Speak at Meridian 2024

Deadline to apply is June 30, 2024

Are you a developer, innovator, creator, pioneer, regulator, or influencer leading the crypto space? Then Meridian 2024 is your opportunity to lend your voice and help us shape the future of blockchain. We’re looking for speakers to share, learn, engage, and co-create opportunity about:

DeFi

Smart Contracts

Stablecoins

CBDCs

Wallets

Interoperability

Remittances

Payments and Aid Disbursement

Crypto Regulation

Asset Issuance

DeFi

Smart Contracts

Stablecoins

CBDCs

Wallets

Interoperability

Remittances

Payments and Aid Disbursement

Crypto Regulation

Asset Issuance

Featured Speakers

Idris Elba

Actor, Filmmaker & UN Goodwill Ambassador

Idris Elba is a multi award-winning actor, filmmaker, and musician. Idris uses his voice to amplify support for world issues, with a particular focus on the underprivileged and underrepresented. Elba recently announced plans to build a film studio in Ghana.

Dezzy Ogakwu Onwumere

Co-Founder & CEO
Aku Fintech Inc.

Dezzy Onwumere is CEO and Co-Founder of Aku, a payments-led digital bank and SDF Portfolio company based in Lagos, Nigeria. Aku has touched the lives of over 1.2M informal merchants across Nigeria, disbursing over $28M in micro-loans.

Fabio Araujo

Coordinator, Drex
Banco Central do Brasil

Fabio Araujo is the coordinator of DREX, Brazil’s CBDC, at Banco Central do Brasil. A telecommunications engineer & Economics PhD, he headed the Office of Economic Advisors to the Governor and was on the team that implemented the Inflation Targeting framework.

Denelle Dixon

CEO & Executive Director
Stellar Development Foundation

Denelle Dixon is the CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation.

Dixon holds a BA in Political Science from UC Davis and a JD from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Chris Brummer

Professor of Law & Faculty Director, Institute of International Economic Law
Georgetown Law

Chris Brummer is the Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Financial Technology at Georgetown Law and an advisor to policymakers, founders, firms, and regulators around the world. He sits on the boards of Fannie Mae, Public.com and other leading companies.

Morgan Wilde

Founder
Okashi

Founder and lead developer at Okashi.