The World Blockchain Summit sets the stage for a decentralized future with cutting-edge insights and collaboration
The 24th edition of the World Blockchain Summit – Dubai 2023, under the patronage of HH Sheikh Juma Ahmed Juma Al Maktoum, brought over 2,000 industry leaders, technology pioneers and institutional web3 investors, all under one roof.
The event opened with the Start-up Grand Slam Pitch Competition which featured some of the most exciting new projects entering the market and was judged by a jury of global investment leaders such as Woodstock, Cipher and Ghaf Capital Partners.
The winner of the competition was the public blockchain project String3.
The 2-day summit agenda featured industry pioneers such as Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon Labs; Dominic Williams, Founder and Chief Scientist of the DFINITY Foundation; Sunny Lu, Co-Founder and CEO of Vechain; Mohammad Alblooshi, Head of Innovation Center and Fintech Hive at DIFC; and Alex Ziner, Global Head, Ledger Enterprises, among others.
One of the most anticipated topics of discussion during the summit was Decrypting the Regulatory Landscape for Virtual Assets, with Erwin Voloder, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Blockchain Association, Jason Allegrante, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Fireblocks, Saqr Ereiqat, Co-Founder & CEO, Crypto Oasis and moderated by Dr. Sid Ahmed Benraouane, Dubai Government Advisor.
The panelists discussed the positive long-term impact of new regulatory frameworks being developed in technology hubs such as Dubai that are designed specifically for Web3.
The main event at the summit was Sandeep Nailwal’s fireside chat with Kevin Soltani, CEO and Founder, of GIMA Group, where he spoke candidly about the biggest challenge for blockchain being scalability to become mainstream. However, with continued development, network effects and ZKroll-ups, a major player like Instagram could theoretically create billions of NFTs using smart contracts opening new horizons for blockchain adoption and a real tipping point. He went on to state “the next frontier of DeFi will come from institutional players”.
In an interview after his fireside chat on stage, Sandeep noted “my whole purpose in coming to this event is to meet the builders. What are they building? What are the new ideas coming up? What are the new trends? Because this is where you seeing what people are trying to do. The experience was good. It’s good to meet the community on the ground.”
Speaking about the role of events like the World Blockchain Summit, Naveen Bharadwaj, CEO, Trescon noted, “At the World Blockchain Summit, we are committed to driving meaningful conversations and collaborations that will unlock the true potential of this ecosystem. One of the core pillars of the program is also to understand the mandates of our community of global investment partners and introduce them to the most innovative projects and founders from around the world.”
Nordek runs the 24th edition of the World Blockchain Summit, which has secured several sponsors, including:
- Sponsor before the event: Riva Metaverse
- Gold Sponsors: IMPT.io, UrbanID, Web3 Management, Broken Egg, Kasta
- Silver Sponsors: Gate.io, WOW Wealth, NOWPayments
- Bronze Sponsors: Sygnum, Zoksh, Bloxbytes, AdLunam, Rakez
- Lanyard Sponsor: GBR Coin
- Elevator Pitch Partner: String
- Official Media Partner: Coin Edition
- Exhibitors: Cinemakoin.io, Crastonic, DeCir, Sabai Ecoverse, Koinbx, Aetsoft, Rovi, Redrift, XPayBack, Ideofuzion, Trikon, Metaruffy, Aarna, Quecko.inc, Sapid Blue, Cobox
- Official PR partner: Luna PR
- Official Content Distribution Partner: Zex PR Wire
- Official Event App Partner: CrowdComms
- Ecosystem Partner: CryptoOasis
- Startup Growth Partner: BlockTing
- Affiliate partners: European Blockchain Association, MENA Fintech Association, WBA WMA
- Strategic partner: Coin Mena
- Community partners: EcoX, APAC DAO, NEXTUSGROWTH, Monaproof, Dudalab
- Media Partners: Cocrypto cryptoptoincrypto, Cryptonewz, Bitcoin World, Coinbold, The News Crypto, CAN Newswire, Dx Talks, BitCoin Addict, Coin Cruncher, CoinsCapture, Cryptopolitan, Gagsty, ICOHolder, The Cryptonomist, CoinPedia Fintech News, Crypto Reporter, Hashd News, Dsrpt Blog, CryptoEvents, Bitcoin Trading, Crypto Bulls Club, Bitcoin Insider, The Coin Republic, The Herald herald, Kiro Media, Itez, Gadgets To Use, Metaverse Post, Pro Blockchain Media, TCU, Territorio Blockchain, The Blockopedia, Web3ly, Bitcoinnews. com, Cryptonews, Medialinks, Crypto.news, Input PR and Marketing, Crypto Runner, Cryptonite, The PR Genius, Web3 Africa and Corum8
About the World Blockchain Summit
The World Blockchain Summit, an event by Trescon, is the home of global web 3.0 communities and experts designed to promote growth, collaboration and adoption of the latest emerging technologies in the space. This is the world’s longest series of summits dedicated exclusively to the proliferation of the ecosystem and adoption of blockchain, crypto, metaverse and web 3.0 solutions by connecting founders, developers, investors, regulators, corporate buyers, media and influencers.
WBS has hosted over 20 editions in over 10 countries.
For more information on the World Blockchain Summit global series, visit www.worldblockchainsummit.com
