April 9-10, 2024 @ Cyberport, Hong Kong

Conference + Hackathons

Hosted BY

Co-HostS

Partners

Organizer

  • Ed Roman

    Founder of Hack.Summit() & Founding Partner of Hack VC

  • Justin Drake

    Justin Drake

    Ethereum Foundation (Virtual)

  • Sandeep Nailwal

    Founder of Polygon

  • Smokey

    Co-Founder of Berachain

  • Omer Ozden

    Chairman, RockTree Capital

  • Duncan Chiu

    Member of the Legislative Council in Hong Kong

  • YQ

    Founder of AltLayer

  • David Tse

    Co-Founder of Babylon

  • Philip Forte

    Founder of Elixir

  • Lily Liu

    The President of the Management of the Solana Foundation

  • Michael Heinrich

    Founder of 0G

  • Asa Li

    Lead in APAC of io.net

  • Annabelle Huang

    Managing Partner of Amber Group

  • Potter Li

    Co-Founder of EthSign

  • Rushi Manche

    Co-Founder of Movement Labs

  • Anil Kumar

    Founder of Rome Protocol

  • Zon

    Founding Member of Initia

  • Hilmar Orth

    Founder of Gelato

  • Robert Chen

    Founder of OtterSec

  • Devan Purhar

    Co-Founder of Firewall

  • Ryan Zhang

    CPO of MYX

  • Arisa Toyosaki

    Co-Founder & CEO of Cega

  • Terrace

    Jesse Beller

    Co-Founder & CEO of Terrace

  • Terry Chung

    Strategy Lead of Eclipse

  • Akersh Srivastava

    VP Product & Head of Developer Relations of Chainlink

  • Sandy Peng

    Co-Founder of Scroll

  • Dr. Kang Li

    Chief Security Officer of CertiK

  • Kenny Li

    Co-Founder of Manta Network

  • Frank Zhang

    Executive Director of OKX Hong Kong

  • Rodney Yesep

    Partner of Hack VC

  • Roshun Patel

    Partner of Hack VC

  • Herbie Fu

    Partner of Hack VC

  • Chichi Hong

    Partner of Hack VC

  • Dr. Li Hua Xi

    Director of Web3 Product, Huawei Cloud

  • Laura Shin

    Head of International Expansion of Consensys

  • Sky Lai

    Partner of J17 Capital

  • Yuan Qi

    Investment Director of Ant Group

  • Ken Zhang

    Head of Security of Google Cloud Greater China

  • Yi Wang

    Managing Director of CSOP Asset Management

  • Cecilia Hsueh

    CEO of Morph

  • Jordi Alexander

    Chief Alchemist of Mantle

  • Anthony Zhang

    Community & Ecosystem Lead (APAC) of The Graph

  • Ezra Wong

    BD & Partnerships Director of Auros

  • SJ Park

    Head of Strategy of Vertex Protocol

  • Andrew Young

    Founder of SX Network

  • Taylor Harris

    Head of Community of dappOS

  • Sia Khazamipour

    Odao5

  • Gavin Wang

    CIO of SNZ

  • Eva Lian

    Chief Investment Officer of EM Investment

  • Kun Peng

    Partner of Stanford Blockchain Acclerator

  • Georgina CHU

    Chief Corporate Development Officer of Cyberport

  • Rachel Lee

    Fintech Senior Manager of Cyberport

  • Shumo Chu

    Founder of NEBRA Labs

  • Maxim Ermilov

    Founder at Overnight.Fi

  • Don Ho

    Founder of Orange DAO

  • Luke Wang

    Co-Founder & CEO of Chakra & Web3MQ

  • Trevor Aron

    Founder of Doormat.xyz

  • Gigi Cho

    Investment Manager of HTX Ventures

  • Feng Han

    Co-Founder of Bel2

  • JQ

    Founder & CEO of Jasper Vault

  • Ken Kitahara

    Decima

  • Yiming Wang

    Chairman of JDI

  • Anurag Arjun

    Co-Founder of Avail

  • Ganesh Swami

    Co-Founder and CEO of Covalent

  • Hakan Sezikli

    CMO of BEVM

  • Shawn Lim

    Head of APAC of Axelar

  • Balal Khan

    CMO of ZKEX

  • Regan Bozman

    Co-Founder of Lattice Capital

  • Rock Lau

    Chief Community Officer of Axiomesh

  • Prof. WaiShun Lo

    CUHK

  • Prof. Kani Chen

    Financial Mathematics at HKUST

  • Prof. Jack Poon

    School of Accounting and Finance at PolyU

  • Prof. Zhicong Lu

    Department of Computer Science at CityU

Agenda

Day 1

9:30 am 

Ed Roman (Founder of Hack.Summit & Founding Partner of Hack VC) Opening Remarks

10:00 am

Justin Drake (Ethereum Foundation) Keynote (Virtual)

10:30 am

Berachain Keynote

11:00 am

DeFi:

SJ (Head of Strategy of Vertex protocol), Arisa Toyosaki (Co-Founder & CEO of Cega), Jesse Beller (Co-Founder & CEO of Terrace), Ryan Zhang (CPO of MYX)

11:45 am

Akersh Srivastava (VP Product & Head of Developer Relations of Chainlink) Keynote

12:15 pm

Sandeep Nailwal (Founder of Polygon) Keynote

12:35 pm

Georgina Chu (Chief Corporate Development Officer of Cyberport) Speech

12:45 pm

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 Acclerator)

ModeratorRodney Yesep (Partner of Hack VC)

1:30 pm

David Tse (Co-Founder of Babylon) Keynote

2:00 pm

VC Panel:

Omer Ozden (Chairman, RockTree), BMAN (ABCDE), Gavin Wang (CIO of SNZ), Don Ho (Founder of OrangeDAO)

Moderator: Yolanda Chung (Partner of PANONY & PANews)

2:45 pm

Panel:

Shawn Lim (Head of APAC of Axelar), Ganesh Swami (Co-Founder and CEO of Covalent), Hakan Sezikli (CMO of BEVM) and, Balal Khan (CMO of ZKEX)

3:30 pm 

Regulation:

Duncan Chiu (Member of the Legislative Council in HK), Frank Zhang (Executive Director of OKX HK)

4:15 pm 

Hackathon Panel:

Berachain, Lily Liu (The president of the Management of the Solona Foundation), Anthony Zhang (Community & Ecosystem Lead (APAC) of The Graph)

Moderator: Herbie Fu (Partner of Hack VC)

5:00 pm 

Spotlight:

Potter Li (Co-Founder of Ethsign), Trevor Aron (Founder of Doormat), Maxim Ermilov (Founder of Overnight.Fi), Andrew Young (Founder of SX)
Moderator: Regan Bozman (Co-founder of Lattice Capital)

5:45 pm 

Modularity:

YQ (Founder of Altlayer), Terry Chung (Strategy Lead of Eclipse), Rushi Manche (Co-Founder of Movement Labs), Philip Forte (Founder of Elixir) 

Moderator: TechFlow

6:15 pm 

Closing Remarks

Day 2

9:30 am

Michael Heinrich (Founder of 0G) Keynote

10:00 am

Asa Li (Lead in APAC of io.net) Keynote

10:30 am

ETH Panel:

Sandy Peng (Co-Founder of Scroll), Kenny Li (Co-Founder of Manta Network), Hilmar Orth (Founder of Gelato)
Moderator: Chichi Hong (Partner of Hack VC)

11:15 am

Security:

Devan Purhar (Co-Founder of Firewall), Dr. Kang Li (Chief Security Officer of Certik), Robert Chen (Founder of OtterSec)

Moderator: Ken Zhang (Head of Security of Google Cloud Greater China)

12:00 pm

YQ (Founder of Altlayer) Keynote

12:30 pm

Feng Han (Co-Founder of BeL2) Keynote

12:45 pm

Dr. Li Hua Xi (Director of Web3 Product, Huawei Keynote)

1:00 pm

Rock Lau (Chief Community Officer of Axiomesh) Keynote

1:15 pm

TradFi:

Yuan Qi (Investment Director of Ant Group), CICC, Yi Wang (Managing Director of CSOP Asset Management), Laura Shin (Head of International Expansion of Consensys)

Moderator: Rachel Lee (Fintech Senior Manager of Cyberport)

2:00 pm

Decentralization Solutions:

Anil Kumar (Founder of Rome Protocol), Jordi Alexander (Chief Alchemist of Mantle), Taylor Harris (Head of Community of dappOS)

2:45 pm

Zon (Founding Member of Initia) Keynote

3:15 pm

VC Panel:

Gigi Cho (Investment Manager of Houbi Ventures), Yiming Wang (Chairman of JDI), Chichi Hong (Partner of Hack VC), Ken Kitahara (Decima)

Moderator: Eva Lian (Chief Investment Officer of EM Capital)

4:00 pm

Scaling:

Shumo Chu (Founder of Nebra Labs), Nicole Sun (Megaeth), Anurag Arjun (Co-Founder of Avail), Luke Wang (Co-Founder & CEO of Chakra & Web3MQ)

4:45 pm

JQ (Founder & CEO of Jasper Vault) keynote

5:00 pm

Hackathon Panel:

Cecilia Hsueh (CEO of Morph), Ezra Wong (BD & Partnerships Director of Auros)

5:45 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

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, Zoey (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)

Previous Hack Summits

Hack.summit() 2023             Hack.summit() 2022

Hack.Summit() 2018             Hack.Summit() 2016

Hack.Summit() 2014