April 9-10, 2024 @ Cyberport, Hong Kong
Conference + Hackathons
Hosted BY
Co-HostS
Partners
Organizer
Media
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Ed Roman
Founder of Hack.Summit() & Founding Partner of Hack VC
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Justin Drake
Ethereum Foundation (Virtual)
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Joseph H. L. Chan, JP
Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, The Government of Hong Kong SAR
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Sandeep Nailwal
Founder of Polygon
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Smokey
Co-Founder of Berachain
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YQ
Founder of AltLayer
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David Tse
Co-Founder of Babylon
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Lily Liu
The President of the Management of the Solana Foundation
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Philip Forte
Founder of Elixir
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Michael Heinrich
Founder of 0G
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Asa Li
Lead in APAC of io.net
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Potter Li
Co-Founder of EthSign
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Rushi Manche
Co-Founder of Movement Labs
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Zon
Founding Member of Initia
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Hilmar Orth
Founder of Gelato
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Omer Ozden
Chairman, RockTree Capital
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Robert Chen
Founder of OtterSec
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Ryan Zhang
CPO of MYX
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Arisa Toyosaki
Co-Founder & CEO of Cega
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Jesse Beller
Co-Founder & CEO of Terrace
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Terry Chung
Strategy Lead of Eclipse
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Haifeng Bai
Co Head of Asset Management Managing Director of CMBI
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Akersh Srivastava
VP Product & Head of Developer Relations of Chainlink
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Sandy Peng
Co-Founder of Scroll
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Dr. Kang Li
Chief Security Officer of CertiK
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Kenny Li
Co-Founder of Manta Network
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Annabelle Huang
Managing Partner of Amber Group
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Rodney Yesep
Partner of Hack VC
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Herbie Fu
Partner of Hack VC
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Chichi Hong
Partner of Hack VC
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Dr. Li Hua Xi
Director of Web3 Product, Huawei Cloud
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Daniel
Head of Solana Foundation MCM
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Laura Shi
Head of International Expansion of Consensys
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Sky Lai
Partner of J17 Capital
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Ken Zhang
Head of Security of Google Cloud Greater China
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Yi Wang
Managing Director of CSOP Asset Management
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Henry Chen
Managing Director of Summer Capital
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Cecilia Hsueh
CEO of Morph
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Josie Leung
Co-Founder of MilkyWay
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Jordi Alexander
Chief Alchemist of Mantle
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Anthony Zhang
Community & Ecosystem Lead (APAC) of The Graph
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Ezra Wong
BD & Partnerships Director of Auros
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SJ Park
Head of Strategy of Vertex Protocol
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Taylor Harris
Head of Community of dappOS
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Sia Khazamipour
Odao5
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Forest
Founder of Foresight Ventures; Chairman of The Block
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Gavin Wang
CIO of SNZ
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Eva Lian
Chief Investment Officer of EM Investment
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Kun Peng
Partner of Stanford Blockchain Acclerator
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Yemu Xu
Co-Founder of ARPA Network and Penrose Ventures
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Georgina CHU
Chief Corporate Development Officer of Cyberport
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Rachel Lee
Fintech Senior Manager of Cyberport
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Maxim Ermilov
Founder at Overnight.Fi
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Luke Wang
Co-Founder & CEO of Chakra & Web3MQ
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Trevor Aron
Founder of Doormat.xyz
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Gigi Cho
Investment Manager of HTX Ventures
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Vince Yang
Co-Founder of zkLink
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Chao Lyu
Partner of Withzard Flow
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Feng Han
Co-Founder of BeL2
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Daksh Joshi
Product Partner of PublicAI
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JQ
Founder & CEO of Jasper Vault
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Ken Kitahara
Decima
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Yiming Wang
Chairman of JDI
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Gokhan Er
Managing Director of IOSG Ventures
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Alex Rawitz
Co-Founder of Dimo
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Alma Li
Founder of Techub News; Partner of Web3Labs
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Moshe Shen
BD & Partnership Director of Wintermute
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Anurag Arjun
Co-Founder of Avail
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Ganesh Swami
Co-Founder and CEO of Covalent
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Hakan Sezikli
CMO of BEVM
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Balal Khan
CMO of ZKEX
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Regan Bozman
Co-Founder of Lattice Capital
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Rock Lau
Chief Community Officer of Axiomesh
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Ranvir Rana
Co-founder of Witness Chain
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Prof. WaiShun Lo
CUHK
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Prof. Kani Chen
Financial Mathematics at HKUST
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Prof. Jack Poon
School of Accounting and Finance at PolyU
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Prof. Zhicong Lu
Department of Computer Science at CityU
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Ryan Park
Founder of Exponents
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Ben Law
STO of Tabi
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Kevin
Founder of Ooga Booga
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Sami
Co-Founder of Redacted
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Raito
Co-Founder of Infrared
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Umeshu
Head of BD at The Honey Jar
Agenda
Day 1
9:30 am
Ed Roman (Founder of Hack.Summit() & Founding Partner of Hack VC) Opening Remarks
9:55 am
Mr Joseph H. L. Chan, JP (Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, The Government of Hong Kong SAR)
10:05 am
Smokey (Co-Founder of Berachain) Keynote
10:30 am
Rushi Manche (Co-Founder of Movement Labs) Keynote
10:45 am
Sandeep Nailwal (Founder of Polygon) Keynote
11:15 am
Akersh Srivastava (VP Product & Head of Developer Relations of Chainlink) Keynote
11:45 am
VC Panel: When Western and Eastern VCs Meet
Annabelle Huang (Managing Partner of Amber Group), Sia Khazamipour (dao5), Sky Lai (Partner of J17 Capital), Kun Peng (Partner of Stanford Blockchain Accelerator)
Moderator: Rodney Yesep (Partner of Hack VC)
12:25 pm
Building the Next Generation Decentralized Ecosystem:
Philip Forte (Founder of Elixir), Hilmar Orth (Founder of Gelato), Anuray Arjun (Avail)
Moderator: Gokhan Er (Managing Director, IOSG Ventures)
1:05 pm
Securing the Digital Frontier:
Robert Chen (Founder of OtterSec), Alex Rawitz (Co-Founder of Dimo), Ranvir Rana (Co-founder of Witness Chain)
Moderator: Ken Zhang (Head of Security of Google Cloud Greater China)
1:30 pm
David Tse (Co-Founder of Babylon) Keynote
2:05 pm
Feng Han (Co-Founder of BeL2) Keynote
2:20 pm
Panel: Zero Knowledge Proof and Re-Staking Vyas Krishnan (Strategy of EigenLayer), Federico Carrone (Co-Founder of Aligned Layer)
Moderator: Nicole Sun (Zuzalu Core)
2:40 pm
Panel: Exponential Value Creation with Data & Infra
Shawn Lim (Head of APAC of Axelar), Ganesh Swami (Co-Founder and CEO of Covalent), Hakan Sezikli (CMO of BEVM), Balal Khan (CMO of ZKEX), Pavel Burylichev (Director of Engineering at GGx)
Moderator: Omer Ozden (Chairman, RockTree Capital)
3:10 pm
VC Panel: Smart Money Trends & Predictions
Omer Ozden (Chairman, RockTree Capital), BMAN (ABCDE), Gavin Wang (CIO of SNZ), Yi Wang (Managing Director of CSOP Asset Management), Yiming Wang (Chairman of JDI)
Moderator: Yolanda Chung (Partner of PANONY & PANews)
3:55 pm
Justin Drake (Ethereum Foundation) Keynote (Virtual)
4:25m
Rock Lau (Chief Community Officer of Axiomesh) Keynote
4:40 pm
Zon (Funding Member of Initia) Keynote
5:00 pm
Daksh Joshi (Product Partner of PublicAI) Keynote
5:20 pm
Hackathon Panel:
Daniel (Head of Solana Foundation MCM), Nezha (APAC BD of Berachain), Anthony Zhang (Community & Ecosystem Lead APAC of The Graph)
Moderator: Herbie Fu (Partner of Hack VC)
6:05 pm
Closing Remarks
Day 2
9:30 am
Michael Heinrich (Founder of 0G) - Introducing The First Modular AI Chain
10:00 am
Asa Li (Lead in APAC of io.net) Keynote
10:30 am
Empowering Startups from a Venture Capital Perspective:
Yemu Xu (Co-Founder of ARPA Network and Penrose Ventures), Rodney Yesep (Partner of Hack VC), Gigi Cho (Investment Manager of Houbi Ventures), Ken Kitahara (Decima)
Moderator: Eva Lian (Chief Investment Officer of EM Investment)
11:15 am
Dr. Li Hua Xi (Director of Web3 Product, Huawei Keynote)
11:30 am
DeFi:
DR. Kang Li (Chief Security Officer of CertiK), Arisa Toyosaki (Co-Founder & CEO of Cega), Jesse Beller (Co-Founder & CEO of Terrace), Ryan Zhang (CPO of MYX), SJ (Head of Strategy of Vertex protocol)
Moderator: Moshe Shen (BD & Partnership Director of Wintermute)
12:15 pm
YQ (Founder of AltLayer) Keynote
12:45 pm
JQ (Founder & CEO of Jasper Vault) keynote
1:05 pm
Transforming Industries Through Innovation:
Potter Li (Co-Founder of Ethsign), Josie Leung (Co-Founder of MilkyWay), Trevor Aron (Founder of Doormat), Maxim Ermilov (Founder of Overnight.Fi)
Moderator: Regan Bozman (Co-Founder of Lattice Capital)
1:50 pm
TradFi:
Haifeng Bai (Co Head of Asset Management Managing Director of CMBI), Laura Shi (Head of International Expansion of Consensys), Chao Lyu (Partner of Withzard Flow)
Moderator: Rachel Lee (Fintech Senior Manager of Cyberport)
2:00 pm
Firechat between Ed Roman & Niraj Pant
2:25 pm
Georgina Chu (Chief Corporate Development Officer of Cyberport) Speech
2:35pm
Scaling:
Ed Roman (Founder of Hack.Summit() & Founding Partner of Hack VC), Taylor Harris (Head of Community of dappOS), Luke Wang (Co-Founder & CEO of Chakra & Web3MQ)
Moderator: Henry Chen (Managing Director of Summer Capital)
3:20 pm
ETH Panel:
Sandy Peng (Co-Founder of Scroll), Kenny Li (Co-Founder of Manta Network), Jordi Alexander (Chief Alchemist of Mantle), Vince Yang (Co-Founder of zkLink)
Moderator: Chichi Hong (Partner of Hack VC)
4:05 pm
Berachain Ecosystem Showcase
Ryan Park (Founder of Exponents), Ben Law (CTO of Tabi), Kevin (Founder of Ooga Booga), Sami (Co-Founder of Redacted), Infrared, Umeshu (Head of BD at The Honey Jar)
Moderator: Nezha (APAC BD of Berachain)
4:50 pm
Modularity:
YQ (Founder of AltLayer), Terry Chung (Strategy Lead of Eclipse), Rushi Manche (Co-Founder of Movement Labs), Zon (Founding Member of Initia)
Moderator: Evie Yan (Senior Consultant of TechFlow)
5:35 pm
Hackathon Panel:
Forest (Founder, Foresight Ventures; Chairman of The Block), Cecilia Hsueh (CEO of Morph), Ezra Wong (BD & Partnerships Director of Auros)
Moderator: Alma Li (Founder of Techub News)
6:10 pm
Hackathon Demo Day Award Ceremony
It’s a two-day and one-night Hacker House with over 20k grants event will not only strengthen the close connections within the community but also bring unprecedented new trends and opportunities to the blockchain industry.
20,000 $USD prize pool
Co-HostS
Hackathon Agenda
- located in the Hackathon room
Day 1
10:00 am
Check-in
10:30 am
Why Web3 takes place in Hong Kong
Rachael Lee (Cyberport)
10:40 am
Morph Ecosystem Introduction
Cecilia Hsueh (Morph)
11:00 am
Solana Ecosystem Round Table
11:40 am
Berachain Ecosystem Round Table
Nezha (Berachain)
12:10 pm
The Graph Workshop (building Sub-graph)
Pranav Maheshwari (The Graph Sr Solutions Architect)
12:40 pm
Lunch and Learn
14:00 pm
Solana Technical Workshop and Office Hour
Dean (MCM Dev Rel Solana Foundation)
15:30 pm
Berachain Technical Dive-in and Office Hour
Nezha (Berachain)
17:00 pm
Morph Technical Dive-in and Office Hour
Luka (Morph Deve Rel)
Day 2
10:00 am
Check-in
10:30 am
Web3 in HK Round Table
Blockchain Academy, Chichi (ScalingX), Adam (Solana), Anthony (The Graph), Nezha (Berachain), Cecilia Hsueh (Morph CEO)
11:30 am
Panel: Why build in Asia?
Openbuild, Tintinland, Moonshoot Commons
12:30 pm
Prof Panel: Education of Web3 of HK
Andy (Blockchain Academy), Prof Lo (CUHK), Prof Kani Chen (HKUST), Prof Jack Poon (PolyU), Prof Lu (CityU)
14:00 pm
Hackathon House Demo Day
14:00 - 14:40 pm Morph
14:30 - 15:30 pm Berachain
15:30 - 18:00 pm Solona
18:00 pm
Hackathon Award Ceremony (at the main conference room)