About this Event

ABOUT SOTB 2023

Dubai, UAE —October 16–20th, 2023 — State Of The Block (SOTB), the invitation-only summit designed to help mature DLTs and crypto startups do business with the world's largest public and private organizations. The already Iconic event is relocating to Dubai Internet City (“DIC”). Home to the most prestigious global ICT giants, including Microsoft, Oracle, HPE, IBM, Dell, Siemens, Canon, Logica, Sony Ericsson, Schlumberger and Cisco, as well as many small and medium enterprises and startups, the DIC is the largest tech hub in the MENA region counting 24,000 workers, 2000 businesses and 12 innovation centres.

SOTB is set to become one of the most essential rendez-vous dedicated to Blockchain, Tokenization and Decentralization. Limited to 350 attendees and open to economic and geopolitical-focused media, the conference aims at giving makers and visionaries the opportunity to share experiences, shape the future by designing regulatory frameworks, and help the crypto market mature by matching private and public organizations’ needs with the products and skills of SMEs using DLTs technologies to solve IoT, Smart Cities, Industry 4.0 challenges.

SOTB starts on October 16, 2023 with an opening session animated by Kazé A. Onguene (Datachain Foundation) and Leandro Marcarian (Iconic Funds) and streamed (TV Channel name) Making the DIC for a couple of minutes, the centre of the digitized world.

Speakers from all over the planet have confirmed their participation. Crypto experts, opinion leaders, influencers and C-level decision-makers from leading multinationals based in the MENA region, Europe and the US are gathering for a five days retreat in Dubai, at Dubai Internet City. Home to the most prestigious global ICT giants, including Microsoft, Oracle, HPE, IBM, Dell, Siemens, Canon, Logica, Sony Ericsson, Schlumberger and Cisco, as well as many small and medium enterprises and startups, the DIC is the largest tech hub in the MENA region counting 24,000 workers, 2000 businesses and 12 innovation centres.

Agenda:

Day 1: 

- WEB 3.0: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF INTERNET

 - DIGITAL REGULATION AND ULTIME TAXATION

 - NOTARY ACT AND INHERITAGE PROCEDURE THROUGH DATAWALLET

Day 2: 

- NEW INVESTMENT STRATEGY / M&A / NEW BUSINESS MODEL

 - INTERNATIONAL REGULATION AND SOVEREIGNITY

Day 3: 

- HEALTH / MEDICAL RESEARCH / PHARMA AND DEEPTECH

Day 4: 

- LUXE AND IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY

Day 5: 

- DEMO DAY : FOUR SELECTED STARTUPS AROUND BLOCKCHAIN: IOT, METAVERSE/WEB3, HEALTH, SUPPLY CHAIN