Pre-Registration

07:00 - 22:00 Hilton, St Julians – Quarterdeck

Ikigai Retreat

08:30 - 13:30

The most exclusive of all events during Malta Week, Ikigai Retreat is restricted to 30 qualified VCs and angel investors as well as 10 pre-qualified start-ups seeking fundraising. Strictly by invite.

Pre-Registration

14:00 - 22:00 SkyClub, St. Julian’s

POKER TOURNAMENT

18:00 - 23:00 Portomaso Casino, St Julian’s

VNTR Capital Breakfast Malta

09:00 - 12:00

Join us to connect with active Venture Capital investors, business angels, and HNWI to enjoy networking with like-minded peers. The VNTR Breakfast will discuss technology trends, investment opportunities and build new relationships for co-investment with www.vntr.vc syndicate and community.

Exhibition

09:00 - 18:00 MFCC, Ta’ Qali

Conference Europe 2022 - Day 1

09:00 - 18:00 MFCC, Ta’ Qali

AIBC Stage

09:30 - 11:00 2022 AND 2023 TRENDS

09:30-09:40

Digital Assets Custody Models for Traditional Financial Institutions & Fintechs: the role of Treasury Management in Web3 & NFT

09:40-10:00

When smart money comes in

10:00-10:20

Crypto and Blockchain trends in between bull cycles

Motti Peer

CEO

ReBlonde

10:20-10:40

Institutional offerings and adoption on TradFi

Ahmed W Ismail

President & CEO

Fluid

10:40-10:50

Mass Adoption: The future of Cryptocurrency

Dr. Sara Al Madani

The Emirati Entrepreneur

Mass Adoption: The future of Cryptocurrency

10:50-11:00

IBM INSIGHTS: FIVE TRENDS FOR 2022 AND BEYOND

Pietro Lanza

Blockchain Director

IBM

11:00 - 12:40 WEB3 MARKETING

11:00-11:10

Keynote by Dev Sharma

11:10-11:30

How to become an influencer marketer in 2023

Dr Brandon Chicotsky

Business Director

Ascent House

11:30-11:50

Web3 Marketing Mix: What platform and content form works best for Crypto

Massimo Moretti

Founder & CEO

SIGNVM Group

11:50-12:10

To the moon or slow and steady, who wins in the end?

12:10-12:20

How to build a cult community

12:20-12:40

Planning a Marketing Budget for WEB3

Rachel Pipan

Co-founder

Maneuvre

12:40 - 14:40 INVESTIMENTS & VENTURE CAPITAL

 

 

12:40-12:50

What’s trending in corporate innovation & venture capital?

Marija Rucevska

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Helve

12:50-13:10

Market Overview: Crypto Markets and what Crypto M&A could look like in early 2023

13:10-13:30

“Short term Profits VS Long term success”

Iva Matasic

CEO

Consulio

Adrian Niculescu

CMO EMEA

CloudCoin Consortium

13:30-13:40

The latest trends and problems in the European VC Ecosystem

13:40-14:00

How to build your network as a VC

Daria Vasylieva

Investment Partner

First Stage Labs

14:00-14:20

What does it mean to be founder friendly

Cal Evans

Managing Associate

Gresham International

Özge Öz

Partner

QNBeyond Ventures

14:20-14:40

Red Flags when reviewing investments. These aspects will sink your chance of funding!

Abigail Mamo

CEO

Malta Chamber of SMEs

14:40 - 15:45 GAMEFI START UP PITCH

14:40-15:45

GAMEFI Startup Pitch

15:45 - 17:45 STARTUPS 101

15:45-15:55

Power of Storytelling & Branding in Fundraising

Shannon Weber

Strategic Director

Blonde and Giant

15:55-16:15

How to hack your first fundraise and to raise money in a downturn

Zach Finkelstein

Managing Partner

Class 5 Global

Alemsah Ozturk

CEO

4129Grey

Arnav Pagidyala

Investor & Advisor

Hashkey Capital

16:15-16:25

What tier 1 VCs look for in a team and advisors

16:25-16:45

What founders should look for in a seed-stage investor

John Fan

Principal

Sky9 Capital

Christopher Obereder

Serial Entrepreneur & Investor

Start-up Chris Ventures GmbH

Kerim Kaya

Co-Founder & CEO

Firstbatch

Jean-Luc Shorey

Investment Specialist

Koji Capital

16:45-17:05

Expanding the team – how to hire the right talent

Josh O’Cock

CEO

Growth Gurus

Andrew Phillips

Founder & CEO

Axiom

17:05-17:25

Tokenomics – Sustainable schedule & Adding utility to your token / nft

17:25-17:45

Time to Build: How has the bear market affected projects

Edwin Mata Navarro

CEO & Co-Founder

Brickken

SiGMA Stage

09:15 - 13:20 REGULATION AND COMPLIANCE

09:15-09:25

Welcome, and food for thought: Are critical mass and vertical integration now the receipt for success in the remote gaming industry?

James Scicluna

Co-Managing Partner

WH Partners

09:25-09:50

How has Malta retained its pre-eminent position as the leading global remote gaming hub?

Olga Finkel

Co-Managing Partner

WH Partners

Pontus Lindwall

President/ CEO

BETSSON AB

09:50-10:15

Germany & The Netherlands: the hot issues – suitability, customer authentication, responsible advertising, deposit limits

Evdokia Pitsillidou

Risk & Compliance Director

SALVUS Funds

10:15-10:40

iGamingFuture Executive Club The UK Gambling Review: Growing Through Regulation

10:40-11:05

Nearsourcing legal and compliance functions- the challenges of filling gaps and outsourcing projects in a job seekers’ market

Robert Zammit

Partner

WH Partners

Christopher Dalli

CEO

L&L Europe Limited

Roger Redfearn-Tyrzyk

Director Global Gaming

ID Now

Ian Perrygrove

Chief Risk Officer

Kwiff

Kristina Vranjić

Head of Compliance

Superbet

11:05-11:15

Keynote by Prime Minister of Malta

Hon. Robert Abela

Prime Minister of Malta

Keynote by Prime Minister of Malta

11:15-11:40

Tax optimization in a sub-optimal fiscal environment – challenges the igaming industry faces

Ramona Azzopardi

Partner

WH Partners

Marinos Marinou

Managing Director

Maricorp

Mario Fiorini

Director & Co-Founder

IGA Group

Dr. Franklin Cachia

Senior Manager Tax

CSB Group

11:40-12:05

Safer Gambling

12:05-12:30

How to deal with an AML compliance review strategically?

12:30-12:55

Web3 Play to Earn Games. Is it just another crypto FOMO phenomenon or is it a concrete evolution in Gaming?

Joseph F Borg

Partner

WH Partners

Andreas Glarner

Partner

MME Partners

Susan Hensel

Partner

Hensel Grad P.C

James Baldacchino

General Counsel

MGA

12:55-13:20

Player Claims Panel (title TBD)

Davinia Cutajar

Partner

WH Partners

Christian Rapani

Partner

Law Rapani

Nicholas Aquilina

Partner

Brandl Talos

13:20 - 13:50 CENTURION WEIGH IN

13:20-13:50

Centurion MMA Weigh In

13:20 - 14:40 IMGL MASTERCLASS

13:20-14:00

The IMGL Master Class series – sharing gambling regulatory knowledge globally

14:00-14:40

TBC by IMGL

14:40 - 15:50 SEO – PART OF 300 SPARTAN AFFILIATES OFFICIAL PROGRAM

14:40-15:00

World Cup 2022 SEO

15:00-15:20

Entity SEO and AI Content – Applied for Leverage

15:20-15:40

How the SEO strategy differs for regulated vs unregulated markets and how to take advantage in both

Ivana Flynn

Director

Comeon Group

Martin Calvert

Marketing Director

ICS-digital LLP

15:40-15:50

How to scale your SEO efforts with paid ads

Marcin Kumiega

Head of Sales

Vuluum

Networking Drinks

18:00 - 20:00 Hilton, St Julians – Quarterdeck

Networking Drinks

18:00 - 20:00 SkyClub, St. Julian’s

iGathering Dinner

19:30 - 23:00

AIBC Awards

19:30 - 23:00 Hilton, St Julians – GrandMasters Suite

Exhibition

09:00 - 18:00 MFCC, Ta’ Qali

Conference Europe 2022 - Day 2

09:00 - 18:00 MFCC, Ta’ Qali

AIBC Stage

10:00 - 12:10 CRYPTO & DEFI

10:00-10:10

Keynote by Hon. Silvio Schembri

Hon. Silvio Schembri

Minister for the Economy and Industry of Malta

European Funds and Lands

10:10-10:30

How institutional investment will change DeFi

Dieter Brockmeyer

CPO

Diplomatic World Institute

Francisco Martins

Senior Executive - Financial Services & Crypto

IDnow

Pietro Lanza

Blockchain Director

IBM

Gabriel Laender

Founder

BLO.CO

10:30-10:40

Derisking DeFi

Shimon Newman

Co-Founder

Ratio Finance

10:40-10:50

Keynote by Megan Nilsson

10:50-11:10

Ignoring cryptocurrencies is not an option: blockchain risks and solutions for growth

Dieter Brockmeyer

CPO

Diplomatic World Institute

Sergio Muscat

Founder

Oxygia Consulting

Josipa Majic Predin

Co-founder

Revuto

Joshua Ellul

Director of Centre for DLT

University of Malta

11:10-11:20

Where crypto meets the real world

Josh Berger

Co-Founder

PKT Pal

11:20-11:40

The standoff between banks and cryptocurrency exchanges

Tejinder Kumar

Global Head of Sales

Zonda Global

Gil Solomon

Founding Partner

Gil Solomon & Co

23:50-12:10

Fireside Chat with Fat Joe

Dustin Plantholt

Founder & CEO

Crypterns

Fat Joe

American Rapper - Award Winning Artist

Fireside Chat with Fat Joe

12:10 - 13:50 GAMEFI

12:10-12:20

Game Development Past and Present

Rick Ellis

CPO

Ryu Games

12:20-12:40

What’s needed to onboard the next wave of web3 games

Rick Ellis

CPO

Ryu Games

Wyatt Mufson

Co-Founder and CTO

Ryu Games

12:40-13:00

The GameFi Shift – from hyper Casual to TripleA

Ilman Shazhaev

Founder & CEO

Farcana

13:00-13:20

Game Developer Tools – whats out there?

13:20-13:30

KEYNOTE BY ALEX

13:30-13:50

GameFi predictions for 2023: What’s next?

Adrian Au

Founder & CEO

Infinite Digital

Toni Morales

Head of Partnerships

G4AL

Mikheil Didebulidze

Founder & CEO

Arena Games

13:50 - 14:40 WEB3 ESPORTS

13:50-14:00

Will web 3 esports take over web2 eSports?

14:00-14:20

Will web3 esports take crypto mainstream?

14:20-14:40

What’s needed in the next generation of web3 games to bring Esports to Web 3?

Artem Gribanov

Co-Founder & CPO

BlockCzech R&D Lab

Ilman Shazhaev

Founder & CEO

Farcana

15:10 - 17:00 WEB3, METAVERSE & IGAMING

14:40-14:50

Building The Metaverse Using Modern Web3 Tools

14:50-15:10

Casinos in the Metaverse

Daniel Gunba

CEO

TRIIONFT

15:10-15:30

Building your brand in the metaverse

15:30-15:40

Keynote by Jason Stevens

15:40-16:00

Crypto casinos – onchain or off chain?

17:00 - 17:50 Blockchain and Africa

17:00-17:10

How can web 3 help africa develop?

17:10-17:30

What does Africa offer to the blockchain and crypto industry?

17:30-17:50

Foreign direct investment in africa.

SiGMA Stage

10:00 - 12:30 CASINO TRENDS

10:00-10:10

Keynote by Mikael Shahinyan

Mickael Shahinyan

Co-Founder

ONE.FUN

10:10-10:30

Bigger payouts and higher jackpot – what does it actually mean in lottery business and the impact on the market

Frank Herold

Business Development Director

Emirat AG

10:30-10:50

Payment systems and how they can help you adapt to a fast-moving pace

Ilya Machavariani

Senior Partner & CEO

4H Agency

Rhiannon Burns

CCO

Zimpler

10:50-11:10

High, Higher, Highest – is volatility spiraling in slots?

Fiona Hickey

Director of New Business & Markets

Push Gaming

11:10-11:20

The End of Land-Based Gaming is Near

Earle G Hall

President & CEO

AXES.ai

11:20-11:40

LATAM: a gemstone ready to be polished in the iGaming industry

Roberto Regianini

CEO

FBMDS

11:40-11:50

Keynote by Vladimir Malakchi

Vladimir Malakchi

CCO

Evoplay

11:50-12:10

Are cryptocasinos a danger to the industry’s integrity?

Pierre Lindh

Managing Director

iGaming Next

Josh Berger

Co-Founder

PKT Pal

12:10-12:30

Right here, right now: impact of Real-Time on modern iGaming CRM

Robert Dowling

CCO

GlobalBet

12:30 - 13:30 SiGMA/AGS START UP PITCH

12:30-13:30

SiGMA/AGS START UP PITCH

13:30 - 16:10 DIGITAL & AFFILIATE MARKETING – PART OF 300 SPARTAN AFFILIATES OFFICIAL PROGRAM

13:30-13:40

100 Millions payout later, what really keeps affiliates live in your program

Stefan Muehlbauer

Head of Business Development

Masters in Cash

13:40-14:00

Affiliate Leaders – Exploring new markets and taking operator with you

Martin Calvert

Marketing Director

ICS-digital LLP

14:00-14:20

Affiliate Marketing in a world without cookies – what this means for affiliates

Alex Gryzunov

Head Of Sales

PIN-UP Partners

14:20-14:30

Affiliates and Sports Betting: how to generate fan engagement and revenue opportunities

14:30-14:50

The Rise Above the Bang: It’s time to get serious about influencers

Alex Gryzunov

Head Of Sales

PIN-UP Partners

14:50-15:10

Customer journey data for single and multiple publishers ( exploring how to enhance connections with your publishers)

15:10-15:20

2022 – The Year of TikTok, Spotify, and Twitch

15:20-15:40

A new generation of marketing: Consumer vs brand identity in Web3

Martina Åkerlund

CEO

Triggy

15:40-15:50

Commerce Content and the New Digital Paradigm

15:50-16:10

“Streaming” into the hearts and minds of new markets – a new tool for localisation?

16:10 - 17:30 WORKSHOP: HR

16:10-16:30

The new reality of recruitment in iGaming

Anneli Nilsson

Recruitment Director

Job Matching Partner

Viviana Premazzi

Founder and Director

Global Mindset Development – GMD Malta

Cordelia Morgan Cooper

Founder

CMC Consulting

16:30-17:30

Diversity & Inclusion

Fabio De Sio

Public Speaker & LGBTQ Business Coach

Diversity & Inclusion

Startup Pitch AIBC

13:00 - 14:30 MFCC, Ta’ Qali

Networking Drinks

18:00 - 20:00 Hilton, St Julians – Quarterdeck

Networking Drinks

18:00 - 20:00 SkyClub, St. Julian’s

Centurion MMA Fight

19:00 - 21:00 Hilton, St Julians – GrandMasters Suite

For more information on the event, please click here: https://www.centurion-fc.com/mma-events

iGathering Dinner

19:30 - 23:00

AIBC Official Malta Week Fat Joe Concert

22:00 - 02:00 Hilton, St Julians – GrandMasters Suite

Exhibition

09:00 - 18:00 MFCC, Ta’ Qali

Conference Europe 2022 - Day 3

09:00 - 18:00 MFCC, Ta’ Qali

AIBC Stage

10:00 - 10:30 AI.I. DEBATE

10:00-10:30

Can AI be trusted?

10:30 - 11:40 EMERGING TECH & INNOVATION

10:30-10:40

Title from Hrish on AR/VR (TBC)

10:40-11:00

Diversity in Tech

Shannon Weber

Strategic Director

Blonde and Giant

Martina Åkerlund

CEO

Triggy

Cordelia Morgan Cooper

Founder

CMC Consulting

11:10-11:30

How does technical evolution (Data/AI, Metaverse, Cryptocurrency) change business?

Dr. Jeppe Stokholm

Board Member / Investor

NFTicket Foundation

Anastasios Papakonstantinou

VP of Business Development

Accolite Digital

Paweł Łaskarzewski

Strategic Advisor

Niftables

Dr. Kyle Scerri

Manager – Gaming & Fintech

CSB Group

11:30-11:40

TBC (AIBC EMER & INNO 3)

Alistair Pernigo

Founder

SMILLE

11:30-11:40

TBC (AIBC Emerg & Inno 1)

11:40 - 13:00 BLOCKCHAIN FOR BUSINESSES

11:40-11:50

Building a compliant blockchain / their unveiling.

11:50-12:10

MiCA 2.0: is greater oversight needed?

Nikolas Xenofontos

Managing Director

SALVUS Funds

12:10-12:30

MiCA: What does this mean for Startups?

Eran Shay

Managing Director

Benefit Business Solutions Ltd.

12:30-12:40

MiCA: Can the EU reign in the Blockchain’s wild west?

12:40-12:50

MiCA: KYC Compliance for DeFi Platforms – Finding the Balance for a Secure Future

12:50-13:00

Web 3, unpacking regulations, and optimism for cryptos future. Crypto Regulatory Landscape in Europe

13:00 - 14:00 NFT’S

13:00-13:10

The power of owning your assets

13:10-13:20

Metaverse , NFT, and the New World Order

Evan Singh Luthra

Investor and Consultant

EL Group International

13:20-13:40

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): Looking Beyond the Hype

Alexander Belov

COO

Coinstelegram

Sergio Muscat

Founder

Oxygia Consulting

Alexandre Hardouin

Co-Founder & CEO

Metarchiect Studio

Dr. Jeppe Stokholm

Board Member / Investor

NFTicket Foundation

Kristin Oltman

Technology Evangelist

Ethernity CLOUD

13:40-14:00

Why are social media companies nuts for NFTs?

Arvin Khamseh

NFT Marketing Expert

Sold Out NFTs

Klemen Gradisar

Co-Founder

Ballies

Lucija Lepsina

Co-Founder

Ballies

14:00 - 15:00 NFT MARKETING

14:00-15:00

Sellout NFT Collections in the Bear Market

Arvin Khamseh

NFT Marketing Expert

Sold Out NFTs

15:00 - 16:00 How To Understand & Educate Your Fan Base in Web3

15:00-16:00

Workshop: How To Understand & Educate Your Fan Base in Web3

Samir Ceric

COO

Blocksport AG

SiGMA Stage

10:00 - 13:20 SPORTSBOOKS & ESPORTS

10:00-10:10

Sportsbetting – entertainment or investment?

10:10-10:30

The dispute of bonus campaigns – who wins and who loses

10:30-10:50

2022 The year of the World Cup

Tuomas Kanervala

CEO

Accuscore

Pavel Dergachev

Advisor

4H.agency

10:50-11:10

High, Higher, Highest – is volatility spiraling in slots?

11:10-11:20

Qatar 2022 – an inside look at sportbook operations

11:20-11:40

Biometric Data – the holy grail of sports betting

Dr. Fabian Masurat

Associate

Taylor Wessing

11:40-11:50

KEYNOTE BY STEPHEN HANNA

11:50-12:10

Knowing your market: Understanding the archetypes of the esport stakeholders

Luke Adebiyi

Business Development Manager, Banking

Capital International Group

12:10-12:30

Betting, esports and regulatory challenges: A study of integrity

Antti Koivula

Partner & Legal Advisor

Legal Gaming Attorneys at Law

Jan Feuerhake

Salary Partner

Taylor Wessing Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

12:30-12:50

How to do business with esports: the importance of authenticity and execution

12:50-13:00

The way of an athlete – how we can create billions of interested people

13:00-13:20

Esports will be 100-times bigger if we act

13:20 - 14:25 AIBC START UP PITCH

13:20-14:25

AIBC START UP PITCH

14:25 - 17:05 E-COMMERCE & PAYMENT SOLUTIONS – PART OF 300 SPARTAN AFFILIATES OFFICIAL PROGRAM

13:40-14:00

Affiliate Leaders – Exploring new markets and taking operator with you

Tejinder Kumar

Global Head of Sales

Zonda Global

Paula Zulonė

Head of Sales & Accounts

ConnectPay

14:00-14:20

Affiliate Marketing in a world without cookies – what this means for affiliates

14:20-14:30

Affiliates and Sports Betting: how to generate fan engagement and revenue opportunities

Jean-Marc Goux

CEO

Xcoins

14:25-14:35

Google Algorithm – Impacts in 2022 and Planning for 2023

14:35-14:55

Entering one of the fastest growing verticals: Fintechs

14:55-15:15

Defragging the payments process – how can we go from bottleneck to catalyst?

15:15-15:35

Crypto and iGaming: All in on the future?

Sereena Boparai

VP, Sales and Account Management

Paramount Commerce

Yosef Kamel

Senior Business Development Manager

AstroPay

15:35-15:45

Payment Interception – How to avoid it

15:45-16:05

Digital Payments is the future – the lifeline for Affiliates

16:05-16:25

Developing a frictionless payments experience: What will it take?

16:25-16:45

How To Convert & Retain More Customers In A Post-iOS15 World

16:45-17:05

How AI is transforming eCommerce

16:10 - 17:30 Workshop: WOMEN IN GAMING

16:10-16:30

Women in Gaming

Networking Drinks

18:00 - 20:00 Hilton, St Julians – Quarterdeck

Networking Drinks

18:00 - 20:00 SkyClub, St. Julian’s

iGathering Dinner

19:30 - 23:00

DELEGATES DEPART

00:00 - 23:59