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ETH #DeFi

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What the Crypto world expects from Banks
 

About

BUIDL THE FUTURE, TOGETHER

All over the world, like-minded enthusiasts are joining the Ethereum movement. Why? Because we're excited about the scale of the opportunities.

ETH #DeFi is a specialized Ethereum conference, bringing together the brightest minds of DeFi, in the capital of Finance: Zurich, Switerland.  This event is aimed at professionals from the financial sector who already have a solid understanding of the blockchain technology and are interested to learn from industry experts what the crypto world expects from Banks in the near future.  

 Learn and understand the potential of DeFi – no speculation, just endless opportunities. 
Join us, meet us, expand your network and make new friends from all over the world.

ETH #DeFi Schedule

 Join us on Thursday, 9. February 2023 at KV Business School, Zurich and experience an extraordinary conference, full of hungry minds who are curious to create the future of finance. Connect with industry experts and get all your questions answered during extensive workshops, interactive panel discussions and Q&A sessions. 

Detailed schedule coming soon. Stay tuned. 

08:00

Breakfast & networking

 

08:30 

Welcome 

Presented by: Rik Krieger, Founder ETH DeFi

 

08:45

Bank for International Settlements: Our opinion about crypto in banking

Presented by: Mike Alonso, Principal Architect, BIS 

 

10:00

Coffee break 

10:15

Fabian Schär Uni Basel

 

 

11.00

Q&A session: Ask us anything! Your questions discussed with experts: What the crypto world expects from Banks. Presented by: Bitcoin Suisse, Mauro

 

11:45

Lunch break 

 

13:30

Development of the crypto market in 2023

Presented by: L1 Digital AG, Speaker tba

 

14:15

All you need to know about decentralised borrowing

Presented by: Liquity, Speaker tba

 

15:00

Coffee break

 

 

15:15

Q&A session: Ask us anything! Your questions discussed with experts: DeFi versus CBDC   (Hilmar & BIS)

Presented by: Dr. Sebastian Bürgel, Founder HOPR 

 

16:00

Closing speech 

Presented by: Francesco Andreolí, Consensys

 

16:15

Apéro & networking

SPEAKERS

ETH Event for Bankers

2023

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University of Basel

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Prof. Dr. Fabian Schär

Basel, Switzerland

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Marco

Zurich , Switzerland

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TBA

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Francesco Andreolí

Zurich, Switzerland

Francesco is an Ethereum engineer and digital entrepreneur who has worked in Switzerland, Sweden, Brazil, South Africa, Kenya and the United States. He has been a mentor at TechStars, Angelhack, Masschallenge, The Hult Prize among several other startup acceleration and incubation programs around the world. He was also a co-founder of a crypto-mining facility in Switzerland based on renewable energy sources. Fransesco has a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering and robotics from ETH Zurich, a Master’s in business from Hult International Business School and a diploma big data from Stanford University. 

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L1

Zurich, Switzerland

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TBA

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MakerDAO

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Liquity

Zurich, Switzerland

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Arakis

Zurich, Switzerland

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TBA

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Founder ETH DeFi

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Rik Krieger

Zurich, Switzerland

Rik Krieger is founder of ETH DeFi. He has already successfully led the FinTech company SONECT to the Top 50. After his Bachelor's degree in St. Gallen he started a career in business development at Gate Group International, where he worked for various airlines worldwide. In the following years, he gained extensive strategic experience at various companies. After founding the comedy production company Stand-Up! and completing an Executive Master's degree at the University of Zurich, he is now responsible for all commercial matters at the HOPR Association.

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Sebastian Bürgel

Zurich, Switzerland

Sebastian Bürgel builds technical solutions that empower the individual. As founder of the private data exchange infrastructure HOPR, he contributes to establishing full stack privacy for the web3. He also co-founded two other technology startups–Validity Labs (blockchain education & services) and SONECT (fintech). Sebastian holds a Ph.D degree in Microtechnology from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich.

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Founder of HOPR

Details

Date: 8AM - 6PM on Feb 9th 

Location: KV Business School Zurich (Sihlpostgasse 2, 8004 Zurich

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