Deconomy 2018 | Deconomy | 3 April 2018 | Walkerhill Hotel, 177 Walkerhill-ro, Gwangjang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Deconomy 2018 will gather the brightest entrepreneurs, thought leaders, investors, developers, academic and policy groups, and blockchain enthusiasts around the globe. It will begin with a demo day, followed by two-day main conference consisting of keynote presentations and panel discussions. Deconomy 2018 is expected to debut groundbreaking startups, introduce game-changing technologies and collaborations in the industry, and provide the grounds for passionate discussions regarding blockchain technology and the economics surrounding it.

2018 Speakers

David Chaum
Computer Scientist; Cryptographer; Founder, Digicash

Vitalik Buterin
Founder, Ethereum

Ian Grigg
Partner, Block.one

Roger Ver
Chief Executive Officer, Bitcoin.com; Chief Executive Officer, Memory Dealers; Angel Investor

Tim Swanson
Chief Executive Officer, Post Oak Labs; Advisor, Clearmatics

Samson Mow
Chief Strategy Officer, Blockstream; Chief Executive Officer, Pixelmatic

Joseph Poon
Author of Lightning Network; Author of Plasma

John Collins
Head of U.S Office, Red Flag Consulting

Stanley Yong
Global Lead for Cbdc, Ibm

Tom Ding
Chief Executive Officer, String Labs

Antony Lewis
Director of Research, Cbdc Strategy, R3

Vlad Zamfir
Casper (PoS) Developer, Ethereum

Alex Batlin
Chief Executive Officer, Trustology

Jon Choi
Researcher, Ethereum

Frances Coppola
Financial Writer, Forbes

James Oh
Chief Executive Officer, Actwo Technologies

Ash Han
Distributed Economy Researcher; Angel Backer, Qtum; Advisor, Omisego; Co-Founder, Finector and Interchain Foundation

John Lilic
Managing Director, Consensys; Strategic Business Advisor, uPort

Tony Lyu
Chief Executive Officer, Korbit

Satoshi Kobayashi
Chairman, Smart Contract Japan

David Bailey
Chief Executive Officer, Btc Media

Tyler Evans
Chief Technology Officer, Btc Media

Makoto Takemiya
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Soramitsu (Hyperledger Iroha)

Junhaeng Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Streami (Gopax)

Samuel Yim
Senior Foreign Attorney, Kim & Chang

Greg Wolfson
Head of Bd, Element Group

Joonsun Uhr
Chief Executive Officer, Coinplug

Thomas Greco
Advisor, Ethereum; Advisor, Cosmos; Advisor, Omisego; Advisor, Polkadot

Dongmin Lim
Analyst, Ost Invest

Genping Liu
Partner, Virtex Ventures; Board Member, Validus Capital

Yeolmae Kim
Analyst, Eugene Securities; ex) Analyst, Hyundai Securities

Jeff Paik
Chief Executive Officer, Finector

Tom Tao
Vice President, Wanxiang Blockchain

Rune Christensen
Chief Executive Officer, MakerDao

Myunghun Cha
Chief Executive Officer, Coinone

Jehan Chu
Managing Partner, Kenetic Capital; Founding Member, The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong

Hoehun Joung
Managing Partner, Dfj Athena

Michael Yang
Chief Executive Officer, Michael Yang Capital

Alexander Vakovlev
Head of Solution Direction, National Settlement Directory

Jack Liu
Managing Director Asia, Circle

Clark Thompson
Solution Architect, Consensys

David Schwartz
Chief Cryptographer, Ripple

JungA Lee
Vice President, Bithumb

Vinay Gupta
Founder, Mattereum Material Scientist

Craig S. Wright
Chief Scientist, nChain

Terence T. Lim, PhD
Professor, Sungkyunkwan Uni Mba

Jutta Steiner
Chief Executive Officer, Parity Technologies

Jeongwoo Choi
Partner, Pecunian Capital

Alexander Yakovlev
Head of Decentralized Solutions Direction, Nsd

Coyn Mateer
Vice President, Btc Media

Colin Platt
Consultant, Cgp Consultant

Yiseul Cho
Venture Partner, Fbg Capital

Kangyoung Lee
Director, Actwo Technologies

Jeffrey Huang
Chairman, 17app

Jason Fang
Managing Partner, Sora Ventures

Chris Waclawek
Strategic Partnership, Golem

Danny Yang
Chief Executive Officer, Blockseer

Evan Cohen
Senior Director, Indiegogo

Jimmy Nguyen
Chief Executive Officer, nChain Group

Kilian Rausch
Product Director, Exchange Union

Matthew Spoke
Chief Executive Officer, Aion

Zhuling Chen
Co-Founder, Aelf

Bryan Chang
Principle, Collaborative Fund

Noah Jessop
Investor, Founder Collective

William Peets
Chief Investment Officer, Passport Capital

Ayako Miyaguchi
Executive Director, Ethereum Foundation

Remington Ong
Managing Partner, Fenbushi Capital

Karl Floresch
Research Scientist, Ethereum

Justin Drake
Research Scientist, Ethereum

Robert Dykes
Chief Executive Officer, Tora

Leonid Beder
Vice President of R&D, Orbs

Bo Dong
Partner, Fbg Capital

John Riggins
Head of Operations, Btc Media

Hyunsung Shin
Chairman, Tmon

Tony Fernandes
Chief Executive Officer, AirAisa Group

Ray Kim
Blockchain Lead, Hanwha Life Insurance

Seungjun Hwang
Digital Innovation Head, Hanwha Life Insurance

Changhee Jung
Derivative Department Director, Korea Exchange

Peter Yun
Chief Operating Officer, Blockinpress

2018 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• Bithumb
• Hawha

GOLD:
• Upground
• Fbg Capital
• Aelf
• Mithril
• Blocko
• Sora Ventures
• Centra

BRONZE:
• Caspian
• B2 Broker
• Aion
• Exchange Union
• Fusion
• Golem
• Orbs
• Coinplug

SUPPORTERS:
• Octagon Strategy
• Omisego
• Bitmain
• CoinManager

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Bip
• Btc Media
• Distributed
• The Korea Daily