Event Organisers

WEB3:
→ IMPACT THE FUTURE

Mission? Summit is designed to consolidate key stake-holders to talk about the impact the Web3 is about to wield on financial institutions, digital services, information society, individuals as well as regulators and market watchdogs.

Target? The Event will gather companies, start-ups, investors, associations, policymakers, and technology leaders from all over the globe to exchange knowledge and discuss the most challenging industry topics.

Topics? Key topics of the Event - gaining understanding of the technology and underlying business models, harnessing fundamental regulatory shifts in the digital society, shaping the Web3 leadership in the region and building the Future.

The Event will embrace decentralized finances, DAO, metaverse, crypto economy, digital assets, central bank digital currencies, digital single market, technology convergence, self-sovereign identities, and more. Together we will talk about regulation, will train on the practical cases and will examine evolving decentralized business models.

Objective? The paramount objective of the Event - planting the touchstones for future WEB 3 vision in Lithuania and Europe.

When? 7 December 2022.

Where? Hybrid: physically @Radisson Blu Conference Center / virtually @ (TBC).

Why should you attend? Here you will connect with industry experts and leaders, who are capable of harnessing the spinning energy of innovation chaos.

Vilnius is the 1st Largest fintech hub in the EU in terms of licensed companies[1] and Lithuania is ranked the #10 Best country in the world for fintech[2]. In 2021 Lithuania was ranked 39th among the 132 economies featured in the Global Innovation Index showing high potential for fostering innovations and leading digital evolution.


[1] EUCLID Register, European Banking Authority, 2022.

[2] Global Fintech Index 2021.

 

Nils Andersen-Röed 

Head of Intelligence and Investigations EMEA @ Binance

Linkedin

Nils is a former Europol Dark Web team specialist. Before his role at Europol, Nils was the Project Leader of the Dark Web Unit of the Dutch National Police. He was also the Project Leader of Operation Gravesac/Bayonet, coordinating the takeover and takedown of the dark web marketplaces Hansa Market and Alphabay.

 

Aušrinė Armonaitė

Minister of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania

Linkedin

Aušrinė is the minister of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania. She also is a member of the Law and Order Committee, in the Parlament of the Republic of Lithuania. Previously Mrs. Armonaitė was working as an analyst of Lithuanian Business Confederation “ICC Lietuva”. Aušrinė was also volunteering and working for ten years in various Lithuanian and foreign organizations.

 

Andrius Bartminas

Co-Founder and CEO @ SUPER HOW?

Linkedin

​Andrius is a passionate Web3 visionary and outstanding international business development professional with a deep passion for emerging technologies and innovations. As a market professional, he is an active participant in governmental and institutional working groups and projects setting the regulatory framework for digital assets in Lithuania and the European Union. Andrius is also a representative of Blockchain Lithuania.

 

Martin Bruncko

Executive Vice President for Europe @ Binance

Linkedin

Martin is a technology entrepreneur, executive, investor, and former senior public policy leader. He has an extensive expertise in building transformational deep tech companies, as well as from top echelons of national and international policymaking in the areas of finance and innovations. Martin has held executive, board, and advisory positions in several highly innovative, R&D- based companies, including AeroMobil, and a cancer immunotherapy start up Camarque. He was also a Board Member of the European Stability Mechanism (previously EFSF) and Senior Director and Head of Europe at the World Economic Forum.

 

Tim Brückmann

Founder @ IAMX AG

Linkedin

Chief Vision Officer, Blockchain Enthusiast & Advisor, Decentralized Identity, Self-Sovereign Identity, DIDs, NFTs, CMO, COO, NFT Expert, Non Fungible Token, Speaker, E-Commerce, Telecommunication, Management, Distribution, Brand Building, Online Marketing, Sales Driven Approach, Co-founder Cardano Pool [AZUL], Co-founder TeddyTroops NFT project, Co-founder MYCBS NFT project, Advisor EnterTheMandala NFT project

 

 

Skaistė Budbergytė-Zabielaitė

Managing Director @ Crypto Economy Organisation

Linkedin

After gaining experience in the fields of innovation facilitation and commercialisation of businesses, backed by LL.M. from Tel Aviv University in Technology Law, Skaistė has formed an unconventional set of multidisciplinary skills as a legal entrepreneur. Until recently she has been consulting Asian Fintechs on their business establishment and development in Lithuania. In the past Skaistė has also led and managed associations like National Association of Creative and Cultural Industries, Lithuanian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association and is now the Managing Director of Crypto Economy Organisation. 

 

 

 

Mindaugas Civilka

Linkedin

Mindaugas is partner with TGS Baltic, head of Technology and Media Group. With over 20 years of practise in IT law, he manages the most complex and innovative IT, data and media projects. Mindaugas is active writer and vocal speaker on AI, Metaverse and blockchain law.

 

 

 

Valentina Contini

Innovation strategist @ Diconium, digital agency part of the Volkswagen group

Linkedin

Mobility Nerd | Web3 Explorer | Gamer since 1992 | Innovation Weapon Dealer | Futurist | Regeneration Advocate | Neogeneralist

 

Emanuele Francioni

Founder and Director @ Dusk Network

Linkedin

Emanuele has a deep-rooted belief for distributed computing, and zero-knowledge cryptography. Through Dusk Network he developed the first institution-grade network enabling people to exert direct control over any financial asset they own. Over the last 4 years his team has been building the leading protocol for regulated decentralized finance, and contributed to accelerate the world’s transition towards a DLT-backed economy. Emanuele’s interest in decentralized propositions started when he developed sensor networks in avionics over 20 years ago. After which, he led various multi-disciplinary development teams and R&D departments in delivering multimillion technology projects for both top corporate organizations (Tomtom, Commerzbank, Vitrociset, etc), as well as the companies he created.

 

Janet Ho 

Head of Policy for Europe @ Chainalysis

Linkedin

Janet is the Chainalysis Head of Policy for Europe, supporting public and private sectors in understanding the latest developments of crypto assets and their interactions with regulatory trends and requirements. Before joining Chainalysis the blockchain data platform, she was a financial and security policy maker in the Hong Kong Government and then the Financial Action Task Force Secretariat, the international standard-setter for money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation. Her recent work includes negotiating the FATF Standards on Virtual Assets, Virtual Assets Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Red Flag Indicators, and Proliferation Financing Risk Assessment Guidance. She was also responsible for conducting FATF Mutual Evaluations on FATF member countries, FATF Reviews on hig

 

Antti Innanen 

Chief Executive Officer @ Dot. Legal Design

Linkedin

Antti is an IP and Tech attorney, the founder and CEO of Dot., a legal design and legal tech venture, and the former Managing Partner of Dottir Attorneys. Dot. is the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe 2018 finalist and winner of the most significant design prize in the Nordics, Fennia Grand Prix (2020). In addition to his career as a lawyer, he also runs the NFT startup FUNGI, is co-author of the first Finnish book on blockchain. Antti is a well-known innovator in the legal field and frequently requested presenter at various legal seminars.

 

 

Odeta Jacė

Next-gen digital experiences strategist @ Storyfounders

Linkedin

Odeta is catalyst fashiontech expert, next-gen digital experiences strategist and foundress of Storyfounders. On top of leading global tech projects at IBM, her personal work focuses on the future consumer, digital culture research, innovations and immersive tech inclusion into brands’ customers’ journeys.

 

 

Marius Jurgilas

SVP Research and Innovations @ SUPER HOW?

Linkedin

Recently Marius joined SuperHow, private research laboratory where he will lead Research and Innovation in the area of future financial infrastructure. For almost ten years Mr. Marius Jurgilas was holding a position of the Board Member of the Bank of Lithuania (a central bank and integrated regulator, part of the Eurosystem). Mr. Jurgilas was in charge of payment systems, asset management, research, supervision, cash, physical and cybersecurity. He was also a member of the Eurosystem High-Level Task Force on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and a Chair of the BIS Innovation Network Working Group on CBDC. During the tenure of Mr. Jurgilas, Lithuania has emerged as a top jurisdiction for fintech companies within the EU under the leadership of the Bank of Lithuania, forging his reputation as a leading thinker on the future of banking.  Prior to joining the Bank of Lithuania, Mr. Jurgilas worked as Economist at Norges Bank and the Bank of England, a researcher at the European Central Bank, and gained academic experience in the US.

 

Robert Kalinkin

Founder and Creative Director @ Robert Kalinkin | the Rebels

Linkedin

Robertas is a 34 year old entrepreneur, operating in 3 main fields of businesses. Covering IRl fashion house, digital ventures in web3, and Production design  company specialising in commercial video production. He started as a set designer on TV sets, and moved on from that to Fashion, Influence and web3 spaces. Frequent speaker on various topics from Future of fashion, sustainability and creativity, he also endorses social aspects which usually involves call to act actions.

 

Vytautas Kašėta

President @Crypto Economy Organisation

Linkedin

Vytautas is an entrepreneur and a community builder. He is a deep tech and Next Reality enthusiast and visionary, diving deep into the world of token economics, securitization, digital innovations, and crypto economy development. Vytautas is also a co-founder and digital innovations hero at SUPER HOW? – a private DARQ technologies lab; a co-founder of Blockchain Lithuania competence centre; a member of Vilnius City Council.

 

 

Ryan King

Head of Business Development @ Dusk Network

Linkedin

Ryan is a big advocate of privacy and regulation in blockchain technology. He talks about opportunities and limitations in crypto legislation such as “Markets in Crypto Assets” (MiCA), and the far-reaching implications for all crypto projects that wish to operate in the EU. Together with Dusk, he is bringing the benefits of DeFi to the regulated space. Ryan has previously worked in startups, establishing several companies and running two venture capital-backed accelerator programs. He has also taught at universities in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland, and mentored at a number of incubators worldwide.

 

Simonas Krėpšta

Board Member @ Bank of Lithuania

Linkedin

Simonas is an old wolf in the banking industry with 16 years of experience. Fourteen of them are spent in the Central Bank of Lithuania where he worked in multiple positions including but not limited to Director of the Financial Stability Department. During these years Mr. Krėpšta has also worked as a professor for bachelor and master level students. Mr. Simonas Krėpšta is currently a board member. of the Central Bank of Lithuania.

 

Gediminas Laucius

Legal & Tax Services Partner @ LEWBEN

Linkedin

Gediminas has extensive experience in provision of legal and tax solutions for national and international clients engaged in crypto, WEB3, blockchain and neo banking activities. Gediminas has supported local enterprises in expanding their businesses globally, and global businesses in establishing their operations locally in Lithuania as means to enter the European market with a full set of professional services in every stage of the commercial cycle - from incorporation and licensing to every day affairs. 

 

 

Liucija Lenkauskaitė-Stankevičė 

Project Lead @ DecentWorld

Linkedin

Before joining the fintech and web3 industries, Liucija worked with several news media outlets, both online and on television. Her work experience in Lithuania and studies in the Netherlands and Hungary have helped Liucija harness skills in management, production, and research. Liucija is one of the core team members behind the DecentWorld platform, a Swiss-owned metaverse recently named the most innovative NFT project in Europe.

 

Mindaugas Liutvinskas 

Vice-Minister @ the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania)

Linkedin

Mindaugas is the current Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania. There, he is responsible for EU and international agenda and public finance policy. For four years Mr. Mindaugas Liutvinskas was working at the Central Bank of Lithuania where he held the position of Senior Economist and Head of the Economic Policy Analysis Department of the Department of International Relations. He also previously participated in EU political-level discussions on MiCA and supervised the preparation of national crypto sector amendments that were adopted this year.

 

Dina Lurje  

Head of Legal @ Nord Security

Linkedin

Dina is currently the general counsel at the Lithuanian tech unicorn Nord Security navigating regulatory frameworks applicable to tech and innovation markets in multiple countries. Prior to joining Nord Security, Dina has been the deputy chairwoman of the Lithuanian Competition Council and worked at other major competition enforcers – EU Commission and the US Federal Trade Commission, currently at the forefront of digital enforcement. Dina has been leading earlier EU legislative negotiations on competition issues and has been actively involved in the recent debates of the regulatory proposals addressing competition and consumer protection issues in the digital markets.

 

Winston Ma 

Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ CloudTree Ventures

Linkedin

Winston is an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global digital economy. He is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CloudTree Ventures, a seed to early growth stage venture capital firm empowering interactive entertainment companies. He is currently the board Chairman of Nasdaq-listed MCAA, a European tech SPAC, a board member of International Data Center Authority (IDCA), an advisory board member of Capgemini, and an Adjunct Professor at NYU Law School.

 

Vaida Markevičienė 

Vice-Minister @ the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania)

Linkedin

Vaida currently is and has been for two year the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania. Before Mrs. Vaida Markevičienė worked as an advisor to the President of the Republic of Lithuania on economic and innovation issues. She also was head of the Bank Restructuring Department of the Central Bank of Lithuania for three years. During her carrier, Mrs. Markevičiūtė had a number of internships in various organizations including but not limited to European Central Bank.

 

Lilija Mažeikienė

Investigations Specialist @ Binance

Linkedin

Lilija is an Investigations Specialist at Binance's Investigations Team that deals with special, urgent, and complex investigations. She mainly focuses on the Nordic-Baltic and Eastern European countries. Before joining Binance, she was a Seconded National Expert at Europol’s SIRIUS Team, which is considered to be the central EU hub of knowledge and excellence in the area of cross-border access to e-evidence for law enforcement.

 

 

Aragorn Meulendijks

Former CMO, Strategic Advisor and Metavangelist @ YOM, Futurist, Speaker @ ItsMrMetaverse

LInkedin

Aragorn is an explorer and early adopter with a massive passion for technology, psychology, and the humanities. Aragorn spends his time dreaming and talking about Blockchain, AI, XR, Transhumanism, the Metaverse, and how they will change civilization as we know it.

He has now dedicated his life to helping humanity find its way into a new Age, the Virtual Age, spreading Metavangelism one stage at a time.

Sigitas Mitkus

Former CMO, Strategic Advisor and Metavangelist @ YOM, Futurist, Speaker @ ItsMrMetaverse

LInkedin

Sigitas is an Advisor to the President of the Republic. His responsibilities include, but are not limited to: analyzing and reporting to the President of the Republic of Lithuania on European Union policy, and international policy trends in the EU member states and the United Kingdom.

 

Ken Olling

CEO @ Meld Finance

Linkedin

Ken is a serial entrepreneur working in the space between technology design and data, building new products to solve some of the biggest problems in the industry. With more than 20-years of experience in digital transformation, Ken has a proven track record of delivering innovative products and consumer experiences for companies around the globe, ranging from startups to Fortune 500. His past and present clients include Eltek, GE, HP, Harrods, Hydro, Toyota, Sony, Audi, Telenor, Total, Statoil, Visa and Ubisoft.

 

Timothy A Olsson

Director @ Social Systems Lab

Linkedin

 

Christoph Puhl

Senior Solutions Architect @ Chainalysis

LInkedin

As a Senior Solutions Architect for Chainalysis, Christoph helps Chainalysis customers across the central and eastern european regions whenever it comes to technical questions, solutions or integrations of the Chainalysis products. 

 

Sharon Gal-Or 

Chief Executive Officer @ Dot. Legal Design

Linkedin

Sharon is a USTP ambassador in Israel, is a writer, architect of change, expert on communities, on innovation and management, leadership and sustainability.

 

René Schulte

Director of Global Innovation @ Valorem Reply and leader of the Spatial Computing and Metaverse practice @ Reply

Linkedin

René is Director of Global Innovation at Valorem Reply and leader of the Spatial Computing and Metaverse practice at Reply working with teams across the globe on emerging technologies like 3D volumetric video streaming, Remote Rendering, VPS, the AR Cloud Real-World Metaverse. Being a trusted advisor for the clients and providing business value by supporting project execution ranging from discovery, envisioning and strategic consulting to technical implementation. He is a creative developer, thought leader and digital content creator with a passion for UX, (Edge) Cloud computing and deep technical knowledge from more than 15 years in VR/AR, Spatial Computing technology and 3D programming, developing for the Microsoft HoloLens since 2015 pioneering many Mixed Reality innovations. He coded AI deep learning neural networks for 15 years and is leveraging modern AI to empower humans and Quantum Computing for today’s impact.

 

Asse Sauga 

Author of book “The Bitcoin wave – Catch the wave and learn to surf on it!”

Linkedin

Asse is a Estonian leading cryptocurrency expert, co-founder of Estonian Cryptocurrency Association, board member of Change invest, co-founder of Redcurry and passionate about the crypto industry evolving in Estonia and widely across the world. He has done cooperation with the Estonian public and private sector, being the advisor for regulators, police and government and giving lectures on many different interest groups.

Janis Strelnieks

Sales Director, CEE, DE & AT @ Fireblocks

Linkedin

Janis is is a Sales Director at Fireblocks, covering Central Eastern Europe, Germany, and Austria. Fireblocks provides the worldwide leading infrastructure platform to store and transfer digital assets. In his current role at Fireblocks, he helps crypto natives, financial institutions, and corporates to build, secure, scale, and grow their digital assets business. Prior to Fireblocks,  Janis worked at Google and Blackrock in customer-facing roles where he gained a strong understanding of financial markets and technological innovations. He is passionate about emerging technologies and is convinced that web3 will significantly change how our society will interact and how businesses will operate in near future. Janis Holds a Msc. in Finance and Bsc. in Banking & Finance and is always open for discussions around all things tech, finance, fintech, and blockchain / web3.

 

Juras Sokolovas

World champion of Kyokushin Karate and a Senior Analyst in Tactical Asset Allocation Team @ the Bank of Lithuania

Linkedin

Juras is a world champion of kyokushin karate. He is also a senior analyst in tactical asset allocation team in Bank of Lithuania. Juras has masters degree in mathematics and black belt in karate. While seeking for universal meanings across these different disciplines, he found a way to combine them into an operating system of success which helped him win world championship and get a special award as a best fighter of the tournament.

 

Renata Šumskaitė

President/CEO/Managing director @ Crypto Assets organisation

Linkedin

Renata is business and people growth consultant & coach, former CEO and current Board member of FinTech companies. Mentor, Key note speaker of Women Go Tech programme. In her more than 26 years of professional carrier she has been taking leading roles as Head Of Change Delivery, Head of Innovation centre, CEO and other.

 

Lina Survila

Metaverse fashion journalist & creator @ The Wearables Daily and Contributor journalist @ Hackernoon, NFTPlazas, and Blockster

Linkedin

Lina is the Author of The Wearables Daily, a Metaverse fashion newsletter, Contributor journalist at Hackernoon, NFTPlazas, and Blockster. She is currently working on a marketplace to sell and buy digital fashion NFTs, Ex-fashion editor, Decentraland NFT wearables collector. Her experience includes founding the online fashion news media abstractstylist.com and working as a global tech PR at cybernews.com, where she published cybersecurity research at the biggest media outlets worldwide.

 

Daniel Trinder

Vice President for Government Affairs @ Binance

Linkedin

Daniel heads Government Affairs for Europe and MENA for Binance and also runs Binance Global Advisory Board. He has been an Honorary Professor in Economics at the School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London since 2020 and was a consultant to the IMF prior to joining Binance. Previously Daniel spent a decade as Global Head, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Deutsche Bank, Saitandard Chartered and Barclays.  

 

Paolo Tasca

Executive Director @ UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Linkedin

Dr. Paolo is a digital economist specialising in P2P financial systems. An expert on digital innovation, DLT, and complex systems, Dr. Tasca has been an advisor on DLT for international organizations, such as the EU Parliament and the United Nations. He has also performed the role of Lead Economist on digital currencies and P2P financial systems at the German Central Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) in Frankfurt. Dr. Tasca is also a Professor of Digital Technologies and Business Strategy at University College London (UCL), where he is also Founder and Executive Director of the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT).

 

Diederik Van Wersch

Director Mid-Market EMEA @ Chainalysis

LInkedin

Diederik heads up the Mid-Market Sales Team at Chainalysis, working with up and coming crypto/web3 businesses. He previously studied Politics with International Relations at the University of York before moving to business development roles in other tech start ups in Berlin and Vancouver. He has been with Chainalysis since March of 2018 and is based out of London.

 

Mindaugas Ubartas

CEO @ DigiTech Sector Association INFOBALT

LInkedin

Mindaugas is a Free and Independent human being, who has worked on C level positions in the telecommunication sector in Lithuania, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan. Developing and growing own businesses, invests into technology startups. For the last 3 years has been CEO of Digitech association Infobalt and is serving as a member of the management boards in retail and tech companies. 

 

Indrė Viltrakytė

Co-Founder @ Robert Kalinkin, Founder & CEO @ The Rebels

Linkedin

An undercover lawyer, co-founder of Robert Kalinkin, a street couture fashion house for over 10 years and currently - founder of The Rebels, a web3 fashion venture that aims to bridge IRL and digital fashion via blockchain technology. A fierce supporter of women in web3 & passionate advocate for equality and inclusivity in this decentralized world. 

 

Kabir Veitas,

Co-Founder & CEO @ NuNet

Linkedin

Kabir has a multi-year experience in strategic business consulting, multi-stakeholder negotiations and project management, socio-economic cost-benefit analysis, policy design as well as held executive positions in the past. Now Kabir is a co-founder and CEO of a deep tech startup NuNet, building a global economy of decentralized computing that leverages state of the art compute technologies and web3.0 technologies.

 

Sasha Wallinger 

Head of Web3 and Metaverse Strategy @ Journey

Linkedin

For over a decade, Sasha has woven the physical, digital, and virtual in luxury, premium, and pop-culture ecosystems. As a marketing and communications leader she has pioneered new ways of connecting brands with consumers in house at H&M, Nike, SOREL, Superplastic, and agency side, at HAVAS. Her proven ability to meld  elements of sustainability and gamification with fashion and retail, while balancing data and creative storytelling has yielded authentic consumer-focused programs across industries, and resulted in her being awarded the Chief Marketing Officer of the year award by The CMO Club. Currently, Sasha  translates Web3 opportunities, with a focus on connecting heritage, fashion, and luxury brands with their audiences while building community with clients and partners. 

 

Sylvain Vittecoq

Founder & CEO @ FileChain 

Linkedin

Sylvain is founder and CEO of FileChain which provides next-generation enterprise ledgers and treasuries for any group of business actors and consumers to run and to grow large-scale decentralized marketplaces and Web3 platforms. Prior to FileChain, Sylvain was CTO at CyanConnode, a world leader in radio mesh connectivity for industrial IoT devices and CTO at Qobuz, a platform for millions of users to download and to stream high-quality music.

Speakers

Nils Andersen-Röed
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Nils Andersen-Röed
Head of Intelligence and Investigations EMEA @ Binance

Nils is a former Europol Dark Web team specialist. Before his role at Europol, Nils was the Project Leader of the Dark Web Unit of the Dutch National Police. He was also the Project Leader of Operation Gravesac/Bayonet, coordinating the takeover and takedown of the dark web marketplaces Hansa Market and Alphabay.


Nils Andersen-Röed
Head of Intelligence and Investigations EMEA @ Binance
Aušrinė Armonaitė
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Aušrinė Armonaitė
Minister of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania

Aušrinė is the minister of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania. She also is a member of the Law and Order Committee, in the Parlament of the Republic of Lithuania. Previously Mrs. Armonaitė was working as an analyst of Lithuanian Business Confederation “ICC Lietuva”. Aušrinė was also volunteering and working for ten years in various Lithuanian and foreign organizations.


Aušrinė Armonaitė
Minister of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania
Andrius Bartminas
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Andrius Bartminas
Co-Founder and CEO @SUPER HOW?, Blockchain Lithuania representative

Andrius is a passionate Web3 visionary and outstanding international business development professional with a deep passion for emerging technologies and innovations. As a market professional, he is an active participant in governmental and institutional working groups and projects setting the regulatory framework for digital assets in Lithuania and the European Union. Andrius is also a representative of Blockchain Lithuania. 


Andrius Bartminas
Co-Founder and CEO @SUPER HOW?, Blockchain Lithuania representative
Martin Bruncko
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Martin Bruncko
Executive Vice President for Europe @ Binance

Martin is a technology entrepreneur, executive, investor, and former senior public policy leader. He has an extensive expertise in building transformational deep tech companies, as well as from top echelons of national and international policymaking in the areas of finance and innovations. Martin has held executive, board, and advisory positions in several highly innovative, R&D- based companies, including AeroMobil, and a cancer immunotherapy start up Camarque. He was also a Board Member of the European Stability Mechanism (previously EFSF) and Senior Director and Head of Europe at the World Economic Forum.


Martin Bruncko
Executive Vice President for Europe @ Binance
Tim Brückmann
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Tim Brückmann
Founder @ IAMX AG

Chief Vision Officer, Blockchain Enthusiast & Advisor, Decentralized Identity, Self-Sovereign Identity, DIDs, NFTs, CMO, COO, NFT Expert, Non Fungible Token, Speaker, E-Commerce, Telecommunication, Management, Distribution, Brand Building, Online Marketing, Sales Driven Approach, Co-founder Cardano Pool [AZUL], Co-founder TeddyTroops NFT project, Co-founder MYCBS NFT project, Advisor EnterTheMandala NFT project


Tim Brückmann
Founder @ IAMX AG
Skaistė Budbergytė-Zabielaitė
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Skaistė Budbergytė-Zabielaitė
Managing Director @ Crypto Economy Organisation

After gaining experience in the fields of innovation facilitation and commercialisation of businesses, backed by LL.M. from Tel Aviv University in Technology Law, Skaistė has formed an unconventional set of multidisciplinary skills as a legal entrepreneur. Until recently she has been consulting Asian Fintechs on their business establishment and development in Lithuania. In the past Skaistė has also led and managed associations like National Association of Creative and Cultural Industries, Lithuanian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association and is now the Managing Director of Crypto Economy Organisation. 


Skaistė Budbergytė-Zabielaitė
Managing Director @ Crypto Economy Organisation
Mindaugas Civilka
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Mindaugas Civilka

Mindaugas is partner with TGS Baltic, head of Technology and Media Group. With over 20 years of practise in IT law, he manages the most complex and innovative IT, data and media projects. Mindaugas is active writer and vocal speaker on AI, Metaverse and blockchain law.


Valentina Contini
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Valentina Contini
Innovation strategist @ Diconium, digital agency part of the Volkswagen group

Mobility Nerd | Web3 Explorer | Gamer since 1992 | Innovation Weapon Dealer | Futurist | Regeneration Advocate | Neogeneralist


Valentina Contini
Innovation strategist @ Diconium, digital agency part of the Volkswagen group
Emanuele Francioni
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Emanuele Francioni
Founder and Director @ Dusk Network

Emanuele has a deep-rooted belief for distributed computing, and zero-knowledge cryptography. Through Dusk Network he developed the first institution-grade network enabling people to exert direct control over any financial asset they own. Over the last 4 years his team has been building the leading protocol for regulated decentralized finance, and contributed to accelerate the world’s transition towards a DLT-backed economy. Emanuele’s interest in decentralized propositions started when he developed sensor networks in avionics over 20 years ago. After which, he led various multi-disciplinary development teams and R&D departments in delivering multimillion technology projects for both top corporate organizations (Tomtom, Commerzbank, Vitrociset, etc), as well as the companies he created.


Emanuele Francioni
Founder and Director @ Dusk Network
Janet Ho
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Janet Ho
Head of Policy for Europe @ Chainalysis

Janet is the Chainalysis Head of Policy for Europe, supporting public and private sectors in understanding the latest developments of crypto assets and their interactions with regulatory trends and requirements. Before joining Chainalysis the blockchain data platform, she was a financial and security policy maker in the Hong Kong Government and then the Financial Action Task Force Secretariat, the international standard-setter for money laundering and the financing of terrorism and proliferation. Her recent work includes negotiating the FATF Standards on Virtual Assets, Virtual Assets Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Red Flag Indicators, and Proliferation Financing Risk Assessment Guidance. She was also responsible for conducting FATF Mutual Evaluations on FATF member countries, FATF Reviews on hig


Janet Ho
Head of Policy for Europe @ Chainalysis
Antti Innanen
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Antti Innanen
Chief Executive Officer @ Dot. Legal Design

Antti is an IP and Tech attorney, the founder and CEO of Dot., a legal design and legal tech venture, and the former Managing Partner of Dottir Attorneys. Dot. is the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe 2018 finalist and winner of the most significant design prize in the Nordics, Fennia Grand Prix (2020). In addition to his career as a lawyer, he also runs the NFT startup FUNGI, is co-author of the first Finnish book on blockchain. Antti is a well-known innovator in the legal field and frequently requested presenter at various legal seminars.


Antti Innanen
Chief Executive Officer @ Dot. Legal Design
Odeta Jacė
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Odeta Jacė
Next-gen digital experiences strategist @ Storyfounders

Odeta is catalyst fashiontech expert, next-gen digital experiences strategist and foundress of Storyfounders. On top of leading global tech projects at IBM, her personal work focuses on the future consumer, digital culture research, innovations and immersive tech inclusion into brands’ customers’ journeys.


Odeta Jacė
Next-gen digital experiences strategist @ Storyfounders
Marius Jurgilas
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Marius Jurgilas
SVP Research and Innovations @ SUPER HOW?

Recently Marius joined SuperHow, private research laboratory where he will lead Research and Innovation in the area of future financial infrastructure. For almost ten years Mr. Marius Jurgilas was holding a position of the Board Member of the Bank of Lithuania (a central bank and integrated regulator, part of the Eurosystem). Mr. Jurgilas was in charge of payment systems, asset management, research, supervision, cash, physical and cybersecurity. He was also a member of the Eurosystem High-Level Task Force on Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and a Chair of the BIS Innovation Network Working Group on CBDC. During the tenure of Mr. Jurgilas, Lithuania has emerged as a top jurisdiction for fintech companies within the EU under the leadership of the Bank of Lithuania, forging his reputation as a leading thinker on the future of banking.  Prior to joining the Bank of Lithuania, Mr. Jurgilas worked as Economist at Norges Bank and the Bank of England, a researcher at the European Central Bank, and gained academic experience in the US.


Marius Jurgilas
SVP Research and Innovations @ SUPER HOW?
Vytautas Kašėta
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Vytautas Kašėta
Founder and Creative Director @ Robert Kalinkin | the Rebels

Robertas is a 34 year old entrepreneur, operating in 3 main fields of businesses. Covering IRl fashion house, digital ventures in web3, and Production design  company specialising in commercial video production. He started as a set designer on TV sets, and moved on from that to Fashion, Influence and web3 spaces. Frequent speaker on various topics from Future of fashion, sustainability and creativity, he also endorses social aspects which usually involves call to act actions.


Vytautas Kašėta
Founder and Creative Director @ Robert Kalinkin | the Rebels
Vytautas Kašėta
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Vytautas Kašėta
President @ Crypto Economy Organisation

Vytautas is an entrepreneur and a community builder. He is a deep tech and Next Reality enthusiast and visionary, diving deep into the world of token economics, securitization, digital innovations, and crypto economy development. Vytautas is also a co-founder and digital innovations hero at SUPER HOW? – a private DARQ technologies lab; a co-founder of Blockchain Lithuania competence centre; a member of Vilnius City Council.


Vytautas Kašėta
President @ Crypto Economy Organisation
Ryan King
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Ryan King
Head of Business Development @ Dusk Network

Ryan is a big advocate of privacy and regulation in blockchain technology. He talks about opportunities and limitations in crypto legislation such as “Markets in Crypto Assets” (MiCA), and the far-reaching implications for all crypto projects that wish to operate in the EU. Together with Dusk, he is bringing the benefits of DeFi to the regulated space. Ryan has previously worked in startups, establishing several companies and running two venture capital-backed accelerator programs. He has also taught at universities in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland, and mentored at a number of incubators worldwide.


Ryan King
Head of Business Development @ Dusk Network
Simonas Krėpšta
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Simonas Krėpšta
Board Member @ Bank of Lithuania

Simonas is an old wolf in the banking industry with 16 years of experience. Fourteen of them are spent in the Central Bank of Lithuania where he worked in multiple positions including but not limited to Director of the Financial Stability Department. During these years Mr. Krėpšta has also worked as a professor for bachelor and master level students. Mr. Simonas Krėpšta is currently a board member. of the Central Bank of Lithuania.


Simonas Krėpšta
Board Member @ Bank of Lithuania
Gediminas Laucius
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Gediminas Laucius
Legal & Tax Services Partner @ LEWBEN

Gediminas has extensive experience in provision of legal and tax solutions for national and international clients engaged in crypto, WEB3, blockchain and neo banking activities. Gediminas has supported local enterprises in expanding their businesses globally, and global businesses in establishing their operations locally in Lithuania as means to enter the European market with a full set of professional services in every stage of the commercial cycle - from incorporation and licensing to every day affairs. 


Gediminas Laucius
Legal & Tax Services Partner @ LEWBEN
Liucija Lenkauskaitė-Stankevičė
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Liucija Lenkauskaitė-Stankevičė
Project Lead @ DecentWorld

Before joining the fintech and web3 industries, Liucija worked with several news media outlets, both online and on television. Her work experience in Lithuania and studies in the Netherlands and Hungary have helped Liucija harness skills in management, production, and research. Liucija is one of the core team members behind the DecentWorld platform, a Swiss-owned metaverse recently named the most innovative NFT project in Europe.


Liucija Lenkauskaitė-Stankevičė
Project Lead @ DecentWorld
Mindaugas Liutvinskas
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Mindaugas Liutvinskas
Vice-Minister @ the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania)

Mindaugas is the current Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania. There, he is responsible for EU and international agenda and public finance policy. For four years Mr. Mindaugas Liutvinskas was working at the Central Bank of Lithuania where he held the position of Senior Economist and Head of the Economic Policy Analysis Department of the Department of International Relations. He also previously participated in EU political-level discussions on MiCA and supervised the preparation of national crypto sector amendments that were adopted this year.


Mindaugas Liutvinskas
Vice-Minister @ the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania)
Dina Lurje
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Dina Lurje
Head of Legal @ Nord Security

Dina is currently the general counsel at the Lithuanian tech unicorn Nord Security navigating regulatory frameworks applicable to tech and innovation markets in multiple countries. Prior to joining Nord Security, Dina has been the deputy chairwoman of the Lithuanian Competition Council and worked at other major competition enforcers – EU Commission and the US Federal Trade Commission, currently at the forefront of digital enforcement. Dina has been leading earlier EU legislative negotiations on competition issues and has been actively involved in the recent debates of the regulatory proposals addressing competition and consumer protection issues in the digital markets.


Dina Lurje
Head of Legal @ Nord Security
Winston Ma
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Winston Ma
Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ CloudTree Ventures

Winston is an investor, attorney, author, and adjunct professor in the global digital economy. He is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CloudTree Ventures, a seed to early growth stage venture capital firm empowering interactive entertainment companies. He is currently the board Chairman of Nasdaq-listed MCAA, a European tech SPAC, a board member of International Data Center Authority (IDCA), an advisory board member of Capgemini, and an Adjunct Professor at NYU Law School.


Winston Ma
Co-Founder and Managing Partner @ CloudTree Ventures
Vaida Markevičienė
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Vaida Markevičienė
Vice-Minister @ the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania)

Vaida currently is and has been for two year the Deputy Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania. Before Mrs. Vaida Markevičienė worked as an advisor to the President of the Republic of Lithuania on economic and innovation issues. She also was head of the Bank Restructuring Department of the Central Bank of Lithuania for three years. During her carrier, Mrs. Markevičiūtė had a number of internships in various organizations including but not limited to European Central Bank.


Vaida Markevičienė
Vice-Minister @ the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania)
Lilija Mažeikienė
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Lilija Mažeikienė
Investigations Specialist @ Binance

Lilija is an Investigations Specialist at Binance's Investigations Team that deals with special, urgent, and complex investigations. She mainly focuses on the Nordic-Baltic and Eastern European countries. Before joining Binance, she was a Seconded National Expert at Europol’s SIRIUS Team, which is considered to be the central EU hub of knowledge and excellence in the area of cross-border access to e-evidence for law enforcement.


Lilija Mažeikienė
Investigations Specialist @ Binance
Aragorn Meulendijks
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Aragorn Meulendijks
Former CMO, Strategic Advisor and Metavangelist @ YOM Futurist, Speaker @ ItsMrMetaverse

Aragorn is an explorer and early adopter with a massive passion for technology, psychology, and the humanities. Aragorn spends his time dreaming and talking about Blockchain, AI, XR, Transhumanism, the Metaverse, and how they will change civilization as we know it. He has now dedicated his life to helping humanity find its way into a new Age, the Virtual Age, spreading Metavangelism one stage at a time.


Aragorn Meulendijks
Former CMO, Strategic Advisor and Metavangelist @ YOM Futurist, Speaker @ ItsMrMetaverse
Sigitas Mitkus
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Sigitas Mitkus
Adviser to the President of the Republic of Lithuania

Sigitas is an Advisor to the President of the Republic. His responsibilities include, but are not limited to: analyzing and reporting to the President of the Republic of Lithuania on European Union policy, and international policy trends in the EU member states and the United Kingdom.


Sigitas Mitkus
Adviser to the President of the Republic of Lithuania
Ken Olling
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Ken Olling
CEO @ Meld Finance

Ken is a serial entrepreneur working in the space between technology design and data, building new products to solve some of the biggest problems in the industry. With more than 20-years of experience in digital transformation, Ken has a proven track record of delivering innovative products and consumer experiences for companies around the globe, ranging from startups to Fortune 500. His past and present clients include Eltek, GE, HP, Harrods, Hydro, Toyota, Sony, Audi, Telenor, Total, Statoil, Visa and Ubisoft.


Ken Olling
CEO @ Meld Finance
Timothy A Olsson
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Timothy A Olsson
Director @ Social Systems Lab

Director @ Social Systems Lab


Timothy A Olsson
Director @ Social Systems Lab
Christoph Puhl
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Christoph Puhl
Senior Solutions Architect @ Chainalysis

As a Senior Solutions Architect for Chainalysis, Christoph helps Chainalysis customers across the central and eastern european regions whenever it comes to technical questions, solutions or integrations of the Chainalysis products. 


Christoph Puhl
Senior Solutions Architect @ Chainalysis
Sharon Gal-Or
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Sharon Gal-Or
Author and Sustainability & Leadership Architect of Change

Sharon is a USTP ambassador in Israel, is a writer, architect of change, expert on communities, on innovation and management, leadership and sustainability.


Sharon Gal-Or
Author and Sustainability & Leadership Architect of Change
René Schulte
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René Schulte
Director of Global Innovation @ Valorem Reply and leader of the Spatial Computing and Metaverse practice @ Reply

René is Director of Global Innovation at Valorem Reply and leader of the Spatial Computing and Metaverse practice at Reply working with teams across the globe on emerging technologies like 3D volumetric video streaming, Remote Rendering, VPS, the AR Cloud Real-World Metaverse. Being a trusted advisor for the clients and providing business value by supporting project execution ranging from discovery, envisioning and strategic consulting to technical implementation. He is a creative developer, thought leader and digital content creator with a passion for UX, (Edge) Cloud computing and deep technical knowledge from more than 15 years in VR/AR, Spatial Computing technology and 3D programming, developing for the Microsoft HoloLens since 2015 pioneering many Mixed Reality innovations. He coded AI deep learning neural networks for 15 years and is leveraging modern AI to empower humans and Quantum Computing for today’s impact.


René Schulte
Director of Global Innovation @ Valorem Reply and leader of the Spatial Computing and Metaverse practice @ Reply
Asse Sauga
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Asse Sauga
Head of Intelligence and Investigations EMEA @ Binance

Asse is a Estonian leading cryptocurrency expert, co-founder of Estonian Cryptocurrency Association, board member of Change invest, co-founder of Redcurry and passionate about the crypto industry evolving in Estonia and widely across the world. He has done cooperation with the Estonian public and private sector, being the advisor for regulators, police and government and giving lectures on many different interest groups.


Asse Sauga
Head of Intelligence and Investigations EMEA @ Binance
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrius-bartminas/
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Janis Strelnieks
Sales Director, CEE, DE & AT @ Fireblocks

Janis is is a Sales Director at Fireblocks, covering Central Eastern Europe, Germany, and Austria. Fireblocks provides the worldwide leading infrastructure platform to store and transfer digital assets. In his current role at Fireblocks, he helps crypto natives, financial institutions, and corporates to build, secure, scale, and grow their digital assets business. Prior to Fireblocks,  Janis worked at Google and Blackrock in customer-facing roles where he gained a strong understanding of financial markets and technological innovations. He is passionate about emerging technologies and is convinced that web3 will significantly change how our society will interact and how businesses will operate in near future. Janis Holds a Msc. in Finance and Bsc. in Banking & Finance and is always open for discussions around all things tech, finance, fintech, and blockchain / web3.


Janis Strelnieks
Sales Director, CEE, DE & AT @ Fireblocks
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrius-bartminas/
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Juras Sokolovas
World champion of Kyokushin Karate and a Senior Analyst in Tactical Asset Allocation Team @ the Bank of Lithuania

Juras is a world champion of kyokushin karate. He is also a senior analyst in tactical asset allocation team in Bank of Lithuania. Juras has masters degree in mathematics and black belt in karate. While seeking for universal meanings across these different disciplines, he found a way to combine them into an operating system of success which helped him win world championship and get a special award as a best fighter of the tournament.

Juras Sokolovas
World champion of Kyokushin Karate and a Senior Analyst in Tactical Asset Allocation Team @ the Bank of Lithuania
Renata Šumskaitė
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Renata Šumskaitė
President/CEO/Managing director @ Crypto Assets organisation

Renata is business and people growth consultant & coach, former CEO and current Board member of FinTech companies. Mentor, Key note speaker of Women Go Tech programme. In her more than 26 years of professional carrier she has been taking leading roles as Head Of Change Delivery, Head of Innovation centre, CEO and other. 


Renata Šumskaitė
President/CEO/Managing director @ Crypto Assets organisation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrius-bartminas/
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Lina Survila
Metaverse fashion journalist & creator @ The Wearables Daily and Contributor journalist @ Hackernoon, NFTPlazas, and Blockster

Lina is the Author of The Wearables Daily, a Metaverse fashion newsletter, Contributor journalist at Hackernoon, NFTPlazas, and Blockster. She is currently working on a marketplace to sell and buy digital fashion NFTs, Ex-fashion editor, Decentraland NFT wearables collector. Her experience includes founding the online fashion news media abstractstylist.com and working as a global tech PR at cybernews.com, where she published cybersecurity research at the biggest media outlets worldwide.


Lina Survila
Metaverse fashion journalist & creator @ The Wearables Daily and Contributor journalist @ Hackernoon, NFTPlazas, and Blockster
Daniel Trinder
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Daniel Trinder
Vice President for Government Affairs @ Binance

Daniel heads Government Affairs for Europe and MENA for Binance and also runs Binance Global Advisory Board. He has been an Honorary Professor in Economics at the School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London since 2020 and was a consultant to the IMF prior to joining Binance. Previously Daniel spent a decade as Global Head, Government and Regulatory Affairs at Deutsche Bank, Saitandard Chartered and Barclays.  


Daniel Trinder
Vice President for Government Affairs @ Binance
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrius-bartminas/
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Paolo Tasca
Executive Director @ UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Dr. Paolo is a digital economist specialising in P2P financial systems. An expert on digital innovation, DLT, and complex systems, Dr. Tasca has been an advisor on DLT for international organizations, such as the EU Parliament and the United Nations. He has also performed the role of Lead Economist on digital currencies and P2P financial systems at the German Central Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) in Frankfurt. Dr. Tasca is also a Professor of Digital Technologies and Business Strategy at University College London (UCL), where he is also Founder and Executive Director of the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT).


Paolo Tasca
Executive Director @ UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies
Diederik Van Wersch
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Diederik Van Wersch
Director Mid-Market EMEA @ Chainalysis

Diederik heads up the Mid-Market Sales Team at Chainalysis, working with up and coming crypto/web3 businesses. He previously studied Politics with International Relations at the University of York before moving to business development roles in other tech start ups in Berlin and Vancouver. He has been with Chainalysis since March of 2018 and is based out of London.


Diederik Van Wersch
Director Mid-Market EMEA @ Chainalysis
Mindaugas Ubartas
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Mindaugas Ubartas
CEO @ DigiTech Sector Association INFOBALT

Mindaugas is a Free and Independent human being, who has worked on C level positions in the telecommunication sector in Lithuania, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan. Developing and growing own businesses, invests into technology startups. For the last 3 years has been CEO of Digitech association Infobalt and is serving as a member of the management boards in retail and tech companies. 


Mindaugas Ubartas
CEO @ DigiTech Sector Association INFOBALT
Indrė Viltrakytė
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Indrė Viltrakytė
Co-Founder @ Robert Kalinkin, Founder & CEO @ The Rebels

An undercover lawyer, co-founder of Robert Kalinkin, a street couture fashion house for over 10 years and currently - founder of The Rebels, a web3 fashion venture that aims to bridge IRL and digital fashion via blockchain technology. A fierce supporter of women in web3 & passionate advocate for equality and inclusivity in this decentralized world. 


Indrė Viltrakytė
Co-Founder @ Robert Kalinkin, Founder & CEO @ The Rebels
Kabir Veitas
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Kabir Veitas
Co-Founder & CEO @ NuNet

Kabir has a multi-year experience in strategic business consulting, multi-stakeholder negotiations and project management, socio-economic cost-benefit analysis, policy design as well as held executive positions in the past. Now Kabir is a co-founder and CEO of a deep tech startup NuNet, building a global economy of decentralized computing that leverages state of the art compute technologies and web3.0 technologies.


Kabir Veitas
Co-Founder & CEO @ NuNet
Sasha Wallinger 
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Sasha Wallinger 
Head of Web3 and Metaverse Strategy @ Journey

For over a decade, Sasha has woven the physical, digital, and virtual in luxury, premium, and pop-culture ecosystems. As a marketing and communications leader she has pioneered new ways of connecting brands with consumers in house at H&M, Nike, SOREL, Superplastic, and agency side, at HAVAS. Her proven ability to meld  elements of sustainability and gamification with fashion and retail, while balancing data and creative storytelling has yielded authentic consumer-focused programs across industries, and resulted in her being awarded the Chief Marketing Officer of the year award by The CMO Club. Currently, Sasha  translates Web3 opportunities, with a focus on connecting heritage, fashion, and luxury brands with their audiences while building community with clients and partners. 


Sasha Wallinger 
Head of Web3 and Metaverse Strategy @ Journey
Sylvain Vittecoq
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Sylvain Vittecoq
Founder & CEO @ FileChain 

Sylvain is founder and CEO of FileChain which provides next-generation enterprise ledgers and treasuries for any group of business actors and consumers to run and to grow large-scale decentralized marketplaces and Web3 platforms. Prior to FileChain, Sylvain was CTO at CyanConnode, a world leader in radio mesh connectivity for industrial IoT devices and CTO at Qobuz, a platform for millions of users to download and to stream high-quality music.


Sylvain Vittecoq
Founder & CEO @ FileChain 

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