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.
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.
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.
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.
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DeFi Summit Recordings & Agenda
https://www.defisummit.com/
Virtual festival
JUNE 14-18TH 2021
Video Recording Links
DAY 1 - NFT DAY
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71CB7RG68O8
DeFi Conference - Part 1
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3b3aoKEnEA
DeFi Conference - Part 2
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAKlAaD2_k0
DeFi Demo Day
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E995anHkRA
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Agenda
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
Fireside Chat
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
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9:35am PDT - Digital Art and NFTs in the Cultural and Creative Sectors - The Impact for Artists
Panel
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?
Panel
Henrietta Tsui-Leung - Co-Founder, Galerie Ora-Ora / Founder & Honorary Chair, HK Art Gallery
Association
Sirisilp Kongsilp - Founder, Morpheus Project
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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
Panel
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?
Panel
James Ho - Senior Business Strategist, Animoca Brands
Stephen Browne - COO, Lepricon
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Jason Brink - CMO, Gala Games
Moderator: Bowie Lau, VC, True Global Ventures
11:55am PDT - Building NFT Marketplaces & Ecosystems
Panel
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
Panel
Alessandro Vinai & Andrea Vinai, Co-Founders, VINAI
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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
Panel
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?
Panel
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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
Panel
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.
Panel
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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
Panel
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
Panel
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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.
9:00am PST - Opening Talk
Opening Talk
Justin Wu, DeFi Summit
Michael Huynh, DeFi Summit
9:10am PST - DeFi Security Threats & Economic Hacks
Opening Talk
Peter Kacherginsky - Principal Blockchain Security Engineer, Coinbase
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Will Shahda -Co-Founder, APY Finance
Steve Walbroehl - CISO, Halborn
Moderator: Rob Behnke, CEO, Halborn
9:45am PST - Governance without Government
Keynote
Dr Nick Almond - CEO, Finance.Vote
10:10am PST - Unicrypt Going Public. Doxxing Anon identity LIVE.
Keynote
Chav - COO, Unicrypt.Network
10:25am PST - Meet the Launchpads behind Top IDO Launches
Panel
John Burmeister - LaunchPad Success Manager, YFDAI
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Roxana Nasoi - Head of Community, Launchpool
Chav -COO, Unicrypt
Moderator: Bridget Greenwood -Founder, The Bigger Pie
10:55am PST - DeFi Insurance: Are you covered?
Panel
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
Panel
Drey Ng - Cofounder, Linear Finance
Moderator: Justin Wu, DeFi Summit
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11:40am PST - Trading on Cross Chain Aggregation w/ OpenOcean
Keynote
Mathias, Community Tech Lead, OpenOcean
12:00 pm PST - Polygon Power Hour
Panel
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
Keynote
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Adrian - Co-Founder of Liquefy
1:05 pm PST - Why Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) Are Essential to DeFi
Panel
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
Panel
James Wo - Founder , DFG
Yosef Shaftal - Israeli Blockchain Association
Moderator: Michael Huynh - DeFi Summit
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2:10pm PST - Scaling Ethereum with Skale Labs
Keynote
Jack O'Holleran - CEO, Skale Labs
2:35pm PST - Enter Decentralized Cloud (DeCloud) - The Unstoppable Web.
Panel
Greg Osuri - CEO, Akash Network
Eric Ma - CMO, Deeper Network
Mona Tiesler - Chief of Staff, Nuri
3:10pm PST - THE GRAPH KEYNOTE
Keynote
Tegan Kline, Co-Founder, Edge & Node
3:35pm PST - Investing in DeFi
Keynote
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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
Closing
DeFi Summit Team
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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
Welcome to Day 2
Michael Huynh - DeFi Summit
9:05am PST - Living in a Multi-Chain & Cross-Chain world
Keynote
Cindy Wu - Co-Founder, OpenOcean
9:10am PST - Building the Future of Decentralized Finance
Keynote
Simon Bogdanowicz - COO, YFDAI Finance
9:15am PST Bringing Defi to Bitcoin with Stacks
Keynote
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Muneeb Ali -CEO of Hiro Systems & Founder of Stacks
9:35am PST - Unlocking Cosmos DeFi
Fireside Chat
Peng Zhong - CEO, Tendermint
Ray Wong, Founder, Lutech
10:00am PST - DeFi Trader roundtable: Is DeFi Summer 2.0 Happening?
Panel
Nathan Leung- Cryptonauts on Youtube
Michael Gu - Boxmining on Youtube
Justin Wu - DeFi Summit
Michael Huynh- DeFi Summit
10:30am PST - Be Your own VC. Decentralized Incubator with Launchpool Labs
Fireside Chat
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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
Keynote
Red - Harvest Finance
11:20am PST - Decentralized Portfolio Management and Tokenized Index
Panel
Roman Krywulych, COO, Pollen DAO
Justin Wu, DeFi Summit
11:45 am PST - Building Privacy for DeFi w/ Secret Network
Panel
Tor Blair- Founder, Secret Network
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Hsin-Ju Chuang- Founder & CEO, Dystopia Labs
Moderator: Naomi Oba - Marketing Manager ,Bitcoin.com
1:40pm PST - Introducing the Terra-Luna DeFi Ecosystem
Keynote & Fireside Chat
SJ Park - Director of Special Projects, Terra Form Labs
Moderator: Justin Wu - DeFi Summit
2:05pm PST - DeFi Education for Women
Keynote
Maggie Love -Founder, SheFi
2:15pm PST - Building Trust in a Trustless DeFi Ecosystem
Panel
Simon Bogdanowicz - COO of YFDAI
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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
Fireside Chat
Pussy.Financial
Moderator: Justin Wu - DeFi Summit
3:05pm PST - Scalability & usability of Layer 2's in DeFi
Panel
Will Corkin - Cofounder, MANTRA DAO
Hamzah Khan - Head of DeFi, Polygon
Moderator: Michael Huynh, DeFi Summit
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3:30pm PST - Tokenized Equity & Real World Assets
Fireside Chat
Liti Capital
Moderator: Justin Wu - DeFi Summit
3:50pm PST - Parachain Auctions Explained for Polkadot & Kusama
Keynote
Dan Reecer -VP of Growth, Acala
4:20 - Closing Talk. Prepare for DeFi Demo Day!
Closing Talk
Michael Huynh, DeFi Summit
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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.
9:00am PDT - DeFi Demo Day Kickoff
DeFi Summit Team
9:05am PDT - DeFi Demo Day Keynote with Launchpool
Roxana Nasoi, Head of Community, Launchpool
9:20am PDT - Bringing DeFi to Bitcoin with Mintlayer
9:30am PDT - OpenOcean: Full Aggregation Protocol
ETH
9:45am PDT - Finance.Vote Showcase
ETH
10:00am PDT - Zeroswap Showcase
Multi-Chain
10:15am PDT - Unicrypt Showcase
Cross-Chain
Polkadot Showcase
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Blockchain DeFi Platform Design & Development Webinar
Part I Blockchain DeFi New Ecosystem
Data Tokenomics: Filecoin/Ocean Protocol/SingularityDAO
DeFi for Off-chain Assets: OpenDAO
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n2Bn8es3Io
Part II Blockchain DeFi Liquidity Pool & Mining
Bonding Curves for Liquidity Pools/Automated Market Makers/NFT
Constant Function Market Makers
Automatic Asset Allocation and Aggregation for Yield Farming
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmcHU5M_YMg
Part III Blockchain DeFi Token
Crypto-Collateralized Stablecoins
Token Engineering/Monetary Policy: Pool token supply & distribution & pricing & incentive
Governance Tokens
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Part IV Blockchain System
Blockchain interoperability/scalability/privacy/security
Layer 1 (Ethereum/Cosmos/Polkadot) & 2 (Plasma/ZK rollups) Systems/Gas Fee Reduction
Money Legos/Composability
Patent Development
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osvvEktjyBE
Part V Risk Management
Technical Risks: smart code vulnerability/front-running attack
Financial Risks: collateral risk/exploitation of flash loans/impermanent loss
Legal/Regulatory Risks: SEC/FinCEN/FATF/GDPR
Part VI AI Applications
AI for Blockchain System
AI & Blockchain for Finance
AI for DeFi Asset Management: yield farming optimization/AI advisor
AI for DeFi Trading: algorithmic trading/arbitration bots
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pK96t6fYWs