FORUM SESSIONS

Blockchain is a quickly evolving, exciting industry. Its technology is being applied across diverse sections including finance, real estate, education and healthcare. Discover why blockchain is important to modern society and, more importantly, what its future holds.

• Key issues shaping the future of blockchain in Australia and globally
• What are blockchain’s uses?
• How does blockchain technology work?
• What’s the future of blockchain technology?

• The role of exchanges and investments in the wider financial market
• Recent ASIC guidance for retail funds (including ETFs) that hold cryptocurrencies
• Why it may be preferable to invest in cryptocurrency through a fund or ETF rather than directly
• Federal Government proposal for the licensing of cryptocurrency exchanges

• Why coins should have no miners and no fees
• How we solved the blockchain trilemma of Scalability, Security and Decentralisation.
• Exchange collapse? The benefits of coins not held on an exchange.
• What’s built-in two-factor authentication and how can it make coins more secure?
• Find out how Zucoins transactions not only process, but actually settle within 90 seconds. You can settle a $1B transaction in 90 seconds, anywhere around the world, and it is all fee free.

20 mins

• The emergence of decentralised finance
• Various cryptocurrency values
• How will cryptocurrencies shape the future of finance?

• Expansion of regulatory focus of Australian government and Australian Taxation Office on digital assets
• Key tax issues for different participants in the digital assets and cryptocurrencies sector
• What to expect going forward in relation to the taxation of digital assets in Australia

• Cryptographic primitives – where are we heading?
• Replicating web 2 onto web 3 and beyond
• Infrastructure layer as a fundamental building block
• What are the Financial System Blocks?
• What is possible with Blockchain Building Blocks?

• How blockchain technology is used in Australia and globally?
• How cool is this tech?
• Hear from experts across diverse industries including: logistics, agriculture, water trading, finance, natural resources, education, etc.

• Explosive growth in crypto
• Introducing the cryptocriminals
• Troublesome trends
• The rise of DeFi creates new potential for crypto crime?
• What can law enforcement do?

• Current financial crime trends – highlighting crypto crimes and crypto criminals
• What makes blockchain secure?
• What puts it at risk?
• Hear from blockchain security experts on current trends and how to prevent blockchain-based hacks and mitigate risks

• Why web 3 is the next evolution in the internet and how that impacts marketing
• How NFTs help build real communities
• Communications and channel changes in web 3
• Commercial rights case study
• The token economy

25 mins

• Metaverse has become quite the buzz word. When is it launching? Are we close? Who is it for?

• What is the Metaverse and what elements of the physical and non-physical does it include?

• Who does gaming and entertainment fit into the Metaverse?

• The Metaverse: the next 10 years…the next 50 years

• Metaverse has become quite the buzz word. When is it launching? Are we close? Who is it for?

• What advice do you have for people wanting to launch an NFT project?

• How do we get mainstream adoption for NFTs?

• What are the biggest pitfalls of brands that launch NFT projects?

• Phase 1: The layers of the DeFi Ecosystem
• GameFi: The stepchild of lootboxes and slotmachines or the future of the Metaverse
• Cross-chain, inter-DLT, LAAS and other emerging liquidity solutions
• DAOs: >4,000 experiments into new governance systems and new standards and tools are emerging

• In 2021, the NFT craze turned out to be a $2 billion market.
• NFT trading volume will land around $500 million in September 2022, a 15-month low
• If NFTs Are Dead, Why Are Bored Apes Still Fetching $100k USD?
• What’s the future of the NFT market

• Forge lasting connections and make meaningful B2B and B2C relationships within the blockchain and fintech communities.
• Fintech 22’s premier networking function
• Network with prominent business blockchain, crypto and fintech industry leaders
• Build connections across this industry event
• Meet exhibitors, speakers and VIP guests