Following the success of its record-breaking 2023 event, HK Web3 Festival is returning for its second edition from 6 to 9, April at Hall3FG, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group, the Festival will convene over 160 game-changing projects, 100 media and 300+ notable speakers to exchange up-to-date knowledge, experiences, and views that are expected to shape the narrative around Web3 and blockchain.
With the event taking place in the innovation-rich city of Hong Kong, the Web3 Festival 2024 converges East and West ideologies. It sets four regular conference areas and an open stage, providing an avenue for eclectic discussions around Web3, idol performance, Web3 professional esports tournament, and more!
We’re proud to present our distinguished sponsors and exhibitors:
- Title Sponsors: DWF Labs, Internet Computer, MEET48, OKX Web3, TON Foundation, ZA Bank
- Strategic Partner: Cyberport, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), InvestHK
- Platinum Sponsors: Chainlink, Cregis, Deepcoin Labs, Gate.io, Gunzilla Games, NEAR Protocol, Neo, Polkadot, Qtum, SlowMist, Telos Foundation, Victory Securities, Zetrix, Zircuit
- Co-organizers: Arkreen, AWS, Bitcoin Magazine, Nervos CKB, PlatON, SNZ, 香港虚拟资产行业协会, ZAN
- Side Event Partners: ABGA, Animoca Brands & Chromia, Aptos, DRK Lab, Filecoin Foundation, GoPlus, HashKey Exchange, SlowMist, TON Foundation, UOVABOX
- Gold Sponsors: AltLayer, Cards Ahoy!, CESS, Kaspa, Kava, 鲲KUN, Mask Network, PortUS, Roam, Rollux, X-mint
- Primary Exhibition Sponsors: Alfa1, Alibaba Cloud, 百道数据, BNB Chain, CertiK, EMC, Google Cloud, Hotcoin, MicrovisionChain, OneKey, XT.com
- Secondary Exhibition Sponsors: Alchemy Pay, Bitget Wallet, Bitroo, CE Innovation Capital, Cell Studio, Conflux, Digital Reserve, Initiate Capital, Japan Open Chain, Nervape, NovaX Finance, OceanFi, PIN Labs, TynmoSpace, VoiceStreet, W3SA-HK
- Tertiary Exhibition Sponsors: 100x, Akamai, Alaya AI, Bit.Store, Bullish, ChainUp, Cloud Ace, Daling Research, dappOS, Dexpert.io, ELLIPAL, EngageLab, Hacken, ICG Trading, imToken, Keyblock Solutions, Landlord, MoreLogin, MuskEX, Notifi, OpenSand, PingCAP, PrivateAI, 山海坞, StaFi, TaxDAO, Tencent Cloud, TokenPocket, TruBit, UD Blockchain, WatchX, 伊克罗德信息+IOST, zCloak Network
- Knowledge Partners: Brevis, CoinMarketCap, Flow Traders
- Coffee Bar Sponsor: Zetrix
- Open Stage Sponsors: KongGold, 玛特宇宙, MATR1X & GEDA Esports, NovaX Finance, NuLink, OceanFi, The Sandbox
- Welcome Bag Sponsor: d.id, VIP3
- Exclusive Video Partner: Spinor
April 6th – FIRST DAY
The opening ceremony will kick off at the Main Stage on the morning of April 6th. Speakers of the ceremony will include:
Dr. Xiao Feng, Chairman, Wanxiang Blockchain; Chairman and CEO, HashKey Group
Michael Wong Wai-lun, GBS, JP, Deputy Financial Secretary, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Deng Chao, Head, HashKey Singapore, CEO, HashKey Capital
Cathie Wood, Founder, CEO and CIO, ARK Invest
Duncan Chiu, Legislative Council Member (Technology & Innovation Constituency), Hong Kong
Simon CHAN, Chairman, Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited
Genki Oda, Chairman, Japan Virtual and Crypto assets Exchange Association
David Lee, Chairman, Global FinTech Institute
Yang Jinyan, Secretary General, Hong Kong Virtual Assets Industry Association
Dominic Williams, Founder and Chief Scientist, DFINITY Foundation
Steve Yun, President, TON Foundation
John Hyman, Chief Investment Officer, Telegram APP
On the afternoon of April 6, intriguing sessions will take place concurrently at the Main Stage, Stage 1-4, and Open Stage.
- Main Stage – Journey to Building Hong Kong into a Digital Economic Hub
Focusing on Hong Kong policies, regulation and fintech development, this session will gather professionals and project leaders including:
Livio Weng, COO, HashKey Group; CEO, HashKey Exchange
Eugene Ng, Founding Partner, DWF Labs
Hong, President, OKX,
Charlie Chen, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Archblock
Rita Liu, CEO, RD Technologies
Raagulan Pathy, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Circle
Paul Kremsky, Head of Business Development, Cumberland
Jordan Dunne, Head of DeFi, TON Wallet in Telegram
Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder, Chainlink
Alice Liu, Research Lead, CoinMarketCap
Devon Sin, Alternate Chief Executive, ZA Bank
Frank Zhang, Executive Director, OKX Hong Kong
Paolo Chen, CSO, VDX
Darshan Vaidya, CEO & Co-Founder, Credora
Richard Teng, Chief Excutive Officer, Binance
Anna Liu, General Manager of Tokenisation, HashKey Group
Emily Parker, Former CoinDesk and US State Department
Jupiter Zheng, Partner, HashKey Capital
Deborah FUHR, ETFGI, Managing Partner, Founder, Owner
Giovanni Vicioso, Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products, CME Group
Giselle Lai, Associate Investment Director of Digital Assets, Fidelity International
Jean-Francois MESNARD-SENSE, Senior Vice President & Head of Exchange Traded Products, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
Derek Wang, Head of Sales & Client Service, Bosera International
Chen Yu, Chief Advisor, KUN
- Stage 1 – GameFi New Paradigm
Co-organized by Gunzilla Game, this session will dive into the magic of Web3 games, as well as user behaviors in Web2 and Web3 games. It will feature an eclectic lineup of speakers from across the globe:
Yat Siu, Co-Founder and Chairman, Animoca Brands
Kevin Shao, Co-Founder of Bitrise Capital, Executive Chairman of ABGA, Advisor to ICC Group
Jerry Liu, Gunzilla Games
Arron Goolsbey, COO, Mythical Games
Jason Gu, CEO, NetEase Chain; Game Advisor, Cards Ahoy!
Andy Dan, Head, HashKey Japan
Ryo Matsubara, Representative Director, Oasys Pte. Ltd.
Seihaku Yoshida, CEO, HashPort
YASUSHI TERAMURA, Head of Blockchain Business, gumi Inc.
Yoshiaki Harai, Director, Brilliant Crypto
Pär Helgosson, Head of Web3 and Metaverse, PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN
Leo, CARV CGO
Anthony Blackburn, Growth Lead, Gunzilla Games
Ellidan Cober, SMILECOBRA PTE. LTD. O-Principal
Ann Chien, IVC合伙人
Riccardo Sibani, CPO, My Neighbor Alice
Michael Tong, Founder, Xterio; CSO, Funplus
Viola Lee, COO, Metalist Game; Operation Manager, Cards Ahoy!
- Stage 2 – Web3+AI
Co-organized by AWS, the “Web3+AI” forum will be held at Stage 2, discussing trending topics around the integration of Web3 and AI. Confirmed speakers of this session include:
John Liu, Head of Products for Blockchain and Web3, AWS
Yike Guo, Provost, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Yu Du, General Manager, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs; Initiator, Future3 Campus
Seth Ginns, Managing Partner and Head of Liquid Investments, CoinFund
Yilin Hu, Associate Professor of Department of the History of Science, Tsinghua University; Founder, HuawenDao
SY Lee, CEO and Co-founder, Story Protocol
Ethan Sun, Co-Founder, Myshell
Yu Hu, CEO, Kaito.ai
Saneel Sreeni, Founding Member, Ritual.net
Amber, Co-Founder, No Capital
Akina Ho, Co-Founder, AllStarsWomen DAO
Annie Hui, COO and Co-Founder, Custonomy Company Limited
Megan, CEO, Regtank
Tess Hau, Founder, Tess Ventures
The “Web3+AI” forum will also feature a special session, where Dr. Xiao Feng and John Liu will announce the projects selected into Future3 Campus Cohort III, powered by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and partnered with HashKey Capital.
- Stage 3 – Digital Asset Custody and Blockchain Security
Sessions on Stage 3 will feature a wide range of topics on digital asset custody and blockchain security, joined by professionals and experts including:
Pauline Fan, Senior Vice President, Fintech, InvestHK
Kang Li, Chief Security Officer, CertiK
Anthony Chung, Chief Product Executive, Cregis
Keywolf, Partner and CPO, SlowMist
Eskil, Co-Founder, GoPlus
Yiqun, Product Lead, imToken
Xiao Zhang, Founder, zCloak Network
Zack Yang, Co-Founder, FOMO Pay
Christoph Simmchen, Co-Founder, Safe Ecosystem Foundation
YQ, Founder, AltLayer
Michael Chen, Head, HashKey Wealth
Lily Z. King, COO, Cobo
TRUNG BANH, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, HOLDSTATION
Michael Lau, Senior Vice President & Global Head of Sales, Bullish
Matthew Le Merle, Managing Partner and CEO, Blockchain Coinvestors
- Open Stage
The Open Stage will feature various trending topics around Web3, bringing together bigwigs like:
Tim Yang, Founder and CEO, .bit
Charles, Co-founder, VIP3
Viola Lee, COO, Metalist Game, Operation Manager, Cards Ahoy!
Yilin Hu, Associate Professor, Department of the History of Science, Tsinghua University
Bo Chen, CEO, 玛特宇宙
April 7th – Day II
- Main Stage – Layer1 + Layer2
The “Layer1+Layer2” Forum will be held on April 7th at the Main Stage, focusing on trending topics such as the latest landscape of Layer1, sustainable public chain, successful applications, Layer2 development, uses cases, ecosystem service and applications, best practice, investment trend, BTC Layer2, and more. Confirmed speakers of this forum include:
Avery Ching, Co-Founder and CTO, Aptos Labs
Dato Fadzli Shah, Co-Founder, Zetrix
Lily Liu, President, Solana Foundation
Scott Stuart, Co-Founder, Kava
Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner, Dragonfly Capital
Kai Xu, COO, MEET48
Eli Ben Sasson, CEO and Co-founder, StarkWare
Smokey, Co-Founder, Berachain
Ross Zhang, Managing Partner, SNZ Capital
Tom Ngo, Executive Lead, Metis
Terence Lam, COO, Taiko
Sergei Medvedev, CMO, IntMax
Leo Fan, Founder, Cysic
YQ, Founder, AltLayer
Angel Xu, Co-founder, Zircuit
Sam Seo, Representative Director, Klaytn Foundation
Sreeram Kannan, CEO, EigenLabs
Keith Chen, Managing Director, SNZ Capital
Mo Dong, Co-founder, Brevis
Daniel Marin, CEO, Nexus
Georgi Koreli, Founder, Hinkal
Fubiao Xia, Co-founder, PADO Labs
Dennis Song, Chief Security Officer, Mind Network
Ryan Chen, Managing Partner, HashKey Capital
Lasse Clausen, Founding Partner, 1kx
Alexander Pack, Managing Partner, HackVC
Vineet Budki, Managing Partner and CEO, Cypher Capital
Gavin Wang, CIO, SNZ Capital
Emma Cui, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Longhash Ventures
Rena Shah, VP of Product & Operations (stacks ecosystem), Trust Machines
Cipher, Co-founder, Cell Studio
Eason, CEO, TerpLayer
Blue, Partner and CTO, Slowmist
Jan Camenisch, CTO, DFINITY Foundation
- Stage 1 – DePIN
DePIN represents a new paradigm for building and managing physical infrastructure, and is undoubtedly a game changer for the crypto sector. Get ready to explore the current DePIN landscape and RWA at this forum co-organized by arkreen Stage 1, where you’ve got the chance to connect with an all-star lineup of guest speakers, top DePIN project founders, investors, and visionaries.
Abhay Kumar, CEO, Helium Foundation
Andy Chatham, Co-Founder, DIMO
Sal Gala, Founder, EV3
Ivy Peng, Founder, Open Infra Capital
Yu Du, General Manager, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs; Initiator, Future3 Campus
Leo Lin, Founder, arkreen
Yuan Gao, Head of Growth, Helium Foundation
Kuleen Nimkar, Head of DePIN, Solana Foundation
Henrique Centieiro, Research Manager, Hashkey Capital
Adrian Clevenot, Digital Assets Markets Lead, PwC HK
Yves La Rose, CEO, EOS Network Foundation
Richard Liu, Co-founder & Co-CEO, Huma Finance
Henry Zhang, Founder & CEO, DigiFT
Kazuhiro Sudo, COO, BOOSTRY
Abba Garba, Head of Product and Partnership, arkreen Network
Fredrik Ahlgren, CEO and Co-founder, Srcful.io
Dayon Elings, Business Developer, bloXmove
Ting, Founder, PowerPod
Sascha Kubisch, Co-Founder & CTO, Penomo
Alex, Co-Founder, EMC
Diana Biggs, Partner, 1kx
Kang Shen, Founder, Hash Global
Shawn Lim, Founder & Partner, Artichoke Capital
Ray Xiao, Senior Director, IOSG Ventures
Eo Hao, Co-Founder, Future Money Group
Dexter Luo, General Manager of Ecosystem Partnership, Fibocom Wireless
Jose Marcelino, Solutions Architect, RAKwireless
Joey Jiang, VP, Seeedstudio
Yiming Wang, Partner, JDI
Yuning Liang, Founder & CEO, Xcalibyte & DeepComputing
Daniel Andrade, CTO & Co-Founder, Hotspotty
Nico Burkart, Partnerships & Business Development, Streamr Network
Luis Gruson, Co-Founder and BD Lead, Kwil
Chess, CEO, GMNetwork
Andrew Law, Research Scientist, IoTeX
- Stage 2 – The Future of Web3 & Web3 Payment Re-imagined
The morning session at Stage 2 will convene Web3 bigwigs across the globe to explore the next big thing that’s shaping the future of Web3.
Chae Ho Shin, CFO, 1inch
Akif, Regional Growth Lead, Deepcoin Labs
Kevin Lee, CEO, Gate.HK
Jehan Chu, Founder, Kenetic Capital;
Uri Ferruccio, CEO, Concordia
Augie, Head of Asia, CMT
Stanley Huo, Partner & Head of Asia, Hivemind Capital
Steve Lee, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Neoclassic Capital
Balal Khan, Co-founder, ZKEX.com
Adrian Wang, Founder and CEO, Metalpha
Shawn Lim, Founder & Partner, Artichoke Capital
Paul Kim, Notifi CEO
Smokey, Co-Founder, Berachain
Tim Wang, COO, Elixir Network
Rushi Manche, CEO, Movement Labs
The spotlight will be on Web3 payment at the afternoon session co-organized by PlatON, discussing topics like “Innovative use cases in Stablecoins”, “Global Regulatory Focus Trends Discussion in Web3 Payment”, and more. It will bring together esteemed speakers including:
Abdallah Abu-Sheikh, Co-Founder of Astra Tech & CEO of Botim
Charles Huang, Chairman of DCS Fintech Holdings
Anson Zeall, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Compliance at dtcpay
Adam Farhat, Director of Partnerships, Alchemy Pay
Helen Chen, Senior Director, Payment Asia
Li Hui, CEO, Fatpay
Ceridwen Choo, CEO, DCS Innov
Daniel Lee, Head of Web3, Banking Circle
Laurence Yuan, Partner, Fangda Partners
Paul Li, President, Hong Kong Fintech Industry Association
Emil Chan, Co-Chair, Hong Kong Digital Finance Association
Chen Yu, Chief Consultant, KUN
Jason Gu, CEO, NetEase Chain
Amor Maclang, Convenor, International Digital Economies Association
- Stage 3 – Web3 Infrastructure & Web3 Mass Adoption
At the morning session at Stage 3, a wide range of topics will be discussed around Web3 infrastructure. Intriguing discussions will surely ignite the stage with the participation of world-leading projects like Qtum, Polygon Labs, Conflux, Neo, Google Cloud, Kaspa, Avail, ChainIDE, BNBChain, Astar, Ripple, Manta, and more. Confirmed speakers of this session include:
Marc Boiron, Chief Executive Officer, Polygon Labs
Miguel Palencia, Co-Founder, Qtum
Ming Wu, Co-Founder & CTO, Conflux
Da Hongfei, Founder, NEO
Rishi Ramchandani, Head of APAC Web3 GTM, Google Cloud
Jagdeep Sidhu, CEO/President, SYS Labs/SYS Foundation
Shai Wyborski, Core Researcher, GHOSTDAG coauthor, Kaspa
Anurag Arjun, Co-Founder, Avail
Ling, Founder of ChainIDE, Executive Committee Member of ETH Riyadh
Sarah, APAC BD Lead, BNBChain
Mingshi Song, Head of Strategy, Astar Network
Emi Yoshikawa, VP, Strategic Initiatives, Ripple
Kenny Li, Co-Founder, Manta Network
The afternoon session aims to delve deep into the transformative concepts and technologies that are driving the mass adoption of Web3. Co-organized by ZAN, this forum will gather professionals and visionaries exchange insights and shed light on solutions towards Web3 mass adoption. It will feature an all-star lineup of speakers including:
Bin Chen, General Manager, Shanghai Wanxiang Blockchain Inc
Victor Zhou, CEO of Namefi, Ethereum EIP Editor
HUI ZHANG, CEO, ZAN
Yisi Liu, Co-Founder and CTO, Mask Network
Dongliang Guo, VP, Product & Solutions, Alibaba Cloud International
Rich Rines, Initial Contributor, Core DAO
Zheming Lin, Co-Founder and CEO, Mempool and DotWallet
Cobe Zhang, Head of Web3 and AI products, ZAN
Cipher, Co-founder, Nervos; Founder, Cell Studio
Jerry Li, CEO, Artela Network
Peet, Co-Founder, Trusta Labs
Kai Xu, COO, MEET48
Ken, Partner & Head of APAC Investment, Web3Port Foundation
Sam, Operation Manager, TokenPocket
Shier, Co-Founder, NFTScan Labs
Charles, Co-Founder, VIP3
Rene Z, Founder, CharacterX
Daniel Dai, Partner, LFG
Eva Beylin, Director, The Graph
Tegan Kline, CEO, Edge & Node
- Open Stage
Notable speakers worldwide will be gathered at the Open Stage for ground-breaking discussions on Web3 and blockchain:
Jason Runyon, CEO, NovaX
Olaf Niggemann, CEO, OceanFi
Kathy Qu, Research Manager, HashKey Cloud
Jason Choi, Head of Strategy, Cointelegraph
Sreeram Kannan, Founder, Eigenlayer
David Tse, Co-Founder, BabylonChain
Dorothy Liu, Head of Growth, Altlayer.io
Lucas Kozinski, Founding Contributor, Renzo Protocol
Ranvir Rana, Co-Founder, WitnessChain
Erich Wong, Head of Growth of, The Sandbox Hong Kong
Rachel Lee, Senior Manager, FinTech, Cyberport
Also enjoy an excellent idol performance like no other given by SNH48 Group!
April 8th – DAY III
Get yourself immersed in a crypto journey on April 8th with side-event partners as they take the center stage at the Festival.
Main Stage: TON At Web3 Festival
Stage 1 (Morning): Only On Aptos
Stage 1 (Afternoon): Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2024 Official GameFi Side Event
Stage 2 (Morning): HashKey Exchange
Stage 2 (Afternoon): GoPlus User Security Summit HongKong
Stage 3 (Morning): FIL Hong Kong
Stage 3 (Afternoon): Hacking Time: Web3 Security and Compliance
- Web3 Festival Side-events:
https://en.web3festival.org/Side_Event.html
- Create a campaign:
https://app.sola.day/event/web3festival/create
- Register for an event:
https://app.sola.day/event/web3festival
An exciting Web3 professional esports tournament will kick off at the Open Stage from April 8 to 9, hosted by Matr1x and GEDA Esports. Get prepared!
April 9th – LAST DAY
The last day of the event will see exciting side-events organized by Animoca Brands, DRK Lab, and UOVABOX, alongside two forums held by the hosts and co-organizers.
Forum – BTC Technology Development and Ecosystem Construction
This forum will take place at the Main Stage (morning) and Stage 3 (afternoon), with a special focus on the Bitcoin ecosystem. It will invite:
Jan, Architect, Nervos
John Lilic, Executive Director, Telos
John Riggins, Partner, BTC Inc
Jeff Ren, Partner, OKX Venture
Xing Kong, Founder, Bixin Group
Shen Yu, Co-Founder & CEO, Cobo
DU JUN, CEO, SINOHOPE
Jeffrey Hu, Head of Investment Research, HashKey Capital
Ben, Founder, Discoco labs
Arthur, Creator, Atomicals
Cipher, Co-founder, Nervos; Founder, Cell Studio
Rena Shah, VP Products & Operations, Trust Machines
David Tse, Founder, Babylon
Jeff, Founder, Merlin Chain
Han Tang, Founder, SeeDAO
Yunwen, Researcher, Cryptape
Zhao Zhang, CTO, OneKey
Shawn, Head of Incubator, SeeDAO
Forest, Founder, Foresight Ventures; Chairman of The Block
Jianping Kong, Founder, Nano Labs
Wang Feng, CEO & Founder, Element
Brutoshi, Co-Founder, Wizz Wallet
Zhixiong Pan, Co-Founder, ChainFeeds
Keith Chen, Managing Partner, SNZ Capital
Jerry Liu, Founding Partner, Waterdrip Capital
Audrey Tang, Founder, DRK Lab
BMAN, Co-Founder, ABCDE
Forum- Tokenization
This forum will mark an official end to this incredible journey, where you’ve got the chance to connect with:
Yike Guo, Provost, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Duncan Chiu, Legislative Council Member (Technology & Innovation Constituency), Hong Kong
Dr. XIAO Feng, Chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain, Chairman and CEO of HashKey Group
Leo Lin, Founder, arkreen
Cao Meiying, Co-Initiator, ThreeDAO
Leo, Co-Founder & Chief Content Officer, Moore Finance
Alex, Co-Founder, VIP3
Leo Li, CEO, HashKey Cloud
Loong Pui Fung Andrew, Principal Consultant, Cascade Capital Limited
Kennix Chan, Executive Director, Victory Securities Company Limited
Merida PAN, COO, Magic Circle Technology Limited
Hannah Cassidy, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills; Asia Head, Financial Services Regulatory
Jong-Goo Yi, Senior Foreign Attorney, Kim & Chang
Jay Lee, Partner, K&L Gates
About Web3 Festival
Hong Kong Web3 Festival is a premier Web3 event hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group, and organized by W3ME. Hong Kong Web3 Festival provides an open stage to foster collaboration, explore the Web3 landscape and establish a shared vision of the digital future. Learn more at web3festival.org
