📍Live from sunny bermuda

International
Tech Summit
'24

April 29 - May 3

Sponsorship Info

2023 Report

Hosted by

A global blockchain conference.

The goal of the Summit is to bring together leaders, regulators, and innovators from around the world to explore the latest breakthroughs in digital assets and blockchain technology.

Broadcast from beautiful Bermuda, the conference will bring together both virtual and in-person attendees to explore how the island’s regulations and sandbox environment are providing the perfect base of operations for digital asset businesses. Special attention will be given to how innovators are addressing gaps in compliance, risk, insurance, and other crucial infrastructure for a secure digital economy.

Previous Agenda

Overview

MONDAY 4/10

Arrival on Island & Welcome Meetings

Tuesday 04/11

International Tech Summit

📍 The Fairmont Hamilton Princess / 76 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton

Wednesday 04/12

Community & Career Day

📍 Ignite Incubator / 12 Wesley Street, Hamilton

Thursday 04/13

Startup Pitch Competition

📍 Virtual

Friday 04/14

Leisure & Networking Day

04/11 International Tech Summit

📍 The Fairmont Hamilton Princess / 76 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton

Event

Time (adt)

Welcome Breakfast & Networking

8:30 - 9:30

Welcome Presentation & Opening Remarks

Sean Stapley (Partner @Penrose)
‍Kerem Kolcuoglu (Managing Partner @Penrose)
‍Joseph Ziolkowski (CEO & Co-Founder @Relm)

9:30 - 10:00

Panel 1 // Building Through the Bull & the Bear

Moderator: Mike McGlone (Senior Macro Strategist @Bloomberg)
Pascal St-Jean (President @3iQ)
‍Jason Park (Head of Business Development @Bittrex Global)
‍Sean Reel (Executive Director @Ignite)

10:00 - 10:45

Panel 2 // The Evolution & Regulation of DeFi

Moderator: Steven Rees Davies (Partner @Carey Olsen)
Jeff Baron (Chief Compliance Officer @Bittrex Global)
‍Moad Fahmi (Senior Advisor - Fintech @Bermuda Monetary Authority)
‍Alim Khamisa (Product Manager @DELV)

10:45- 11:30

Panel 3 // AI Unleashed: Amplifying Human Potential

Moderator: Michael Branco (Founder & Chairman @Celeste Ventures)
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‍Caroline O'Brien (Chief Data Officer & Head of Product @Afiniti)
‍Dmitry Mnushkin (CTO & Co-Founder @Swiftly Holdings)
‍Carika Weldon (CEO & Founder @CariGenetics)

11:30 - 12:15

Lunch Break // Sustainability, Innovation & Sport

Fred Pye (Founder @Canada SailGP)

12:15 - 13:30

Panel 4 // Insuring the Future

Moderator: James Knox (Managing Director @Aon)
Koleya Karringten (Executive Director @Canadian Blockchain Consortium)
‍James Robinson (Founder, Cactus)
‍Donavan Burgess (SVP - Digital Assets, Cyber & Professional @Relm)
‍Temar Richards (Lead Actuary @Nayms)

13:30 - 14:15

Panel 5 // Digital Privacy & Cybersecurity

Moderator: Polina Branco (Executive Board Member @Celeste Ventures)
Liat Shetret (Director of Global Policy and Regulation @Elliptic)
‍Samantha Simms (CEO @The Information Collective)
‍Marisa Stones (PATI/PIPA Unit @Government of Bermuda)
‍ChaVon (CJ) Clarke-Joell (Assistant Commissioner @Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda)

14:15 - 15:00

Panel 6 // Institutions & DeFi: Who Eats Who?

Moderator: Brian Tehako (Chief Investment Officer @Warwick Capital)
Bruce Jackson (Chief of Digital Assets @Apex)
‍Lawrence Newhook (Chief Investment Officer @Alpha Innovations)
‍Chris McGregor (CEO @Vesto)
‍Aqsa Zubair (Assistant Director, Fintech @BMA)

15:15 - 16:00

Panel 7 // Onboarding Bermuda and the Next Billion

Moderator: Erica Smith (Executive Director @BEDC)
Darren Wolfberg (Founder, Chairman & CEO @Blockchain Triangle)
‍Kevin Richards (Managing Director @BAM Tech Advisors)
‍Alison Swan (Director @Swan Group)
‍Nico Gonzalez (Chief Digital Officer @Paradise Mobile)

16:00 - 16:45

Closing Fireside Chat

Michael Casey (Chief Content Officer @CoinDesk)
‍Premier, The Hon. E. David Burt, JP, MP (Premier of Bermuda)

16:45 - 17:30

Bermuda Rum-mit: Cocktail Reception @ Hamilton Princess

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17:30 - 19:30

04/12 Community & Career Day

📍 Ignite Incubator / 12 Wesley Street, Hamilton

Event

Time (adt)

Breakfast & Networking

10:30 - 11:30

Opening: FinTech Vision in Bermuda Opening

Sean Stapley (Partner @ Penrose)
Kerem Kolcuoglu (Partner @ Penrose)

11:30 - 12:30

Panel 1 // Digital Asset Businesses in Bermuda

Moderator: Sean Stapley (Partner @ Penrose)
Jeff Baron (Chief Compliance Officer @Bittrex Global)
Donavan Burgess (Senior Vice President, Underwriter @Relm Insurance)
Temar Richards (Lead Actuary @Nayms)

12:30 - 13:00

Panel 2 // Climate-Tech in Bermuda

Moderator: Darren Wolfberg (CEO & Founder @Blockchain Triangle)
Kevin Richards (Managing Director @Bermuda Asset Management)
Ali Hochberg (Science Communicator @BIOS)
Connor Burns (Director @On-Site Engineering)

13:00 -13:30

Lunch & Networking

13:30 - 14:15

Panel 3 // IT & Cyber in Bermuda

Moderator: Maryem Biadillah (Acting Senior Manager @ The Economic Development Department, Government of Bermuda)
Liat Shetret (Head of Policy & Global Regulation @ Elliptic)
Karamoko Dickens (Founder @ Conci Bermuda)
Marisa Stones (PATI/PIPA Unit @ The Government of Bermuda)

14:15 - 14:45

BEDC Spotlight

Moderator: Jamillah Lodge (Communication & Development Director @ Bermuda Economic Development Corporation)
Joshun Stovell (Founder @Enlightened Expertise)
Tomika Pacheco (Founder @Off Grid RVs)
Felica DeRosa (Founder @Dayrosia)

14:45 - 15:15

Speed Networking & Career Fair

Bittrex, Paradise Mobile, Appleby, Blockchain Triangle, Carey Olsen, Relm, Alpha Innovations, Aon, First Atlantic Commerce, Warwick Capital

15:15 - 17:15

*Times and locations subject to change