Diffusion Digital April 2021

Apr
1:20pm
Diffusion Digital April 2021

By Outlier Ventures
The ultimate Open Metaverse online conference!
For all the details: https://diffusion.events/
Below times are BST (British Standard Time, UTC+1).
Wednesday 7th April
14:20 - Opening Diffusion Digital
14:30 - Opening The Metaverse
Panelists:
Richard G. Kerris - GM Media & Entertainment, Head of Worldwide Developer Relations, NVIDIA
Nicolas Pouard - Blockchain Initiative Director, Ubisoft
Dave Haynes - Director of Developer Ecosystem & Vive X, EMEA,  HTC
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
15:00 - Will NFTs drive adoption of Crypto?
Moderator:
Scott Collen - Basecamp Program Lead, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Serena Tabacchi - CEO & Co-founder, MoCDA
Sebastien Borget - Co-Founder & COO, The Sandbox
Jordan Lyall - $MEME
Peter Wood - CEO, CoinBurp
15:30 - CoinBurp fireside chat
Panelists:
Peter Wood - CEO, CoinBurp
Scott Collen - Basecamp Program Lead, Outlier Ventures
16:00 - Crypto _ Africa
Moderator:
Charlotte Kapoor - Head of Strategic Partnerships, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Yele Bademosi - CEO & Founder, Bundle
Sandeep Nailwal - Co-founder/COO, Polygon (MATIC)
Vijay Garg - Co-Founder, Inclusion Capital
Aronu Ugochukwu - CEO and Founder, Wicrypt
16:30 - Wicrypt fireside chat
Panelists:
Aronu Ugochukwu - CEO and Founder, Wicrypt
Charlotte Kapoor - Head of Strategic Partnerships, Outlier Ventures
17:00 - It's bigger than hip-hop
Moderator:
Ana-Maria Yanakieva - Investment Manager, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Chris "Big Knuck" Washington - Artist
Rare Scrilla - Digital artist / Music producer
Danny Litin - Head of Marketing, Rhymesayers Entertainment
Garett Laugavitz - Founder, Cipher
17:30 - Cipher fireside chat
Panelists:
Garett Laugavitz - Founder, Cipher
Ana-Maria Yanakieva - Investment Manager, Outlier Ventures
18:00 - The Future of the Attention Economy: open, public, and paid for.
Moderator:
Rumi Morales - Partner, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Jarrod Dicker - VP Commercial, The Washington Post
Sam Williams - CEO/Co-Founder, Arweave
Al Morris - Architect & CEO, KOI
18:30 - KOI fireside chat
Panelists:
Al Morris - Architect & CEO, KOI
Rumi Morales - Partner, Outlier Ventures
19:00 - Where do NFTs go next?
Moderator:
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
John Orion Young - Artist
Josie Bellini - Artist & Designer
Jim McNelis - Founder, NFT42
19:30 - NFT42 fireside chat
Panelists:
Jim McNelis - Founder, NFT42
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
20:00 - Closing Remarks - Day 1
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
Thursday 8th April
13:20 - Opening - Day 2
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
13:30 - Building the 1st NFT Unicorn
Panelists:
Roham Gharegozlou - Co-Founder/CEO, Dapper Labs
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
14:00 - Digital Identity for Corporates
Moderator:
Chris Donovan - Head of Legal, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Andrew Tobin - Managing Director, EMEA, Evernym Inc
Ivar Wiersma - Head of Venture Development, R3
Andre Kudra - CIO, esatus AG
Cindy van Niekerk - CEO and Co-Founder, Umazi
14:30 - Umazi fireside chat
Panelists:
Cindy van Niekerk - CEO and Co-Founder, Umazi
Chris Donovan - Head of Legal, Outlier Ventures
15:00 - Cooperative platform as a new approach to platform economics
Moderator:
Matus Steis - Token Design Lead, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Bruce Pon - Founder/CEO, Ocean Protocol
Nik Scharmann - Project Director "Economy of Things", Bosch
Dr Ana Trbovich - Co-Founder, Grid Singularity & Energy Web Foundation
Dr. Harry Behrens - Future CTO, Power & Mobility
15:30 - Power & Mobility fireside chat
Panelists:
Dr. Harry Behrens - Future CTO, Power & Mobility
Matus Steis - Token Design Lead, Outlier Ventures
16:00 - Tokenizing the value of memes
Moderator:
Ana-Maria Yanakieva - Investment Manager, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Marguerite deCourcelle - CEO, Blockade Games
Sid Kalla - Co-founder & CTO, Roll
Connie Digital - Content Creator/Artist
Johan Unger - Co-Founder & Project Lead, MarbleCards
16:30 - Marble Cards fireside chat
Panelists:
Johan Unger - Co-Founder & Project Lead, MarbleCards
Ana-Maria Yanakieva - Investment Manager, Outlier Ventures
17:00 - What do developers want from blockchains?
Moderator:
Aron van Ammers - CTO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Simona Pop - Head of Community, Status
Joe Petrowski - Technical Integrations Lead - Web 3 Foundation
ZX Zhang - CryptoEconLab Lead, Protocol Labs
Greg Marlin - Founder, Idexo
17:30 - Idexo fireside chat
Panelists:
Greg Marlin - Founder, Idexo
Aron van Ammers - CTO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
18:00 - Blitzscaling dCommerce stack
Panelists:
Justin Banon CEO/Founder, Boson Protocol
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
18:30 - Building the NFT Polkadot Parachain
Panelists:
Alexander Mitrovich - CEO/Founder, Unique Network
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
19:00 - DAOs, NFTs and the Web3 audio collaboration economy
Moderator:
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
Panelists:
Deadmau5 - DJ / Producer
Vivie-ann Bakos - Founder, BLOND:ISH
Dean Wilson - CEO & Founder, Seven20
Sean Gardner - CEO and Cofounder, MODA
Jimi Frew - Head of Music / Co-Founder, MODA
19:30 - MODA fireside chat
Panelists:
Sean Gardner - CEO and Cofounder, MODA
Jimi Frew - Head of Music / Co-Founder, MODA
Jamie Burke - CEO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
20:00 - Introducing Polkadex
Panelists:
Deepansh Singh - COO / Head of Collaborations, Polkadex
Charlotte Kapoor - Head of Strategic Partnerships, Outlier Ventures
20:20 - Introducing Titan
Panelists:
Ryan Condron - CEO / Founder, Titan
Charlotte Kapoor - Head of Strategic Partnerships, Outlier Ventures
20:40 - Closing Remarks
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