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Eloisa Marchesoni embraces strong principles of value embodiment; her career started at only 18 years old as a token economics and growth hacking consultant, becoming an expert on numerous fields: she's very focused on accurately filtering clients, making sure they offer important value/potential to the company and proving serious marketing skills throughout her massive growth hacking skills. She's very well fit in the educational field delivering strong communication ability on a wide range of protocol projects in the easiest way and to the widest range of people possible.

At only 24 years of age, Eloisa Marchesoni has already advised over 35 startups, and financed multiple tech patents, and exited 4 Fintech companies.

Thanks to such accomplishments, she is often cited as a top cryptocurrency expert in international media.

George Agathangelou has served most of his career as an executive for Cyprus Investment Firms and is a holder of CySEC professional competence certificate. As an international public speaker, George has delivered presentations on DLT and blockchain in countries.
Currently, Mr. Agathangelou acts as the COO of BLOCK.CO, as well as the Business Development Director of Grant Thornton (Blockchain) Cyprus.

Sector experience:

·Distributed Ledger Technologies
·Virtual Asset Service Providers’ services
·Education and Training
·Consulting/Advising enterprises addressing business challenges with blockchain technology
·DeFi, NFTs, Metaverse, Web3, Financial Privacy, Fintech, Tokenization

Professional qualifications and memberships:
George is a Certified Bitcoin Professional, is currently undertaking the MSc in Blockchain and Digital Currency at the University of Nicosia and holds a BA in Economics and an MBA.

Dr. Kyriacos Pavlou serves as the Director of Electi Academy, is a co-founder of Electi Consulting Ltd, and is a research associate at the UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT) in London, UK. Dr. Pavlou is a researcher and lecturer in Database Design and Security and Blockchain Technologies. He holds an MA(Cantab) in Genetics from the University of Cambridge, UK and a double BSc in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Arizona, US. He completed his PhD on Database Forensics and Information Accountability at the University of Arizona. He has also worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Computer Science department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US researching cloud-resident information accountability systems. Dr. Pavlou has served as Director of the Research Office at the Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM) in Cyprus. Furthermore, he is an associate at UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies (UCL CBT) and he was a member of the Republic of Cyprus blockchain working group tasked with the formulation of the national strategy on blockchain. For the past three years he has served as a technical program committee member for the IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC).

Dr. Pavlou serves as the business liaison on blockchain-based solution for maritime certification (project "NACRE: Decentralized Platform for Securing Maritime Certification") developed for and currently deployed within MSC Shipmanagement Ltd. As Electi Academy's director he has organized and delivered training and provided consulting services to local and international organizations such as the European Central Bank SSM, MSC Shipmanagement, Lloyds Maritime Academy, Mishcon de Reya (MdRxTECH), Vassiliko Cement Works Public Company Ltd, and Universal Life Public Insurance Company Ltd. 

http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/user/pavlou/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyriacos-pavlou/
[email protected]

Mauro Andriotto is the CEO and Founder of Andriotto Financial Services (AFS) and European Digital Assets Exchange (EDSX), one of the first platform in Europe able to deal (primary and secondary market) with Security Tokens. Regarding the Blockchain area, he is internationally recognized as one of the pioneers and one of the main advisors of this technology. He is also the coordinator of Swiss Innovation Hub (SIH) for the development of new technologies and the promotion of innovation in Switzerland and Europe.

With more than 20 year experience in leading teams and companies in the field of technological innovation and communication, now he is CEO and Founder of Venice Swap UAB, a fintech company based in Lithuania, where he is in charge for general management, strategical marketing, sales and finance. In short, here is what he likes to do: fintech, digital platforms, AI, IoT, blockchain, AR/VR, cloud applications, mobile, SaaS.

Mario Nawfal is the Founder of the Athena Group of Companies, a business conglomerate of 15+ companies that operates in more than 40 countries.

In 2021, Mario stepped up as CEO of NFT Technologies, one of the first companies focusing on NFTs going public, and have the ticker symbol NFT reserved in North America. They are backed by leading personalities in the crypto and business world as well as celebrities and thought leaders.

Alexander has been in the financial industry for over 15 years, where he worked as director of a German private Bank, and later also as a Hedgefund Manager for a Swiss company for which he has won multiple investment awards, such as the Best Macro Manager of Hedgeweek in New York, USA.  
 
 For almost one decade now his focus has been explicitly on trading financial markets and he has always found great interest in educating people about how to succeed in financial markets and trading. 
 
 Alexander has been Head of the Trading Academy at Cyprus based CFD Broker BDSwiss from 2016-2019 and head of Education at NAGA before he launched his own exclusive education and mentoring program: https://www.alexdouedari.com/.  
 
 Here he successfully helped hundreds of students globally to develop their own winning trading strategy and skills needed to prevail in the market for the longterm. 
 
 In regards to blockchain technology he has been involved in the digital assets space since early 2015 and went full-time into DeFi now for 2 years.  
 
 He pivoted from traditional finance completely into DeFi and now engages on numerous blockchains and protocols on a daily basis to generate stable yields from the DeFi markets. 
 
 In DeFi Alexander benefited immensely from his experience in traditional finance and applied his knowledge to the DeFi space and developed his own DeFi trading strategies with a focus on market-neutral trading approaches. 
 
 As a speaker Alexander loves to bring that knowledge to the public and to present the opportunity of DeFi and how it allows literally anyone to create a passive income for themselves on the blockchain without the need of speculation on any particular direction of a market

Ms. Egli holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from Durham University in Management studies. She earned her degrees between 2014-2018 and over the years she was involved in various entrepreneurial projects based on, technology, sustainability and supply chain. In the past, she won multiple awards in recognition of her leadership abilities and innovative initiatives. She was nominated by the Faculty of Business and Law 'the Student Entrepreneur of the Year' award. She was also a winning finalist for the Young Enterprise Award supported by the Department of International Trade UK. She was also selected to represent her university in the FLUX5000 national finals. She also had the opportunity to participate in a sustainability project by Intel technologies 'Saving the bees with big data and RFID tags'.

She is passionate about bringing new innovative solutions and she is a tech enthusiast- promoting blockchain principles in diverse sectors. Her experience ranges from integrating operations across companies to managing new innovative solutions in digital transformation.

Egli is currently leading the business development in Electi Consulting Cyprus, where she is responsible for growing the company's operations. She is also assistant to the managing director of Cyprus Blockchain Technologies, the first not-for-profit think-tank in Cyprus which strives to promote Blockchain Technology.

Topic: Blockchain Integration with Artificial Intelligence.

1)Define both entities (AI and blockchain),
2)Investigate the feasibility of their integration by examining their relationship
3)Select a few prominent examples and application scenarios
and
4) Present some problems and challenges of such an integration

Arvin Khamseh has always been at the forefront of new tech trends. From biohacking to internet marketing, Arvin knows where to invest his time. So when the NFT wave came along, it was a natural fit for him to jump in early on. Because of his early entrance into the market, Arvin is one of the few established thought leaders within the NFT space. He has consulted with 200+ NFT brands and has partnered with Reddit, Twitter, and Quora.  His two largest NFT projects, Sands Vegas Casino Club and Meta Legends, both sold out. The “Sands” project made $7m in 20 hours and the “Mega” project made an astonishing $12m in 20 hours and even received celebrity attention. Arvin is excited to help lead the conversation around NFTs and is a highly sought-after guest. He is soon to be featured in USA Today, Forbes, and Business Insider.

Nick is a Bitcoin evangelist and holds the position of Manager, Institutional and Corporate Partnerships at the University of Nicosia (UNIC). UNIC is widely regarded as one of the leading universities in the world in Digital Currency and Blockchain education and research, with a number of firsts in the industry, to name a few: The first university in the world to create a digital currency course (over 100,000 students have followed our crypto and blockchain courses); The first university in the world to accept Bitcoin as a method of payment for tuition fees; The first university in the world to upload graduates certifications on the blockchain; The first university in the world to offer an MSc in Digital Currencies in March 2014

Thomas Hansen has been working extensively with research and development in the software development automation space, and is currently the CEO of Aista, Ltd, a Cypriot software development company delivering hosting solutions and services based upon software development automation. Or with plain English, where the machine creates the code.

Having worked in both the Finance & Consulting Industry since
the ripe age of nineteen has granted Kyrill Krystallis not only a
clear understanding of how B2B companies function but also
knowledge on what prospects look for prior to making their
purchase decision...
He now utilizes the aforementioned mix of experience &
passion in assisting professionals in the scaling of their
businesses through the power of data-driven digital
marketing.

Being a marketing genius, Kyrill is now working and sharing his knowledge in the crypto space.

Dagmara has over 12 years of experience in crafting marketing strategies around retail and business focused fintech solutions with a proven track record of successful leadership and management of marketing teams, growing engaged social media communities, and launching new products on a global scale. Currently as a Head of Marketing at Polkadex she leads the marketing team with aims of positioning the company as the top decentralized trading engine of Web3 that opens the door to the world of crypto trading for the mainstream. Dagmara holds a degree in Psychology and Mass Communications from University of Minnesota and she further went on to complete postgraduate studies in International Business and Management from the University of Bradford. A former professional athlete and national marathon record holder, Dagmara is a persistent and committed competitor always ready to go the extra mile.

Mrs Xenia Neophytou. Founding partner of C.X. Financia, Xenia Neophytou specialises in corporate law, corporate governance, financial services regulation, investment services, asset management and regulation of financial institutions.

She holds a BSc in Accounting from the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK is a Fellow Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA), a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) and an Advanced Licence Holder by the Cyprus Securities & Exchange Commission.

Xenia is a Registered Mediator in financial disputes with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), the Cyprus Ministry of Justice and the Financial Ombudsman of the Republic of Cyprus. She is also a Board Member of the Cyprus India Business Association, and member of the technical committees for Funds, of Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) and Tax Committee of the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA).

Xenia has substantial experience both in an advisory capacity and hands-on operations as a CEO and member of the Board of Directors and Risk Committees of several regulated Investment Firms in Cyprus and she is a regular speaker at conferences. It is with this background and experience that ultimately led to the founding of C.X.Financia Ltd.

Dr Charis Savvides is lawyer, Partner at Stelios Americanos & Co LLC, one of the largest, full service, law firms in Cyprus. He is also lecturer at the University of Nicosia, where he has been a faculty member of the Law School for a number of years and of the Department of Digital Innovation of the Business School since 2020. He is also member of the Institute for the Future of the University of Nicosia.

Dr Savvides’ areas of interest and practice include, amongst others, the regulatory framework of digital services and digital markets, especially in the areas of corporate, investment and financial law. He is a legal advisor to investment funds, investment firms and crypto-asset services providers. Furthermore, he is an expert panel member of the European Union Blockchain Observatory & Forum, a member of the Cyprus Investment Funds Association (CIFA) and a member of the Technology Committee of the Cyprus Bar Association.

At a young age Henry Batrouni grew up gaming. From the highest ranked games to the lowest. Have always found myself taking the entrepreneurial route rather than the traditional route. New things intice me and ive always tried to do business from something ive built. With a Portfolio of 3 failed businesses, 1 Success, and second on the way.
I found out about blockchain and crypto at about 23 years old and went all in. Created communities with around 1000 people in total and started servicing them through my knowledge with trusted friends/partners. Made a name for my self in the Crypto Twitter communities and was hired as a Moderator for one of the strongest Solana NFT projects, the Thugbirdz. My "Full-Time" job is finding Crypto Coin Gems and NFT projects, or build them myself. Investing/Trading/Creating. Learned how to read code, smart contract tracking, financing and project development. I was able to connect with some of the greatest minds in the world through the twitter and NFT space. (CT .. Crypto Twitter ).
Working on RawNFT's as a launchpad for individuals seeking to take a more controversial approach towards education and project building. Experience : 2 years of Block-Chain DeFI and NFT's. UpTrend Co-Founder and Creative Director : Online Consultancy Company for Trader's. Whether NFT trading, or crypto trading. RawNFTs: CEO and Founder.
NFT launchpad that helps push projects out there and put them on the Radar. 4 Projects to be released by end of year.
Services Offered:
1. Marketing
2. Community Building
3. Artwork
4. Webpage minting
5. Development ( Candy Machine, generation, etc.. )
Passion's lie in networking and getting to know people, helping build projects from the ground up. Still in Beta Phases for RawNFT's. Semi Crypto Influencer on twitter with reach. Mod in Thugbirdz, one of the highest rated Solana NFT's. Early Solana NFT investor.

CEO of Threedium - Envisioning and shaping the future of 3D Internet. Used to be known as a passionate entrepreneur with international experience in the launch and development growth of new innovative businesses. He has worked with startups and multinational companies globally in sectors ranging from fashion, retail, to food & beverage, tourism and telecommunications.

Stefan Becker is the Senior BD Director - Continental Europe of Amber Group, responsible for institutional & UNHWI expansion across EMEA. A financial services executive with 20+ years of track record and deal-making experience from global investment banking and Family Offices. Working with the leading Crypto powerhouses in the US and Asia made it an easy decision transitioning into digital assets full time. As a seasoned speaker he covered topics from the new era of fintech to political implications of the power shift and emerging business models of the future of banking from NYC to Dubai.

Monica has 15+ years of experience leading financial and strategic advisory engagements with large corporates, SMEs, and startups. She is a mentor and a coach in accelerators in Europe and beyond, and as such, she has advised and assisted a large number of startups with their strategy and the securing of financing. Monica has also published on innovation financing, open data, energy & renewables, and technology trends. She is a strong advocate of gender equity and believes that blockchain has the potential to close the gender gap and break the stereotypes. Today, she is an Executive Director and Head of Portfolio Management at MAP Fund Management Services and a member of Business Professional Women.

Andri Michael is a lawyer, partner at Kinanis LLC joining  the firm in 2005. For the past few years, Andri has been leading the Financial Services and Funds department of Kinanis LLC focusing mainly on legal advisory, formation and regulatory compliance for collective investment structures and other licensed entities.  She also specialises on legal advice and support for international clients for listings on capital markets as well as on legal consulting for blockchain matters.  Andri holds an Undergraduate (LL. B) and Postgraduate Degree in Law (LL.M) from the University of Southampton, UK and was admitted to the Cyprus Bar Association in 2004. She is also a holder of a Professional Certificate of the University of Nicosia, Cyprus on Blockchain Law, Regulation and Policy and a holder of the advanced diploma of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission. She is member of the Regulatory Committee of   CIFA and a member of the Technology Committee of CyBAR.

Mihaela being a member of the AGP Financial Regulation and Advisory Department, specializes in FS Advisory and Regulatory matters. She consults local and international financial and investment firms and institutions during their licensing process before CySEC and foreign regulators, as well as on the design and structuring of the investment firm structure.

She frequently acts for clients interested in applying for FX/EMI/PI licenses as well as for already established investment firms interested in the AGP outsourced Compliance and AML support services.

Additionally Mihaela has previously worked at major companies in the Financial Industry as a Regulatory Compliance and AML manager, as she excelled throughout the years she was also heading the department at an E-Money Institution. She has also worked as Head of Compliance at a major international broker company.

Simon Zenios is the Director of the Fintech Corporate Law Firm ''Simon Zenios & Co LLC'' www.advocatescyprus.com in Cyprus. Over the past six years, the firm has provided legal and corporate solutions to blockchain and crypto-related entities, start-ups and established Exchanges.

More importantly, he is an experienced Fintech Corporate Lawyer regulated by the Cyprus Bar Association ''CBA'' and Cyprus Legal Counsel specialising in Blockchain Technology Companies, Forex, Investment Funds, Payment Institutions ''PI'' & Electronic Money Institutions ''EMI''.

Additionally, he is a member of the Cyprus Ad Hoc working group for the implementation of Blockchain Technology Law in Cyprus and a member of the Fintech Technology Committee of the Cyprus Bar Association.

Lastly, he has been an ICO/IEO/IDO/STO Expert on www.ICObench.com since the previous bull cycle in 2017 (only a handful of Lawyers Globally since then).

My name is Styliana Charalambous and I am currently employed as the Head of Investments and Market Research at Pure., a multinational Fintech company. Additionally, I have created an online store selling blockchain and crypto themed clothing and apparel named ‘Self-made Social Club’.
I create weekly educational videos related to blockchain, crypto, NFTs, DeFi and investing on Youtube and write articles to various financial magazines and blogs.
I hold a degree in Business Management(Accounting & Finance) and I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants(ACCA). I was previously employed as an Audit Supervisor at KPMG Cyprus for 5 years.
During March 2020, when stocks and crypto markets crushed, I took advantage of the opportunity to create a personal investments portfolio and learn about financial markets through books, articles and seminars. Subsequently, I discovered my passion and enthusiasm for blockchain, crypto and decentralized finance. I still retain my investments portfolio, which I started from zero and managed to grow it to 6-figures in the duration of two years.
I strongly believe that crypto and DeFi are going to shape the financial world in the future because they offer a different experience to traditional banking and opens up a world of possibilities previously closed to consumers

Alexander Goldybin has more than 20 years of experience in the game industry. He designed and built Destiny Sphere, one of the most played MMOG among post-soviet countries, and joined iLogos Game Studios as a co-founder after leaving Mail.Ru Games Europe (now known as My.Games) — an European subsidiary of Mail.Ru with the head office in Germany he established from scratch as a CEO.

In iLogos he uses his huge experience in the game industry in working with well-known game companies around the world. He believes you become a master not when you learn the ins and outs of the сraft—but when you try them, put yourself forward to risk, play, and do the best you can.

Right now, apart from iLogos, Alexander works as a founder of AI Forge, an AI-incubator company, where he indulges his relatively (in comparison to gamedev, of course) recent interest in AI/ML technologies and refines his expertise within the sphere. In addition he is a LP with several venture funds and an angel investor.

Marios Isaakidis is an Assistant Manager and head of Blockchain Services at KPMG in Cyprus. He has over 9 years of professional experience as a technical lead in agile teams across Cyprus, UK, Canada, USA, Greece, Denmark and Spain. In parallel, he is pursuing a PhD at the Information Security group at University College London, specializing in privacy engineering, peer-to-peer networks, Internet censorship circumvention, and digital identity management.

Evgeni is a Product Manager with extensive international experience in leadership, driving product strategy and partnership programs.  As Sr. Product Manager at Celsius, Evgeni brings over 12 years of Project Management experience, with expertise in gathering requirements, developing solutions and strategies, driving projects and releases cross-team and cross-site.  

Meirav is a global business and marketing executive with an extensive experience of over 15 years working in both large corporations, startups and non profit orgs.

Her career spanned Israel, China and Europe and covered advertising, digital, consumer, e-commerce, education and other fields. She also publicly speaks and lectures on innovation & creativity, education and entrepreneurship.

In Israel, Meirav worked at the Publicis Group, a global advertising firm, where she lead the accounts management team. She moved to Beijing, China in 2011 and joined Thirst, a non profit org founded by YGL of the World Economic Forum. Thirst aims to increase awareness to the world water crisis. By 2014 she took on the role of General Manager of the Israeli Chamber of Commerce in China (IsCham) and founded the IBCC - the Israeli Business and Cultural Center in Beijing which acts to support and increase the business and cultural cooperations between Israeli and Chinese firms. In 2017 Meirav founded Better Me- an online education platform for Chinese families.

In 2020, Meirav moved to Europe and joined Shopping.io where she now leads a global team that is innovating and transforming the online shopping experience. Meirav goal and mission is working on transfiguring the world of e-commerce through the power of crypto & digital asset. She leads a team of over 30 all-star members across the globe with the passion for transforming how people shop online in the new web.

Meirav holds a BA in communication, business management and advertising from Israel’s College of Management Academic Studies. She is also a graduate of the prestigious Global Executive MBA program of CEIBS- China Europe International Business School, ranked #2 globally by the Financial Times.

Aris is the founder of Coinavalon. Coinavalon is a blog providing high-quality content associated with Web 3.0, Blockchain, and Decentralization. Coinavalon is putting the various elements of the Decentralized world into perspective, ecosystems, and functions; it will allow interesting parties to learn about and navigate the decentralized web with ease.

Aris is a Business & IT Architect with extensive knowledge and experience in the financial services & banking sector. Over eight years of experience in Digital Transformation, building innovative products, and re-engineering business processes. Aris spent most of his career working from Switzerland on international projects across the globe.

In his last role, Aris was a Vice President of Functional Architecture at Credit Suisse in Risk & Compliance Digital Transformation. Aris was responsible for the group function’s platform strategy while acting as a Program Architect for large-scale initiatives. Aris also worked for the bank's Wealth Management division, designing and building innovative products for portfolio management and advisory process.

Previously, Aris worked as a Research Assistant for IBM Research Zürich and EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), where he conducted research in the synergies of Computer Architecture, Systems, and Cloud Computing. Aris holds a BSc in Computer Engineering (Ranked 1st) from the University of Cyprus and an MSc in Advanced Computing from Imperial College London. He is currently an MBA Candidate at the Cyprus International Institute of Management (CIIM).

Benjamin Bilski is a German serial tech entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of NAGA Group AG. NAGA is known to be an established social network for investing, cryptocurrencies, and banking with more than 1 million active users.

Today, NAGA is publicly listed on the German Stock Exchange, amongst the most valued FinTechs in Europe, and was one of the best performing German stocks in 2021. To date, NAGA has raised more than $100M in funding from investors, transacted more than $250 billion in volume, and saw a successful launch of NAGAX - a platform focused on forward-thinking and bringing crypto into the social trading space.

The NAGAX platform offers derivative trading with copy-trading functionalities, an NFT marketplace, crypto staking to earn high yields, a powerful crypto wallet, low transfer fees, top-tier security measures, and access to free, top-quality, and easily-digestible educational content. NAGAX opens a world of 100+ digital assets for users to explore the crypto-universe with.

Benjamin is also a ‘Forbes 30 Under 30’ member and a former professional swimmer, achieving multiple German championships as a part of the German National Team in swimming (2006 - 2010). Mr. Bilski was named one of the ‘50 Most Influential Figures in the Global Financial Markets’ this year at the Forex Trader Summit.

Jan Robert is CEO & Co-founder of CryptoAcademy The Netherlands, which serves as bridge to the Crypto market for investors and traders. Thanks to his huge sales and networking skills, he has an extensive international professional network ranging from crypto currencies, Blockchain and ICO’s/projects. Jan Robert is also member of several Advisory Boards and organizes frequently Meetups and Seminars to get people acquainted with interesting Blockchain Projects. Jan Robert is also an internationally frequently asked keynote speaker/ moderator in the area of Crypto Currency Trading and ICO’s and blockchain. As great influencer on Social Media with more than 10,000 followers on LinkedIn, Jan Robert is helping projects to expand its global branding, recognition and strengthening its position. CryptoAcademy is the perfect fit for projects and crypto event organizers to connect with the crypto community. For projects: to create more liquidity in coins.

Topic:
How to invest profitably in the Crypto Market in Bull and Bear Markets.

I am the founder of XValley Technologies Ltd, a firm with vast tailor-made services focused on developing trading software for diverse global clientele within the financial industry. Upon completing my education of BSc in Computer Science and MSc in Finance in London, I acquired an excellent track record for developing financial technology projects.
I am an entrepreneur at heart, with extensive expertise in the industry for over 12 years. Prior to that, I worked in various major companies, including, but not limited to, FxPro, PrimeXM and FBME Bank, with projects in MT4, MT5, and cTrader. With a deep passion for innovative technology and career growth, I founded my own company in 2015. Since then, I have been significantly successful in forex, blockchain, banking and equity markets projects, raising the bar for innovation limits to new heights.

Dimitris graduated from the University of Nicosia with a Bachelor's degree in Law. Dimitris has a strong background in legal consulting, mergers and acquisitions, corporate and commercial law, and he also provided legal and compliance advices to blockchain companies in Europe. Dimitris joined VeChain in January 2019, and he facilitates the adoption of VeChain enterprise solutions in Europe.
Topic: Real use cases, Real Value

Christiana is a Business Technology Lawyer, CEO of “The Hybrid LawTech Firm”, empowered by Christiana Aristidou LLC. She is the Director of SmartCity Business, a company that aims to create smart laws and business models that can be used by smart cities to assess what value they offer citizens by integrating ICT and emerging technologies into their infrastructure and services, enabling the acceleration of change from smart cities to smart societies. She is also a non-executive Director of Rhea Legal Tech, a company that offers AI, machine learning and automation solutions to the legal, regulatory and supervisory industries.

Christiana is the President of the CBA’s Technology Committee, a National Delegate to the ISO TC/307 Blockchain Committee actively contributing to Working Group 3 drafting standards on Smart Contracts and to Working Group 6 on Blockchain use cases. She is a member of ITU and has served in ITU-FG-DLTs. She is also a Certified International Legal Project Practitioner (IILPM), a member of the PMI Cyprus Chapter, an approved HRD Trainer, the Ambassador of European Legal Technology Association (ELTA) in Cyprus, and a Digital Transformation Specialist. Christiana is a co-founder, and, until recently, the Vice-Chair of the Cyprus Blockchain Association (CBA) which has recently merged with the Cyprus Blockchain Technologies (CBTs). She is currently a board member of CBTs and holds advisory and directorship positions in technology companies. Christiana is a regular speaker at local and international Law and Technology conferences.

Topic: DeFi vs CeFi

Dr Andreas Mathikolonis has over ten years’ experience in operational management positions at corporate, educational and non-for-profit entities. This has provided him with hands-on experience with setting up organisations, project management, operational and budget planning and strong business acumen, key skills to evaluate projects and businesses for potential investment.

He is very passionate about blockchain technology and he has been actively involved in the digital assets (cryptocurrencies) industry since 2015. He specialises in digital assets trading, infrastructure development with yield generating aspects and venture capital investments in small-medium enterprises. Andreas successfully ran numerous different crypto strategies using his own funds and now he actively manages day-to-day activities of a yield generating crypto fund. He also provides trainings, consultations and business-related mentorships.

Andreas holds a PhD in Energy Harvesting from the University of Southampton as well as an MEng in Electromechanical Engineering. He is also expecting an MBA from CIIM university in Cyprus. He is a certified trainer by HrDA (ΑνΑΔ) and holds Prince2 certification.

Andreas has great interest in volunteering activities, non-formal education and event planning. He is very keen in organising any size and kind of events, especially with educational and entrepreneurial content. He has great interest in renewable energy sources, sustainable cities and blockchain technology. Andreas regularly listens to audiobooks on new subjects and always trying to keep up with current technological niches.

linkedin.com/in/andreasmathikolonis

Maria Xenofontos is a Greek-Cypriot, influencer, international keynote speaker, and entrepreneur focusing on blockchain and fintech with HQ in Dubai. She graduated with a Masters in International Business. And later on, took soft skills courses to hone her leadership skills.

Notably, she can converse in 5 languages. She was even invited to speak for TEDx. Blessed to be a speaker and a social media influencer with a good number of followers, she tried to empower women in her own little ways.

At present, she provides consultancy services for blockchain projects with the most exceptional talent globally. She had been fascinated by technology from an extremely young age and her journey with blockchain and crypto started in 2017 in Dubai.

With more than 8 years of experience in the FinTech industry, she has a proven track record in scaling tech startups through growth hacking, brand reputation, management, PR, tech team formation, and so on. She helps startups assemble teams and companies from scratch at the same time building company’s value.

Although cryptocurrency wasn’t as popular as right now, she travelled to Asia and worked with ICOs in 2017. In fact, she was working in the forex trading sector before joining the crypto and blockchain industry.

She shares: “In the crypto world, you frequently meet with brilliant scientists and innovators but they can’t explain what they do in simple language. This is where marketers with a tech background like me come in. She works with key names in the industry such as Certik Leading cybersecurity firm, Binance, OKEx, etc., aiding them to develop their brands.

She believes that when you work in crypto, you are at the forefront of the industry due to no set rules, improving you to be a real innovator. She also believes that crypto will be widely accepted in five to ten years.

Topic: Blockchain: Fostering Financial Inclusion for Women

At a young age, Arian Adeli Koodehi founded his first company, Rivo Trading, an Investment Technology company which has been nominated for the Best Trading Technology in 2020 and 2021 by Benzinga. After gathering a great deal of knowledge about the fundamentals of finance, he wrote his first book, “The Quantified Fortune”, which is now an International Best-Seller.

Topic: What role do NFTs play in a decentralized future?

Vasilis Charalambous is a Lawyer at George Z. Georgiou; Associates LLC and the Head of GZG Tech, advising public and private sector clients on emerging technologies including Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Distributed ledger technology and personal data issues. He is the Vice-President of the Technology committee of the Cyprus Bar Association and a member of the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA), the European Association of Data Protection Professionals and the Tech London Advocates Blockchain Legal and Regulatory Group.

Aristodemos is the founder of Tenacity Sport & Entertainment, a creative agency based in Cyprus specializing in sport sponsorships, brand ambassador activations and tailored made VIP sport experiences. Over the last three years, he helped several leading brands within the online trading and gaming business to grow through the power of sport and entertainment partnerships. Projects handled successfully in US, Dubai, Germany, Cyprus, Finland and other countries with ability to deliver a high level of services.

Aristodemos believes in the forefront of technology, blockchain, NFT’s and that the sports industry is not only a platform for brand awareness but also a ‘’place’’ to find the early adopters and form strategic partnership to support a brands development.

Prior to Tenacity Sport & Entertainment, Aristodemos held several managerial and marketing positions from high tech products, (Musco Lighting) to event management (ESPN Sport Complex). Aristodemos holds a BS from University of Derby and a Msc on Sport & Recreation Management from Indiana State University.

10 years of experience in many retail and institutional foreign exchange brokerage companies in Europe, is an experienced business development manager, trader and sales training expert, called by colleagues "The Chart Whisperer" .
He is passionate about financial markets, technical analysis and training. He also leads the DOT Financial News team, launching the video program in 2020, which attracted a large number of traders' fans.

Marios Skandalis is a Fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK), a licensed member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (US), a Fellow member of The Chartered Governance Institute – ICSA (UK) and a Certified Financial Consultant.  He is also a Fellow member of the International Compliance Association (UK) and a professional member of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (US).

Today he is the Director of the Group Compliance Division of the Bank of Cyprus Group.  His professional career commenced in 1995 when he served as an Audit Supervisor and a Senior Management Consultant with Ernst & Young in the South-Eastern European region.  In year 2000 he moved to the Bank of Cyprus Group and took the post of Chief Financial Officer of the General Insurance of Cyprus for over a decade.  He then took the post of Manager for the Organization of the Bank’s Overseas Operations until 2013 when he was appointed as Legal Representative and head of the Bank of Cyprus’ operations in Greece.

Mr Skandalis is the President of the Cyprus Integrity Forum (CIF) and the Vice-President and founder member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (Cyprus).  He is also a Board member of the Global Practitioner Advisory Board of the International Compliance Association (ICA – UK).  
Mr Skandalis is the past President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC) and the former Executive Vice-President and founder member of Transparency International (Cyprus).  He is an active anti-fraud/corruption, compliance and corporate governance professional and chairs or participates as key note speaker to related international conferences/forums in Europe.

Mr Skandalis is the winner of the 2016 Banker of the Year Award – Cyprus by the AI Magazine in the United Kingdom.  He is also the winner of the 2017 American Academy Nicosia Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of his remarkable success and achievements in his chosen career of compliance, corporate governance and anti-financial crime.

Andreas is a Blockchain professional with 7 years of experience in the industry. After obtaining his MSc in Digital Currency, he worked at the University of Nicosia as a Course Instructor and Blockchain Partnerships Manager. In 2019 he joined crypto start-up ODEM.io – a blockchain certification platform - as the Director of Business Development. Andreas is currently the Content Strategist at TrustSwap – one of the top DeFi projects in the world with >$6.5 Billion locked across 23,000+ projects