Gear up for 2025. Join the Blockchain Summit on December 12-13, 2024, to hear insights from leaders, product experts, and innovators.
Discover Web3 use cases and future predictions.
9:00
Welcome to Global Blockchain Show
Vishal Parmar, Founder & CEO, VAP GROUP
9:10
PANEL: The blueprint for building a successful blockchain ecosystem
Shuyao Kong, Co-Founder, MegaETH
Patrick O’Kain, General Partner, Borderless Capital
Belinda Zhou, Founding Partner, Sharding Capital
Vanessa Grellet, Managing Partner, Arche Capital
Moderator: Alexis Johnson, Co-Founder & CEO, Light Node Ventures
PANEL: Global exchanges: The backbone of crypto innovation
Carmen Tan, Chief Communication Officer, CoinW
Rachel Conlan, CMO, Binance
Michelle Daura, Head of wealth business unit, Bybit
Moderator: Mia Soarez, A-List Host / Founder, Walkin
Can AI and blockchain together revolutionize the digital world
Janet Adams, COO/ Board Director, SingularityNET / ASI
Building the open metaverse: Winning Web3 with gamification
Yat Siu, Co-Founder & Chairman, Animoca Brands
David Palmer, Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder, Vodafone’s Digital Asset Broker (DAB) Platform, Vodafone
Johnson Yeh, Founder & CEO, ROEHL/Ambrus Studio
Jonathan Bouzanquet, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Playa3ULL Games
Moderator: Mia Soarez, A-List Host / Founder, Walkin
Blockchain beyond borders: Revolutionizing trade, commodities, and innovation in a global hub
Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman & CEO, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC)
KEYNOTE: New tokenization experience
Gregorio Maiorano, Co-Founder, Global Market of Artification (GMA)
12:45
13:10
KEYNOTE: How cloud Infrastructure advances Web3 security and scalability
Grace Wang, Global Head of Web3, Alibaba Cloud
Building the Future: Insights from crypto pioneers
Dr. Marwan Alzarouni, CEO of AI, Dubai Economy & Tourism and CEO, Dubai Blockchain Center
Eowyn Chen, CEO, Trust Wallet
John Lilic, Chief Executive Officer, Telos
Moderator: Serena Sebastiani Virtual Assets Lead, Director Financial Services Consulting PwC Middle East
14:10
FIRESIDE CHAT: Is the world ready for AI? Unpacking global adoption trends
Mario Alberto Casiraghi, Co – Founder / CFO, SingularityDAO / SingularityNET
Eljaboom, Founder, Ajoobz
15:05
KEYNOTE: Blockchain: Don’t lose sight of the why
Reeve Collins, Co-Founder, Tether, TreasuryX, WeFi, SuperSol
KEYNOTE: Global tokenization: Decentralized technology for collective innovation
Jonas Werner, Founder, C1
Chris Jeansson, Web3 Director, C1
FIRESIDE CHAT: The memecoin supercycle: Outlook for 2025
Murad Mahmudov, Investor, Private
Mia Soarez, Founder, Walkin
PANEL: Unlocking the power of Web3: The key to a decentralized future
Christopher Jensen, VP / Director of Digital Asset Research, Franklin Templeton
Vanessa Grellet, Managing Partner, Arche Capital
Moderator: Belinda Zhou, Founding Partner, Sharding Capital
Bridging Forex and Crypto: Opportunities, challenges, and the future of digital trading
Ahmad Khatib, Chief Business Development Officer, CFI Financial Group
Naeem Aslam, Columnist, NASDAq
Abhinav Mehta, Head of Partnerships & Marketing, MultiBank.io
Terri-Leigh Bennett, COO, CMS Financial
Moderator: Gordon Einstein, Founding Partner, CryptoLaw Partners
16:55
Layer 2: The Future of Bitcoin’s Dominance
Charlie Hu, Co-Founder, Bitlayer
Moderator: Mia Soarez, Founder, Walkin
9:00
LIVE ON STAGE
Maria Vovchok, Podcast host, Dubai Blockchain Center
9:10
Maria Vovchok, Podcast host, Dubai Blockchain Center
9:15
PANEL: RWA in Web3: The future of digital payments
David Tang, Advisor, ATT Global
Anil Kumar, Founder & CEO, Rome Protocol
Aniket Jindal, Co-Founder, COO Biconomy Labs
Moderator: Belinda Zhou, Founding Partner, Sharding Capital
10:00
KEYNOTE: Gamifying the Future: How Blockchain and Web3 will revolutionize video games
Jonathan Bouzanquet, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Playa3ULL Games
10:20
FIRESIDE CHAT: Web3 venture capital : Year in review and what to look for in 2025
Vineet Budki, Managing Partner & CEO, Cypher Capital
Mia Soarez, A-List Host / Founder, Walkin
10:20
FIRESIDE CHAT: Web3 venture capital : Year in review and what to look for in 2025
Vineet Budki, Managing Partner & CEO, Cypher Capital
Mia SoareZ, A-List Host / Founder, Walkin
FIRESIDE CHAT: Why be a frog when you can be a koala
Eljaboom, Founder, Ajoobz
Yacine Bahri, CEO & Founder, Koala AI
KEYNOTE: The age of decentralized AI is here: power shift in autonomous machine interactions
Marcello Mari, CEO & Founder, SingularityDAO
Maria Vovchok, Podcast host, Dubai Blockchain Center
KEYNOTE: Driving Innovation: UPTX’s blueprint for the next phase of Web3 growth
Kelly Xu Ke
CEO & Co-founder, UPTX
Founder, UP Global
KEYNOTE: Building the next superpower in Web3: DFINITY foundation
Pierre Samaties, Chief Business Officer, DFINITY
KEYNOTE: Crypto in daily lives of next 1 Billion people.
Bibin Babu, Co-Founder, Payci
KEYNOTE: Revolutionizing E-Commerce: AI and Blockchain as the New Growth Engine
Ivaylo Georgiev, CEO, Next Basket
FIRESIDE CHAT: Building a stablecoin payments ecosystem
Sean Lee, Co-Founder, IDA
Gordon Einstein, Founding Partner, CryptoLaw Partners
Strategic trends in DeFi and DePIN: Preparing for mass adoption
Ekin Gultepe, General Manager, MANTRA
Tigran Bolshoi, Co-founder, Swaps.io
Jeroen Gillekens, Principal, Roland Berger
Moderator: Laura K. Inamedinova, Principal, Gate Ventures
14:00
Red, white, and bitcoin: How U.S. decisions could drive global crypto innovation
Jason Allegrante, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Fireblocks
14:25
PANEL: How we unlock the potential of Web3
Christian Gleich, International Ambassador, European Blockchain Association
Kat Miroshnikova, Co-founder, Unit Network
Arjun Kalsy, COG, Fuel Network
Himanshu Sahay, Co-Founder & CTO, Arch
Saqr, Ereiqat, Secretary General, Dubai Digital Asset Association
Moderator: Laura K. Inamedinova, Principal, Gate Ventures
KEYNOTE: Quantum computing vs Web3 cryptography
John Lilic, CEO, Telos
15.20
FIRESIDE CHAT:Solana, memecoins, and the future of blockchain
Mert Mumtaz, CEO, Helius
Jordi Alexander, Founder, Selini
15.40
New DApp marketplace for sustainability
Sunny Lu, CEO, VeChain
15:50
Inside the world of DAOs
H.E Justin Sun, Founder of TRON | Global Advisor of HTX | Prime Minister of Liberland
16:05
Permissionless Intelligence: The rise of decentralized AI
Arto Bendiken, Chief Technical Officer, Haltia.AI
16:15
FIRESIDE CHAT: Building a new alternative
Rifad Mahasneh Chief Executive Officer – MENA OKX
Anton Golub, Founder & Chairman, SwissAssetDAO
16:30
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