Diffusion Digital: July 2021

Jul
11:50am
Diffusion Digital: July 2021

By Outlier Ventures
Building the Open Metaverse
Diffusion is back - the only fully remote, free conference dedicated to building the Open Metaverse.

Join us to explore some of the world’s most exciting elements of the Web 3 ecosystem - DeFi, NFTs, Virtual Worlds, Gaming, Digital Fashion, DAOs and more. Diffusion Digital is our two-day virtual conference made up of pitches, talks, panels, and live Q&A (and some surprise guests). Whether you're a founder, investor, developer or just have an interest in the space, we invite you to hear from the people supporting the growth of the Open Metaverse!
Agenda - July 28
12.50 - Opening Remarks
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
13.00 - DeFi Summer: One Year On
Andrew Keys - Managing Partner, DARMA Capital
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
14.00 - Financing Real World Assets with DeFi
Dimitrios Chatzianagnostou - Founder, Tokenfabrik
Sidney Powell - CEO & Co-Founder, Maple Finance
Kristy-Leigh Mineham - Founder, OhGodACompany
Lewis Farrell - CMO, TitanMining
Rumi Morales - Board Member, Outlier Ventures
14.30 - Fireside Chat with Tokenfabrik
Dimitrios Chatzianagnostou - Founder, Tokenfabrik
Rumi Morales - Board Member, Outlier Ventures
15.00 - A Defining Moment for Luxury in the Metaverse
Alissa Aulbekova - Co-Founder, Auroboros
Paula Sello - Co-Founder, Auroboros
Sallyann Houghton - Business Development Fashion Industry / M&E - Epic Games
Maghan McDowell - Senior Innovation Editor, Vogue Business
Benoit Pagotto - Co-Founder, RTFKT
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
15.30 - Fireside Chat with Auroboros
Alissa Aulbekova - Co-Founder, Auroboros
Paula Sello - Co-Founder, Auroboros
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
16.00 - Real Estate in the Metaverse
Hrish Lotlikar - CEO, SuperWorld
Robby Yung - CEO, Animoca Brands
Nitin Gaur - Director, IBM Financial Sciences & Digital Assets
Janine Yorio - Managing Director, Republic | Manager, Republic Realm
Scott Collen - Base Camp Lead, Outlier Ventures
16.30 - Fireside Chat with SuperWorld
Hrish Lotlikar - CEO, SuperWorld
Scott Collen - Base Camp Lead, Outlier Ventures
17.00 - Base Camp: Startup Questions with Web3 Founders
Peter Wood - CEO, Coinburp
Johan Unger - Co-Founder & Project Lead, Meme.com
Justin Banon - Co-Founder, Boson Protocol
Ana-Maria Yanakieva - Investment Manager, Outlier Ventures
18.00 - Reinventing NFTs with Polkadot
Bruno Skvorc - CEO, RMRK
Alex Mitrovich - CEO, Unique
Ray Lu - CEO & Co-Founder, Bit.Country
Aron van Ammers - CTO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
18.30 - Closing Remarks - Day 1
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
Agenda - July 29
12.50 - Opening Remarks - Day 2
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
13.00 - Building the Metaverse with Filecoin & IPFS
Juan Benet - Founder & CEO, Protocol Labs
Molly Mackinley - IPFS & Filecoin Lead, Protocol Labs
14.00 - Expanding Play2Earn in Mobile
Nielsen Caruncho - CEO, Playcheck
Jeff Zerlin - Co-Founder, Axie Infinity
Gabby Dizon - Co-Founder, Yield Guild Games
Scott Collen, Base Camp Lead, Outlier Ventures
14.30 - Fireside Chat with Playcheck Games
Nielsen Caruncho - CEO, Playcheck Games
Patrick - Creative Director, Playcheck Games
Scott Collen, Base Camp Lead, Outlier Ventures
15.00 - Game Creation in the Metaverse
Giovanni Petrantoni - Founder, Fragcolor
Richard Kim - General Partner, Galaxy Interactive
Amy Wu - Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
15.30 - Fireside Chat with Fragcolor
Giovanni Petrantoni - Founder, Fragcolor
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
16.00 - Can AI Democratize Companionship?
Nils Pihl - CEO, Matterless
Craig Allen - Former CCO - Embodied, Inc.
Pearly Chen - VP Business Development & Partnerships, HTC Vive
Arif Khan - CEO & Founder, Alethea AI
Janet Adams - COO, Singularity NET
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
16.30 - Fireside Chat with Matterless
Nils Pihl - CEO, Matterless
Damir First - CCO, Matterless
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
17.00 - Making Digital Identity More Inclusive & Accessible
Ankur Banerjee - CTO & Co-Founder, cheqd
Marta Piekarska-Geater - InDuna, Balancer Labs
Alex Preukschat - Author, BitcoinComic.org & LibroBlockchain.org | Coordinator, Blockchain Espana, Alianza Blockchain, SSIMeetup.org
Evin McMullen - Co-Founder, Serto at ConsenSys
Aron van Ammers - CTO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
17.30 - Fireside Chat with cheqd
Ankur Banerjee - CTO & Co-Founder, cheqd
Aron van Ammers - CTO & Co-Founder, Outlier Ventures
18.00 - Decentralization, is it unlimited?
Seth Ward - CEO, Meryt
Marek Laskowski - CTO & Co-Founder, Open DeFi
Yorke Rhodes III - Co-Founder & Director Digital Transformation, Blockchain, Microsoft
Rumi Morales - Board Member, Outlier Ventures
18.30 - Fireside Chat with Meryt
Seth Ward - CEO, Meryt
Rumi Morales - Board Member, Outlier Ventures
19.00 - Scaling the Avatar Economy
A. Daniel Garcia - CEO, CryptoAvatars
Cathy Hackl - VP, Avatar Dimension & Metaverse Growth Strategies, Upland
Sebastien Borget - COO & Co-Founder, The Sandbox
Ryan Gill - CEO & Co-Founder, Crucible
Trevor Walford - DAO Facilitator, ex. Product, Decentraland
Liam Kelly - UK News Editor, Decrypt
19.30 - Fireside Chat with CryptoAvatars
A. Daniel Garcia - CEO, CryptoAvatars
Scott Collen - Base Camp Lead, Outlier Ventures
20.00 - Closing Remarks
Jamie Burke - CEO, Outlier Ventures
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