Speakers
The people who have spoken at Vienna Blockchain Week
141 speakers from banks, asset managers, regulators, exchanges, infrastructure providers and research across previous editions. The VBW27 line-up is announced on a rolling basis.

Martin Böhm
Programme Manager: Digital Strategies and Innovation - IT Consolidation & Artificial Intelligence at Austrian Federal Chancellery

Marion Biber
Head of Invest in Austria | ABA – Invest in Austria (Austrian Business Agency)

Dr. Michael Huertas LL.M., MBA
Partner & Financial Services Legal Leader – Global Legal Network & FS Legal Leader Europe | PwC Legal Business Solutions

Vid Hribar
Head of Institutional Partnerships at Qivalis

Benjamin Schaub
Managing Partner at intas.tech

Matthew A. Schneider
President and CEO at Building, Inc

Tetyana Kohansal
Managing Partner at ks actuaries | Mathematician, Financial Risk Expert & Founder of Teen Finance Lab

Johannes Edlbacher
Partner Financial Services Tax at PwC Austria

Dr. Marcus Wunsch
Senior Lecturer Quant, DeFi researcher

Max Sherwood
Co-founder at H2O Nodes

Daniel Urstöger
Co-founder at H2O Nodes

Ted Paulus, CFA
Founder at Orange Wheel

Patrick Prinz
Co-founder and COO/CFO at Recoveris

Iva Rakocevic
Senior Investment Manager at Elevator Ventures

Eric Heinemann
Podcaster & Educator | cryptonerds.com

Tami Mönnig
Founder TaxMON Consulting LLC & Dozentin Fachseminare von Fürstenberg GmbH & Co. KG

Cristiano Ventricelli
Vice President - Decentralized Finance & Digital Assets at Moody's

Maximilian Bruckner
Sales Director Zodia Custody & Business Development Manager - Digital Assets WM Gruppe

Stephan Dreyer
Managing Director (ANNA) Association of National Numbering Agencies & (ASB) ANNA Service Bureau
Alex Asgari
CEO and Founder of a Forex Brokerage

Marco Bodewein
Managing Director @ Bullish

Ilja Geier
Senior Manager/ Syndikusrechtsanwalt @ Bullish

Spyridon Antonopoulos
Vice President Client Solutions and Head of Investigations at Solidus Labs

Gregor Danielmeyer
Dipl. Finanzwirt bei Land NRW

Hadil Krenn
COO & Product Development | Ownitnow

Thomas Labenbacher
CEO, Founder Assetera Capital Markets
Marina Markezic
CEO European Ethereum Institute

Maurice Mureau
Co Founder, Fund Manager, CEO Hodl

Andri C. Gmünder
Business Development Lead, Europe at Ledger Enterprise
Maria Romero Fedak
Crypto & AML Compliance Expert at JayBee

Ariel Navarro
Managing Partner | CEO Whale Capital

Marco Alberto Javarone
Director of Research & Development | Exploring Blockchain, Complex Systems & Theoretical Physics

Maxwell Denega
Founder & CEO of Quantum Chain | Quantum-Secure Blockchain for Financial Institutions and Sovereignty

Sander Andersen
CEO & Co-Founder H100 Group

Dotun Rominiyi
CTO & CPO Assetera

Heinz Konzett
Senior Legal Expert, Stabsstelle für digitale Innovation Liechtensteinische Landesverwaltung

Paul Neubauer
Senior Associate in EY Law's New Technologies Team

Alexander Glaser
Senior Associate in EY Law's New Technologies Team

Martin Hanzl
Partner | Attorney-at-law | Head of New Technologies, EY Law Austria – Pelzmann Gall Größ Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Vinzenz Treytl
Senior Researcher at ABC Research

Martin Froehler
Founder & CEO of the DeFi Stablecoin UPD (Universal Private Dollar)

Michael Schöngruber
CEO & Founder at 3Folio

Jacek Trzmiel
Head of DACH Sales / Europe Sales Director at Crystal Intelligence

Olvis E. Gil Rios
Ambassador for the Stellar Europe Chapter

Alexander Eisl
Chairman of the Board / Managing Director at Austrian Blockchain Center - ABC Research

Igor Hadziahmetovic
Investment Director & Web3 Tech Lead at DLT Venionaire Web3 GmbH

Nina Haide
Chairperson and Co-Founder at DLT Switzerland

Sabine Roiss
CEO at Crypto Play, Board Member at Crypto Hub Malta

Kambis Kohansal Vajargah
Head of Startup-Services and Deputy Head of Founder-Services at Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

Sebastian Becker
CEO at Bundesblock

Daniela Boback
Head of BDM & Ecosystem at Bundesblock, Ambassador at Stellar Europe, Ambassador at CONF3RENCE

Stefan Kobrc
Managing Partner at Stereum & Rocklogic

Astrid Woollard
Co-founder, General Partner, CIO at SMAPE Capital

Tonia Damvakeraki
Doctoral Candidate; RDI Policy Researcher at University of Nicosia

o.Univ.Prof. Mag.Dr.rer.soc.oec Alfred Taudes
Managing Director at ABC Research

Stefan Craß
Senior Researcher & Area Manager at ABC Research
Dr. Justine Scerri Herrera
Partner at MK Fintech Partners (part of Michael Kyprianou & Co LLC group)

Alexandra Lloyd LL.M
Risk & Compliance Manager at YouHodler
Ed Prinz
Founder & CEO neob.ai

Karl Zettl
Co-Founder & CEO at Iknaio Cryptoasset Analytics

Alireza Siadat
Lead Blockchain & DLT at Deloitte Legal Germany

Sviat Dubovskyi
Regional VP at Crystal Intelligence

Romena Urbonaite
Chief Compliance Officer at Axiology

Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler
Expert in Virtual Assets at OSCE

Delphine Forma
Head of Policy Europe & UK at Solidus Labs

Mariana de la Roche Wills
Founder at BlackVogel Consulting
Luca Castellani
Senior Advisor, Digital Trade

Anna Petrenko
CBDO at Everstake

Rui Meireles
Senior Sales Manager at Crypto Finance Group

Anne-Grace Kleczewski
Lawyer at MME

Natalie Enzinger
Tax Advisor & CEO at Enzinger Steuerberatung GmbH

Horst Treiblmaier
Professor at Modul University Vienna

Andrew Forson
President at DeFi Technologies

Matthias Bauer-Langgartner
Cryptoassets / FinTech / Innovation / Policy / Compliance - Head of Policy Europe @ Chainalysis

Isabela Marques
CMO at Soleria

Maximilian Roesgen
Head of Business Development at Environmental Carbon Offset Alliance (ECOTA)

Per Moeller
Business Development Lead (DACH) at SwissBorg

Zoltan Fazekas
Head of Research / CTO at Zilliqa | Building Rialo at Subzero Labs

Miriam Broucek
Partner at Kinstellar

Cal Evans
Managing Associate at Gresham International
Alexander Birke
CFO at 21bitcoin

Matthias Reder
Owner and Managing Director at RETTE DEIN GELD

Heidrun Strohmeyer
Strategic Coordinator Digital Skills Program

Markus Sabadello
Founder at Danube Tech | Member of the Steering Committee at Decentralized Identity Foundation

Anastasios Koulouris
Member of the Executive Board / Managing Director at AMINA (Austria) AG

Rob de Rozario
Founder - CEO and Chief Trading Officer at Alphaparty

Peter Stolcz
Director B2B Sales at AMINA Bank

Oliver Völkel
Attorney at Law, Partner at CERHA HEMPEL

François Centeno Lemaire
Co-founder and CCO of Iqana

Martin Sprengseis-Kogler
Managing Partner at bluesource - mobile solutions gmbh

Lukas Götz
Co-Founder | Product Strategy at TACEO

Berthold Baurek-Karlic
CEO at Venionaire Capital AG | Stiftungsvorstand at World Venture Forum

Florian Erlach
CEO WhiteBIT EU *

Kerstin Eismann
Founder, Stealth Fund, Machine Economy

Akin Bamstedt
Founder & CEO at 1B insurance

Alaa Hussaini
Partner at Hussaini Legal Group

Clemens Pachta-Rayhofen
Managing Director at Cryptonow

Fabian Fuhrmann
Chief Executive Officer at Digital Contract Solutions GmbH

Nikita Eriashev
DACH Growth Manager at Tangem

Walter Börst
Partnerships at DLT Finance Group

Clemens Scarpatetti
CEO, CTO bei Solva Blockchain Solutions

Sven Wagenknecht
Editor-in-Chief and Co-Founder at BTC-ECHO

Alexey Filinskiy
Co-Founder | TACD Solutions GmbH

Milica Dimitrijevic
Strategic Advisor | Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA)

Stephan Mauracher
Präsident und Gründer | onchainaustria.at

Ilja Tomilin
Regional Sales Account Manager | Tangany

Nathalie Boyke
Founder & Principal, EU Public Affairs Advisory for AI, Web3 & Digital Assets | nucleus42

Harald Egger, MSc, CFA
Chief Analyst / Crypto Asset Specialist | Erste Asset Management GmbH

Bülent Babür
Manager Data & Analytics | PwC Austria

Tanja Picker
Senior Manager Compliance | PwC Austria

Alexander Wittich
Manager at PwC Austria

Dr. Max Bernt
Managing Director EMEA/APAC & Global Head of Regulatory Affairs | TaxBit

Ferdinand Regner
Technical Lead at OwnerChip

Robby Schwertner
Geschäftsführer at INNOMAGIC Deutschland GmbH | Co-Founder Validvent

Andreas Petersson
Managing Director at Capacity Blockchain Solutions GmbH

Mag. Jutta Rasel
Speaker / Representative for the Federal Trade Division of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ)

Shirin Kristin El-Tohamy
Manager | PwC Österreich

Elma Saric
Senior Strategic Partnerships and Ecosystems Analyst, Group Strategy & Innovation | Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Benjamin Duve
Global Head of Partnerships at GK8 by Galaxy

Nassar Al Achkar
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) | CoinW

Dr. Hagen Weiss
Digital Assets Lead Legal | PwC Legal


Svetlana Prussova
Member of the Management Board at CryptoProcessing by CoinsPaid

Marta Chavarría Romero
Counsel | Croma Legal & Copyrait

Christoph Finsterer
Senior Manager Tax bei EY | Business Tax Services
John Kojiro Moriwaka
Global advisor to Family Offices, VCs, & Startups
Georg Brameshuber
CEO at Validvent

Christian Mangold
CFO at Dwinity

Axel Schuster
CFO at Bitfly

Prof. Claudio Tessone
Head of UZH Blockchain Center

Thomas Niedermayer
Head of Data Engineering at Iknaio

Alexander Aigner
CTO at Chainbrain

Vita Pur
CEO at Margarita Finance

Alex Kirchmaier
dieKryptologen
Kris Paruch
IEEE Blockchain Austria

Daiana Marculescu
Founder at COMETS

Zurab Sanikidze
Senior Project Officer / Project Manager, OCEEA, OSCE Secretariat

Marie Christin Rinke
Partnerin | Möhrle Happ Luther

Benjamin Fassl
Partner – Financial Services Tax | PwC Austria
Stefan Koubek
Former ATP Top 20 · Davis Cup Captain Austria
Dominique Heinrich
Record Player, Red Bull Salzburg · 6× Austrian Champion

Lucian Rehm, MMag.
Geschäftsführer | eXpertcode GmbH