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📍Live from sunny bermuda

6th Annual
International
Tech Summit

April 28 - May 2, 2025

Hosted by
Penrose logo
Bermuda International Tech Advisors logo
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A global
digital asset conference.

This year’s goal is to activate nation state-level adoption of digital technologies and assets.

We aim to bring together innovators, leaders, builders,
and everyday citizens from around the world to Bermuda, a forward looking and crypto friendly island.

The summit will be a fun, tech-enabled conference that will demonstrate the real world use of blockchain and its impact on everyday life in Bermuda.

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Agenda

Overview

MONDAY 4/29
Arrival on Island & Welcome Reception
Tuesday 04/30
Community & Career Day

📍 Pier 6

Wednesday 05/01
Internation Tech Summit

📍 Pier 6

Thursday 05/02
Sports & Technology Showcase

📍 Pier 6

Friday 05/03
2nd Annual Rum-mit Golf Tournament

📍 Tucker's Point Golf Club

Saturday 05/04
SAILGP Day
Sunday 05/05
SAILGP Day
Sunday 05/05
Leisure & Networking Day

Overview

04/30 Community & Career Day

📍 Pier 6

Event
Time (adt)
Welcome Breakfast & Networking
8:30 - 9:30
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Sean Stapley (Partner @ Penrose)
Kerem Kolcuoglu
(Partner @ Penrose)
9:30 - 10:00
Introduction to FinTech Workshop
Moderator: Sean Stapley (Partner @ Penrose)
Jeff Baron
(Chief Compliance Officer @Bittrex Global)
Donavan Burgess
(Senior Vice President, Underwriter @Relm Insurance)
Temar Richards
(Lead Actuary @Nayms)
10:00 - 10:45
Networking Break
Moderator: Darren Wolfberg (CEO & Founder @Blockchain Triangle)
Kevin Richards
(Managing Director @Bermuda Asset Management)
Ali Hochberg
(Science Communicator @BIOS)
Connor Burns (
Director @On-Site Engineering)
10:45 -11:00
Technology Demo & Onboarding
Moderator: Darren Wolfberg (CEO & Founder @Blockchain Triangle)
Kevin Richards
(Managing Director @Bermuda Asset Management)
Ali Hochberg
(Science Communicator @BIOS)
Connor Burns (
Director @On-Site Engineering)
11:00 -11:30
NFTs Educational Workshop
Moderator: Darren Wolfberg (CEO & Founder @Blockchain Triangle)
Kevin Richards
(Managing Director @Bermuda Asset Management)
Ali Hochberg
(Science Communicator @BIOS)
Connor Burns (
Director @On-Site Engineering)
11:30 -12:15
Networking Lunch
12:15 - 13:30
Digital Payments & Wallets Workshop
Williams Racing
13:30 - 14:15
Technology Demo & Onboarding
FinClusive - Payments with crypto for ice cream
14:15 - 15:00
Networking Break
15:00 - 15:15
Career Fair Kick-Off
Coinbase Career Stand
15:15 - 15:35
Career Fair
Coinbase Career Stand
15:35 - 16:10
Closing Fireside Chat
16:10 - 16:30
City Hall Reception
17:30 - 19:30
*Times and locations subject to change

05/01 International Tech Summit

📍 Pier 6

Event
Time (adt)
Welcome Breakfast & Networking
8:30 - 9:30
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Sean Stapley (Partner @ Penrose)
Kerem Kolcuoglu
(Partner @ Penrose)
9:30 - 10:00
Panel 1 // Professional Bull (Market) Riding: Investing in Digital Assets
Moderator: Sean Stapley (Partner @ Penrose)
Jeff Baron
(Chief Compliance Officer @Bittrex Global)
Donavan Burgess
(Senior Vice President, Underwriter @Relm Insurance)
Temar Richards
(Lead Actuary @Nayms)
10:00 - 10:45
Networking Break
Moderator: Darren Wolfberg (CEO & Founder @Blockchain Triangle)
Kevin Richards
(Managing Director @Bermuda Asset Management)
Ali Hochberg
(Science Communicator @BIOS)
Connor Burns (
Director @On-Site Engineering)
10:45 -11:00
Keynote
Moderator: Darren Wolfberg (CEO & Founder @Blockchain Triangle)
Kevin Richards
(Managing Director @Bermuda Asset Management)
Ali Hochberg
(Science Communicator @BIOS)
Connor Burns (
Director @On-Site Engineering)
11:00 -11:30
Panel 2 // Digital Island: Building Next Generation Infrastructure
Moderator: Darren Wolfberg (CEO & Founder @Blockchain Triangle)
Kevin Richards
(Managing Director @Bermuda Asset Management)
Ali Hochberg
(Science Communicator @BIOS)
Connor Burns (
Director @On-Site Engineering)
11:30 -12:15
Lunch Break - Innovation & Sport
12:15 - 13:30
Panel 3 // AI Leashed: Utilizing & Regulating New Tech
Williams Racing
13:30 - 14:15
Panel 4 // Empowering Artists with NFTs
FinClusive - Payments with crypto for ice cream
14:15 - 15:00
Networking Break
15:00 - 15:15
Keynote
Coinbase Career Stand
15:15 - 15:35
Panel 5 // Bermuda's Innovation Ecosystem
Coinbase Career Stand
15:35 - 16:10
Closing Fireside Chat
16:10 - 16:30
Bermuda Rum-mit: Cocktail Reception @ Pier 6 Terrace
17:30 - 19:30
*Times and locations subject to change

05/01 International Tech Summit

📍 Pier 6

Event
Time (adt)
Welcome Breakfast & Networking
8:30 - 9:30
Opening Remarks
Sean Stapley (Partner @Penrose)
‍Kerem Kolcuoglu (Managing Partner @Penrose)
9:30 - 9:45
Panel 1 // Professional Bull (Market) Riding
Jeff Baron (Chief Compliance Officer @Bittrex Global)
Nic Carter (@)
Pascal St-Jean (President @3iQ)
9:50 - 10:15
Keynote/Demo 1 // NEAR Demo
Chris Donovan (COO @NEAR Foundation)
10:20 - 10:35
Panel 2 // Digital Island: Building Next Generation Infrastructure
Liat Shetret (Director of Global Policy and Regulation @Elliptic)
10:40 - 11:05
Coffee Break
Liat Shetret (Director of Global Policy and Regulation @Elliptic)
11:10 - 11:30
Panel 3 // AI Unleashed
Moderator: Michael Branco (Founder & Chairman @Celeste Ventures)
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Caroline O'Brien (Chief Data Officer & Head of Product @Afiniti)
‍Dmitry Mnushkin (CTO & Co-Founder @Swiftly Holdings)
‍Carika Weldon (CEO & Founder @CariGenetics)
11:35 - 12:00
Keynote/Demo 2 // Digital Island: Building Next Generation Infrastructure
Liat Shetret (Director of Global Policy and Regulation @Elliptic)
12:05- 12:20
Lunch Break // Tech Activation
SailGP
12:30 - 13:30
Panel 4 // NFT, Art, and Entertainment
Moderator: James Knox (Managing Director @Aon)
Koleya Karringten (Executive Director @Canadian Blockchain Consortium)
‍James Robinson (Founder, Cactus)
‍Donavan Burgess (SVP - Digital Assets, Cyber & Professional @Relm)
‍Temar Richards (Lead Actuary @Nayms)
13:35 - 14:00
Keynote/Demo 3
Moderator: Polina Branco (Executive Board Member @Celeste Ventures)
Liat Shetret (Director of Global Policy and Regulation @Elliptic)
‍Samantha Simms (CEO @The Information Collective)
‍Marisa Stones (PATI/PIPA Unit @Government of Bermuda)
‍ChaVon (CJ) Clarke-Joell (Assistant Commissioner @Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda)
14:05 - 14:20
Panel 5 // Bermuda's Innovation Ecosystem
Moderator: Erica Smith (Executive Director @BEDC)
Darren Wolfberg (Founder, Chairman & CEO @Blockchain Triangle)
‍Kevin Richards (Managing Director @BAM Tech Advisors)
‍Alison Swan (Director @Swan Group)
‍Nico Gonzalez (Chief Digital Officer @Paradise Mobile)
14:25 - 14:50
Coffee Break
Moderator: Brian Tehako (Chief Investment Officer @Warwick Capital)
Bruce Jackson (Chief of Digital Assets @Apex)
‍Lawrence Newhook (Chief Investment Officer @Alpha Innovations)
‍Chris McGregor (CEO @Vesto)
‍Aqsa Zubair (Assistant Director, Fintech @BMA)
14:55 - 15:15
Closing Remarks
Premier, The Hon. E. David Burt, JP, MP (Premier of Bermuda)
15:20 - 15:45
Cocktails & Networking
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16:30 - 18:30

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Last Year's Speakers

Featured speakers

Anatoly Yakovenko

Co-Founder
Solana

Andrew Durgee

Co-CEO
Republic

Anelda Grové Dempster

Senior Legal Counsel
NEAR Foundation

Anthony Bassili

Head of Asset Allocators
Coinbase

Anthony Scaramucci

Founder & Managing Partner
SkyBridge

Aqsa Zubair

Assistant Director, FinTech
Bermuda Monetary Authority

Bart Wyatt

Chief Technology Officer
SelfID

Bill Ackman

CEO
Pershing Square Capital Management

Brett McLain

Head of Payments and Blockchain
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Carika Weldon

Founder and CEO
CariGenetics Group

Carlos Domingo

Founder and CEO
Securitize

Cathie Wood

Founder, CEO, and CIO
ARK Invest

Catrina Wang

General Partner
Portal Ventures

Cody Carbone

CEO
The Digital Chamber

Cyralene Benskin-Murray

Bermuda Compliance Officer & MLRO
Circle

Dan Roberts

OnRe

Danny Baer

Director of Wealth & Asset Management
Meanwhile

Dante Disparte

Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy and Operations
Circle

David Johnston

open-source contributor
Morpheus

David Rubenstein

Co-Founder & Co-Chairman
The Carlyle Group

Declan
Hannon

Vice President of Growth

Aura Labs

Diallo V. Rabain, JP, MP

Minister for The Cabinet Office and Digital Innovation
The Government of Bermuda

Edward Woodford

CEO & Co-Founder
ZeroHash

Eric Johnson

GTM
SelfID

Eric Schmidt

Former CEO & Chairman
Google

Eugene
Philips

Vice President of Service Management
CCS Group

Frank Chaparro

Host of The Scoop, Director of Special Projects
The Block

Greg Tusar

Head of Institutional Product
Coinbase

Gregg Bell

Chief Business Officer
The HBAR Foundation

H.E. Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri

Minister of Economy
UAE

H.E. Waleed Al Muhairi

CEO
Mubadala’s Deputy Group

Henson Orser

Founder & CEO
Soter Insurance

Jacquelyn Melinek

Co-Founder
Token Relations

Jean Hynes

CEO
Wellington Management

Jeff John Roberts

Finance and Crypto Editor
Fortune Crypto

Jeffrey Baron

Chief Compliance Officer
Coinbase Bermuda

Jenny Johnson

CEO
Franklin Templeton

Jeremy Ng

CEO
OpenEden

Jonathan Shaffer

CEO & Co-Founder
Fission Labs

Joseph Ziolkowski

CEO & Founder
Relm Insurance

Kaito
Cunningham

Product Manager
Coinbase

Lucia
Gallardo

Founder & CEO
Emerge

Mark Cuban

Entrepreneur and Owner
Dallas Mavericks

Maxime Seiler

CEO
STS Digital

Michael Casey

Founder and Former Chief Content Officer
Decentralized AI Society (DAIS), CoinDesk

Michael Terpin

CEO
Transform Ventures

Mike Bloomberg

Founder and Former Mayor
Bloomberg LP, New York City

Minister The Hon. Jason Hayward, JP, MP

Minister of Economy and Labour
Government of Bermuda

Moad Fahmi

Chief FinTech Officer
Bermuda Monetary Authority

Morgan Krupetsky

Senior Director
Ava Labs

Nikki Haley

Former U.S. Ambassador & Governor
United Nations, South Carolina

Pascal St-Jean

President
3iQ

Peter Hughes

CEO & Founder
Apex Group

Peter Marton

Senior Director of Digital Identity, Compliance Advisory, and U.S. Policy
Fireblocks

Philippe Bekhazi

CEO
XBTO

Premier the Hon. E. David Burt, JP, MP

Premier
Government of Bermuda

Ray Dalio

Founder
Bridgewater Associates

Rebecca Rettig

Chief Legal Officer
Jito Labs

Secretary Condoleezza Rice

Former U.S. Secretary of State
United States

Shyam Nagarajan

Chief Operating Officer
Hedera

Sir Richard Branson

Founder
Virgin Group

Steven Rees Davies

Partner
Carey Olsen

Tom Duff Gordon

Vice President International Policy
Coinbase

Tricia Wang

Executive director
DAIS

Vineet Budki

Managing Partner and CEO
Sigma VC

dr Radhakrishna Dasari

Technical Education Lead
Polkadot

All speakers

Charles Hoskinson

Founder and CEO
Input | Output

Christopher Donovan

Chief Operating Officer
NEAR Foundation

Clara Tsao

Founding Officer
Filecoin Foundation

Dennis Bree

VP of Revenue
Figment

Eleanor Terrett

Host
Crypto in America

John Nahas

Chief Business Officer
Ava Labs

Lorien Gabel

Co-Founder & CEO
Figment

Michael Branco

Founder & Chairman
Celeste Ventures

Nic Carter

General Partner
Castle Island Ventures

President Bill Clinton

Former President
United States

President George W. Bush

Former President
United States

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Former President
United States

Prime Minister David Cameron

Former Prime Minister
United Kingdom

Prime Minister Gordon Brown

Former Prime Minister
United Kingdom

Prime Minister Tony Blair

Former Prime Minister
United Kingdom

Victor Jung

Head of Digital Assets
Hamilton Lane

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