MetaWeek 2022 | NexChange | 10 September 2022 | Grand Hyatt Dubai, Sheikh Rashid Road - Dubai - UAE

Metaverse, an avant-garde creation of the blockchain development world, even though being in its early innings, promises to deliver a trailblazing experience for millions of users and shake the world’s economy and innovative landscape.

The market opportunity for launching the Metaverse may bring an annual revenue of over $1 trillion. Web 2.0 companies, tech giants like Facebook, have already picked up the Metaverse stance, raising questions on whether they will become centralisation proponents for Web 3.0 or not.

Breaking barriers between digital and physical space, Metaverse is best described as a virtual world with highly sophisticated visual and art experience and crypto based DeFi backbone, filled with self-governed communities, and powered by interoperable blockchain networks.

Inside a Metaverse, users can share and store an unlimited amount of data, use self-sovereign IDs, play games and earn & trade digital assets, create limitless digital art pieces and play with NFTs and virtual goods, launch marketplaces – you name it.

Alongside Metaverse, essential financial and non-financial applications of blockchain will be covered during MetaWeek, a week-long event with a core 2-day conference and rich schedule of side events.

Empowering other technologies, blockchain creates a vibrant symbiosis of advanced tech. From a buzzword to a global financial and industrial game changer — it has undisputedly become part of everyday life. Transparency, immutability, security, privacy — all the benefits of blockchain & crypto are on high demand, and are constantly discussed both at a developer’s desk and at a regulator’s office.

Blockchain masterminds, NFT creators, DeFi spearheads, AI forerunners, artists, gaming tycoons, data analysts, Metaverse instigators and other experts interested in creating and nurturing the Web 3.0 world will converge to Dubai for major MetaWeek event, which will combine high-level offline networking and content and all-around metaverse experience.

Blockchain and its computing power is the main pillar for global digital transformation, so the current state of blockchain industry and the variety of protocols and solutions for FinTech, enterprise, logistics, entertainment, asset tokenisation, IoT and AI will also become part of the 2-day conference agenda.

2022 Speakers

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Yat Siu
Chairman & Co-founder, Animoca Brands & CEO, Outblaze

Nick Spanos
Bitcoin Pioneer

Daniela Barbosa
Executive Director, Hyperledger Foundation;gm,blockchain,healthcare,identity,linux Foundation

Lewis Neal
CEO, Kryptic, Former NFL Player

Dr. Elie Abadie
Senior Rabbi, Jewish Council of the Emirates Rabbi, Association of Gulf Jewish Communities

Vesa
Digital Artist

Ambassador Sandeep Mehta
Secretary General, Chairman, International Diplomatic Mission

Frank Fitzgerald
Founder, Pax.World

Dr. Mihaela Ulieru
Strategic Impact Leader, Iohk

Dr. Mohamed Al Hemairy
Head, Technology Transfer Office, University of Sharjah

Susan Oh
CMO, Earn.Games

Erik Weir
Principal, WCM Global Wealth

Saeed Al Darmaki
Founder & CEO, Sheesha Finance, Special Advisor, Casperlabs, Co-founder, Alphabit Digital Currency Fund

Paris
Singer, Entrepreneur, Motivator, Metawoman, Digital Artist

Nitin Gaur
Managing Director, State Street Digital

Harish Srigiriraju
Principal Engineer, Verizon

Mamadou Toure
Founder, CEO, Ubuntu Tribe & Africa 2.0 Foundation

Maja Vujinovic
CEO, Ogroup

Vlatko Gigov
CEO, Earn.games

George Paliani
CEO, Coinspaid Media

Juwan Lee
Founder and Chairman, Nexchange Group

Dustin Plantholt
Forbes Monaco Editor “crypto”, Founder, Crypterns, Metaweek Advisor

Gabriel Abed
Ambassador of Barbados to the United Arab Emirates

Mohammad Sear
Digital Government & Public Sector Consulting Leader, EY Africa, India, Middle East

Piers Dunhill
Founder, Dunhill Ventures

Dr. Zayed Alhemairy
Blockchain & Crypto Advisor

Brandi Veil
Founder And CEO, Being Investments, CMO, Avisa Games Guild, Impact NFT Strategist

Luis Cardenas
Head of Partnerships for Middle East And Africa At Laliga

Serge Ajamian
Venture Partner, Centauri Digital Assets, Co-founder, Jpeg Culture, Metaweek Advisor

Anton Golub
Founder & CEO, Flovtec

Yousof Alsatom
Senior Manager, Emerging Technology Consulting, Bosch.io Germany

Sanmeet Singh Kochhar
Vice President, HMD Global Mena & India

Michelle Chivunga
Founder, Global Policy House

SPEAKERS:

Carl Aspeling
BD & Partnerships Director, Horizon

Pradeep Aswal
CEO, Blockchain Council

Alex Belov
Co-founder, Coinstelegram Fund, PR Director, Beeminer Group

Alex Casassovici
CEO, Founder Azarus

Kapil Dhiman
Web 3.0 Lead, PWC India, Deals

Gordon Einstein
Founder, Cryptolaw Partners

Antonio Enache
Ceo, Sense4fit

Lucy Gazmararian
Founder, Managing Partner, Token Bay Capital

Brian Gallagher
Co-founder, Partisia Blockchain

Erin Grover
Program Director, Regen Foundation

George Hou
Entrepreneur, International Speaker, Advisor, Early Cryptocurrency Investor

Ali Hussein
CEO, Eros Now

Alexia Kendra Hefti
Executive Chairman, Abed Group

Laura Inamedinova
CEO, LKI Consulting

Markian Ivanichok
Co-founder, CEO, Supercolony, Co-founder, Asylum

Karthik Iyer
CEO, Blockchainmonk

Grey Jabesi
Founder, Crypto University, Mamba Gaming Guild

Arvin Khamseh
NFT Marketer

Josh Knauer
Co-founder, Reseed

Vadim Krekotin
Co-founder, Cointelegraph China, Founding Partner, Cryptomeria Capital

Ipshita Kumar
Hype Partners’ Head Of Nfts, Co-founder, Lemonade, Web3 Ambassador, Figment

Sourabh Kumar
CEO, World Crypto Council

Angie Lau
Founder, Editor-in-chief, Forkast.news

Wes Levitt
CFA, Head of Strategy, Theta Lab

Anndy Lian
Intergovernmental Advisor

Angus John Maccormick
Director, Software AG

Marwa Mansoori
CEO, Garden of Life Dubai

Vilma Matilla
Venture Capitalist, Futurist, Founder & CBO, 5ire

Gregor Maric
CEO, Parallel Office

Matthias Mende
Founder, CEO, Bonuz Technology DMCC, Co-founder, Dubai Blockchain Center

Gustavo Montero
Founder, Chairman, Carter Capital

Pedro Rivera
Community Builder, Blockchain Investor and Advocate

Jesus Rodriguez
CEO, Intotheblock

Nikita Sachdev
Founder, Luna PR

Carolina Salazar
CEO, Design Thinking Sweden Chief Metaverse Officer, Connectumcity

Gai Sher
CEO, Founder, Sher Inc.

Brandon Smith
Chief Product Officer, Ethereum Worlds Limited

Gaurav Somwanshi
CEO, Emertech

Paula Tavangar
Investment Principal, Swissborg Ventures

Dr. Jane Thomason
Industry Associate, UCL, Centre for Blockchain, Co-founder, BBFTA

Tony Tong
Co-chairman, Hong Kong Blockchain Association, HKBA.Club

Olga Uzberg
CEO, Ecoolska

Pico Velasquez
Founder, CEO, Viira

Alan Vey
Executive Chairman, Co-founder, Verenft

Joe Vezzani
Co-founder & CEO, Lunarcrush

Maria Vovchok
Journalist, Mc, Ambassador at Blockchain Association of Ukraine

Jessica Walker
CMO, Fluid Finance

Olga Yaroshevsky
Head of Content, Nexchange Group

Karnika E. Yashwant (Mr. Key)
Founder, Forward Protocol, Utopian Capital, and Key Difference Media

2022 Sponsors and Partners

DIAMOND SPONSPORS:
• Arrakis Ventures
• BitForex

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• CoinsPaid
• Pax.World

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Ancore Strategy
• Boba
• Dunhill Ventures
• Earn.Games
• EDOVERSE
• EMISWAP
• EQIFI

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Flovtec
• GHAF Capital Partners
• Metavibes
• SettleMint

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Baby Food Diet
• Ecoolska
• Medix Lab
• Metahorse

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• Around B
• Asia Token Fund
• Bigcoin Vietnam
• Bitcoin Mexico
• Blockchain.News
• BlockDelta Innovation and Talent Solutions
• Block Tides
• ChainWire
• Coin Edition
• CoinGape
• CoinsPaid Media
• Coinstelegram
• Coin360
• Crypto Events
• Crypto News
• Cryptopolitan
• Crypto Reporter
• Crypto Runner
• Cryptotvplus
• DesignBoom
• Diamante Blockchain
• DVERSE
• DX Talks
• Money Fest
• NULLTX
• The Merkle
• THE VR SOLDIER
• U Today
• Unlock
• We Coach Crypto

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS:
• Blockchain Council
• BGA
• HKBA
• ITEZ
• VNTR Capital
• 5ire