Blockchain for Social Impact and Transparency: Advancing Financial Inclusion, Climate Action, and Sustainable Development Goals

Speakers

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  Gabriela Chang Co-founder & CSO | EthicHub
  

  Gabriela Chang

  Co-founder & CSO | EthicHub

  Gabriela Chang, co-founder and CSO of EthicHub. Industrial designer, artist and writer. I worked at the Secretary of Economic Development in Chiapas, Mexico and was an organic coffee producer. Involved in Blockchain since 2017, I promote its enormous potential as a catalyst for the SDGs, based on my experience on EthicHub as pioneers on ReFi to generate triple impact by connecting complementary economic regions to enable true financial inclusion. Frequent speaker and panelist in both crypto and impact forums (most recently ETH Denver, FLII, DevCon Bogota, El Confidencial, ReFi Gathering, ETH Barcelona, ETH CC)

  I believe Web3 is a catalyst to bring tech at the service of the common good. My team and I are pioneers on ReFi: since 2018 we use smart contracts and blended finance 2.0 to secure impact lending for long-term small farmers excluded from the traditional financial system.

  Blockchain’s initial promise was to enable a financial system where no one was left excluded but so far we are getting fun with a new form of speculative casinos and new financial derivatives or monkey collectibles, which of course will open the door to new amazing tools. But the planet reminds us it is also time to use such tools for the common good, to leverage on this powerful technology to solve the pressing problems we need to face to secure a brighter future for our children and ourselves. To secure healthy food and clean water because as king Midas learned too late: we can not eat or drink money.

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  Adri Wischmann Founder | PBTokn.com
  

  Adri Wischmann

  Founder | PBTokn.com

  Adri Wischmann is founder of PBTokn.com where he combines his knowledge and experience from the financial world with skills from the blockchain world to develop Purpose Bound Money to incentivize, reward and help people.

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  Concha Verdugo-Yepes Senior Economist | Africa Department, International Monetary Fund
  

  Concha Verdugo-Yepes

  Senior Economist | Africa Department, International Monetary Fund

  Ms. Verdugo-Yepes previously served in the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs and Legal Departments. Her impactful research on money laundering, terrorism financing, organized crime, and corruption has made headlines and shaped policies for key organizations, including the U.S. Congress, the European Union, and the Financial Action Task Force. She has conducted AML/CFT assessments, Public Investment Management, and Fiscal Transparency evaluations, and spearheaded the first IMF training on corruption for IMF member countries in 2020. Currently, she leads the groundbreaking IMF/Ernst and Young blockchain project’s design and implementation aimed at enhancing wage bill transparency in Guinea-Bissau. With a decade of experience in the private sector, she also brings her expertise in fostering and managing public-private partnerships for public investment across Europe and South America. Ms. Verdugo-Yepes holds a PhD in International Law and Economics from Bocconi University.

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  Juan Manuel Gómez Technical Ambassador | ICP Colombia
  

  Juan Manuel Gómez

  Technical Ambassador | ICP Colombia

  Juan Manuel Gómez, software architect and technical ambassador of ICP Colombia. Founder of Gabbii DAO, an environmental and social impact DAO. Passionate about tech education and empowering dreamers through innovation.