Blockchain Applications in Everyday Life

Speakers for this event

• Abeloos, Benoît

  Abeloos, Benoît

  Policy Officer, Start-ups & Innovation Unit, DG CONNECT

  ICT engineer with an MBA, Benoit is policy officer in the startups and innovation unit of DG Connect. He is part of the Blockchain and FinTech team where he leads the standardisation and interoperability aspects. He chairs the Interoperability and Standardisation Work Stream of the EU FinTech Task force. He is member of the ISO Technical Committee 307 on Blockchain/Distributed Ledger Technologies and coordinates Commission's inputs. He worked previously as Policy Officer at the Health and Wellbeing Unit of DG Connect, where he was in charge of standardisation and of the epSOS large scale pilot project. Before joining the Commission, Benoit held different executive positions in ICT startups, in Amadeus, the technology partner of the travel industry, and in Belgacom, the Belgian Telecommunication incumbent.

  Policy Officer, Start-ups & Innovation Unit, DG CONNECT

• Dillhyon, Michael

  Dillhyon, Michael

  Chief Commercial Officer at GraftWorx, Co-founder of YouBase, Founder of Healthbank

  Founder of healthbank, a Geneva-based health data exchange cooperative in operation since 2013. He is also a co-founder/board member in several other innovative Heathtech initiatives, as well as currently serving as the Chief Commercial Officer of Santio, a first-of-its-kind med device platform focused on fluid management.

  Chief Commercial Officer at GraftWorx, Co-founder of YouBase, Founder of Healthbank

• Gilot, Bryant Joseph

  Gilot, Bryant Joseph

  Chief Medical Officer at Blockchain Health Company and Member of the IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems; University of Tübingen - Center for Personalised Medicine

  Bryant Joseph GILOT, MD CM DPhil MSc simultaneously holds the title of Lead for Information Exploitation at the Center for Personalised Medicine at the University of Tübingen Medical Center in Germany and Chief Medical Officer at Blockchain Health Company in San Francisco. Dr GILOT earned a Bachelor degree from Duquesne University, a Doctor of Medicine and Master of Surgery from McGill University, a Doctor of Philosophy in Immunology from the University of Oxford (Balliol College), and a Master of Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia. He trained in General Surgery, Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support at institutions including Yale University, University of California (San Francisco), University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University and Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen in Germany. Dr GILOT’s experience includes two years in the Health & Financial Services Group at Accenture GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. He has a strong interest in bringing the capabilities of blockchain technologies to environments where the secure and rapid exchange of privileged and regulated information can be shown to deliver significant value. Dr GILOT currently serves as a member of the IEEE working groups focusing on Personal Data and Individual Access Control as well as the IEEE P7006 Standard for Personal Data Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agent working group which are both part of the the IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems.

  Chief Medical Officer at Blockchain Health Company and Member of the IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems; University of Tübingen - Center for Personalised Medicine

• Ivan, Cătălin Sorin

  Ivan, Cătălin Sorin

  MEP

  Mr. Catalin IVAN is a Member of the European Parliament since 2009. He is an economist who believes in social responsibility, the creation of individual wealth, but also cares for the environment and actively involved in the fight against poverty and reducing disparities. In a permanent and rapidly changing world, Mr. IVAN is convinced that the future belongs to new technologies of communication and information, innovation, research, and alternative educational approaches. Catalin IVAN was the S&D shadow rapporteur on FinTech: the influence of technology on the future of the financial sector.

  MEP

• Neppel, Clara

  Neppel, Clara

  Senior Director, European Business Operations, IEEE European Public Policy Initiative

  Senior Director, European Business Operations, IEEE European Public Policy Initiative

• Rong, Chunming

  Rong, Chunming

  Chair of IEEE Cloud Computing, Chair of IEEE CS STC on Blockchain, and Steering Chair of IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC)

  Prof. Chunming Rong is the chair of IEEE Cloud Computing, the chair of IEEE CS STC on Blockchain, and the steering chair of IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC). At work, he is the head of the Centre for IP-based Service Innovation (CIPSI) at the University of Stavanger (UiS) and is also an adjunct Senior Scientist leading Big-Data at the IRIS research institute in Norway. In 2017, he co-founded two start-ups Dataunitor.com and BitYoga.com. He was the vice president of CSA Norway Chapter (2016-2017). His research work focuses on data science, cloud computing, security and privacy. He is an IEEE senior member and is honoured as member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA) since 2011. He has extensive contact network and projects in both the industry and academic. He is also founder and Steering Chair of IEEE CloudCom conference and workshop series. He is the steering chair and associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC), and co-Editors-in-Chief of the Journal of Cloud Computing (ISSN: 2192-113X) by Springer. Prof. Rong has extensive experience in managing large-scale R&D projects funded by both industry and funding agencies, both in Norway and EU.

  Chair of IEEE Cloud Computing, Chair of IEEE CS STC on Blockchain, and Steering Chair of IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing (TCC)

• Willem Jonker

  Willem Jonker

  CEO , EIT Digital

  Prof. Willem Jonker (1962) has a broad background in ICT, both in industry as well as in academia. He studied mathematics and computer science at Groningen University, worked at Delft University of Technology, received his PhD from the University of Utrecht, and is a part-time full professor in computer science at Twente University. Willem Jonker's industrial experience covers telecommunications (KPN), IT (European Computer industry Research Centre, Munich) and consumer electronics (Philips). He held several positions as researcher, international project leader, department head, sector head, and account manager. In 2006 he was appointed Vice President Philips Research. Prof. Dr. Jonker has served European ICT research in various ways amongst others as project leader, reviewer, and advisor.

  CEO , EIT Digital