Decentralized
Insurance
Conference
November 16th, 2023
Istanbul
KoLounge Levent
D1Conf is the premier event that brings together the decentralized insurance community, insurtech innovators, and traditional insurance companies who are focused on redefining the possibilities within the industry.
The event’s main objective is to connect a range of industry leaders who are active in the decentralized insurance community with those from traditional insurance companies and others interested in learning more about fair access to on-chain coverage. By creating a space for insurance professionals to collaborate, our community can participate in a forum where on-chain use cases for coverage, innovation in product development, and the role of regulation in blockchain markets can be explored in depth.
Etherisc and Chainproof host D1Conf in Istanbul on November 16th, 2023, during Devconnect Istanbul, a week-long in-person gathering for the Ethereum community to join in conversation and learn from one another. The D1Conf and Devconnect events brought a rare opportunity to build connections with leaders of the community of insurtech startups, developers, actuaries, risk managers, marketers, and distributors, as well as existing insurance technology providers and regulators.
Talks
Welcome and Intro Keynote
9:00 - 9:40
Arrival, Networking, Coffee 9:00 - 9:30
Intro Keynote
Peter Bärnreuther, Chainproof
Christoph Mussenbrock, Etherisc
Real world risks and Life Insurance
9:40 - 11:00
GIF 3.0
Dr. Matthias Zimmermann
Etherisc
Banny (Blockchain Annuity): The first decentralized pension insurance
Maximilian Sourisseu
HBA Consulting
Creating a Robust Reinsurance Market for the Digital Asset Community
Adam Adamson
Nayms
Coffee Break 10:40 - 11:00
Staking and Slashing Risks
11:00 - 13:30
Insurance in the Ethereum Staking Ecosystem
Marco InEther
SSV DAO
Slashing Risk: Past Incidents, Mitigation Strategies, and Insurance Solutions
Peter Bärnreuther
Chainproof
Discover DUCK: A Framework for Node Operating Excellence
Antonio Bartulovic, Julian Ueding
Lionscraft
Lunch 12:00 - 13:30
DeFi Risks Part 1
13:30 - 14:10
DeFi Risk Transfer: Towards A Fully Decentralized Insurance Protocol
Matthias Nadler
Universität Basel
DeFi Protection: A Novel Approach to DeFi Cover
Tyler Kraus
Quantstamp
Panel Discussion:
Securing the Future: Pioneering Decentralized Insurance in the Web3 Era
14:10 - 14:50
Richard Ma
Quantstamp
Adam Adamson
Nayms
Hui Lin Chiew
Etherisc Impact B.V.
John Fiorelli
Hypernative
Christoph Mussenbrock
Etherisc
Moderation
Coffee Break 14:50 - 15:20
DeFi Risks Part 2
15:20 - 16:40
Onchain insurance, where are we? What’s next?
Jeremiah Smith
OpenCover
EIP-7265: building new use-cases for on-chain insurance
Valerio Fichera
Turtleshell
The role of optimistic governance in insurance protocols
Guangmiang Kung
Kleros
Break 16:20 - 16:40
Real World Risks and Impact Insurance
16:40 - 18:00
The Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition – Lessons Learned and the Way ahead
Roy Confino
Lemonade Foundation
T.b.d.
Hui-Lin Chiew
Etherisc Impact B.V.
Final Keynote
Peter Bärnreuther, Chainproof
Christoph Mussenbrock, Etherisc
Networking and Check-out 17:35 - 18:00
Speakers
Tolga Uzuner
Richard Ma
Quantstamp
Richard is the founder and CEO of Quantstamp, a global leader in blockchain security. Quantstamp has performed more than 500 audits and secured over $200 billion in digital asset risk from hackers. Prior to starting Quantstamp, Richard was involved in algorithmic and high-frequency trading as a trading fund manager and senior quantitative strategist, most recently with Tower Research Capital. He founded Quantstamp to improve security auditing after investing in the DAO and experiencing the aftermath of the hack firsthand. Richard graduated with a degree in electrical computer engineering from Cornell University.
Richard Ma
Quantstamp
Tolga Uzuner
Tolga Uzuner
Loomis Sayles Capital Re
Smart Insurance Contracting applied to Life Insurance
Tolga has over 23 years of financial services industry experience, having most recently established and run the European arm of Apollo’s European Asset Management business. He was responsible for managing 4 insurance companies and 2 banks, and a portfolio of $5bn of Multi-Credit Assets, $2bn of Insurance Capital Efficient Assets, $2.5bn of EM Assets and $1bn of Financials. Prior to Apollo, Tolga worked at JP Morgan Chase for 8 years, where he managed $34bn of Financial and Emerging Market Assets. Tolga has a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Finance from London Business School, and a BSc in Computer Science and a BSc in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Tolga Uzuner
Loomis Sayles Capital Re
Christoph
Adam Adamson
Nayms
Creating a Robust Reinsurance Market for the Digital Asset Community
Adam is currently the Head of Business Development at Nayms and is responsible for executing the company’s business development platform. He oversees the underwriting sponsors, capital raising, and captive insurers for the platform, as well as developing new business opportunities. In addition, Adam serves as the head of the Bermuda office as well as the Nayms representative to the Bermuda NEXT board. Adam serves as a director of Nayms Sac Ltd.
Adam previously served as the Head of Insurance at Nayms. Before joining Nayms, Adam was a Vice President of Broking at Marsh in Bermuda. Adam was previously an Assistant Vice President at Aon Bermuda, Senior Casualty Broker at Arthur J Gallagher Bermuda, and worked as an Direct Writer at Federated Mutual Insurance. Adam is a member of the CPCU Society Leadership Board and served as Bermuda CPCU President in 2017 and Vice President in 2016. Adam is also a former member of the Bermuda Insurance Under 40’s.
Adam graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics. He holds the designations of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Associate in Risk Management(ARM) and Associate in Reinsurance (Are) as well as the designation of Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU).
Adam Adamson
Naymes
Christoph
Roy Confino
The Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition: Lessons Learned and the Way ahead
I lead business development for Lemonade. I have extensive experience in Insurance, payments, high growth companies, entrepreneurship and the public sector. I also lead the Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition – focused on fighting world hunger with blockchain. Before Lemonade, I co-founded and managed Freesbee, an online payments platform, which raised $2M in funding and partnered with some of the largest banks in Israel. Before Freesbee, as a team leader at the Israeli Ministry of Finance, I conceived and implemented large scale macro-economic reforms pertaining to: digital transformation in large organisations; the Israeli labor market; and financial regulation.
I served in the Israeli military intelligence Unit 8200 as a software development section commander and product manager, with 20 soldiers under my command. Received two Outstanding Project Awards during service.
Roy Confino
Lemonade Foundation
Christoph
Marko InEther
Decentralization & DVT Evangelist
Why is insurance in Etherum staking a hard problem, what are its risks, why do we need it and how will new technology (DVT, DKG) help to bring it about.
Currently working on DVT tech and decentralizing staking infrastructure using distributed validator technology, regularly writing on the subject and contributing to SSV DAO. Involved with the Ethereum ecosystem since 2016 organizing Ethereum meetups in Bratislava and volunteering at Devcon4, 6. Have been working on various staking projects since 2020.
Marko InEther
SSV DAO
Christoph
Christoph Mussenbrock
Etherisc
Christoph has a long record of accomplishment in the cooperative banking sector in Germany. After several years on the board of a cooperative bank, he switched to the IT segment and became Chief Program Manager Credit Solutions and Chief of Strategy Development at Fiducia & GAD IT AG – one of Germany’s biggest IT Service Providers. Since 2015, he has been CEO of parcIT GmbH, one of Germany’s best-known companies specialized in risk management solutions. Due to his many years of working in the field of banking and insurance, Christoph is highly experienced in all matters concerning regulatory frameworks. He also co-founded Progeno Wohnungsgenossenschaft eG, a housing cooperative in Munich, which has successfully crowdfunded a large residential project in Munich. Christoph has a master’s degree in mathematics and wrote his thesis on formal soft- and hardware verification.
Christoph Mussenbrock
Etherisc
Christoph
Dr. Peter Bärnreuther
Chainproof
Slashing Risk: Past Incidents, Mitigation Strategies, and Insurance Solutions
Peter is currently CUO at Chainproof, a regulated Bermudian primary insurance company for crypto related risks. Prior, he worked for 8 years for MunichRe, the world’s largest reinsurer in different positions. Peter is an actuary by training and holds a PhD in theoretical physics.
Peter Bärnreuther
Chainproof
Christoph
Dr. Matthias Zimmermann
Etherisc
Deep Dive into the Generalized Insurance Framework (GIF) v3.0
Matthias Zimmermann holds a PhD in computer science and loves exploring new open source technologies in the domains of IoT, machine learning and blockchain. In his free time he enjoys having time with friends and family, reading and giving flying lessons. Since 2021 he is the CTO of Etherisc.
Matthias Zimmermann
Etherisc
Christoph
John Fiorelli
Hypernative
John Fiorelli is a strategic advisor to Hypernative, the leading Web3 security and risk prevention service that predicts and prevents on-chain attacks before first exploit.
Additionally, John advises early to mid-stage blockchain companies in product-market fit, ecosystem development, and business development supporting teams including Blockdaemon, Snickerdoodle, Flipside Crypto, and Flare Network. John is also a venture partner for Kenetic, an investment firm based in Hong Kong.
John Fiorelli
Hypernative
Christoph
Matthias Nadler
University of Basel
DeFi Risk Transfer: Towards A Fully Decentralized Insurance Protocol
Matthias Nadler, PhD Candidate at University of Basel, Center for Innovative Finance
- Masters in economics at University of Basel
- PhD Candidate at University of Basel for 3 years
- Research focus is DeFi and on-chain privacy
- Google scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KcRoYcEAAAAJ
- Involved in various EVM ecosystem open-source projects, most notably the Brownie smart contract framework
Matthias Nadler
University of Basel
Christoph
Tyler Kraus
Chainproof
DeFi Protection: a unique Product in the Crypto Space
Tyler holds a BA in economics from Yale and has a background in business and operations. While earning his MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business in 2021, he became increasingly fascinated by the world of crypto, which he had dabbled in since 2017. After graduating, he sought to turn this interest into a career and joined Quantstamp as an NFT and DeFi specialist. Shortly thereafter, he joined the Chainproof team to bring regulated insurance to the crypto markets.
Tyler Kraus
Quantstamp
Christoph
Jeremiah Smith
OpenCover
Onchain Insurance with OpenCover – Challenges and near-term Developments
Jeremiah Smith, PhD, is co-founder and CEO at OpenCover. He has over a decade of experience leading deep tech products (CarbonChain, DX.network) and has been building in the blockchain space since 2017 across data infrastructure and DeFi.
Jeremiah Smith
OpenCover
Christoph
Valerio Fichera
TurtleShell
EIP-7265: building new use-cases for on-chain insurance
Valerio is an active open-source contributor to the ethereum ecosystem, with notable contributions such as EIP-7265, advancing the EVM security landscape. He is dedicated to building a secure operating environment for web3 protocols with TurtleShell – security infrastructure tooling for DeFi protocols & insurance providers.
Valerio Alfio Fichera
Co-Author of EIP-7265
Christoph
Maximilian Sourisseau
HBA Consulting
Banny (Blockchain Annuity): The first decentralized pension insurance
After finishing his education in Business psychology and Business Administration Mr. Sourisseau worked as a self-employed strategy consultant for small and medium-sized enterprises. In 2017 he decided to pursue a stronger focus on IT-Strategy related projects with an emphasis on blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. In 2018 he has strengthened the HBA-Consulting team as a Senior Consultant and Business Developer for the blockchain consulting brand Blocksurance ©. In particular, he is responsible for the project management and consulting projects of the in-house blockchain consulting brand Blocksurance ©. Furthermore, as an expert, he advises HBA’s pension fund clients on their IT-Strategy needs.
Maximilian Sourisseau
HBA Consulting
Christoph
Hui Lin Chiew
Hui Linn Chiew
Etherisc Impact
Christoph
Guangmiang Kung
Kleros
The role of optimistic governance in insurance protocols.
Guangmian Kung, a seasoned expert in Fintech and Web3, currently leads Integrations and Partnerships at Kleros. With a background spanning business, engineering, and law, and a personal life that is split between Singapore and the Netherlands, his expertise encompasses both the technical intricacies and governance dynamics of decentralized protocols.
Guangmiang Kung
Kleros
Christoph
Julian Ueding
Lionscraft
Discover DUCK: A Framework for Node Operating Excellence
Julian Ueding has been active in the field of emerging technologies and deeply values the opportunity to engage with groundbreaking innovations. With his passion and expertise in Web3, he is driven by the desire to drive change and actively shape future decentralized developments.
Julian Ueding
Lionscraft
Christoph
Antonio Bartulovic
Lionscraft
Discover DUCK: A Framework for Node Operating Excellence
Antonio Bartulovic, founder of Lionscraft, is a respected expert and innovator in the field of decentralized financial services and blockchain technology. With over a decade of experience, he is known for his passion for promoting transparency and excellence in decentralized ecosystems.
Antonio Bartulovic
Lionscraft
Christoph
Access to Insurance Initiative
Insurance Regulations in a Time of Transformation
Hui Lin Chiew is an Advisor at the Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii), an organisation providing capacity building, communities of practice, and learning resources to over 100 insurance regulators, driven by a mission to increase access to insurance. She leads A2ii’s work on consumer protection and regulatory impact, including looking at how tech and innovation are interlinked. She has conducted research, developed toolkits and run workshops for insurance regulators across Asia and Africa on themes such as market assessments, mobile insurance and data reporting. Prior to A2ii, Hui Lin worked at the Malaysian central bank and regulator. She has spent over 10 years working on financial sector development and innovation policy and financial inclusion.
Christoph
GSK
Fireside chat: regulation
Dr. Timo Bernau is a Partner at GSK Stockmann in Munich and Luxembourg. Timo advises banks in Germany and abroad, financial service providers, insurers as well as fund and asset management companies in all regulatory matters including the structuring and distribution of their products and business services. Timo has a special focus on innovative business models such as FinTech and InsurTech companies. Timo regularly gives lectures in the area of banking and insurance regulatory law and has published numerous articles on these subjects.
Venue
VENUE
KoLounge Levent
Esentepe Mah. Talatpaşa Cad. No: 5
(Harman Sok. Girişi) Şişli
İstanbul 🇹🇷