Diffusion 2019 | Outlier Ventures | 19 October 2019 | Factory Berlin Görlitzer Park, Lohmühlenstraße 65, 12435 Berlin, Germany

Join some of the world’s most exciting Web 3 protocols in blockchain, AI, IoT and Big Data from across The Convergence Stack, for a 2-day dev con made up of hacks, exclusive product launches, and live demos.

You can apply for a free place to be part of the exclusive event that brings together leading decentralised projects and their tribes, developers, economists, system engineers, enterprise and technical academia connecting to define the next major web cycle.

What are the key benefits of being part of the event?

• Win prizes and bounties
• Participate in the hackathon for prizes, and earn bounties as you contribute.
• Build something awesome
• Build a DApp on the technology stack to power a new data economy.
• Become investable
• Experience award winning incubation advice moving your ideas from proof of concept to investable businesses.
• Access and support
• Access mentors and technical teams from across The Convergence Stack and the wider ecosystem.
• Build your profile
• Build you and your company’s profile with media coverage and endorsement from the biggest players in the space.
• Join a community
• Join the world’s elite developer community from across cryptography, smart contract, machine learning and IoT hardware.
• Food and drink covered
• Focus on building with all your food (BBQ’s, salads, snacks), beers, wine and drinks covered for the weekend.

This two-day event will focus on the practical application of open-source distributed ledger technology, smart contracts, machine learning and programmable tokens, to create a new data layer.

Alongside hacking, join workshops, panels and fireside chats from experts on the latest trends in enterprise & blockchain, tokeneconomics, interoperability, deep learning & AI, and more. These sessions are open for all, whether you are a developer, work in tech or just have an interest in the space, we welcome you to hear from lead developers, enterprise, professors, and founders.

2019 Speakers

Trent McConaghy
Founder, Ocean Protocol

Jamie Burke
CEO, Outlier Ventures

Boris Mann
Co-founder, Fission

Nathan George
CTO, Sovrin

Brooklyn Zelenka
Co-founder, Fission

Bruce Pon
Founder; CEO, BigchainDB/ Founder, Ocean Protocol

Dimitri De Jonghe
Ocean Protocol, Head of Research BigchainDB/ Co-Founder at Ocean Protocol

Billy Rennekamp
Co-founder, developer, artist, Cosmos/ Clovers Network

Aron van Ammers
CTO, Outlier Ventures

Elad Verbin
Lead Scientist; Founding Partner, Lunar Ventures (Berlin Innovation Ventures)

Marko Baricevic
Developer Relations at Tendermint/ Cosmos

Holger Koether
Director of Partner Management, IOTA Foundation

Toby Simpson
CTO and Co-Founder, Fetch.AI

John Calian
Senior Vice President, Head of T-Labs Deutsche Telekom Innovation Labs

Kerstin Eichmann
Head of Machine-Economy Lighthouse, innogy Innovation Hub

Ben Lamothe
Co-Founder & CTO, quorumcontrol

Marta Piekarska-Geater
Director of Ecosystem, Hyperledger

Philipp-Alexander Blum
Developer Advocate, IOTA Foundation

Samuli Pöyhtäri
CEO; Co-founder, Haja Networks

Melanie Mohr
CEO of WOM protocol

Dr. Georg (Juri) Stricker
Senior Associate, Signature Ventures

Andrew Tobin
Managing Director, EMEA, Evernym

Johann Eid
Product Manager and Developer Evangelist, Chainlink,

Yoann Berno
Senior Venture Developer, Next Big Thing

Clement Bihorel
Venture Developer, Next Big Thing

Ryan John King
Co-Founder, FOAM

Ricardo Rius
Parity

Benjamin Kamppmann
Lead Dev, Parity

Marcin Rudolf
Co-founder & CTO, Neufund

Nathan Shedroff
Executive Director, SEED

Dr Michael Zargham
Founder & CEO at BlockScience

Sebnem Rusitschka
Founder Freeelio

Angela Kreitenweis
Founder TEGG 2019, Co-Founder Token Engineering Global Community

André Cruz
CTO, Moxy.studio

Konstantin Richter
CEO/Founder of Blockdaemon

Dean Tribble
CEO, Agoric

Catarina Veloso
Legal Counsel, Fractal

Júlio Santos
CPO, Fratcal

Raphael Hüfner
Senior Blockchain Developer

Eleftherios Diakomichalis
Cofounder, OS Coin

Katarzyna Streich
Senior Software Developer at R3

Can Kisagun
Co-Founder, Enigma

Tannr Allard
Nervos Network

2019 Partners

• Fetch AI
• Cosmos
• Hyperledger
• IOTA
• Odyssey
• Chainlink
• Ocean
• Haja Networks
• Sovrin
• Evernym
• Agoric
• Fission
• Enigma
• RightMesh
• Foam
• Telekom
• Botanic
• Alkemi
• IOTAShops
• Berchain
• Signature Ventures
• Blockwall
• Berling Innovation Ventures
• Silicon Allee
• WeAreDevelopers
• Nervos
• DAOstack
• Parity
• Seedtoken.io
• Celo
• Molcule
• Myselia
• E
• Open Source Coin
• Freee
• Blockdaemon
• Datawallet
• ditCraft
• r3
• ConsenSys Ventures