MiCAR - Europes Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation
Prepare for one full day on 2023/10/12, spanning two stages and dedicated workshops at the Vaduzer Saal in Vaduz, where we will discuss the new Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCAR). We will analyze MiCAR from various perspectives and delve deeply into this revolutionary regulation that is poised to permanently transform, regulate, and professionalize the market and its stakeholders. Concurrently, explore the role of blockchain in advancing sustainability, energy efficiency, and green supply chains.
Agenda 2023
STAGE 1
| 08:30-09:00 | CHECK-IN AND REGISTRATION |
| 09:00-09:10 | OPENING REMARKS FROM HOST AND CCA-PRESIDENT |
| Host: Daniel Ramamoorthy | |
| Co-Host: Dr. Celine Wong | |
| President: Dr. Thomas Nägele | |
| 09:10-09:25 | WELCOME ADDRESS FROM THE PRIME MINISTER |
| Speaker: Prime Minister Dr. Daniel Risch | |
| 09:30-09:55 | HOW IT BEGAN AND WHY BITCOIN IS DIFFERENT? |
| Speaker: Rahim Taghizadegan | |
| [Austrian Economist, Director Scholarium] | |
| 10:00-10:25 | WEB3, TOKENIZATION, BITCOIN AND DIGITAL EURO |
| Speaker: Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner | |
| 10:30-11:00 | NETWORKING-COFFEE-BREAK |
| Enjoy Barista-Style Coffee from our Barista Adrian Riesen | |
| 11:00-11:25 | LIECHTENSTEIN STATE INNOVATION AND REGULATION |
| Speaker: Dr. Clara Guerra | |
| [Office for Financial Market Innovation and Digitalisation, Liechtenstein Government ] | |
| 11:30-12:10 | PANEL: BEYOND EUROPE - GLOBAL REACTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF MICAR |
| Moderator: Nikola Stojanow | |
| [Aeternity Foundation] | |
| Panelist: Anja Blaj | |
| [European Crypto Initiative] | |
| Panelist: Alireza Siadat | |
| [ANNERTON - Germany] | |
| Panelist: Alexander Brunner | |
| [Home of Blockchain.swiss] | |
| Panelist: Irina Heaver | |
| [NEOSLEGAL - Dubai] | |
| 12:15-13:45 | NETWORKING-LUNCH-BREAK |
| Premium Catering from CATERING 42 AG | |
| 13:45-14:10 | DIGITALISATION THE KEY TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE |
| Speaker: Simon Tribelhorn | |
| [Liechtenstein Bankers Association] | |
| 14:15-14:45 | MiCAR COMPLIANCE - MORE THAN KYC |
| Speaker: Dr. Siegfried Herzog | |
| [CLL Compliance Labs AG] | |
| 14:50-15:20 | CRYPTO CUSTODY THE RIGHT WAY |
| Speaker: Ali Beck | |
| [HollaEx] | |
| 15:25-15:50 | TOKENIZING REAL-WORLD-ASSETS FOR A DIGITAL ECONOMY |
| Speaker: Nikolay Khort | |
| [VNX] | |
| 15:50-16:20 | NETWORKING-COFFEE-BREAK |
| Enjoy Barista-Style Coffee from our Barista Adrian Riesen | |
| 16:20-16:45 | BRIDGING THE GAP: EVOLUTION FROM MINT-AND-BURN TO NEXT GEN BLOCKCHAIN CONNECTORS |
| Speaker: Andriy Velykyy | |
| [Allbridge] | |
| 16:50-17:25 | PANEL: MiCAR - CENTRALISATION VS. DECENTRALISATION |
| Moderator: Anja Blaj | |
| [Floin] | |
| Panelist: Volkmar Ritter | |
| [BICon Est] | |
| Panelist: Philipp Pieper | |
| [Swarm Markets GmbH] | |
| Panelist: Santiago Sabater | |
| [Jelly Labs AG] | |
| Panelist: Severin Kranz | |
| [21.finance AG] | |
| 17:35-17:50 | THE KEY TO MASS ADOPTION OF BLOCKCHAIN It's not what you think it is |
| Speaker: German Ramirez | |
| [THE RELEVANCE HOUSE] | |
| 17:50-18:00 | CLOSING |
| HOST, CO-HOST, OC-TEAM | |
STAGE 2
| 08:30-09:00 | CHECK-IN AND REGISTRATION |
| Go to Stage 1 | |
| 09:30-09:35 | WELCOME FROM THE HOST DR. CELINE WONG |
| 09:35-10:00 | PANEL: THE ROLE OF ASSOCIATIONS |
| Moderator: Sebastian Becker | |
| [Bundesblock] | |
| Panelist: Ricardo Simoes | |
| [INATBA.org] | |
| Panelist: Erwin Voloder | |
| [EUROPEAN BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION] | |
| Panelist: Pablo Coirolo | |
| [CCA Trustless Technologies Association e.V.] | |
| Panelist: Oliver Mauer | |
| [Decentralise e.V.] | |
| 10:10-10:30 | SAFEGUARDING AGAINST MARKET MANIPULATION IN DeFi |
| Speaker: Anne-Grace Kleczewski | |
| [Keom Protocol] | |
| 10:30-11:00 | NETWORKING-COFFEE BREAK |
| Enjoy Barista-Style Coffee from our Barista Adrian Riesen | |
| 11:00-11:25 | THE FUTURE OF CONSENSUAL MARKETING IN WEB3 |
| Speaker: Gerald Heydenreich | |
| [EtherMail GmbH] | |
| 11:30-12:15 | PANEL: STAKING BEFORE AND IN THE MICAR ERA Tech & Legal Perspectives on Regulation and Challenges? |
| Moderator: Alissa Alekseeva | |
| [Kuble | Women in Web3 Switzerland] | |
| Panelist: Dr. Andreas Glarner | |
| [MME, Switzerland] | |
| Panelist: Ali Beck | |
| [Bitcoin OG, HollaEx] | |
| Panelist: Peter Hofmann | |
| [Copper Markets (Switzerland) AG] | |
| Panelist: Johannes Virleitner | |
| [NÄGELE Attorneys at Law LLC] | |
| 12:15-13:45 | NETWORKING-LUNCH-BREAK |
| Premium Catering from CATERING 42 AG | |
| 13:45-14:20 | PANEL: BLOCKCHAIN - GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY OR JUST A HYPE? |
| Moderator: Benjamin Rauch | |
| [Jelly Labs AG] | |
| Panelist: Michael Mauer | |
| [Blockfinance ECO AG] | |
| Panelist: Johannes Kern | |
| [Nerif Network] | |
| Panelist: Dr. Yassin Hankir | |
| [savedroid FL GmbH] | |
| Panelist: Olaf Hannemann | |
| [CV VC AG] | |
| 14:25-14:50 | WHY BLOCKCHAIN FAILED TO DELIVER ON SUPPLY CHAIN PROMISES - A WARNING TO US ALL |
| Speaker: Sebastian Becker | |
| [inatba.org] | |
| 14:55-15:00 | THE GLOBAL PROTOCOL REPORT |
| Speaker: Ralf Glabischnig | |
| [Inacta Ventures & Crypto Oasis] | |
| 15:05-15:25 | SECURITIZATION OF ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS ON THE BLOCKCHAIN |
| Speaker: Raphael Hess | |
| [Heartstocks] | |
| 15:30-15:50 | WEB3 MINING |
| Speaker: Vukašin Vukoje | |
| [web3mine ag] | |
| 15:50-16:20 | NETWORKING-COFFEE-BREAK |
| Enjoy Barista-Style Coffee from our Barista Adrian Riesen | |
| 16:20-16:55 | PANEL: IMPLICATIONS OF MiCAR ON TOKENIZATION: NAVIGATING CHALLENGES AND PIONEERING TOKENIZED REAL-WORLD ASSETS |
| Moderator: Simon Tribelhorn | |
| [Liechtenstein Bankers Association] | |
| Panelist: Mauro Casellini | |
| [CCA / Arcological.xyz] | |
| Panelist: Nadine Wilke | |
| [Particula GmbH] | |
| Panelist: Dr. Thomas Nägele | |
| [President of CCA | Chair of the board of inatba.org | Managing Partner of NÄGELE Law] | |
| 17:00-17:15 | GOVERNANCE SECURITY The missing link to unlock the next trillion dollars in Web3 |
| Speaker: Martin Schmidt | |
| [Q Protocol] | |
| 17:20-17:50 | PANEL: IDENTITY MANAGEMENT, DATA PROTECTION, AND INTEROPERABILITY |
| Moderator: Ingmar Zechlin | |
| [aeLabs] | |
| Panelist: Dr. Siegfried Herzog | |
| [OneBoard] | |
| Panelist: Erwin Voloder | |
| [European Blockchain Association] | |
| Panelist: Eugenio Reggianini | |
| [European Blockchain Association] | |
| 17:50-18:00 | GOTO STAGE 1 FOR THE CLOSING |
WORKSHOPS
The workshops are limited by the capacity of the room adjacent to Stage 2. It's a first-come, first-served basis.
| 10:00-11:00 | WORKSHOP: THE HISTORY OF CRYPTO - LESSONS LEARNED |
| Tobias Fitz | |
| [University of Liechtenstein, CCA] | |
| 11:00-12:00 | WORKSHOP: MASTERING BLOCKCHAIN FORENSICS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO USING FORENSIC TOOLS |
| Sven Römer | |
| [BlockFo] | |
| 13:45-14:45 | WORKSHOP: HOW TO SET UP A HARDWARE WALLET |
| Philipp Büchel | |
| [Blockchain Büro] | |
| 14:50-15:50 | WORKSHOP: CRYPTO VALLEY - HOW TO USE LIECHTENSTEIN AS A GATEWAY TO EUROPE'S 450 MILLION USERS AND 23 MILLION BUSINESSES SINGLE MARKET VIA MiCAR |
| Dr. Andreas Glarner (MME, Switzerland) | |
| Johannes Virleitner (NÄGELE, Liechtenstein) | |
| Dr. Siegfried Herzog (CLL Compliance, Liechtenstein) | |
| Matthias Langer (actus ag, Tax Liechtenstein) | |
| 16:20-17:00 | WORKSHOP: NAVIGATING THE TAX MAZE: STRATEGIES, INSIGHTS, AND BEST PRACTICES FOR COMPLIANCE |
| Matthias Langer | |
| [actus ag] | |
| 17:00-17:50 | WORKSHOP: HOW TO SAFELY TRANSFER ASSETS WITH A HARDWARE WALLET |
| Oliver Mauer | |
| [Decentralise e.V.] | |
DISCLAIMER: Agenda is subject to change and might have additions, amendments and cancellations.
[Agenda updated: 2023/10/03]
Patronage
Under the patronage of the government of Liechtenstein
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