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Learn about Europe's and China's approach to blockchain adoption.
China has been investing unprecedented amounts and been very open about the ‘Belt & Road Initiative’. Last year it became clear that the initiative has a broader range then only the hard infrastructure projects when President Xi expanded the scope to include technology. Recently, there have also been a number of surprising leaks and announcements about the Chinese blockchain plans.
What Europe plans to achieve in 2 years, China will have deployed in the next 2 months. Where does this leave Europe in the race for blockchain excellence?
Meet our panel of experts
Sven Agten
China-based executive, author & keynote speaker
Sven has been living and working in China since 2004. During his 14 years in China he held various management positions in different regions, lived in smaller and large cities, speaks fluent Chinese, and is married to a Chinese. Because of this he has developed unique perspective on China. Among others Sven has set up and managed a Sino-Belgian Joint Venture manufacturing plan, and is now working as President Asia Pacific for Rheinzink, a German multinational. His decade of experience in the country earned him a great deal of expertise in the Chinese business world, economic trends and the rapidly changing development of the country. In 2017 he published a book in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany about economic, social and cultural trends in China and how to deal with it as a foreign company. Sven Is also a columnist about China's economy and economical trends for De Tijd.
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Matthew Van Niekerk
CEO and Co-Founder at SettleMint
Matthew previously held roles as Strategy Consultant, Chief Operating Officer (Consumer Finance) and finally Head of Platform Innovation for KBC Securities. Matthew believes in the benefits that the blockchain technology will bring to organisations and to society, which is why he wants to accelerate the adoption of the technology and simplify the blockchain journey for enterprises.
