Free Access / 7th & 8th April 2021
JOURNEY FROM WEB 3 TO THE OPEN METAVERSE
Join some of the world’s most exciting elements of the Web 3 ecosystem, for a two-day virtual event - made up of pitches, talks, panels, and live Q&A. Whether you're a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the space, we welcome you to hear from the people driving the next major web cycle forward!
Future & Past Attendees
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Diffusion Digital is the ultimate Web 3 demo day, the pitches and progress from our latest Base Camp cohort will be showcased and you'll hear how they are harnessing the power of converging emerging technologies in industries such as fintech, energy, insurance, industrial tech, and more. Sign Up
Agenda
7th April
14:20 - Opening Diffusion Digital
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
14:30 - Opening The Metaverse
Panelists:
Richard G. Kerris - GM Media & Entertainment, Head of Worldwide Developer Relations, NVIDIA
Nicolas Pouard - Blockchain Initiative Director, Ubisoft
Dave Haynes - Director of Developer Ecosystem & Vive X, EMEA, HTC
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
15:00 - Will NFTs drive adoption of Crypto?
Moderator:
Scott Collen - Basecamp Program Lead, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Serena Tabacchi - CEO & Co-founder, MoCDA
Sebastien Borget - Co-Founder & COO, The Sandbox
Jordan Lyall - $MEME
Peter Wood - CEO, CoinBurp
15:30 - CoinBurp fireside chat
Panelists:
Peter Wood - CEO, CoinBurp
Scott Collen - Basecamp Program Lead, Outlier Ventures
16:00 - Crypto _ Africa
Moderator:
Charlotte Kapoor - Head of Strategic Partnerships, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Yele Bademosi - CEO & Founder, Bundle
Sandeep Nailwal - Co-founder/COO, Polygon (MATIC)
Vijay Garg - Co-Founder, Inclusion Capital
Aronu Ugochukwu - CEO and Founder, Wicrypt
16:30 - Wicrypt fireside chat
Panelists:
Aronu Ugochukwu - CEO and Founder, Wicrypt
Charlotte Kapoor - Head of Strategic Partnerships, Outlier Ventures
17:00 - It's bigger than hip-hop
Moderator:
Ana-Maria Yanakieva - Investment Manager, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Chris "Big Knuck" Washington - Artist
Rare Scrilla - Digital artist / Music producer
Danny Litin - Head of Marketing, Rhymesayers Entertainment
Garett Laugavitz - Founder, Cipher
17:30 - Cipher fireside chat
Panelists:
Garett Laugavitz - Founder, Cipher
Ana-Maria Yanakieva - Investment Manager, Outlier Ventures
18:00 - The Future of the Attention Economy: open, public, and paid for.
Moderator:
Rumi Morales - Partner, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Jarrod Dicker - VP Commercial, The Washington Post
Sam Williams - CEO/Co-Founder, Arweave
Alexander Morris - Architect & CEO, KOI
18:30 - KOI fireside chat
Panelists:
Alexander Morris - Architect & CEO, KOI
Rumi Morales - Partner, Outlier Ventures
19:00 - Where do NFTs go next?
Moderator:
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
John Orion Young - Artist
Josie Bellini - Artist & Designer
Jim McNelis - Founder, NFT42
19:30 - NFT42 fireside chat
Panelists:
Jim McNelis - Founder, NFT42
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
20:00 - Closing Remarks - Day 1
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
8th April
13:20 - Opening - Day 2
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
13:30 - Building the 1st NFT Unicorn
Panelists:
Roham Gharegozlou - Co-Founder/CEO, Dapper Labs
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
14:00 - Digital Identity for Corporates
Moderator:
Chris Donovan - Head of Legal, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Andrew Tobin - Managing Director, EMEA, Evernym Inc
Ivar Wiersma - Head of Venture Development, R3
Andre Kudra - CIO, esatus AG
Cindy van Niekerk - CEO and Co-Founder, Umazi
14:30 - Umazi fireside chat
Panelists:
Cindy van Niekerk - CEO and Co-Founder, Umazi
Chris Donovan - Head of Legal, Outlier Ventures
15:00 - Cooperative platform as a new approach to platform economics
Moderator:
Matus Steis - Token Design Lead, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Bruce Pon - Founder/CEO, Ocean Protocol
Nik Scharmann - Project Director "Economy of Things", Bosch
Dr Ana Trbovich - Co-Founder, Grid Singularity & Energy Web Foundation
Dr. Harry Behrens - CTO, bloXmove
15:30 - bloXmove fireside chat
Panelists:
Dr. Harry Behrens - CTO, bloXmove
Matus Steis - Token Design Lead, Outlier Ventures
16:00 - Tokenizing the value of memes
Moderator:
Ana-Maria Yanakieva - Investment Manager, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Marguerite deCourcelle - CEO, Blockade Games
Sid Kalla - Co-founder & CTO, Roll
Connie Digital - Content Creator/Artist
Johan Unger - Co-Founder & Project Lead, MarbleCards
16:30 - Marble Cards fireside chat
Panelists:
Johan Unger - Co-Founder & Project Lead, MarbleCards
Ana-Maria Yanakieva - Investment Manager, Outlier Ventures
17:00 - What do developers want from blockchains?
Moderator:
Aron van Ammers - CTO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Simona Pop - Head of Community, Status
Joe Petrowski - Technical Integrations Lead - Web 3 Foundation
ZX Zhang - CryptoEconLab Lead, Protocol Labs
Greg Marlin - Founder, Idexo
17:30 - Idexo fireside chat
Panelists:
Greg Marlin - Founder, Idexo
Aron van Ammers - CTO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
18:00 - Blitzscaling dCommerce stack
Panelists:
Justin Banon CEO/Founder, Boson Protocol
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
18:30 - Building the NFT Polkadot Parachain
Panelists:
Alexander Mitrovich - CEO/Founder, Unique Network
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
19:00 - DAOs, NFTs and the Web3 audio collaboration economy
Moderator:
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Deadmau5 - DJ / Producer
Vivie-ann Bakos - Founder, BLOND:ISH
Dean Wilson - CEO & Founder, Seven20
Sean Gardner - CEO and Cofounder, MODA
Jimi Frew - Head of Music / Co-Founder, MODA
19:30 - MODA fireside chat
Panelists:
Sean Gardner - CEO and Cofounder, MODA
Jimi Frew - Head of Music / Co-Founder, MODA
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
20:00 - Introducing Polkadex
Vivek Prasannan - Executive Director, Polkadex
Charlotte Kapoor - Head of Strategic Partnerships, Outlier Ventures
20:20 - Introducing Titan
Ryan Condron - CEO / Founder, Titan
Charlotte Kapoor - Head of Strategic Partnerships, Outlier Ventures
20:40 - Closing Remarks
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
Future & Past Speakers
Bruce Pon
Founder / CEO, Ocean Protocol
Roham Gharegozlou
Co-Founder / CEO, Dapper Labs
Sebastien Borget
COO & Founder, The Sandbox
Joe Petrowski
Technical Integrations Lead, Web 3 Foundation
Sam Williams
Founder, Arweave
Sandeep Nailwal
Co-founder / COO, Polygon (Previously MATIC)
Deadmau5
Vivie-ann Bakos
BLOND:ISH
Marguerite deCourcelle
CEO, Blockade Games
Nicolas Pouard
Blockchain Initiative Director, Ubisoft
Dr Ana Trbovich
Co-Founder, Grid Singularity & Energy Web Foundation
Richard G. Kerris
GM Media & Entertainment - Head of Worldwide Developer Relations, Nvidia
Simona Pop
Head of Community, Status
Jarrod Dicker
VP Commercial, The Washington Post
Yele Bademosi
CEO & Founder, Bundle
Justin Banon
CEO / Founder, Boson Protocol
Dave Haynes
Director of Developer Ecosystem & Vive X, EMEA, HTC
Ivar Wiersma
Head of Venture Development, R3
Sid Kalla
Co-founder / CTO, Roll
Jamie Burke
CEO, Outlier Ventures
Sergey Nazarov
Co-Founder, Chainlink
Changpeng Zhao
Founder & CEO, Binance
Toby Simpson
CTO & Co-Founder, Fetch.AI
Angela Kreitenweis
Co-Founder, Token Engineering Global Community; Founder & CEO, conectopia UG
James Keck
Blockchain Lead, Accenture
Joseph Lubin
Founder, Consensys
Mark Miller
Chief Scientist, Agoric
Ryan Selkis
Co-Founder & CEO, Messari
Eyal Hertzog
Co-Founder, Bancor
Sabine Brink
Blockchain Lead, Shell
Omri Ross
Chief Blockchain Scientist, eToro
Peteris Zilgavis
Head of Digital Innovation, European Commission
Rebecca Wald
Product Manager, Mode Banking
Simon Taylor
Co-Founder, 11:FS
Tor Bair
Exec. Director & Chairman, Secret Foundation
Walid Al Saqqef
Founder, InsureBlocks
Felix Feng
CEO & Co-founder, Set Protocol
Ioana Surpateanu
Co-Head of European Government Affairs, Citigroup
Denis Pitcher
Chief Fintech Adviser to the Premier of Bermuda
Yan Ivtal
The Graph
Deborah Simpier
CEO Althea
Dr. Jürgen.Kuballa
Blockchain Director EMEA, Oracle
Hubertus Thonhauser
Chairman of Tezos Foundation
Jack Purdy
Messari
Mark Candella
Director of Student and Education Programs at Twitch
Mona el Isa
Founder Avantgarde
Paul Claudius
Co-Founder, Dia Data
Joe Yu
Lead Researcher, Sperax
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