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Olga Yaroshevsky, Managing Director, AIBC 

Olga Yaroshevsky is content strategic, journalist and event host. She has become a personality known in the global blockchain community for her media management work. Her current role as Managing director for AIBC global brand includes creation of brand strategy, partnerships, programme and content strategy for conferences in the Middle East, LATAM, Asia and EU, as well as stage hosting, interviews with thought leaders and speakers management.

Since 2018, she has been leading the content strategy for NexChange Group and running programme for large-scale international events, both online and offline: Hong Kong Blockchain Week 2019-2020, Singapore Blockchain Week, Greater Bay Area Blockchain Week, Africa Blockchain Week, Gulf Blockchain Week and Metaweek in Dubai. Her interviews with widely respected figures in the blockchain world are renown and include talks with Roger Ver, Brock Pierce, John McAfee, Mance Harmon, Brian Behlendorf, Dirk Ahlborn and many more.

Before joining the blockchain industry, Ms Yaroshevsky worked as journalist, interviewer, editor and reporter for TV channels in Moscow and Kyiv, Ukraine, while contributing to a number of magazines and printed journals. In 2014 she moved to the United States, where she worked as an editor and writer and pursued an academic career as a teacher of Russian language and literature for students of AU, Georgetown University, Russian Cultural Centre and post-graduates involved in the international Alfa Bank fellowship program.

Ms Yaroshevsky graduated from the Journalism Department at the Russian State University for the Humanities. In 2010, she completed her PhD research in Russian literature (philology) and received a scientific degree.

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Darije is skillfully balancing his business and technical leadership roles in the Customer Transformation domain. As an Associate Partner in IBM iX, Darije leads the consulting service line for Central and Eastern Europe, while simultaneously wearing the technical hat as an Executive Architect and CTO for Customer Transformation platforms.
His unwavering focus and passion lie in assisting clients throughout Central and Eastern Europe in reimagining customer and employee experiences. Spanning across Product, Marketing, Service, Sales, and Commerce domains, he is committed to cultivating value and fueling growth. His secret recipe? A winning combination of customer-centric vision, strategic planning, and a tech-savvy transformation approach grounded in human-centric design, digital platforms, AI and other emerging technological capabilities.

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David Palmer is a digital visionary, innovator, and author. He is the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of the Pairpoint by Vodafone IoT and Web3 platform Digital Asset Broker (DAB). He is board member of the Asia Web3 Alliance, and the author of a new book entitled “The Business of the Metaverse – How Organisations Can Optimize the Opportunities of Web3 and AI.”

David is a recognised as one of the top 20 people to watch in Web3, and one of the top 30 Metaverse industry leaders. Most recently he has been working on the opportunities associated with AI, Web3, IoT and Fintech to power new business models for digital businesses and enterprise.

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Maria Minaricova is a Director of Business Development at Fetch.ai and Mettalex, and a Board Member of the Fetch.ai Foundation. She leads strategic alliances and partnerships across industry and academia and manages strategic program delivery. Her expertise spans mobility, energy, supply chains, and decentralized finance, where she actively works to develop AI-driven solutions that enhance efficiency and automation.
At Fetch.ai, Maria supports the development of cutting-edge AI applications, leveraging an agent-based modular platform that empowers developers and businesses to build, deploy, and monetize next-generation solutions.
As a founding member of the ASI Alliance, Fetch.ai is pioneering advancements in AI agent-based technology, shaping the future of intelligent and interconnected systems.

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Marek Marczuk,
Partner Associate, Blockchain and AI Leader, Deloitte Poland

Marek has 25 years of experience in strategy and business development for new IT technologies and digital transformation projects in Poland and abroad. He graduated from the Faculty of Electronics and Computer Science at the AGH University in Kraków.

He is a director at Deloitte CE Audit & Assurance, responsible for Blockchain and Digital Assets together with AI and Algorithms projects. Previously, he worked for Billon, where he was responsible for implementing their proprietary blockchain technology in various sectors, working with key clients in Poland and worldwide. In the last years he worked on different Blockchain/DLT projects around regulated payments, durable medium, digital product passport (DPP), digital identity (SSI) and EU-compliant e-signature subjects.

Additionally, Marek has extensive experience in business and technology consulting sales of innovative ICT technology solutions acquired at EY, Sagemcom, Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent, where he performed various functions as a technology advisor and teams’ leader. He is an accomplished business development leader and cutting-edge technology expert, adept at navigating the dynamic intersection of business and the latest technologies, including the most innovative as blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). Demonstrating an exceptional understanding of customer expectations, market requirements and global trends, he can bring a unique value proposition as a trusted advisor for companies seeking innovation-driven growth. Particularly passionate about implementing business value based on new technologies, his focus extends to spearheading digital transformation projects that propel companies to the next level, fostering closer connections with people through engaging insights.

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Łukasz Malinowski

Rola: Internet of Things Advisor and Trainer

Bio: He has over 15 years of experience in IT projects, specializing in the Internet of Things (IoT) domain for over 7 years.

For the last 4 years, he worked at Amazon Web Services, where he helped the world’s largest corporations design, implement and secure global IoT solutions.

Currently, he conducts independent consulting and training activities, empowering companies to achieve business goals by leveraging modern technologies.

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Raquel Katigbak

Raquel has more than 25 years of experience in successfully building and launching emerging tech solutions for B2B clients and is an accomplished speaker and author on technology innovation, AI and the Economy of Things. She is co-founder and CEO of SUSI Tech, an early-stage tech startup focused on helping small to mid-cap enterprises (SMEs) build more resilient, sustainable businesses. Raquel has recently used generative AI to build a social media content automation flow, create new illustrations for her latest children’s book on AI and find two new desserts she would like to try: “Sholeh Zard” a Persian rice pudding and “Tarta de Queso” a burnt cheesecake from the Basque region of Spain.

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Mirosław Siwiński is a Partner at Nexia Advicero and a tax advisor and legal counsel with extensive experience in handling proceedings and issuing opinions. He has over 20 years of professional experience. He specializes particularly in issues related to VAT, excise tax, income taxes, and conducting tax analysis. Mirosław also has experience in matters at the intersection of civil and tax law, as well as proceedings before tax authorities, administrative courts, and the Court of Justice of the European Union. He is also involved in drafting opinions and procedural documents in the field of administrative law, with a particular focus on educational subsidies and road transport issues. He also has extensive litigation experience in social security, civil, and labor law cases. He specializes particularly in comments and lectures on VAT, excise tax, tax analysis, and tax proceedings. He is regularly recognized as a recommended tax advisor (rankings of tax advisory firms by the “Rzeczpospolita” daily 2021-2023 – Excise Tax category). He advises in Polish, English, and German.

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Jakob Mikkel Hansen

CEO & Board Member of Nordic Blockchain Association

www.Nordicblockchain.com

Jakob Mikkel Hansen has educational background as Auditor and Commercial administrationa & Law. Worked as CFO for different scale-ups around the world. Been in the industry for many years in various roles, such as helping large Fortune 100 companies with their blockchain strategy for a US-based firm, Partner and head of the Due Diligence & Research team at an international Blockchain Investment fund, part of multiple different blockchain projects. Now dedicated his time to unite and facilitate the largest Nordic/Baltic Blockchain network via his role at Nordic Blockchain Association.