​Web3 Fall Forum 2024 - November 21

​USC VanEck Digital Assets (VEDA) Initiative invites you to the 2nd annual Web3 Fall Forum, a space for intellectual exchange and nuanced insights around contemporary Web3 topics.

​Open to academics, researchers, enthusiasts, and the curious, VEDA’s Web3 Fall Forum is a commitment to intentional community discourse around Web3 technologies and their implications.

​This year's agenda revolves around the 2024 election and its impact on the crypto industry, the explosive growth and adoption of stablecoins, and the exciting use cases that arise from the intersection between crypto and AI.

​Agenda

​1:00 - 1:40 PM Registration

​1:40 - 1:45 PM Opening Remarks

​1:45 - 2:30 PM Fireside Chat: The Everything Token
Scott Duke Kominers - Research Partner, A16Z Crypto & Professor, Harvard Business School
Steve Kaczynski - Co-Founder, dGen Network
Anthony Borquez - Co-Director, USC VEDA

​2:30 - 3:10 PM Panel: Stablecoins - What Product-Market Fit Looks Like
Brandon Allen - Application Security Engineer, Paxos
James Healy - Co-Director, USC VEDA

​3:10 - 3:55 PM Fireside Chat: The USC Student Founder Experience
Jai Bhavnani - Co-Founder, Royco
Luca Cordova Stuart - Co-Founder, Noise
Dana DeGenius - Co-Founder, DAIN Network
Amelia Daly - Executive-in-Residence, USC VEDA & Head of Partnerships, Solana Foundation

​3:55 - 4:40 PM Panel: Permissionless Intelligence
Bhaskar Krishnamachari - Professor, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Sean Ren - Founder, Sahara AI & Professor, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Ryan Trattner - Co-Founder, DAIN Network
Eric Chung - Managing Director, USC VEDA

​4:45 - 6:00 PM Sunset Mixer

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​Web3 Fall Forum 2023 Highlights