Conferencia

CONFERENCE

Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Smart Contracts

"Designing the Future... Today"

ISCAC/COIMBRA BUSINESS SCHOOL | 17 NOVEMBER 2021 | 2:00 pm
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ABOUT THE EVENT

Topics such as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, Blockchain technology, NFTs and Smart Contracts have become an increasingly emerging reality, with an impact on various sectors of society and which have aroused immense interest and curiosity.

This is the ideal time to understand and analyze the current national and international scenario, identify existing challenges in our country around this issue, understand the legal and tax regulations, take advantage of investment opportunities and project the future of this new reality.

The Conference "Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Smart Contracts" is an initiative that will have the contribution of several personalities of the sector to clarify and resolve all doubts on this topic.


The event will take place in person on the 17th of November, starting at 2 pm in the Auditorium of ISCAC Coimbra Business School and will also be broadcast online.


Participation is free, but prior registration is recommended.

PROGRAM:

2:00 p.m.

Opening session

Pedro Costa - President of ISCAC-CBS Coimbra Business School

14:15h

The Cryptoeconomy - Opportunities and Challenges

Francisco Pires - Innovation and Organizational Development

2:30 p.m.

The ABC's of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

Pedro Borges - Criptoloja, First entity certified by Banco de Portugal

15:15h

Law, Regulation and Smart Contracts

Nuno da Silva Vieira - Lawyer Dep. Legal Intelligence at Antas da Cunha ECIJA

4:00 p.m.

Coffee Break

16:15h

Crypto Projects, the State of the Art in NFTs, GameFi and DeFi

Fred Antunes - Real Fevr, APBC

5:00 p.m.

Buying and Selling Real Estate with Cryptocurrencies. AML/KYC requirements

Jorge Batista da Silva - President of the Order of Notaries

17:45h

Round Table: Cryptoeconomics in Portugal and in the World - Current Situation and Future Perspectives

Fred Antunes, Pedro Borges, Andreas Vilela, Nuno da Silva Vieira, Isabel Pedrosa and Jorge Batista da Silva. Moderator - Francisco Pires

18:15h

questions from the public

18:45h

closure

Jorge Conde - President of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra

SPEAKERS


FRANCISCO PIRES

Innovation and Organizational Development

Digital Transformation Advisor | AIOps | Blockchain & Smart Contracts | DeFi | IoT | 5G | Quantum Tech | ISO 27001.

Engineer; Internet Strategic Thinker - Portugal Telecom; European Project Manager at ACTS - Advanced Communications for Telecomunications,

Center for Telecommunications Studies - Aveiro; Software and Telecommunications Networks Project Manager - Portugal Telecom; Individual Consultant of Software Engineering Systems and Telecommunications Economics; Lecturer of Post-Graduations in "Privacy and Data Protection" and "Engineering and Industrial Management", Coimbra Business School; Professor of the Master in Information Systems Project Management - ISEC; ISO 27001 Auditor - Information Security Management Systems; DPO : Data Protection Officer - GDPR Implementation

Internship Advisor DEIS/ISEC and ISCAC/Coimbra Business School (Blockchain Executive, Blockchain Engineering and Smart Contracts), Senior Engineering Advisor at Coimbra Engineering Academy.


PETER BORGES

Cryptostore CEO

Founder and CEO of Empresa Smart Token, Lda., which under the brand CRIPTOLOJA, is the first Company registered with the Bank of Portugal, 100% Portuguese, to provide the service for buying and selling Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry, he was the first CEO of Saxo Bank in Brazil and has extensive experience in the Startups environment. The launch of the GoBulling brand at Banco Carregosa; The start of the online brokerage business at Orey Financial or the development of the first White Label partnerships for Saxo Bank are examples of this. Involved since 2014 in the world of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies, he created and led projects in this area such as ICO SOFA and AprendiSobreBitcoin.com


NUNO DA SILVA VIEIRA

Lawyer, Legal Intelligence Antas da Cunha ECIJA

Degree in Law from the Law School of the University of Minho (2003). Member of the Bar Association since 2006. Partner and Legal Intelligence at Antas da Cunha ECIJA. Studied innovation and entrepreneurship at IESE Business School, in New York, as well as innovation and strategy at the Harvard Division of Continuing Education. Completed the Blockchain Program at Saïd Oxford University Business School. He is Adjunct Professor at Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics and scientific coordinator of the Blockchain & Smart Contracts Program at Nova School of Business & Economics.


FRED ANTUNES

RealFevr CEO and APBC President

Graduated in Philosophy, PowerMBA, has participated in more than 300 conferences as speaker and lecturer.

Former Quake 3 Arena and World of Warcraft pro-player, today he is the Dreamshapper of RealFevr, a SportsTech portuguese Scale-up company in the Fantasy Sports and Blockchain NFT's industry and Board President of the Portuguese Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Association.


JORGE BATISTA DA SILVA

Bastonaire of the Order of Notaries

Notary since 2006 and has been working in the city of Maia since 2011.

He founded two start-ups, one in the sector of dematerialisation of documents with preservation of their legal value and FINTECH specialized in digital identity management. He was vice-president of the Ordem dos Notarios between 2010 and 2011, president of the Association of Young Notaries between 2007 and 2008 and has been President of the Ordem dos Notarios since December 2017



ISABEL PEDROSA

CBS Executive Director - Coimbra Hub

Ambassador SheLeadsTech ISACA Lisbon Chapter. PhD in Information Sciences and Technologies, ISCTE-IUL. ISTAR-IUL.Certified IDEA Data Analyst (2017) PG People and Team Management (CBS-ISCAC, 2018).Master: Informatics and Systems (2006) and Degree in Informatics Engineering (94), DEI-FCT - University of Coimbra


ANDREAS VILELA

CTO & Co-founder at Talent ✦ Protocol | Founder at SHARKCODERS - Code School

Developed the World Record Game “Kill The Duck”. Serial tech entrepreneur with 30M software users worldwide. Founder of SHARKCODERS - Geniuses of Tomorrow, the 1st network of tech schools in Portugal, teaching coding skills, creating games, apps, robotics for Kids & Teens.

OPENING, CLOSING AND PRESENTATIONS

Peter Coast

President of Coimbra Business School ISCAC

Jorge Conde

President of the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra

Antonio Delgado

Lawyer Founder Legacis Law Office. Associate of APBC

PARTNERS

LOCATION:

Coimbra Business SchoolQuinta Agrícola - Bencanta3045-601 Coimbra

Tel.: 351 239 802 187Fax: 351 239 445 445

executive@cbse.iscac.pt

CONTACTS ABOUT THE EVENT:

Tel. / WhatsApp: 351918293013

geral@legacis.eu

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