DEFI CONFERENCE 2020
The Rise of Decentralized Finance
The DeFi Conference 2020 was a free 1 day online conference hosted on the 5 August 2020. The event comprised of two tracks and 34 global speakers sharing their knowledge on Decentralized Finance or DeFi with topics covering financial inclusion, open finance, adoption and regulation.
This event connected 977 entrepreneurs, liquidity providers, academics, investors, economists, regulators and others from 85 countries, interested in learning and networking with individuals in the decentralized finance industry and explore the current opportunities and challenges in the space.
Blockchain based decentralized finance innovations can transform the global financial system and help to create a more inclusive and transparent future of finance.
WHO ATTENDED?
CEOs, CIOs, COOs, CTOs, Heads of data science, heads of innovation and strategy, heads of IT, heads of information security, heads of engineering, heads of IT architecture, heads of emerging technology, heads of development, technical advisors, heads of strategy, heads of risk and compliance, regulators, lawyers, business transformation, data architecture, heads of applications, heads of digital, investors, venture capitalists, software engineers, research managers, development managers, marketing managers, developers, blockchain and cryptocurrency start-ups and enthusiasts.
Speaker Videos
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Wanchain: Cross-Chain DeFi
Silver as a Digital Asset and Payment System with Easy Liquidity
The Future of Decentralized Finance in the Emerging World
DeFi’s Scalability Problem: $30 Gas Fees and Taking the Breaks Off Growth
FinTech on Chain for DeFi
From VOIP to MOIP: How All roads Lead to Decentralization
Unlocking DeFi to Fight Economic Inequality and Deliver Basic Income to All
Building Trust in DeFi: High Risk
Where Are We With DeFi?
Introduction to Decentralized Finance
Data Revolution: How Today’s Data Leaders are Abusing Your Trust and How To Fight Back
Reinventing Banking with DeFi
Programming Money and Data: the Data Market Yield
The Future of Stablecoins
Panelists: Jonas Lamis, Flora Sun and Nathaniel Luz
Moderator: Liam James Kelly
Panelists: Brian Condenanza and Reuben Yap
Moderator: Andrey Bugaevski
Introducing Aave, the Protocol for Money Market Creation
A Practical Look at DeFi: Decentralization vs. Governance
How AI and Blockchain is Not Just a Gimmick
Trust is Community; Community is Trust
DeFi Adoption and Usability
The Rise of Exponential Decentralized Finance
Introducing Aave, the Protocol for Money Market Creation
Securely Connecting Smart Contracts to Off-chain Data and Events
Crypto Investments: Examining Real Investment Data from Active Funds
Could DeFi be Africa’s New FinTech?
Leveraging Order Book Data to Measure Liquidity
Conditional Investment
Ethereum 2: How to Make it in this Sequel
How to Protect Yourself in the Wild West of DeFi
PROGRAMME
The focus of the event was on financial inclusion, DeFi adoption, compliance and regulation, open finance, privacy and security.
| Time | Session | Speakers | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00am-10:10am | Welcome Address by Master of Ceremonies | Chris Dawe (Master of Ceremonies) | Online - oDASH platform |
| 10:10am-10:30am | Where are we with DeFi? | Gustav Arentoft | Online - oDASH platform |
| 10:30am-11:00am | Introducing Aave, the Protocol for Money Market Creation | Stani Kulechov | Online - oDASH platform |
| 11:05am-11:25am | The Rise of Exponential Decentralized Finance | Lex Sokolin | Online - oDASH platform |
| 11:25am-11:45am | Reinventing Banking with DeFi | Alex Batlin | Online - oDASH platform |
| 11:45am-12:05pm | Could DeFi be Africa's New FinTech? | Rebecca Mqamelo | Online - oDASH platform |
| 12:05pm-12:25pm | Unlocking DeFi to Fight Economic Inequality and Deliver Basic Income to All | Anna Stone | Online - oDASH platform |
| 12:40pm-12:50pm | Networking | Online - oDASH platform | |
| 12:55pm-13:25pm | Keynote Address: Silver as a Digital Asset and Payment System with Easy Liquidity | Anna Wood (Keynote) | Online - oDASH platform |
| 13:25pm-13:55pm | Keynote Address: The Future of Decentralized Finance in the Emerging World | Artur Schaback (Keynote) | Online - oDASH platform |
| 14:00pm-14:20pm | A Practical Look at DeFi: Decentralization vs. Governance | Richard de Sousa | Online - oDASH platform |
| 14:20pm-14:35pm | Introduction to Decentralized Finance | Carel de Jager | Online - oDASH platform |
| 14:35pm-14:55pm | How AI and Blockchain is Not Just a Gimmick | Chris Dawe (Master of Ceremonies) | Online - oDASH platform |
| 14:55pm-15:10pm | Networking | Online - oDASH platform | |
| 15:10pm-15:40pm | Keynote Address: Wanchain: Cross-chain DeFi | Jack Lu (Keynote) | Online - oDASH platform |
| 15:40pm-16:00pm | From VOIP to MOIP: How All roads Lead to Decentralization | Alex Mashinsky | Online - oDASH platform |
| 16:00pm-16:20pm | Programming Money and Data: the Data Market Yield | Luca Cosentino | Online - oDASH platform |
| 16:20pm-17:00pm | Panel: Security in DeFi (Moderator: Liam James Kelly) | Jonas Lamis Flora Sun Liam James Kelly Nathaniel Luz | Online - oDASH platform |
| 17:00pm-17:20pm | How to Protect Yourself in the Wild West of DeFi | Miko Matsumura | Online - oDASH platform |
| 17:20pm-17:30pm | Closing Address by Master of Ceremonies | Chris Dawe (Master of Ceremonies) | Online - oDASH platform |
| Time | Session | Speakers | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00am-10:10am | Welcome Address by Master of Ceremonies | Chris Dawe (Master of Ceremonies) | Online - oDASH platform |
| 10:15am-10:35am | Ethereum 2: How to Make it in this Sequel | Jérôme de Tychey | Online - oDASH platform |
| 11:00am-11:20am | FinTech On Chain for DeFi | Lou YU | Online - oDASH platform |
| 11:20am-11:40am | Crypto Investments: Examining Real Investment Data from Active Funds | On Yavin | Online - oDASH platform |
| 12:00pm-12:20pm | DeFi Adoption and Usability | Matthew Wright | Online - oDASH platform |
| 12:40pm-12:50pm | Networking | Online - oDASH platform | |
| 12:50pm-13:10pm | Leveraging Order Book Data to Measure Liquidity | Ambre Soubiran | Online - oDASH platform |
| 13:10pm-13:30pm | Building Trust in DeFi: High Risk | Jorge Sebastiao | Online - oDASH platform |
| 13:30pm-13:50pm | The Future of Stablecoins | Gregory Klumov | Online - oDASH platform |
| 13:50pm-14:10pm | Trust is Community; Community is Trust | Cornelius Gouws | Online - oDASH platform |
| 14:10pm-14:30pm | Regulation of Digital Assets | Online - oDASH platform | |
| 14:30pm-15:10pm | Panel: Privacy in DeFi (Moderator: Andrey Bugaevski) | Brian Condenanza Andrey Bugaevski Reuben Yap | Online - oDASH platform |
| 14:55pm-15:10pm | Networking | Online - oDASH platform | |
| 15:30pm-15:50pm | Data Revolution – How Today’s Data Leaders are Abusing Your Trust and How To Fight Back | Alex McDougall | Online - oDASH platform |
| 15:50pm-16:10pm | Securely Connecting Smart Contracts to Off-chain Data and Events | Adelyn Zhou | Online - oDASH platform |
| 16:10pm-16:30pm | DeFi's Scalability Problem: $30 Gas Fees and Taking the Breaks Off Growth | Piers Ridyard | Online - oDASH platform |
| 16:50pm-17:10pm | Conditional Investment | Auryn Macmillan | Online - oDASH platform |
Speakers
Our global speakers are well-known thought leaders and experts in the cryptocurrency and blockchain technology space.
Chris Dawe (Master of Ceremonies) Co-Founder and CEO at Effect.AI
Chris is the Co-founder of Effect.AI which builds data processing software on
Jack Lu (Keynote) Founder and CEO of Wanchain
Jack Lu is an early adopter of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. He
Artur Schaback (Keynote) COO and Co-founder of Paxful
Artur Schaback is the COO and Co-founder of Paxful, a people-powered marketplace
Anna Wood (Keynote) Marketing and Training Executive at Silgonex
Anna is a motivational speaker, business women, gold, silver investor and fitness
Piers Ridyard CEO of Radix DLT
CEO of Radix DLT, Piers Ridyard is a YC Alumni and successful
Alex Mashinsky Founder and CEO of the Celsius Network
Alex is one of the inventors of VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)
Stani Kulechov Founder and CEO of Aave
Stani Kulechov is the Founder and CEO of Aave, an open source
Jonas Lamis Founder and CEO at StakerDAO
Jonas Lamis is the Founder and CEO at StakerDAO. He is a
Lou YU KuChain Operation Lead
Straight from Paris, Lou has several experiences in the crypto area including
Ambre Soubiran CEO of Kaiko
Ambre is the CEO of Kaiko, an enterprise-grade market data provider in
Lex Sokolin Global Fintech Co-Head at ConsenSys
Lex is a futurist and entrepreneur working on the next generation of
Jérôme de Tychey Global Head of Client Success at Ledger
Jerome is the Global Head of Clients Success at Ledger where he
On Yavin Founder and CEO of Cointelligence
On is the Founder and CEO of Cointelligence and the blockchain and
Brian Condenanza CTO of Bidao
Brian is the Chief Technology Officer at Bidao, a decentralized finance and
Adelyn Zhou CMO and Head of Chainlink Marketing
Adelyn Zhou is head of marketing for Chainlink, the leading decentralized oracle
Miko Matsumura Co-founder of Evercoin and General Partner with Gumi Ventures
Miko Matsumura is a General Partner with Gumi Ventures, a US $30M
Flora Sun Managing Director of Binance X
Flora Sun is the Managing Director of Binance X, an initiative to
Luca Cosentino Product and Go to Market at Oasis Labs
Luca is a Product Manager who built, launched and managed products at
Richard de Sousa Founder and CEO of AltCoinTrader
AltCoinTrader was developed by experienced computer programmer Richard de Sousa in 2014.
Rebecca Mqamelo Head of Growth at Zerion
Prior to joining the team building the world’s most intuitive DeFi interface,
Alex McDougall Co-founder of Bicameral Ventures
Investor, author, speaker and hater of zero-sum games. Former investment banker and
Alex Batlin Founder and CEO of Trustology
Alex is an entrepreneur with extensive banking and blockchain experience. Previously, at
Liam James Kelly Editorial Manager at Crypto Briefing
I am a writer living and working in Berlin, Germany whose work
Gustav Arentoft Business Development (Europe, SEA, Africa), Maker Foundation
As a Business Development Representative for the Maker Foundation, Gustav Arentoft focuses
Andrey Bugaevski Project Lead at Incognito Chain
Andrey has been a guest on privacy panels as both a speaker
Anna Stone Advisor and Commercial Lead for GoodDollar.org
Anna Stone is an accomplished leader at the intersection of social impact
Matthew Wright Head of Strategy and Operations at Argent
Matthew is Head of Strategy & Operations at Argent, the first smart wallet
Nathaniel Luz Lead at Dash Nigeria
Nathaniel Luz is an award winning libertarian, lead for Dash Nigeria and
Carel de Jager Lead Instructor at Blockchain Academy
Carel de Jager began his career as a Chemical Engineer in the
Gregory Klumov CEO of STASIS
Gregory Klumov is a highly-profiled specialist in alternative asset management with extensive
Reuben Yap Project Steward of Zcoin
Reuben Yap is the Project Steward of Zcoin and has played a
Jorge Sebastiao CTO, Advisor, Executive Board Member of the Government Blockchain Association (GBA)
Jorge is an international ICT speaker and seasoned CTO, with blockchain, AI,
Auryn Macmillan Product Manager for Gnosis' Conditional Token Framework
Auryn is the product manager for Gnosis’ Conditional Token Framework. After creating
Cornelius Gouws Co-founder and CEO at Octobase
Cornelius has co-founded various technology startups ranging from Dreamtec to serve the
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