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SPEAKERS

We featured speakers from around the world, including policymakers, ecosystem partners and businesses, developers, technologists, development banks, and industry thought leaders.

Featured speakers

Alexis Ohanian
Seven Seven Six
Denelle Dixon
SDF
Jed McCaleb
SDF
Caroline Pham
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Alex Holmes
MoneyGram International
Oleksandr Bornyakov
Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
Brynly Llyr
World Economic Forum
Alex Zinder
Ledger

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Abhishek Jain

Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Dev Stage
October 12th

Ada Vaughan

Growth Strategist
SDF
Main Stage
October 11th
October 12th

Adam Minehardt

Head of Government Relations
SDF
Main Stage
October 11th

Adam Yarnold

Founder
Fin3 Technologies, Inc.
Partner Stage
October 12th

Alessandro Colombo

Head of Growth
elsa.care
October 13th
Partner Stage

Alex Holmes

CEO & Chairman
MoneyGram International
October 11th
Main Stage

Alex McDougall

CEO
Stablecorp
October 11th
Partner Stage

Alex Mootz

CTO
Script3
Dev Stage
October 12th

Alex Zinder

Head of Ledger Enterprise
Ledger
Main Stage
October 11th

Alexis Ohanian

Founder
Seven Seven Six
Main Stage
October 11th

Alicia Smith

Head of Product
MoneyGram
October 11th
Partner Stage

Alla Zhedik

CEO
Tempo France
October 12th
Partner Stage

Ambassador Michael Hammer

Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa
U.S. Department of State
Main Stage
October 11th

Amit Sharma

CEO & Founder
Finclusive
Main Stage
October 12th

Anke Liu

Program Manager, Ecosystem
SDF
Dev Stage
October 12th
October 11th

Arunjay Katakam

Lead Innovation Specialist
UNCDF
Main Stage
October 12th

Ben Lyon

Founder & CEO
Stax
October 11th
Partner Stage

Bianca Hearfield

Senior Product Counsel
SDF
October 11th
Partner Stage

Boris Reznikov

Senior Director, BD & Partnerships
SDF
October 11th
Partner Stage
October 12th

Brian Mahoney

VP of Customer Success
Shift Markets
Partner Stage
October 13th

Brynly Llyr

Head of Blockchain
World Economic Forum
Main Stage
October 12th

Candace Kelly

Chief Legal Officer
SDF
October 12th
Main Stage

Carmen Hett

Corporate Treasurer
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
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Caroline Pham

Commissioner
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
October 12th
Main Stage

Carolyn Yi

Senior Communications Manager
SDF
Partner Stage
October 12th

David Mazières

Co-founder and Chief Scientist
SDF
Main Stage
October 11th
Dev Stage
October 12th

Denelle Dixon

CEO & Executive Director
SDF
Main Stage
October 11th
October 13th
October 12th

Diego Yanez

Co-Founder & CEO
alfred pay
Partner Stage
October 13th

Dmytro Oliinyk

Strategic Partnerships
Armenotech
October 12th
Partner Stage

Dr Anino Emuwa

Founder
100 Women @Davos
Main Stage
October 11th

Elisabeth Carpenter

Chief Operating Officer
Circle
Main Stage
October 12th

Emily Barnes

Senior Advisor for Cash and Emergencies
International Rescue Committee
Main Stage
October 13th

Fabricius Zatti

Engineering Manager
Cheesecake Labs
Dev Stage
October 11th

Federico Rapetti

Investment Manager
PayU
October 12th
Partner Stage

Francesco Rutelli

President of ANICA, former Mayor of Rome
Main Stage
October 11th

Frederic Kyung-Jin Rezeau

Founder
Litemint
October 11th
Dev Stage

Gabriel Bizama

International Policy Lead
SDF
Main Stage
October 12th

Garand Tyson

Core Engineer
SDF
October 11th
Dev Stage

Geoffrey Goodell

Lecturer
University College London
October 11th
Main Stage

Giuliano Losa

Senior Engineer
SDF
Dev Stage
October 12th

Guy Hadar

Head of BD, Payments
Fireblocks
October 12th
Partner Stage

Helghardt Avenant

CEO & Co-Founder
Rehive
Partner Stage
October 13th

Hidenori Shinohara

Software Engineer
SDF
Dev Stage

JL Maxcy

Web3 writer and artist
JL Maxcy Art
Dev Stage
October 13th

Jack Saracco

Business Development Director
Settle Network
October 12th
Partner Stage

Jake Kendall

Director DFS Lab
DFS Lab
October 11th
Partner Stage

Jake Urban

Partner Engineering Tech Lead
SDF
October 12th
Dev Stage
October 13th

Jason Chlipala

COO
SDF
Main Stage
October 12th

Jason Cudmore

CMO & Listings Manager
Aquarius
Partner Stage
October 13th

Jason Ma

Director of Business Development
Axelar Network
October 12th
Main Stage

Jed McCaleb

Co-Founder & Chief Architect
SDF
October 11th
Main Stage
October 13th
Dev Stage

Jessie Serrino

Product Manager, Vibrant
SDF
October 11th
Partner Stage

John Hensel

COO & Co-Founder
Securrency
Main Stage
October 11th

Jonathan Chester

CEO
Bitwage
October 12th
Partner Stage

Jordan Edelstein

CMO
SDF
Main Stage
October 13th

Jorge Fernandes

Head of Innovative Finance, Frontier Innovations and Venture Building
World Food Programme
Main Stage
October 13th

Justin Rice

VP of Ecosystem
SDF
October 12th
Dev Stage
October 13th

Karen Chang

VP of Engineering
SDF
Partner Stage
Main Stage
October 11th

Katerina Furtak

Head of Strategic Initiatives
Unstoppable Domains
Main Stage
October 11th

Kazım Rıfat Özyılmaz

Co-Founder
Arf
Partner Stage
October 12th

Kelsie Nabben

Researcher
RMIT University / BlockScience
October 12th
Dev Stage

Kiel Dowlin

Head of Growth
Wirex
October 11th
Main Stage

Kurt Fields

US Blockchain Lead
PwC
October 13th
Main Stage

Lauren Thorbjornsen

Chief of Staff and VP of Communications
SDF
October 11th
Main Stage

Leandre Nsengumuremyi

Lead Software Developer
Leaf Global Fintech
October 11th
Partner Stage

Louisa Bai

Director of Partnerships
SDF
October 12th
Partner Stage

Lucas Pinsdorf

Business Development
Mercado Bitcoin
Dev Stage
October 11th

Luis Carbajo

Co-Founder & CEO
Vottun
October 12th
Partner Stage

Luis Vaello

Marketing Operations Director
Qredo
Main Stage
October 12th

Marcelo Gracietti

CEO
Cheesecake Labs
Dev Stage
October 11th
October 12th
Partner Stage

Marcelo Salloum

Senior Software Engineer
SDF
Dev Stage
October 11th

Marco Dell’Erba

Professor of Law
University of Zurich
Main Stage
October 12th

Mark Heynen

VP of Partnerships
SDF
October 11th
Partner Stage

Markus Paulson-Luna

CEO
Script3
Partner Stage

Michaela Juric

Head of Blockchain
Novatti
October 11th
Partner Stage

Min Lin

GM, Vibrant
SDF
October 11th
Partner Stage

Murdoch Jamie Gabbay

Researcher
Heriot-Watt University
October 12th
Dev Stage

Natam Oliveira

VP of Engineering
Cheesecake Labs
Partner Stage
October 12th

Nick Gilbert

Head of Product
SDF
October 13th
Dev Stage

Nye Liu

Chief Engineer
Blockdaemon
Partner Stage
October 13th

Olayinka David West

Professor, Information Systems
Lagos Business School
October 12th
Main Stage

Oleksandr Bornyakov

Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation
Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
October 12th
Main Stage

Ondřej Kovařík

Member
European Parliament
October 12th
Main Stage

Paul Bellamy

Engineer
SDF
October 12th
Dev Stage

Paul Wong

Director of Product
SDF
October 12th
Main Stage

Phil Meng

Head of Treasury and Markets
SDF
Partner Stage
October 12th

Rick Groothuizen

Co-Founder and CEO
ClickPesa
October 12th
Partner Stage

Robin Newnham

Alliance for Financial Inclusion
Head of Policy Analysis
Main Stage
October 12th

Ronaldo Lemos

SDF Board Member, Professor
ITS Rio
October 11th
Main Stage

Ruben Galindo

CEO
Airtm
October 12th
Partner Stage

Scott Beck

Chairman
United Texas Bank
October 11th
Main Stage

Shashank Rai

CTO
UN ICC
Main Stage
October 13th

Suresh Ramamurthi

Chairman
NetXD Inc
October 12th
Partner Stage

Teana Baker-Taylor

Vice President, Policy & Regulatory Strategy, UK/EU
Circle
October 11th
Partner Stage

Tomer Weller

VP, Tech Strategy
SDF
Dev Stage
October 13th
October 12th
Main Stage

Tori Samples

Senior Product Manager
SDF
October 11th
Partner Stage

Torsten Stüber

CTO
Pendulum
Main Stage
October 12th
Partner Stage

Tyler van der Hoeven

Ecosystem Engineer
SDF
October 11th
Dev Stage
October 13th

Victor Mapunga

CEO
FlexID Technologies
October 12th
Main Stage

Vincent Gramoli

Associate Professor
University of Sydney
Dev Stage
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