The largest gathering of decentralized finance enthusiasts unites online on June 24th at the second annual Global DeFi Summit, hosted by Los Angeles-based blockchain venture studio Draper Goren Holm and sponsored by the Tezos-based Plenty DeFi. There has never been a more substantial number of influential leaders in finance, cryptocurrency, decentralized finance, and blockchain to take a single stage at any conference other than Global DeFi Summit. Register for free today.
The Global DeFi Summit is hosting over 80 international decentralized finance (DeFi) leaders to share upcoming announcements, their knowledge, expertise, and direction for how they envision the future of global finance. Free for all, the inaugural summit provides a platform for the blockchain industry that fosters exposure, education, collaboration, building, and development for the distributed finance sector.
Agenda (PT)
Thursday ● 24th of June
8:00 AM Thursday Introductions by Jessica Walker 5min
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
8:05 AM Thursday Draper Goren Holm Presentation 10min
Alon Goren, Draper Goren Holm
Josef Holm, Draper Goren Holm
Adam Levy, Draper Goren Holm
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
8:15 AM Thursday LunarCRUSH Market Introduction 15min
Joe Vezzani, LunarCRUSH Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
8:30 AM Thursday Current State of DeFi: What to Expect This DeFi Summer 30min
DeFi Dad DeFi Dad, The DeFi Podcast Speaker
Santiago Roel, ParaFi Capital Speaker
Vance Spencer, Framework Ventures Speaker
David Bleznak, Totle Speaker
Alexander Fazel, SwissBorg & Cryptonites.TV Moderator
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
9:00 AM Thursday The rise of Dubai to a global DeFi hub 30min
Saeed Al Darmaki, Sheesha Finance Speaker
Josef Holm, Draper Goren Holm Moderator
Tim Draper, Draper Goren Holm Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
9:30 AM Thursday Bringing DeFi to Institutions 15min
Gee Chuang, Circle
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
9:45 AM Thursday The Evolving Landscape of Venture Capital in Decentralized Finance 30min
Haseeb Qureshi, Dragonfly Capital Speaker
Alon Goren, Draper Goren Holm Speaker
Aly Madhavji, Blockchain Founders Fund Moderator
Min Teo, ConsenSys Mesh Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
10:15 AM Thursday How Decentralized Lending & Borrowing Will Disrupt Traditional Finance Forever 30min
Adel ElMessiry, ALPHAFIN Speaker
Stani Kulechov, Aave Speaker
Kristina Cornèr, Cointelegraph Moderator
Scoopy Trooples, Alchemix Speaker
Tyler Ward, BarnBridge Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
10:45 AM Thursday How Can NFTs Be Used In DeFi? 30min
J.D. Salbego, AnRKey X Speaker
Ben Lakoff, Charged Particles Speaker
Jesse Johnson, Aavegotchi Speaker
Zach Burks, Mintable Speaker
Jessica Walke rModerator
Mary Ma, Rangers Protocol Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
11:15 AM Thursday Liquidity Wars: How To Enable Better Capital Efficiency For DeFi 30min
Robert Lauko, Liquity Speaker
Aya Kantorovich, FalconX Moderator
Neeraj Khandelwal, CoinDCX Speaker
Antonio Juliano, dYdX Speaker
Sunil Srivatsa, Saddle Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
11:45 AM Thursday How Is Permissionless Composability Supercharging Innovation? Applications & Examples 30min
Luuk Weber, PrimeDAO Speaker
Camila Russo, The Defiant Speaker
Hilmar Orth, Gelato Network Speaker
Aleks Larsen, Blockchain Capital Speaker
Ting Peng, Cointelegraph China Moderator
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
12:15 PM Thursday Why Are Competing Blockchain Networks Gaining Traction? 30min
Medha Parlikar, CasperLabs Speaker
Spitting Nickels, Blizzard Speaker
Benton Yaun, Cointelegraph Moderator
Kendall Cole, NEAR Protocol Speaker
Ogle BSC Gemz, BSC Gemz
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
12:45 PM Thursday How DeFi Micro-Loans Will Empower 3rd World Countries & Beyond 15min
Adel ElMessiry, ALPHAFIN Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
1:00 PM Thursday Why Are Layer 2 Solutions Perfect for Scaling Blockchains? 30min
Jack O’Holleran, SKALE Labs Speaker
Emin Gün Sirer, Ava Labs Speaker
Jaynti Kanani, Polygon Speaker
Marek Olszewski, cLabs Speaker
Leila Stein, BeInCrypto Moderator
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
1:30 PM Thursday The Current State of DeFi on Tezos Blockchain 30min
Alex Davis, Tezos Israel Speaker
Kevin Mehrabi, Tezos DeFi Speaker
Bernd Oostrum, Plenty DeFi Speaker
Dara Albright, Dara Albright Media Moderator
Dibyo Majumder, Wiltpad Speaker
Keefer Taylor, Tessellated Geometry Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
2:00 PM Thursday DeFi Beyond Speculation: Infructure & Applications 30min
Anna Stone, Good Dollar Speaker
Austin Roberts, Rivet Speaker
Nelly Chatue-Diop, Ejara Speaker
Kevin Owocki, Gitcoin Speaker
Andrew Thurman, Cointelegraph Moderator
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
2:30 PM Thursday What To Expect When You’re Expecting: The Rise of Ethereum 2.0 30min
Alon Muroch, BloxStaking Speaker
Alex Wearn, IDEX Speaker
Alex Gluchowski, Matter Labs Speaker
Greg Lang, Rivet Moderator
David Hoffman, Bankless Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
3:00 PM Thursday Fireside Chat with Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov 30min
Sergey Nazarov, Chainlink Speaker
Ash Bennington, Real Vision Moderator
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
3:30 PM Thursday Future of DeFi for 2022 & Beyond: Mass Education & Uses Cases 30min
Ralf Gerteis, Scaleswap Speaker
Maggie Love, SheFi Speaker
Frederic Rough, Coinsquad Speaker
Bette Chen, Acala Network Speaker
Ranica Arrowsmith, Accounting Today Moderator
Tyler Ward, BarnBridge Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
4:00 PM Thursday What Infrastructure Metaverse Needs by Rangers Protocol 15min
Mary Ma, Rangers Protocol Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
4:15 PM Thursday The Current State of CBDCs & Enterprise DeFi 30min
James Wallis, Ripple Speaker
Masha Prusakova, Crypto PR Lab Moderator
Dante Disparte, Circle Speaker
Dr. Vin Menon, iBG.Finance Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
4:45 PM Thursday Interoperability & Cross Chain DeFi 30min
Loong Wang, RenSpeaker
Aaron Segal, Bitcoin Magazine Moderator
Edan Yago, Sovryn Speaker
James Presswitch, cLabs Speaker
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
5:15 PM Thursday DeFi Metrics for Successful Investing: Retail & Institutional Point of View 30min
Barney Mannerings, Vega Protocol Speaker
Henrik Andersson, dHEDGE Speaker
Jon Farjo, LunarCRUSH Speaker
Tom Shaughnessy, Delphi DigitalS peaker
Karen Hsu, Appdome Moderator
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
5:45 PM Thursday Closing Remarks by Draper Goren Holm 5min
Alon Goren, Draper Goren Holm
Josef Holm, Draper Goren Holm
Adam Levy, Draper Goren Holm
Location: ● Main Stage – by Plenty DeFi
Friday ● 25th of June
8:00 AM Friday Post-Event Networking Day 10h 0min
Enjoy another day of networking!
Saturday ● 26th of June