NFT.NYC 2023 Speaker Announcement — Final Round 6

NFT.NYC
9 min readFeb 23, 2023

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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)

  1. Aaron Berndtson — DCA
  2. Aditya Gupta — Singularity
  3. Adnan Durmuşoğlu — Pera Wallet — @AdnanDurmusoglu
  4. Ahash Thurairajah — MultiChain Advisors Inc. — @Northernapez
  5. Alberto Scherb — 100TM — @scherb1975
  6. Alexandro Silver — Lydian Stater — @LydianStater
  7. Ali Sammour— droplinked.com
  8. Alice Bo-Wen Chang — SecuX — @SecuXwallet
  9. Alicia Maule — Givepact — @biggiemaules
  10. Amber Welch — Graphite Financial Group — @AmberWe1ch
  11. Amir Lotan — Tilting Point Media
  12. Andra Nicolau — Origin Protocol — @andra_nicolau
  13. Andrea Lerdo — Palm Foundation — @lerdiedabirdie
  14. Andrew Batey — Beatdapp — @andrewbatey
  15. Andrew Gordon — Gordon Law Group — @gordonlawltd
  16. Andrew Hemingway — TRON DAO — @AndrewHemingway
  17. Andrew Klein — Publicis Media — @JRRtokenNFT
  18. Andrew Klungness — Fenwick
  19. Aníbal Suriel — Solidity Law — @AnibalSurielESQ
  20. Anjali Young — Collab.Land — @damaderoca
  21. Anna Kajirian (US) — PwC
  22. Anshuman Prasad — Protocol Labs
  23. Anthony Francisco — Creature Chronicles — @Art_AF_
  24. Anthony Marshall — Lyricist Lounge DAO — @antmarshall
  25. Anton Vynogradenko — Sharky — @Restuta
  26. Ariba Jahan — The Ad Council — @aribajahan
  27. Aris Creates — Arts & Company — @ariscreatesnfts
  28. Arran Potter — Grease Monkey Games — @arran_potter
  29. Ashley Lewis — Gamisodes — @ashleyblewis
  30. Avanthika Ramesh — Salesforce — @avanthikarr
  31. Bonnie Cheung — Sending Labs — @bonkat
  32. Brian Cattelle — Brian Cattelle Llc — @briancattelle
  33. Brittany Mier y Teran — Harpie — @imblockchainmom
  34. Bruno Miranda — ChiliBangs — @alchilibangs
  35. Bryan Bolanos — MultiChain Advisors Inc. — @gbeans7078
  36. Buddy Scalera — Comic Book School — @BuddyScalera
  37. Carolyn Rogers — Blokhaus, Inc. — @Blokhaus
  38. Cesare Catania — Cesare Catania ART — @cesare_catania
  39. Charles Cheng — Euterpe — @CC_IPNFT
  40. Charles Mbata — Nigeria NFT Community — @CharlesMbata1
  41. Charles Wayn — Galxe — @charleswayn
  42. Charlie O’Neill — American Express
  43. Charlotte Bunyan — CULT London — @CharlotteBunyan
  44. Chase Guo — ChapterX — @chase_jpg
  45. Cheng Xu — Sharky.fi — @rea_loretta
  46. Chris Adcock — Max Level Studios — @graslogamer
  47. Cindy Le — EchoVerse — @Tiancaixinxin
  48. Clément Foucher — METAV.RS — @cfoufouch?lang=en
  49. Courtney Fox — Outlaw Rising — @fox1_x
  50. Cristiano Diniz — @cris_vond
  51. Crypto Cam — NFT Community — @Cam_Crypto_
  52. Dalton Richens — Casa De Luna — @HUSHx1000
  53. Dan Goikhman — Replay — @DanGoikhman
  54. Dani Mariano — Razorfish
  55. Danielle Ezzo — Danielle Ezzo — @danielleezzo
  56. De Buho — Hypegroup — @debuho1
  57. Dirk Lueth — Upland — @DirkLueth
  58. Don Norbury — Shrapnel — @DonNorbury
  59. DrainedEye Jason Sanders — DrainedEye — @DrainedEye
  60. Duncan Murray — Aniseed — @CEO_Aniseed
  61. Dwayne Desaulniers — The Associated Press — @DwayneDD
  62. Eliana Torres — Nixon Peabody LLP — @eliana_esq
  63. Eliza Lesser — NFSHE — @NFSHE_OFFICIAL
  64. Elizabeth Olson — Xverse — @ElizabethOls0n
  65. Elizabeth Sullivan — WAGMI Consulting Group — @elizabethkayfit
  66. Emma Hamilton — MetaJungle — @NiftyMetaGirl
  67. Erica Kight — MetaverseXpress
  68. Essem Harris — National Basketball Association (NBA) — @essemharris
  69. Evangelo Bousis — Dundas
  70. Felix Hartmann — Hartmann Capital — @FelixOHartmann
  71. Garret Nathan — The Better Days Foundation — @Better_Days11
  72. Geoff Thompson — Roofstock onChain — @_gthomps
  73. Gideon Nweze — DIBA & BitMask — @bitgidie
  74. Gilles Walther — Coderious SARL — @TheCoderious
  75. Gregg Sgarlata — Expedition.Labs — @greggsgarlata
  76. Guile Twardowski — Guile Twardowski — @GuileTwa
  77. Harold Hughes — Bandwagon — @OneBandwagonFan
  78. Hunter Orrell — WAGMI United — @hunterorrell
  79. Ian Bentley — WAGMI Game Co — @ianbentley
  80. Ian Utile — attn.live — @ianutile
  81. Ioanna Orlova — Banyan Collective — @joannaorlova
  82. Irene Wu — LayerZero Labs — @irenewu27
  83. Irina Swan — Consensys — @IrinaCryptoSwan
  84. Jack Bliss — Ovation Technologies — @Ovation_Network
  85. Jacqueline Van Bierk — Pinkstarmusic — @pinkstarmusic
  86. James Elam — Elamental — @jameselamiv
  87. Jason Dukes — TRON DAO — @livesent
  88. Jason Pyo — Pala Inc. — @JasonPyo_Pala
  89. Jay Kilachand — OTP India — @jkila
  90. Jay Lin — Cronos — @Jayljl
  91. Jeffrey Pabst — Loaded — @loadedgg
  92. Jeremy Cohen — Publicis Groupe
  93. Jessica Berger — Publicis Media
  94. Jessica Kill — IP3 — @delamuerte2020
  95. JJ Love — Holotopia
  96. Joana Lacerda — Algorand Foundation — @joana_scl
  97. Joao Fiadeiro — https://jumpcrypto.com/ — @jay_wooow
  98. John Attanasio — Toonstar — @azaboom
  99. John Waltz — House of Paay — @WalrustheOG
  100. Johnna Powell — ConsenSys — @jd_powell_
  101. Johnny Dean Mann — The Tickle — @GuysWily
  102. Jona Wilmsmann — AtomicHub
  103. Jonathan Heder — Verified Labs
  104. Joseph Derflinger — Red Door Digital — @JosephD_
  105. JP Isham — Gala Entertainment — @CAlch3mist
  106. Julia Bardmesser — The Medici Project — @JuliaBardmesser
  107. Kaj Leroy — onXRP / XPUNKS — @BradPunkhouse
  108. Kate Rosenblatt — Kate Rosenblatt LLC — @KateLRosenblatt
  109. Katie Hudson — Publicis Groupe — @KatieHu67385948
  110. Keith Soljacich — Publicis Media — @keithsoljacich
  111. Kelly Groehler — Alice Riot LLC — @kellygroehler
  112. Kevin DeGods — Dust Labs — @kevindegods
  113. Kevin Fogarty — Canon USA
  114. Kim Nortman — Tellie — @kimnortman
  115. Kristi Yuthas — Portland State University — @yuthas/
  116. Kyle Butler — Hidden Keyz
  117. Laura Rafferty — Laura Rafferty Studios — @LauraDoodlesToo
  118. Laura Rodriguez — The Miami Ape — @TheMiamiApe
  119. Lauren Kacher — KALAU.XYZ — @KALAU_XYZ
  120. Les Borsai — Wave Financial — @lesborsai
  121. Lewis Cohen — DLx Law — @NYCryptolawyer
  122. Lianna Adams — | The Dream Conduit Foundation — @lala_adams27
  123. Linda Albright — Glass — @Linda_Albright1
  124. Linda Jiang — Superpower Labs — @huajiang
  125. Lisa N Edwards — Visual Media Group — @LisaNEdwards
  126. M Goes — WalletChat — @m_goes_distance
  127. Maaz Memon — Create Protocol — @daddymaaz
  128. Mag Rodriguez — EVEN — @magisformagic
  129. Mahinth Gopal — Mahinth — @mahinth
  130. Marcello Marrocos — Mark Marroc — @MarkMarroc
  131. Marcy Simon — Agent of Change — @marcy
  132. Margarita Arriagada — Valdé Beauty — @marg_arriagada
  133. Marie-Laure Fournier — Fournier PR and Consulting — @fournierpr
  134. Maritza Molina — Maritza Molina — @supermari1_
  135. Mark Cianci — Ropes & Gray LLP — @markacianci
  136. Mark Epps — ATP Tour — @_MarkEpps
  137. Mark Shekleton — SmartSeal Inc. — @mshekleton
  138. Mark Soares — Blokhaus — @Blokhaus
  139. Marta Belcher — Filecoin Foundation — @MartaBelcher
  140. Marti Romances — Territory Studio — @territorystudio
  141. Martin Gauss — airBaltic
  142. Matan Adato — The Red Village — @BigKidMatan
  143. Matt Blumenfeld — PwC — @mblumenfeldeth/
  144. Matt Maher — M7 Innovations — @mattmaher14
  145. Mattey Nice — Known Origin — @Mattey_nice
  146. Maurice xyz — Unloc — @mauricedotxyz
  147. Megan Murray — The Medici Project — @MegNogATX
  148. Michael Kasdan — Wiggin and Dana LLP — @michaelkasdan
  149. Michael Messele — Etherspot — @mm319
  150. Michael Terpin — Transform Ventures — @michaelterpin
  151. Michelle Bird — Creative Director / Artist — @spreadthabird
  152. Mickael Canu — TERNOA — @CanuMickael
  153. Mike Schwartz — ORIGYN Foundation — @cazollie
  154. Mike Varley — Highley Varlet — @highleyvarlet
  155. Nathan May — Appex — @_May_Ham
  156. Nelson Merchan Jr — Light Node Media
  157. Nic Jones — Red Date Technology — @0xnickynicky
  158. Nick Confrey — Seam — @nickconfrey
  159. Nyasha Foy — Sotheby’s
  160. Nyhl Henson — Technotainment Streaming Media Inc
  161. Olly Jones — Palm NFT Studio
  162. Pete Hill — Cudos — @CudoPete
  163. Phillip Strefling — The Fashion DAO — @circlenaut
  164. Piroune Balachandran — NodeStar — Piroune Balachandran
  165. Prashant Sharma — Mercle — @pash161
  166. Rainer Hosch — Rainer Hosch Studio — @rainerhosch
  167. Rami Alame — Lexyom — @akylles___
  168. Rebecca Lee — PwC
  169. Remy Carpinito — Esprezzo — @Esprezzoapp
  170. Rionna Morgan — Rionna Morgan — @RionnaMorgan
  171. Robert Barton — Holland & Knight LLP
  172. Rongxin Zhang — Nau Finance — @mrrongxin
  173. Ryan Berkun — Teller Org — @useteller
  174. Sallie Jian — SAP — @sallie_jian
  175. Sam Fagin — Checkout.com
  176. Sarah Shtylman — Perkins Coie LLP — @SHodyEsq
  177. Sean “ESKOH” Koh — Proof of Reception (PoR) — @trulyeskoh
  178. Sergi Sagas — Hyperreal
  179. Sharonda Davis — The HUDDLE DAO — @decentralrn
  180. Shivay Lamba — Meilisearch — @howdevelop
  181. Sid Gandhi — Polybase — @sidgandhi_xyz
  182. Snax Y-Not — PizzaDAO — @snack_man/
  183. Soheyla Haghighi — Intraverse — @SoeHaghighi
  184. Soula Parassidis — Living Opera — @living_opera
  185. Steve Kaczynski — dGEN Network — @NFTbark
  186. Steve Keller — Studio Resonate | SXM Media — @audioalchemist_
  187. Straith Schreder — Palm NFT Studio — @straithschreder
  188. Sunny Jiang — MaasValley — @sunny_maas
  189. Susan Shelton Vigon — Blockchain Creative Labs
  190. Susannah Maybank — Tonic.xyz
  191. Teddy Ellison — Serotonin
  192. Thais Portilho — Madam Selkie — @madam_selkie
  193. The Banana Rat — Maritime Vintage — @TheBananaRat
  194. Tino — Kollectiff — @TinoKollectiff
  195. Tom Akel — Rocketship Entertainment — @tomakel
  196. Tyrone Webb — Spatial — @Windswept1111
  197. Victoria Bousis — UME
  198. Vini Kaul — Harvard Business School— @vinikaul
  199. Wesley Ellul — Quizando — @surwess
  200. Yassan Michel Valdez — Y&L Trading S de RL De CV — @NFTDEFILAND
  201. Youree Lee — Peertec (GDAC) — @ylee727
  202. Zach Danker-Feldman — Xooa — @metaversatile_
  203. Zara Akpan — R3AL MEDIA — @zara_akpan
  204. Zeno Saviour — Character Labs, Inc. — @zenosaviour

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