What is Polka DeFiance?
What is Polka DeFiance?
Why should you attend?
Be on the cutting edge of the Polkadot ecosystem and navigate the challenges of the rapidly evolving DeFi universeLearnThe hottest issues in the ecosystem
ObserveHow Polkadot overcomes market adversity
ConnectWith some of the
industry’s brightest minds
industry’s brightest minds
ExplorePolkadot ecosystem
points of growth
points of growth
Why should you attend?
Be on the cutting edge of the Polkadot ecosystem and navigate the challenges of the rapidly evolving DeFi universeLearnThe hottest issues in the ecosystem
ObserveHow Polkadot overcomes market adversity
ConnectWith some of the
industry’s brightest minds
industry’s brightest minds
ExplorePolkadot ecosystem
points of growth
points of growth
Speakers
Alex MelikhovFounder & CEO, Equilibrium
Nicolas Arevalo DeFi Lead, Parity Technologies
Robert HabermeierCo-Founder, Polkadot
Tyrone PanHead of Product & Council Member, Bifrost.Finance
Ben McMahonHydra DX
Francisco Javier AgostiCEO, Tanssi
Björn Wagner Co-Founder and CEO, Parity Technologies
Alexander MitrovicCEO, Unique Network
Kenny LiCo-founder&COO, Manta Network
Justin SilvaCMO, Beamswap
Jafar AzamDeveloper Relations, Composable
AgyleCo-Founder, Talisman
Aziz ZainuddinCo-Founder, StellaSwap
Kyo NishikawaCOO, ArthSwap
Gleb UrvanovCo-Founder & CTO, Mangata
Nicholas DouzinasCBDO & Co-Founder, Ajuna Network
David Wu Finkelstein Head of Growth, OAK Network
Teun HabrakenGrowth Manager, Litentry
Beno Van GansenProduct Manager, SORA
LeemoChief Nice Officer, Nova Wallet
DeckardCEO and Founder, Evrloot
DJ Hà TrangResearch Lead, SubWallet
Kian PaimaniDeveloper, Parity Technologies
TugyCo-founder, Amforc
WillFounder & Team Lead, ParaNodes
Kapil SinhaFounder, Koingaroo (fmr. PrivaDEX)
Dakota BarnettFounder & Head of Product, InvArch
Gabriel Facco de ArrudaCo-founder & Head of Development, InvArch
Zhixi ZhangBD Associate, Interlay
Vincent GeddesTechnical Lead, Snowfork
Jonathan DunneCo-Founder, Talisman
Garrett KinsmanCo-Founder, Nodle
Hosts and moderators
AgyleCo-Founder,
Talisman
Bill LaboonHead of Education and Grants, Web3 Foundation
The Phunky OneDirector of Phellowship and Protocol Relations, Lucky Friday Labs
Jonathan DunneCo-Founder, Talisman
Agenda
May 25, 2023 | 4 PM CET| Time | Topic | Format | Speakers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 PM | Opening Introduction | Intro | Bjorn Wagner (Parity) |
| 4:10 PM | The Rise of Liquid Staking and Need for Interoperability - Leveraging off XCM | Talk | Tyrone Pan (Bifrost) |
| 4:23 PM | SubWallet: Data and Research Within the Polkadot Ecosystem | Talk | DJ Ha Trang (SubWallet) |
| 4:35 PM | Identity, Transparency, and Privacy: How They Can Co-exist On-chain | Panel | Teun Habraken (Litentry) Kenny Li (Manta) Dmitry Zhelezov (Subsquid) |
| 5:00 PM | Why Data Indexing Matters in DeFi | Talk | Dmitry Zhelezov (Subsquid) |
| 5:15 PM | Accelerating Dedollarisation with Trustless Bitcoin DeFi | Talk | Zhixi Zhang (Interlay) |
| 5:30 PM | Business Banking for the Substrate Ecosystem with Sora Card | Talk | Beno Van Gansen (SORA Biome) |
| 5:43 PM | Bridging Polkadot and Kusama with Centauri | Talk | Jafar Azam (Composable) |
| 6:00 PM | Discovering Equilibrium’s EQD: How important is a native decentralized stablecoin for the ecosystem? | Talk | Alex Melikhov (Equilibrium) |
| 6:15 PM | Key Tenets of NFT Adoption at Scale | Talk | Alexander Mitrovic (Unique Network) |
| 6:30 PM | Making Order Out of Chaos. How Nova Wallet Improves the Polkadot OpenGov Experience | Talk | Leemo (Nova Wallet) |
| 6:50 PM | Bootstrapping Game Economies and how secondary markets can drive growth | Panel | Ajuna and Evrloot |
| 7:15 PM | Unlocking On-chain Financials with Polkasafe | Talk | Jaski Singh (Polkasafe) |
| 7:30 PM | Accelerating Polkadot’s Adoption with a Next-Gen ContainerChain Protocol | Talk | Francisco Javier Agosti (Tanssi) |
| 7:40 PM | How Koingaroo (fmr. PrivaDEX) is Making Cross-chain DeFi Easy | Talk | Kapil Sinha (Koingaroo, fmr. PrivaDEX) |
| 8:00 PM | Reforming the Appchain Thesis with Robert Habermeier | Panel | Robert Habermeier (Polkadot) Dominik Harz (Interlay) Jonathan Dunne (Talisman) |
| 8:25 PM | One Multisig to rule them all. Saturn Multisig | Talk | Dakota Barnett and Gabriel Facco de Arruda (InvArch) |
| 8:40 PM | The future of AMMs on Polkadot | Panel | Aziz Zainuddin (StellaSwap) Peter Sergeev (Equilibrium) Tommi Enenkel (Mangata Finance) |
| 9:00 PM | How HydraDX Omnipool is a Game Changer for DAO & Treasury Liquidity Management | Talk | Ben McMahon (Hydra DX) |
| 9:15 PM | Can Polkadot Inflate Into Oblivion? And Other Interesting Questions About Staking | Panel | Kian Paimani (Parity) Tugy (Amforc) Will (ParaNodes) |
| 9:25 PM | Polkadot to the Rescue: Decentralizing Ethereum Rollups | Talk | Tommi Enenkel (Mangata) |
| 9:35 PM | Engaging dApp Experiences Built on Privatized Identity Data | Talk | Teun Habraken (Litentry) |
| 9:45 PM | Fighting AI Generated Content With Photo NFTs | Talk | Garrett Kinsman (Nodle) |
4:00 PM
Opening Introduction
Bjorn Wagner (Parity)
Intro
4:10 PM
The Rise of Liquid Staking and Need for Interoperability - Leveraging off XCM
Tyrone Pan (Bifrost)
Talk
4:23 PM
SubWallet: Data and Research Within the Polkadot Ecosystem
DJ Ha Trang (SubWallet)
Talk
4:35 PM
Identity, Transparency, and Privacy: How They Can Co-exist On-chain
Teun Habraken (Litentry)
Kenny Li (Manta)
Dmitry Zhelezov (Subsquid)
Kenny Li (Manta)
Dmitry Zhelezov (Subsquid)
Panel
5:00 PM
Why Data Indexing Matters in DeFi
Dmitry Zhelezov (Subsquid)
Talk
5:15 PM
Accelerating Dedollarisation with Trustless Bitcoin DeFi
Zhixi Zhang (Interlay)
Talk
5:30 PM
Business Banking for the Substrate Ecosystem with Sora Card
Beno Van Gansen (SORA Biome)
Talk
5:43 PM
Bridging Polkadot and Kusama with Centauri
Jafar Azam (Composable)
Talk
6:00 PM
Discovering Equilibrium’s EQD: How important is a native decentralized stablecoin for the ecosystem?
Alex Melikhov (Equilibrium)
Talk
6:15 PM
Key Tenets of NFT Adoption at Scale
Alexander Mitrovic (Unique Network)
Talk
6:30 PM
Making Order Out of Chaos. How Nova Wallet Improves the Polkadot OpenGov Experience
Leemo (Nova Wallet)
Talk
6:50 PM
Bootstrapping Game Economies and how secondary markets can drive growth
Ajuna and Evrloot
Panel
7:15 PM
Unlocking On-chain Financials with Polkasafe
Jaski Singh (Polkasafe)
Talk
7:30 PM
Accelerating Polkadot’s Adoption with a Next-Gen ContainerChain Protocol
Francisco Javier Agosti (Tanssi)
Talk
7:40 PM
How Koingaroo (fmr. PrivaDEX) is Making Cross-chain DeFi Easy
Kapil Sinha (Koingaroo, fmr. PrivaDEX)
Talk
8:00 PM
Reforming the Appchain Thesis with Robert Habermeier
Robert Habermeier (Polkadot)
Dominik Harz (Interlay)
Jonathan Dunne (Talisman)
Dominik Harz (Interlay)
Jonathan Dunne (Talisman)
Panel
8:25 PM
One Multisig to rule them all. Saturn Multisig
Dakota Barnett and Gabriel Facco de Arruda (InvArch)
Talk
8:40 PM
The future of AMMs on Polkadot
Aziz Zainuddin (StellaSwap)
Peter Sergeev (Equilibrium)
Tommi Enenkel (Mangata Finance)
Peter Sergeev (Equilibrium)
Tommi Enenkel (Mangata Finance)
Panel
9:00 PM
How HydraDX Omnipool is a Game Changer for DAO & Treasury Liquidity Management
Ben McMahon (Hydra DX)
Talk
9:15 PM
Can Polkadot Inflate Into Oblivion? And Other Interesting Questions About Staking
Kian Paimani (Parity)
Tugy (Amforc)
Will (ParaNodes)
Tugy (Amforc)
Will (ParaNodes)
Panel
9:25 PM
Polkadot to the Rescue: Decentralizing Ethereum Rollups
Tommi Enenkel (Mangata)
Talk
9:35 PM
Engaging dApp Experiences Built on Privatized Identity Data
Teun Habraken (Litentry)
Talk
9:45 PM
Fighting AI Generated Content With Photo NFTs
Garrett Kinsman (Nodle)
Talk
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