. Mikhail Chobanyan, the founder of the Blockchain Association of Ukraine & KUNA Exchange told about the peculiarities of regulation in Ukraine. Alexander Bondar, the SBH Law Office partner, shared the experience of cryptocurrency regulation and legalization in the CIS in general and Belarus in particular, and Ms. Caroline Armitage, the Deloitte Legal lawyer, spoke about the UK practice. The discussion panel covering regulatory issues raised by Mr. Mikhail Chobanyan, the founder of Blockchain Association of Ukraine & KUNA Exchange, Mr. Alexander Bondar, the SBH Law Office Partner, Mr. Nursultan Utkelbayev, the Senior Lawyer at PwC, Ms. Caroline Armitage, the Deloitte Legal lawyer, and Ms. Ksenia Osipova, the Senior Consultant at the Tax and Legal Department, was the final chord of the second section.

After the break, Ms. Aida Meirman, the SDBS Director, continued the Conference speaking about ways to prepare businesses for introducing innovations. In turn, Mr. Mikhail Korotko, the IBM IT Architect and Technical Manager, focused on important points, mistakes and risks in the course of blockchain implementation. Ms. Zarina Kazhamaganetova, the KPMG Manager in Kazakhstan and Central Asia, shared the practical experience of implemented blockchain project in the sphere of purchases. Mr. Viktor Galasyuk, the Creditor Platform Co-founder & CEO, told about blockchain and personal data in the era of massive hacker attacks. Mr. Mikhail Voevodsky, the Emercoin team member, disclosed the possibilities of financial instruments available in the decentralized economy to reduce transaction costs. Mr. Eric Iglikov, the leading blockchain developer and blockchain expert at Aion Foundation, told about the protocols of the future. The independent crypto trader Mr. Kir Kelevra completed the third section speaking about the features of crypto trading in 2018.

The last section of Blockchain Conference Astana featured Mr. Roman Kravchenko, 482.solutions CEO & REMME CTO, and Mr. Leonid Foyu-Hatskevich, the Business Analyst at 482.Solutions and the Community Manager at QUOINE, who described capabilities of blockchain to manage the supply chain of values and peculiarities of choosing an optimal blockchain platform for ICO.

In addition, the last section involved an ICO pitch. The presentation was attended by the following five teams: eCoinomic, Matrix Gold, RAWG, Crowdsale.network and Seshaat. The best one was RAWG, according to the jury.

The Conference organizer AroundB thanks all participants, partners and sponsors for their interest and high-quality discussions. We express our thanks for the support to our sponsors bcwallet.io and Blockchain.kz, to participants of the demo area and to official partners of the Conference Astana International Financial Center, MOST business incubator, Atameken National Chamber of Entrepreneurs of Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan Association of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies.

TO VIEW THE PHOTO REPORT OF THE EVENT AND DOWNLOAD PRESENTATIONS, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK >>

11 Jun 2018

Major Blockchain Event of Central Asia to Take Place in Three Days

Dear friends, as soon as June 14, 2018 we will meet at the largest blockchain event of Kazakhstan Blockchain Conference Astana. Please prepare to enjoy this event featuring experts from all over the world, the most interesting and highly demanded topics of the Blockchain industry, discussions and prospects for the development of this technology in Kazakhstan. Speeches by over 25 blockchain experts, 10 hours of unique knowledge and networking are reserved for you.

The final version of the conference program is now available through the following link >>> https://bconference.kz/#!schedule

Blockchain Conference Astana venue:

2, Dostyk Street,  Marriott Hotel Astana, Balkhash Conference Hall

Time: 9:30 – 18:30.

The registration starts at 9:00.

If you have not had time to buy a ticket, it’s a high time to do it.

Please follow this link to buy tickets to Blockchain Conference Astana >>> https://bconference.kz/pricing/

06 Jun 2018

Blockchain for Kazakhstan: Let’s Weigh the Chances of Success

Only one week is left before Blockchain Conference Astana, the main fintech event of Central Asia. On June 14, 2018, the Mariott Hotel Astana will bring together blockchain experts from the UK, the USA, Canada, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to present their innovative blockchain projects, discuss the most trending topics and develop ways to deliver technologies that will help Kazakhstan modernize its economy and gain the upper hand in the region.

The event program has already been finalized and is available on the website. The conference will feature a full conference day, discussion panels, ICO pitches and expo area.

Key conference directions include:

  • Blockchain technology for Kazakhstan: scope of application and new ways of the country’s development
  • Blockchain capabilities in the financial world – creating secure payment solutions
  • e-gov: principles of transparent government development through technology application
  • Legislative regulation of cryptocurrencies and blockchain throughout the globe and in Kazakhstan

We are glad to introduce our last but not least conference speakers. Mr. Dastan Kozhabekov, an executive director of the Kazakhstan Association of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies, will speak during the first panel entitled Blockchain Technology for Kazakhstan. Mr. Kozhabekov has entrepreneurial experience taking the position of a manager in large private and national companies operating in the sphere of machine building, engineering and innovation management in the oil, gas and power industries. He has a higher technical education and a MBA degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT, Cambridge, USA).

Mr. Erik Iglikov, a leading blockchain developer & expert working for Aion Foundation, will speak about protocols of the future. Previously, he was involved in the development of several blockchain solutions for some of the largest companies in their industries. Today, Eric is an Aion Ecosystem Lead Developer. He is engaged in the development of tools for decentralized applications and the company’s partners. He also coordinates and advises large companies and Aion partners on the architecture and development of decentralized solutions based on smart contracts.

Mr. Vsevolod Cheremnykh will talk about ways of improvement of the efficiency of resource management using blockchain. Mr. Cheremnykh has over twelve years of managerial experience in various business areas, such as financial sector, oil and gas production, logistics, service business, system integration and advertising. He also does advisory work on personnel management, financial & administrative management and business systems development. Before taking the position of an operational director at Serviceplan International Agency, Vsevolod worked as a project manager for such companies as Exito Group and AEN Group. Being an expert in system integration, strategic & international management, and comprehensive project management, Mr. Vsevolod Cheremnyh was engaged in auditing and restructuring medium and large businesses, building complex business systems and business processes. He has successfully launched several his own projects. Today, Vsevolod is working on the Blockchain.ru project.

Blockchain.ru has joint Blockchain Conference Astana as a Silver Sponsor. Key activities of this technology platform and information & analytical portal include a Russian-language media portal and an international technology platform for creating and scaling small and medium businesses.

Please register for Blockchain Conference Astana via this link:  https://bconference.kz/ru/biletyi/. See you on June 14 at the Marriott Astana Hotel.

01 Jun 2018

Blockchain Conference Astana to Discuss Features of Cryptocurrency Legal Regulation in Kazakhstan and in the World

Issues of legal regulation of cryptocurrencies, ICO and tokenization, peculiarities of blockchain legislation throughout the world and developments of Kazakhstan in these spheres will be discussed on June 14 during the legal panel of Blockchain Conference Astana.

Deloitte Legal’s lawyer Ms. Caroline Armitage, Senior Manager in the Legal for Tech group at Deloitte CIS Mr. Alexander Tyulkanov and SBH Law Office (Belarus) partner Mr. Alexander Bondar will participate in the discussion of legal topics. The panel will be moderated by Kuna Bitcoin Agency & Blockchain Hub Kyiv founder Mr. Mikhail Chobanyan (Ukraine).

Mr. Caroline Armitage (the UK) has over 12 years of experience working as a lawyer in the UK and more recently in Kazakhstan. She advises on a wide range of corporate and commercial issues in Kazakhstan bringing a unique international perspective to each case. Ms. Armitage worked for many years on Competition Act investigations in the UK working first in the EU & Competition department at Simmons & Simmons in London and then at Ofgem, the gas and electricity regulator. At Ofgem she advised on a major anti-trust investigation against National Grid, which Ofgem successfully appealed up to the Court of Appeal.

Mr. Alexander Tyulkanov (Russia) is a Senior Manager in the Legal for Tech group at Deloitte CIS. He has over 13 years of experience as a corporate lawyer in multinationals and as an attorney in law firms with a focus on the legal support of high-profile projects for electric, power and transport engineering and telecommunications companies. He advises clients in the Digital Economy and Technology Sector on legal matters related to the use of technology, such as distributed ledgers (blockchain), smart contracts, the internet of things, virtual autonomous systems, robotics, and big data.

Mr. Alexander Bondar (Belarus) is a SBH Law Office Partner. Alexander has been working as a practicing lawyer for over 17 years. Alexander took an active part in M&A transactions, refinancing projects, fund raising, corporate restructuring and legal expertise (LDD) of companies operating in construction and development, retail, manufacturing and extracting, restaurant and hotel business as well as IT companies, banks and insurance companies. He has an extensive experience in the formation and coordination of a team of lawyers in the course of complex projects for foreign, international and Belarusian clients. Alexander’s portfolio includes implemented projects in the field of ICO and crypto consulting in Singapore, Europe, Canada, Israel, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Blockchain Hub Kyiv and KUNA Exchange founder Mr. Mikhail Chobanyan will tell about the current situation in Ukraine in the sphere of legal regulation and related bills that are being discussed in the country today.

Given the novelty of the market, the complexity of the direction and the lack of both professional staff and ready-made precedents in the world legal practice, the legal panel promises to be the hottest discussion panel of the Conference. Join us to identify together with the speakers and all participants the right way of Kazakhstan to the digital economy.

May we remind you that the registration for Blockchain Conference Astana is available via https://bconference.kz/pricing/. See you on June 14 at the marvellous Marriott Astana Hotel.

25 May 2018

Blockchain Conference Astana Moderators

Only a few weeks are left before the worldwide Blockchain Conference in Kazakhstan. On June 14, 2018, Blockchain Conference Astana will bring together experts from all over the world to discuss ways of the republic development in the context of the Blockchain implementation in all spheres of the country’s economic and social life.

The Conference program will have the following five key streams:

  • Blockchain capabilities in the financial world
  • E-Gov: principles of transparent government development through technology application
  • Legislative regulation of cryptocurrencies and Blockchain throughout the globe and in Kazakhstan
  • Trading
  • Economy tokenization and traps and pitfalls of the ICO

The Conference organizers are pleased to announce the event moderators, who will accompany all the reports and set the right pace for the discussions.

The first section Blockchain Technology for Kazakhstan: Spheres of Application and New Ways for Country Development as well as the discussion panel Features of Blockchain Market in Kazakhstan will be moderated by Mr. Mutanov Bekzhan, who is  the Coordinator in the Bureau of Continuing Professional Development and the Chief Manager of the Department of Financial Technologies at Astana International Financial Centre.

Legal Aspects of Blockchain Economy and Regulation & Legalization of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies panels will be moderated by Kuna Bitcoin Agency founder & Blockchain Hub Kyiv founder Mr. Mikhail Chobanyan. Mikhail is an MBA graduate from Columbia University, London Business School and Hong Kong University, and a Bachelor of Economics (City University London). Mr. Chobanyan has over 7 years of experience in the telecommunications market. In 2014, he founded Kuna Bitcoin Agency, the first bitcoin agency in the CIS and Eastern Europe. He is one of the founders of Bitcoin Foundation Ukraine (BFU) and Blockchain Hub Kyiv. In September 2014, he opened the first Bitcoin embassy in the CIS. Mr. Mikhail Chobanyan is a leader of Bitcoin License Ukraine initiative group and an ideologist of Crypto Rus platform. In September 2016, he officially launched kuna.io., the first public Ukrainian exchange of crypto assets.

Blockchain for Business, Blockchain for Fintech and E-gov and Features of Trading 2018 will be moderated by CoinIndex.agency CEO & Co-founder Yulia Sporysh. Today, she is engaged in the development of derivative instruments (indices, futures) on the crypto market. She has a degree of the candidate of sociological sciences. Before blockchain and crypto currencies, she worked in the Fintech sphere.

Representatives of banking and financial sector, owners and founders of companies in the field of money transfers and exchange transactions, IT professionals, lawyers, blockchain start-ups, as well as representatives of government agencies at all levels will surely have an interest in this Conference.

The full Conference program is available on the website. Registration is now open! Please click on the link to register.

 

17 May 2018

MOST Business Incubator Becomes Blockchain Conference Astana’s Partner

For the second year in a row, MOST Business Incubator will become an official partner of Blockchain Conference Astana to be held on June 14, 2018 in the capital of Kazakhstan. The cooperation of two teams is aimed at building an effective dialogue between the Conference participants.

MOST Business Incubator representative Alim Khamitov will speak at Blockchain Conference Astana about the Development and Prospects of Start-up Projects in Kazakhstan. Mr. Khamitov has entrepreneurial experience, is a lecturer & co-founder of High School: Intro to IT through games, CEO & founder of GlucoWays and City Router. He graduated from STEP Acceleration (USA).

MOST Business Incubator is a platform for the business creation and development. The mission of the company is to produce a new generation of outstanding entrepreneurs for the prosperity of the world community. MOST works in three directions. They are an accelerating program (in three years, it trained six groups involving over 1,000 participants, 23 of whom attracted investments), a business-mentoring program in partnership with Youth Business International (the company is an official representative of YBI in Kazakhstan. They produced three programs and formed 30 mentor & mentored couples), and a program of corporate innovations development (it held a number of events with such companies as Microsoft, Beeline, Saber, Centras, UNICEF, Astana Innovations, MFM KMF, Akimat of Astana city and others).

Blockchain Conference Astana

  • is the largest blockchain event in Kazakhstan
  • features over 25 speakers from around the world and 10 hours of unique knowledge and networking
  • presents trendy blockchain projects in fintech, e-gov and energy sectors
  • offers practice of using blockchain technologies by IBM, KPMG and others
  • attracts representatives of state bodies of Kazakhstan, who are responsible for the development and implementation of digital & information technologies

Hurry up to register on the website. We offer a promo price of KZT 26,200 for those buying tickets before May 19th. The number of promo tickets is limited.

17 May 2018

Blockchain Conference Astana Reveals How to Choose the Best ICO Platform

We are a little over a month out from Blockchain Conference Astana. This major Blockchain event of Kazakhstan will take place on June 14, 2018. Representatives of Astana International Financial Centre, MOST Business Incubator, BlockchainKZ Association of Blockchain Developers and Users, KPMG, IBM, Remme, Emercoin, Cashaa, Ambisafe and many others will attend the Conference.

The Conference program will have five key streams:

  • Blockchain capabilities in the financial world: creating secure payment solutions
  • E-Gov: principles of transparent government development through technology application
  • Blockchain effectiveness for the energy independence
  • Legislative regulation of cryptocurrencies and Blockchain throughout the globe and in Kazakhstan
  • ICO arrangement and implementation

The crypto community contributor, 482.solutions CEO & REMME CTO Roman Kravchenko will tell how to choose the best platform for the ICO. A sphere of his professional interests involves tools and methods for building business processes, crypto economics projects, Blockchain, and Internet of Things. In his speech, Mr. Kravchenko will particularly talk about his personal experience of choosing a platform using the example of the ICO for REMME project (http://remme.io/). It’s a protocol and a platform for managing PKI (d) (a decentralized public key infrastructure) based on SSL / TLS-certificates. In total, the project raised about $ 20 million investments during the presale at the end of 2017 and the ICO in early 2018.

CoinIndex.agency CEO & Co-founder Yulia Sporysh will moderate Blockchain Conference Astana. Today, she is engaged in the development of derivative instruments (indices, futures) on the crypto market. She has a degree of the candidate of sociological sciences. Before blockchain and crypto currency, she worked in the Fintech sphere.

Representatives of banking and financial sector, owners and founders of companies in the field of money transfers and exchange operations, IT professionals, lawyers, start-ups, as well as representatives of government agencies at all levels will surely have an interest in this Conference.

The full Conference program is available on the conference website.

Hurry up to register on the website. We offer a promo price of KZT 26,200 for those buying tickets before May 19th. The number of promo tickets is limited.

03 May 2018

Blockchain Conference Astana to Discuss Features of Blockchain Implementation in the Kazakhstan Economy

Blockchain Conference Astana to be held in Kazakhstan on June 14, 2018 will feature over 25 world-renowned experts who will share their experience of using and implementing the technology in the government, financial and energy environment as well as disclose the specifics of legislative regulation, arrangement & implementation of ICO.

At the Conference, the Director of SDBS Aida Meirman will speak about ways to prepare the business for the implementation of Blockchain innovations. Ms. Meirman will share her personal experience in using the technology in industries where Blockchain is the most useful. She will also speak about the features of business models that form the basis for the technology introduction and business opportunities when transferring business processes into Blockchain in Kazakhstan.

Aida Meirman has experience of industry expertise in FMCG, postal industry and government projects. She is engaged in issues of financial management and management accounting, evaluation of investment potential of projects. She is a Master of Science in International Business, Bachelor of Science in Banking and Finance. She graduated from Kazakh-British Technical University and London School of Economics.

The President of BlockchainKZ (Association of Blockchain Developers and Users) Batyrbek Umarov will speak about the features of Blockchain and crypto currency markets in Kazakhstan. Mr. Batyrbek has been advising state bodies on issues of Blockchain and security in the field of crypto currency for several years. He organizes coaching on crypto currencies in the CIS and is engaged in the popularization of Blockchain in Kazakhstan.

The Conference program will have the following five key streams:

– Blockchain capabilities in the financial world: creating secure payment solutions

– E-Gov: principles of transparent government development through technology application

– Blockchain for the best business results

– Legislative regulation of cryptocurrency and Blockchain throughout the globe and in Kazakhstan

– ICO arrangement and implementation

The most topical FinTeh conference of this summer will take place in Kazakhstan very soon now. We would like to remind you that there is a promotional offer in case of early bird registration before May 18: up to 60% discount. Registration is open and available on the website. Hurry up and let`s blockchain this world together as soon as on June 14 in Astana!