BlockStand is directly supporting participation of European experts in Blockchain and DLT (Distributed Ledger Technologies) standardisation activities.
By coordinating their efforts, the project is promoting the European leadership in global blockchain standardisation, ensuring that internationally used blockchain standards reflect the EU values and industry needs.
In this page, you can browse through the appointed standardisation experts and explore their profiles. Learn more about in which Technical Committees they are participating and their valuable contributions to the blockchain and DLT standardisation. For an overview of past and in-development Blockchain Standards, check our Online Repository.
Blockstand selected experts
Belen Suarez Lopez
Environment, Sustainability, Innovation Management and DPP
Belen Suarez has been working for more than 15 years on Innovation Management, Sustainable Development, Circular Economy and Blockchain as well as working for 4 years on Blockchain Standardization at ISO TC 307 Blockchain and DLTs, at UNE SC 307 Blockchain and DLTS and CEN/CENELEC JTC 19. Within BlockStand, Belen proposal is to develop a Preliminary Assessment for use case identification and selection for developing a Technical Specification at CEN/CENELEC on the Environmental Sustainability Taxonomy of Blockchain and DLTs.
Mickaël Gaborit
Identity, Certificates, E-signature and Security
Partner at Blooo, Mickael specializes in digital solutions including identity, blockchain, and cybersecurity. Mickaël is contributing to Afnor, CEN, ISO, eIDAS working groups within these areas. Collaborating with regulatory bodies and security experts, he compiles a comprehensive set of standards for digital identity (EU Digital Identity Wallet, EBSI, Verifiable Credentials, e-signature protocols, secure elements) to support the digitization of identification and authentication means, and enhance security, privacy, and user convenience across the EU.
Maria Luisa Marsal Llacuna
Web3 and Energy Transition
Dr. Lluïsa Marsal, an architect and blockchain specialist, is developing a proposal to standardize self-sovereign identity in virtual worlds using blockchain. With a focus on democratizing access to blockchain technology, she aims to bridge urban planning with emerging digital environments.
Julien Bringer
Security, Privacy and Identity
Expert in cybersecurity and cryptography with 20 years of experience in the security business, and an entrepreneur in the blockchain and identity space. Standardization expert in cybersecurity, privacy, identity, biometrics, authentication, and blockchain for over 10 years. Co-convenor of ISO/TC 307/JWG 4, leading the development of standards in Blockchain and DLT, and connecting these standards to the existing landscape of security, privacy, and identity standards to support EU and international initiatives.
Limara Haque
Decentralised Autonomous Organisations
CEO of the Blue Future Organisation (BFO), an innovative decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), Limara Haque is an accredited Standards Expert with ISO & UNE for Distributed Ledger Technologies and their Applications, Environmental Sustainability and DAOs. Within BlockStand, she aims to explore social responsibility and sustainable development with regards of Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs).
Steffen Schwalm
Governance, Compliance, Security and Privacy
Steffen Schwalm supports since 15 years clients in high-regulated industries on digital identity and trust. He also shapes decentralized ecosystems in Europe using DLT. Actively involved in international blockchain standardization, he’s currently working on sustainable standards for security and trust in DLT, addressing challenges such as eIDAS 2.0.
Robin Renwick
Privacy and Decentralized Identity
Robin Renwick, with a background in networks and sustainability, leads initiatives to improve privacy and environmental sustainability in DLT systems. Actively participating in ISO and CEN, they’re keen to support wider market adoption of DLT, especially in relation to European Digital Identity and the Digital Euro.
Jedediah Grant
Cross- blockchain information exchange
Jedediah Grant is a founding member of LetzBlock, the Luxembourg Blockchain and DLT Association, and of Infrachain, a public-private partnership organization dedicated to building and governing blockchain infrastructures for Europe. He has been extensively involved in the technical aspects of blockchain and DLT since 2015 and his contributions have been recognized by notable organizations within the blockchain and fintech sectors. Jedediah is also a contributing member of ISO/TC 307, participates in the Finance Committee and Privacy Committee of INATBA, and servers as a member of the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum Expert Panel, contributing to promote blockchain adoption and best practices.
Markus Sabadello
Decentralized identity
Markus Sabadello has been an Editor of the DID Resolution specification at the W3C Credentials Community Group since the work item was launched and he is also currently Chair of the RDF Dataset Canonicalization and Hash Working Group at W3C. His previous work on standards has been previously supported by other EU-funded projects such as StandICT.eu grants. Within BlockStand, he is contributing to the decentralized identity community, including blockchain-based digital identity infrastructures, by acting as Chair of the Identifiers & Discovery Working Group at the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF).
Jean-Marc Seigneur
Digital Currency and Qualified Electronic Signature
Jean-Marc Seigneur is the Chief Technical Officer of the Réputaction, a French SME. He also leads the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and NFT workstream for the United Nations ITU Digital Currency Global Initiative (DCGI), he has been an expert for the ITU since 2015 and has worked on various working groups related to digital trust, security, smart cities, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, NFTs, and the metaverse.
Giampiero Zito
Electronic certificates and Smart contracts
CEO of MEDITERRANEO LAB 4.0 srl., Giampiero Zito has been working on standardisation of blockchain-based processes, goods and services through national working and technical groups. Within BlockStand, he is contributing to the standardization of trust service provider issuing qualified attributes and electronic certificates (GDPR compliance) as verifiable credentials on DLT and is working on guidelines for SMEs on the Use of Smart Contracts and DLT transitions for ESG reporting.
Andre Augusto
Interoperability and Networks
Andre Augusto is a blockchain researcher at INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Tecnico in Portugal. He has been actively contributing to both blockchain and DLT standardization efforts and academic research, particularly within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), with a particular focus on blockchain interoperability.
Within BlockStand, he aims to create and propose a draft under the scope of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), whose Secure Asset Transfer Protocol (SATP) working group is focused on standardizing communication between various blockchain networks and non-blockchain systems.
Paolo Campegiani
Decentralized Identity
Paolo Campegiani has a long experience in standardisation both at national level through UNI and both at European and international level through CEN/CENELEC and ISO. His main focus is the integration of DLT systems for identity management, for which he has numerous contributions to the standardisation efforts. Within BlockStand, he aims to work on the development of an international standard on the use of blockchains and DLTs to manage the lifecycle of identities and actors inside a self-sovereign identity (SSI) system.
Soumya Kanti Datta
Smart contracts
CEO at Digiotouch, Soumya Kanti Datta specialises in Cloud Computing, AI, and Blockchain. He is currently leading Digiotouch AI, a GenAI powered meeting transcription, translation, summary generation tool. Within BlockStand, he aims to standardise data formats for smart contracts, defining common requirements for the development of computable smart contract and its templates and proposing a reference architecture that demonstrates integration of computable smart contracts with existing distributed ledger technologies.
Georg Brameshuber
Custodian services and Cryptocurrency
Founder of Validvent Services GmbH, George Brameshuber has been involved with key industry groups and regulatory initiatives with a longstanding commitment to advancing regulatory clarity and efficiency in the digital asset space. Within BlockStand, he contributes to the IEEE 2140.5 Working Group, which is developing the IEEE Standard for a Custodian Framework of Cryptocurrency, by aligning the custodian framework with European Union values and regulations, enhancing the EU’s strategic position in blockchain and DLT standardisation.
Petko Karamotchev
Data management, Interoperability and Security
Petko Karamotchev serves as CEO and Co-Founder of INDUSTRIA, a Chairman of Programmatic as well as a mentor at R3. He is an expert of the ISO/TC 307 Committee for Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies, and an Industry Associate at the University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies. His expertise lies in Distributed Ledger Technology and the development of Digital Smart Legal Agreements. Within BlockStand, he aims to design a standardisation proposal focused on addressing the nuances of on-ledger and off-ledger data in blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), which involves outlining a series of activities that tackle the core challenges of interoperability, security, and efficiency.
Jerome Pons
Circular economy, Climate action and Biodiversity preservation
Jerome Pons is a senior standardisation manager with more than 20 years of experience in standardisation both at national level through AFNOR and both at European and international level through CEN/CENELEC and ISO. He directly contributed to the drafting of several ISO standards, such as: ISO 22739, ISO 23257, ISO 23258, ISO/TR 324, ISO/WD 7603 and ISO/PWI 23042. Within BlockStand, he aims to study the application of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) for sustainable development.
Michal Kit
Blockchain decision tree
Michal Kit is Principal Technology Officer at the Blockchain and Climate Institute (BCI) in Estonia, which is a Category A Liaison Organization with ISO/TC307 with members sitting on WG1, WG3, WG6, AHG4 and CEN/CLC/JTC19. Within BlockStand, he aims to pioneering an approach to leveraging decision trees for the purpose of selecting the most appropriate distributed ledger technology (DLT) or blockchain solution tailored to specific use cases.
Olvis Enrique Gil Ríos
Cross-border payments
Olvis Enrique Gil Ríos, founder of OG Technologies EU, is specializing in integrating enterprise-level Web3 technologies for optimized data-driven solutions. He has a comprehensive background in blockchain and DLT with a particular focus on addressing the challenges of the international financial systems and focusing on creating cost-effective and transparent transaction mechanisms. Within BlockStand, he aims to set new benchmarks in the efficiency, security, and regulatory compliance of cross-border payments.
Christiana Aristidou
Smart contracts, AI, Finance
Christiana Aristidou is a Transnational Technology Lawyer, Founder and Managing Partner of “The Hybrid LawTech Firm”. She has been practising business and technology law for more than 27 years and is usually involved in complex, multijurisdictional business and technology projects legal and regulatory compliance. Christiana actively contributes to standardization efforts, focusing on blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, smart contracts, artificial intelligence, and finance. She is the Director of the Legal Division of the Blockchain & Climate Institute (BCI), and the Ambassador of the European Legal Technology Association (ELTA) for Cyprus. She is an approved HRD Trainer and has trained regulators and private organisations in Cyprus and abroad. Christiana is a regular speaker at International Technology Conferences with particular expertise and experience in Digital Finance.
Mariana de la Roche
Decentralized autonomous organizations
Mariana de la Roche is an international expert working at the intersection of law, human rights, and new technologies, with over a decade of experience as a legal and regulatory advisor. She specializes in guiding organizations and governments in adopting responsible and ethical innovations in emerging technologies. Mariana is the founder of de la Roche W. Consulting and a board member at INATBA, where she leads the AI and Blockchain Convergence Task Force and the Social Impact and Sustainability working group. Additionally, she is a member of the Dynamic Coalition of the Internet Governance Forum of the United Nations, board member at thinkBLOCKthank and an expert member at the European Blockchain Association and the EUBOF.