Autoworld, Brussels - Wednesday 9 April 2025 at 10:00
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The European Blockchain Standardisation Day takes place during the ISO TC 307 Plenary Week

Blockstand invites all interested stakeholders to join us at the European Blockchain Standardisation Day event, taking place in Brussels on 9 April 2025.

As blockchain technology continues to evolve, standardisation plays a pivotal role in ensuring its secure, interoperable, and scalable adoption across industries and borders. Standardised blockchain protocols are vital for unlocking the full potential of blockchain in creating more efficient, secure, and equitable economies.

Having European experts involved in blockchain standardisation is vital to ensuring that blockchain technology is developed in a way that aligns with European values, adheres to EU regulations, fosters economic growth, and promotes global leadership. On the other hand, blockchain standardisation activities support the implementation of the key European initiatives, such as EBSI (currently evolving to the EUROPEUM-EDIC), Next Generation Internet and others.

The “European Blockchain Standardisation Day”, organised jointly by the EU-funded projects SEEBLOCKS & BLOCKSTAND, will bring together key stakeholders from policy, industry, academia, and standardisation bodies to showcase the achievement and leadership of the European blockchain standardisation experts.

This event, composed of panel sessions and working discussions, will reflect on the achievements, challenges, and future pathways for blockchain innovation and standardisation in Europe, on a wide range of topics such as Digital Wallets, Digital Product Passport, Digital Finance, Auditing of DLTs, Privacy and Security, Environmental, Social and Governance in blockchain, amongst others.

The “European Blockchain Standardisation Day” takes place on 9th April 2025 from 10:00, at AutoWorld, during the ISO TC 307 Plenary Week.

We are looking forward to having you with us in Brussels or online! Help us organising the meeting by confirming your presence in Brussels or Online in the form below:

Note: online participants will not be able to actively interact or contribute to the discussions in the side sessions

Agenda

9:30 - 10:00 | Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:00 - 10:10 | Welcome Messages - Bringing Europe to the Frontline of Blockchain Standardisation

Speakers:

  • Rita Meneses – Seeblocks.eu Coordinator, Trust-IT
  • Justina Bieliauskaite – BlockStand Coordinator, European Digital SME Alliance

10:10 - 10:30 | Shaping Europe’s Digital Future Through Blockchain

Speaker:

  • Pierre Marro – Policy officer, DG CNECT, European Commission 

10:30 - 11:10 | BLOCKSTAND & SEEBLOCKS.eu Outcomes & Key Finding

Speakers:

  • Knut Blind – Franuhofer
  • Serena Dell’Agli – European DIGITAL SME Alliance

11:10 - 12:00 | Plenary and Side session

Plenary (Main Room): Digital Wallets in DLT

Panel Discussion:

  • Paolo Campegiani – Bit4id
  • Markus Sabadello – Danube Tech
  • Samuel Gómez – Gataca Labs S.L.U. (TBC)
  • Paolo De Rosa – Policy Officer, DG CNETC, European Commission (TBC)

Moderator: Irina Tal – Dublin City University

Side session (Breakout Room): Application of the Digital Product Passport in Global Value Chains

Panel Discussion:

  • Joachim Schwerin – Principal Economist, DG GROW, European Commission
  • Belen Suarez – Convenor of ISO TC307 WG5 on Governance, and AG4 on Communications

Moderator: Gabriele Casalini – European DIGITAL SME Alliance

12:00 - 12:50 | Plenary and Side session

Plenary (Main Room) – DLTs supporting key European initiatives – Focus on EBSI

Panel Discussion:

  • Steffen Schwalm – msg Group
  • Nacho Alamillo – Astrea (TBC)
  • Jose Manuel Panizo Plaza – DG DIGIT, European Commission
  • Volker Skwarek – Hamburg University (TBC)
  • Evrim Tan – KU Leuven (TBC)
  • Alberto Lopez – EUROPEUM-EDIC (TBC)

Moderator: Andrea Caccia – UNINFO

Side session (Breakout Room) – Digital Finance: cryptos & digital assets

Panel Discussion:

  • Christiana Aristidou – Christiana Aristidou LLC
  • Dimitar Kyosev – Erk Media LTD
  • Christian Grafenauer – TechGDPR, Project Leader ISO 24982 – Digital Currencies – Vocabulary
  • Georg Brameshuber – Validvent

Moderator: Knut Blind – Fraunhofer

12:50 - 13:50 | Walking Lunch

13:50 - 14:00 | Keynote Speech

Speaker:

  • Fabrizia Benini – Head of Unit Next Generation Internet, DG CNECT, European Commission (TBC)

14:00 - 15:00 | Standardising ESG Frameworks with Blockchain: Enabling Global Alignment and Accountability

Panel Discussion:

  • Paul Ferries – Country Technical Expert at ISO
  • Jerome Pons – Music won’t stop
  • Michal Kit – Blockchain and Climate Institute
  • Grzegorz Cenkier – ISSA Poland

Moderator: Irina Tal – Dublin City University

15:00 - 16:00 | Auditing of DLTs: Ledgers as Trust Enablers & Interoperability of Blockchains

Panel Discussion:

  • Petko Karamotchev – INDUSTRIA
  • Gyu Myoung Lee – Liverpool John Moores University
  • Yevheniia Broshevan – Hacken (TBC)
  • Giorgio Magistrelli – European Commission (TBC)

Moderator: Bara Greplova – INATBA

16:00 - 16:15 | Coffee Break

16:15 - 17:00 | DLT standards supporting Privacy and Security

Panel Discussion:

  • Robin Renwick – Erk Media LTD
  • Julien Bringer – Kallistech
  • Christophe Ozcan – Crypto4All
  • Erik Andersen – Andersen’s L-Service

Moderator: Irina Tal – Dublin City University

17:00 - 18:00 | Future Blockchain Standardisation Activities & Actions

Panel Dicussion:

  • Emilio Dávila-Gonzalez – DG CNECT, European Commission
  • Scott Farrell – ISO TC 307 Chair
  • Yves Leboucher – CEN-CENELEC
  • Ismael Arribas – UNE
  • Sebastiano Toffaletti – European DIGITAL SME Alliance

Moderator: Andrea Caccia – UNINFO

18:00 - 18:30 | Conclusions

Speakers:

  • Rita Meneses – SEEBLOCKS.eu Coordinator, Trust-IT
  • Justina Bieliauskaite – BlockStand Coordinator, European DIGITAL SME Alliance

18:30 - 19:30 | Networking Cocktail

Venue Location – Autoworld, Brussels

Autoworld - Parc du Cinquantenaire 11, 1000 Bruxelles