Greetings friends and Happy New Year!
2022 was a special year for us all in the crypto & Web3 space. It was a year full of drama but also lacking no substantial progress. We have a lot to mend and build upon. 2023 will be a critical year for us to deliver more utilities for decentralized applications, onboard mass-scale real users to Web3, and solve more real-life problems in specific contexts.
CyberConnect, Link3, and our closest leading partners present to you our 2023 New Year Summit.
Join our industry's pioneers, innovators, and thought leaders for critical insights and thoughtful dialogues and kick off 2023 strong with us.
Time: Jan 17, 12 pm - 6 pm PT (3 pm - 9 pm ET / 20:00 - 02:00 UTC)
Summit event link: https://link3.to/e/RJQapi
Links to our live streaming will be provided later here.
Schedule
12 pm PT / 20:00 UTC
Transitioning across the Web: Web2 + Web3 Integration
Hosted by Polygon, with McFarlane Toys, The Smurfs' Society, Unstoppable Domains
Polygon and ecosystem partner projects will open this year’s summit with a discussion on the future adoption of Web3. How can we build experiences that will onboard masses to the decentralized ecosystems? And in this, how Web3 can and should work with Web2 projects and legacy brands? Specifically, how do projects on Polygon utilize NFTs/collectibles to gauge the Web2 traction and attention from the community? Polygon is surely leading the way for the whole industry and exploring this at the forefront. Event link.
1 pm PT / 21:00 UTC
Building Impact: Regenerative Economy and Web3
Hosted by Celo, with Toucan, Spirals, EthicHub
Celo brings up a meaningful and timely panel discussion the world desperately needs - how can decentralization tech help with real-world problems and build a brighter collective future for all? Humanity is facing big and irrevocable problems, but we might also have discovered unprecedented innovative solutions to the old deficiencies in collective actions and market mechanisms. Celo is joined by projects working on the frontier of such respectful experiments. Event link.
2 pm PT / 22:00 UTC
Beyond Finance: Identity, Reputation, and Web3
Hosted by Lit Protocol, with Ceramic, Spruce ID, Disco
Identity is a fascinating but nebulous topic. We go about everyday social life with it and take it for granted yet we find it extremely hard to explain what it consists of. But there’s one thing that we are sure of: for our digital existence to be humanly meaningful and fulfilling, self-sovereign identities and the underlying infra will be critical. Join this founders’ panel hosted by Lit Protocol and dive into the human part of Web3. Event link.
3 pm PT / 23:00 UTC
Proof of Physical Work in Decentralized Economies
Hosted by Lattice Capital, with React Network, DIMO
Web and tech in general have augmented and assisted us with real-life experiences. But it is mostly unfamiliar to us how the physical is underpinning the digital and how this could fundamentally help us solve hard coordination problems in online decentralized societies. Explore the topic during this session hosted by Lattice Capital. Event link.
4 pm PT / 00:00 UTC
Unlocking Meaningful Onchain Engagement
Hosted by Delphi Digital, with C2 Ventures, portfolio projects
We are looking at a digital future that is not just decentralized and self-sovereign, but ultimately humanly meaningful. 2023 could be a critical year that the industry delivers such promises and here lies the great potential for investment and research. Join Delphi Digital & C2 Ventures to learn why this might be the most important topic of 2023. Event link.
5 pm PT / 01:00 UTC
What’s Next for Decentralized Social?
With CyberConnect
We’ve pretty much reached agreements on what the ultimate horizon will be like for decentralized social. But more often than not it feels like we are holding predefined maps desperately looking for, or worse still, fabricating territories. How can we shift gears, zoom in, get our hands dirty, and actually find specific use cases and create meaningful social contexts and engagement? Join Wilson Wei, CEO&Co-founder of CyberConnect to look back at Web3 social’s development so far and discuss how Web3 can really enable meaningful connections and social experiences. Event link.
5:30 pm PT / 01:30 UTC
A Conversation with Kyle Samani
With Multicoin Capital
2022 has been a dramatic year, for better or worse. What has changed and what convictions have stayed ever stronger? In a space full of news, hot takes, and speculations, let’s sit down with one of the most iconic, thus inevitably controversial, leaders, Kyle Samani from Multicoin Capital, to discuss the most critical questions of 2022 and 2023. Event link.
W3ST
There will be specially designed W3STs to be collected for both the overall Summit and all individual sessions. See details on the event pages.
Main Summit event link: https://link3.to/e/RJQapi
Stay tuned on CyberConnect Twitter for updates about the Summit and the detailed panel and guest intros. Join us on Jan 17, Tues, at 12 pm PT.