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AGENDA

BlackSeaChain brings together world-renown blockchain specialist, entrepreneurs, investors, visionaries, developers, and legal professionals. We will have 2 stages and dedicated workshop area filled with interesting keynotes, panel discussions and practical content.

  • 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

    Registration and Networking Breakfast

  • 10:30 AM - 10:40 AM INTROEN

    Welcome Speech of the Organiser

    Anton Andonov, CEO, Quanterall

    IMPRESSIA HALL

  • 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM KEYNOTEEN

    The Future of Money: Central Bank Digital Currencies

    Kalina Tonkovska, Business Operation Manager, INDUSTRIA Technology

    Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) has recently taken over the financial world. Almost all central banks are interested in implementing CBDC and some countries have already started the process. What drives this development, how is the financial world changing, and what is the future of money?

  • 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM KEYNOTEEN

    Blockchain Beyond the Frontier

    Chris Sim, Venture CTO, Engineering Director, BCG Digital Ventures

    Blockchain is no longer frontier technology. Chris will walk through blockchain use cases launched and funded by Fortune 500 corporations. He'll describe real-world business problems and how the practical application of blockchain technologies has provided solutions.

  • 11:40 AM - 11:50 AM

    BREAK

  • 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM KEYNOTEEN

    The Next Market Disruption: NFT Use Cases Beyond Digital Artworks

    Christo Peev, CEO, Motion Software

    NFTs prove ownership rights to certain assets, give special access to products, services, and exclusive content. Businesses of all sizes are issuing their own unique tokens to innovate funding and operation models. In this talk, we are going to look at several interesting NFT use cases showcasing new trends and practices that are shaping the future of value creation and ownership.

  • 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM PANEL DISCUSSIONEN

    Regulating DeFi: Challenges and Opportunities

    Vladislav Dramaliev - Moderator, Founder, @O2K Netherlands
    Vyara Savova, Public Policy Expert, European Crypto Initiative
    Robert Kopitsch, Secretary General, Blockchain for Europe

    The panel discussion will focus on the main legislative acts in the European Union (EU) and their effects on crypto assets-related entities, the decentralised finance space, and non-fungible tokens. We will cover the most important aspects of the Trialogue-approved text of the Markets in Financial Markets Regulation (MiCA) and the amendment of the Transfer of Funds Regulation (TFR) whose coming into effect will be fundamental to the future of both public and private blockchain project in the EU.

  • 12:50 PM - 02:00 PM

    LUNCH

  • 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Blockchain and the Real World - Where Will They Meet?

    Emiliyan Enev, CEO, ReCheck

    Blockchain's wild west period is getting to an end. The decentralised technologies play a significant role in creating the future fabric of the internet. Emiliyan will outline the real game-changers which will accelerate the adoption of blockchain, the opportunities and risks confronting the crypto movement in the next few years.

  • 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM KEYNOTEEN

    What's Next for Web3?

    Nick Todorov, CEO and Co-Founder, LimeChain

    Tips and tricks from the blockchain business world, and the lessons I learned working with the world's top protocols and web3 leaders.

  • 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

    COFFEE BREAK

  • 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Deconstructing Metaverse Item Economy

    Tomislav Mamic, Co-founder, BlockSplit

    Metaverse is often the answer to the question what are NFTs good for. In this talk we will see what are the main ideas and issues behind embedding NFTs into metaverses, and how such NFTs are built with RMRK NFT standard.

  • 03:45 PM - 04:10 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Internet of Things x Blockchain - When Smart Devices Meet Smart Contracts

    Nedelcho Delchev, Project Manager of AVERATO, Quanterall

    What does the future hold for automated smart device payments utilising blockchain? How can an IoT network leverage blockchain technology and help build some entirely new business opportunities?

  • 04:10 PM - 04:20 PM

    BREAK

  • 04:20 PM - 04:50 PM KEYNOTEEN

    The Product Story: From Startup to a Web3 Primer Company

    Kiril Kirov, VP of Engineering, Nexo

    Through the story, the audience will receive key insights into scaling a business in a highly volatile environment as well as a glimpse behind the curtains into the company.

    We will walk the path of a BUIDL product story - the upsides, the challenges, and the downsides - of creating a 360° portfolio from a garage start-up to the next frontier.

  • 07:00 PM - 10:00 PM

    VIP Cocktail Dinner for Speakers and Sponsors

  • 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

    Registration and Networking Breakfast

  • 10:30 AM - 10:40 AM INTROEN

    Welcome Speech of the Organiser

    Anton Andonov, CEO, Quanterall

    IMPRESSIA HALL

  • 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM KEYNOTEBG

    Byzantine Fault-Tolerant State Machine Replication with Thousands of TPS

    Teodor Parvanov, R&D; Manager, VMware

    Enterprise blockchain technology promises to enable a new class of cross-company workflows with unprecedented levels of trust. In this presentation we will showcase VMware Blockchain, and how we achieve enterprise-grade throughput without compromising any of its fault-tolerance and trust capabilities.

  • 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM KEYNOTEEN

    Building High-Assurance DApps on Cardano

    Prof Simon Thompson, Technical Project Director, IO Global, Professor of Logic and Computation, University of Kent

    Distributed Applications running on blockchains are particularly critical pieces of software infrastructure. They are responsible for managing billions of dollars of crypto assets, and one error can mean that those funds are lost or locked forever. This talk will explain how IOG and its partners are working to make Cardano a high assurance blockchain through testing, audit, and program verification.

  • 11:40 AM - 11:50 AM

    BREAK

  • 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Paving the Way for Ethereum Scaling Using Corda<>Ethereum Bridge

    Sneha Damle, Senior Developer Evangelist, R3

    In this talk I will present a working demo which demonstrates bridging of a digital asset from public Ethereum network to Corda Network. We will simulate the transfer of gold and silver ERC-20 tokens from Ethereum to Corda as wrapped tokens, transact/trade these wrapped tokens on Corda in a private, regulated environment reducing transaction gas costs and finally we will redeem these wrapped tokens back onto Ethereum.

  • 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Enterprise Blockchain on Corda

    Venelin Stoykov, Head of Engineering, INDUSTRIA Technology

    Corda is a Distributed Ledger Technology enterprise solution aimed at businesses that need to keep a shared ledger of transactions. It removes the need to constantly check whether books are in line after interacting with each other. This is the primary problem that Corda is trying to solve. Venelin will explain why Corda is the heart of enterprise blockchain and how to use the technology.

  • 12:50 PM - 02:00 PM

    LUNCH

  • 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Let's Polish Those Diamonds

    Nikolay Angelov, Head of Blockchain, Nexo

    In this keynote, Nikolay will present where and how Diamond standart shines. Are people crazy for migrating and using those? Can you design Large and Extensible Smart Contract systems?

  • 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM KEYNOTEEN

    How to Achieve Security and Privacy in a Public Permissionless Blockchain?

    Milen Radkov, Founder and CEO, Hack.bg

    In his talk Milen will show we can use blockchain networks without being afraid of losing privacy and sharing personal data. He will focus his talk on the use of ZKRollups, ZKProofs, Privacy-first networks, burner wallets, and mixers.

  • 03:00 PM - 03:15 PM

    COFFEE BREAK

  • 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Product > Ethos: a Pragmatic Approach to Blockchain Development

    Nils Fohlin, Solutions Architect, ChromaWay

    Blockchain is a technology and should be used wherever you see fit. A Dapp developer's view on the industry.

  • 03:45 PM - 03:50 PM

    BREAK

  • 03:50 PM - 04:35 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Decentralised Software Design Patterns 101

    Georgi Spasov, Co-founder and Blockchain Architect, LimeChain

    This talk enumerates and gives an overview of the various known and used design patterns for decentralised systems. All of these come with concrete examples of when and how to use them, backed by our actual usage experience in LimeChain.

  • 07:00 PM - 10:00 PM

    VIP Cocktail Dinner for Speakers and Sponsors

  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

    Registration and Networking Breakfast

  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM KEYNOTEEN

    How We Are Going to Onboard the Next One Billion Users in Crypto

    Vanina Ivanova, CMO, Ambire

    Traditional Web3 products bring to the table a great deal of innovation but do so at the expense of clunky, non-intuitive user experience. In her talk, Ambire Wallet CMO Vanina Ivanova will take us through the way of onboarding the next billion users to crypto through human-centric design and good, simple UX.

  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSIONEN

    Web3 Based Innovative Business Models

    Emiliyan Enev - Moderator, CEO, ReCheck
    Vince Meens, CEO, Founder, and Investor
    Zara Zamani, Chief Solutions Officer, ChromaWay
    Dr Agata Slater, Blockchain Offering Manager, Central and Eastern Europe, IBM Consulting

    Do you know what web3.0 means for the business? How will it upset the status quo? Will it end traditional revenue models (e.g., get free services in exchange for data)? We are all expecting a decentralised infrastructure that protects individual freedom and privacy. But what exactly does this look like and what are the potential implications? What is blockchain's actual potential, and how will it transform business models?

  • 12:00 PM - 12:10 PM

    BREAK

  • 12:10 PM - 12:40 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Classification and Taxation of Crypto Assets

    Antonia Eilander, MA LLM, Crypto Corporate and Tax Lawyer, @O2K Netherlands

    What are the most appropriate legal terms to use when we speak about crypto assets? How do we classify them? What types of taxpayers are there in the crypto industry? What are 13 types of taxes that might be applicable to crypto assets? All of these questions will be answered by Antonia at the BlackSeaChain conference.

  • 12:40 PM - 01:10 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Connecting Data, AI, and Blockchain in Manufacturing and Industrial Applications

    Maria Minaricova, Director of Business Development, Fetch.ai

    How bringing together transformational technologies such as AI and blockchain can help deliver collaborative data ecosystems of the future? Maria's talk will focus on building new revenue models whilst focusing on data privacy and sovereignty.

  • 01:10 PM - 02:10 PM

    LUNCH

  • 02:10 PM - 02:40 PM INVESTMENT PANELEN

    Investing in Blockchain

    Oron Barber - Moderator, CEO and Founder, CoinPoint Group Inc.
    Aleksandar Terziyski, Partner, NV3 VC
    Valentin Mihov, Angel Investor and DeFi Yield Farmer, Daedalus Angels

    • What are the phases of investment in a startup?
    • What makes blockchain projects attractive for investing?
    • At what stage do they decide to involve?
    • What are their expecations and exit strategy?

  • 02:40 PM - 03:10 PM LEGAL PANELBG

    Blockchain and Law

    Maria Apostolova - Moderator, Associate, M&A;, Kambourov & Partners
    Gergana Varbanova, DCL, University Lecturer and Arbitrator of the Arbitration Court of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce
    Mario Arabistanov, Senior Associate, Technology, Media, and Telecommunications, Kambourov & Partners
    Irina Yaneva, CIPP / E / ACAMS, Senior Manager, Attorney-at-law, Legal Services, Ernst & Young Law Partnership

    The panel focus is on the legal aspects of a particular use of blockchain, namely smart contracts. Our panelists will discuss what smart contracts represent legally, how and where they can currently be implemented and what, if any, are the current legal obstacles facing them.

  • 03:10 PM - 03:30 PM

    COFFEE BREAK

  • 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Blockchain in Gaming Beyond NFTs

    Marcin Rzetecki, Technical Outreach Specialist, Bitcoin Association for BSV

    Blockchain in gaming is not only NFT but also:

    • Data management and data integrity
    • Improving payments, fast and cheap #micropayments on #layer1, not on the backend
    • Possibility of instant player payouts based on game leaderboards
    • Fair conditions of the game, the possibility of proving disruptions of the game in online competitions
    • Massively-scaled blockchain is critical for gaming and eSports applications
    • Smart contracts

  • 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Non-Fungible Is the New Standard for Creative Disruption

    Anthony Christov, Art Director, ItRemains

    The merging of technology, storytelling, and engaged communities is starting a trend, which will change the way entertainment industries work.

  • 04:30 PM - 04:40 PM

    BREAK

  • 04:40 PM - 05:10 PM ONLINE KEYNOTEEN

    NFT - Authentication and Real World Use Cases

    Kanatpong Karntanarhat (Dino), Lead Blockchain Product Manager, Opn

    This presentation will cover the topic of "NFT - Authentication and real-world use cases". We will analyse the current market situation and how big corporations are utilising the NFTS. Interesting use cases for NFTs as authentication technology and building blocks for futuristic network states is the other big topic that we will try to introduce to the audience.

  • 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM

    Afterparty

  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

    Registration and Networking Breakfast

  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM KEYNOTEEN

    The Next Era of Trust and Data Exchange

    Martin Donevski, Lead Blockchain Engineer, Bosch.IO
    Tim Schlagenhaufer, Full-Stack Open Source Developer for Self-Sovereign Identity, Bosch.IO

    In this presentation we will touch upon the issues with internet trust, as well as use cases for decentralised identifiers and how a future economy of IoT devices can function. It will also describe the technology stack that is used for SSI permissioned blockchains.

  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM KEYNOTEBG

    MEV and Its Impacts on the Decentralised Blockchain Design and Application

    Valentin Mihov, Angel Investor and DeFi Yield Farmer, Daedalus Angels

    MEV is an important part of any DeFi blockchain. In this talk we will see which are the main types of MEV and how they are changing the incentives of the participants in the blockchain consensus. We will see what challenges are in front of the blockchain devs and how they are planning to solve them.

  • 12:00 PM - 12:10 PM

    BREAK

  • 12:10 PM - 12:40 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Why Smart Wallets Are the Future of Ethereum

    Ivo Georgiev, CEO and Founder, Ambire

    Traditional crypto wallets suck when it comes to security and convenience: it only takes one mistake to lose your entire crypto portfolio. In his presentation, Ambire Wallet CEO Ivo Georgiev will show you how smart wallets solve all these to pave the way for the next 1 billion crypto users.

  • 12:40 PM - 01:10 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Cross-Chain Atomic Swaps - Problems and Solutions

    Tito Titov, CEO, weiChain

    Key takeaways:

    • What are cross-chain atomic swaps?
    • What are some of the most secure and decentralized approaches for cross-chain swaps?
    • Deep dive into hash time locked contracts
    • What is the ultimate solution?

  • 01:10 PM - 02:10 PM

    LUNCH

  • 02:10 PM - 02:40 PM KEYNOTEEN

    Secure DeFi Investment

    Nikola Toshev, Building Out the DeFi Ecosystem

    Wallet and funds security: cold and hot wallets, hardware wallets, multisig, MPC wallets. Secure interaction with smart contracts. Loan-to-Value management: liquidation safety, capital efficiency. Miner Extractable Value (MEV) in DeFi.

  • 02:40 PM - 03:10 PM WORKSHOPEN

    Multichain Bridges

    Krasimir Raykov, CTO and Co-Founder, weiChain

    In this workshop you will learn:

    • how can an asset on one chain be "sent" to another chain
    • types of multichain bridges
    • building a simple multichain bridge using Solidity & Typescript

  • 03:10 PM - 03:30 PM

    COFFEE BREAK

  • 03:30 PM - 04:15 PM WORKSHOPBG

    Start Blockchain Development with Hedera

    Ognian Chikov, Senior Blockchain Developer, LimeChain

    Hedera is an excellent choice for developing decentralised applications due to its speed, security, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness. It is a great option to achieve environmental sustainability goals by keeping the carbon footprint low. The governance model guarantees the users that there will be no forks and that your business and application are built on a stable and reliable platform.

  • 04:15 PM - 04:25 PM

    BREAK

  • 04:25 PM - 05:10 PM WORKSHOPEN

    Cairo: Harnessing Ethereum Scalability on StarkNet

    Valentin Ganev, Builder, Entrepreneur, Architect, and Core Developer

    In this workshop, we will cover:

    • a brief overview of ZK rollups
    • the Cairo programming model
    • developer ecosystem tooling
    • writing StarkNet smart contracts using Cairo
    • optimisation techniques and non-determinism
    • testing and deploying a smart contract on StarkNet

  • 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM

    Afterparty