Strate African Blockchain SummitBlockchain technology is set to become one of the biggest disrupters of our time! Clear your diaries and join us for

an epic event that will unlock (or digitally disrupt) your mind and get you to rethink the status quo. Come prepared

to hear international leaders in the industry, case studies and interactive panel discussions.

Date: Thursday, 13 October 2016Time: 08h00 – 17h00Venue: The Forum Campus, Cnr Sloane Street & Main Road, BryanstonCost: R1200 (excl. VAT)RSVP: Click here

Agenda:08:00 – 08:30 Registration

08:30 – 09:00 Welcome and Chain Game

09:00 – 09:30 Opening Address – Monica Singer, Chief Executive Officer, Strate

09:45 – 10:30 Stream 1: Blockchain 101 + Public vs Private Blockchains – Tanya Knowles, Executive Director: Fractal Solutions, Strate

Stream 2:The Hyperledger Project – Kathryn Ann Harrison, Payments and Blockchain Leader: Middle East and Africa, IBM

10:30 – 11:00 Tea

11:00 – 11:45 Stream 1: Introduction to Smart Contracts – *Nick Johnson, Software Engineer, Ethereum

Stream 2: Tackling Blockchain from PoC to production – *Michael Mainelli, Chairman, Z/yen

12:00 – 12:45 Stream 1: Blockchain at a National Level – *Simon Taylor, Director of Blockchain, 11: FS

Stream 2: Biggest Startup Mistakes – *Speaker to be confirmed

12:45 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:15 How Tech Companies are embracing Blockchain and Building Blockchain architecture with scale – Erik Olofsson, Business Development, Chain.com

14:15 – 15:00 South African Financial Markets Blockchain initiatives (Panel discussion) – RMB, SARB and Strate

15:00 – 15:30 Tea

15:30 – 16:00 Blockchain KYC and Perfecting Identity Validation – Llew Claasen, Executive Director, Civic / Bitcoin Foundation

16:00 – 16:45 Interview with Blythe Masters, Digital Asset Holdings CEO and Monica Singer, Strate CEO

* Speaker to be confirmed