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Welcome to the 5th Penn Blockchain Conference

Our conference is the largest of its kind, seeking to bridge the gap between academia and industry in the pursuit of building and using decentralized systems.

We bring together the brightest minds and talents around the world and provide them with the infrastructure to grow and develop.

Our Hackathon Brings Together the Brightest Young Talents

Through the Penn Blockchain scholarship, we are uniting students from over 22 top academic institutions to build projects across 3 tracks.

// Judges

Dhruba Basu

Software Engineer | Ava Labs

Jarno Marttila

Software Engineer | Streamr

Joe Caulfield

Developer Relations | Solana

Natalie Mullins

Analyst | Volt Capital

Matt Fontana

Head of Ecosystem | Streamr

Katie Chiou

Investor | Archetype

Lane Rettig

CTO | SpaceMesh

Lang Cui

Vice President | Struck Crypto

AGENDA

The conference and hackathon is being hosted in the grand and historic Penn Museum, specifically across two main spaces: Harrison Hall and Widener Auditorium.

Harrison Hall
Friday, Feb 10
10:00
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10:15
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Opening Remarks

Moderator
Panelists
Chunda McCain
Co-founder | Ion Protocol
Vikramaditya Singh
Penn Blockchain | Co-president
Catrina Wang
Head of Conference | Penn blockchain
10:15
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10:35
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Penn Founder Keynote

Moderator
Catrina Wang
Head of Conference | Penn Blockchain , Partner | Portal Ventures
Panelists
Chunda McCain
Co-founder | Ion Protocol
Nikhil Raghuveera
CEO | Aethos
Zon
Founding Team | Initia
Magmar
CEO | Skip Protocol
10:35
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11:20
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The Next Mega Trend in Crypto

Moderator
Vikramaditya Singh
Penn Blockchain | Co-president
Panelists
Franklin Bi
Partner | Pantera
Nikhil Raman
Investor | Union Square Ventures
Colin Hong
Partner | Standard Crypto
Parth Chopra
Principal | Bain Crypto
Anirudh Pai
Partner | Dragonfly
11:20
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12:05
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Consumer Crypto Trends

Moderator
Amanda Young
Investor | Collab & Currency
Panelists
Asta Li
Co-Founder & CTO | Privy
Chris Maddern
Co-Founder & CEO | Floor
Justin Mellilo
Founder & CEO | Mona
David Beiner
Founder & CEO | Hume
13:00
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13:45
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Blockchain Bankruptcies and Regulatory Realities

Moderator
Vivian Zhu
Penn Blockchain
Panelists
Allyson Smith
Partner | Kirkland & Ellis
Michael Mestayer
Executive Director | Moelis and Company
Sami Ahmed
Lecturer | Wharton
Pranav Kanade
Head of Digital Assets | Van Eck
13:45
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14:30
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The Future of ETH Scaling

Moderator
Vikramaditya Singh
Penn Blockchain | Co-president
Panelists
Bo Du
Co-founder | Polymer
Chunda McCain
Co-founder | Ion Protocol
Ranvir Rana
Co-founder | Witness Chain
Ellie Davidson
Head of Consensus | Espresso
14:30
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15:15
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Global Digital Assets Outlook

Moderator
Elizabeth Napolitano
CoinDesk / CBS News | Reporter, Global Regulations and Polic Team
Panelists
Jason Yano
Co-founder | Blockworks
Tom Schmidt
Partner | Dragonfly
Allen Ng
CEO | Everest Ventures Group
Boris Alergant
Head of Defi Markets | Ripple
15:15
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16:00
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How TradFi is Embracing Crypto

Moderator
Panelists
Sandy Kaul
SVP | Franklin Templeton
Oliver Harris
Head of Digital Assets | Goldman Sachs
Pranav Kanade
Head of Digital Assets | Van Eck
Joshua Ashley Klayman
U.S. Head of FinTech and Head of Blockchain & Digital Assets | Linklaters
Saturday, Feb 11
16:00
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16:45
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Asset Managment: Crypto as a New Asset Class

Moderator
Sudarshan Sarathy
MBA Candidate | Wharton
Panelists
16:45
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17:30
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ZK Primitives

Moderator
Jonah Burian
Investor | Blockchain Capital
Panelists
Widener Auditorium
Friday, Feb 10
10:30
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11:15
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DAO Treasury Allocation & Management

Moderator
Alex Duckworth
Director of Governance | Penn Blockchain
Panelists
11:15
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12:00
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New paradigm of Internet Infra

Moderator
Caleb Shack
Investor | Big Brain Holdings
Panelists
12:00
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12:45
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Revival of BTC: Beyond a store of value

Moderator
Chelsea Jiang
Investment Manager | Foresight Ventures
Panelists
14:00
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14:45
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Blockchain Initiatives at Universities

Moderator
Panelists
14:45
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15:30
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MEV - The Dark Forest

Moderator
Sarah Allen
Research & Research Program Manager | Flashbots & IC3
Panelists
Saturday, Feb 11
15:30
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16:15
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The Next Generation of L1s

Moderator
Parth Chopra
Principal | Bain Crypto
Panelists
16:15
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17:00
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Real World Assets

Moderator
Nikhil Raghuveera
CEO | Aethos
Panelists
17:00
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17:45
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Liquid Funds / Proprietary Funds

Moderator
Kirill Naumov
Trader | Galaxy Digital
Panelists
Workshops
Thursday, Feb 9
14:30
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15:15
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Streamr Workshop

Location
Classroom L2
15:15
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16:00
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ATARCA workshop

Location
Classroom L1
Friday, Feb 10
11:15
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12:00
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Buidlers Tribe

Location
Classroom L1
12:30
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13:15
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Lowenstein Crypto - 10 Legal Crypto Commandments

Location
Classroom L2
13:30
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14:00
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Avalanche Workshop

Location
Classroom L1
15:00
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15:45
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Solana Workshop

Location
Classroom L2
Saturday, Feb 11
10:30
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11:00
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Boba Workshop

Location
Classroom L2

SPEAKERS

We are thrilled to have a world-class group of global thought leaders coming in person this year.
(More to be added based on rolling invitations)

Aleks Larsen

General Partner | Blockchain Cap

Alex Duckworth

Director of Governance | Penn Blockchain

Alex Lin

Head of Research | Shima Capital

Allen Ng

CEO | Everest Ventures Group

Allyson Smith

Partner | Kirkland & Ellis

Amanda Young

Investor | Collab+Currency

Amanda Young

Investor | Collab & Currency

Anand Iyer

Partner | Lightspeed

Andre Serrano

Product & Partnerships | Stacks Foundation

Andrew Piscione

Advisor | Valor Capital Group

Andrey Stejko

Co-Founder | Fyde Treasury Protocol

Anirudh Pai

Partner | Dragonfly

Anna Lerner Nesbitt

CEO | Climate Collective

Anna Li

Director of Tokenomics | Republic Crypto

Anna Stone

Co-Founder | GoodDollar

Asad Khan

DeFi Politician | Centrifuge

Ashley Scott

Senior Director | Circle

Asta Li

Co-Founder & CTO | Privy

Avi

Chief Product Officer | Nil.Foundation

Ben Slocum

Associate Director | Penn Office of Investments

Ben Sparango

Head of Strategic Business Development | Solana Foundation

Benjamin.lens

Co-Founder | MAI Finance

Bo Du

Co-founder | Polymer

Boris Alergant

Head of Defi Markets | Ripple

Brandon Hoffman

General Partner | Sunset Venture

Brandon Potts

Principal | Framework Ventures

Bruno Lulinski

Ecosystem | Aztec

Calanthia Mei

Co-Founder | Masa Finance

Caleb Kauppinen

Vice President Blockchain | Columbia & LionDAO

Caleb Shack

Investor | Big Brain Holdings

Camila Ramos Garzon

Head of Developer Relations | Fuel Labs

Carl Hua

Partner & CTO | Shima Capital

Carlos Arena

Director of Digital Asset sales | Google

Catrina Wang

Head of Conference | Penn blockchain

Catrina Wang

Head of Conference | Penn Blockchain , Partner | Portal Ventures

Charles Wayn

Co-Founder | Galxe

Chelsea Jiang

Investment Manager | Foresight Ventures

Chia Jeng Yang

Investor | Pantera

Chris King

US BD and Ventures Lead | Flow Traders

Chris Maddern

Co-Founder & CEO | Floor

Chris Yin

CEO | Plume Network

Christina.lens

Head of Growth | Lens Protocol

Christopher Perkins

President | Coinfund

Chunda McCain

Co-Managing Director | Penn Blockchain

Chunda McCain

Co-founder | Ion Protocol

Cindy Jiang

Director of Research | FranklinDAO

Clea Chen

Manager | Cypher Accelarator

Colin Hong

Partner | Standard Crypto

Coltron Liberacki

Governance Lead | KarpetKey

Dan Eskow

Up Top Search

Daniel Helm

Developer Evangelist | Scroll

Daniel Schmerin

Co-Founder & President | Metaversal

David Beiner

Founder & CEO | Hume

David Gogel

VP of Strategy & Ops | DYDX

David Pakman

Managing Partner | CoinFund

David Schwed

COO | Halborn

David Wu

Head of Growth | Phantom

Devin Walsh

Executive Director | Uniswap Foundation

Dhruba Basu

Software Engineer | Ava Labs

Don Ho

Co-Founder | Quantstamp

Dorian Lee

CFO | Metaplex

Dr Sankha Banerjee

Head of Product | Babylon

Dr. Stephan Rihs

The Wharton School

Elizabeth Napolitano

CoinDesk / CBS News | Reporter, Global Regulations and Polic Team

Ellie Davidson

Head of Consensus | Espresso

Eric Chen

Co-founder & CEO | Injective Labs

Evan Fisher

General Partner | Portal Ventures

Evin McMullen

Co-Founder & CEO | Disco

Faris Oweis

Founder | Crypto Coach

Francis Gowen

Lead Governance Contributor | Flipside Crypto

Franklin Bi

Partner | Pantera

George Beall

Overseer | dYdX

Gil Rosen

President | Stanford Blockchain Accelerator

Gordon Grant

Derivatives Trader

Grant Gerber

Ecosystem Growth Lead | Fuel Labs

Gregory Rocco

Co-Founder | Spruce

Henry Nguyen

Investor | Kraken Venture

Hester M. Peirce

SEC Commissioner

Immunefi

Immunefi

Investor | Hartree

Sudarshan Sarathy

Isaiah Washington

Investor | Coinfund

James Ho

Managing Partner | Modular Capital

Jared Madfes

Co-Founder | Tribe Crypto

Jarno Marttila

Software Engineer | Streamr

Jason Brooke

VP | Sapphire Venture

Jason Cao

COO | CertiK

Jason Choi

Co-Founder | Tangent

Jason Fang

Founding Partner | Sora Ventures

Jason Huan

Co-founder | Frax Finance

Jason Yano

Co-founder | Blockworks

Jesse Tasman

Head of Product | Redefine

Joe Caulfield

Developer Relations | Solana

Joe Doll

General Counsel | Magic Eden

Joel Monegro

General Partner | Placeholder VC

John Morrow

Co-Founder | Aera Finance

John Peurifoy

Co-Founder & CEO | Floating Point Group

Jon Charbonneau

General Partner | DBA

Jon Kol

CEO | HyperLane

Jonah Burian

Investor | Blockchain Capital

Jonathan Jaranilla

Chief Innovation Officer | ExaBITS

Jonathan Victor

Ecosystem Lead | Protocol Labs

Josh Finer

Investor | Solana Ventures

Josh Lehman

Executive Director | Urbit

Josh Litchman

Investor | Framework Ventures

Joshua Ashley Klayman

U.S. Head of FinTech and Head of Blockchain & Digital Assets | Linklaters

Julia Zhu

Partner | AlphaLab

Jun Park

Gaming Investments Lead | Hashed

Jun Sun

Director of Governance

Justin Mellilo

Founder & CEO | Mona

Justin Yuan

Partner | TIRTA Ventures

Katie Chiou

Investor | Archetype

Kavita Gupta

Founder & GP | Delta Blockchain Fund

Kenny Li

Co-founder | Manta Network

Kent Lin

President | Harvard Blockchain

Keone Hon

Co-founder & CEO | Monad

Kevin Werbach

Professor | The Wharton School

Kirill Naumov

Director of Investments | FranklinDAO

Kirill Naumov

Trader | Galaxy Digital

Lane Rettig

CTO | SpaceMesh

Lang Cui

Vice President | Struck Crypto

Lee Smallwood

General Partner | Hivemind

Lewis Cohen

Co-Founder | DLx Law

Lindsey Li

Bessemer Venture Partner

Mads

Head of Reseach | Maven 11

Magmar

CEO | Skip Protocol

Manrui Tang

Co-Founder | Untangled Finance

Marcos Veremis

Partner | Accolade

Maria Chak

Head of Gaming | Republic Crypto

Mark W. Yusko

Founding Partner | Morgan Creek Digital Assets

Matt Fontana

Head of Ecosystem | Streamr

Matt Pearring

Head of Product | Arbitrum

Matthew Rossi

VP of Product | Polygon

Matthew Stein

Governance | StableLab

Mene Mazarakis

Partner | Chapter One

Michael Fischer

Founder | DB DAO

Michael Mestayer

Executive Director | Moelis and Company

Michael Sena

CEO | Ceramic

Michal Benedykcinski

SVP | Arca

Miguel de Vega

CTO | Nillion

Mike Giampapa

General Partner | Galaxy Ventures

Mike McCoy

Strategy & Partnerships Lead | WalletConnect

Miko Matsumura

Managing Partner | Gumi Crypto

Mo Saraiya

Executive Director | GCM Grosvenor

Natalie Mullins

Analyst | Volt Capital

Neel Somani

Founder | Eclipse

Nick Emmons

Co-Founder/CEO | Upshot

Nick van Eck

Partner | General Catalyst

Nikhil Raghuveera

Head of Strategy | Celo Foundation

Nikhil Raghuveera

CEO | Aethos

Nikhil Raman

Investor | Union Square Ventures

Nisa Amoils

Managing Partner | A100x Ventures

Oliver Harris

Head of Digital Assets | Goldman Sachs

Omar ElNaggar

CEO & Co-Founder | Weavechain

Ori Nevo

Head of Customer Success | Chaos Labs

Parth Chopra

Principal | Bain Crypto

Paul Lei

Protocol Program Management Lead | Gauntlet

Phillip Liu Jr

Head of Strategy | Ava Labs

Porter Grieve

Co-Founder & CEO | Mercury

Pramod Viswanath

Professor | Princeton University, Witness Chain

Pranav Kanade

Head of Digital Assets | Van Eck

Pratyush Mishra

Professor | University of Pennsylvania

Raakhee Miller

CEO | Mojito

Ranvir Rana

Co-founder | Witness Chain

Remi Gai

CEO | Inco

Ross Shuel

Governance Lead | A16Z

Ruby Thelot

FWB DAO

Ryan Lovell

Director of Capital Markets | Chainlink

Sami Ahmed

Lecturer | Wharton

Sandra Ro

CEO | Global Blockchain Business Council

Sandy Kaul

SVP | Franklin Templeton

Sanjay Raghavan

Head of Crypto | RoofStock

Sarah Allen

Research & Research Program Manager | Flashbots & IC3

Sarah Hammer

Executive Director | The Wharton School

Sergey Gorbunov

Co-Founder | Axelar

Seth Ginns

Managing Partner | Coinfund

Shayon Sengupta

Investor | Multicoin

Sid Powell

CEO | Maple Finance

Siddharth Lalwani

CEO | Range Protocol

Smokey

Co-founder | Berachain

Sofia Wawrzyniak

Co-Managing Director

Sofia Wawrzyniak

Penn Blockchain

Sriram Vishwanath

Professor | UT Austin

Sudarshan Sarathy

MBA Candidate | Wharton

Sunny Parikh

Operating Partner | Point72

Sylvester Wee

Founding Partner | Sentinel Global

Tarun Chitra

Founder | Gauntlet

Thomas Bohner

Founder & CEO | Credix

Tim Peterson

VitaDAO Steward

Tom Schmidt

Partner | Dragonfly

Ty Haney

Co-Founder & CEO | TYB

Varun Kumar

Co-Founder | Hashflow

Vikramaditya Singh

Penn Blockchain | Co-president

Vincent Tiu

Deputy of Development | FranklinDAO

Vivian Zhu

Penn Blockchain

Wei Dai

Research Partner | 1KX

Wenwei Xiong

Founding Engineer | Polymer Labs

Will White

COO | WalletConnect

Winnie Lau

Vice President | BlockTower

Young Ling

London School of Economics

Zack Seward

Contributing Editor-at-Large | Coindesk

MEDIA PARTNERS

CONTACT US

For Penn Blockchain Conference
Catrina Wang
TG & Twitter: @Curiouscat178
For Penn Hackathon
Chunda McCain
TG: @chunda_wt
For Penn Hackathon
Sofia Wawrzyniak
TG: @sofiawawrzyniak
For Media Inquiries
Richard Ou
TG: @yuhuangou
For Sponsorship Inquires
Bo Cui
TG: @Something_something1