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SATURDAY, MAY 7
Doors open: 9am
Programming: 10am-6pm
Official After Party: 8pm-12am
SUNDAY, MAY 8
Doors open: 8am
Programming: 9am-5pm
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18
9:00AM - 10:00AM
CHECK-IN & SEATING
MORNING SCHEDULE
10:30AM - 11:00AM
WELCOME FROM DEFICON
10:30AM - 11:00AM
JAZ GULATI, CO-FOUNDER, REN LABS
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Main Hall
TRADFI IN THE STREETS, DEFI IN THE SHEETS
Matt Homer – Executive in Residence – Nyca – Moderator
Ayesha Kiani – Legal Counsel – LedgerPrime
William Herkelrath – Managing Director, Business Development – Chainlink
Beatrice O’Carroll – MD – Radkl
Vanessa Grellet – Head of Portfolio Growth – Coinfund
LUNCH + BREAKOUT SESSIONS
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Main Hall
NFT Frens
winny.eth – Chief IRL Officer – Shillr
Bryce – CEO – Loot Squad, Axie Infinity
All Seeing Seneca – Bored Ape Yacht Club
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Main Hall
DeFi: 5 YEARS FROM NOW, AVAX PANEL
Omer Goldberg – Founder – ChaosLabs
Mirza Uddin – Head of Business Development – Injective Protoccol
Ed Mehrez – Co-Founder – Arrow Markets
1:00PM - 2:30PM
Zone 1
THE FUTURE IS WEB3
Bradley Kam – CEO & Founder – Unstoppable Domains
Brent Xu – CEO & Founder – UMEE
DAY SCHEDULE
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Main Hall
GOVERNMENT, DEFI & CRYPTO
Conor Carney – Legistlative Director – Congress
Francesco Castella – Senior Policy Advisor – Congress
Alex Allaire – CEO & Founder – American Blockchain Initiative
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Zone 1
ADVICE FOR NEW DEFI FOUNDERS
Ian Balina – CEO & Founder – TokenMetrics
David Gan – Founder & General Partner – Op Crypto
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Main Hall
NFTS ARE MORE THAN JPEGS?
Denis Lam – CEO & Co-Founder – Vera
Zyori – Program Lead, Esports & Content Creators – Axie Infinity
Lauren Halstead – Business Development (Sports, Media & Entertainment) – Chainlink
4:00PM - 5:00PM
SPOTLIGHT SPEECH: HESTER PEIRCE, COMMISSIONER, SEC
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Main Hall
PLATFORMS: GETTING DEVELOPERS TO SWITCH & INNOVATE
Andreas Larsson – Lead Software Engineer – Bitcoin.com
Jimmy Chang – Experiments Lead – AAVE
Dan Laine – Senior Software Engineer – Avalanche
6:00PM - 6:30PM
DAY 1 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
6:30PM - 8:00PM
Zone 1
HAPPY HOUR
8:00PM -12:00AM
OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19
8:00AM - 9:00AM
CHECK-IN & SEATING
MORNING SCHEDULE
9:00AM - 9:30AM
WELCOME BACK
10:00AM - 11:00AM
INTRODUCING AAVE ARC: HOW AAVE ARC CREATES A BRIDGE BETWEEN TRADITIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND DEFI
STANI KULECHOV, CEO & FOUNDER, AAVE
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Main Hall
FUTURE OF FARMS – YIELD 2.0: ALEX MACHINSKY, CEO OF CELSIUS
LUNCH + BREAKOUT SESSIONS
12:30PM - 1:00PM
Main Hall
GOVERNING A DAO: IS THERE A PALPATINE?
Joe Turner – OG Community Operations – Bankless DAO
Wartull – Community Lead – Olympus
12:00PM - 1:00PM
Zone 1
CHAIN GUARDIANS BREAKOUT SESSION
DAY SCHEDULE
1:00PM - 2:00PM
Main Hall
HOW TO STAY PRIVATE & ANONYMOUS IN DEFI
Carter Woetzel – Co-Founder – Secret Network
Kieran Mesquita – Lead Developer – RAILGUN Privacy Project
James Carlyle – Founder – Obscuro
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Main Hall
MARKETING IN DEFI: TO SHILL OR NOT TO SHILL?
Jessica Sit – Head of Marketing & Content – AAVE
Arisa Toyosaki – Head of Marketing – Bitcoin.com
Jay Kurahashi-Sofue – Head of Marketing – Avalanche
Doug Witt – Marketing Lead – Metis
2:00PM - 3:00PM
Zone 1
HACKS & EXPLOITS: A DEV CONVO
Boris Polania – Core Developer – Harmony
Jeff Extor – Core Developer – Olympus
Dylan – Core Developer – RAILGUN
Omer Goldberg – Founder – ChaosLabs
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Main Hall
DEFI IS NOT A BOYS CLUB: WOMEN IN DEFI
Doug Witt – Marketing Lead – Metis
Nina Knox – CEO – Tokenplace, LedgerScore
Emma Liu – CEO – Chain Guardians
3:00PM - 4:00PM
Zone 1
DEFI LENDING & YIELD
Seraphim Czecker – Head of Risk – Euler Finance
Engin Erdogan – Head of Ecosystem and Growth – Alkemi Network
JD Gagnon – Founder – BenQi
Sid Powell – CEO & Founder – Maple Finance
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Main Hall
SOLANA PANEL
Michelle Sun – Serum – Moderator
Alex Coffman – Business Development – Saber
Ben Chow – Jupiter
Josiah Savary – Phantom Wallet
5:00PM - 5:30PM
Main Hall
SPOTLIGHT SPEECH & CLOSING REMARKS: KIERAN MESQUITA
DECEMBER 17
3:00PM – 5:30pm
Host: DeFiCon, Shillr
Location: Cocoon Coworker 49 Wyckoff Ave
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Cocoon Cowork, 49 Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: FREEHOLD, 45 South 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11249
Password: COINFUNDXTACHYON@DEFICON
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: The Cobra Club, 6 Wyckoff Avenue
Special Guest: Bryce – CEO – Loot Squad, Axie Infinity Guild
Featured Guests
- Robbie Cochrane – Co-Founder at Chain Guardians
- Andrew Campbell – Program Lead at Sky Mavis
- Bryce – CEO, Loot Squad, an Axie Infinity guild
Agenda
- 6:00pm – 6:15pm – Greetings and Introduction
- 6:15pm – 7:00pm – Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
- 7:00pm – 8:00pm – Networking and Happy Hour
8:00PM – 11:00PM
Location: Houston Hall, 222 West Houston Street, New York, NY 10014