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Yechuan Charlie Hu, Blockchain Expert and Founder of Candaq Fintech Group is the guest in this Dinis Guarda citiesabc openbusinesscouncil YouTube Series. Hosted by Dinis Guarda, both experts talk about the future of blockchain and the opportunities regarding decentralized tech platforms And DApps.

Charlie Hu Interview Focus

1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education...
2. You are based in China but you have a great global background. How do you see the Chinese innovation and the bridge between systems and cultures?
3. You created Candaq Fintech Group. Can you tell me about the company?
4. You are responsible for Tezos China ecosystem
5. What are your thoughts on the PolkaDot network?
6. How do you see the web 3.0?
7. At the moment we have multiple challenges in the digital web world - the western web - internet - the chinese - the Russian. How do you see the challenges with this fragmented ecosystem where blockchain are opening new challenges and opportunities?
8. How do you see the challenges with the fragmentation of technology and close of technologies and systems? Special as technology - Internet protocols, Blockchain, AI advances so fast?
9. With Covid-19 digital transformation has leapfrogged. What are your visions for the present and future of blockchain and AI special when it comes to your work with Governments and universities?
10. How do you see the valuation of tokens like Polkadot and Tezos that are as we speak the 5th biggest token and 23 respectively and the technology value and utility and research on this new ecosystem of crypto and investment and society?

Yechuan Charlie Hu Biography

Yechuan Charlie Hu is an expert on Web 3.0, decentralized technology platforms and applications. He is a founder and managing partner of Candaq Fintech Group, with offices in Hangzhou, Berlin and the Silicon Valley.

With Candaq Charlie has been focused on the incubation of and investment in Fintech and blockchain-based start-ups and offers professional tokenized initial offering advisory services. Charlie Hu has led investment and business development in more than 15 projects and cross-border international technology partnerships.

Yechuan Charlie Hu is also experienced in community building, technology driven innovation ecosystem development and growth marketing, currently leading the Chinese ecosystem for Polkadot and Tezos networks.

Yechuan Charlie Hu is also a member of the World Economic Forum Global Shaper Beijing Hub. Organizer of TEDxHangzhou, Organizer of ThingsCon Shanghai. Alumni of Aspire Academy Harvard leadership program.

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Adam Roosevelt is a Combat Veteran, Army Reservist, and CEO of A.R. International Consulting, LLC (ARIC) and SEM North America. He was the Nominee for Virginia’s House of Delegates in Legislative District 49 (Arlington & Parts of Fairfax).

Adam specializes in cyber, IT, defense, homeland security, business development and foreign relations in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the U.S. Decorated Army Veteran and public policy expert on foreign affairs, defense, homeland security, cyber, intelligence, and financial services.

Adam’s Media Appearances include NBC, NewsMax, The Weekly Standard, Red Alert Politics, Virginia Pilot, ARLNow, The Bull Elephant, and the Alexandria Gazette. Panelist and Speaker engagements include covering topics on: Foreign Affairs, Energy, Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, Transnational Organized Crime, Education, and the economy.

Adam Roosevelt Interview Questions

1. Background and education.
2. As an army veteran can you tell us some of the most important challenges you had during your career in the military?
3. With your background in tech and security and experience in government and business. What were the biggest challenges you found in these areas specific for governments?
4. You are the CEO of A.R. International Consulting, LLC (ARIC) and SEM North America. Can you tell us about these companies?
5. You work with C-Suite Executive with experience in managing portfolios and sustaining mission essential programs for the federal government in the IC, defense, private sector, and for family offices. Can you elaborate some of the main challenges bridging these different areas?
6. You ran for public office and is the Former Republican Nominee for the Virginia House of Delegates. Can you elaborate on this?
7. You have been focusing on education. Can you tell us about that and your ways of looking at it from a STEM and coaching perspective?
8. Cyberattacks will increasingly be used as proxy conflicts between smaller and bigger countries, funded and enabled by larger nations looking to consolidate and extend their respective spheres of influence. How do you see this?
9. How do you see The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Context of military services? Special changes in governments, intelligence, tech - security -  cyber security?
10. Recently the French army released public information on augmented bionic soldiers. How do you see this?
11. Digital Transformation special with Covid is now changing everything we see in society. How do you see the challenges in society and governments?
12. How do you see the challenges of digital transformation in the Defense Sector Requires New Reality?
13. Cybersecurity in the areas of finance and military systems is a massive challenge. How do you see this and special ways to look at this?
14. How do you see the challenges of “minority surveillance” type of security monitoring surveillance tech that is now available in most of our cities and countries?
15. How do you see the challenges with continued education in different parts of business and government?
16. How do you see cryptocurrencies, blockchain and the challenges of its encryption DNA systems and the opportunities for society and general financial transactions and new systems?
17. Can you tell about Dark Web / DarkNet and the challenges and how do you see this with your multiple areas of expertise?

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Olivia Gambelin is an AI Ethicist and the Founder of Ethical Intelligence  who works to bring ethical analysis into tech development to create human-centric innovation. As the Chief Executive Officer of Ethical Intelligence, she leads a remote team of over thirty experts in the #TechEthics​ field. Olivia is the new guest in this Dinis Guarda citiesabc openbusinesscouncil YouTube Series. Hosted by Dinis Guarda.

Olivia Gambelin Interview Questions

1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education...
2. Education background academia and  industry?
3. MS Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, concentration in AI Ethics with special focus on probability and moral responsibility in autonomous cars.
4. Can you tell us about your Company Ethical Intelligence?
5. When we look at evolution and AI tech multiple challenges how do you look at it from a philosophical perspective?
6. How do you look at the grey areas of ethics around technology and AI?

Olivia Gambelin Biography

Besides her role as the founder of Ethical Intelligence and #AIEthicist​, she is also the co-founder of the Beneficial AI Society, sits on the Advisory Board of Tech Scotland Advocates as well as the Founding Editorial Board of Springer Nature's AI and Ethics Journal.

Olivia holds an MSc in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, concentration in AI Ethics with special focus on probability and moral responsibility in autonomous cars, as well as a BA in Philosophy and Entrepreneurship from Baylor University.

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Axel Angeli is Management Strategy Advisor and Evangelist for Distributed Architecture (SOA, Cloud, EAI etc.) and Ultra Large Systems. He runs his own management consultancy, Logosworld, that specializes on SAP Project Rescue and is settled in Bruehl, Germany, next to SAP headquarters. With experience stretching back to 1984, Axel shares his knowledge as author, conference speaker and analyst to help companies find the best-of-breed strategy for their computing farms.

Axel is the author of the SAP R/3 Guide to EDI and Interfaces, a best-selling cookbook for developing IDoc and workflow applications in R/3.

Additionally, Axel Angeli is member of the 50 Experts Consulting Group. This is an association of seasoned experts for Digital future and complex and global project management. They bring in life-time competence in managing and rescuing countless complex projects. Rather than a traditional consulting firm, the 50 Experts are a modern virtual enterprise with presence all over the world.

Axel Angeli Interview Focus

1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education...
2. You come from Germany that has a strong engineering background but is more well known for its car and industrial design technologies. Can you tell us about your German background, education and your work on software?
3. Can you give us some highlights on your career?
4. Can elaborate on the differences between 4IR, the present concept and industry 4.0, and its evolution?
5. You mentioned agriculture 4.0 can you elaborate on this concept?
6. Can you tell us about your company / companies: 50 Experts Consulting Group, Logosworld Technology & Research?
7. How do you see the challenges with data, cybersecurity and all areas of digital transformation and special AI?
8. With Covid-19 what ways do you envision to redesign our society with technology and social impact? What are your visions for the present and future?

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Michael Jansen is currently the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Cityzenith, a tech company that helps city governments and businesses make sense of their data — big and small through cutting edge technology such as Digital Twins and Big Data. Michael is the new guest in this Dinis Guarda citiesabc openbusinesscouncil YouTube Podcast Series hosted by Dinis Guarda.

Michael Jansen Interview Focus:

1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education...
2. Can you tell us about the research and evolution of the industry and tools in the last 20 years, specifically the bridge in bridge architecture, urbanism.
3. Can you tell us about https://cityzenith.com?​
4. Your company is building Digital Twin Technology. Can you tell us about the tech?
5. You mentioned in your website that “our planet must accommodate the equivalent of 10,000 new cities by 2050 just to keep pace with the projected population explosion”. Can you elaborate on this and special when it comes to the data concerns and ethics related?
6. One of the articles in your site highlights as follows: “Covid-19 drives the international Smart Cities market boom with 500 urban areas around the world expected to adopt Digital Twin technology by 2025”. With Covid-19 what ways do you envision to redesign our society with technology and social impact special when it comes to practical areas of governance and efficiency in bridge between tech and education?
7. Cityzenith is particularly focused on smart cities. How do you see the evolution of cities and in particular the way we are digitising cities and the large strategies on smart cities, digital twins and AI, special when it comes to ethics, education and avoiding any dystopian scenarios?

Michael Jansen Biography

Michael Jansen is an impassioned architect, urbanist, and entrepreneur, and has founded and led high-growth companies in the U.S. and Asia for more than two decades.

Michael studied architecture at Yale and then Cambridge. In the early ’90s, right after graduation, he flew out to China and started with a major US architectural practice as a twentysomething junior project architect, being thrown on to massive Chinese urban-core regeneration projects that were twenty years too sophisticated for me. Throughout that experience, he learnt the inner workings of the city.

About Cityzenith

As CEO of Cityzenith, Michael oversees the development of the set of solutions the company is working on. Especially important is their focus on Digital Twins technology. In that regard, the company has recently launched SmartWorldPro Version 2 Digital Twin technology, which aggregates, integrates, analyzes, and visualizes all project and property information on a single 3D platform.

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As Digital Week Online kicks off, founder and CEO Dinis Guarda interviews Ivan Ivanov, a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Digital Week Online with more than 15 years experience in business management and development. Ivan’s expertise coverage - e-commerce, EduTech, B2C marketing, F&B, cross-border trading, manufacturing. 

Ivan Ivanov started in Russia, where he founded and was involved in different sectors ranging from hospitality to real estate and technology. In 2015 Ivan Ivanov moved to Hong Kong, China and was involved in different innovation projects in the manufacturing sector, technology, blockchain, and digital events. Ivan Ivanov was born in the city of Kazanluk, Bulgaria and grew up in a town called Gurkovo.

Ivan Ivanov's first experience with blockchain and crypto was in 2018 when he joined Enecuum ENQ as a Board Member. As Board Member of Enecuum ENQ, he helped the company build their decentralized environment and blockchain protocol, based on HyperDAG architecture. Enecuum ENG supported high quantity Tps, mobile phones nodes, private chains and building solutions for supply chains, fintech, governments, telecom and many other industries. In 2021 he became Business Development Advisor.

As an entrepreneur, some of his most successful projects are UPSTUDY GROUP, which he founded in 2014. UPSTUDY GROUP is an International education platform. Full package of services for private tutors, educational centers, students and parents. Online and offline tutoring, courses, HR services for educational centers. Special collaboration projects with leading e-platforms.

In 2018, Ivan Ivanov founded UVECON, a venture studio, based in Hong Kong and serving in the innovation and technology space. Together with their global partners from Europe and US UVECON is building a unique co-investment and projects sourcing network. Their key value is their reputation and years of experience in the space. As experienced entrepreneurs and investors, they know the pain points of the market.

Digital Week Online

Ivan’s latest project is DigitalWeek.Online, an online Summit that unites tech entrepreneurs, authors, investors, innovators, leading corporates, and key governments.

As Founder of Digital Week Online, Ivan is overseeing that the event is up to the challenge,  offering a global cutting edge Digital Transformation programme that highlights the latest trends and issues regarding Society 5.0 - AI, Blockchain, COVID19 Impact, Smart Cities, FinTech, Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity, Corporate Innovation, Gaming & Entertainment, and more.

Digital Week Online is live now on YouTube.

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Martin Signer is a financial and fintech thought leader and serial entrepreneur. Martin is the CEO and Founder of smartmoneymatch.com. Martin has a master's degree (lic. oec. publ.) in quantitative finance from the economic faculty of the University of Zurich.

Martin Signer Interview Focus

1. An introduction from Martin Signer - background, overview, education, starting in traditional finance...
2. Can you highlight some of your career highlights
3. Can you tell us about SmartMoneyMatch.com organisations and focus?
4. What are your views on our fintech special in Switzerland?
5. With Covid-19 what challenges, opportunities, trends do you see now?
6. What are your visions for the present and future of fintech special when it comes to investment, asset management and investment match?

Martin Signer Biography

Prior to his activity and founding SmartMoneyMatch he was responsible for the market risk management of the Clariden Bank. Besides his activity with SmartMoneyMatch Martin Signer is also active as a university lecturer and author of several publications.

Martin Signer was born in Zug and speaks German, English, French, and Spanish. His hobbies are sports (tennis, golf, and cycling), chess and music.

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Nameer Khan is one of Middle East’s Top 20 Fintech influencers, Chairman and Founding Board Member of the #MENA​ Fintech Association.

Nameer Khan has spearheaded key fintech initiatives with regional regulators  and global monetary authorities for the development of regulatory regimes of various #Fintech​ verticals and establishing strongly knitted conducive Fintech ecosystem plus helping banks and insurance companies to transform into future forward organisations.

Nameer Khan Interview Focus:

1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education...
2. Career highlights - from logistics, insurance to fintech?
3. Can you tell us about MENA company / companies, organisations and focus - Chairman and Founding Board Member of the MENA Fintech Association?
4. Can you tell us about the MENA region - challenges and opportunities? related with 22 regulators and highlight some case studies?
5. You have been working with governments, big organisations and corporations in MENA. MENA has 2 areas: the Middle East and North Africa. 6. One is leading and other is facing lots of financial inclusion challenges. Can you tell us about this?
7. How do you see the Fintech ecosystem between traditional finance, fintech innovators and blockchain digital currencies in all areas of digital transformation?
8. What are your views on our society, technology and digital transformations special with Covid-19 what ways do you envision to redesign our society with technology and social impact?

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Interview with Ludovic Courcelas, Government Strategy Lead at ConsenSys - Blockchain Solutions EU and Worldwide for Dinis Guarda citiesabc openbusinesscouncil YouTube series.

Ludovic Courcelas is a technology enthusiast working for the world's largest mesh of #blockchain​ entrepreneurs and technologists. Ludovic is the Government Strategy Lead ConsenSys. Ludovic is committed to delivering high-stakes projects for corporations and governments, especially in the #EU​. Previously Ludovic worked as a Developer Audience - Marketing Evangelist at Microsoft and after Innovation & Blockchain Assistant at BNP Paribas Securities Services before joining Consensys. Ludovic particularly enjoys working with developers and artists. Ludovic loves comics, video games, YouTube creators, science, and he was formerly in a competitive rowing crew. Ludovic is a huge fan of Damon Albarn and his different bands.

Ludovic Courcelas Interview Focus

1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education...
2. How do you see the cultural backgrounds when it comes to France when compared with other countries and cultures?
3. Can you tell us about Consensys?
4. From your Career highlights can you tell us about working with the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum for the European Commission?
5. Your company / companies, organisations and focus on working with governments and regulators?
6. How do you see the blockchain industry at the moment?
7. How do you see centralisation and decentralisation in Blockchain?
8. Can you tell us about DeFi and the challenges and opportunities?
9. What are your views on blockchain in our society, special on the border with technology and digital transformation at large?
10. What are your goals and how do you see the future of work and the main trends in tech and society? Special with Covid-19 what ways do you envision to redesign our society with technology and social impact?

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Linda Grasso is Chief Operating Officer at Digital Business Innovation Srl, an Italian Innovative Startup active in the world of R&D Consulting. She’s an Industrial Engineer passionate in Digital Transformation and her mission is managing Business Projects in Tech & Innovation fields through the use of both Operational and Strategic Planning Approach. Linda strongly believes in empowering Women in Tech and their Leadership Skills for a Better Sustainable Future.

Linda is an Industrial Engineer passionate in Digital Transformation and STEM. After Honors Degree at “Università di Napoli Federico II”, Linda started pursuing a business career that combines Emerging Technologies and Engineering Doctrine. She manages many projects in different fields, eg - Healthtech, Insurtech, IoT & Buildings - through the use of both operational and strategic planning approaches.

Linda Grasso Interview Focus:

1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education... South of Italy to the world?
2. Career highlights
3. Your company / companies, organisations and focus?
4. Can you tell us about the relationships between Italy and the world and working from there to the world?
5. Can you tell us about B2B influencer marketing?
6. You have been working in empowering women in tech, STEM. Can you tell us about that?
7. You manage many projects in different fields, eg - Healthtech, Insurtech, IoT & Buildings. Can you tell us about that?
8. As a young lady based out of Italy and with all Covid-19 challenges, what ways do you envision to redesign our society with digital transformation technologies, and social impact?

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