Blockchain Hub - Start-ups and Protocols event

What will the decentralized financial ecosystem of the future look like?

What are the cutting-edge blockchain use cases and their potential for industry transformation and the future of money? How to build meaningful, value-adding blockchain projects and avoid going bananas in the process?

Join us to participate in an interactive panel discussion with startup founders, protocol developers, and community partners.

Welcome:

Mathias Ruch (Founder & CEO, CV VC)

David Branch (Founder & Chairman, Consensus Capital)

Introductions and panel of discussion:

Host: Tracy Trachsler (Co-Head of CV Labs) & Jarmo Sareva (Innovation Ambassador of Finland)

The Future of Decentralization

Dfinity

Casper Association

Velas

Partisia Blockchain

DeFi, CeFi, and the Future of Money

VRM

Swissborg

GSR

AllianceBlock

Confirmed Speakers,

Jakob Palmstierna, Head of Business Development and Product at GSR.

'Jakob is the Global Head of Product and Business Development at GSR and oversees the firm’s business development teams, he is also responsible for product development and co-head of the firms investment activities. Prior to joining GSR, he was Head of EMEA business at Two Sigma Investments and a board director of Two Sigma International. He has over a decade of experience developing business and investment solutions in systematic investment management, including roles at Winton Capital Management and Barclays Global Investors (BGI).

Brian Gallagher, Co-Founder, Partisia Blockchain

Pioneer in architecting and incorporating privacy preserving, multiparty computation cryptography into blockchain use cases. First demonstration of such as Co-Founder of instars.com, one of the largest blockchain-powered social networks in the world with over 290,000 verified users. Previously, Brian Co-Founded undergroundcellar.com, one of the largest wine e-commerce marketplaces in the USA and an alumnus of Y-Combinator.

Anders Christensen - CMO & Head of Ecosystem @ AllianceBlock

Cyrus Fazel, CEO and Co-Founder SwissBorg, https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrusfazelmrfintech/

Andrew Grachev – CEO VRM

Ralf Kubli - Board Member Casper Association

Health & Safety:

As we seek to arrange a safe event for every attendee, we closely follow the authority recommendations, and also instructions from Slush, thus upon entrance we require proof of one of the following:

- Proof of being fully-vaccinated with an approved COVID-19 vaccine with the final vaccine taken at least 21 days prior to the event.

- Proof of recovery from COVID-19 less than six months prior to the event.

- Proof of a negative PCR test within 48 hours of entrance.

In order to have a smooth entrance, we strongly recommend our attendees to have the COVID certificate ready to be presented at entrance. Please do not attend if you feel unwell or have symptoms of COVID-19.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Ravintola Fat Lizard City, 3 Mannerheimintie, Helsinki, Finland