Juan is a serial tech entrepreneur and innovation advocate with 15+ years’ experience in building, scaling and leading disruptive companies. Previous companies include Oracle and Booking.com; the world’s largest and fastest-growing online hotel booking service, part of Priceline (PCLN) – Mkt cap $84B.

Juan is currently the Co-Founder & CEO of Travala.com, leading blockchain-based travel booking platform offering +2,000,000 properties in 230 countries with prices up to 40% cheaper than mainstream booking sites.

Previously, Juan was the Founder & CEO of Restaurantes.com, Europe’s leading online restaurant reservation service, named by Wired Magazine one of Europe´s fastest-growing digital companies in 2012. Juan completed the transition of the start-up from idea stage to exit, raising over $11M in venture capital. Successfully sold to The Michelin Group (ML) in France – Mkt cap $21B.

Juan’s extensive background and experience in tech have led to his involvement as an Advisor in several leading start-ups, blockchain-based companies, start-up accelerators such as Silicon Valley’s Founder Institute and government organizations such as the European Institute of Innovation & Technology and the European Commission in Brussels.

Juan has become a renowned influencer in the blockchain space, helping to build some of the biggest companies of the future.

John Probandt has over thirty (30) years of experience with investing in the fitness, health, nutrition, diet, and bioscience industries. He was the youngest Senior Vice President in the history of San Francisco based Dean Witter Reynolds which later was acquired by Morgan Stanley. He is responsible for the completion with investing of over three hundred million USD (300,000,000.00), in privately held health related enterprises. In addition, he has been responsible for the deployment of well over two and one half billion dollars USD (2,500,000,000.00) in publicly traded health sector opportunities. He has a deep passion for helping people enjoy a long and healthier life. Mr. Probandt has been an owner, investor and innovator within the health, nutrition, diet, and fitness industry for over three decades.

Rishi is experienced in traditional finance and the financial technology sector. He spent a decade at Bank of America Merrill Lynch across Hong Kong and New York, focusing primarily on portfolio equities sales and trading. He left traditional finance for entrepreneurship, founding a Fintech company, and most recently, a financial coaching company, before joining BlockFi to lead their Asia expansion.

Quentin Reyes is Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder of SIBEX.

Quentin began his career in Geneva in Financial Services. For the last several years the HEC graduate has been establishing the Sino-Swiss Blockchain Ecosystem. In his role as a project manager for SwissNex, he has been the financial advisor for multiple blockchain start-ups in Europe and China. Fluent in Mandarin and Chinese business culture, he is integrated in both ecosystems and has been critical to investments into key blockchain infrastructure and platform projects.

Based in Zug, Switzerland & in Hong Kong, SIBEX is the first complete peer-to-peer decentralized OTC trading platform that allows users to trade cryptocurrencies between blockchains with no third-party involvement. SIBEX works to make DeFi OTC trading safe, private, and simple.

SIBEX is trusted and backed by industry leaders such as Zurich-headquartered SIX Group (Swiss Infrastructure and Exchange) and Fenbushi Capital, the first and most active blockchain-focused venture capital firm in Asia.

Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), users can be assured that their personal data and keys are always secured. The SIBEX technology relies on cross-chain atomic swaps to enable users to settle trades directly peer-to-peer between blockchains.

Susheela Rivers is the Office Managing Partner of DLA Piper Hong Kong, Co-Chair for the Global Real Estate Sector, Head of the Real Estate Group and the Hospitality & Leisure Group for DLA Piper in Asia Pacific. She is a solicitor of England and Wales and also admitted in Hong Kong. With 27 years’ experience in real estate investments and developments, hotel, retail and mixed use sectors, Susheela has been instrumental in advising on landmark developments throughout the region including China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, Malaysia, Korea, India, Vietnam and Indonesia.

With a focus in real estate acquisitions/disposals, financings, developments, leases, hotels and private funding initiatives, Susheela advises international and regional property companies, hotel groups, retailers, private equity real estate funds, investment banks and hospitals on aspects of real estate transactions from structuring the investments, developments, project and investment management, real estate operation to the exit strategies. She transacts also on deals in England.

Susheela is Chair of the Leadership Alliance for Women (LAW), DLA Piper’s global gender balance network that aims to support gender balance at all levels by strengthening the influence, leadership and voice of women within DLA Piper and the wider community to effect change.

Susheela has been acknowledged as Who’s Who of Hospitality Lawyers 2020 and Best in Real Estate by the Euromoney Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2014 & 2019. She was also named as a leading individual in the area of Real Estate by Asia Pacific Legal 500. Asia Pacific Legal 500 went on to note that Susheela “is great in distilling complex issues and providing workable solutions“. In addition, she was acknowledged as a leading lawyer in the area of Real Estate by The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers and Chambers Asia Pacific. Under Susheela’s leadership, DLA Piper’s Real Estate group is ranked as Tier 1 for Real Estate in China, Hong Kong and Thailand by Asia Pacific Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 and Tier 1 for Real Estate Funds in Hong Kong by IFLR1000.

Clients say of Susheela Rivers: “She’s a very pragmatic lawyer who knows her stuff and handles client relations very well.” – Chambers Asia Pacific 2020

Jesus Rodriguez is a technology expert, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and internationally recognized speaker and author. A computer scientist by background, Jesus is the Chief Technology Officer at IntoTheBlock, a platform that leverages advanced machine learning to understand and predict crypto-asset markets. Jesus is also the Chief Scientist and Managing Partner at Invector Labs, a development studio focused on leveraging deep technology trends such as artificial intelligence or blockchain technologies in real-world applications. Prior to Invector Labs, Jesus founded Tellago, an award-winning software development agency focused on the latest technology trends.

Jesus’ technical career includes tenures building cloud systems at Microsoft and quantitative trading platforms for several Wall Street hedge funds. Jesus has been the recipient of several industry awards including the Inc. 500 and Stevie Awards for American and international business. He serves as a board member in several enterprise software companies and is an investor in over a dozen of startups. Jesus is a regular speaker at technology conferences and a contributor to technology publications such as CIO.com, ComputerWorld, InfoQ and many others.

Dr. Valery Romanyuk is the CEO at International Venture Fund. He is also the 1st Vice President of Russian Cryptocurrency & Blockchain Association (RACIB).

As a serial entrepreneur and investor Mathias Ruch has been involved in the digital startup scene for 20 years. Founder and CEO at CV VC (previously Lakeside Partners), a next generation investment company, where cutting-edge blockchain technology meets traditional venture capital. Co-Initiator of CV Competition, Europe’s largest Blockchain startup contest and Co-Founder of CV Labs, a co-working space and Blockchain incubator. Before turning his focus to blockchain, he built and exited several successful online and media companies such as FaroTV and Europe’s crowdsourcing pioneer Atizo. Mathias has co-founded the Swiss Blockchain Federation, where he serves as a Board Member and Chairman of the Expert Council. He is a driving force behind the development of the global blockchain startup ecosystem.