Organization INATBA - International Association for Trusted Blockchain...

Privacy Working Group

Purpose

Purpose
The Working Group gathers mutual interest amongst INATBA members to obtain more guidance and particular help from the regulators. This may lead to issued guidance, on the European level from the EDPB, change of current regulations and taking this key technology into account when drafting new regulations.

Objectives for 2020
The Working Group has selected three objectives around which it will carry out its annual work:

• The Working Group aims to conduct a broad survey to substantiate the efforts and understand in more detail how blockchain projects perceive privacy regulations, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and how it impacts them.

• The Working Group aims to understand how privacy regulation around the globe impacts on blockchain (projects).

• The Working Group aims to strengthen the connection with the European Data Protection Board (EDBP) and input on the expected opinion/guidance on blockchain.

Outputs for 2020
The Working Group engages in a number of activities aimed at achieving the aforementioned objectives. Among others, the WG focuses on: the production and publication of the first Working Group Report on data privacy regulations applicable to blockchain technology in various jurisdictions; drafting and conducting a broad survey among industry players on data privacy/GDPR compliance or implemented blockchain-based solutions; providing input to the EDBP for conceiving guidelines on blockchain.

Why is it essential?

Privacy regulations, and their unclarity with regard to blockchain, are currently a limiting factor in the development of distributed systems and networks. As regulators currently work on the assumption client-server architecture for IT systems, there are no provisions for blockchain/DLT.

Co-Chairs

Silvan Jongerius

Marcin Zarakowski

Interoperability Working Group

Purpose

Purpose
The Interoperability Working Group aims to identify the challenges and solutions to interoperability from both a technical and regulatory perspective.

Objectives for 2020

The WG has selected three objectives around which it will carry out its annual work. The common goal of the objectives is to facilitate interoperability when deploying blockchain technology.

• Identify the challenges facing blockchain interoperability both at a technical and governance level.
• Identify possible solutions to interoperability.
• Establish a link with the different governing bodies on standards.

Outputs for 2020
The Working Group engages in a number of activities aimed at achieving the abovementioned objectives. Among others, the Working Group focuses on engaging in the discussions with the AAB and the GAB in order to understand which are the most relevant challenges in both technical and governmental areas, working on the creation of taxonomy guidelines and liaising with the INATBA Standards Committee to contribute to dialogue with the ISO. On May 28, 2020 the Interoperability Working Group organized a joint roundtable with INATBA Standards Committee and Governance Working Group on Standards, Governance and Interoperability (https://inatba.org/news/inatba-convenes-global-conversation-on-standards-governance-and-interoperability/)

Why is it essential?

The first generation of blockchains was specifically designed for particular use cases (e.g., digital money). Instead of forking Bitcoin, the second generation of blockchains built a new ecosystem where decentralized applications can interoperate with each other (on-chain interoperability). However, a single blockchain cannot support a mass adoption (scalability constraints) and cannot be adapted for any use case (adaptability constraints). In order to overcome these issues, it is necessary to construct a different ecosystem made by application specific blockchains that communicate among each other (cross-chain interoperability).

For blockchain-based platforms to succeed, they will need to communicate and share data, a property that is usually referred to as interoperability. As recognised by the European Union Blockchain Observatory Forum in their report on Scalability, Interoperability, and Sustainability, while interoperability between blockchains can be achieved in a number of different ways, these can be broken down into two categories.
• The first category involves the use of trusted third-party authorities to validate transactions or information. Two or more blockchains, for example, might agree to trust an off-chain entity to either transfer information between the blockchains (an exchange) or to record the state of the respective blockchains so that each can trust what has transpired on the other (notary services).
• The second category involves sharing information directly between blockchains without the need for a third-party authority.

Climate Action Working Group

Purpose

Purpose
By advancing integrated frameworks for interoperability, the CAWG will help build capacity and collaborative networks in both the tech and climate communities so that concrete, scalable solutions are developed for climate actions. The CAWG will support research and help improve access to data and digital resources to increase stakeholder participation and help achieve ambitious climate goals in combination with integrity, inclusiveness and cost-effectiveness.

Objectives for 2020
The WG has agreed on three objectives around which it will carry out its annual work:

o First, the WG is currently coordinating with the Social Impact Working Group in the planning of joint activities including subgroups (e.g. climate/sustainable finance) and research (e.g. landscape survey).

o Second, the WG will focus on researching carbon footprint of blockchains and pathways to transition to more climate-friendly options.
o Third, the WG will coordinate with stakeholders to identify solutions to advance “actionable” projects with tangible results in the short-to-medium term.

Overall, the Working Group aims to support capacity building about blockchain for the climate community, and about climate for the blockchain community.

Finance Working Group

Purpose

The Working Group is set up to leverage member expertise and knowledge of DLT-based finance issues into policy recommendations. The overall community active within the WG seeks to become a leading voice across the blockchain and DLT space and help form solid and welcomed levels of influence on prospective legislation.

Objectives for 2020

The WG has selected three objectives around which it will carry out its annual work. The common goal of the objectives is to form valuable recommendations to policymakers and best-in-class content to members.

● Contribute to the creation of a compliant and harmonised framework based on clear token and stablecoins classifications, specifically on the issuance of security, utility and payment tokens, and for post-trade, post-market activities for digital assets custody services.
● Achieve and enhance awareness of requirements for: AML; Licensing for crypto exchanges, wallet providers and similar entities; Investment funds/asset management services.
● Perform the initial market analysis of the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) movement, its assumptions, related opportunities and risks, legal frameworks and its growth etc.

Outputs for 2020

The Working Group engages in a number of activities aimed at achieving the aforementioned objectives. Among others, the WG will focus on: drafting a paper on risk analysis of how post settlement risk aspect can be compared between existing infrastructure and between DLT infrastructures; publishing a digital custody paper, providing a common answer to a number of consultations (e.g. Crypto Assets, New Digital Finance Strategy for Europe, FinTech Action Plan 2020).

Subgroups

The Group has been divided into three Sub-Groups:

● The first Sub-group focuses on:
- Issuance of security tokens / crowdfunding
- Token classification
- Post trade, post market, custodian on digital asset
- Stablecoins
Co-chairs: Arnab Naskar and Marianna Belotti

● The second Sub-group focuses on:
- AML
- License requirements for crypto exchanges, wallet providers and similar entities
- Investment funds/asset management
Co-chairs: Carolin Hartmann and Thomas Campione

● The third Sub-group focuses on Decentralized Finance
- Research the threats and opportunities of Decentralized Finance
- Review the current regulatory hurdles for adoption
- Analyse the industry players and prepare INATBA members for how to use the applications of Decentralized Finance
Co-chairs: Jacek Czarnecki and Jan Klesla

Why is it essential?

Finance is undoubtedly a sector with strong potential for blockchain and DLT application and use cases. This includes both solutions developed by large and small financial institutions as well as start-ups and new projects. Moreover, this area is also of high interest for public sector entities and authorities at both the national and international level (EU and non-EU).

Identity Working Group

Purpose

Purpose
The Working Group supports and fosters the creation of an identity ecosystem for interoperable, trusted blockchain services. This will be achieved by providing compliance and foundational layers for the governance and interoperability of identity systems that can be used in blockchain applications.

Objectives for 2020
The Working Group has selected four objectives around which it will carry out its annual work:
• Work towards a joint positioning of the Working Group
• Identify digital identity sandboxes in the EU
• Contribute to the work to the Identity/KYC/privacy sub-group from a technical & regulatory perspective
• Extend the support to external organizations and stakeholders (eg. EBSI-ESSIF stakeholder meetings)
Outputs for 2020
The Working Group engages in a number of activities aimed at achieving the aforementioned objectives. Among others, the WG focuses on: drafting and publishing the First Working Group Position Paper; providing a short opinion on a relevant topic for the Identity WG to reach out to the general public; organizing one topic-focused roundtable/workshop with representatives from Academic or Regulatory Bodies.

Why is it essential?

Identity plays an essential role for trusted blockchain applications. It is needed to create a collaborative context with a high level of transparency to encourage honest and good players to provide business value-added functions and supports governance and interoperability.

Mobility Working Group

Purpose

Purpose
The Working Group will cover the entire value chain of the transport sector, focusing in particular on Mobility-as-a-Service, Smart Cities, automated driving, traffic management, clean mobility solutions, logistics and supply chains.

Objectives for 2020
The Working Group co-chairs have agreed on four main objectives around which they will carry out the annual work. The Working Group will:

• Map the blockchain ecosystem in the mobility sector for clarifying: who are the main stakeholders involved and what are the use cases (short term);
• Identify barriers and challenges for the implementation and deployment of DLT (long term);
• Enable dialogue between stakeholders of the sector (long term);
• Develop guidelines and specifications for the development of trusted DLT applications for Mobility (long term).

Outputs
The Working Group engages in a number of activities aimed at achieving the aforementioned objectives. Among others, the WG works to identify stakeholders and solutions the companies are working on as well as setting up an online workshop to initiate discussions and interact with providers.

Why is it essential?

Blockchain and DLTs can solve challenges in the transport industry and mobility services where the sharing of data and transactions among multiple actors is a hard requirement, and the existence of siloes along with the lack of trust between parties from different sectors can make it difficult to access data.
Many applications based on blockchain and DLTs exist today for Supply Chain and Mobility and several initiatives have been set up at the EU, national or city level. There is however still a lack of awareness and knowledge about the true potential of the enabling technology for intelligent transport systems – and in particular among the public sector and public authorities due to the fact that the concept is still abstract for many stakeholders.

Pubic Sector Working Group

Purpose

Purpose
Public Authorities and Governments around the world are rapidly expanding their exploration and use of blockchains for a variety of applications. The Working Group believes in a future where their role shifts to providing a platform and governance for decentralised services. Therefore, it supports this shift and fosters adoption of blockchain-based solutions from the Public Sector.

Objectives for 2020
The Working Group co-chairs have agreed on two main objectives around which they will carry out the annual work:

• Create added value for members by establishing recommendations to public officials;
• Establish partnership or communication channels with Governments, AAB and GAB members to share recommendation guidelines.

Outputs for 2020
The Working Group engages in a number of activities aimed at achieving the aforementioned objectives. Among others, the Working Group will produce a document on the use cases in different countries highlighting the impact on the sector, successful cases, challenges and reasons for those challenges. The Working Group will also draft recommendation guidelines on the use of blockchain for the public sector to be shared with Governments.

Why is it essential?

We view public sector use cases to be among the most pertinent applications of DLT technologies and have an impact on all areas INATBA could look at, considering the vast array of public sector competences. Also, considering that international institutions, governments and other public authorities will be a natural interlocutor of INATBA, in particular via the Government Advisory Body, it seems essential to have a Working Group within INATBA that can develop a strong expertise and recommendations for the public sector.

Co-Chairs

Supply Chain Working Group

Purpose

The Supply Chain Working Group supports the adoption of blockchain technology by identifying the main challenges in the sector and establishing strategic partnerships with the main stakeholders in the ecosystem.

Objectives for 2020
The Working Group co-chairs have agreed on two main objectives:

• First, the Working Group will identify the main areas of action and challenges for deploying blockchain technology in supply chain. This will be done by taking the WEF Blockchain Deployment Toolkit as a reference.

• Second, once identified the main areas of interest and competency, the Working Group will establish strategic partnerships to cooperate with logistics providers, OEM, ERP providers, regulators, public institutions or existing blockchain consortia for the purpose of supporting and fostering the adoption of blockchain technology.

Outputs for 2020
The Working Group engages in a number of activities designed to achieve the aforementioned objectives. Among others, the Working Group is working on a questionnaire for WG members based on the WEF framework; will draft a position paper based on the WG members’ competencies and areas of expertise; and will coordinate actions with other WGs, AAB and GAB members to identify synergies.

Why is it essential?

The supply chain has been identified as a key application industry for blockchain technology. In order to achieve the full potential of the technology, this Working Group will address how blockchain can help address key challenges in the supply chain industry.

Co-Chairs

Michael Kelly

Denis Avrilionis

Energy Working Group

Purpose

Purpose
Due to the threat of climate change, the global energy sector is under increasing pressure to evolve and modernize at a rapid pace and on an uncommonly large scale. To comply with the public demands and requirements for change and modernization, the energy sector will have to: Digitize, Decentralize, Decarbonize.

The Energy Working Group believes these goals can be achieved if the energy sector can realize its own, specific version of the so-called Internet of Things.” Such an “Energy Internet” will require automatized communication between stakeholders and devices. For this to happen, we need harmonized and interoperable standards, for example, where network codes are concerned. Furthermore, we require trusted data origins in order to guarentee a resilient and trustworthy foundation for automatized communication. All these needs can be met by Distributed Ledger Technology.

Objectives for 2020
The WG has selected four objectives around which it will carry out its annual work. The four objectives develop on different levels of: analysis, creation, sharing and strengthening. The Working Group aims to:
• Analyze the DLT energy ecosystem (e.g. Questionnaire);
• Develop DLT in energy community standards and defining requirements (e.g. review regulatory sandboxes, use cases, create GDPR guidelines);
• Increase knowledge on and acceptance of DLT and provide a platform for discussion (e.g. capacity building mechanisms);
• Foster community consensus on standards, conformity and security (e.g. roundtables, workshops).

Outputs for 2020
The Working Group engages in a number of activities aimed at achieving the above mentioned objectives. Among others, the WG focuses on: Finalizing the first Working Group position paper; organize one larger-scale regulatory roundtable; organize topic-focused roundtables/workshops with representatives from Academic or Regulatory Bodies.

Why is it essential?

The transformation of the energy sector is a global challenge, with universal characteristics. It is, therefore, paramount to develop solutions in an international and collaborative setting in order to avoid redundant developments and minimize failures. Due to the time-sensitive nature of energy transition and climate change, resource efficiency should be a key factor in decision making. An Energy WG at INATBA can serve as a global platform for information exchange, standardization and harmonization that will help accelerate the development and acceptance of solutions.

Education Working Group

Purpose

Purpose
The purpose of the Working Group is to identify and provide recommendations on the definition and standardization of blockchain education, both on an academic and professional level.

Objectives for 2020
The WG has agreed on three objectives around which it will carry out its annual work:
• Certify the educational institutions that deliver blockchain curricula that are aligned to the drafted guidelines. This objective will be reached by identifying the educational paths on the use of blockchain technology, understanding the core elements and drafting guidelines.
• Develop educational strategies on specific sectors by cooperating with the Energy and Climate Action Working Groups.
• Deliver guidance on the use of blockchain in Education by mapping the possible use cases and defining the benefits and the challenges of blockchain applications in Education.

Outputs for 2020
The Working Group engages in a number of activities aimed at achieving the aforementioned objectives. Among others, the WG works on defining curricula for specific industries in cooperation with vertical WGs (e.g. Energy); proposing curricula for the training of the defined targets (managers, students, technical personnel); organizing a roundtable on the most important elements for building curricula.

Why is it essential?

Blockchain and its application requires expert knowledge in order to ensure its succesful implementation across society.
Knowledge ensures the correct and most suitable application of blockchain. Accordingly, structured educational programs guarentee the delivery of the necessary educational contents and helps prepare the current and future generation of decisionmakers.
Further, any new global technology needs mass adoption and mass adoption can only be generated if ALL participants support global education and education standards.

Organizations such as universities, the European Parliament, NGOs and foundations are running pilots to use blockchain within education. These use cases could have a huge impact within education, which could create mass adoption. The knowledge acquired from these pilots and implemented solutions should be shared with other organizations across the educational market, such that everybody can learn the lessons learned from these initiatives.

Social Impact & Sustainability Working Group

Purpose

Purpose
The Working Group leverages a variety of expertise to highlight the vast potential of Blockchain and other DLTs. The tools they offer can be utilized to tackle some of today’s most pressing issues, including climate change, modern slavery, poverty, inequality, food waste, fraud, corruption, and other areas addressed by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Objectives for 2020
The Working Group co-chairs have agreed on three main objectives:

First, the Working Group will finalise the exploration and analysis of current use cases and support them to scale.

Second, the Working Group aims at developing guidelines and frameworks that will feed into impact measurement practices.

Third, the Working Group will provide support to bridge the gap between blockchain projects with impact and capital (i.e. VC, social investors, institutions …).

Outputs for 2020
The Working Group engages in a number of activities aimed at achieving the abovementioned objectives. Among others, the WG will: produce a report on the Blockchain for Good ecosystem; organize roundtables involving technologists, social innovators, regulators; work on guidelines around impact measurement and SDGs framework; develop other deliverables in collaboration with vertical Working Groups.

Why is it essential?

- 87% of millennials believe business success should be based on more than just profit – Deloitte Millennial Survey 2019
- 80% of global consumers agree that business must play a role in addressing societal issues –Edelman Trust Barometer 2016
- 75% agree that a company can take specific action that both increase profits and improve the economic and social conditions in the community in which it operates – Edelman Trust Barometer 2017
- 33% of consumers are now choosing to buy from brands they believe are doing social or environmental good – Unilever international study 2016
- 64% won’t take a job from a company that doesn’t have strong CSR practices – 2016 Cone Millennial Engagement study
- 75% say they would take a pay cut to work for a responsible company (vs. 55% U.S. average) – 2016 Cone Millennial Engagement study

These statistics substantiate that social impact is getting more and more important and is shaping our behaviours and business perceptions.
However, the social impact market is suffering from several issues:

- Lack of consolidated frameworks to measure contributions globally of projects to social impact.
- Lack of tools for funds traceability and impact transparency.
- Lack of financial resources & support, especially to developing countries.
- Need to incentivise/inspire projects or individuals to contribute to social good.
- Need to tackle Modern Slavery, Conflict Mineral trade, Human Rights Violations present in global supply chains, and incentivize ethical and responsible supply chain practice.
- Lack of coordination of the existing programs.

Many of these issues can be solved (partially) with blockchain as it may bring a greater transparency and traceability of impact investments (funding, charity…) and impact measurement (proof of impact). It can also play an important role in incentivizing people to contribute to social good as well as organisations – through responsible, ethical, and transparent sourcing practices that can be verified back to the origin.

This Working Group is essential to support the initiatives using blockchain for social impact and sustainability, build guidelines for impact measurement, and help matching project owners with investors.
The SI&S WG will also be, in collaboration with the Climate Action WG, the bridge and the link between all the other vertical working group and the social impact and sustainability issues.

Co-Chairs

Khalid Belghiti

Jörg Walden

Governance Working Group

Purpose

The Working Group supports INATBA in promoting a transparent and inclusive model of governance for blockchain and other distributed ledger technology infrastructures and applications that reflect the shared interests of stakeholders, from industry, start-ups and SMEs, civil society organisations and public authorities

Objectives for 2020
The WG has agreed on three objectives around which it will carry out its annual work:
- Identify and establish best practices, guidance and toolkits.
- Define a taxonomy for governance structures of blockchains
- Educate, disseminate and share blockchain governance research and thought pieces.

Outputs for 2020
The Working Group engages in a number of activities to achieve the above-mentioned objectives. Among others, the WG works to:

- Establish a list of core elements that a Code of Conduct should include;
- Produce a list of tools that can be adopted when establishing governance structures of blockchains;
- Finalise a questionnaire for taxonomy structure;
- Organise discussions with INATBA’s GAB or AAB to collect their input on pain points and needs regarding blockchain governance.

Subgroups
The Working Group is divided in five subgroups that focus on different aspects of governance:

- sub-group 1: A Code of conduct for blockchain ecosystems.
- sub-group 2: Best Practices, Guidance & Toolkit.
- sub-group 3: Taxonomy. Co-Chair Felix Exner
- sub-group 4: Governance Research (in liaison with the INATBA AAB). Co-Chair Marianna Belotti
- sub-group 5: Governance Standards for global codes and best practices
(in liaison with the INATBA Standards Committee). Co-chair: Monique Bachner

Why is it essential?

The Governance Working group is essential because, in order to foster a healthy development of blockchain/DLT networks and applications, it is important for all stakeholders (including everyone involved in a new network) to understand how such a network is governed and its wider impact. Yet, currently, there is a lack of guidance regarding this topic, which is influenced by multidisciplinary fields including economic, social, legal and technical considerations.

Healthcare Working Group

Purpose

The Healthcare Working Group provides a better understanding of the potential of blockchain to enable and improve regulation in healthcare and provide guidance to organizations implementing blockchain in relevant fields.

Objectives for 2020
The WG has agreed on three objectives around which it will carry out its annual work:

● Map the blockchain ecosystem in the healthcare sector by clarifying: how blockchain works in healthcare, who are the main stakeholders involved and what is the legislative landscape on the use of blockchain technology in healthcare.
● Establish relations and engagement with relevant bodies (EU or International) by fostering the interaction with governmental bodies.
● Enhance the level of education in blockchain by sharing knowledge and insight with governmental and academic bodies, as well as with healthcare professionals and providers at large, establishing a bi-directional learning process.

Outputs for 2020
The Working Group engages in a number of activities aimed at achieving the above-mentioned objectives. Among others, the WG identifies and addresses technical, organizational and behavioral economics challenges related to uptake; investigates current regulations and existing gaps; participates in external events and takes part in external initiatives in cooperation with the World Economic Forum.

Why is it essential?

As blockchain matures and its use spreads across industries, healthcare is one of the sectors in which the interaction between technology and regulation becomes more essential.

Because of the complexity and sensitivity of the industry, it is crucial that INATBA creates an active collaborative framework, not only to bring regulation and legal clarity to blockchain applications in the healthcare sector, but also to explore how the technology itself can support and expedite the digital transformation of healthcare leading to greater system efficiencies and better health outcomes.

Real Estate Working Group

Purpose

The Working Group promotes the potential of Blockchain in the Real Estate industry. Blockchain solutions also have the potential to save resources, reduce carbon-emissions and make internal processes more sustainable.

Objectives for 2020
The WG has selected three objectives around which it will carry out its annual work. The common goal of the objectives is to enhance the knowledge about applying Blockchain solutions in real estate.

● The first objective aims to create in-depth Real Estate insights by focusing on identifying research-outputs and best practices about the Unique Object Identifier (UOI) in cooperation with the FIBREE UOI Working Group, EC and the sub-working group of the INATBA WG Climate Action that focusses on Real Estate (all united in the so called ‘D2I2-consortium’)
● The second objective aims to expand the knowledge of tokenization as a means of Real Estate financing.
● The third objective aims to enhance the knowledge on the digitization of Land Registries.

Outputs for 2020
The Working Group engages in a number of activities aimed at achieving the above mentioned objectives. Among others, the WG focuses on engaging with the European and international bodies, setting up guidelines on how tokenization projects work as well as on the use and implementation of Blockchain for land registries, organizing roundtables, participating in external events and contributing to initiatives for land registries.

Why is it essential?

Real Estate is the world’s biggest asset class. A building is not a construction on its own, but a large long-term investment that impacts and is impacted by its surrounding. The built environment is a complex multi-stakeholder network that is heavily regulated. In a digital world with Blockchain, a lot of the present information flows between public and private parties can be reorganized more efficiently. Because the impact of this change on society will be great, preparation and interaction with all stakeholders will be crucial to canalize this change in the right direction with alignment of all relevant public bodies.

Co-Chairs

Axel Von Goldbeck

Jakob Drzazga

Sven Hildebrandt

Board member

After earning a Ph.D. in economics, Hildebrandt served in different marketing agencies and management consultancies in the financial services sector. Before joining DLC, the specialized blockchain consultancy for semiprofessional and professional entities in the finance sector, he worked for Techniker Krankenkasse and HANSAINVEST – the asset administration company of SIGNAL IDUNA Gruppe. He is actively contributing in the International Standardisation Organisation (ISO) as well as DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung) and now adds to those accolades his position as a board member of the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications (INATBA).

Jacob Bangsgaard

Board member

Jacob Bangsgaard is the CEO of ERTICO – ITS Europe, a multi-sector platform with 120 partners from more than 25 countries and with headquarter in Brussels, Belgium. Mr Bangsgaard was from 2010-2016 Director General of FIA Region I. Before he worked as Director of International Relations at the FIA Foundation. Before joining the FIA he worked for ERTICO from 2001-2006 as Director of International Affairs and communications. He has also represented mobility interests for a Danish regional authority and he worked for two years in the European Commission Transport Directorate. Jacob Bangsgaard is President of the MaaS Alliance, and was on the Board of Euro NCAP from 2010-2016 and Secretary General of eSafetyAware from 2009-2016.

Dr. Julie Maupin

Chair of the Board

Julie is the Director of Social Impact & Public Regulatory Affairs at the IOTA Foundation. She is a world-leading expert on the regulatory implications and public sector use cases of DLTs, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, artificial intelligence and IoT technologies.

Maike Gericke

Board member

Maike Gericke is the co-founder of Scrypt.Media, a consultancy and innovation studio for impactful projects using emerging technologies like blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology. Her work focuses on strategy development, user-centric innovation, communications, education and impact measurement. She is also a core contributor at PositiveBlockchain.io, an open source database and community around blockchain for social and environmental impact. Prior to founding Scrypt.Media, she defined global strategies and worked as program manager for Canon with a focus on SaaS business models and digital transformation in Financial Services. She previously founded a globally sold and featured sustainable jewellery brand and worked as an independent graphic and web designer /developer. Maike is passionate about the potential of blockchain in enabling equality, inclusion and access for all.

Kai Wagner

Secretary of the Board

Kai Wagner is responsible for partnership development at Jolocom, a Berlin based self-sovereign identity startup that has been active in the decentralization space since 2014. He is excited about the potential of open and interoperable infrastructure for the decentralized Web and frequently shares his perspective at events and workshops. In addition to his work at Jolocom, he is active in the German Blockchain Association (Bundesblock) where he is working on digital identity standardization and data privacy. Just last October, Bundesblock published a comprehensive introduction to Self-Sovereign Identity, a position paper that Kai and to which he contributed as lead author (bit.ly/ssipaper). He has joined the board of INATBA in April of 2019 and is now putting his effort into building up INATBA as a global leader in the blockchain ecosystem.

Nadia Filali

Treasurer

Nadia Filali began her career in software solutions for Asset Management. After joining Caisse des Dépôts, she became Deputy Head of Financial Back-Offices and Head of Client Relationships. She became Head of Business Development in 2015 for the Deputy head of CDC.
Since 2016, Nadia has been the director of Blockchain & Cryptoassets program and is leading LaBChain, a consortium with 34 partners (banks, insurances, startups and research instituts). She oversees Blockchain projects as well to support R&D and to launch industrial projects such as Liquidshare.
Nadia also supports regulatory and legislative openings and works alongside with French institutions and she is a member of the task force launched by the french government.
Since May 2018, she has been a member of the European Blockchain Observatory and Forum.
Since December 2017, She is Board member at the Digital Development Agency of Morocco.
She is also a mentor for Chain Accelerator.

Paco Garcia

Board member

Paco is a leading expert in biometrics, digital identity and distributed ledger technologies. He has a background in software engineering and telecommunications. He has architected and developed with a group of very talented engineers the YOTI Digital identity platform.
Prior to that, he worked at the European Space Agency and Airbus in a number of high profile missions including the Galileo navigation system in the capacity of technical lead for the assembly, integration and test of the satellite payloads. He’s also been involved in the cryptography and security aspects of telecommunications military satellites.
Paco loves challenging projects and making them a reality. He’s both a developer and a facilitator making sure that projects progress in an innovative but also practical way. He enjoys working on secure and reliable systems with a talented group of people. He strongly believes that the individual should always be in control of his personal information and rejects the idea of trading off privacy for free services or security. In his view, privacy is a fundamental right that shouldn’t be subject to exploitation.
Paco holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters in Computer Science & Telecommunications from the University of Malaga, Spain with an exchange year in Virginia Tech, US.

Carlos Kuchkovsky

Board member

Carlos Kuchkovsky is the Chief Technology & Fintech Data Officer of New Digital Business at BBVA.
He has experience leading global teams, using the latest technologies to create new products, solutions and systems. Prior to New Digital Business, he worked on BBVA’s Open Platform, Banks as a Service, Financial Digital Platforms, and Added Valued Mobile Services initiatives. Prior to BBVA, he worked as a consultant in mobile technologies for financial institutions and retail and developed multiplayer mobile games. Carlos is co-author of the book “Blockchain Industrial Evolution,” mentor of AI at Universidad Internacional La Rioja, has lectured at the International Desing Scholl.
Carlos is also a member of the streering committee of Alastria and a member of the governing board of Hyperledger.

Henry Rõigas

Board member

Henry Rõigas is the Head of European Affairs at Guardtime, a company providing blockchain-backed solutions to Enterprise, Military and Government. He oversees Guardtime’s representation in the EU-level policy initiatives and has been actively involved in European blockchain initiatives. As Guardtime is the main blockchain technology partner for Estonia, Henry has shared this unique experience in the European Cyber Security Organisation, the EU Blockchain Observatory and in the European Blockchain Partnership. Henry has also been closely involved on regional and domestic level cooperation: he has represented Guardtime in establishing the North European Cybersecurity Cluster and the Estonian Information Security Association. In addition to policymaking, Henry is responsible for identifying partners and opportunities for the company’s R&D efforts, including running seven major international research and innovation projects in which Guardtime addresses distributed ledger technologies. Prior to Guardtime, Henry gained invaluable experience in public-private partnership and cooperation with academia from leading several flagship projects at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence. Among other tasks, he was the Programme Director for the international conference on cyber conflict (CyCon) and frequently published research and opinion pieces on international cyber security policy. Henry co-edited the book “International Cyber Norms: Legal, Policy and Industry Perspectives” and served as Project Director and co-authored the book “Cyber War in Perspective: Russian Aggression against Ukraine”. Henry holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Tartu.

Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler

Board member

Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler is partner at DWF, a technology-oriented global law firm, and head of the international Blockchain Competence Group. She focusses on the legal implication of blockchain/distributed ledger technology projects and assists her clients with the structuring of business cases with view to legal and regulatory compliance. Nina is active member of several associations and working groups (Blockchain Bundesverband, EU Blockchain Observatory & Forum) and on the board of INATBA, IPDB Foundation and thinkBLOCKtank.

Board of Directors

Julie Maupin

Nadia Filali

Kai Wagner

Jacob Bangsgaard

Paco Garcia

Maike Gericke

Sven Hildebrandt

Carlos Kuchkovsky

Henry Rõigas

Nina-Luisa Siedler

Working Groups

Climate Action

Pedro Ramon Lopez Garcia

Tom Baumann

Education

Margherita Leder

Energy

Irene Adamski

Barbora Greplova

Finance

Arnab Naskar

Jacek Czarnecki

Governance

Monique Bachner

Marianna Belotti

Healthcare

Danny Van Roijen

Mirko De Malde

Identity

Alex Puig

Kai Wagner

Interoperability

Ismael Arribas

Joachim Lohkamp

Mobility

Vytautas Černiauskas

Stephane Dreher

Privacy

Silvan Jongerius

Marcin Zarakowski

Public Sector

Hinrich Pfeifer

Roxane Faure

Real Estate

Axel Von Goldbeck

Jakob Drzazga

Social Impact

Khalid Belghiti

Jörg Walden

Supply Chain

Denis Avrilionis

Cengiz Kakil

Silvan Jongerius

Marcin Zarakowski

Michael Kelly

Denis Avrilionis

Khalid Belghiti

Jörg Walden

Axel Von Goldbeck

Jakob Drzazga