🎉 Thrilled to unveil IOSG Old Friends Reunion in Singapore on Sept 12 during Token2049, which marks the long-awaited comeback of the IOSG Old Friends series in Asia after a two-year hiatus. We’re bringing together the best minds to explore and share their perspectives on the industry’s latest advancements and trends. Welcome all and join us for this special occasion.
🔥 Visit [luma link] to book a Free Ticket and lock your calendar on Sep 12!
📍 Venue: Parkroyal Collection Pickering
🔥 Event Overview
Gear up for an insightful dive into the future of the decentralized world! We’re set to explore topics like Staking & Restaking, MEV Solutions, Decentralized Trust, Data Ownership, Modular Blockchain, ZK-EVM, and a slew of others that are shaping the face of the industry. Bringing together the crème de la crème of the crypto sphere, we’re committed to making this gathering a cornerstone of your Singaporean experience.
👇 Confirmed Speakers
Get ready to be enlightened by industry luminaries, including:
- Alex Gluchowski, Co-founder of zkSync
- Daniel Wang, Co-founder of Taiko
- Nick White, Co-founder & COO of Celestia
- Mo Dong, Founder of Celer Network and Brevis
- Hilmar Orth, Co-founder of Gelato
- Kenny Li, Co-founder of Manta Network
- Mara Schmiedt, CEO of Alluvial
- Momir Amidzic, Principal of IOSG Venture
- Nick White, Co-founder & COO of Celestia
- Palina Tolmach, Verification Engineer of Runtime Verification
- Scott Dykstr, Co-founder of Space and Time
- Sreeram Kannan, Founder of EigenLayer
- Vahe Karapetyan, Co-founder & CTO of Hexens
- Ye Zhang, Co-founder of Scroll
and a host of other riveting conversations that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat! A more detailed agenda will be released closer to the event date.
Stay tuned!
👇 Agenda
🎙️ 2:00 PM Welcome Speech
Momir Amidzic, Principal @IOSG Ventures
🎙️ 2:15 PM Golden Age of DeFi at Web3
1inch Network (Pending)
🎙️ 2:30 PM The Value of Decentralization in Staking
Rocket Pool (Pending)
🎙️ 2:45 PM An Open Market for Decentralized Trust
Sreeram Kannan, Founder @EigenLayer
🎙️ 3:00 PM Panel: Staking Innovation and What Comes Next?
- Mara Schmiedt, CEO @Alluvial
- Sreeram Kannan, Founder @EigenLayer
Rocket Pool, Figment, Kilin (Pending)
🎙️ 3:40 PM ZK Applications
Kenny Li, Co-founder @Manta Network
🎙️ 3:55 PM Examining MEV Acquisition in Modular Environments
Nick White, Co-Founder & COO @Celestia
🎙️ 4:10 PM Komprehensive Approach to Smart Contract Security
Palina Tolmach, Verification Engineer @Runtime Verification
🎙️ 4:25 PM Build Your Own Application Specific Ethereum Rollup
Hilmar Orth, Co-founder @Gelato
🎙️ 4:40 PM Type 1 ZK-EVM
Daniel Wang, Co-founder & CEO @Taiko
🎙️ 4:55 PM Data Ownership and Control
Scott Dykstra, Co-founder & CTO @Space&Time
🎙️ 5:10 PM Panel: Ethereum Alignment and Why Does It Matter
- Alex Gluchowski, Co-founder @Matter Labs & zkSync
- Mo Dong, Founder @Celer Network
- Diego Ferrer, Lead Solutions Engineer @Celestia
StarkWare, Arbitrum, Scroll (Pending)
🔥 OFR Memories
Over the past 6 years, we’ve successfully held a series of Old Friends Reunion, all the founders and thought leaders sharing profound discussions in OFR events, with more than 10k onsite visits, 80k+ views via Youtube streaming, 300+ industry experts and 15+ top-tier media coverage, laying the foundation of Crypto’s future. Following the success of OFR Denver 2023 — Security Day, OFR Lisbon 2022 — Sovereign Individual&ZK Odyssey, and OFR Shenzhen 2021 — Scaling Summit&Metaverse Carnival, we’re thrilled to carry forward the trend and add value to the dynamic crypto industry in 2023. Stay tuned through our Twitter and Join the Telegram Group for more information.
🔥 About IOSG
IOSG Ventures is a pioneering crypto fund founded in 2017 that invests in the future of Web3. As a thesis-driven firm, we assist founders in developing community-driven protocols that are primed to transform the crypto landscape. Our portfolio comprises a wide range of innovative and high-potential investments, including L1/L2 (Polkadot, NEAR, StarkWare, Arbitrum), Security Auditing(Runtime Verification, Hexens), DeFi/NFT-Fi (1inch, 0x, MetaMask), GameFi (Big Time, Illuvium), and SocialFi (Galxe, CyberConnect), and a number of industry leaders including Arweave, Cosmos, Celestia, EigenLayer, Scroll, zkSync, Nil Foundation, and Mina, etc. We are passionate about investing in crypto-native paradigms that have the potential to transform the future of the industry, whether you’re building infra, middleware, security, gaming, or social platforms, we’d like to be connected.
If you would like to cooperate with us or contribute to this event in any way, please feel free to let us know. Kindly email us at hello@iosg.vc. Follow us on Twitter to stay tuned to us!