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400+

Attendees

1 WEEK

of events

10 PANELS

covering a vast array of topics and technologies

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Key Notes

WHEN

28-29 May 2024

WHERE

Dargan Theatre,
Trinity Business School,
Pearse St, Dublin 2,
D02 H308
l

FORMAT

2-day programme of hosted and curated events from Blockchain Ireland and the wider community

Our Sponsors

Our Speakers

Minister Michael McGrath

Minister for Finance

Government of Ireland

Gerry Cross

Director,
Financial Regulation, Policy & Risk

Central Bank of Ireland

David
Schwed

COO

Halborn

Mary Ruane

Partner – Asset and Wealth Management Leader

PwC Ireland

Anthony Scaramucci

Founder

SkyBridge

John Woods

CTO

Algorand Foundation

Keith 
O’Callaghan

CEO

Archax Capital

Amor 
Sexton

COO

Blockdaemon

Conor
Ryder

Head of Research

Ethena Labs

Max Bernt

Managing Director, Europe

Taxbit

Adam Essa

Associate Director, Crypto Philanthropy

International Rescue Committee

Lorcan Kelly

Research Assistant

Economic and Social Research Institute

Eamonn
Deane

Ava Labs

 

Cormac
Lucey

Economist

Matt Cooper

Journalist

Tuesday 28th May – AGENDA

Day 1 - Main Stage

Tuesday 28th May – AGENDA

Day 1 - Second Stage

Time Topic Moderator / Panelist
10.30-11.10am Building Web3 Communities Moderated by Paula Guilfoyle – Block of Crypto

Panelists
Eamonn Deane – Ava Labs
Kelly Moffatt – Women in crypto
Stephen Newnham – Solana SuperteamUK
Johanna Moran – Algorand Foundation
11.15-12pm Web3 Sport: Where have we come from and where are we going? Moderated by Joe Farren – Fanzon3

Panelists
Will Martin – LiveDuel
Kurt Pittman – Nativz
3-3.15pm Spotlight on NFT talents Joyce Moloney – NFT Talent

Wednesday 29th May – AGENDA

Day 2 - Main Stage

WEDNESDAY 29th May – AGENDA

Day 2 - Second Stage

Time Topic Moderator / Panelist
8.15-8.50am Early Launch “Blockchain Bootcamp” Moderated by Trevor Clohessy – ATU – BI Chair Education and Skills

Speakers
Fiona Delaney – SEEBLOCKS – BI Chair Startups and Web3 – course dir.
Johanna Moran – Algorand Foundation – Cert. Partner
Alejandro Gutierrez – NPayMe – BI Chair Startups and Web3 – Lead mentor
Arunraj Subburaj – Masters Student NUIG – Pre-intern
Sebastian Grube – BeyondComm.io – Pre-Intern personal brand mentoring
10.00-11.15am Web3 UX showcase Moderated by Tania O’Halloran – Abstrakta

Demos
Crypto-cracker – Eric Paquin
Sorted Wallet – Brian Elders
Designer – Maryna Ozerova
Polymesh – Francis O’Brien
11.45am-12.30pm The current state of Crypto Moderated by Caolán Walsh – ETH Dublin

Panelists
Fran Meggs – Crypto-Cracker
Andrew Liffey – Androne Capital
Ornella Vallana – BanklessDAO Academy
CoolHorseGirl – Tally
2.30-3.15pm Building the Backbone: Exploring Web3 Infrastructure, Security, Staking and more Moderated by Gonzalo Faura – Swappsi – BI Chair: Technology

Panelists
Viktor Malchev – Grassets
Andrew Howell – Blockdaemon
Neal Roche – Chorus One
Smriti Verma – OpenZeppelin
4.15-5pm Decentralisation and climate response – Fireside chat Moderated by Fiona Delaney – SEEBLOCKS – BI Chair Startups and Web3,

Speaks to
Caroline Thomas – Convenor ISO TC307 WG6
Lisa McClory – ESG and Blockchain WG @ Society for Computers and Law (UK)
William Butterly – Bionua