Event Details
Speakers include Illia Polosukhin, Co-founder of NEAR Protocol; Sandeep Nailwal, Co-founder of Polygon; Vyas Krishnan, Strategy Lead at EigenLayer; Trevor Harries-Jones, COO of OTOY (Render Network); Ethan Jackson, Co-founder of ChainML; Michael O'Rourke, Co-founder and CEO of Pocket Network; Niraj Pant, Co-founder of Ritual; and Ben Fielding, Co-founder of Gensyn.
This event is proudly supported by PANews, TechFlow, Blockbeats, Odaily, Chaincatcher, and Techub.
IOSG Ventures will offer exclusive Dubai-themed merchandise while supplies last—don’t miss your chance to collect them! Seating is limited, so we welcome both Old Friends and New Friends to register early—first come, first served!
AI x Crypto | Agenda
2:00 PM
Opening Remark | AI x Crypto Investment Philosophy
🎤 Gokhan Er, Managing Director of IOSG Ventures
2:15 PM
Keynote | Why AI Needs to Be Open
🎤 Illia Polosukhin, Co-founder of NEAR
2:30 PM
Fireside | Enabling AI Function in the Last Generation Blockchain
🎤 Illia Polosukhin, Co-founder of NEAR
🎤 Sandeep Nailwal, Co-founder of Polygon
🎤 Moderated by Momir Amidzic, Senior Director of IOSG Ventures
3:05 PM
Panel | Data & AI Model
🎤 Scott Dykstra, Co-founder & CTO of Space and Time
🎤 Kerim Kaya, Co-founder & CEO of FirstBatch
🎤 Vyas Krishnan, Strategy of EigenLayer
🎤 Sean Ren, Co-founder & CEO of Sahara AI
🎤 Bidhan Roy, Founder & CEO of Bagel Network
🎤 Moderated by Mohit Pandit, Investment at IOSG Ventures
3:50 PM
Panel | The Role of AI Agent in Crypto
🎤 Ethan Jackson, Co-founder of ChainML
🎤 Michael P O’Rourke, Co-founder & CEO of Pocket Network (Grove)
🎤 Niraj Pant, Co-founder of Ritual
🎤 Nick Emmons, Co-founder & CEO of Allora (Upshot)
🎤 Moderated by Roshan Raghupathy, Researcher, Marlin Protocol
4:35 PM
Keynote | A Better Future Powered by AI Agents
🎤 Ethan Jackson, Co-founder of ChainML
4:50 PM
Panel | ZKML: Applications & Challenges
🎤 Mo Dong, Co-founder of Brevis
🎤 Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh, Founder of Lagrange
🎤 dcbuilder.eth, Accelerating Worldcoin
🎤 Kacper Koziol, Co-founder of Herodotus
🎤 Marijo Radman, Co-founder of Alterscope
🎤 Moderated by Gokhan Er, Managing Director of IOSG Ventures
5:35 PM
Panel | GPU Networks
🎤 Ben Fielding, Co-founder of Gensyn
🎤 Trevor Harries-Jones, COO of OTOY (Render Network)
🎤 Tory Green, Co-founder & COO of io.net
🎤 Mark Ryden, Co-founder & CEO of Aethir
🎤 Moderated by Raullen Chai, Co-founder & CEO of IoTeX
Event Time: April 17th 2:00 - 6:30 PM (GMT+4)
Event Location: Emirates Ballroom (6th Floor), JW Marriott Marquis Dubai
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