Fully remote & free / 28th & 29th July 2021
BUILDING THE OPEN METAVERSE
Join us to explore some of the world’s most exciting elements of the Web 3 ecosystem - DeFi, NFTs, Virtual Worlds, Gaming, Digital Fashion, DAOs and more. Diffusion Digital is our two-day virtual conference made up of pitches, talks, panels, and live Q&A (and some surprise guests). Whether you're a founder, investor, developer or just have an interest in the space, we invite you to hear from the people supporting the growth of the Open Metaverse!
Future & Past Attendees
Join pitches, live Q&A and talks
Diffusion Digital is the ultimate Web 3 demo day. As well as industry leading panelists and speakers, the pitches and progress from our latest Base Camp cohort will be showcased. Learn more about our teams and their journey through the Metaverse. Sign Up
Agenda
28th July (Times in BST)
13.00 - DeFi Summer: One Year On
Andrew Keys - Managing Partner, DARMA Capital
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
14.00 - Financing Real World Assets with DeFi
Dimitrios Chatzianagnostou - Founder, Tokenfabrik
Sidney Powell - CEO & Co-Founder, Maple Finance
Kristy-Leigh Mineham - Founder, OhGodACompany
Lewis Farrell - CMO, TitanMining
Rumi Morales - Board Member, Outlier Ventures
14.30 - Fireside Chat with Tokenfabrik
Dimitrios Chatzianagnostou - Founder, Tokenfabrik
Rumi Morales - Board Member, Outlier Ventures
15.00 - A Defining Moment for Luxury in the Metaverse
Alissa Aulbekova - Co-Founder, Auroboros
Paula Sello - Co-Founder, Auroboros
Sallyann Houghton - Business Development Fashion Industry / M&E - Epic Games
Maghan McDowell - Senior Innovation Editor, Vogue Business
Benoit Pagotto - Co-Founder, RTFKT
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
15.30 - Fireside Chat with Auroboros
Alissa Aulbekova - Co-Founder, Auroboros
Paula Sello - Co-Founder, Auroboros
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
16.00 - Real Estate in the Metaverse
Hrish Lotlikar - CEO, SuperWorld
Robby Yung - CEO, Animoca Brands
Nitin Gaur - Director, IBM Financial Sciences & Digital Assets
Janine Yorio - Managing Director, Republic | Manager, Republic Realm
Scott Collen - Base Camp Lead, Outlier Ventures
16.30 - Fireside Chat with SuperWorld
Hrish Lotlikar - CEO, SuperWorld
Scott Collen - Base Camp Lead, Outlier Ventures
17.00 - Base Camp: Startup Questions with Web3 Founders
Peter Wood - CEO, Coinburp
Johan Unger - Co-Founder & Project Lead, Meme.com
Justin Banon - Co-Founder, Boson Protocol
Ana-Maria Yanakieva - Investment Manager, Outlier Ventures
18.00 - Reinventing NFTs with Polkadot
Bruno Skvorc - CEO, RMRK
Alex Mitrovich - CEO, Unique
Ray Lu - CEO & Co-Founder, Bit.Country
Aron van Ammers - CTO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
29th July (Times in BST)
13.00 - Building the Metaverse with Filecoin & IPFS
Juan Benet - CEO & Founder, Protocol Labs
Molly Mackinley - IPFS & Filecoin Lead, Protocol Labs
14.00 - Expanding Play2Earn in Mobile
Nielsen Caruncho - CEO, Playcheck Games
Jeff Zerlin - Co-Founder, Axie Infinity
Gabby Dizon - Co-Founder, Yield Guild Games
Scott Collen, Base Camp Lead, Outlier Ventures
14.30 - Fireside Chat with Playcheck Games
Nielsen Caruncho - CEO, Playcheck Games
Patrick Kreuch - Creative Director, Playcheck Games
Scott Collen - Base Camp Lead, Outlier Ventures
15.00 - Game Creation in the Metaverse
Giovanni Petrantoni - Founder, Fragcolor
Richard Kim - General Partner, Galaxy Interactive
Amy Wu - Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
15.30 - Fireside Chat with Fragcolor
Giovanni Petrantoni - Founder, Fragcolor
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
16.00 - Can AI Democratize Companionship?
Nils Pihl - CEO, Matterless
Craig Allen - Former CCO, Embodied, Inc.
Pearly Chen - VP Business Development & Partnerships, HTC Vive
Arif Khan - CEO & Founder, Alethea AI
Janet Adams - COO, SingularityNET
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
16.30 - Fireside Chat with Matterless
Nils Pihl - CEO, Matterless
Damir First - CCO - Matterless
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
17.00 - Making Digital Identity More Inclusive & Accessible
Ankur Banerjee - CTO & Co-Founder, cheqd
Marta Piekarska-Geater - InDuna, Balancer Labs
Alex Preukschat - Author, BitcoinComic.org & LibroBlockchain.org | Coordinator, Blockchain Espana, Alianza Blockchain, SSIMeetup.org
Evin McMullen - Co-Founder, Serto at ConsenSys
Aron van Ammers - CTO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
17.30 - Fireside Chat with cheqd
Ankur Banerjee - CTO & Co-Founder, cheqd
Aron van Ammers - CTO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
18.00 - Decentralization, is it unlimited?
Seth Ward - CEO, Meryt
Marek Laskowski - CTO & Co-Founder, Open DeFi
Yorke Rhodes III - Co-Founder & Director Digital Transformation, Blockchain, Microsoft
Rumi Morales - Board Member, Outlier Ventures
18.30 - Fireside Chat with Meryt
Seth Ward - CEO, Meryt
Rumi Morales - Board Member, Outlier Ventures
19.00 - Scaling the Avatar Economy
A. Daniel Garcia - CEO, CryptoAvatars
Cathy Hackl - VP, Avatar Dimension & Metaverse Growth Strategies, Upland
Sebastien Borget - COO & Co-Founder, The Sandbox
Ryan Gill - CEO & Co-Founder, Crucible
Trevor Walford - DAO Facilitator, ex. Product, Decentraland
Liam Kelly - UK News Editor, Decrypt
19.30 - Fireside Chat with CryptoAvatars
A. Daniel Garcia - CEO, CryptoAvatars
Scott Collen - Base Camp Lead, Outlier Ventures
Future & Past Speakers
Andrew Keys
Managing Partner, DARMA Capital
Juan Benet
CEO & Founder, Protocol Labs
Molly Mackinlay
IPFS & Filecoin Lead, Protocol Labs
Jeff Zerlin
Co-Founder, Axie Infinity
Sallyann Houghton
BD Fashion Industry / M&E, Epic Games
Cathy Hackl
VP, Avatar Dimension | Metaverse Growth Strategies, Upland
Robby Yung
CEO, Animoca Brands
Evin McMullen
Co-Founder, Serto at ConsenSys
Sam Hamilton
Community & Events Lead, Decentraland
Amy Wu
Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Yorke Rhodes III
Co-Founder & Director Digital Transformation, Blockchain, Microsoft
Kristy-Leigh Mineham
Founder, OhGodACompany
Sidney Powell
Co-Founder / CEO, Maple Finance
Richard Kim
General Partner, Galaxy Interactive
Ray Lu
Co-Founder / CEO, Bit.Country
Peter Wood
CEO, Coinburp
Nitin Gaur
Director, IBM Financial Sciences & Digital Assets
Marta Piekarska-Geater
InDuna, Balancer Labs
Lewis Farrell
CMO, TitanMining
Maghan McDowell
Senior Innovation Editor, Vogue Business
Ryan Gill
CEO & Co-Founder, Crucible
Marek Laskowski
Co-Founder / CTO, Open DeFi
Johan Unger
Co-Founder / Project Lead, Meme.com
Janine Yorio
Managing Director, Republic Realm
Janet Adams
COO, SingularityNET
Gabby Dizon
Co-Founder, Yield Guild Games
Craig Allen
Former CCO, Embodied, Inc.
Bruno Skvorc
CEO, RMRK
Pearly Chen
VP Business Development & Partnerships, HTC Vive
Alex Preukschat
Coordinator, Blockchain Espana, Alianza Blockchain, SSIMeetup.org
Alex Mitrovich
CEO, Unique Network
Sebastien Borget
COO / Founder, The Sandbox
Arif Khan
CEO & Founder, Alethea AI
Bruce Pon
Founder / CEO, Ocean Protocol
Roham Gharegozlou
Co-Founder / CEO, Dapper Labs
Joe Petrowski
Technical Integrations Lead, Web 3 Foundation
Sam Williams
Founder, Arweave
Sandeep Nailwal
Co-founder / COO, Polygon (Previously MATIC)
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
Chief Strategy Officer, DIA Association
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 & Education Programs, Twitch
Mona el Isa
Founder, Avantgarde
Paul Claudius
Co-Founder, DIA
Joe Yu
Lead Researcher, Sperax
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