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AGENDA: SNA-Morning

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9:00 - 10:00 | PudgySwiss & outercirc Breakfast

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9:50 - 10:05 | Opening - Are NFTs Dead?

- Speakers: Victor Koetter, Josephine Koetter

- Organization: Swiss NFT Association

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10:10 - 10:20 | Metaverse Corporate Adoption

- Speaker: Daniel Diemers

- Organization: Swiss Metaverse Association

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10:25 - 10:45 | Pudgy Penguins

Panel

- Participants: Burnasso, Captain PURU, Fifi

- Organization: PudgySwiss

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10:50 - 11:00 | Metaverse & Gaming

Keynote

- Speaker: Bertrand Levy

- Organization: Sandbox

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11:05 - 11:25 | Art in NFT

Panel

- Participants: Muhju, Dario, Oibel, Brainfart

- Profession: NFT Artists

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11:30 - 11:40 | Tokenization for Influencer Growth

Fireside Chat

- Speakers: Axel Sabbag, Enrique Hononpaslui

- Organization: Storm Partners

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11:45 - 11:55 | Ordinals, Runes & Security

Keynote

- Speaker: Dolphi

- Organization: outercirc

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12:00 - 12:10 | NFT Communities: A New Business Model

Keynote

- Speaker: Chantalle Alberstadt

- Organization: BoredBrands Studio & MetaBrewSociety

 

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AGENDA: Afternoon

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13:30 - 13:40 | Welcome Remarks & Crypto Valley Teaser Film 

Keynote 

- Gordon Einstein, CryptoLaw Partners, Founding Partner

- Ralf Glabischnig, Inacta Ventures, Founder

- Manuel Stagars, Independent Film Director and Producer

- Prof. Dr. Alexander H. Trechsel, University of Lucerne, Vice-Rector for Research Department of Political Science

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13:40 - 13:50 | AI That Is A Smart Contract: Why And How

Keynote 

- Jan Camenisch, DFINITY Foundation, CTO

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13:50 - 14:00 | 10 Years Crypto Valley 

Keynote 

- Fabian Hediger, Bitcoin Suisse, Co-Founder

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14:00 - 14:30 | Edward Snowden: Privacy in Web 3.0 

Keynote 

- Edward Snowden

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14:30 - 14:35 | Introduction Unconference 

Keynote 

- Pascal Arnold, Inacta Ventures, Head of Ecosystem Development

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14:35 - 17:20 | Unconference Areas 

Workshops and Discussions

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17:20 - 17:25 | Opening Remarks 

Keynote 

- Ralf Glabischnig, Inacta Ventures, Founder

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17:25 - 17:40 | Investment Strategies between Switzerland, Middle East, and Asia 

Panel Discussion 

- Jennifer Cheng Lo, New Chicc Capital, Co-Founder, Chair & Managing Partner

- Vineet Budki, Cypher Capital, Managing Partner & CEO

- Adam Ladjaj, The Emirates Family Office Association, Founder & Chairman

- Ralf Glabischnig, Inacta Ventures, Founder

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17:45 - 17:52 | Research as Baseline for Innovation 

Keynote 

- Claudio J. Tessone, University of Zurich, Professor of Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies

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17:52 - 17:59 | Driving Mass Adoption 

Keynote 

- Paolo Tasca, DLT Science Foundation, Co-Founder and Chairman

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17:59 - 18:06 | Semiconductor Cybersecurity 

Keynote 

- Jonathan Llamas, WISeKey, VP Decentralized Strategy

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18:06 - 18:13 | Fireside Chat 

- Michel Gurnari, Elementum, Co-Founder

- Boris Pevzner, LiveArt, Co-Founder & CEO

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18:13 - 18:15 | The Virtual Sports Fan Report 2024 

Keynote 

- Pascal Haider, Cheeer, Co-Founder & CEO

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18:15 - 18:25 | The Metaverse and Gamefication in the Sports Industry 

Fireside Chat 

- Pascal Haider, Cheeer, Co-Founder & CEO

- Bertrand Levy, The Sandbox, Vice President Global Partnerships

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18:25 - 18:32 | Preserving History with Tokenisation 

Keynote 

- Brittany Kaiser, Chateaushi, Founding Member

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18:32 - 18:52 | Tokenisation of RWA 

Panel 

- Tom Rieder, Tokengate, Managing Director

- Brittany Kaiser, Chateaushi, Founding Member

- Yonghan Lee, Denario, Managing Director

- Armin Reiter, Cryptix, CEO

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18:59 - 19:14 | What is needed to scale DeFi? 

Fireside Chat 

- James Bowater, The Digital Commonwealth, Founder & CEO

- Ali Habbabeh, Kaskade Finance, Co-Founder

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19:14 - 19:19 | Closing Remarks Unconference

Keynote 

- Ralf Glabischnig, Inacta Ventures, Founder

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AI CIRCLE - WHO AM AI

evening powered by Cosmiq Universe

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19:25 - 19:45 | Who am AI?

Intro Keynote 

- Annika Kessel, Co-Founder & Board President, Cosmiq Universe; Board of AI Group Switzerland; founder of largest impact AI avatar 

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19:45 - 20:05 | AI - Steroids for Economy & Society 

Panel 

- Moderator: Annika Kessel

- Jaron Matzinger, Managing Partner, Purpur Ventures

- Giovanni Crupi, President, Swiss Engineering & Board AI Group Switzerland

- Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld, CEO & Founder, marthaverse; AI Advisor & Investor; United Nations Peace Ambassador

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20:05 - 20:25 | AI Industry Excellence 

Panel 

- Moderator: Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld 

- Mark Rau, HAI AG, AI “O.G.” integrating AI into all his ventures since 2018

- Bernhard Egger, Managing Director, Handelsverband CH; AI and Ethics

- Erol User, Chairman, Blockchain Army; UN Responsible for AI/Blockchain

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20:25 - 20:45 | AI Evolution - From Caveman to AI Man 

Panel 

- Moderator: Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld

- Finn Lorenz, Doctor, Host of Epigenetics Podcast

- Erol User, Chairman, Blockchain Army; UN Responsible for AI/Blockchain

- Roger Oberholzer, CEO, Metaverse Academy

- Sveta Banerjee, Founder, Impact Investing Solutions, Switzerland 

  Topics: D(AI)ly case studies in telemedicine, first surgery in the metaverse, NASA collaborations

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20:45 - 21:05 | Human AI - Transformation & Leadership 

Panel 

- Moderator: Annika Kessel

- Marcel Kuhn, Author of "Unthinkable", Speaker, Trainer, Investor

- Heidi Weber Ruegg, Entrepreneur, Founder of the Joyful Leadership approach

- Marcel Gasser, Entrepreneur, Coach, Investor, Builder of AKASHA

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21:05 - 21:25 | AI Collectively - Ecosystems and Building as Global Crowdsourcing Community 

Panel 

- Moderator: Annika Kessel

- Kinga Pilat, Head of Partnerships, Catalyze

- Daniela Herrmann, Co-Founder of Dynex and Mission Leader of Dynex Moonshots

- Aaron Zalv, Australia Lleumeria Ecosystem Web3 (Project Eden)

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21:25 - 21:30 | Q&A and Closing Remarks 

- Moderator: Annika Kessel


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AREAS

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Xerof Meeting Room

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15:00 - 16:00 | XEROF's Lessons Learned from Web3 Founders

Panel

Moderator: Marc Degen, TrustSquare, Executive Chairman

Panelists:
Marc Taverner, XEROF, CEO & Co-Founder: Banking Obstacles
Bassil Eid, XEROF, CFO: Corporate Structure
Stéphanie Fuchs, MLL, Crypto Tax Specialist: Crypto Taxation

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DAO STAGE

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1500 - 1515 | DAOs from a Practical Side

Keynote

Isla Munro-Hochmayr, DAO Suisse

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1515 - 1522 | GoldDAO

Keynote

Melissa Song, GoldDAO

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1530 - 1600 | Learnings from Setting up a DAO

Panel

Speakers:
Melissa Song, GoldDao
Costin Oarda, OptimalDAO
Florian Spychiger, DAO Suisse
Isla Munro-Hochmayr, DAO Suisse

Moderator: Sabrina Wollschläger

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1600 - 1610 | The Optimal DAO

Keynote

Costin Oarda, Optimal DAO

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1615 - 1630 | DAO Radar Switzerland

Keynote

Florian Spychiger, DAO Suisse

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1630 - 1640 | DAO & AI

Keynote

Agnese Sedola

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1640 - 1650 | Legal Aspects of DAOs

Keynote

Patrick Schönenberger, Alpinum Law

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AI LOUNGE Stage

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1500 - 1530 | The Effect of AI on Our Business 

Keynote 

Mark Rau, HAI AG 

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1530 - 1600 | How to Create Your Unthinkable Reality 

Keynote 

Marcel Kuhn 

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1600 - 1630 | Medical AI 

Keynote 

Speakers: 

Hong Phan, MaiDoc.AI 

Finn Lorenz 

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1630 - 1700 | Trinity: Impact Investing, Fundraising, and AI for Mankind & Nature to Thrive 

Keynote 

Sveta Banerjee, Impact Investing Solutions 

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1700 - 1730 | Leumeria 

Keynote 

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NFT & Art Area Stage

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1220 - 1225 | Opening NFT Area 

Josephine Koetter, Awin Tavakoli 

Swiss NFT Association

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1230 - 1245 | Community Buildors 

Swizzy, MintWiz App 

Soe Haghighi, Intraverse 

Danilo Cerullo, TheMiracle

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1250 - 1300 | Co-owning Luxury Watches 

Ennio Limbach, Zurichberg AG

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1305 - 1315 | A Blockchain That Actually Works 

Greg Chew, Gajumaru 

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1315 - 1600 | Break

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1600 - 1620 | Eco-system Development, NFT Markets and Its Challenges 

Speakers: 

Kate Vass, Kate Vass Galerie 

Alexander Fürer, All.art 

Tom Rieder, Elementum 

Simon Jaquement, electric.film

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1625 - 1635 | Farcaster Web3 Social Media 

Samuel Louis Huber 

Swiss NFT Association Member

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1640 - 1655 | Web3 Education & Funding 

Kristina, Artist

Kamila Michalkiewicz, Most Capital Connections


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Gaming & Metaverse Stage

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1422 - 1430 | Intro

Soheyla Haghighi, Intraverse

Maude Perrin, Blockchain Game Alliance

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1430 - 1500 | Game On: Exploring the Impact of Web3 on the Gaming Industry

Panel

Speakers:

Nicholas Douzinas, Polkadot Play

Robert Fontaine, Raremind

Samuel Auzols, Shockwaves

Moderator: Abu Timirsultanov, Crypto Education

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1500 - 1515 | DOGAMÍ: building an entertainment brand in Web3

Keynote

Kristofer Dayne Penseyres, Dogami

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1515 - 1530 | Chess 3.0: Elevating the Game with Web3 and Gamification

Keynote

Robert Fontaine, Raremind

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1530 - 1600 | Playing to Win: Strategies for Investing in Web3 Gaming

Panel

Speakers:

Toni Caradonna, Operal

Jennifer

Tess

Errol

Moderator: Abu Timirsultanov, Crypto Education

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1600 - 1615 | The Iceberg of NFTs in Gaming

Keynote

Samuel Auzols, Shockwaves

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1615 - 1630 |

Keynote

Yuku

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1630 - 1700 | Beyond the Game: Community Building & Brand Strategy in Gaming

Panel

Speakers:

Soheyla Haghighi, Intraverse

Kristofer Dayne Penseyres, Dogami

Josh Roizen, Angelo

Moderator: Morteza Shahini, Intraverse

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1700 - 1715 | Unleashing Omni-channel Storytelling – Bridging Web2 & Web3

Keynote

Cindia Luest, Spice Journeys

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1715 - 1730 | Who am AI?!: child of global collective intelligence

Keynote

Annika Kessler, Cosmiq Universe

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1735 - 1745 | OMA3: The Open Internet and 3D Web

Keynote

Batis Samadian, OMA3

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Pitching Area

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16:00 Opening

16:02 Cryptix

16:07 Cheeer

16:12 iVault

16:17 mory

16:22 Elea Tek

16:27 eaas global

16:32 Kaskade Finance

16:37 aidonic

16:42 Prodecipher

16:47 MetaRoom. City

16:52 DeFi research and education at ZHAW School of Management and Law

17:02 Bachelor thesis presentation "Performance estimation for DEX tokens" (author: Nicolas Alioth)

17:12 Q&A

Location
FIVE Zurich Hotel
Döltschiweg 234, 8055 Zürich, Switzerland
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The UAE WEB3FEST is an outstanding event, marking its second edition in the United Arab Emirates, aligned with the Token2049 conference.