Dare to Defi

DAY 1 - NFT DAY

First day of the conference will kickoff with a full day focused only on NFTs. Notable speakers include Erik Mendelson of Bondly, digital artists Pplpleasr and Matty Mo, Max Moore of Sotheby’s, and companies including Axie Infinity, Gala Games, Animoca Brands, The Morpheus Project, BAND Royalty, Carbon Base, Project Ark, DIGITALAX, and Aavegotchi.

9:00am PDT - DeFi Conference & NFT Day Opening Talk

Welcome to Defi Summit! Join our kickoff event that will start the NTF Day event

9:15am PDT - NFTs: Strategy & stories behind some of the largest NFT drops

Listen to stories of some of the biggest NFT drops & launches with Bondy, Tory Lanes and more with Erik Mendelson.

Erik Mendelson - Advisor, Bondly Finance

Moderator: Jeff Kelley - Co-Founder, Edge of NFT Podcast

9:35am PDT - Digital Art and NFTs in the Cultural and Creative Sectors - The Impact for Artists

Matty Mo - The Most Famous Artist (Creator of the Monolith Project)

Frances Liddell - PhD Researcher Blockchain (NFTs) & Museum Practices, The University of Manchester

Pplpleaser - Digital Artist

Moderator: Eathan Janney - Co-Founder, Edge of NFT Podcast

10:10am PDT - What do NFTs mean for the Art World?

Henrietta Tsui-Leung - Co-Founder, Galerie Ora-Ora / Founder & Honorary Chair, HK Art Gallery Association

Sirisilp Kongsilp - Founder, Morpheus Project

Max Moore - Director & Head of Contemporary Art Auctions and NFTs, Sotheby's Hong Kong

Moderator: Vivienne Chow - Arts Writer

10:45am PDT - Creating an NFT Economy through Play-To-Earn Blockchain Games

Jeffrey Zirlin - Co-Founder, Axie Infinity / Co-Founder & Growth Lead, Sky Mavis

Beryl Chavez Li - Co-Founder, Yield Guild Games

Sebastien Borget - Co-Founder & COO, The Sandbox / President, Blockchain Game Alliance

Moderator: Leah Callon-Butler - Director, Emfarsis

11:20am PDT - How Will Gaming Drive the Mass Adoption of NFTs and Blockchain Technology?

James Ho - Senior Business Strategist, Animoca Brands

Stephen Browne - COO, Lepricon

Jason Brink - CMO, Gala Games

Moderator: Bowie Lau, VC, True Global Ventures

11:55am PDT - Building NFT Marketplaces & Ecosystems

Tushar Aggarwal - Founder & CEO, Persistence

Nikita Nguyen - Co-Founder & CEO, NFTify

Oscar Y. - Co-Founder, Convergence Finance

Moderator: Alexis Johnson - President, Lightnode Media / Founder, Legends Investment Network

12:30pm PDT - NFT x Music: Creating New Experiences Through NFTs

Alessandro Vinai & Andrea Vinai, Co-Founders, VINAI

Barnaby Anderson & Noble Drakoln, Co-Founders, BAND Royalty

Vasja Veber - Co-Founder & Business Development Director, Viberate

Moderator: Scottie Siu - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Orichal Partners

1:05pm PDT - NFT x FASHION: The Evolution of Culture
and Fashion in a digital-first world

Drew Harding - Co-Founder, MetaFactory / Enforcer, MetaCartel DAO

Eugene Kan - Co-Founder, Matter / Co-Founder, Adam Studios

Emma-Jane MacKinnon-Lee - Founder & CEO, DIGITALAX

Moderator: Shira Lazar - CEO & Co-Founder, Whats Trending

1:40pm PDT - The Value of Virtual Collectibles and Non-fungible Tokens
What does DeFi have to do with it?

Jesse Johnson - Co-Founder, Aavegotchi

LK Shelley - Venture Builder & Capitalist, Affiniti Ventures / AV(M)

Moderator: Michael Huynh - Co-Founder, DeFi Summit

2:15pm PDT But is it Legal? The World of NFT Copyright and Ownership Issues

Guy Maevsky - NFT & Crypto Lawyer

Harsch Khandelwal - CEO, UREEQA

Tonya Evans - CEO, Advantage Evans, LLC / Professor at Penn State Dickinson Law

Moderator: Ira Liss - COO, Managing Artistic Concepts

2:50pm PDT Leveraging Blockchain for Social Impact:
How NFTs, DeFi, Bitcoin Can Contribute to a More Sustainable World.

Ali Sabet - Artist & Designer, Sabet Brands

Matthew Twomey - The Sustainable Bitcoin Standard Initiative

Moderator: Max Song - CEO, Carbonbase

3:30pm PDT The Future of NFTs

Toufi Saliba - CEO, Toda.Network

Juergen Hoebarth - Co-Founder, Fortuna Digital Custody / Founder, Tokenization Limited

Scottie Siu - Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Orichal Partners

Moderator: Josh Kriger - Co-Founder, Edge of NFTs Podcast

4:00pm Closing Remarks - What to expect tomorrow

DeFi Summit Team

DeFi Conference - Part 1 - June 15th (Tuesday)

Conference Day 1 kicks off featuring array of tops such as Decentralized Governance, Insurance, Identity, Investing and beyond.

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban is the special guest joining the Polygon Power Panel alongside Stani Kulechov from Aave, Sandeep Naiwal from Polygon and Roc Zacharias from Quickswap. Stay tuned for Coinbase, Unicrypt, Finance.Vote, and YFDAI, plus an exciting panel featuring OG DeFi VCs Leslie Tam of GBV Capital, Miko Matsumura of Gumi Cryptos Capital, and Adrian Lai of Liquefy Labs.
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9:00am PST - Opening Talk

Justin Wu, DeFi Summit

Michael Huynh, DeFi Summit

9:10am PST - DeFi Security Threats & Economic Hacks

Peter Kacherginsky - Principal Blockchain Security Engineer, Coinbase

Will Shahda -Co-Founder, APY Finance

Steve Walbroehl - CISO, Halborn

Moderator: Rob Behnke, CEO, Halborn

9:45am PST - Governance without Government

Dr Nick Almond - CEO, Finance.Vote

10:10am PST - Unicrypt Going Public. Doxxing Anon identity LIVE.

Chav - COO, Unicrypt.Network

10:25am PST - Meet the Launchpads behind Top IDO Launches

John Burmeister - LaunchPad Success Manager, YFDAI

Roxana Nasoi - Head of Community, Launchpool

Chav -COO, Unicrypt

Moderator: Bridget Greenwood -Founder, The Bigger Pie

10:55am PST - DeFi Insurance: Are you covered?

Dr. Zeynep Stefan -Director of Risk, Insha Ventures

Denis Gorbachev -CEO, Shield Finance

Moderator: Yip (Thy-Diep Ta) - Co-Founder, Unit Ventures

11:20am PST - On-Chain Synthetic Assets

Drey Ng - Cofounder, Linear Finance

Moderator: Justin Wu, DeFi Summit

11:40am PST - Trading on Cross Chain Aggregation w/ OpenOcean

Mathias, Community Tech Lead, OpenOcean

12:00 pm PST - Polygon Power Hour

Mark Cuban

Stani Kulechov - CEO, Aave

Roc Z - CEO, Quickswap

Sandeep Nailwal -CEO, Polygon

Moderator: Justin Wu -DeFi Summit

1:00 pm PST - Intro: Tokenizing The World

Adrian - Co-Founder of Liquefy

1:05 pm PST - Why Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) Are Essential to DeFi

Chjango, ED - dWeb Foundation

Dr Nick Almond - CEO, Finance.Vote

Elena Sinelnikova -CEO, MetisDAO

Moderator: Samantha Yap - Founder & CEO, Yap Global

1:40 - Researching DeFi Trends & Future Outlook

James Wo - Founder , DFG

Yosef Shaftal - Israeli Blockchain Association

Moderator: Michael Huynh - DeFi Summit

2:10pm PST - Scaling Ethereum with Skale Labs

Jack O'Holleran - CEO, Skale Labs

2:35pm PST - Enter Decentralized Cloud (DeCloud) - The Unstoppable Web.

Greg Osuri - CEO, Akash Network

Eric Ma - CMO, Deeper Network

Mona Tiesler - Chief of Staff, Nuri

3:10pm PST - THE GRAPH KEYNOTE

Tegan Kline, Co-Founder, Edge & Node

3:35pm PST - Investing in DeFi

Miko Matsumura - General Partner, Gumi Cryptos Capital

Leslie Tam - Partner, GBV Capital

Moderator: Nelson Merchan (Legends)

4:00pm PST Closing Remarks - What to expect tomorrow

DeFi Summit Team

DeFi Conference - Part 2 - June 16th (Wednesday)

More experts from Chainlink, Cosmos, Luna, Stacks and OpenOcean speak on the second day. The DeFi trader roundtable features Boxmining, Cryptonauts & more.

9:00am PST - Opening Talk Welcome

Michael Huynh - DeFi Summit

9:05am PST - Living in a Multi-Chain & Cross-Chain world

Cindy Wu - Co-Founder, OpenOcean

9:10am PST - Building the Future of Decentralized Finance

Simon Bogdanowicz - COO, YFDAI Finance

9:15am PST Bringing Defi to Biticoin with Stacks

Muneeb Ali -CEO of Hiro Systems & Founder of Stacks

9:35am PST - Unlocking Cosmos DeFi

Peng Zhong - CEO, Tendermint

Ray Wong, Founder, Lutech

10:00am PST - STATE OF DEFI

Justin Wu, DeFi Summit

Michael Huynh, DeFi Summit

10:30am PST - Be Your own VC. Decentralized Incubator with Launchpool Labs

Roxana Nasoi - Head of Community, Launchpool & Launchpool Labs

Moderator: Ting Peng - Editor in Chief, Cointelegraph

11:00am PST - Intro to Yield Farming w/ Harvest Finance

Red - Harvest Finance

11:25am PST - DeFi Trader roundtable: Is DeFi Summer 2.0 Happening?

Nathan Leung- Cryptonauts on Youtube

Michael Gu - Boxmining on Youtube

Justin Wu - DeFi Summit

Michael Huynh- DeFi Summit

11:45 am PST - Building Privacy for DeFi w/ Secret Network

Tor Blair- Founder, Secret Network

Moderator: Michael Huynh - Defi Summit

12:10pm PST - Building DeFi Services against Rug Pulls, Launches & Beyond.

Chav - COO, Unicrypt

12:40pm PST - Decentralized Exchanges / Cross Chain Trading

Cindy Wu, Co-Founder, OpenOcean

Aayushi Jain - Co-Founder & COO, ZeroSwap

Alex Wearn - CEO, IDEX

Michael Huynh, DeFi Summit

1:10pm PST - Decentralized Identity & Privacy

Ingo - CEO, Kilt Protocol

Hsin-Ju Chuang- Founder & CEO, Dystopia Labs

Moderator: Naomi Oba - Marketing Manager ,Bitcoin.com

1:40pm PST - Introducing the Terra-Luna DeFi Ecosystem

SJ Park - Director of Special Projects, Terra Form Labs

Moderator: Justin Wu - DeFi Summit

2:05pm PST - DeFi Education for Women

Maggie Love -Founder, SheFi

2:15pm PST - Building Trust in a Trustless DeFi Ecosystem

Simon Bogdanowicz - COO of YFDAI

Reggie Jerath - Founder, Gather Network

Ian Friend - Co-Founder of Ferrum Network

Timothea Horwell - CMO of Orion Protocol

2:45pm PST - Building, Launching Meme Tokens

Pussy.Financial

Moderator: Justin Wu - DeFi Summit

3:05pm PST - Scalability & usability of Layer 2's in DeFi

Will Corkin - Cofounder, MANTRA DAO

Hamzah Khan - Head of DeFi, Polygon

Moderator: Michael Huynh, DeFi Summit

3:30pm PST - Tokenized Equity & Real World Assets

Liti Capital

Moderator: Justin Wu - DeFi Summit

3:50pm PST - Parachain Auctions Explained for Polkadot & Kusama

Dan Reecer -VP of Growth, Acala

4:20 - Closing Talk. Prepare for DeFi Demo Day!

Michael Huynh, DeFi Summit

DeFi Demo Day - June 17th (Thursday)

DeFi Demo Day is a dedicated day- long event where DeFi projects demo their product or protocol, pitch their ideas, and share with the community. There will be projects across different chains presenting from Solana, Cardano, Ethereum, Polkadot, Cosmos, Binance Smart Chain & more.

DeFi Demo Day schedule announcing soon.

Coming soon

Networking Afterparty in Decentraland - June 18th (Friday)

#DeFiWeek wraps up with a Decentralized Afterparty and networking event in Decentraland.