The blockchain-powered future of finance, smart cities and the creative economy
The Algorand Foundation revealed the agenda for its second annual Decipher Conference today, featuring leading thinkers, builders and founders from across the blockchain landscape. Decipher will be held at the Madinat Jumeirah Conference and Events Center in Dubai from 28 to 30 November 2022. The Algorand Foundation’s mission is to grow and strengthen the ecosystem around Algorand – the leading carbon-negative Layer-1 blockchain – and Decipher’s programming will highlight top entrepreneurs and investors from both inside and outside the Algorand network.
A powerful conference program
More than 120 speakers will participate in the conference over four stages and 50 sessions. Registrants will also be able to sign up for one-on-one mentoring with blockchain leaders, learn how to set up wallets and experience games to earn money, explore an advanced curated NFT art gallery, participate in hands-on workshops designed for developers and led by the engineers and product managers behind the Algorand protocol, and more.
On the morning of November 30, there will be a special Women’s Breakfast Club event from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m., free and open to all women in the Web3 technology community.
Additional highlights from Decipher’s program
Financial Inclusion at Large: A World Tour:
- Not all paths to a borderless global economy look the same. Leaders from around the world will discuss the region’s unique challenges and opportunities to realize the promise of a blockchain-powered, inclusive financial future.
- With Sanzar Kakar, founder of HesabPay; Victor Mapunga, co-founder and CEO of FlexFinTx; Abhinav Sinha, co-founder of Eko India Financial Services; and Matt Keller, Head of Social Impact at the Algorand Foundation.
Building the next crypto capital:
- Earlier this year, the Crown Prince of Dubai announced a Metaverse strategy estimated to add 40,000 jobs and $4 billion to the economy in five years – and it was just one of the crypto-related announcements coming out of the UAE and surrounding countries recently. . Leaders from the Middle East will share their approaches to creating frameworks for compliant crypto businesses to thrive.
- With Basil Al Askari, CEO and Co-Founder of MidChains; Benjamin Ampen, MENA Head of Kraken; and Jehanzeb Awan, Chairman of the Middle East, Africa and Asia Crypto and Blockchain Association.
Efficiency, speed and USDC on Algorand:
- A forward-looking conversation with FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and Anthony Scaramucci, managing partner of SkyBridge Capital.
The payment revolution is now:
- Blockchain enables a revolution in payments that minimizes risk and friction for all parties. From tokenized grain for farmers in Argentina to cross-border payments in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, attendees can discover ways to make payments easier and more accessible at scale.
- With Khaled Moharem, President of the Middle East at WadzPay; Eduardo Novillo Astrada, CEO and co-founder of AgroToken; and more to be announced.
Safer bridges to a multi-chain future:
- With experts working to unlock interoperability between Algorand and other networks such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, all while preserving privacy, minimizing risk and remaining decentralized.
- With Nico Arqueros, primary contributor at Milkomeda; Adi Ben-Ari, Founder and CEO of Applied Blockchain; and Hugo Philion, CEO and co-founder of Flare Network.
Venture perspectives across the crypto landscape:
- What draws investors into different crypto ecosystems? A panel of VCs with broad perspectives comes together to provide insight.
- With Terry Culver, Managing Director and General Partner of DFG Group; Mona Hamdy, Head of Strategy at Sino Global Capital; Abhinav Pathak, research partner at the Woodstock Fund; and Ryan Terribilini, head of ecosystem finance at the Algorand Foundation.
The entire agenda and speaker selection can be viewed on the website.
Media interested in participating in Decipher or reporting from the event can contact via email: [email protected]/.
