What happened recently…
Lobbying: Sebastian Becker runs for INATBA’s Board
(March 2025) Sebastian Becker, member of INATBA’s board of Directors since April 2022, is up for re-election to the board, representing thebrainbehind in the ‚micro‘ membership category. See www.inatba.org
Events: Stage Host at CAC25A
(March 2025) Crypto Assets Conference in Frankfurt is THE go-to-event in Germany at the intersection of TradFi and the Crypto / Digital Assets space. Representing the German Blockchain Association, Sebastian Becker will host the afternoon track of the Experience stage. See: https://crypto-assets-conference.de/agenda-25a
Business Development: Industrial Blockchain in Europe
(March 2025) As part of our engagement with SKChain Advisors, London, we helped to form this forward-looking partnership between World Mobile Group and 51nodes GmbH, strengthening the industrial blockchain space in Europe and implementing a number of grant projects to drive innovation in that space – see: https://worldmobile.io/blog/post/world-mobile-partners-with-51nodes
Event: Moderating a Panel on Innovation Policy during the German General Election Campaign
(February 2025) Sebastian Becker moderated a panel at the Bundesblock event at the PropTech House in Berlin under dem Titel ‚Staking, Staat und Steuern‘ during the election campaign for the General Elections in Germany. Speakers included MEP Damian Boeselager (Volt), Bundesblock co-founder Nina Siedler as well as tax and VC experts Afra Stöhr and Ulrike Lierow-Schad.
Webinar on Stablecoins by Bundesblock
(February 2025) This Bundesblock webinar featured a number of experts and pratitioners to assess the market outlook for stablecoins in Europe, especially Euro-backed solutions. Sebastian Becker chaired the round, a recording is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8rQN6MCnt4
Event: Speaking at WEF in Davos
(January 2025) Sebastian Becker represented Bundesblock at the AI House during WEF in Davos and participated in a roundtable on „AI, Content, Humans, Europe – EU Sandboxes & Opportunities“ at AI House Davos.
In an era of rapidly evolving relationships between humans and machines, we discussed the impact of new AI technologies on the media landscape.
Webinar: Bundesblock Deutschland Tour: Munich
(December 2024) It has been a pleasure to be on stage with Yip Thy Diep Tha, Sandra Vengadasalam, Daniel Kliche and Robert Heinze to run this Bundesblock webinar as part of the Blockchain Association’s Tour of Germany – with this session taking a close look at the Munich blockchain and web3 scene. A recording is available at: https://youtu.be/qLvdmGhvRek?feature=shared
Event: Keynote at the Austrian Blockchain Conference
(June 2024) Vienna is always worth a trip, and it was a special pleasure for tbb’s Sebastian Becker to represent the German Blockchain Association and community and to keynote at the occasion
Event: Panel Round at Digisustain in Frankfurt
(April 2024) Sebastian Becker joined a panel about sustainability & technology and gave a keynote about the „Use of blockchain technology in the financial industry“, being part of a blockchain-centric part of agenda sponsored by Union Investment.
Webinar on EBSI-ELSA with EUIPO & the European Commission
(June 2024) Sebastian Becker was co-hosting a Bundesblock & INATBA webinar on the EBSI-ELSA lighthiose project of the EU IP Office in Alicante and on Digital Product Passports.
See: https://youtu.be/W5fKkNbWUZQ?feature=shared
Webinar on FinmadiG for Bundesblock
(December 2023) Sebastian Becker will chair a webinar that brings together members of the Blockchain Bundesverband e.V. and the Bundesverbandes der Kryptowertpapierregisterführer to discuss the operational consequences of the incoming regulation as well as the resulting agenda for industry policy and agenda setting in 2024. See https://www.linkedin.com/events/7138835154722103299/comments/
ESG MASTERS postponed
(November 2023) Our event on the impact of advanced technologies for ESG Reporting and Net Zero Performance will be postponed to Q1 2024 due to a lack of availability of suitable conference locations at the event dates originally planned and supported by our sponsors.
We will announce the new dates during December 2023!
For more information, see http://www.esg-masters.com
PlanB Forum @Lugano
(November 2023) Together with our network partner Fred Nürnberg and Austrian painter Oskar Stocker as well as digital artist Otto Tasnadi we presented Oskar Stocker’s portrait exhibition at the Plan B Forum in Lugano, support by the Tether team and part of our global initiative to relaunch the Cypherpunk discussion. For more information, check out www.cpm23.com
External MD @Bundesblock
(October 2023) Our MD Sebastian Becker was appointed as (external) Managing Director of the German Blockchain Association aka Bundesblock. The main objectives of this project will be to grow the membership base and to launch new initiatives, formats, and collaborations to advance the adoption of blockchain tech and web3 across different industries. See: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sebastianbecker2_blockchain-sustainable-innovation-activity-7120346044512571393-vnm6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Speaking at Gitex @Dubai
(October 2023) At the Future Blockchain Summit, part of GITEX in Dubai this fall, Sebastian Becker was speaking at a panel on international events and conference collaboration on behalf of INATBA. Together with local industry leaders, we discussed the opportunities for future events in the region and also explored collaborations with the local crypto community.
Festival of the Future @Munich
(July 2023) It has been a pleasure to be on stage with David Chaum, one of the pioneers of applying cryptography to digital money applications & to review his role as a precursor, also for the Cypherpunks movement. And giving the audience a first glimpse of what will happen later this year at www.cpm23.com
Blockchance @Hamburg
(June 2023) Blockchance in Hamburg is not just one of the biggest blockchain conferences in Central Europe, it also provided a great opportunity to network and talk about the industry’s agenda – part of our business development work for Bundesblock, the German Association for the Blockchain industry. In September, we will meet again at the web3 & digital innovation section at Husum Wind in September!
T-Challenge Gala @Bonn
(June 2023) It was a nice coincidence to see both past and current projects participating at Deutsche Telekom’s international web3 Challenge this year, with my friends from Munich, twinu, winning the prize for the ‚Most Sustainable Solution‘!It was a well-planned event with many inspiring solutions – and great to see Deutsche Telekom taking such a proactive approach when it comes to embracing decentral tech for their innovation roadmap.
Greentech Festival @Berlin
(June 2023) Preparing for our upcoming ESG MASTERS conference – meeting with speakers, talking to sponsors & partners, and getting a feeling for the level of the discussions around sustainability and solutions in different industry sectors
Announcing ESG MASTERS
(May 2023) We are pleased to invite corporate decision-makers and experts in the fields of sustainability tech and ESG compliance to join our conference on December 6 & 7, 2023 in Munich! More info can be found at http://www.esg-masters.com
ANGA Cable @Cologne
(May 2023) Meeting with our consulting network partners such as Justin Hewelt from PayMedia, assessing the latest industry trends around Fast Channels, sustainability in the media industry and the opportunites for combined web3 & streaming solutions.
Sebastian Becker elected @INATBA / Brussels
(April 2023) After a year as part of INATBA’s Board of Directors on behalf of our client Riddle&Code, thebrainbehind has also become an INATBA member earlier this year and Sebastian Becker successfully ran for a 2 year Board seat, representing thebrainbehind and the micro category of members.
htw Blockchain Conference @Berlin
(April 2023) At Berlin, it was a great pleasure to join Prof. Katarina Adam’s very well curated industry get-together, this year with a focus on Small States and Islands. Sebastian Becker presented the work of INATBA’s Education Working Group and we announced the partnership between htw and IPDB
Crypto Assets Conference @Frankfurt
(April 2023) Coming to Frankfurt and joining the industry at the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center’s Crypto Assets Conference has become a must-attend conference over the years. Together with friends and partners, Sebastian Becker, Steffen Jordan and Markus Kluge not only took the logo wall photo opp, but also tried to bring the DeFi, general Crypto and legacy TradFi segments closer together
Embedded World @Nürnberg
(March 2023) Together with our partners from TakTik, we had a number of meetings at Embedded World in Nürnberg on March 14 & 15 to talk about the role of crypto hardware and tokenization for the mobility and machinery sectors. Security and sustainability of components and business models as well as future energy consumption behavior will have to be orchestrated properly – as could be seen at many boothes. And DLTs might be the best solution for this.
Candidacy for INATBA’s Board of Directors
(March 2023) thebrainbehind’s Sebastian Becker is running again for the INATBA Board elections that started today. After having been on the INATBA board for almost a year on behalf of a [tbb\*] customer, he’s now going to represent the segment of micro member organizations of INATBA – if elected – and continue his work to drive the European innovation agenda forward
Updated Website launched @www
(February 2023) After not having changed for a few years, it was high time to take a fresh look at our website’s design, our work, partners, and areas of work. So please take a look at http://www.thebrainbehind.com and/or https://www.linkedin.com/company/37894449/admin/feed/posts/
Web3 at World Economic Forum @Davos
(January 2023) Together with our partner Stefan Langefeld from Waypoint North, we met with fellow web3 enthusiasts, companies, and entrepreneurs at Davos. The future role of stablecoins as well as the impact of tokenization on circular economies, were our and the WEF’s focus, amongst others.
Crypto Summit at The Circle @Zurich
(January 2023) Sebastian Becker chaired a panel on „The implications of FTX and what needs to change“ at this year’s 6th edition of the Crypto Summit by Smart Valor at The Circle at Zurich airport. It was not only a highly interesting panel and conference, but also a great occasion to catch up with our network of partners in CH & LIE.
Sebastian Becker appointed to 2Token’s Board of Advisors
(February 2023) 2Tokens, the Amsterdam-based European foundation that aims at accelerating the use of tokenization in several industries, has appointed Sebastian Becker as a new member of their board of advisors. We are looking forward to this future and honorable collaboration!
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