Today we are announcing the final round of approved speakers who will be joining us at Times Square and Hudson Yards in New York City April 12–14 for NFT.NYC 2023.
Total speakers is now over 1,500.
Featured Speakers — Round 6
We are excited to introduce our Featured Speakers for round six, with a focus on diversity. There are 8 different topic tracks with content for everyone, from beginners to OGs. Read on to learn more about our 6th and final round of approved Speakers.
Featured Speaker — Art Track
Guile Twardowski
CryptoKitties Artist
@GuileTwa
Guile Twardowski is a Latin Artist and award-winning Designer from Brazil.
Since 2017 he has been helping companies to build and launch successful ideas in the web 3.0 era. He is the artist behind the historic CryptoKitties — the project which pioneered NFTs. CryptoKitties’ contributions played a significant role in fundamentally altering the contemporary landscape of digital art.
With over 2 million of his generative artworks being minted to date, his work has been exhibited and discussed in galleries and institutions like the ZKM (Karlsruhe) and MAXXI (Rome) as well as presented in Paris, London, NYC, Shenzhen and Copenhagen.
Today he continues to explore his artistic practice as well as working as a Creative Director helping companies to innovate within the space.
Featured Speaker — Brands Track
Steve Kaczynski (NFTbark)
Founder, Author, Community Builder, NFT Nerd
@NFTbark
Steve (NFTBark) is an avid Web3 enthusiast who co-authored the first Harvard Business Review article about NFTs and co-founded the Decentralized Generation Network, a leading and trusted Web3 media company. He also consults with businesses on their Web3 strategy, including native NFT brands and large legacy organizations like Starbucks. Additionally, Steve and his Harvard Business Review co-author are writing a book about NFTs with Penguin Publishing to demystify the new technology and share a framework for success in this novel industry.
Prior to working in Web3, Steve spent 15+ years in communications and marketing, leading multiple disciplines at Fortune 500 and multinational companies.
Featured Speaker — Community Track
Snax Y-Not
Dread Pizza Roberts
@snack_man
Dread Pizza Roberts, pirate cryptopunk captain, and PizzaDAO summoner, Snax is excited about the potential of Web3 to change the world.
Featured Speaker — Entertainment Track
Nyhl Henson
Technotainment CEO
Mr. Henson is known for involvement with iconic brands like Nickelodeon, Movie Channel, MTV, CMT, & HSN is also noted for Pay-Per-View events with the “The Rolling Stones” & “The Who”. Hensons advanced Blockchain & crypto currency component has 50 branded NFT Exchange dotcoms, called “NFTechnotainment”. Technotainment’s content is targeted to passionate audiences in distinct categories offering, “100 Channels not seen on cable.”
Featured Speaker — Gaming Track
Irene Wu
Head of Integrations & BD at LayerZero Labs
@irenewu27
Irene Wu is Head of Integrations & Business Development at LayerZero Labs, the leading omnichain interoperability protocol. Prior to joining LayerZero, she was an investor at Insight Partners focusing on blockchain infrastructure and developer tools and spent time working in design and engineering roles at IDEO and J.P. Morgan. Irene dropped out of Harvard to join the founding team of Rowing Blazers, a VC-backed menswear startup.
Round 6 NFT.NYC 2023 Speakers
View all approved NFT.NYC 2023 NFT.NYC/Speakers
(Alphabetical order)
- Aaron Berndtson — DCA
- Aditya Gupta — Singularity
- Adnan Durmuşoğlu — Pera Wallet — @AdnanDurmusoglu
- Ahash Thurairajah — MultiChain Advisors Inc. — @Northernapez
- Alberto Scherb — 100TM — @scherb1975
- Alexandro Silver — Lydian Stater — @LydianStater
- Ali Sammour— droplinked.com
- Alice Bo-Wen Chang — SecuX — @SecuXwallet
- Alicia Maule — Givepact — @biggiemaules
- Amber Welch — Graphite Financial Group — @AmberWe1ch
- Amir Lotan — Tilting Point Media
- Andra Nicolau — Origin Protocol — @andra_nicolau
- Andrea Lerdo — Palm Foundation — @lerdiedabirdie
- Andrew Batey — Beatdapp — @andrewbatey
- Andrew Gordon — Gordon Law Group — @gordonlawltd
- Andrew Hemingway — TRON DAO — @AndrewHemingway
- Andrew Klein — Publicis Media — @JRRtokenNFT
- Andrew Klungness — Fenwick
- Aníbal Suriel — Solidity Law — @AnibalSurielESQ
- Anjali Young — Collab.Land — @damaderoca
- Anna Kajirian (US) — PwC
- Anshuman Prasad — Protocol Labs
- Anthony Francisco — Creature Chronicles — @Art_AF_
- Anthony Marshall — Lyricist Lounge DAO — @antmarshall
- Anton Vynogradenko — Sharky — @Restuta
- Ariba Jahan — The Ad Council — @aribajahan
- Aris Creates — Arts & Company — @ariscreatesnfts
- Arran Potter — Grease Monkey Games — @arran_potter
- Ashley Lewis — Gamisodes — @ashleyblewis
- Avanthika Ramesh — Salesforce — @avanthikarr
- Bonnie Cheung — Sending Labs — @bonkat
- Brian Cattelle — Brian Cattelle Llc — @briancattelle
- Brittany Mier y Teran — Harpie — @imblockchainmom
- Bruno Miranda — ChiliBangs — @alchilibangs
- Bryan Bolanos — MultiChain Advisors Inc. — @gbeans7078
- Buddy Scalera — Comic Book School — @BuddyScalera
- Carolyn Rogers — Blokhaus, Inc. — @Blokhaus
- Cesare Catania — Cesare Catania ART — @cesare_catania
- Charles Cheng — Euterpe — @CC_IPNFT
- Charles Mbata — Nigeria NFT Community — @CharlesMbata1
- Charles Wayn — Galxe — @charleswayn
- Charlie O’Neill — American Express
- Charlotte Bunyan — CULT London — @CharlotteBunyan
- Chase Guo — ChapterX — @chase_jpg
- Cheng Xu — Sharky.fi — @rea_loretta
- Chris Adcock — Max Level Studios — @graslogamer
- Cindy Le — EchoVerse — @Tiancaixinxin
- Clément Foucher — METAV.RS — @cfoufouch?lang=en
- Courtney Fox — Outlaw Rising — @fox1_x
- Cristiano Diniz — @cris_vond
- Crypto Cam — NFT Community — @Cam_Crypto_
- Dalton Richens — Casa De Luna — @HUSHx1000
- Dan Goikhman — Replay — @DanGoikhman
- Dani Mariano — Razorfish
- Danielle Ezzo — Danielle Ezzo — @danielleezzo
- De Buho — Hypegroup — @debuho1
- Dirk Lueth — Upland — @DirkLueth
- Don Norbury — Shrapnel — @DonNorbury
- DrainedEye Jason Sanders — DrainedEye — @DrainedEye
- Duncan Murray — Aniseed — @CEO_Aniseed
- Dwayne Desaulniers — The Associated Press — @DwayneDD
- Eliana Torres — Nixon Peabody LLP — @eliana_esq
- Eliza Lesser — NFSHE — @NFSHE_OFFICIAL
- Elizabeth Olson — Xverse — @ElizabethOls0n
- Elizabeth Sullivan — WAGMI Consulting Group — @elizabethkayfit
- Emma Hamilton — MetaJungle — @NiftyMetaGirl
- Erica Kight — MetaverseXpress
- Essem Harris — National Basketball Association (NBA) — @essemharris
- Evangelo Bousis — Dundas
- Felix Hartmann — Hartmann Capital — @FelixOHartmann
- Garret Nathan — The Better Days Foundation — @Better_Days11
- Geoff Thompson — Roofstock onChain — @_gthomps
- Gideon Nweze — DIBA & BitMask — @bitgidie
- Gilles Walther — Coderious SARL — @TheCoderious
- Gregg Sgarlata — Expedition.Labs — @greggsgarlata
- Guile Twardowski — Guile Twardowski — @GuileTwa
- Harold Hughes — Bandwagon — @OneBandwagonFan
- Hunter Orrell — WAGMI United — @hunterorrell
- Ian Bentley — WAGMI Game Co — @ianbentley
- Ian Utile — attn.live — @ianutile
- Ioanna Orlova — Banyan Collective — @joannaorlova
- Irene Wu — LayerZero Labs — @irenewu27
- Irina Swan — Consensys — @IrinaCryptoSwan
- Jack Bliss — Ovation Technologies — @Ovation_Network
- Jacqueline Van Bierk — Pinkstarmusic — @pinkstarmusic
- James Elam — Elamental — @jameselamiv
- Jason Dukes — TRON DAO — @livesent
- Jason Pyo — Pala Inc. — @JasonPyo_Pala
- Jay Kilachand — OTP India — @jkila
- Jay Lin — Cronos — @Jayljl
- Jeffrey Pabst — Loaded — @loadedgg
- Jeremy Cohen — Publicis Groupe
- Jessica Berger — Publicis Media
- Jessica Kill — IP3 — @delamuerte2020
- JJ Love — Holotopia
- Joana Lacerda — Algorand Foundation — @joana_scl
- Joao Fiadeiro — https://jumpcrypto.com/ — @jay_wooow
- John Attanasio — Toonstar — @azaboom
- John Waltz — House of Paay — @WalrustheOG
- Johnna Powell — ConsenSys — @jd_powell_
- Johnny Dean Mann — The Tickle — @GuysWily
- Jona Wilmsmann — AtomicHub
- Jonathan Heder — Verified Labs
- Joseph Derflinger — Red Door Digital — @JosephD_
- JP Isham — Gala Entertainment — @CAlch3mist
- Julia Bardmesser — The Medici Project — @JuliaBardmesser
- Kaj Leroy — onXRP / XPUNKS — @BradPunkhouse
- Kate Rosenblatt — Kate Rosenblatt LLC — @KateLRosenblatt
- Katie Hudson — Publicis Groupe — @KatieHu67385948
- Keith Soljacich — Publicis Media — @keithsoljacich
- Kelly Groehler — Alice Riot LLC — @kellygroehler
- Kevin DeGods — Dust Labs — @kevindegods
- Kevin Fogarty — Canon USA
- Kim Nortman — Tellie — @kimnortman
- Kristi Yuthas — Portland State University — @yuthas/
- Kyle Butler — Hidden Keyz
- Laura Rafferty — Laura Rafferty Studios — @LauraDoodlesToo
- Laura Rodriguez — The Miami Ape — @TheMiamiApe
- Lauren Kacher — KALAU.XYZ — @KALAU_XYZ
- Les Borsai — Wave Financial — @lesborsai
- Lewis Cohen — DLx Law — @NYCryptolawyer
- Lianna Adams — | The Dream Conduit Foundation — @lala_adams27
- Linda Albright — Glass — @Linda_Albright1
- Linda Jiang — Superpower Labs — @huajiang
- Lisa N Edwards — Visual Media Group — @LisaNEdwards
- M Goes — WalletChat — @m_goes_distance
- Maaz Memon — Create Protocol — @daddymaaz
- Mag Rodriguez — EVEN — @magisformagic
- Mahinth Gopal — Mahinth — @mahinth
- Marcello Marrocos — Mark Marroc — @MarkMarroc
- Marcy Simon — Agent of Change — @marcy
- Margarita Arriagada — Valdé Beauty — @marg_arriagada
- Marie-Laure Fournier — Fournier PR and Consulting — @fournierpr
- Maritza Molina — Maritza Molina — @supermari1_
- Mark Cianci — Ropes & Gray LLP — @markacianci
- Mark Epps — ATP Tour — @_MarkEpps
- Mark Shekleton — SmartSeal Inc. — @mshekleton
- Mark Soares — Blokhaus — @Blokhaus
- Marta Belcher — Filecoin Foundation — @MartaBelcher
- Marti Romances — Territory Studio — @territorystudio
- Martin Gauss — airBaltic
- Matan Adato — The Red Village — @BigKidMatan
- Matt Blumenfeld — PwC — @mblumenfeldeth/
- Matt Maher — M7 Innovations — @mattmaher14
- Mattey Nice — Known Origin — @Mattey_nice
- Maurice xyz — Unloc — @mauricedotxyz
- Megan Murray — The Medici Project — @MegNogATX
- Michael Kasdan — Wiggin and Dana LLP — @michaelkasdan
- Michael Messele — Etherspot — @mm319
- Michael Terpin — Transform Ventures — @michaelterpin
- Michelle Bird — Creative Director / Artist — @spreadthabird
- Mickael Canu — TERNOA — @CanuMickael
- Mike Schwartz — ORIGYN Foundation — @cazollie
- Mike Varley — Highley Varlet — @highleyvarlet
- Nathan May — Appex — @_May_Ham
- Nelson Merchan Jr — Light Node Media
- Nic Jones — Red Date Technology — @0xnickynicky
- Nick Confrey — Seam — @nickconfrey
- Nyasha Foy — Sotheby’s
- Nyhl Henson — Technotainment Streaming Media Inc
- Olly Jones — Palm NFT Studio
- Pete Hill — Cudos — @CudoPete
- Phillip Strefling — The Fashion DAO — @circlenaut
- Piroune Balachandran — NodeStar — Piroune Balachandran
- Prashant Sharma — Mercle — @pash161
- Rainer Hosch — Rainer Hosch Studio — @rainerhosch
- Rami Alame — Lexyom — @akylles___
- Rebecca Lee — PwC
- Remy Carpinito — Esprezzo — @Esprezzoapp
- Rionna Morgan — Rionna Morgan — @RionnaMorgan
- Robert Barton — Holland & Knight LLP
- Rongxin Zhang — Nau Finance — @mrrongxin
- Ryan Berkun — Teller Org — @useteller
- Sallie Jian — SAP — @sallie_jian
- Sam Fagin — Checkout.com
- Sarah Shtylman — Perkins Coie LLP — @SHodyEsq
- Sean “ESKOH” Koh — Proof of Reception (PoR) — @trulyeskoh
- Sergi Sagas — Hyperreal
- Sharonda Davis — The HUDDLE DAO — @decentralrn
- Shivay Lamba — Meilisearch — @howdevelop
- Sid Gandhi — Polybase — @sidgandhi_xyz
- Snax Y-Not — PizzaDAO — @snack_man/
- Soheyla Haghighi — Intraverse — @SoeHaghighi
- Soula Parassidis — Living Opera — @living_opera
- Steve Kaczynski — dGEN Network — @NFTbark
- Steve Keller — Studio Resonate | SXM Media — @audioalchemist_
- Straith Schreder — Palm NFT Studio — @straithschreder
- Sunny Jiang — MaasValley — @sunny_maas
- Susan Shelton Vigon — Blockchain Creative Labs
- Susannah Maybank — Tonic.xyz
- Teddy Ellison — Serotonin
- Thais Portilho — Madam Selkie — @madam_selkie
- The Banana Rat — Maritime Vintage — @TheBananaRat
- Tino — Kollectiff — @TinoKollectiff
- Tom Akel — Rocketship Entertainment — @tomakel
- Tyrone Webb — Spatial — @Windswept1111
- Victoria Bousis — UME
- Vini Kaul — Harvard Business School— @vinikaul
- Wesley Ellul — Quizando — @surwess
- Yassan Michel Valdez — Y&L Trading S de RL De CV — @NFTDEFILAND
- Youree Lee — Peertec (GDAC) — @ylee727
- Zach Danker-Feldman — Xooa — @metaversatile_
- Zara Akpan — R3AL MEDIA — @zara_akpan
- Zeno Saviour — Character Labs, Inc. — @zenosaviour
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