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our mission
Israeli Blockchain Association facilitates business leaders, educators, policy-makers and citizens in using of globally accepted, industry-leading knowledge and practices for blockchain technologies.
What we do
Business
Find and develop strategic partnerships with Tier-1 corporations and government bodies

Make well-informed investment decisions with our comprehensive scouting and consulting

Tap into our network and expertise to hire Israeli professionals for your blockchain project
Expertise
Access the top Israeli blockchain professionals for consultancy and collaborations

Learn from our research initiatives concerning the Israeli blockchain ecosystem

Book cutting-edge blockchain speakers for your next conference or corporate event
Community
Attend the Association's professional blockchain events, round tables, and meetups

Don't miss out an important event with our complete calendar of blockchain events in Israel

Stay updated and get involved with the Israeli Blockchain Association Newsletter
Meet our team
We work passionately to provide valuable services and make the Israeli blockchain community thrive
Tal Shahar
Yosef Shaftal
Executive Director
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Igal Bini
Head of strategic partnerships
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Advisory Board
Michael Gord
Advisory Board Member
Founder and CEO of MLG Blockchain, Director of the Blockchain Education Network, Founder and CEO of Bitcoin Canada, Board Member of the Blockchain Association of Canada.
Yonatan Brender
Advisory Board Member
Managing General Partner at Atooro Fund, VP Innovative Technologies at Elenilto Group and Engelinvest.
Nikita Shenkar
Advisory Board Member
Partner at ReInvent VC. Former Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group, Co-lead BCG Tel Aviv Technology Advantage practice.
David Maman
Advisory Board Member
Founder & CEO at Binah.ai. Co-founded HexaTier (acquired by Huawei), Teridion, GreenCloud, Vanadium-Soft, Preacos, Terrasic, Moksai and others.
Daniel Ivanov
Advisory Board Member
Partner at Mathlogic Management, Non-Executive Director at Lion Energy Trading, Financial Advisor at Pilgrim Wealth.
Hiroto Kobayashi
Advisory Board Member
Publisher of Business Insider Japan, Founder of Infobahn Inc, Former Editor-in-Chief of Wired Japan, Professor of BBT University.
Henry Wang
Advisory Board Member
Founder and CEO at SmartMesh, Founder and President of International Blockchain Application Federation (IBAF).
Francisco Jo
Advisory Board Member
General Partner at BlockWater Capital, Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Coinhills, Advisor at Crypto20, Clout, BitIndia.
Strategic Board
Michael Gord
Advisory Board
Partner at MLG Blockchain Capital, Founder and CEO of Bitcoin Canada
Investment Board
Yonatan Brender
Managing General Partner at Atooro Fund, VP Innovations at Elenilto Group
Investment Board
Xiaochen Zhang
Partner at ReInvent VC, Board Member at Revelator
Investment Board
Lou Kerner
Co-Founder & Partner at CryptoOracle, Partner at Flight Ventures
Investment Board
Félix Fuertes
CEO & Co-Founder at Blockchain Hub Spain, Partner at Yara Ventures
Strategic Board
Hiroto Kobayashi
Publisher of Business Insider Japan and Gizmodo Japan, Founder of Infobahn Inc.
Corporate Board
Konstantin Goldstein
Principal Technical Evangelist at Microsoft
Investment Board
Francisco Jo
Founding Partner at BlockWater Capital, Founder & CIO at Coinhills
Investment Board
President at FinTech4Good, CEO & Founder at Blockchain Frontier Group
Nikita Shenkar
Corporate Board
Shirly Moster
Head of Business Development in Fintech & Blockchain at BDO Israel
Corporate Board
Liron Langer
Chief Investment Officer at Nielsen Innovate, Managing Partner at SolidBase
Strategic Board
Jane Zhang
Founder & CEO at Shellpay, Early investor of Alibaba, UT Starcom and VIPS
Justin Barlow
Strategic Board
Olga Fler
Founder & CEO at Meet For Charity
Corporate Board
Makara Pen
General Manager at Angkor Capital Specialized Bank
Strategic & Advisory Board Member
Senior Associate at Solana Ventures Prev: Founder @ Pacific BTM,
Founder @ New Block Capital LLC



Strategic Board
David Maman
Founder & CEO at Binah.ai, Co-Founder at HexaTier (acquired by Huawei)
Founding Partner
Former Founding Partner at Israeli Blockchain Association, Managing Partner at JSCapital.
Founding Partner
Former Founding Partner at Israeli Blockchain Association, Managing Partner at JSCapital.
Gadi Isaev
Roman Gold
Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Bernard Lerer
Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Hadassah BrainLabs (National Knowledge Center for Research on Brain Disorders) and the Biological Psychiatry Laboratory at Hadassah. Former Director of the National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel, Vice President of the CINP, Founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology. Founder and Past-President of the Israel Society for Biological Psychiatry.
Prof. Shlomi Dolev
Rita Altura Trust Chair Professor and Founder of the Department of Computer Science of Ben-Gurion University, Chair of the Computer Science discipline committee in the Israeli Ministry of Education, Co-Founder, Board Member and Chief Science Officer at Secret Double Octopus. Former Chairman of the Governing Council of the Inter University Communication Center, and former Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Ben-Gurion University, was visiting Professor at MIT.
IEEE Life Fellow, Advisory Board Member at REOS. Former Chairman, Technical Committee on Services Computing at IEEE, Chief Strategist at the US Social Security Administration, Senior Director of Services Architecture at Motorola, CTO at Kintera, Program Director, Emerging Technologies at IBM Research. Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, City College of New York, Bronx Community College, The College of Staten Island, SUNY Purchase, and New York Polytechnic Institute.
Dr. Ephraim Feig
Founder & President of Primary Care Innovation Consulting. Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) and Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP). Lecturer at Northeastern University. Board Member at ideaken, Advisory Board Member at OKM Capital and Mansfield Bio-Incubator, Mentor at MassChallenge, NETVA and MIT Enterprise Forum. Former Co-Founder and Principal of UsTech Discovery, VP Consulting at yet2, VP & Chief Scientist at Foresight Science & Technology.
Dr. Eugene Buff
Dimitra Papadopoulou
Founder of DLhealthR&D, Founder & CEO at meHealthX. Healthcare Research Specialist at Blockchain for Science. Co-lead Healthcare Working Group at Bundesblock. Lead Consultant at CGI for the public sector and healthcare in blockchain use cases. Healthcare Partnerships & Strategic Alliances at Lympo. Expert Innovation and Digital Preservation at European Commission. Former Research Scientist at Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).
Professor in the Management & MIS Department and Director of the Blockchain Initiative at the University of Nicosia, former Chair of the Domain Committee for ICT for the European program COST, participated and coordinated numerous projects including National Science Foundation (USA), Research Promotion Foundation (Cyprus). The Blockchain Initiative has designed and developed the first MSc worldwide in Digital Currency and the technology for publishing academic certificates on the blockchain.

Prof. Soulla Louca
Dr. Oriol Caudevilla
FinTech Advisor, Management & Strategy Consultant and Researcher. Management
Consultant at AirHelp, Advisor at ixFintech, Strategic Advisor at ETFCool, Strategic
Advisor at ScallopX and FinTech Mentor at F10 Incubator & Accelerator.
Member of the Blockchain, Digital Banking and Greater Bay Area Committees at the
Fintech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK), and the Singapore Fintech Association
(SFA).
Fellow at the Digital Euro Association (D€A) and at the Singapore University of Social
Sciences (SUSS), and Member of the Advisory Council at the Blockchain Council.
Expert Board
Business Development
Alex Kaplunov-Tov
CEO & Founder at Balance Tailor Made Consulting
Business Development
Assaf Luxembourg
Business Development Director at Silo
Executive Chairman at The Give Foundation, CSO at Conscious Capitalism
Social Entrepreneurship
Arnaud Saint-Paul
Founder and CEO at Cointelligence
On Line Marketing
On Yavin
Co-Founder & CEO at PickMoment Marketing Communications
Whitepaper & Communications
Ira Dolgin
Japan
Kohei Kurihara
International Ambassadors Board
President of Government Blockchain Association Tokyo
Sweden
Michael Goldman
Blockchain Lead at Sogeti Sweden
India
Rohith Darisa
Co-Director at Startup Grind Bangalore
Bangladesh
Mofassair Hossain
CMO at the United Scientists Association of Technology
Slovenia
Denis Petrovcic
Co-Founder and CEO at Blocksquare
Germany
Eugene Shimalsky
Co-Founder & CEO at Noisy Miner, CPO at Paytomat
USA
Chetan Manikantan
President of Boston Blockchain Association
USA
Bonnie Normile
Advisor at EZ Exchange, Profede, iVirtual, IMMO Foundation
Russia
Avi Gur
Founder and CEO at BNS, COO at Sibcoin
Zi Shuen Wong
President at Nanyang Blockchain Association
Singapore
Managing Partner at Sputnik Technology Capital
USA
Dmitri Shiryaev
Board Member in several Lithuanian Fintechs, Fintech consultant at Litadvice
Lithuania
Skaistė
Budbergytė-Zabielaitė
Board Chairman at Ukrainian Association of Fintech and Innovative Companies
Ukraine
Rostyslav Dyuk
Romania
Adrian Stratulat
Executive Director at Asociatia Blockchain Romania
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