Join us on the afternoon of February 24th for workshops, panel discussions and a keynote fireside chat at the Web3 APAC Summit to explore what Web3 is, how it's changing the internet, and bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3. We'll host sessions & Q+A's with experts and investors who are at the forefront of building and investing in the next wave of the web. ***All attendees will be entered to win free tickets to SG Global 22 - taking place April 12- 13th in Redwood City and worldwide.***
Keep an eye on this space as more panelists and speakers are confirmed and check out the detailed agenda below for a detailed description of what's happening!
Overview:
3 pm SGT - Panel Discussion: Investing in Crypto, NFT's & The Metaverse
4 pm SGT - Keynote: a fireside chat with Carl Wegner, CEO of Contour
5 pm SGT - Workshop by Eddy Travia & Gaurang Torvekar
Contour
CEO
Carl Wegner is the Chief Executive Officer of Contour, a network to lead a global adoption of blockchain-based trade solutions.
Carl has over 30 years’ experience in Asia Cash Management, Institutional Banking, Financial Supply Chain and Distributed Ledger Technology. Carl served as R3 Managing Director for Asia, where he was instrumental in the business growth and market penetrat…
Carl Wegner is the Chief Executive Officer of Contour, a network to lead a global adoption of blockchain-based trade solutions.
Carl has over 30 years’ experience in Asia Cash Management, Institutional Banking, Financial Supply Chain and Distributed Ledger Technology. Carl served as R3 Managing Director for Asia, where he was instrumental in the business growth and market penetration of Corda solutions with Central Banks, Financial Institutions and Corporates. Carl’s prior experiences include Managing Director and Head of Global Transaction Banking, Greater China of Deutsche Bank, and Managing Director of Transaction Banking for Standard Chartered Bank in Taiwan. He was also Head of Asia for TradeCard (now GTNexus) building their network in 14 countries.
Carl was named as a Top FinTech Leader at the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) Awards 2020. He has also held the post of Treasurer at Taipei American Chamber of Commerce and is an Appointed Board Member of Taipei American School. Fluent in Mandarin, he holds a B.S. in both Chinese Language and Chinese History from Georgetown University.
Coinsilium
CEO & Co-Founder
Indorse
CEO & Co-Founder Indorse
Gaurang Torvekar is the Co-Founder and CEO of Indorse, a Coding Assessment Platform built on the backbone of Blockchain technology. He has been working in the Blockchain space for the last 4 years, and this is his second company in the space. He started Indorse while in Singapore, and is spearheading the expansion of the company in the UK. Gaurang was the co-organizer of the Ethereum Singapore Meetup and was also involved in the ISO Blockchain standards, TC 307, and represented Singapore for one the ISO meetings. He is considered one of the thought leaders in the blockchain space in South East Asia.
BSV Blockchain
Head of BSV China Hub
Mintable
COO
Optera Digital
CEO
Lise Li currently works as Head of China Hub for BSV Blockchain and CEO of Keyi Tech. Graduated from the School of Finance of the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), she has many years of e-commerce experience and has a deep understanding of blockchain technology and business prospects. She is dedicated to advancing BSV blockchain technology and business applications in East Asia
Ngeow Jiawen is an entrepreneur and 2x founder who is the COO of Mintable, a community controlled NFT marketplace where you can create & Trade NFTs easily in seconds.
She is also currently building DayOne, a superapp for offline businesses. She previously founded and exited Megafash for $3.5mln SGD, and was the Chief Operating Officer for i-Fashion Group which had a $25mln SGD exit. She works closely with startups and invests both time and money in them. Some of these startups include Pikkal as well as non-tech companies like Poke Theory and Realtegic.
IGN Magazine refers to Abbas as one of the pioneers of Video Game development in Pakistan.
Abbas has produced video games, broadcast animation and toy lines for leading global brands. His work in Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) and Holograms recently won the Nelson Mandela-Graca Machael Award for Innovation. Over the past 20 years, he has been actively building content in the Metaverse and is one of the first people to start working in AR/VR in Pakistan.
He has worked on Intellectual Properties such as Tomb Raider, Level Brothers, Nike, Spongebob Squarepants, Burka Avenger, and brands such as Nike, and Unilever. Abbas also consults with the UN and the World Bank on Gamification and Extended Reality technologies
StartupGrind Bhubaneswar
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