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 descriptions on what's happening!
Overview:
3pm SGT - Panel Discussion: Investing in Crypto, NFT's & The Metaverse
4pm SGT - Keynote fireside chat with Brian Lu, Founding Partner, Infinity Ventures Crypto
5pm SGT - Workshop by Eddy Travia & Gaurang Torvekar
Infinity Ventures Crypto
Founding Partner
Brian Lu is the founding Partner at Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC) and a Partner at Headline Asia. He has 15 years of business development experience in the APAC region with extensive connections in the ASEAN region. Brian is also an advisor and consultant to several multinational corporations in the APAC region.
Brian Lu is the founding Partner at Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC) and a Partner at Headline Asia. He has 15 years of business development experience in the APAC region with extensive connections in the ASEAN region. Brian is also an advisor and consultant to several multinational corporations in the APAC region.
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
Startup Grind / Ejad Labs
Director / CEO
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Startup Grind
Community Manager, APAC & Middle East
ONE MEDIA AND EVENTS
Founder
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Arzish specialises in community building, entrepreneurship, youth advocacy and innovation travel. The youngest global graduate from Founder Institute, a highly celebrated Silicon Valley accelerator, has hosted 35+ leading entrepreneurs, technology experts and investors including Haseeb Awan, Idris Kothari, Ali Mukhtar and others in his talk shows and has directly helped 100+ startups and SMEs in global exposure.
He is the brain behind PAK-US Tech Exchange, the largest private tech exchange program connecting Pakistan and Silicon Valley. His exposure from being Pakistan's youth representative at Obama's Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 in Stanford, Organization of Islamic Corporation's Youth Entrepreneurship Forum 2017 and 2018 in Kazan, Russia, Startup Grind Global Conference 2018 in Silicon Valley, Web Summit 2018, Startup Grind Barcelona Conference and SXSW2019 etc. brings the gamut of relevant experiences and rich understanding of the field. He uses this to empower the youth of his nation with similar worthy global exposures, network and experiences.
He further leverages his leadership at the local chapters of international technology communities like Startup Grind and Google Business Group to create a robust and well knitted entrepreneurial ecosystem. He is also an alumnus of Plan9 – Punjab Information Technology Board’s Technology Incubator and the National Incubation Center in Islamabad.
Born and brought up in Gibraltar her entrepreneurial journey started at the age of 22 launching the first company in PR and promotional work ‘DM Promotions’, since the early days her passion for running and creating her own business models was clear with a fiercely entrepreneurial family background.
Also involved in a landmark case at a young age for Gibraltar when she was denied the right to vote in the first European elections the case was taken to the European Court of Human Rights and was successful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthews_v_United_Kingdom
After taking time out to start a family and living abroad she returned to her hometown in 2017 and soon set up a new business One Media and Events. The application to become City Chapter Director for Gibraltar for the organisation Startup Grind powered by Google for Entrepreneurs was successful and the first event which sold out with over 100 attendees was launched in March 2017. In February 2018 Denise was given the “Rookie of the Year” Award in San Francisco during the director’s retreat organised at the SuG Global Conference for being the best new chapter in a city with a population of only thirty thousand.
During this time Gibraltar Government announced the regulatory framework for Distributed Ledger Technology also known as Blockchain. Because of her work in supporting startups, tech and creating a network they became actively involved by sponsoring her events. The platform that SuG together with this development locally has opened up multiple opportunities in this new tech industry and in the past 4 months she has been appointed to represent two globally well known blockchain related groups the GSX Group’s Blockchain Innovation Centre and Coinsilium.
Startup Grind Singapore
Chapter Director
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Chapter Co-Director
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