Check out the incredible line-up of speakers that we have for the Blockchain Hub Davos 2023.
Our speakers are central to what we do. These are the incredible speakers we have during the Blockchain Hub Davos 2023.
CEO of IBC Media
Abhishek Pitti
CEO, Murmuration Labs
Alex Feerst
CEO, MAKE
Alex is a senior strategist and product executive who builds companies on the front edge of innovation in blockchain, big data, multimodal distribution, content, and adtech.He has worked in Fortune 100 companies and founded multiple startups. Positions include Founder/ CEO of MAKE, Casper Labs, and Playsino Inc, as well as leadership roles at IGT, 20th Century Fox, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, A&E Networks, and Billboard Magazine. Alex has investing in and advised blockchain companies since 2013. He has led over $1 billion of M&A transactions. He holds an MBA from Columbia University and is a voting member for the Academy Awards.
Alex is a senior strategist and product executive who builds companies on the front edge of innovation in blockchain, big data, multimodal distribution, content, and adtech.He has worked in Fortune 100 companies and founded multiple startups. Positions include Founder/ CEO of MAKE, Casper Labs, and Playsino Inc, as well as leadership roles at IGT, 20th Century Fox, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, A&E Networks, and Billboard Magazine. Alex has investing in and advised blockchain companies since 2013. He has led over $1 billion of M&A transactions. He holds an MBA from Columbia University and is a voting member for the Academy Awards.
Alex Kelly
Founding Board Director of droplinked protocol
Ali Sammour is the co-founder of FLATLAY and one of the core contributors to the droplinked protocol. He lead innovation groups at Omnicom for entertainment companies to then go on to scale venture backed startups AddThis and FLATLAY. As a repeat founder and angel investor, he remains an active member of the startup community and enjoys supporting founders solving for impact driven problems.
Ali Sammour is the co-founder of FLATLAY and one of the core contributors to the droplinked protocol. He lead innovation groups at Omnicom for entertainment companies to then go on to scale venture backed startups AddThis and FLATLAY. As a repeat founder and angel investor, he remains an active member of the startup community and enjoys supporting founders solving for impact driven problems.
Ali Sammour
Co-Director & DLT Lead, Swiss FinTech Innovations
Co-Director & DLT Lead of the Swiss FinTech Innovations AssociationThought-leader in the digital business ecosystem space with focus on Digital Assets. Extensive experience in large scale digital transformation in the Financial Services industry.
Andra Maute
Founder/CEO, Rainfall
Amit is a seasoned startup founder, investor and speaker, who spends his time creating, evangelizing and investing in the future of responsible AI and decentralization. A 22-year veteran of Silicon Valley, he specifically focuses on technology, startups and systems that have a positive impact on the humans they serve. When he isn't working on using frontier technology to positively impact the lives of even the most vulnerable in society, he's often found rattling away facts about European Football Leagues most sports journalists aren't aware of!
Amit Pradhan
Founder at PHYGICODE, Chief of Strategy at Faith Tribe
Andrea Abrams is a fashion and retail industry veteran and global executive. She is a retail technology and blockchain investor, participating in pre-seed rounds of notable startups for physical and digital commerce. Andrea is the founder and Chief Metaverse Officer of PHYGICODE, a consortium of industry founders and leaders looking to create a phygital approach to Web3 adoption. Andrea is also Chief of Strategy at Faith Tribe , a Web3 platform and ecosystem devoted to open-sourcing fashion talent and unlocking opportunities for fashion creators and independent fashion businesses, using a Web2 ecosystem enabled by Web3 technology for on-chain activities using its dual chain token $FTRB. Andrea is a Board Advisor to prominent blockchain protocols and Web3 businesses and a Strategic Advisor to blockchain investment fund Scytale Ventures, among others. She is an Ambassador at AllStar Women NFT Club and a featured female leader in Women of The Future.
Andrea Abrams
COO, Creative Commons
Anna Tumadóttir is Chief Operating Officer at Creative Commons. She is responsible for exploring new areas of engagement for the organization, such as emerging technologies, as we as general operations, revenue, and strategic partnerships. She joined CC in September in 2019 to lead product, and oversaw the transition of CC Search to WordPress. Prior to joining CC, Anna spent a decade in ad tech startups, focused on product development and operations. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Macalester College and a master's degree in strategic management from the University of Iceland Business School.
Anna Tumadóttir
CEO of XPRIZE
Dr. Anousheh Ansari is an Astronaut, a Hi-tech serial entrepreneur and a global Change Maker. She is currently the CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, the world’s leader in designing and operating large incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges. Ansari sponsored the $10M Ansari XPRIZE, igniting a new era for commercial spaceflight. Prior, Ansari served as CEO of Prodea Systems, a leading Internet of Things technology firm. She captured international headlines by embarking upon an 11-day space expedition, becoming the first female private space explorer, first astronaut of Iranian descent, first Muslim woman in space, and fourth private explorer to visit space. Ansari co-founded The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, with a goal of investing $1 billion in women-founded companies by 2020. Her memoir, My Dream of Stars, aims to share her life story as inspiration for young women around the world.
Dr. Anousheh Ansari is an Astronaut, a Hi-tech serial entrepreneur and a global Change Maker. She is currently the CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, the world’s leader in designing and operating large incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges. Ansari sponsored the $10M Ansari XPRIZE, igniting a new era for commercial spaceflight. Prior, Ansari served as CEO of Prodea Systems, a leading Internet of Things technology firm. She captured international headlines by embarking upon an 11-day space expedition, becoming the first female private space explorer, first astronaut of Iranian descent, first Muslim woman in space, and fourth private explorer to visit space. Ansari co-founded The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, with a goal of investing $1 billion in women-founded companies by 2020. Her memoir, My Dream of Stars, aims to share her life story as inspiration for young women around the world.
Anousheh Ansari
Founder & CTO, SHEQONOMI
Ms. Bhardwaj, fierce financial feminist is the Founder & CTO of SHEQONOMI, the world's first and only multi-platform WEB3 based podcast listening app built on Android, iOS, KaiOS, and Jio now available in 195 countries on KaiOS. SHEQONOMI is an award-winning COVID-innovation backed by the Islamic Development Bank, the Algorand Foundation, KaiOS, SDG Impact Accelerator, and Reliance Jio's Build For Bharat Accelerator. She is also the Founder of Krypto For Kids, which she created with her a-maz-ing daughter, ARYA. Anu is a Fulbright Scholar to the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, received her MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics, and studied Art History, Biochemistry, Communications, and Technology @ Georgetown University. She is most passionate about financial inclusion and gender equity, former Co-Chair of the 2019 Blockchain For Impact Summit at the United Nations.
Ms. Bhardwaj, fierce financial feminist is the Founder & CTO of SHEQONOMI, the world's first and only multi-platform WEB3 based podcast listening app built on Android, iOS, KaiOS, and Jio now available in 195 countries on KaiOS. SHEQONOMI is an award-winning COVID-innovation backed by the Islamic Development Bank, the Algorand Foundation, KaiOS, SDG Impact Accelerator, and Reliance Jio's Build For Bharat Accelerator. She is also the Founder of Krypto For Kids, which she created with her a-maz-ing daughter, ARYA. Anu is a Fulbright Scholar to the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, received her MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics, and studied Art History, Biochemistry, Communications, and Technology @ Georgetown University. She is most passionate about financial inclusion and gender equity, former Co-Chair of the 2019 Blockchain For Impact Summit at the United Nations.
Anu Bhardwaj
Head of Asset Allocators, Coinbase Institutional
Anthony Bassili is Head of Asset Allocators at Coinbase Institutional. He also leads Capital Introductions and the firm's Tokenization strategy. Former Head of Pensions for iShares and held various roles over a decade at BlackRock serving the asset allocator community.
Anthony Bassili is Head of Asset Allocators at Coinbase Institutional. He also leads Capital Introductions and the firm's Tokenization strategy. Former Head of Pensions for iShares and held various roles over a decade at BlackRock serving the asset allocator community.
Anthony Bassili
Founder/Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital
Anthony Scaramucci
CEO, Ambika Inc
Aron Dutta has experience in various operating and leadership roles in business, technology, innovation, strategic consulting & advisory services, and entrepreneurial ventures, implementing next generation disruptive technologies and business models. Aron is the Founder of Ambika, Inc., a Business Venture Innovation Company (BVIC) focused on the next frontier of industries and economies. Prior to that, Mr. Dutta was a Global VP and Senior Partner at IBM, where he was responsible for establishing the Global Blockchain Center of Competency. He also spent time as a Managing Director at Cisco where he was the global head of Cisco's thought leadership and strategy on Fintech, and related investments. Prior to his time at Cisco, Dutta was the Co-Founder and SVP of Scient Corp (SCNT: NASDAQ) where he was responsible for seven global vertical industries and the Co-Founder and GM of Viant, Inc. (VIAN: NASDAQ), which he helped take public. Additional experience includes positions at Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., Salomon Brothers Inc, Department of Defense, TRW, and Distributed Information Systems Inc.
Aron Dutta
Director of Professional Services at CasperLabs
Ashok is Director of Professional Services at CasperLabs where he helps enterprises and strategic partners to build business applications on Casper. Prior to joining CasperLabs, Ashok spent 12 years at Google in India, Singapore, and the Bay Area where he led global professional services, large software programs, and operations teams. Before Google, Ashok served with the Indian Navy and retired as a Commander.
Ashok is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and a post-grad in Nuclear Engineering from IIT, Kanpur. He has an MBA from XLRI and an Executive MBA from Stanford University.
Ashok Ranadive
CEO, Qenta
Brent de Jong
Director of Policy and Open Culture, Creative Commons
Brigitte is Director of Policy and Open Culture at Creative Commons. She is passionate about all things spanning culture, arts, handicraft, traditions, fashion and, of course, copyright law and policy. She gets a kick out of tackling the fuzzy legal and policy issues that stand in the way of access, use, re-use and remix of culture, information and knowledge.Before joining CC, she worked for a decade as a legal officer at WIPO and then ran her own consultancy, advising Europeana, SPARC Europe and others on copyright matters.Currently located in the Netherlands where she lives with her husband and two kids, Brigitte grew up living in eight different countries across North America, Africa and Europe but Montréal is where she proudly comes from.Brigitte is a fellow at the Canadian think tank Centre for International Governance Innovation. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the Université de Montréal and a master’s in law from Georgetown University. She has been a member of the Bar of Quebec since 2003.
Brigitte Vézina
Founder of Own Your Data Foundation
Brittany Kaiser
Founder, Chairman and CEO of WISeKey
Carlos Creus Moreira
Fellow (CISA) at the World Economic Forum
Cathy is a Fellow of the WEF and Co-Chair of the Crypto Impact and Sustainability Accelerator (CISA) WG1 on Energy Usage. She found her life's purpose in the North Pole.
Cathy is a Fellow of the WEF and Co-Chair of the Crypto Impact and Sustainability Accelerator (CISA) WG1 on Energy Usage. She found her life's purpose in the North Pole.
Cathy Mulligan
Senior Web3 Advisor, AnimocaBrands - Tiny Tap
An award winning international executive, Chana founded an international NGO managing extensive development teams in Web2 EdTech. An early crypto adopter, the world of DeFi/NFTs was a natural progression resulting in her moving into Web3 full time and becoming a Partner at Digital Wealth Fund. Believing in the power of Web3 for women, Chana is founder of London Women Leading Web 3 (LWLW3) a professional networking group of C level women in London power blazing through the metaverse. She currently is a senior advisor at Tiny Tap, an educational blockchain subsidiary of Animoca Brands and consults with HNW Clients and Corporates on Web3 strategy and BizDev.Fun Fact - Chana used to paint children's murals for fun and does a mean spiderman facepaint if ever needed.
Chana Kanzen
CEO & Co-Founder, Binance
Changpeng Zhao (CZ)
Senior Business Development Manager at Amazon Managed Blockchain
Charles Okochu
CEO, BridgeTower Capital
Cory Pugh
Executive Director & General Manager Blockchain and Identity at Hyperledger Foundation & Linux Foundation
Daniela Barbosa serves as General Manager Blockchain and Identity at the Linux Foundation and as Executive Director of Hyperledger Foundation with overall strategic and operational responsibility for staff, programs, expansion and execution of Hyperledger Foundation’s mission. Daniela has more than 20 years of enterprise technology experience, including serving for four years as Hyperledger Foundation’s Vice President of Worldwide Alliances with responsibility for the member community as well as broader industry and business community outreach and overall network growth. She started her career at Dow Jones where she worked with the top global brands across various sectors, including finance, consumer and energy, to architect and deliver enterprise systems, ontologies and semantic web solutions. In the early 2000s, Daniela became involved in the early web 2.0 community helping to advance the concept of digital identity and data portability as the pathway for people to reuse their data across interoperable applications.
Daniela Barbosa serves as General Manager Blockchain and Identity at the Linux Foundation and as Executive Director of Hyperledger Foundation with overall strategic and operational responsibility for staff, programs, expansion and execution of Hyperledger Foundation’s mission. Daniela has more than 20 years of enterprise technology experience, including serving for four years as Hyperledger Foundation’s Vice President of Worldwide Alliances with responsibility for the member community as well as broader industry and business community outreach and overall network growth. She started her career at Dow Jones where she worked with the top global brands across various sectors, including finance, consumer and energy, to architect and deliver enterprise systems, ontologies and semantic web solutions. In the early 2000s, Daniela became involved in the early web 2.0 community helping to advance the concept of digital identity and data portability as the pathway for people to reuse their data across interoperable applications.
Daniela Barbosa
Chairman of Consensus Capital
David is a serial entrepreneur with all the technical know-how of a science geek and growth hacker. Having founded several companies in different verticals, he has acquired extensive experience as a business leader in global software solutions development.
Now founder and Chairman of Consensus Capital, David’s mix of entrepreneurial and corporate experience — places him as an esteemed unicorn hunter in the technology space. Taking advantage of consumer trends, as well as looking at areas where trends have not yet set, made him a natural early adopter of Bitcoin and Ethereum and early investor in recognized blockchain projects. He continues to his passionas an investor, targeting projects that are unconventional and embrace alternative solutions to everyday problems.
David Branch
Writer/Contributor at Forbes Digital Assets
Derick David is a technology writer and product designer from the Philippines. He writes for Forbes Digital Assets and is a founding designer of Rain, a Coinbase-backed startup based in New York City. His creative work has reached the lives of millions of people globally, including bread aficionados in Paris, France. His early work was well-recognized within the journalism community at Stanford University, where he worked for a Knight fellow and a Webby award winner. Derick was raised in Bologna, Italy and speaks fluent Italian, which may have contributed to his overly obsessive attention to granular details.
Derick David is a technology writer and product designer from the Philippines. He writes for Forbes Digital Assets and is a founding designer of Rain, a Coinbase-backed startup based in New York City. His creative work has reached the lives of millions of people globally, including bread aficionados in Paris, France. His early work was well-recognized within the journalism community at Stanford University, where he worked for a Knight fellow and a Webby award winner. Derick was raised in Bologna, Italy and speaks fluent Italian, which may have contributed to his overly obsessive attention to granular details.
Derick David
CEO, Upland
Dirk Lueth
CMO, Qualcomm
Don McGuire
Prime Minister, Government Principality of Liechtenstein
Dr. Daniel Risch
CEO, Bitcoin Suisse AG
An experienced, innovative leader who is passionate about building and leading customer focussed businesses. From driving ETF adoption at iShares / BlackRock to applying advanced technology in wealth management at UBS and Barclays to support better client outcomes, Dirk acts as an architect of transformational processes. This has been exemplified through a diverse career in world leading asset and wealth management organisations backed by a unique combination of client-, market-, product-, technology- process- and regulatory knowhow. Leadership responsibilities have spanned to several 1000 FTEs and exceeding a billion USD annual budget and revenues.
Dr. Dirk Klee
Chair, CEO, & Co-Founder, Conexus AI
Dr. Daimler was the AI authority in the White House during the last year of the Obama administration (image of business card below). He has a very rare, if not unique, background in AI as a researcher, entrepreneur, investor, and policy advisor over 20+ years. He is widely published including in contributed book chapters and in Science. He is the co-inventor of four patents related to maintaining data integrity within generative AI. He has spoken broadly including in-person invited appearances at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. He has wide ranging media appearances including at the SALT conference.
Dr. Eric Daimler
Head of Digital Transformations, Cisco Systems
Dr. Garif Yalak, MBA is Head of Digital Transformation and leads Cisco's digitalization and innovation initiative for healthcare, education, and governance at Cisco Switzerland. He holds a B. Sc. in Bioinformatics, an M. Sc. in Biomedicine from Germany, and a Ph. D. from ETH Zurich in both disciplines. Previously, he spent more than 10 years as a bioinformatician and biomedical scientist in health research in Germany, the USA, and Switzerland. He also spent several years as a researcher and lecturer at ETH Zurich and Harvard University, where he used the Swiss supercomputer CSCS for more than 8 years. He has just finished his Executive MBA at the University of St. Gallen and was recognized with the award for the best Master's thesis in 2022 for the topic Entering the Metaverse.
Dr. Garif Yalak
Head of Research, Uphold
Dr Martin Hiesboeck is a true blockchain veteran, having given his first speech on the possibilities of Blockchain in 2012. He has been active in the field ever since from academic research to guiding crypto projects or lobbying for specific technologies. He’s currently the head of research at Uphold , the world’s most transparent digital asset trading and curating platforms and severs in the board of many blockchain related enterprises.
Dr Martin Hiesboeck is a true blockchain veteran, having given his first speech on the possibilities of Blockchain in 2012. He has been active in the field ever since from academic research to guiding crypto projects or lobbying for specific technologies. He’s currently the head of research at Uphold , the world’s most transparent digital asset trading and curating platforms and severs in the board of many blockchain related enterprises.
Dr. Martin Hiesboeck
Founder, Noumena Digital
Dr. Vincent Peikert
President at Nucleus Finance
Dr. Willi Brammertz
Founder, Vatom
CEO and Founder of Vatom, Eric Pulier as he draws from his experience as an entrepreneur and founder of more than 15 companies to demystify the ever-evolving tech industry. Eric discusses how advancing technology will continue to influence the future of business, pointing to increased engagement and ownership as key factors for success.
Eric Pulier
Co-Founder of Dmusic, Founder of Xange
Esteban van Goor
Senior Journalist, Cointelegraph
Gareth Jenkinson is an award-winning South African journalist and broadcaster who has covered the cryptocurrency and blockchain space for Cointelegraph since 2017.
Gareth Jenkinson is an award-winning South African journalist and broadcaster who has covered the cryptocurrency and blockchain space for Cointelegraph since 2017.
Gareth Jenkinson
Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Upland
Idan Zuckerman is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Upland - a metaverse that is mapped to the real world and powered by a blockchain and NFT based economy. Upland is one of the most widely adopted and used web3 applications and is available to play across devices including the Apple App Store and Google Play Store
Idan Zuckerman is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Upland - a metaverse that is mapped to the real world and powered by a blockchain and NFT based economy. Upland is one of the most widely adopted and used web3 applications and is available to play across devices including the Apple App Store and Google Play Store
Idan Zuckerman
Chief Operating Officer, ADVASA
Itaru Inaho is the Chief Operating Officer at ADVASA, a Fintech company that leverages blockchain technology to provide wage-related services to employees. He has been active in the blockchain industry since 2017 and has helped Japanese and global enterprises develop effective blockchain product strategies. In particular, he has expertise in integrating blockchain with legacy technologies to create innovative solutions for companies that have adopted older systems. As Chief Operating Officer at ADVASA, Itaru is committed to using blockchain-enabled Earned Wage Access to improve financial inclusion opportunities for employers and their employees.
Itaru Inaho
COO at TrustSwap
Ivan has over 9 years of startup experience in the FinTech, SaaS and Blockchain space. His Blockchain career started in one of the top IT consulting companies helping financial institutions to implement their first Blockchain use cases. Furthermore he was involved in the establishment of an Ethereum Mining Farm in Bulgaria and was an early-stage core member in one of the leading European Crypto-Exchanges as Head of Business Development.
Ivan Anastassov
Key Account Management, METACO
Jakob is a seasoned entrepreneur, fintech and digital asset expert, with a proven track record in banking technology focused on digital asset custody and trading, tokenization and various other use cases using blockchain technology. His work with banks, financial service providers and FinTechs spans Digital Assets, Trading, Portfolio Management, Big Data and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence. During these projects, Jakob has led big teams in globally distributed setups. Jakob holds an engineering master’s degree in Computer Science from ETH Zurich and an Executive MBA from GSBA/SUNY in Zurich and New York.
Jakob Bosshard
Head of Ecosystem, Reserve Protocol
James is a 20 year veteran of tech investing (KPMG, Zone VC, angel) and corporate strategy and operations (Turner Broadcasting, Playboy, Warner Bros). He is currently the Head of Ecosystem at Reserve Protocol, a permissionless platform to launch and govern asset-backed stable currencies and the Reserve App now with $300M in monthly transactional volume in Latam using the asset backed RSV stablecoin. Reserve's investors include Peter Thiel, Sam Altman and Coinbase.
James is a 20 year veteran of tech investing (KPMG, Zone VC, angel) and corporate strategy and operations (Turner Broadcasting, Playboy, Warner Bros). He is currently the Head of Ecosystem at Reserve Protocol, a permissionless platform to launch and govern asset-backed stable currencies and the Reserve App now with $300M in monthly transactional volume in Latam using the asset backed RSV stablecoin. Reserve's investors include Peter Thiel, Sam Altman and Coinbase.
James Glasscock
Editor-in-Chief, Politico
Jamil Anderlini
Principle Secretary, IT, Government of Telangana
Jayesh Ranjan
Managing Director, Business Development, CasperLabs
Joel Curado is Managing Director of Business Development at CasperLabs, responsible for worldwide business development and partnerships. Joel has over 15 years experience in the technology industry and smart cities vertical having previously worked at Cisco Systems as part their smart city practice and Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration initiative, leading the smart city vertical for Switzerland. Joel’s currently a PhD Candidate in Information Sciences and Technology on the topics of Blockchain Technologies, their adoption and implementation in smart cities. He is an Executive MBA Graduate, an Economist and specialised in Public Policy by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Joel Curado
Board Member / CIO / CEO, INATBA / CIRCULAR TREE / WALDEN HOLDING
Joerg Walden
Founder & CEO, EQTY Labs
Jonathan Dotan is the founder and CEO of EQTY Lab, a stealth startup designing applied cryptography to reinvent the corporate form for responsible AI. As a serial investor, he navigates the intersection of media, tech, and policy. He is a senior fellow at Stanford's Research Center for Blockchain Research and founded there the groundbreaking Starling Lab for Data Integrity. He received an MPhil in International Relations from Oxford University, St. Anthony's College.
Jonathan Dotan
CEO of Astronomica
Jonn Weinberg
Professor Emeritus of International Relations, American University
Joshua Goldstein
Founder of Stake Capital Group
Founder of Stake Capital Group ( Stake DAO, BlackPool Finance, rekt.news) and Curve core team member Bio : Blockchain OG. DeFi Builder. HW Eng. First Flash Loan of the history. Massive tech investor "The more your share, the more you get"
Founder of Stake Capital Group ( Stake DAO, BlackPool Finance, rekt.news) and Curve core team member Bio : Blockchain OG. DeFi Builder. HW Eng. First Flash Loan of the history. Massive tech investor "The more your share, the more you get"
Julien Bouteloup
CEO, Moelis & Co.
Ken started his career at Drexel in 1981, working closely with Michael Milken for years before joining DLJ, and building it into a powerhouse investment bank in Los Angeles. Ken started Moelis & Co in 2007. Moelis is widely recognized as the the most successful investment bank started in the last 20 years, with a current market cap over $3B
Ken Moelis
Partner at MLL Law
Kilian Schärli works with domestic and international clients in the technology, industrial and internet sectors. He specializes in the fields of blockchain technology, IP, unfair competition, licensing and distribution. He has particular expertise in commercial and transactional work relating to these fields. Kilian is a Co-Head of MLL Legal’s Tier 1 Blockchain Technologies and MLLStart! industry groups.
Kilian Schärli works with domestic and international clients in the technology, industrial and internet sectors. He specializes in the fields of blockchain technology, IP, unfair competition, licensing and distribution. He has particular expertise in commercial and transactional work relating to these fields. Kilian is a Co-Head of MLL Legal’s Tier 1 Blockchain Technologies and MLLStart! industry groups.
Kilian Schärli
Co-Founder, Genesis Code by De Venoge
Enjoys disrupting the traditional wine industry
Enjoys disrupting the traditional wine industry
Lars Kalkdijk
President of IPwe
Leann Pinto is an expert in patent monetization, having personally generated over $150 million in revenue at IBM as the Director of Patent Licensing at IBM. Leann’s introduction to patents and monetization started in the pharmaceutical industry, where she represented both generic and brand pharma companies, including as a patent litigator achieving notable victories for numerous international brand pharma companies. As President of IPwe, she oversees day-to-day executive management, operational growth, corporate strategy, and enterprise relationships.Fun fact: Leann grew up on a pig farm in Ohio.
Leann Pinto is an expert in patent monetization, having personally generated over $150 million in revenue at IBM as the Director of Patent Licensing at IBM. Leann’s introduction to patents and monetization started in the pharmaceutical industry, where she represented both generic and brand pharma companies, including as a patent litigator achieving notable victories for numerous international brand pharma companies. As President of IPwe, she oversees day-to-day executive management, operational growth, corporate strategy, and enterprise relationships.Fun fact: Leann grew up on a pig farm in Ohio.
Leann Pinto
CEO of FLUIDEFI
Lisa Loud
Founder of Crypto Mondays
Lou Kerner
Global head of Investments, CV VC
Lukas Etter
Serial Entrepeneur, Board Member at CasperLabs
Marc Degen is an experienced entrepreneur with unquenchable creative urge and a passion for people and business ventures with multiple exits and failures. As Board Member, Founder and Co-founder of various businesses in the fields of digital services, telecommunications, and Web3, he focuses on growing ideas into profitable businesses by implementing digital services and maximising opportunities for revenue growth.
Marc Degen is an experienced entrepreneur with unquenchable creative urge and a passion for people and business ventures with multiple exits and failures. As Board Member, Founder and Co-founder of various businesses in the fields of digital services, telecommunications, and Web3, he focuses on growing ideas into profitable businesses by implementing digital services and maximising opportunities for revenue growth.
Marc Degen
Executive Board Member & Managing Director, Emerging Tech Association and Block Blox
Marco Aniballi
Co-Founder and Strategy Advisor at NFT Technologies; Founder at IBC Group
Mario Nawfal
CEO & Founder, 21.Finance AG
Entrepreneur, CEO & Investor | I provide legally compliant software and service solutions with 21finance and develop a global distribution network for financial products and services. We are implementing the first multilateral trading and settlement system for tokenized stocks, bonds and funds in Europe. The EU pilot regime, whose application phase will start in March 2023, will enable fully regulated DLT trading and settlement systems (DLT-TSS) for the transparent and secure trading of traditional and digital financial products and their custody in the future.
Max Heinzle
CEO of Rotonda, Burrito Wallet (Bithumb Mobile Wallet)
Max Shin
Co-Founder/CTO of CasperLabs
Medha Parlikar
Founding Director, Filecoin
Megan Klimen is the co-founding director of Filecoin Foundation and Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web. Previously, she was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of 3Scan, a biotech startup that developed 3D robotic serial sectioning microscopes, with the mission of enabling big data analysis of human tissue for applications including clinical diagnostics, drug discovery, 3D organ printing, and brain mapping. She took the company from idea to a value of $160 million. The company was acquired in 2019. She co-ran an open data project in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, that organized and made available academic and military research, co-organized the open-source “BIL” Conference, and is a founding member of Women in Hardware.
Megan Klimen is the co-founding director of Filecoin Foundation and Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web. Previously, she was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of 3Scan, a biotech startup that developed 3D robotic serial sectioning microscopes, with the mission of enabling big data analysis of human tissue for applications including clinical diagnostics, drug discovery, 3D organ printing, and brain mapping. She took the company from idea to a value of $160 million. The company was acquired in 2019. She co-ran an open data project in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, that organized and made available academic and military research, co-organized the open-source “BIL” Conference, and is a founding member of Women in Hardware.
Megan Klimen
Chief Marketing Officer at ADVASA
Mia Mixan is the Chief Marketing Officer at ADVASA, a Fintech company that leverages blockchain technology to provide wage-related services to employees. Mia has a proven track record of successfully driving brand awareness and customer engagement through innovative marketing strategies, with particular expertise in B2B marketing for blockchain technology companies. In her role at ADVASA, Mia is committed to bringing U.S. employees better financial inclusion opportunities through blockchain-enabled Earned Wage Access.
Mia Mixan is the Chief Marketing Officer at ADVASA, a Fintech company that leverages blockchain technology to provide wage-related services to employees. Mia has a proven track record of successfully driving brand awareness and customer engagement through innovative marketing strategies, with particular expertise in B2B marketing for blockchain technology companies. In her role at ADVASA, Mia is committed to bringing U.S. employees better financial inclusion opportunities through blockchain-enabled Earned Wage Access.
Mia Mixan
CTO, BonqDAO
Micha is an innovator at heart and a tech leader in blockchain and computer science. Micha has overseen the tech strategy of the Energy Web Foundation and made the EW-Decentralised Operating System a success. He is now looking forward to building the next generation of financial infrastructure that will combine DeFi and TradFi.
Micha is an innovator at heart and a tech leader in blockchain and computer science. Micha has overseen the tech strategy of the Energy Web Foundation and made the EW-Decentralised Operating System a success. He is now looking forward to building the next generation of financial infrastructure that will combine DeFi and TradFi.
Micha Roon
Chief Content Officer at CoinDesk
Michael Casey
Chief Marketing Officer, CasperLabs
Michael Dobak
Partner at Golden Gate Ventures
Michael Lints has 20+ years of experience as a startup operator and investor. He is currently a partner at the Singapore-based VC Golden Gate Ventures. As a partner, he focuses on institutional fundraising. Michael supports the firm on portfolio-level priorities e.g., fundraising and capital allocation.In 2000 Michael co-founded an IT-managed services startup in Europe that was acquired in 2006. He joined the Economic Development Board Rotterdam as Vice Chairman in 2007. In that role, he launched the Young Economic Development Board,Michael is an active writer and a co-director of an award-winning social impact documentary called Broken Chains.
Michael Lints has 20+ years of experience as a startup operator and investor. He is currently a partner at the Singapore-based VC Golden Gate Ventures. As a partner, he focuses on institutional fundraising. Michael supports the firm on portfolio-level priorities e.g., fundraising and capital allocation.In 2000 Michael co-founded an IT-managed services startup in Europe that was acquired in 2006. He joined the Economic Development Board Rotterdam as Vice Chairman in 2007. In that role, he launched the Young Economic Development Board,Michael is an active writer and a co-director of an award-winning social impact documentary called Broken Chains.
Michael Lints
CTO at MAKE, Co-Founder of CasperLabs
Michael is a co-founder of CasperLabs and the co-founder and CTO of MAKE. MAKE invests in and develops innovative technology in high-impact industries, such as public health and blockchain. As such, it has become a key contributor to the Casper ecosystem.Michael is a 20+ year CTO at leading companies, including Playsino, Mandalay, THQ and Distefora. Among other things, Michael is known for publishing the very first downloadable mobile games, which gave birth to the app economy. Michael has architected and overseen the development of applications and platforms used by hundreds of millions of users around the world.
Michael is a co-founder of CasperLabs and the co-founder and CTO of MAKE. MAKE invests in and develops innovative technology in high-impact industries, such as public health and blockchain. As such, it has become a key contributor to the Casper ecosystem.Michael is a 20+ year CTO at leading companies, including Playsino, Mandalay, THQ and Distefora. Among other things, Michael is known for publishing the very first downloadable mobile games, which gave birth to the app economy. Michael has architected and overseen the development of applications and platforms used by hundreds of millions of users around the world.
Michael Steuer
CEO of Threedium
CEO of Threedium - Envisioning and shaping the future of 3D Internet & Commerce. Used to be known as a passionate entrepreneur with international experience in the launch and development growth of new innovative businesses. He has worked with startups and multinational companies globally in sectors ranging from fashion, retail, to food & beverage, tourism and telecommunications.
CEO of Threedium - Envisioning and shaping the future of 3D Internet & Commerce. Used to be known as a passionate entrepreneur with international experience in the launch and development growth of new innovative businesses. He has worked with startups and multinational companies globally in sectors ranging from fashion, retail, to food & beverage, tourism and telecommunications.
Mike Charalambous
Co-Founder & CEO of CasperLabs
Mrinal is a technology and finance leader previously with Microsoft, Bain, and Bain Capital. He ran the TMT sector of a $1B+ hedge fund, and became an early investor in Ethereum, Blockstack, FileCoin, MakerDAO and more.
Mrinal Manohar
VP Developer Ecosystems, NVIDIA and Chairman, Metaverse Standards Forum
Neil Trevett
Senior Business Development Manager at CasperLabs
Niamh O'Connell
Strategic Advisor, Space Social Club
Nicole Patrice De Member
CTO & Co-Founder at Metacask
Nim has been in financial services for over 20 years, starting his career at Goldman Sachs. His background is building trading systems, which took him to GSR in 2017 to develop the trading system there. He helped GSR grow to become one of the biggest market makers in digital assets, before moving on to founding his own project, Metacask, which combines his love of whisky with blockchain! He likes collecting NFT art and unusual watches!
Nim has been in financial services for over 20 years, starting his career at Goldman Sachs. His background is building trading systems, which took him to GSR in 2017 to develop the trading system there. He helped GSR grow to become one of the biggest market makers in digital assets, before moving on to founding his own project, Metacask, which combines his love of whisky with blockchain! He likes collecting NFT art and unusual watches!
Nimantha Siriwardana
Managing Director at State Street Digital
Nitin Gaur has recently joined State Street Digital as Managing Director, leading Digital Asset and Technology Design, with aspirations to transition part of the company’s financial market infrastructure and its clients to the new digital economy. In previous role Nitin Gaur, served as Founder and Director of IBM Digital Asset Labs - committed to devising industry standards, use cases and working towards making blockchain for enterprise a reality.
Nitin Gaur has recently joined State Street Digital as Managing Director, leading Digital Asset and Technology Design, with aspirations to transition part of the company’s financial market infrastructure and its clients to the new digital economy. In previous role Nitin Gaur, served as Founder and Director of IBM Digital Asset Labs - committed to devising industry standards, use cases and working towards making blockchain for enterprise a reality.
Nitin Gaur
Global Marketing Director, SmartMedia Tech
Noelle is an experienced marketeer and business development strategist having worked with leading brands including Four Seasons, Rosewood Hotels, Peroni, BBC World, and the Bicester Village Shopping Collection. She has led global digital marketing teams and is an expert within the creator economy. She is currently Global Marketing Director for SmartMedia Tech.
Noelle is an experienced marketeer and business development strategist having worked with leading brands including Four Seasons, Rosewood Hotels, Peroni, BBC World, and the Bicester Village Shopping Collection. She has led global digital marketing teams and is an expert within the creator economy. She is currently Global Marketing Director for SmartMedia Tech.
Noelle Reno
Co-Founder and CIO, CV VC
Co-founder and CIO of CV VC, Olaf is an astute and motivational investor with a 20-year career spanning international corporate banking, finance, and industrial advisory. Before transferring his acumen to blockchain, he was a banker at JPMorgan Chase in Switzerland, the UK, and Germany. Prior, he was an M&A and corporate finance advisor to the chemical industry across EMEA. Olaf has solid start-up experience across multiple sectors. Founder of nourishme GmbH and INTABA-Finance AG. MBA from ECU and BA in International Business from Accadis Hochschule. Olaf is also a Member of the Management Board in CVVC.
Olaf Hannemann
Academy Award Winning Director
Oliver Stone
CEO &, Founder, GameSwift
Pan Paragraf is an experienced lawyer and well know-known expert in the web3 gaming sector. As the Founder of GameSwift, he's building gaming infrastructure enabling games to scale for the mass adoption. Moreover he's expanding the business by creating a group of subsidiary blockchain gaming studios.Curious fact: I have a pretty popular Twitter profile with almost 60k followers. https://twitter.com/PanParagraf
Pan Paragraf is an experienced lawyer and well know-known expert in the web3 gaming sector. As the Founder of GameSwift, he's building gaming infrastructure enabling games to scale for the mass adoption. Moreover he's expanding the business by creating a group of subsidiary blockchain gaming studios.Curious fact: I have a pretty popular Twitter profile with almost 60k followers. https://twitter.com/PanParagraf
Pan Paragraf
CEO & Founder of Paolo Ghilani & Friends Ltd
Paola is a seasoned executive in the domain of strategy & management integrating innovation & sustainability as key success factors.Next to offering her services as a consultant to corporations, SME’s and start-ups, Paola currently assumes non-executive board roles at Migros Genossenschaftsbund, Romande Energie Holding, Transitec, Utilità Foundation, and she is chairwoman of the Zürcher Cantonal Bank/Swisscanto advisory board for Sustainable Investment Funds. She played a key role in developing the Fairtrade Label worldwide.Paola Ghillani was selected in 2000 as Global Leader for Tomorrow (GLT) by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In 2009, she was awarded the Great Binding Prize for nature and environment protection in Vaduz for her lifework
Paola is a seasoned executive in the domain of strategy & management integrating innovation & sustainability as key success factors.Next to offering her services as a consultant to corporations, SME’s and start-ups, Paola currently assumes non-executive board roles at Migros Genossenschaftsbund, Romande Energie Holding, Transitec, Utilità Foundation, and she is chairwoman of the Zürcher Cantonal Bank/Swisscanto advisory board for Sustainable Investment Funds. She played a key role in developing the Fairtrade Label worldwide.Paola Ghillani was selected in 2000 as Global Leader for Tomorrow (GLT) by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In 2009, she was awarded the Great Binding Prize for nature and environment protection in Vaduz for her lifework
Paola Ghilani
Managing Director at Coral Capital
Patrick Horsman
General Partner Europe, Alpha Sigma Capital Web3 Fund
Patrick’s experience spans 30 years as a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and investment banker. He has co-founded and scaled companies, raised and invested hundreds of millions in growth capital, and achieved many successful exits via M&A and IPOs. He is an experienced and successful investor in blockchain, digital assets, and Web3 companies through his family office comprising a portfolio of over 40 direct investment built over the last 5 years, as well as, half a dozen investments in leading venture funds. He is a frequent speaker and industry specialist on all things Fintech, Web3, and blockchain. Apart from Web3 Patrick is also very passionate about actively fighting Climate Change though significant investments energy storage and carbon capture businesses.
Patrick’s experience spans 30 years as a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and investment banker. He has co-founded and scaled companies, raised and invested hundreds of millions in growth capital, and achieved many successful exits via M&A and IPOs. He is an experienced and successful investor in blockchain, digital assets, and Web3 companies through his family office comprising a portfolio of over 40 direct investment built over the last 5 years, as well as, half a dozen investments in leading venture funds. He is a frequent speaker and industry specialist on all things Fintech, Web3, and blockchain. Apart from Web3 Patrick is also very passionate about actively fighting Climate Change though significant investments energy storage and carbon capture businesses.
Patrick Martin
M.D., Founder & Executive Chairman of the Board of XPRIZE Foundation
Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the Executive Founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world’s leaders on exponentially growing technologies. As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. He is Co-founder and Vice-Chairman of Celularity, Inc., a cellular therapeutics company, and of Vaxxinity, Inc. which develops vaccines to harness the immune system against COVID and chronic diseases. Diamandis is Co-founder & Chairman of Fountain Life, a fully-integrated platform delivering predictive, preventative, personalized and data-driven health. Finally, he also serves as Co-founder of BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with $250M investing in exponential technologies. Diamandis is a New York Times Bestselling author of four books: Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think, BOLD – How to go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the World and The Future is Faster Than You Think. Most recently he co-Authored the #1 best seller LIFE FORCE with Tony Robbins which chronicles the extraordinary healthcare and biotech revolution unfolding before our eyes. He earned degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from MIT and holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Diamandis’ favorite saying is “The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.”
Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the Executive Founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world’s leaders on exponentially growing technologies. As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. He is Co-founder and Vice-Chairman of Celularity, Inc., a cellular therapeutics company, and of Vaxxinity, Inc. which develops vaccines to harness the immune system against COVID and chronic diseases. Diamandis is Co-founder & Chairman of Fountain Life, a fully-integrated platform delivering predictive, preventative, personalized and data-driven health. Finally, he also serves as Co-founder of BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with $250M investing in exponential technologies. Diamandis is a New York Times Bestselling author of four books: Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think, BOLD – How to go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the World and The Future is Faster Than You Think. Most recently he co-Authored the #1 best seller LIFE FORCE with Tony Robbins which chronicles the extraordinary healthcare and biotech revolution unfolding before our eyes. He earned degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from MIT and holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Diamandis’ favorite saying is “The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.”
Peter H. Diamandis
Co-Founder and CEO, GenTwo
Philippe is business leader and active investor with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and avid experience in investment and merchant banking, general management, and corporate governance. He is a seasoned investment banker, Philippe has worked in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. over the course of three decades, establishing an international network of financial institutions and investment funds that operated under his direct leadership. He brings valuable knowledge, expertise, and insight in trading, structuring, and creating investment strategies and product development.
Philippe A. Naegeli
Director Agriculture, Food & Water including Forestry at FMO - Dutch Development Bank
After a long career in international commercial banking, Pieternel joined the purpose driven Dutch Development Bank, FMO, in 2018 as Global Director Agribusiness, Food and Water. As a leading impact investor, FMO supports sustainable private sector growth in developing countries, empowering entrepreneurs to make local economies more inclusive, productive, resilient, and sustainable. Next to her role at FMO she held Non-executive Board positions and advisory roles with different public/private organizations involved in agriculture and sustainability.Funfact: she loves organising, preparing and presenting music quizzes
Pieternel Boogaard
Managing Director, Peterson Projects SA
Prakhar Goel is an environmental impacts and sustainability strategy expert with over 10 years of experience in developing and leading global projects. He is the Managing Director at Peterson Projects and Solutions in Switzerland. Trained as industrial ecologist, he has detailed knowledge of carbon footprints, supply chain management, LCAs, sustainability reporting framework and their implementation in international businesses.He has experience of managing international projects in more than 15 countries and has successfully delivered projects in the sector of textile, food, agriculture and energy.
Prakhar Goel is an environmental impacts and sustainability strategy expert with over 10 years of experience in developing and leading global projects. He is the Managing Director at Peterson Projects and Solutions in Switzerland. Trained as industrial ecologist, he has detailed knowledge of carbon footprints, supply chain management, LCAs, sustainability reporting framework and their implementation in international businesses.He has experience of managing international projects in more than 15 countries and has successfully delivered projects in the sector of textile, food, agriculture and energy.
Prakhar Goel
General Partner at Woodstock Fund
Pranav is a seasoned professional with over fifteen years of experience and has taken on leadership roles covering functions and verticals such as business development, sales and distribution, asset management, private equity and insurance. At Woodstock, he is responsible for devising and executing strategies encompassing fund structure, people, deal flow, fundraising, investment management, governance, compliance, and risk management.
Pranav is a seasoned professional with over fifteen years of experience and has taken on leadership roles covering functions and verticals such as business development, sales and distribution, asset management, private equity and insurance. At Woodstock, he is responsible for devising and executing strategies encompassing fund structure, people, deal flow, fundraising, investment management, governance, compliance, and risk management.
Pranav Sharma
Founder and CEO, AllianceBlock
Rachid is a serial entrepreneur with an obsession for modelling, analytics development, quantitative analysis and data science. For the last decade, he has been developing and implementing models and methodologies to help top organisations with forecasting and risk management. In 2017, he completed the building and deployment of a highly scalable deep learning models in artificial intelligence applied to computer vision for VINCI, which commissioned him orchestrating the ambitious “smart highways and smart cities” project, combining AI and Blockchain.
Rachid Ajaja
SVP - Emerging Technologies at Tech Mahindra
Rajesh Dhuddu shapes thought leadership & approach of Tech Mahindra, a USD 6.5 billion IT conglomerate in areas of Blockchain, Web 3.0, Metaverse and other emerging Technologies. He helps global CXOs in internalizing these technologies and making them relevant to address unsolved, under addressed and under serviced business needs. He is an alumnus of Columbia Business School & Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, featured regularly by various industry analysts as a thought leader who has the unique ability of simplifying complex technologies, making them relevant now. He is an avid cyclist, substituted cycling with Surya Namaskars and Sudarshan Kriya for physical fitness and holistic wellness.
Rajesh Dhuddu shapes thought leadership & approach of Tech Mahindra, a USD 6.5 billion IT conglomerate in areas of Blockchain, Web 3.0, Metaverse and other emerging Technologies. He helps global CXOs in internalizing these technologies and making them relevant to address unsolved, under addressed and under serviced business needs. He is an alumnus of Columbia Business School & Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, featured regularly by various industry analysts as a thought leader who has the unique ability of simplifying complex technologies, making them relevant now. He is an avid cyclist, substituted cycling with Surya Namaskars and Sudarshan Kriya for physical fitness and holistic wellness.
Rajesh Dhuddu
Board Member, Casper Association
Ralf Kubli is an experienced executive with a strong background in blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized technology. Ralf's career spans roles in M&A, sales and executive management positions in large corporations and technology startups. He discovered Blockchain through a Fintech investment in 2015.
Ralf Kubli
Co-Chair, IEEE Blockchain Technical Community
Ramesh Ramadoss is an entrepreneur, author, researcher, and international speaker. He is a co-chair of the IEEE Blockchain Technical Community. He serves as a board member of the IEEE Standards Association. He serves on the Expert Panel of the European Union Blockchain Observatory and Forum (EUBOF). He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado, USA. He is the author or co-author of 1 book, 3 book chapters and 55 research papers. Since 2017, he has been actively involved in the blockchain field and has delivered talks at over 120 international conferences in 40 countries.
Ramesh Ramadoss is an entrepreneur, author, researcher, and international speaker. He is a co-chair of the IEEE Blockchain Technical Community. He serves as a board member of the IEEE Standards Association. He serves on the Expert Panel of the European Union Blockchain Observatory and Forum (EUBOF). He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado, USA. He is the author or co-author of 1 book, 3 book chapters and 55 research papers. Since 2017, he has been actively involved in the blockchain field and has delivered talks at over 120 international conferences in 40 countries.
Ramesh Ramadoss
Founder, Nova Groep
Ramon AB
CEO, Lukka
Robert Matterazzi
Founder, PossibleX
Roksana Ciurysek Gedir is a financier, artist and entrepreneur with a passion for sustainability-led and forward looking innovations. She is Chairwoman of White Oak Global Advisors’ Impact Advisory Board, Chairwoman of Impact One, founder of Possible X, and trusted advisor to CEOs globally and guest lecturer at Stanford University. She is known for fusing art, finance and technology to challenge status quos across a number of different industries.Having worked for over two decades as a banker and financier in corporate finance, wealth management and investment banking from time spent at Credit Suisse, Edmond de Rothschild, Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan, EBRD and most notably biggest Polish Bank - Bank Pekao in Poland where she was recently deputy CEO and Vice President of the Management Board. As an artist, Roksana has expressed her passion for sustainability and innovation by creating an impact art movement launched during COP26 with the launch of her recycled stainless steel sculpture “Aurea”. Her media before sculptures has been photography printed on metal with diamonds. Roksana is also an Artist in Residence for Faberge where she explores the complex relationship between luxury, contemporary art and sustainability.In film, Roksana is the Producer of Battle for Britain, a short film highlighting the role of Polish pilots in the Battle of Britain, starring Julian Glover. She is also an Executive Producer of Oliver Stone's latest documentary on demystifying nuclear power, Nuclear Now!In 2014 she was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. She is CFA ® Charterholder, holding a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Master’s degree in Management and Economics from the Technical University of Gdansk, Poland. She is also member of YPO and the mother of two sons.
Roksana Ciurysek-Gedir
Partner, MLL
Ronald specializes in tech/fintech law, contract law, VC-financing and financial market law with a focus on disruptive technologies, in particular DLT (blockchain technology) and cloud solutions.
Ronald Kogens
Head of Banking, FinTech and Digital Assets at Citi Global Insights
Ronit Ghose
SVP and Channel Chief, Unstoppable Domains
Sandy Carter
Founder & CBO at TASSETS INC
Sanjeev Birari is an Global Entrepreneur and C-level executive with two decades of formative work experience in Technology and Investment Management and the cross-cultural acumen to strengthen international connections. Sanjeev is an informed business partner building long-term relationships with Global & local Institutional Investors & U/HNW private clients. Sanjeev combined his real estate expertise & his passion towards blockchain Technology to create Tassets Inc, a Silicon Valley-based Web 3.0 technology company; Tassets’ mission is to pioneer the creation of Tokenization as a Solution (TaaS), an entirely new model for capital raising and alternate investing in physical assets using Web 3.0 technologies. The group drives the vision of a world where every person, regardless of wealth, can invest in and benefit from alternate investing in physical assets.
Sanjeev Birari is an Global Entrepreneur and C-level executive with two decades of formative work experience in Technology and Investment Management and the cross-cultural acumen to strengthen international connections. Sanjeev is an informed business partner building long-term relationships with Global & local Institutional Investors & U/HNW private clients. Sanjeev combined his real estate expertise & his passion towards blockchain Technology to create Tassets Inc, a Silicon Valley-based Web 3.0 technology company; Tassets’ mission is to pioneer the creation of Tokenization as a Solution (TaaS), an entirely new model for capital raising and alternate investing in physical assets using Web 3.0 technologies. The group drives the vision of a world where every person, regardless of wealth, can invest in and benefit from alternate investing in physical assets.
Sanjeev Birari
CEO of ProDecipher
With leadership positions in various organizations spanning multiple industries, Sanket started ProDecipher to bring traceability to product supply chains. The team at ProDecipher is driven by one vision: to make sure we hit and surpass sustainability targets by making supply chains transparent. Sanket believes strongly in a transparent world with clear agendas, but no hidden agendas.
Sanket Bhatia
Co-Founder and CEO of Dacoco GmbH, Co-Founder of Alien Worlds
Sarojini McKenna is Co-Founder and CEO of Dacoco GmbH, the largest contributing development company to one of the largest community-based metaverses, Alien Worlds. She has been a pioneer of DAO governance and tooling across multiple layer 1s since 2018, and was recently named one of the top 36 women revolutionizing crypto by TechRound. Saro holds an MA Hons from Oxford University, where she was a Mrs. JH McKeown scholar.
Sarojini McKenna is Co-Founder and CEO of Dacoco GmbH, the largest contributing development company to one of the largest community-based metaverses, Alien Worlds. She has been a pioneer of DAO governance and tooling across multiple layer 1s since 2018, and was recently named one of the top 36 women revolutionizing crypto by TechRound. Saro holds an MA Hons from Oxford University, where she was a Mrs. JH McKeown scholar.
Sarojini McKenna
Investment Manager at Swisscom Ventures
Hiked up Kilimanjaro und retired from alpine hiking right after
Hiked up Kilimanjaro und retired from alpine hiking right after
Semih Kaçan
Executive Partner, Web3.0 and Sustainability at IBM Consulting
Shyam Nagarajan
Chief Digital Officer, Switzerland Tourism
Stefan Künzle is Chief Digital Officer of Switzerland Tourism, the Swiss National Tourist Office, since July 2020. In this role, he and his team are in charge of showcasing the beauty of Switzerland’s unique touristic offering through digital experiences. Prior joining Switzerland Tourism, Stefan had held various positions in the medical devices industry, always in conjunction to eCommerce and digital transformation.He enjoys spare time with his family and learns from his 7-year-old daughter how to create new worlds in the game Minecraft and keeps himself busy with his intelligent photovoltaic that keeps him dreaming of living energy autarkic one day.
Stefan Künzle
Managing Director of Koch Disruptive Technologies
Stephen MacKenzie is Managing Director at Koch Disruptive Technologies, and former Chief Counsel at Koch Companies Public Sector, both based in Wichita, Kansas. Koch Disruptive Technologies is Koch’s early-stage investment group, where Steve leads the investment strategy in blockchain, crypto and Web3 technologies. Prior to the MD role, Steve served as acting general counsel for several of Koch’s emerging businesses in the software, robotic actuation, and industrial analytics markets. Prior to the Chief Counsel role, he served in various capacities as intellectual property and litigation counsel for a number of Koch Industries’ companies.
Stephen MacKenzie is Managing Director at Koch Disruptive Technologies, and former Chief Counsel at Koch Companies Public Sector, both based in Wichita, Kansas. Koch Disruptive Technologies is Koch’s early-stage investment group, where Steve leads the investment strategy in blockchain, crypto and Web3 technologies. Prior to the MD role, Steve served as acting general counsel for several of Koch’s emerging businesses in the software, robotic actuation, and industrial analytics markets. Prior to the Chief Counsel role, he served in various capacities as intellectual property and litigation counsel for a number of Koch Industries’ companies.
Stephen MacKenzie
Director of Strategic Relations at Casper Association
More than 25 years as an entrepreneur, building companies in tech, real estate development and solely in the blockchain space since early 2017. Co-Founder of Casper, blockchain investor and wannabe degen. Passionately working with NFT, Gaming and Metaverse projects building on the Casper Ecosystem. I live in the Pacific Northwest and love boating and playing golf.
More than 25 years as an entrepreneur, building companies in tech, real estate development and solely in the blockchain space since early 2017. Co-Founder of Casper, blockchain investor and wannabe degen. Passionately working with NFT, Gaming and Metaverse projects building on the Casper Ecosystem. I live in the Pacific Northwest and love boating and playing golf.
Steve Careaga
Founder & Executive Chair, OpenESG
Tee Ganbold is a technology executive with experience as an operator and investor in frontier technology companies (from OpenESG, Clear AI, Cambridge Analytica, ConsenSys to Intrepid Capital Partners, Fabric Ventures and Stelium Ventures), specializing in building ecosystems, go-to-market strategies and growth hacking. She is committed to building resilient, efficient and equitable economies by working with best-in-class teams and technologies that share her vision.Tee is passionate about helping executives, regulators and the public understand high-level concepts in an accessible way, particularly in technology, so everyone can see the benefits. Tee has helped not only companies, but the public understand what data ownership is, how we can monetise our own data, and the ethics surrounding it with public talks with the European Commission, XPrize and United Nations International Telecommunications Union (UN ITU).
Tee Ganbold is a technology executive with experience as an operator and investor in frontier technology companies (from OpenESG, Clear AI, Cambridge Analytica, ConsenSys to Intrepid Capital Partners, Fabric Ventures and Stelium Ventures), specializing in building ecosystems, go-to-market strategies and growth hacking. She is committed to building resilient, efficient and equitable economies by working with best-in-class teams and technologies that share her vision.Tee is passionate about helping executives, regulators and the public understand high-level concepts in an accessible way, particularly in technology, so everyone can see the benefits. Tee has helped not only companies, but the public understand what data ownership is, how we can monetise our own data, and the ethics surrounding it with public talks with the European Commission, XPrize and United Nations International Telecommunications Union (UN ITU).
Tee Ganbold
COO and Founder at Metaverse Capital
New to cryptocurrency, blockchain and web3 gaming but long in the tooth on organisational development. I have a masters level management degree, over ten years in senior management and organisational development. My passion for social change drew me towards the potential of blockchain technology to transcend harmful political barriers and contribute to creating a social infrastructure where our kids can thrive. I look forward to the next iteration of human development led by web 3 and the metaverse. Fun fact: I am an irish south african with sweden as a home. Decentralised much?
New to cryptocurrency, blockchain and web3 gaming but long in the tooth on organisational development. I have a masters level management degree, over ten years in senior management and organisational development. My passion for social change drew me towards the potential of blockchain technology to transcend harmful political barriers and contribute to creating a social infrastructure where our kids can thrive. I look forward to the next iteration of human development led by web 3 and the metaverse. Fun fact: I am an irish south african with sweden as a home. Decentralised much?
Tim McCann
Sustainability Officer & Blockchain Intrapreneur at Siemens Smart Infrastructure
Tobias is acting globally as Sustainability Officer across the entire Solutions & Services portfolio in Siemens Smart Infrastructure. But he is also innovating as Intrapreneur of a Startup for Siemens, developing a blockchain-based marketplace to tokenize sustainable assets with ESG-impact. Before taking over his actual responsibilities, he led Global Sales and developed a Global Solution Portfolio to enable energy efficiency and sustainability for buildings and energy infrastructure. Tobias represented Siemens in various working groups, e.g. as Chairman of the European ESCO association. He is active as guest lecturer at European universities, sharing knowledge and experiences with the next generation. Recently he became Member of the Crypto Sustainability Coalition for the World Economic Forum. Tobias Huber was born 1973 in Munich. He studied Business Administration with major in Marketing, Computer Science and is holding an MBA.
Tobias is acting globally as Sustainability Officer across the entire Solutions & Services portfolio in Siemens Smart Infrastructure. But he is also innovating as Intrapreneur of a Startup for Siemens, developing a blockchain-based marketplace to tokenize sustainable assets with ESG-impact. Before taking over his actual responsibilities, he led Global Sales and developed a Global Solution Portfolio to enable energy efficiency and sustainability for buildings and energy infrastructure. Tobias represented Siemens in various working groups, e.g. as Chairman of the European ESCO association. He is active as guest lecturer at European universities, sharing knowledge and experiences with the next generation. Recently he became Member of the Crypto Sustainability Coalition for the World Economic Forum. Tobias Huber was born 1973 in Munich. He studied Business Administration with major in Marketing, Computer Science and is holding an MBA.
Tobias Huber
Managing Partner of Ropart Asset Management
Todd A Goergen
CEO & Founder of RampRate
Tony brings decades of experience in harnessing technology and analytics to create, measure, and refine social impact initiatives. Since founding RampRate in 2000, Tony has brought transparency and governance to the opaque and often corrupt technology sales process and ensured that ESG / CSR factors were included in billions of dollars buying decisions of large enterprises such as eBay, Sony, CBS, and 250+ others. In addition to his experience as CEO of Ramprate, Tony Greenberg is Chairman and co-founder of Menagerie, a DAO ecosystem aggregator platform. Tony also serves as a Voting Associate with DEVxDAO.
Tony brings decades of experience in harnessing technology and analytics to create, measure, and refine social impact initiatives. Since founding RampRate in 2000, Tony has brought transparency and governance to the opaque and often corrupt technology sales process and ensured that ESG / CSR factors were included in billions of dollars buying decisions of large enterprises such as eBay, Sony, CBS, and 250+ others. In addition to his experience as CEO of Ramprate, Tony Greenberg is Chairman and co-founder of Menagerie, a DAO ecosystem aggregator platform. Tony also serves as a Voting Associate with DEVxDAO.
Tony Greenberg
DJ, Music Producer
Twiggy Garcia
Co-Founder and Chairman at Faith Tribe DAOFounder & CIO at TyreGate Capital Holdings, LTD.
Wahid Chammas
Founder/CEO, LDP Ventures/WEDO
Social Entrepreneur, Impact/Web3 Investor, Animal Advocate and DO GOODer!She’s the CEO / Founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) / #ChooseWOMEN, a global movement celebrated in 144 countries, and universities/ colleges worldwide with the mission to economically empower WOMEN to alleviate poverty.She is also the CEO/ Founder of LDP Ventures investing in impactful disruptive technologies and funds making a positive imprint on this world. Wendy has authored ten widely celebrated books, garnered three Guinness World Records, and has appeared in media outlets including CNBC, NBC, Bloomberg & The New York Times. She has also been a featured keynote speaker at the United Nations, Davos, and Harvard University.Wendy sits on the Boards of Ellis Island Honors Society, Global Alliance For a Sustainable Planet (GASP), Girls Club Capital, Humane Society of New York, and Grey Muzzle Foundation.Prior to WEDO, after learning 12 million animals were euthanized annually, Wendy founded Animal Fair Media, Inc the premiere pet lifestyle media platform bridging celebrity and pop culture to support animal rescue/welfare.
Social Entrepreneur, Impact/Web3 Investor, Animal Advocate and DO GOODer!She’s the CEO / Founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) / #ChooseWOMEN, a global movement celebrated in 144 countries, and universities/ colleges worldwide with the mission to economically empower WOMEN to alleviate poverty.She is also the CEO/ Founder of LDP Ventures investing in impactful disruptive technologies and funds making a positive imprint on this world. Wendy has authored ten widely celebrated books, garnered three Guinness World Records, and has appeared in media outlets including CNBC, NBC, Bloomberg & The New York Times. She has also been a featured keynote speaker at the United Nations, Davos, and Harvard University.Wendy sits on the Boards of Ellis Island Honors Society, Global Alliance For a Sustainable Planet (GASP), Girls Club Capital, Humane Society of New York, and Grey Muzzle Foundation.Prior to WEDO, after learning 12 million animals were euthanized annually, Wendy founded Animal Fair Media, Inc the premiere pet lifestyle media platform bridging celebrity and pop culture to support animal rescue/welfare.
Wendy Diamond
Partner, Barlow & Williams
William ("Bill") Barlow is a corporate lawyer specializing in blockchain technology. Previously, he worked for Debevoise & Plimpton, a top Wall Street law firm. Bill is the founder of Club Silk & Sail, a tokenized yacht fund being formed in Dubai. He has a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
William Barlow
CEO of Menagerie
Dr. Wulf Kaal is the CEO of Menagerie, a DAO ecosystem aggregator platform. Dr. Kaal is a community builder, entrepreneur, technologist, author, public speaker, expert at the intersection of law, business, and technology with a focus on emerging technology applications in broad arrays of industries, decentralized infrastructure, digital assets, DAOs, NFTs, and smart contracting, as well as private investment fund regulation and compliance. As the author of several books and over 100 academic articles, Dr. Kaal's proprietary datasets and research focus on emerging technology, innovation, digital assets, smart contracts, hedge funds, dynamic regulatory methods, and corporate governance. Dr. Kaal advises international policymakers, established corporations, startups, and venture capital funds on emerging technology solutions in FinTech and LegalTech. As an adviser, Kaal focuses on creating synergies for his clients and building successful emerging technology businesses, among others, on existing solutions.
Dr. Wulf Kaal is the CEO of Menagerie, a DAO ecosystem aggregator platform. Dr. Kaal is a community builder, entrepreneur, technologist, author, public speaker, expert at the intersection of law, business, and technology with a focus on emerging technology applications in broad arrays of industries, decentralized infrastructure, digital assets, DAOs, NFTs, and smart contracting, as well as private investment fund regulation and compliance. As the author of several books and over 100 academic articles, Dr. Kaal's proprietary datasets and research focus on emerging technology, innovation, digital assets, smart contracts, hedge funds, dynamic regulatory methods, and corporate governance. Dr. Kaal advises international policymakers, established corporations, startups, and venture capital funds on emerging technology solutions in FinTech and LegalTech. As an adviser, Kaal focuses on creating synergies for his clients and building successful emerging technology businesses, among others, on existing solutions.
Dr. Wulf Kaal
Director of the Digital Economy Directorate at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
Yulia Parkhomenko — Director of the Digital Economy Directorate of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine With over 10 years of experience in investment management Mrs. Parkhomenko joined the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine in 2020 as the Chief Expert of the Expert group on Investment Attractions. Thereafter, Julia was offered to join the Department for the Development and Financial Monitoring of the Virtual Assets Market of the Department of Digital Economy. In 2021, she led the strategic foresight "Virtual Assets in Ukraine 2030" for the development of a strategy for the growth of the virtual asset ecosystem. Mrs.Parkhomenko has been actively involved in developing crypto legislation in Ukraine, focusing on policy and taxation.In 2022, she led the E-residency project, which will provide legal status for foreigners, which makes it possible to run a small business online without a physical presence in Ukraine, and will be launched in 2023.
Yulia Parkhomenko — Director of the Digital Economy Directorate of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine With over 10 years of experience in investment management Mrs. Parkhomenko joined the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine in 2020 as the Chief Expert of the Expert group on Investment Attractions. Thereafter, Julia was offered to join the Department for the Development and Financial Monitoring of the Virtual Assets Market of the Department of Digital Economy. In 2021, she led the strategic foresight "Virtual Assets in Ukraine 2030" for the development of a strategy for the growth of the virtual asset ecosystem. Mrs.Parkhomenko has been actively involved in developing crypto legislation in Ukraine, focusing on policy and taxation.In 2022, she led the E-residency project, which will provide legal status for foreigners, which makes it possible to run a small business online without a physical presence in Ukraine, and will be launched in 2023.
Yulia Parkhomenko
President at IEEE Standards Association
Yu Yuan
CEO, Deepwaters
Made a career out of disrupting the status quo by challenging the prevailing assumptions.In the last 26 years created 8 startups, of which 2 were sold to the largest publicly traded companies in their space. Was the sole architect and designer of military satellite alternative system used by US Coast Guard, Taiwanese Navy, Egyptian Navy, etc. Ran 25 traders as a quant for own hedge fund.Fun fact: has a history of launching companies at the bottom of major economic upheavals.
Made a career out of disrupting the status quo by challenging the prevailing assumptions.In the last 26 years created 8 startups, of which 2 were sold to the largest publicly traded companies in their space. Was the sole architect and designer of military satellite alternative system used by US Coast Guard, Taiwanese Navy, Egyptian Navy, etc. Ran 25 traders as a quant for own hedge fund.Fun fact: has a history of launching companies at the bottom of major economic upheavals.
Zorrik Voldman
CEO of IBC Media
Abhishek Pitti
CEO, Murmuration Labs
Alex Feerst
CEO, MAKE
Alex is a senior strategist and product executive who builds companies on the front edge of innovation in blockchain, big data, multimodal distribution, content, and adtech.He has worked in Fortune 100 companies and founded multiple startups. Positions include Founder/ CEO of MAKE, Casper Labs, and Playsino Inc, as well as leadership roles at IGT, 20th Century Fox, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, A&E Networks, and Billboard Magazine. Alex has investing in and advised blockchain companies since 2013. He has led over $1 billion of M&A transactions. He holds an MBA from Columbia University and is a voting member for the Academy Awards.
Alex is a senior strategist and product executive who builds companies on the front edge of innovation in blockchain, big data, multimodal distribution, content, and adtech.He has worked in Fortune 100 companies and founded multiple startups. Positions include Founder/ CEO of MAKE, Casper Labs, and Playsino Inc, as well as leadership roles at IGT, 20th Century Fox, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, A&E Networks, and Billboard Magazine. Alex has investing in and advised blockchain companies since 2013. He has led over $1 billion of M&A transactions. He holds an MBA from Columbia University and is a voting member for the Academy Awards.
Alex Kelly
Founding Board Director of droplinked protocol
Ali Sammour is the co-founder of FLATLAY and one of the core contributors to the droplinked protocol. He lead innovation groups at Omnicom for entertainment companies to then go on to scale venture backed startups AddThis and FLATLAY. As a repeat founder and angel investor, he remains an active member of the startup community and enjoys supporting founders solving for impact driven problems.
Ali Sammour is the co-founder of FLATLAY and one of the core contributors to the droplinked protocol. He lead innovation groups at Omnicom for entertainment companies to then go on to scale venture backed startups AddThis and FLATLAY. As a repeat founder and angel investor, he remains an active member of the startup community and enjoys supporting founders solving for impact driven problems.
Ali Sammour
Co-Director & DLT Lead, Swiss FinTech Innovations
Co-Director & DLT Lead of the Swiss FinTech Innovations AssociationThought-leader in the digital business ecosystem space with focus on Digital Assets. Extensive experience in large scale digital transformation in the Financial Services industry.
Andra Maute
Founder/CEO, Rainfall
Amit is a seasoned startup founder, investor and speaker, who spends his time creating, evangelizing and investing in the future of responsible AI and decentralization. A 22-year veteran of Silicon Valley, he specifically focuses on technology, startups and systems that have a positive impact on the humans they serve. When he isn't working on using frontier technology to positively impact the lives of even the most vulnerable in society, he's often found rattling away facts about European Football Leagues most sports journalists aren't aware of!
Amit Pradhan
Founder at PHYGICODE, Chief of Strategy at Faith Tribe
Andrea Abrams is a fashion and retail industry veteran and global executive. She is a retail technology and blockchain investor, participating in pre-seed rounds of notable startups for physical and digital commerce. Andrea is the founder and Chief Metaverse Officer of PHYGICODE, a consortium of industry founders and leaders looking to create a phygital approach to Web3 adoption. Andrea is also Chief of Strategy at Faith Tribe , a Web3 platform and ecosystem devoted to open-sourcing fashion talent and unlocking opportunities for fashion creators and independent fashion businesses, using a Web2 ecosystem enabled by Web3 technology for on-chain activities using its dual chain token $FTRB. Andrea is a Board Advisor to prominent blockchain protocols and Web3 businesses and a Strategic Advisor to blockchain investment fund Scytale Ventures, among others. She is an Ambassador at AllStar Women NFT Club and a featured female leader in Women of The Future.
Andrea Abrams
COO, Creative Commons
Anna Tumadóttir is Chief Operating Officer at Creative Commons. She is responsible for exploring new areas of engagement for the organization, such as emerging technologies, as we as general operations, revenue, and strategic partnerships. She joined CC in September in 2019 to lead product, and oversaw the transition of CC Search to WordPress. Prior to joining CC, Anna spent a decade in ad tech startups, focused on product development and operations. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Macalester College and a master's degree in strategic management from the University of Iceland Business School.
Anna Tumadóttir
CEO of XPRIZE
Dr. Anousheh Ansari is an Astronaut, a Hi-tech serial entrepreneur and a global Change Maker. She is currently the CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, the world’s leader in designing and operating large incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges. Ansari sponsored the $10M Ansari XPRIZE, igniting a new era for commercial spaceflight. Prior, Ansari served as CEO of Prodea Systems, a leading Internet of Things technology firm. She captured international headlines by embarking upon an 11-day space expedition, becoming the first female private space explorer, first astronaut of Iranian descent, first Muslim woman in space, and fourth private explorer to visit space. Ansari co-founded The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, with a goal of investing $1 billion in women-founded companies by 2020. Her memoir, My Dream of Stars, aims to share her life story as inspiration for young women around the world.
Dr. Anousheh Ansari is an Astronaut, a Hi-tech serial entrepreneur and a global Change Maker. She is currently the CEO of the XPRIZE Foundation, the world’s leader in designing and operating large incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges. Ansari sponsored the $10M Ansari XPRIZE, igniting a new era for commercial spaceflight. Prior, Ansari served as CEO of Prodea Systems, a leading Internet of Things technology firm. She captured international headlines by embarking upon an 11-day space expedition, becoming the first female private space explorer, first astronaut of Iranian descent, first Muslim woman in space, and fourth private explorer to visit space. Ansari co-founded The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, with a goal of investing $1 billion in women-founded companies by 2020. Her memoir, My Dream of Stars, aims to share her life story as inspiration for young women around the world.
Anousheh Ansari
Founder & CTO, SHEQONOMI
Ms. Bhardwaj, fierce financial feminist is the Founder & CTO of SHEQONOMI, the world's first and only multi-platform WEB3 based podcast listening app built on Android, iOS, KaiOS, and Jio now available in 195 countries on KaiOS. SHEQONOMI is an award-winning COVID-innovation backed by the Islamic Development Bank, the Algorand Foundation, KaiOS, SDG Impact Accelerator, and Reliance Jio's Build For Bharat Accelerator. She is also the Founder of Krypto For Kids, which she created with her a-maz-ing daughter, ARYA. Anu is a Fulbright Scholar to the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, received her MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics, and studied Art History, Biochemistry, Communications, and Technology @ Georgetown University. She is most passionate about financial inclusion and gender equity, former Co-Chair of the 2019 Blockchain For Impact Summit at the United Nations.
Ms. Bhardwaj, fierce financial feminist is the Founder & CTO of SHEQONOMI, the world's first and only multi-platform WEB3 based podcast listening app built on Android, iOS, KaiOS, and Jio now available in 195 countries on KaiOS. SHEQONOMI is an award-winning COVID-innovation backed by the Islamic Development Bank, the Algorand Foundation, KaiOS, SDG Impact Accelerator, and Reliance Jio's Build For Bharat Accelerator. She is also the Founder of Krypto For Kids, which she created with her a-maz-ing daughter, ARYA. Anu is a Fulbright Scholar to the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, received her MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics, and studied Art History, Biochemistry, Communications, and Technology @ Georgetown University. She is most passionate about financial inclusion and gender equity, former Co-Chair of the 2019 Blockchain For Impact Summit at the United Nations.
Anu Bhardwaj
Head of Asset Allocators, Coinbase Institutional
Anthony Bassili is Head of Asset Allocators at Coinbase Institutional. He also leads Capital Introductions and the firm's Tokenization strategy. Former Head of Pensions for iShares and held various roles over a decade at BlackRock serving the asset allocator community.
Anthony Bassili is Head of Asset Allocators at Coinbase Institutional. He also leads Capital Introductions and the firm's Tokenization strategy. Former Head of Pensions for iShares and held various roles over a decade at BlackRock serving the asset allocator community.
Anthony Bassili
Founder/Managing Partner of SkyBridge Capital
Anthony Scaramucci
CEO, Ambika Inc
Aron Dutta has experience in various operating and leadership roles in business, technology, innovation, strategic consulting & advisory services, and entrepreneurial ventures, implementing next generation disruptive technologies and business models. Aron is the Founder of Ambika, Inc., a Business Venture Innovation Company (BVIC) focused on the next frontier of industries and economies. Prior to that, Mr. Dutta was a Global VP and Senior Partner at IBM, where he was responsible for establishing the Global Blockchain Center of Competency. He also spent time as a Managing Director at Cisco where he was the global head of Cisco's thought leadership and strategy on Fintech, and related investments. Prior to his time at Cisco, Dutta was the Co-Founder and SVP of Scient Corp (SCNT: NASDAQ) where he was responsible for seven global vertical industries and the Co-Founder and GM of Viant, Inc. (VIAN: NASDAQ), which he helped take public. Additional experience includes positions at Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., Salomon Brothers Inc, Department of Defense, TRW, and Distributed Information Systems Inc.
Aron Dutta
Director of Professional Services at CasperLabs
Ashok is Director of Professional Services at CasperLabs where he helps enterprises and strategic partners to build business applications on Casper. Prior to joining CasperLabs, Ashok spent 12 years at Google in India, Singapore, and the Bay Area where he led global professional services, large software programs, and operations teams. Before Google, Ashok served with the Indian Navy and retired as a Commander.
Ashok is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering and a post-grad in Nuclear Engineering from IIT, Kanpur. He has an MBA from XLRI and an Executive MBA from Stanford University.
Ashok Ranadive
CEO, Qenta
Brent de Jong
Director of Policy and Open Culture, Creative Commons
Brigitte is Director of Policy and Open Culture at Creative Commons. She is passionate about all things spanning culture, arts, handicraft, traditions, fashion and, of course, copyright law and policy. She gets a kick out of tackling the fuzzy legal and policy issues that stand in the way of access, use, re-use and remix of culture, information and knowledge.Before joining CC, she worked for a decade as a legal officer at WIPO and then ran her own consultancy, advising Europeana, SPARC Europe and others on copyright matters.Currently located in the Netherlands where she lives with her husband and two kids, Brigitte grew up living in eight different countries across North America, Africa and Europe but Montréal is where she proudly comes from.Brigitte is a fellow at the Canadian think tank Centre for International Governance Innovation. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the Université de Montréal and a master’s in law from Georgetown University. She has been a member of the Bar of Quebec since 2003.
Brigitte Vézina
Founder of Own Your Data Foundation
Brittany Kaiser
Founder, Chairman and CEO of WISeKey
Carlos Creus Moreira
Fellow (CISA) at the World Economic Forum
Cathy is a Fellow of the WEF and Co-Chair of the Crypto Impact and Sustainability Accelerator (CISA) WG1 on Energy Usage. She found her life's purpose in the North Pole.
Cathy is a Fellow of the WEF and Co-Chair of the Crypto Impact and Sustainability Accelerator (CISA) WG1 on Energy Usage. She found her life's purpose in the North Pole.
Cathy Mulligan
Senior Web3 Advisor, AnimocaBrands - Tiny Tap
An award winning international executive, Chana founded an international NGO managing extensive development teams in Web2 EdTech. An early crypto adopter, the world of DeFi/NFTs was a natural progression resulting in her moving into Web3 full time and becoming a Partner at Digital Wealth Fund. Believing in the power of Web3 for women, Chana is founder of London Women Leading Web 3 (LWLW3) a professional networking group of C level women in London power blazing through the metaverse. She currently is a senior advisor at Tiny Tap, an educational blockchain subsidiary of Animoca Brands and consults with HNW Clients and Corporates on Web3 strategy and BizDev.Fun Fact - Chana used to paint children's murals for fun and does a mean spiderman facepaint if ever needed.
Chana Kanzen
CEO & Co-Founder, Binance
Changpeng Zhao (CZ)
Senior Business Development Manager at Amazon Managed Blockchain
Charles Okochu
CEO, BridgeTower Capital
Cory Pugh
Executive Director & General Manager Blockchain and Identity at Hyperledger Foundation & Linux Foundation
Daniela Barbosa serves as General Manager Blockchain and Identity at the Linux Foundation and as Executive Director of Hyperledger Foundation with overall strategic and operational responsibility for staff, programs, expansion and execution of Hyperledger Foundation’s mission. Daniela has more than 20 years of enterprise technology experience, including serving for four years as Hyperledger Foundation’s Vice President of Worldwide Alliances with responsibility for the member community as well as broader industry and business community outreach and overall network growth. She started her career at Dow Jones where she worked with the top global brands across various sectors, including finance, consumer and energy, to architect and deliver enterprise systems, ontologies and semantic web solutions. In the early 2000s, Daniela became involved in the early web 2.0 community helping to advance the concept of digital identity and data portability as the pathway for people to reuse their data across interoperable applications.
Daniela Barbosa serves as General Manager Blockchain and Identity at the Linux Foundation and as Executive Director of Hyperledger Foundation with overall strategic and operational responsibility for staff, programs, expansion and execution of Hyperledger Foundation’s mission. Daniela has more than 20 years of enterprise technology experience, including serving for four years as Hyperledger Foundation’s Vice President of Worldwide Alliances with responsibility for the member community as well as broader industry and business community outreach and overall network growth. She started her career at Dow Jones where she worked with the top global brands across various sectors, including finance, consumer and energy, to architect and deliver enterprise systems, ontologies and semantic web solutions. In the early 2000s, Daniela became involved in the early web 2.0 community helping to advance the concept of digital identity and data portability as the pathway for people to reuse their data across interoperable applications.
Daniela Barbosa
Chairman of Consensus Capital
David is a serial entrepreneur with all the technical know-how of a science geek and growth hacker. Having founded several companies in different verticals, he has acquired extensive experience as a business leader in global software solutions development.
Now founder and Chairman of Consensus Capital, David’s mix of entrepreneurial and corporate experience — places him as an esteemed unicorn hunter in the technology space. Taking advantage of consumer trends, as well as looking at areas where trends have not yet set, made him a natural early adopter of Bitcoin and Ethereum and early investor in recognized blockchain projects. He continues to his passionas an investor, targeting projects that are unconventional and embrace alternative solutions to everyday problems.
David Branch
Writer/Contributor at Forbes Digital Assets
Derick David is a technology writer and product designer from the Philippines. He writes for Forbes Digital Assets and is a founding designer of Rain, a Coinbase-backed startup based in New York City. His creative work has reached the lives of millions of people globally, including bread aficionados in Paris, France. His early work was well-recognized within the journalism community at Stanford University, where he worked for a Knight fellow and a Webby award winner. Derick was raised in Bologna, Italy and speaks fluent Italian, which may have contributed to his overly obsessive attention to granular details.
Derick David is a technology writer and product designer from the Philippines. He writes for Forbes Digital Assets and is a founding designer of Rain, a Coinbase-backed startup based in New York City. His creative work has reached the lives of millions of people globally, including bread aficionados in Paris, France. His early work was well-recognized within the journalism community at Stanford University, where he worked for a Knight fellow and a Webby award winner. Derick was raised in Bologna, Italy and speaks fluent Italian, which may have contributed to his overly obsessive attention to granular details.
Derick David
CEO, Upland
Dirk Lueth
CMO, Qualcomm
Don McGuire
Prime Minister, Government Principality of Liechtenstein
Dr. Daniel Risch
CEO, Bitcoin Suisse AG
An experienced, innovative leader who is passionate about building and leading customer focussed businesses. From driving ETF adoption at iShares / BlackRock to applying advanced technology in wealth management at UBS and Barclays to support better client outcomes, Dirk acts as an architect of transformational processes. This has been exemplified through a diverse career in world leading asset and wealth management organisations backed by a unique combination of client-, market-, product-, technology- process- and regulatory knowhow. Leadership responsibilities have spanned to several 1000 FTEs and exceeding a billion USD annual budget and revenues.
Dr. Dirk Klee
Chair, CEO, & Co-Founder, Conexus AI
Dr. Daimler was the AI authority in the White House during the last year of the Obama administration (image of business card below). He has a very rare, if not unique, background in AI as a researcher, entrepreneur, investor, and policy advisor over 20+ years. He is widely published including in contributed book chapters and in Science. He is the co-inventor of four patents related to maintaining data integrity within generative AI. He has spoken broadly including in-person invited appearances at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. He has wide ranging media appearances including at the SALT conference.
Dr. Eric Daimler
Head of Digital Transformations, Cisco Systems
Dr. Garif Yalak, MBA is Head of Digital Transformation and leads Cisco's digitalization and innovation initiative for healthcare, education, and governance at Cisco Switzerland. He holds a B. Sc. in Bioinformatics, an M. Sc. in Biomedicine from Germany, and a Ph. D. from ETH Zurich in both disciplines. Previously, he spent more than 10 years as a bioinformatician and biomedical scientist in health research in Germany, the USA, and Switzerland. He also spent several years as a researcher and lecturer at ETH Zurich and Harvard University, where he used the Swiss supercomputer CSCS for more than 8 years. He has just finished his Executive MBA at the University of St. Gallen and was recognized with the award for the best Master's thesis in 2022 for the topic Entering the Metaverse.
Dr. Garif Yalak
Head of Research, Uphold
Dr Martin Hiesboeck is a true blockchain veteran, having given his first speech on the possibilities of Blockchain in 2012. He has been active in the field ever since from academic research to guiding crypto projects or lobbying for specific technologies. He’s currently the head of research at Uphold , the world’s most transparent digital asset trading and curating platforms and severs in the board of many blockchain related enterprises.
Dr Martin Hiesboeck is a true blockchain veteran, having given his first speech on the possibilities of Blockchain in 2012. He has been active in the field ever since from academic research to guiding crypto projects or lobbying for specific technologies. He’s currently the head of research at Uphold , the world’s most transparent digital asset trading and curating platforms and severs in the board of many blockchain related enterprises.
Dr. Martin Hiesboeck
Founder, Noumena Digital
Dr. Vincent Peikert
President at Nucleus Finance
Dr. Willi Brammertz
Founder, Vatom
CEO and Founder of Vatom, Eric Pulier as he draws from his experience as an entrepreneur and founder of more than 15 companies to demystify the ever-evolving tech industry. Eric discusses how advancing technology will continue to influence the future of business, pointing to increased engagement and ownership as key factors for success.
Eric Pulier
Co-Founder of Dmusic, Founder of Xange
Esteban van Goor
Senior Journalist, Cointelegraph
Gareth Jenkinson is an award-winning South African journalist and broadcaster who has covered the cryptocurrency and blockchain space for Cointelegraph since 2017.
Gareth Jenkinson is an award-winning South African journalist and broadcaster who has covered the cryptocurrency and blockchain space for Cointelegraph since 2017.
Gareth Jenkinson
Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Upland
Idan Zuckerman is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Upland - a metaverse that is mapped to the real world and powered by a blockchain and NFT based economy. Upland is one of the most widely adopted and used web3 applications and is available to play across devices including the Apple App Store and Google Play Store
Idan Zuckerman is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Upland - a metaverse that is mapped to the real world and powered by a blockchain and NFT based economy. Upland is one of the most widely adopted and used web3 applications and is available to play across devices including the Apple App Store and Google Play Store
Idan Zuckerman
Chief Operating Officer, ADVASA
Itaru Inaho is the Chief Operating Officer at ADVASA, a Fintech company that leverages blockchain technology to provide wage-related services to employees. He has been active in the blockchain industry since 2017 and has helped Japanese and global enterprises develop effective blockchain product strategies. In particular, he has expertise in integrating blockchain with legacy technologies to create innovative solutions for companies that have adopted older systems. As Chief Operating Officer at ADVASA, Itaru is committed to using blockchain-enabled Earned Wage Access to improve financial inclusion opportunities for employers and their employees.
Itaru Inaho
COO at TrustSwap
Ivan has over 9 years of startup experience in the FinTech, SaaS and Blockchain space. His Blockchain career started in one of the top IT consulting companies helping financial institutions to implement their first Blockchain use cases. Furthermore he was involved in the establishment of an Ethereum Mining Farm in Bulgaria and was an early-stage core member in one of the leading European Crypto-Exchanges as Head of Business Development.
Ivan Anastassov
Key Account Management, METACO
Jakob is a seasoned entrepreneur, fintech and digital asset expert, with a proven track record in banking technology focused on digital asset custody and trading, tokenization and various other use cases using blockchain technology. His work with banks, financial service providers and FinTechs spans Digital Assets, Trading, Portfolio Management, Big Data and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence. During these projects, Jakob has led big teams in globally distributed setups. Jakob holds an engineering master’s degree in Computer Science from ETH Zurich and an Executive MBA from GSBA/SUNY in Zurich and New York.
Jakob Bosshard
Head of Ecosystem, Reserve Protocol
James is a 20 year veteran of tech investing (KPMG, Zone VC, angel) and corporate strategy and operations (Turner Broadcasting, Playboy, Warner Bros). He is currently the Head of Ecosystem at Reserve Protocol, a permissionless platform to launch and govern asset-backed stable currencies and the Reserve App now with $300M in monthly transactional volume in Latam using the asset backed RSV stablecoin. Reserve's investors include Peter Thiel, Sam Altman and Coinbase.
James is a 20 year veteran of tech investing (KPMG, Zone VC, angel) and corporate strategy and operations (Turner Broadcasting, Playboy, Warner Bros). He is currently the Head of Ecosystem at Reserve Protocol, a permissionless platform to launch and govern asset-backed stable currencies and the Reserve App now with $300M in monthly transactional volume in Latam using the asset backed RSV stablecoin. Reserve's investors include Peter Thiel, Sam Altman and Coinbase.
James Glasscock
Editor-in-Chief, Politico
Jamil Anderlini
Principle Secretary, IT, Government of Telangana
Jayesh Ranjan
Managing Director, Business Development, CasperLabs
Joel Curado is Managing Director of Business Development at CasperLabs, responsible for worldwide business development and partnerships. Joel has over 15 years experience in the technology industry and smart cities vertical having previously worked at Cisco Systems as part their smart city practice and Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration initiative, leading the smart city vertical for Switzerland. Joel’s currently a PhD Candidate in Information Sciences and Technology on the topics of Blockchain Technologies, their adoption and implementation in smart cities. He is an Executive MBA Graduate, an Economist and specialised in Public Policy by the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Joel Curado
Board Member / CIO / CEO, INATBA / CIRCULAR TREE / WALDEN HOLDING
Joerg Walden
Founder & CEO, EQTY Labs
Jonathan Dotan is the founder and CEO of EQTY Lab, a stealth startup designing applied cryptography to reinvent the corporate form for responsible AI. As a serial investor, he navigates the intersection of media, tech, and policy. He is a senior fellow at Stanford's Research Center for Blockchain Research and founded there the groundbreaking Starling Lab for Data Integrity. He received an MPhil in International Relations from Oxford University, St. Anthony's College.
Jonathan Dotan
CEO of Astronomica
Jonn Weinberg
Professor Emeritus of International Relations, American University
Joshua Goldstein
Founder of Stake Capital Group
Founder of Stake Capital Group ( Stake DAO, BlackPool Finance, rekt.news) and Curve core team member Bio : Blockchain OG. DeFi Builder. HW Eng. First Flash Loan of the history. Massive tech investor "The more your share, the more you get"
Founder of Stake Capital Group ( Stake DAO, BlackPool Finance, rekt.news) and Curve core team member Bio : Blockchain OG. DeFi Builder. HW Eng. First Flash Loan of the history. Massive tech investor "The more your share, the more you get"
Julien Bouteloup
CEO, Moelis & Co.
Ken started his career at Drexel in 1981, working closely with Michael Milken for years before joining DLJ, and building it into a powerhouse investment bank in Los Angeles. Ken started Moelis & Co in 2007. Moelis is widely recognized as the the most successful investment bank started in the last 20 years, with a current market cap over $3B
Ken Moelis
Partner at MLL Law
Kilian Schärli works with domestic and international clients in the technology, industrial and internet sectors. He specializes in the fields of blockchain technology, IP, unfair competition, licensing and distribution. He has particular expertise in commercial and transactional work relating to these fields. Kilian is a Co-Head of MLL Legal’s Tier 1 Blockchain Technologies and MLLStart! industry groups.
Kilian Schärli works with domestic and international clients in the technology, industrial and internet sectors. He specializes in the fields of blockchain technology, IP, unfair competition, licensing and distribution. He has particular expertise in commercial and transactional work relating to these fields. Kilian is a Co-Head of MLL Legal’s Tier 1 Blockchain Technologies and MLLStart! industry groups.
Kilian Schärli
Co-Founder, Genesis Code by De Venoge
Enjoys disrupting the traditional wine industry
Enjoys disrupting the traditional wine industry
Lars Kalkdijk
President of IPwe
Leann Pinto is an expert in patent monetization, having personally generated over $150 million in revenue at IBM as the Director of Patent Licensing at IBM. Leann’s introduction to patents and monetization started in the pharmaceutical industry, where she represented both generic and brand pharma companies, including as a patent litigator achieving notable victories for numerous international brand pharma companies. As President of IPwe, she oversees day-to-day executive management, operational growth, corporate strategy, and enterprise relationships.Fun fact: Leann grew up on a pig farm in Ohio.
Leann Pinto is an expert in patent monetization, having personally generated over $150 million in revenue at IBM as the Director of Patent Licensing at IBM. Leann’s introduction to patents and monetization started in the pharmaceutical industry, where she represented both generic and brand pharma companies, including as a patent litigator achieving notable victories for numerous international brand pharma companies. As President of IPwe, she oversees day-to-day executive management, operational growth, corporate strategy, and enterprise relationships.Fun fact: Leann grew up on a pig farm in Ohio.
Leann Pinto
CEO of FLUIDEFI
Lisa Loud
Founder of Crypto Mondays
Lou Kerner
Global head of Investments, CV VC
Lukas Etter
Serial Entrepeneur, Board Member at CasperLabs
Marc Degen is an experienced entrepreneur with unquenchable creative urge and a passion for people and business ventures with multiple exits and failures. As Board Member, Founder and Co-founder of various businesses in the fields of digital services, telecommunications, and Web3, he focuses on growing ideas into profitable businesses by implementing digital services and maximising opportunities for revenue growth.
Marc Degen is an experienced entrepreneur with unquenchable creative urge and a passion for people and business ventures with multiple exits and failures. As Board Member, Founder and Co-founder of various businesses in the fields of digital services, telecommunications, and Web3, he focuses on growing ideas into profitable businesses by implementing digital services and maximising opportunities for revenue growth.
Marc Degen
Executive Board Member & Managing Director, Emerging Tech Association and Block Blox
Marco Aniballi
Co-Founder and Strategy Advisor at NFT Technologies; Founder at IBC Group
Mario Nawfal
CEO & Founder, 21.Finance AG
Entrepreneur, CEO & Investor | I provide legally compliant software and service solutions with 21finance and develop a global distribution network for financial products and services. We are implementing the first multilateral trading and settlement system for tokenized stocks, bonds and funds in Europe. The EU pilot regime, whose application phase will start in March 2023, will enable fully regulated DLT trading and settlement systems (DLT-TSS) for the transparent and secure trading of traditional and digital financial products and their custody in the future.
Max Heinzle
CEO of Rotonda, Burrito Wallet (Bithumb Mobile Wallet)
Max Shin
Co-Founder/CTO of CasperLabs
Medha Parlikar
Founding Director, Filecoin
Megan Klimen is the co-founding director of Filecoin Foundation and Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web. Previously, she was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of 3Scan, a biotech startup that developed 3D robotic serial sectioning microscopes, with the mission of enabling big data analysis of human tissue for applications including clinical diagnostics, drug discovery, 3D organ printing, and brain mapping. She took the company from idea to a value of $160 million. The company was acquired in 2019. She co-ran an open data project in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, that organized and made available academic and military research, co-organized the open-source “BIL” Conference, and is a founding member of Women in Hardware.
Megan Klimen is the co-founding director of Filecoin Foundation and Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web. Previously, she was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of 3Scan, a biotech startup that developed 3D robotic serial sectioning microscopes, with the mission of enabling big data analysis of human tissue for applications including clinical diagnostics, drug discovery, 3D organ printing, and brain mapping. She took the company from idea to a value of $160 million. The company was acquired in 2019. She co-ran an open data project in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, that organized and made available academic and military research, co-organized the open-source “BIL” Conference, and is a founding member of Women in Hardware.
Megan Klimen
Chief Marketing Officer at ADVASA
Mia Mixan is the Chief Marketing Officer at ADVASA, a Fintech company that leverages blockchain technology to provide wage-related services to employees. Mia has a proven track record of successfully driving brand awareness and customer engagement through innovative marketing strategies, with particular expertise in B2B marketing for blockchain technology companies. In her role at ADVASA, Mia is committed to bringing U.S. employees better financial inclusion opportunities through blockchain-enabled Earned Wage Access.
Mia Mixan is the Chief Marketing Officer at ADVASA, a Fintech company that leverages blockchain technology to provide wage-related services to employees. Mia has a proven track record of successfully driving brand awareness and customer engagement through innovative marketing strategies, with particular expertise in B2B marketing for blockchain technology companies. In her role at ADVASA, Mia is committed to bringing U.S. employees better financial inclusion opportunities through blockchain-enabled Earned Wage Access.
Mia Mixan
CTO, BonqDAO
Micha is an innovator at heart and a tech leader in blockchain and computer science. Micha has overseen the tech strategy of the Energy Web Foundation and made the EW-Decentralised Operating System a success. He is now looking forward to building the next generation of financial infrastructure that will combine DeFi and TradFi.
Micha is an innovator at heart and a tech leader in blockchain and computer science. Micha has overseen the tech strategy of the Energy Web Foundation and made the EW-Decentralised Operating System a success. He is now looking forward to building the next generation of financial infrastructure that will combine DeFi and TradFi.
Micha Roon
Chief Content Officer at CoinDesk
Michael Casey
Chief Marketing Officer, CasperLabs
Michael Dobak
Partner at Golden Gate Ventures
Michael Lints has 20+ years of experience as a startup operator and investor. He is currently a partner at the Singapore-based VC Golden Gate Ventures. As a partner, he focuses on institutional fundraising. Michael supports the firm on portfolio-level priorities e.g., fundraising and capital allocation.In 2000 Michael co-founded an IT-managed services startup in Europe that was acquired in 2006. He joined the Economic Development Board Rotterdam as Vice Chairman in 2007. In that role, he launched the Young Economic Development Board,Michael is an active writer and a co-director of an award-winning social impact documentary called Broken Chains.
Michael Lints has 20+ years of experience as a startup operator and investor. He is currently a partner at the Singapore-based VC Golden Gate Ventures. As a partner, he focuses on institutional fundraising. Michael supports the firm on portfolio-level priorities e.g., fundraising and capital allocation.In 2000 Michael co-founded an IT-managed services startup in Europe that was acquired in 2006. He joined the Economic Development Board Rotterdam as Vice Chairman in 2007. In that role, he launched the Young Economic Development Board,Michael is an active writer and a co-director of an award-winning social impact documentary called Broken Chains.
Michael Lints
CTO at MAKE, Co-Founder of CasperLabs
Michael is a co-founder of CasperLabs and the co-founder and CTO of MAKE. MAKE invests in and develops innovative technology in high-impact industries, such as public health and blockchain. As such, it has become a key contributor to the Casper ecosystem.Michael is a 20+ year CTO at leading companies, including Playsino, Mandalay, THQ and Distefora. Among other things, Michael is known for publishing the very first downloadable mobile games, which gave birth to the app economy. Michael has architected and overseen the development of applications and platforms used by hundreds of millions of users around the world.
Michael is a co-founder of CasperLabs and the co-founder and CTO of MAKE. MAKE invests in and develops innovative technology in high-impact industries, such as public health and blockchain. As such, it has become a key contributor to the Casper ecosystem.Michael is a 20+ year CTO at leading companies, including Playsino, Mandalay, THQ and Distefora. Among other things, Michael is known for publishing the very first downloadable mobile games, which gave birth to the app economy. Michael has architected and overseen the development of applications and platforms used by hundreds of millions of users around the world.
Michael Steuer
CEO of Threedium
CEO of Threedium - Envisioning and shaping the future of 3D Internet & Commerce. Used to be known as a passionate entrepreneur with international experience in the launch and development growth of new innovative businesses. He has worked with startups and multinational companies globally in sectors ranging from fashion, retail, to food & beverage, tourism and telecommunications.
CEO of Threedium - Envisioning and shaping the future of 3D Internet & Commerce. Used to be known as a passionate entrepreneur with international experience in the launch and development growth of new innovative businesses. He has worked with startups and multinational companies globally in sectors ranging from fashion, retail, to food & beverage, tourism and telecommunications.
Mike Charalambous
Co-Founder & CEO of CasperLabs
Mrinal is a technology and finance leader previously with Microsoft, Bain, and Bain Capital. He ran the TMT sector of a $1B+ hedge fund, and became an early investor in Ethereum, Blockstack, FileCoin, MakerDAO and more.
Mrinal Manohar
VP Developer Ecosystems, NVIDIA and Chairman, Metaverse Standards Forum
Neil Trevett
Senior Business Development Manager at CasperLabs
Niamh O'Connell
Strategic Advisor, Space Social Club
Nicole Patrice De Member
CTO & Co-Founder at Metacask
Nim has been in financial services for over 20 years, starting his career at Goldman Sachs. His background is building trading systems, which took him to GSR in 2017 to develop the trading system there. He helped GSR grow to become one of the biggest market makers in digital assets, before moving on to founding his own project, Metacask, which combines his love of whisky with blockchain! He likes collecting NFT art and unusual watches!
Nim has been in financial services for over 20 years, starting his career at Goldman Sachs. His background is building trading systems, which took him to GSR in 2017 to develop the trading system there. He helped GSR grow to become one of the biggest market makers in digital assets, before moving on to founding his own project, Metacask, which combines his love of whisky with blockchain! He likes collecting NFT art and unusual watches!
Nimantha Siriwardana
Managing Director at State Street Digital
Nitin Gaur has recently joined State Street Digital as Managing Director, leading Digital Asset and Technology Design, with aspirations to transition part of the company’s financial market infrastructure and its clients to the new digital economy. In previous role Nitin Gaur, served as Founder and Director of IBM Digital Asset Labs - committed to devising industry standards, use cases and working towards making blockchain for enterprise a reality.
Nitin Gaur has recently joined State Street Digital as Managing Director, leading Digital Asset and Technology Design, with aspirations to transition part of the company’s financial market infrastructure and its clients to the new digital economy. In previous role Nitin Gaur, served as Founder and Director of IBM Digital Asset Labs - committed to devising industry standards, use cases and working towards making blockchain for enterprise a reality.
Nitin Gaur
Global Marketing Director, SmartMedia Tech
Noelle is an experienced marketeer and business development strategist having worked with leading brands including Four Seasons, Rosewood Hotels, Peroni, BBC World, and the Bicester Village Shopping Collection. She has led global digital marketing teams and is an expert within the creator economy. She is currently Global Marketing Director for SmartMedia Tech.
Noelle is an experienced marketeer and business development strategist having worked with leading brands including Four Seasons, Rosewood Hotels, Peroni, BBC World, and the Bicester Village Shopping Collection. She has led global digital marketing teams and is an expert within the creator economy. She is currently Global Marketing Director for SmartMedia Tech.
Noelle Reno
Co-Founder and CIO, CV VC
Co-founder and CIO of CV VC, Olaf is an astute and motivational investor with a 20-year career spanning international corporate banking, finance, and industrial advisory. Before transferring his acumen to blockchain, he was a banker at JPMorgan Chase in Switzerland, the UK, and Germany. Prior, he was an M&A and corporate finance advisor to the chemical industry across EMEA. Olaf has solid start-up experience across multiple sectors. Founder of nourishme GmbH and INTABA-Finance AG. MBA from ECU and BA in International Business from Accadis Hochschule. Olaf is also a Member of the Management Board in CVVC.
Olaf Hannemann
Academy Award Winning Director
Oliver Stone
CEO &, Founder, GameSwift
Pan Paragraf is an experienced lawyer and well know-known expert in the web3 gaming sector. As the Founder of GameSwift, he's building gaming infrastructure enabling games to scale for the mass adoption. Moreover he's expanding the business by creating a group of subsidiary blockchain gaming studios.Curious fact: I have a pretty popular Twitter profile with almost 60k followers. https://twitter.com/PanParagraf
Pan Paragraf is an experienced lawyer and well know-known expert in the web3 gaming sector. As the Founder of GameSwift, he's building gaming infrastructure enabling games to scale for the mass adoption. Moreover he's expanding the business by creating a group of subsidiary blockchain gaming studios.Curious fact: I have a pretty popular Twitter profile with almost 60k followers. https://twitter.com/PanParagraf
Pan Paragraf
CEO & Founder of Paolo Ghilani & Friends Ltd
Paola is a seasoned executive in the domain of strategy & management integrating innovation & sustainability as key success factors.Next to offering her services as a consultant to corporations, SME’s and start-ups, Paola currently assumes non-executive board roles at Migros Genossenschaftsbund, Romande Energie Holding, Transitec, Utilità Foundation, and she is chairwoman of the Zürcher Cantonal Bank/Swisscanto advisory board for Sustainable Investment Funds. She played a key role in developing the Fairtrade Label worldwide.Paola Ghillani was selected in 2000 as Global Leader for Tomorrow (GLT) by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In 2009, she was awarded the Great Binding Prize for nature and environment protection in Vaduz for her lifework
Paola is a seasoned executive in the domain of strategy & management integrating innovation & sustainability as key success factors.Next to offering her services as a consultant to corporations, SME’s and start-ups, Paola currently assumes non-executive board roles at Migros Genossenschaftsbund, Romande Energie Holding, Transitec, Utilità Foundation, and she is chairwoman of the Zürcher Cantonal Bank/Swisscanto advisory board for Sustainable Investment Funds. She played a key role in developing the Fairtrade Label worldwide.Paola Ghillani was selected in 2000 as Global Leader for Tomorrow (GLT) by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In 2009, she was awarded the Great Binding Prize for nature and environment protection in Vaduz for her lifework
Paola Ghilani
Managing Director at Coral Capital
Patrick Horsman
General Partner Europe, Alpha Sigma Capital Web3 Fund
Patrick’s experience spans 30 years as a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and investment banker. He has co-founded and scaled companies, raised and invested hundreds of millions in growth capital, and achieved many successful exits via M&A and IPOs. He is an experienced and successful investor in blockchain, digital assets, and Web3 companies through his family office comprising a portfolio of over 40 direct investment built over the last 5 years, as well as, half a dozen investments in leading venture funds. He is a frequent speaker and industry specialist on all things Fintech, Web3, and blockchain. Apart from Web3 Patrick is also very passionate about actively fighting Climate Change though significant investments energy storage and carbon capture businesses.
Patrick’s experience spans 30 years as a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and investment banker. He has co-founded and scaled companies, raised and invested hundreds of millions in growth capital, and achieved many successful exits via M&A and IPOs. He is an experienced and successful investor in blockchain, digital assets, and Web3 companies through his family office comprising a portfolio of over 40 direct investment built over the last 5 years, as well as, half a dozen investments in leading venture funds. He is a frequent speaker and industry specialist on all things Fintech, Web3, and blockchain. Apart from Web3 Patrick is also very passionate about actively fighting Climate Change though significant investments energy storage and carbon capture businesses.
Patrick Martin
M.D., Founder & Executive Chairman of the Board of XPRIZE Foundation
Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the Executive Founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world’s leaders on exponentially growing technologies. As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. He is Co-founder and Vice-Chairman of Celularity, Inc., a cellular therapeutics company, and of Vaxxinity, Inc. which develops vaccines to harness the immune system against COVID and chronic diseases. Diamandis is Co-founder & Chairman of Fountain Life, a fully-integrated platform delivering predictive, preventative, personalized and data-driven health. Finally, he also serves as Co-founder of BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with $250M investing in exponential technologies. Diamandis is a New York Times Bestselling author of four books: Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think, BOLD – How to go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the World and The Future is Faster Than You Think. Most recently he co-Authored the #1 best seller LIFE FORCE with Tony Robbins which chronicles the extraordinary healthcare and biotech revolution unfolding before our eyes. He earned degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from MIT and holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Diamandis’ favorite saying is “The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.”
Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis is the Founder and Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the Executive Founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world’s leaders on exponentially growing technologies. As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. He is Co-founder and Vice-Chairman of Celularity, Inc., a cellular therapeutics company, and of Vaxxinity, Inc. which develops vaccines to harness the immune system against COVID and chronic diseases. Diamandis is Co-founder & Chairman of Fountain Life, a fully-integrated platform delivering predictive, preventative, personalized and data-driven health. Finally, he also serves as Co-founder of BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with $250M investing in exponential technologies. Diamandis is a New York Times Bestselling author of four books: Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think, BOLD – How to go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the World and The Future is Faster Than You Think. Most recently he co-Authored the #1 best seller LIFE FORCE with Tony Robbins which chronicles the extraordinary healthcare and biotech revolution unfolding before our eyes. He earned degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from MIT and holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School. Diamandis’ favorite saying is “The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.”
Peter H. Diamandis
Co-Founder and CEO, GenTwo
Philippe is business leader and active investor with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and avid experience in investment and merchant banking, general management, and corporate governance. He is a seasoned investment banker, Philippe has worked in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. over the course of three decades, establishing an international network of financial institutions and investment funds that operated under his direct leadership. He brings valuable knowledge, expertise, and insight in trading, structuring, and creating investment strategies and product development.
Philippe A. Naegeli
Director Agriculture, Food & Water including Forestry at FMO - Dutch Development Bank
After a long career in international commercial banking, Pieternel joined the purpose driven Dutch Development Bank, FMO, in 2018 as Global Director Agribusiness, Food and Water. As a leading impact investor, FMO supports sustainable private sector growth in developing countries, empowering entrepreneurs to make local economies more inclusive, productive, resilient, and sustainable. Next to her role at FMO she held Non-executive Board positions and advisory roles with different public/private organizations involved in agriculture and sustainability.Funfact: she loves organising, preparing and presenting music quizzes
Pieternel Boogaard
Managing Director, Peterson Projects SA
Prakhar Goel is an environmental impacts and sustainability strategy expert with over 10 years of experience in developing and leading global projects. He is the Managing Director at Peterson Projects and Solutions in Switzerland. Trained as industrial ecologist, he has detailed knowledge of carbon footprints, supply chain management, LCAs, sustainability reporting framework and their implementation in international businesses.He has experience of managing international projects in more than 15 countries and has successfully delivered projects in the sector of textile, food, agriculture and energy.
Prakhar Goel is an environmental impacts and sustainability strategy expert with over 10 years of experience in developing and leading global projects. He is the Managing Director at Peterson Projects and Solutions in Switzerland. Trained as industrial ecologist, he has detailed knowledge of carbon footprints, supply chain management, LCAs, sustainability reporting framework and their implementation in international businesses.He has experience of managing international projects in more than 15 countries and has successfully delivered projects in the sector of textile, food, agriculture and energy.
Prakhar Goel
General Partner at Woodstock Fund
Pranav is a seasoned professional with over fifteen years of experience and has taken on leadership roles covering functions and verticals such as business development, sales and distribution, asset management, private equity and insurance. At Woodstock, he is responsible for devising and executing strategies encompassing fund structure, people, deal flow, fundraising, investment management, governance, compliance, and risk management.
Pranav is a seasoned professional with over fifteen years of experience and has taken on leadership roles covering functions and verticals such as business development, sales and distribution, asset management, private equity and insurance. At Woodstock, he is responsible for devising and executing strategies encompassing fund structure, people, deal flow, fundraising, investment management, governance, compliance, and risk management.
Pranav Sharma
Founder and CEO, AllianceBlock
Rachid is a serial entrepreneur with an obsession for modelling, analytics development, quantitative analysis and data science. For the last decade, he has been developing and implementing models and methodologies to help top organisations with forecasting and risk management. In 2017, he completed the building and deployment of a highly scalable deep learning models in artificial intelligence applied to computer vision for VINCI, which commissioned him orchestrating the ambitious “smart highways and smart cities” project, combining AI and Blockchain.
Rachid Ajaja
SVP - Emerging Technologies at Tech Mahindra
Rajesh Dhuddu shapes thought leadership & approach of Tech Mahindra, a USD 6.5 billion IT conglomerate in areas of Blockchain, Web 3.0, Metaverse and other emerging Technologies. He helps global CXOs in internalizing these technologies and making them relevant to address unsolved, under addressed and under serviced business needs. He is an alumnus of Columbia Business School & Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, featured regularly by various industry analysts as a thought leader who has the unique ability of simplifying complex technologies, making them relevant now. He is an avid cyclist, substituted cycling with Surya Namaskars and Sudarshan Kriya for physical fitness and holistic wellness.
Rajesh Dhuddu shapes thought leadership & approach of Tech Mahindra, a USD 6.5 billion IT conglomerate in areas of Blockchain, Web 3.0, Metaverse and other emerging Technologies. He helps global CXOs in internalizing these technologies and making them relevant to address unsolved, under addressed and under serviced business needs. He is an alumnus of Columbia Business School & Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, featured regularly by various industry analysts as a thought leader who has the unique ability of simplifying complex technologies, making them relevant now. He is an avid cyclist, substituted cycling with Surya Namaskars and Sudarshan Kriya for physical fitness and holistic wellness.
Rajesh Dhuddu
Board Member, Casper Association
Ralf Kubli is an experienced executive with a strong background in blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized technology. Ralf's career spans roles in M&A, sales and executive management positions in large corporations and technology startups. He discovered Blockchain through a Fintech investment in 2015.
Ralf Kubli
Co-Chair, IEEE Blockchain Technical Community
Ramesh Ramadoss is an entrepreneur, author, researcher, and international speaker. He is a co-chair of the IEEE Blockchain Technical Community. He serves as a board member of the IEEE Standards Association. He serves on the Expert Panel of the European Union Blockchain Observatory and Forum (EUBOF). He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado, USA. He is the author or co-author of 1 book, 3 book chapters and 55 research papers. Since 2017, he has been actively involved in the blockchain field and has delivered talks at over 120 international conferences in 40 countries.
Ramesh Ramadoss is an entrepreneur, author, researcher, and international speaker. He is a co-chair of the IEEE Blockchain Technical Community. He serves as a board member of the IEEE Standards Association. He serves on the Expert Panel of the European Union Blockchain Observatory and Forum (EUBOF). He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado, USA. He is the author or co-author of 1 book, 3 book chapters and 55 research papers. Since 2017, he has been actively involved in the blockchain field and has delivered talks at over 120 international conferences in 40 countries.
Ramesh Ramadoss
Founder, Nova Groep
Ramon AB
CEO, Lukka
Robert Matterazzi
Founder, PossibleX
Roksana Ciurysek Gedir is a financier, artist and entrepreneur with a passion for sustainability-led and forward looking innovations. She is Chairwoman of White Oak Global Advisors’ Impact Advisory Board, Chairwoman of Impact One, founder of Possible X, and trusted advisor to CEOs globally and guest lecturer at Stanford University. She is known for fusing art, finance and technology to challenge status quos across a number of different industries.Having worked for over two decades as a banker and financier in corporate finance, wealth management and investment banking from time spent at Credit Suisse, Edmond de Rothschild, Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan, EBRD and most notably biggest Polish Bank - Bank Pekao in Poland where she was recently deputy CEO and Vice President of the Management Board. As an artist, Roksana has expressed her passion for sustainability and innovation by creating an impact art movement launched during COP26 with the launch of her recycled stainless steel sculpture “Aurea”. Her media before sculptures has been photography printed on metal with diamonds. Roksana is also an Artist in Residence for Faberge where she explores the complex relationship between luxury, contemporary art and sustainability.In film, Roksana is the Producer of Battle for Britain, a short film highlighting the role of Polish pilots in the Battle of Britain, starring Julian Glover. She is also an Executive Producer of Oliver Stone's latest documentary on demystifying nuclear power, Nuclear Now!In 2014 she was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. She is CFA ® Charterholder, holding a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Master’s degree in Management and Economics from the Technical University of Gdansk, Poland. She is also member of YPO and the mother of two sons.
Roksana Ciurysek-Gedir
Partner, MLL
Ronald specializes in tech/fintech law, contract law, VC-financing and financial market law with a focus on disruptive technologies, in particular DLT (blockchain technology) and cloud solutions.
Ronald Kogens
Head of Banking, FinTech and Digital Assets at Citi Global Insights
Ronit Ghose
SVP and Channel Chief, Unstoppable Domains
Sandy Carter
Founder & CBO at TASSETS INC
Sanjeev Birari is an Global Entrepreneur and C-level executive with two decades of formative work experience in Technology and Investment Management and the cross-cultural acumen to strengthen international connections. Sanjeev is an informed business partner building long-term relationships with Global & local Institutional Investors & U/HNW private clients. Sanjeev combined his real estate expertise & his passion towards blockchain Technology to create Tassets Inc, a Silicon Valley-based Web 3.0 technology company; Tassets’ mission is to pioneer the creation of Tokenization as a Solution (TaaS), an entirely new model for capital raising and alternate investing in physical assets using Web 3.0 technologies. The group drives the vision of a world where every person, regardless of wealth, can invest in and benefit from alternate investing in physical assets.
Sanjeev Birari is an Global Entrepreneur and C-level executive with two decades of formative work experience in Technology and Investment Management and the cross-cultural acumen to strengthen international connections. Sanjeev is an informed business partner building long-term relationships with Global & local Institutional Investors & U/HNW private clients. Sanjeev combined his real estate expertise & his passion towards blockchain Technology to create Tassets Inc, a Silicon Valley-based Web 3.0 technology company; Tassets’ mission is to pioneer the creation of Tokenization as a Solution (TaaS), an entirely new model for capital raising and alternate investing in physical assets using Web 3.0 technologies. The group drives the vision of a world where every person, regardless of wealth, can invest in and benefit from alternate investing in physical assets.
Sanjeev Birari
CEO of ProDecipher
With leadership positions in various organizations spanning multiple industries, Sanket started ProDecipher to bring traceability to product supply chains. The team at ProDecipher is driven by one vision: to make sure we hit and surpass sustainability targets by making supply chains transparent. Sanket believes strongly in a transparent world with clear agendas, but no hidden agendas.
Sanket Bhatia
Co-Founder and CEO of Dacoco GmbH, Co-Founder of Alien Worlds
Sarojini McKenna is Co-Founder and CEO of Dacoco GmbH, the largest contributing development company to one of the largest community-based metaverses, Alien Worlds. She has been a pioneer of DAO governance and tooling across multiple layer 1s since 2018, and was recently named one of the top 36 women revolutionizing crypto by TechRound. Saro holds an MA Hons from Oxford University, where she was a Mrs. JH McKeown scholar.
Sarojini McKenna is Co-Founder and CEO of Dacoco GmbH, the largest contributing development company to one of the largest community-based metaverses, Alien Worlds. She has been a pioneer of DAO governance and tooling across multiple layer 1s since 2018, and was recently named one of the top 36 women revolutionizing crypto by TechRound. Saro holds an MA Hons from Oxford University, where she was a Mrs. JH McKeown scholar.
Sarojini McKenna
Investment Manager at Swisscom Ventures
Hiked up Kilimanjaro und retired from alpine hiking right after
Hiked up Kilimanjaro und retired from alpine hiking right after
Semih Kaçan
Executive Partner, Web3.0 and Sustainability at IBM Consulting
Shyam Nagarajan
Chief Digital Officer, Switzerland Tourism
Stefan Künzle is Chief Digital Officer of Switzerland Tourism, the Swiss National Tourist Office, since July 2020. In this role, he and his team are in charge of showcasing the beauty of Switzerland’s unique touristic offering through digital experiences. Prior joining Switzerland Tourism, Stefan had held various positions in the medical devices industry, always in conjunction to eCommerce and digital transformation.He enjoys spare time with his family and learns from his 7-year-old daughter how to create new worlds in the game Minecraft and keeps himself busy with his intelligent photovoltaic that keeps him dreaming of living energy autarkic one day.
Stefan Künzle
Managing Director of Koch Disruptive Technologies
Stephen MacKenzie is Managing Director at Koch Disruptive Technologies, and former Chief Counsel at Koch Companies Public Sector, both based in Wichita, Kansas. Koch Disruptive Technologies is Koch’s early-stage investment group, where Steve leads the investment strategy in blockchain, crypto and Web3 technologies. Prior to the MD role, Steve served as acting general counsel for several of Koch’s emerging businesses in the software, robotic actuation, and industrial analytics markets. Prior to the Chief Counsel role, he served in various capacities as intellectual property and litigation counsel for a number of Koch Industries’ companies.
Stephen MacKenzie is Managing Director at Koch Disruptive Technologies, and former Chief Counsel at Koch Companies Public Sector, both based in Wichita, Kansas. Koch Disruptive Technologies is Koch’s early-stage investment group, where Steve leads the investment strategy in blockchain, crypto and Web3 technologies. Prior to the MD role, Steve served as acting general counsel for several of Koch’s emerging businesses in the software, robotic actuation, and industrial analytics markets. Prior to the Chief Counsel role, he served in various capacities as intellectual property and litigation counsel for a number of Koch Industries’ companies.
Stephen MacKenzie
Director of Strategic Relations at Casper Association
More than 25 years as an entrepreneur, building companies in tech, real estate development and solely in the blockchain space since early 2017. Co-Founder of Casper, blockchain investor and wannabe degen. Passionately working with NFT, Gaming and Metaverse projects building on the Casper Ecosystem. I live in the Pacific Northwest and love boating and playing golf.
More than 25 years as an entrepreneur, building companies in tech, real estate development and solely in the blockchain space since early 2017. Co-Founder of Casper, blockchain investor and wannabe degen. Passionately working with NFT, Gaming and Metaverse projects building on the Casper Ecosystem. I live in the Pacific Northwest and love boating and playing golf.
Steve Careaga
Founder & Executive Chair, OpenESG
Tee Ganbold is a technology executive with experience as an operator and investor in frontier technology companies (from OpenESG, Clear AI, Cambridge Analytica, ConsenSys to Intrepid Capital Partners, Fabric Ventures and Stelium Ventures), specializing in building ecosystems, go-to-market strategies and growth hacking. She is committed to building resilient, efficient and equitable economies by working with best-in-class teams and technologies that share her vision.Tee is passionate about helping executives, regulators and the public understand high-level concepts in an accessible way, particularly in technology, so everyone can see the benefits. Tee has helped not only companies, but the public understand what data ownership is, how we can monetise our own data, and the ethics surrounding it with public talks with the European Commission, XPrize and United Nations International Telecommunications Union (UN ITU).
Tee Ganbold is a technology executive with experience as an operator and investor in frontier technology companies (from OpenESG, Clear AI, Cambridge Analytica, ConsenSys to Intrepid Capital Partners, Fabric Ventures and Stelium Ventures), specializing in building ecosystems, go-to-market strategies and growth hacking. She is committed to building resilient, efficient and equitable economies by working with best-in-class teams and technologies that share her vision.Tee is passionate about helping executives, regulators and the public understand high-level concepts in an accessible way, particularly in technology, so everyone can see the benefits. Tee has helped not only companies, but the public understand what data ownership is, how we can monetise our own data, and the ethics surrounding it with public talks with the European Commission, XPrize and United Nations International Telecommunications Union (UN ITU).
Tee Ganbold
COO and Founder at Metaverse Capital
New to cryptocurrency, blockchain and web3 gaming but long in the tooth on organisational development. I have a masters level management degree, over ten years in senior management and organisational development. My passion for social change drew me towards the potential of blockchain technology to transcend harmful political barriers and contribute to creating a social infrastructure where our kids can thrive. I look forward to the next iteration of human development led by web 3 and the metaverse. Fun fact: I am an irish south african with sweden as a home. Decentralised much?
New to cryptocurrency, blockchain and web3 gaming but long in the tooth on organisational development. I have a masters level management degree, over ten years in senior management and organisational development. My passion for social change drew me towards the potential of blockchain technology to transcend harmful political barriers and contribute to creating a social infrastructure where our kids can thrive. I look forward to the next iteration of human development led by web 3 and the metaverse. Fun fact: I am an irish south african with sweden as a home. Decentralised much?
Tim McCann
Sustainability Officer & Blockchain Intrapreneur at Siemens Smart Infrastructure
Tobias is acting globally as Sustainability Officer across the entire Solutions & Services portfolio in Siemens Smart Infrastructure. But he is also innovating as Intrapreneur of a Startup for Siemens, developing a blockchain-based marketplace to tokenize sustainable assets with ESG-impact. Before taking over his actual responsibilities, he led Global Sales and developed a Global Solution Portfolio to enable energy efficiency and sustainability for buildings and energy infrastructure. Tobias represented Siemens in various working groups, e.g. as Chairman of the European ESCO association. He is active as guest lecturer at European universities, sharing knowledge and experiences with the next generation. Recently he became Member of the Crypto Sustainability Coalition for the World Economic Forum. Tobias Huber was born 1973 in Munich. He studied Business Administration with major in Marketing, Computer Science and is holding an MBA.
Tobias is acting globally as Sustainability Officer across the entire Solutions & Services portfolio in Siemens Smart Infrastructure. But he is also innovating as Intrapreneur of a Startup for Siemens, developing a blockchain-based marketplace to tokenize sustainable assets with ESG-impact. Before taking over his actual responsibilities, he led Global Sales and developed a Global Solution Portfolio to enable energy efficiency and sustainability for buildings and energy infrastructure. Tobias represented Siemens in various working groups, e.g. as Chairman of the European ESCO association. He is active as guest lecturer at European universities, sharing knowledge and experiences with the next generation. Recently he became Member of the Crypto Sustainability Coalition for the World Economic Forum. Tobias Huber was born 1973 in Munich. He studied Business Administration with major in Marketing, Computer Science and is holding an MBA.
Tobias Huber
Managing Partner of Ropart Asset Management
Todd A Goergen
CEO & Founder of RampRate
Tony brings decades of experience in harnessing technology and analytics to create, measure, and refine social impact initiatives. Since founding RampRate in 2000, Tony has brought transparency and governance to the opaque and often corrupt technology sales process and ensured that ESG / CSR factors were included in billions of dollars buying decisions of large enterprises such as eBay, Sony, CBS, and 250+ others. In addition to his experience as CEO of Ramprate, Tony Greenberg is Chairman and co-founder of Menagerie, a DAO ecosystem aggregator platform. Tony also serves as a Voting Associate with DEVxDAO.
Tony brings decades of experience in harnessing technology and analytics to create, measure, and refine social impact initiatives. Since founding RampRate in 2000, Tony has brought transparency and governance to the opaque and often corrupt technology sales process and ensured that ESG / CSR factors were included in billions of dollars buying decisions of large enterprises such as eBay, Sony, CBS, and 250+ others. In addition to his experience as CEO of Ramprate, Tony Greenberg is Chairman and co-founder of Menagerie, a DAO ecosystem aggregator platform. Tony also serves as a Voting Associate with DEVxDAO.
Tony Greenberg
DJ, Music Producer
Twiggy Garcia
Co-Founder and Chairman at Faith Tribe DAOFounder & CIO at TyreGate Capital Holdings, LTD.
Wahid Chammas
Founder/CEO, LDP Ventures/WEDO
Social Entrepreneur, Impact/Web3 Investor, Animal Advocate and DO GOODer!She’s the CEO / Founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) / #ChooseWOMEN, a global movement celebrated in 144 countries, and universities/ colleges worldwide with the mission to economically empower WOMEN to alleviate poverty.She is also the CEO/ Founder of LDP Ventures investing in impactful disruptive technologies and funds making a positive imprint on this world. Wendy has authored ten widely celebrated books, garnered three Guinness World Records, and has appeared in media outlets including CNBC, NBC, Bloomberg & The New York Times. She has also been a featured keynote speaker at the United Nations, Davos, and Harvard University.Wendy sits on the Boards of Ellis Island Honors Society, Global Alliance For a Sustainable Planet (GASP), Girls Club Capital, Humane Society of New York, and Grey Muzzle Foundation.Prior to WEDO, after learning 12 million animals were euthanized annually, Wendy founded Animal Fair Media, Inc the premiere pet lifestyle media platform bridging celebrity and pop culture to support animal rescue/welfare.
Social Entrepreneur, Impact/Web3 Investor, Animal Advocate and DO GOODer!She’s the CEO / Founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Day Organization (WEDO) / #ChooseWOMEN, a global movement celebrated in 144 countries, and universities/ colleges worldwide with the mission to economically empower WOMEN to alleviate poverty.She is also the CEO/ Founder of LDP Ventures investing in impactful disruptive technologies and funds making a positive imprint on this world. Wendy has authored ten widely celebrated books, garnered three Guinness World Records, and has appeared in media outlets including CNBC, NBC, Bloomberg & The New York Times. She has also been a featured keynote speaker at the United Nations, Davos, and Harvard University.Wendy sits on the Boards of Ellis Island Honors Society, Global Alliance For a Sustainable Planet (GASP), Girls Club Capital, Humane Society of New York, and Grey Muzzle Foundation.Prior to WEDO, after learning 12 million animals were euthanized annually, Wendy founded Animal Fair Media, Inc the premiere pet lifestyle media platform bridging celebrity and pop culture to support animal rescue/welfare.
Wendy Diamond
Partner, Barlow & Williams
William ("Bill") Barlow is a corporate lawyer specializing in blockchain technology. Previously, he worked for Debevoise & Plimpton, a top Wall Street law firm. Bill is the founder of Club Silk & Sail, a tokenized yacht fund being formed in Dubai. He has a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
William Barlow
CEO of Menagerie
Dr. Wulf Kaal is the CEO of Menagerie, a DAO ecosystem aggregator platform. Dr. Kaal is a community builder, entrepreneur, technologist, author, public speaker, expert at the intersection of law, business, and technology with a focus on emerging technology applications in broad arrays of industries, decentralized infrastructure, digital assets, DAOs, NFTs, and smart contracting, as well as private investment fund regulation and compliance. As the author of several books and over 100 academic articles, Dr. Kaal's proprietary datasets and research focus on emerging technology, innovation, digital assets, smart contracts, hedge funds, dynamic regulatory methods, and corporate governance. Dr. Kaal advises international policymakers, established corporations, startups, and venture capital funds on emerging technology solutions in FinTech and LegalTech. As an adviser, Kaal focuses on creating synergies for his clients and building successful emerging technology businesses, among others, on existing solutions.
Dr. Wulf Kaal is the CEO of Menagerie, a DAO ecosystem aggregator platform. Dr. Kaal is a community builder, entrepreneur, technologist, author, public speaker, expert at the intersection of law, business, and technology with a focus on emerging technology applications in broad arrays of industries, decentralized infrastructure, digital assets, DAOs, NFTs, and smart contracting, as well as private investment fund regulation and compliance. As the author of several books and over 100 academic articles, Dr. Kaal's proprietary datasets and research focus on emerging technology, innovation, digital assets, smart contracts, hedge funds, dynamic regulatory methods, and corporate governance. Dr. Kaal advises international policymakers, established corporations, startups, and venture capital funds on emerging technology solutions in FinTech and LegalTech. As an adviser, Kaal focuses on creating synergies for his clients and building successful emerging technology businesses, among others, on existing solutions.
Dr. Wulf Kaal
Director of the Digital Economy Directorate at the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
Yulia Parkhomenko — Director of the Digital Economy Directorate of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine With over 10 years of experience in investment management Mrs. Parkhomenko joined the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine in 2020 as the Chief Expert of the Expert group on Investment Attractions. Thereafter, Julia was offered to join the Department for the Development and Financial Monitoring of the Virtual Assets Market of the Department of Digital Economy. In 2021, she led the strategic foresight "Virtual Assets in Ukraine 2030" for the development of a strategy for the growth of the virtual asset ecosystem. Mrs.Parkhomenko has been actively involved in developing crypto legislation in Ukraine, focusing on policy and taxation.In 2022, she led the E-residency project, which will provide legal status for foreigners, which makes it possible to run a small business online without a physical presence in Ukraine, and will be launched in 2023.
Yulia Parkhomenko — Director of the Digital Economy Directorate of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine With over 10 years of experience in investment management Mrs. Parkhomenko joined the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine in 2020 as the Chief Expert of the Expert group on Investment Attractions. Thereafter, Julia was offered to join the Department for the Development and Financial Monitoring of the Virtual Assets Market of the Department of Digital Economy. In 2021, she led the strategic foresight "Virtual Assets in Ukraine 2030" for the development of a strategy for the growth of the virtual asset ecosystem. Mrs.Parkhomenko has been actively involved in developing crypto legislation in Ukraine, focusing on policy and taxation.In 2022, she led the E-residency project, which will provide legal status for foreigners, which makes it possible to run a small business online without a physical presence in Ukraine, and will be launched in 2023.
Yulia Parkhomenko
President at IEEE Standards Association
Yu Yuan
CEO, Deepwaters
Made a career out of disrupting the status quo by challenging the prevailing assumptions.In the last 26 years created 8 startups, of which 2 were sold to the largest publicly traded companies in their space. Was the sole architect and designer of military satellite alternative system used by US Coast Guard, Taiwanese Navy, Egyptian Navy, etc. Ran 25 traders as a quant for own hedge fund.Fun fact: has a history of launching companies at the bottom of major economic upheavals.
Made a career out of disrupting the status quo by challenging the prevailing assumptions.In the last 26 years created 8 startups, of which 2 were sold to the largest publicly traded companies in their space. Was the sole architect and designer of military satellite alternative system used by US Coast Guard, Taiwanese Navy, Egyptian Navy, etc. Ran 25 traders as a quant for own hedge fund.Fun fact: has a history of launching companies at the bottom of major economic upheavals.
Zorrik Voldman
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