NFT.NYC 2022 Speaker Announcement — Final Round 4

NFT.NYC

13 min readMay 5, 2022

Today we are announcing the fourth and final round of 197 approved speakers for NFT.NYC 2022.

Total speakers is now over 1,500.

Diversity of NFT.NYC 2022 Speakers

There are 16+ different topic tracks with content for everyone, from beginners to OGs.

NFT.NYC 2022 Speaker Topics

Under these topics will be subcategories, for example:

1. Sports

Disrupting the Fan Experience
Athletes in NFTs
Teams and Leagues in NFTs
University Athletics
Olympians and NFTs
eSports

2. Brands

NFT Platforms
NFT Brand Case Studies
How to Build a Brand around your NFTs
How to socialize an NFT campaign internally
Utility NFTs
Hospitality, Food & Beverage in NFTs
Web2.0 to Web3.0
Onboarding Mainstream users
Community Management

3. Music

Record Labels
Independent Artists
Music NFTs and Fan Engagement
Additional Use Cases (merch)
Distributing Royalty rights to fans
Future of Music Platforms
Concert ticketing
Performance NFT

4. Art

Photography
Comics
Generative Art
NFTs and Traditional Fine Art
Dance
NFT Art Curation
NFT Galleries
AI NFT Art
Global NFT Art from Around the World
NFT Art History
Poetry and Literature

5. Blockchains

EVM vs. Non-EVM
Interoperability between Chains
What are the Best NFT Blockchains
Sustainability
NFT Projects on L1 vs. L2
Smart Contracts

6. Film

Studios
NFT TV
NFTs in Hollywood
Bridging Web3 & Mainstream Media
Tokenizing IP, Distribution, and Royalties

7. Fashion

Phygital NFTs
Utility NFTs in Fashion
Digital Wearables in the Metaverse
Luxury Fashion and Art
The Future of Retail

8. Gaming

Play to Earn
Trends in the NFT Gaming Space
Gaming Communities
Cross-Platform Gaming NFTs

9. DAOs

How to register a DAO
How to build a successful DAO
Voting Rights
DAOs and NFTs

10. Legal & Accounting

NFTs and IP Management
Regulatory Risk
Taxes & NFTs
NFT Licensing and NFT Patents
Fraud and Pitfalls
Copyrights
Royalty Rights

11. Social

NFTs for Good
NFT Story Telling
Mainstream Media
Latin American NFTs
Building an NFT Community
Using Your NFT to Build a Brand
Diversity in NFTs
Empowering Women in NFTs
NFTs Across Generations

12. NFTs for Good

Sustainability
Mental health and wellness
Philanthropic NFTs

13. Developer

Bots, Hackers & Cyber Attacks
Customizing smart contracts
NFT White Hat Hackers
Reducing Gas Cost

14. Investment

Investing in NFTs
NFTs as an Asset Class
Achieving ROI
NFTs in DeFi
Financing Your Startup w/NFTs
Real Estate and NFTs

15. Ticketing

Sports events
Music festivals and concerts
Conferences

16. Future

Digital Identity
Next-Gen NFTs (Cookies, data, and beyond)
NFTs in Medicine
Displaying NFTs
Tokenomics of NFT projects
Zk Rollups

Speakers from 46 Countries

Seventy percent of our speakers are from the United States.

Thirty percent are from 46 other countries:

Speakers from 46 Countries will attend NFT.NYC 2022

How NFT.NYC 2022 Speakers were selected

One of our core values at NFT.NYC is to give the Community a voice and put as many speakers on stage as possible.

All interested speakers must submit an application, and are selected based on:

Their thought leadership and passion for NFTs
Celebrity status is not a criterion
Product Pitches are not approved for Panels or 10 min Talks

Preference is also given to early submissions:

Round 1 – 359 of 406 applications were approved (88%)
Round 2 – 378 of 521 applications were approved (73%)
Round 3 – 413 of 702 applications were approved (58%)
Round 4 –197 of 1,366 applications were approved (14%)

NFT.NYC is about builders and NFT thought leaders.

How NFT.NYC 2022 Panels and Programming are built

Programming 1,500+ speakers across 7 stages for the 3-day event takes about 4–6 weeks.

The programming team considers:

Categorizing speakers into tracks
Grouping like topics into panels
Alternating Panels and 10 min talks wherever possible

We will announce the NFT.NYC 2022 program a week before the event.

Announcing the new NFT.NYC “Unconference”

There were so many speaker applications that we would like to have approved.

This year we have introduced an “Unconference” during NFT.NYC 2022.

What this means:

We will be hosting two open stages for the first time at NFT.NYC 2022.

It will be first-come, first-served to register for your Unconference session.

Session times will be published for each topic category (e.g., NFTs and Law).

What to know about the “Unconference”:

You will talk on stage
You can bring up to 2 of your friends on stage
Speaking times will be 10 minutes max
No product pitches
No slides or presentation deck

Watch our website and Twitter for updates on how to join the “Unconference” at NFT.NYC 2022.

Spotlights

Read on to learn more about our fourth and final round of approved Speakers.

Alexis King Wilson

Alexis King Wilson is passionate about the power of business and philanthropic entities to make a positive social impact.

Her 8+ years of experience managing strategic partnerships, building and managing philanthropic programs that partner with local-community based resources and nonprofits, and managing corporate and foundation community investment has provided her with a deeper understanding of social impact work.

Alexis thrives in analyzing and tackling pressing complex social issues and leveraging partners internally and externally when needed.

She brings an understanding of how strategy, sustainability, philanthropy, and corporations can press through for social good.

Romain Grosjean

Romain Grosjean is a Swiss-French racing driver who races under the French flag. Grosjean is the 2011 GP2 champion, and he raced in Formula 1 in 2009 and from 2012 to 2020. On November 29, 2020, during the 2020 Bahrain race, his car crashed hard through the guardrail and flew on fire after a collision on the track. He currently races in the IndyCar series and is passionate about NFT’s

Nelly Mensah

A recovering developer, user experience designer, and occasional illustrator, Nelly has extensive experience in digital strategy and emerging technologies.

Having consulted multiple Fortune 100 companies, startups, and non-profits in a variety of industries across three continents, Nelly is a skilled facilitator who is able to distill ideas into distinct concepts. She has led multiple IT projects and is able to swiftly transition between the worlds of business, technology, and design. At MIT Sloan, she focused on technology management, retail innovation, as well as conscious leadership.

Charles Hoskinson

Charles Hoskinson is a Colorado-based technology entrepreneur and mathematician. He attended Metropolitan State University of Denver and University of Colorado Boulder to study analytic number theory before moving into cryptography through industry exposure. He cofounded Ethereum and then went on to co-found Cardano.

Ryan Wyatt

Wyatt is a New York Times Best Selling Author, was named to Forbes 30 under 30, The Hollywood Reporter’s 35 Rising Executives 35 and Under, Fortune’s 40 under 40 lists, and nominated for a Shorty Award in the Gaming category. Wyatt led and created the Gaming vertical at YouTube for seven years before coming over as the CEO of Polygon Studios. Polygon Studios is the arm of Polygon responsible for all developers across web2 and web3 focused on leveraging and building dApps around NFTs spanning Gaming, Music, News, Sports, Fashion, and Entertainment. Polygon aims to be the world-leading chain for developers to build on.

Watch Ryan’s live-streamed interview with Ian Utile:

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May Release — NFT.NYC 2022 Speakers

(Alphabetical order)

1. Aaron Lane — RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub — @amlane_au
2. Adam De Cata — Run it Wild — @runitwild
3. Aditi Garg — Zillow — @immature69
4. Alejandro Navia — nft now — @luisanavia
5. Alex Salnikov — Rarible
6. Alex Washington Iii — Washington & Wells — @Fuckgravityfly
7. Alexei Falin — Rarible — @alxfal
8. Alexis King Wilson — Spotify
9. Alice Chang — SecuX — @SecuXWallet
10. Amelie Lasker — Alexandria Labs — @Melpomenexyz
11. Amina Peterson — Atlanta Institute of Tantra — @atltantra
12. Anastasia Drinevskaya — Cointelegraph — @Ana_dwsn
13. Andre Benz — SoundMint — @benzspeaks
14. Andreas Freund — Treetrunk — @AndreasFRHA
15. Andrew Duplessie — Flowcode — @andrewduplessie
16. Andrew Felts — Moviebill
17. Andy Lee — Foley & Lardner LLP — @NiftyEsq
18. Anjali Young — Collab.Land — @damaderoca
19. Ari Goldberg — RLBLC — @AriSGoldberg
20. Arun Benty — Fandefi — @abenty
21. Austin Kuechle — Galactic Gaylords Inc. — @GGaylords
22. Avner Ronen — Samsung Electronics America — @avneron
23. Ben Goertzel — SingularityNET — @bengoertzel
24. Beth Beiriger — DraftKings — @Beth_Beiriger
25. Bloomy Oncyber — oncyber — @yungcontent
26. Brent Bushnell — Two Bit Circus — @brentbushnell
27. Brett Summerville — Haka Labs — @Dick_Doofus
28. Burnetta Thomas — Beelogica LLC — @goddessmoon.eth
29. Caitlin Burns — Palm NFT Studio — @Caitlin_Burns
30. Catherine Keller — Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream — @cbk_usa
31. Chanelle Smith — Crush cancer nft — @nftchanelle
32. Charles Hoskinson — IOHK — @IOHK_Charles
33. Chef Cecy — Pancakeswap — @cecymeade
34. Chris Hart — Civic Technologies — @hartcb
35. Chris Price — Metaplex — @chrispmonkey
36. Christine Theriot — MyBFF — @Majestique_eth
37. Christopher Sealey — OneOf — @chsealey
38. Claudio Weck — FANZONE.io — @claudio_weck
39. Cooper Kunz — Calaxy — @cooper_kunz
40. Curtis Mcdowald — Team USA 🇺🇸 — @McdowaldCurtis
41. Dave Feldman — Dapper Labs
42. David Gokhshtein — Gokhshtein Media — @davidgokhshtein
43. David Ripley — Kraken — @DavidLRipley
44. Dillon Rosenblatt — Autograph
45. Dirk Lueth — Upland — @dirklueth
46. Doug Petkanics — Livepeer — @petkanics
47. Douglas Scott — Subnation — @DougScottNY
48. Drew Beller — Spanning Labs — @drewbeller
49. Edward Lee — Illinois Tech Chicago-Kent College of Law — @nounft
50. Edwin Yen — Blocto — @edwinsmallyen
51. Eliza Fish — Voice.com — @elizafishy
52. Elizabeth Strickler — Georgia State University — @elizaday
53. Emil Angervall — Corite — @coritecom
54. Emily Wigoder — Ad Astra — @emilywigoder
55. Eric Charles — Origin Protocol — @echarlesss
56. Eric Tang — Livepeer — @ericxtang
57. Eshita Nandini — Messari — @eshita
58. Evin Mcmullen — Disco — @provenauthority
59. Fred Schebesta — Finder — @Schebesta
60. Frederic Kyung-jin Rezeau — Litemint LLC — @FredericRezeau
61. French Montana — Radio Caca — @FrencHMonTanA
62. Ganesh Swami — Covalent — @gane5h
63. Gianfranco Lopane — VenVuu by DatChat — @glopane
64. Giovanna Graziosi Casimiro — Decentraland — @ggcasimiro_
65. Grace Yu — NFT Oasis — @YuTangClan_
66. H.E. Justin Sun — TRON DAO — @justinsuntron
67. Harm (Hammmer) Sandhu — BlockParty — @hammmer_
68. Henry The Grape — CyberKongz — @henrythegrape
69. Holly Wood — Rarible — @HollyWoodNFTs
70. Ilana Gottlieb -
71. Ira Rothken — ConsenSys Mesh — @rothken
72. Isabel Gonzalez — POAP — @izgnglz
73. Jake Goh Si Yuan — Quantstamp — @Jakegsy
74. James Gatto — Sheppard Mullin
75. Jarib Figueredo — State of Florida — @Jaribfigueredo
76. Jason Melo — VHS — Zed.Run — @jasonmelo
77. Jasun Tate — Black Alchemy Solutions Group — @blackalchemyso2
78. Jeff Zeller — Crypto.com — @jaz
79. Jehan Chu — Kenetic — @collectionist
80. Jess Brubaker — Notre Dame
81. Jesse Dylan — Snowcrash — @jesse_dylan_
82. Jessica Childress — The Childress Firm PLLC
83. Jessica Greenwalt — VaynerNFT, PhishFort, Pixelkeet — @jessgreenwalt
84. Jim Jones — Quarantine Studios — @jimjonescapo
85. Joanna Soricelli — Football Punks — @JoJoS827
86. John Downing — Palm NFT Studio
87. John Stefanidis — Balthazar
88. John Wolpert — ConsenSys AG — @jwolpert
89. Jordan Fried — NFT.com — @jordanfried
90. Jorden Woods — StarChain Ventures — @jwoods_57
91. Jorge Urrutia Del Pozo — Dapper Labs — @urrutiadelpozo
92. Josh Guillaume — J-Team — @GrizzDigital
93. Joshua Miller — IOHK — @IOHK_Josh
94. Judy (Yehudit) Mam — DADA.art
95. Jumana Al Darwish — Decentralised Investment Group — @jumanaaldarwish
96. Kara Miley — Serotonin — @mara_kiley
97. Katie Richman — Meta — @katierichman
98. Kelly Pellicci — The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
99. Kelsey Driscoll — ChangeDAO — @kelseykdriscoll
100. Kevin Beauregard — Atmos — @KevinBeauregard
101. Kevin Lehtiniitty — Fortress Blockchain Technologies — @kevleht
102. Kevin Wolkober — Squarespace — @kevinwo
103. Kiernan Fitzsimons — FTX US — @icedquad
104. Kristof Lommers — University of Oxford — @KristofLommers
105. Kyle Dumovic — Lucid Dreaming — @KyleDumovic
106. Lasha Antadze — Rarify — @LashaAntadze
107. Lin Dai — OneOf — @thepointsdai
108. Lindsey Byrnes — Lindsey Byrnes — @LindseyByrnes
109. Linus Chung — Origin Protocol — @linuschung
110. Lorraine Hack — Korn Ferry
111. Luca Schnetzler — Pudgy Penguins — @LucaNetz
112. Lynne Marlor — Boston Blockchain Association — @Lynnenergy
113. Maia Lepine — African Artists Coalition — @rwandanmaia
114. Marieke Flament — NEAR Foundation — @nearfoundation
115. Mario Morris — Notre Dame
116. Marta Belcher — Filecoin Foundation — @martabelcher
117. Martin Hui — Curators Society — @lexicon0x
118. Mason Nystrom — Messari — @masonnystrom
119. Matias Richards — Club Rare — @roojoooo
120. Matt Blumenfeld — PwC — @mattblumenfeld.eth
121. Melanee Hannock — ALSAC, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
122. Menash Petscher — CyberKongz — @henrythegrape
123. Michael Cheng — Dapper Labs — @syotfs
124. Michele Maccarone — Evo Art — @evodotart
125. Mickey Maher — Dapper Labs
126. Mike Fio — Blankets of Hope — @themikefio
127. Mike Sunda — PUSH Japan
128. Morgan Mckenney — Provenance Blockchain Foundation — @MorganMcKenney_
129. Nacho Iacovino — thirdweb — @nachoiacovino
130. Natalie Johnson — Fashion Technologist — @neuno_io
131. Nathaniel Broughton — Curious Addys, Inc. — @nate_on_chain
132. Neil Parikh — Casper — @neilparikh
133. Nelly Mensah — Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy
134. Nicholas Kelland — Immutable
135. Nick Fio — Blankets of Hope — @thenickfio
136. Nick Percoco — Kraken — @c7five
137. Nicole Rochette — Dapper Labs
138. Nicolle Sternberger — SAP — @ngurule
139. Paris Blohm — SoundMint — @parisblohm
140. Patrick Daugherty — Foley & Lardner LLP — @daughertylawyer
141. Patrick Nowlin — Notre Dame
142. Paul Fidika — OpenRails — @PaulFidika
143. Paula Reina — TRON DAO — @trondao
144. Peter Klarnet — Christie’s — @Peter_Klarnet
145. Peter N Fontova — Landmark Ventures — @MrPinkNFT
146. Phakama Sibanda — NFTsAfrica — @pnsibanda
147. Pierre Duperrin — Sorare — @pdub56
148. Priyank Mahajan — Token Runway — @priyankmahajan
149. Quentin de Beauchesne — Ownest — @quentinbdb
150. Raakhee Miller — Mojito
151. Rafael Leitão — LG Electronics — @rafaleitao1
152. Raullen Chai — IoTeX
153. Raza Zaidi — thirdweb — @razacodes
154. Richard Muirhead — Fabric Ventures — @richairdmuirhead
155. Richard Taub — TreeTrunk Technologies
156. Rikin Mantri — Curio NFT — @rikin
157. Riley Blackwell — myBFF — @rileybeans_eth
158. Rob Clarke — Reality Gaming Group — @Drwayward
159. Rob Viglione — Horizen Labs — @finpunk
160. Robin Birla — Mintdropz — @Mintdropz1
161. Rodney Wallace — Fox Sports — @rodwallace22
162. Romain Grosjean — GP Metaverse — @RGrosjean
163. Roxanne Iyer — ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES
164. Ryan Wyatt — Polygon Studios — @Fwiz
165. Salah Zalatimo — Voice — @Salafel
166. Sara Chipps — LinkedIn — @sarajchipps
167. Sarah May — Run it Wild — @cryptosarebear
168. Sarah Porter — Hope for Haiti — @HopeforHaiti
169. Sarina Charugundla — TreeTrunk Inc. — @sarinacharugund
170. Sean Gormley — Wrangler — @seanweb3
171. Sebastien Badault — Ledger — @sebadault
172. Sebastien Borget — The Sandbox — @borgetsebastien
173. Shamir Ozery — Algorand — @ozery
174. Sharnee Zoll — Meta Athletes — @sharneezoll
175. Sheila Lirio Marcelo — Proof of Learn — @smarcelo
176. Snax Y-Not — PizzaDAO/Rare Pizzas — @snack_man
177. Sophia Huard — OpenSea
178. Stacy Spikes — MoviePass — @stacyspikes
179. Stepan Sergeev — OneWayBlock
180. Steve Liu — BitTorrent — @BitTorrent
181. Taylor O’Malley — Microsoft — @taylorfomalley
182. Theresa Kennedy — Black History DAO — @TheresaVKennedy
183. Tim O’Connor — Notre Dame
184. Tingwei Zhou — Meta (Facebook) — @DeMetaJustin
185. Titipun Tubthong — Publicis Groupe Thailand — @taiternnft
186. Tom Schmidt — Dragonfly Capital — @tomhschmidt
187. Tony Chan — Pledge — @tonychan
188. Ty Blackard — NFTY Labs — @tytaninc
189. Valentina Pachon — Crypto.com — @valentinapachn
190. Vijay Krishnan — Consensys — @vjkraws
191. William Huston — Bay Street Capital Holdings — @huiosforever
192. William Quigley — WAX — @WilliamEQuigley
193. Yanto Chandra — The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
194. Yehudit (Judy) Mam — DADA.art — @grandenchilada
195. Yongjin Kwon — What The Frog — @wtfrog_official
196. Zoe Davis — Disney — @METAZ0E

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