Adrian W. J. Fritz is a Research Associate at 21.co (parent company of 21Shares & Amun), creating data-driven analysis of the cryptoasset industry. In his role he meets with clients across EMEA to provide insight on macroeconomic trends as well as the entire crypto ecosystem. In addition, he is a lecturer for various crypto-related courses at the CCFE (Certified Crypto Finance Expert) and HWZ (University of Applied Sciences Zurich). Previously, Mr. Fritz worked as a financial analyst at Cellnex in Zurich and at Signature Management Consultants in Barcelona. After his master's degree in international business, which he completed at the HULT International Business School in San Francisco in 2015, Mr. Fritz began his career as a stock broker on Wall Street - further career stations led him to investment banking and management consulting.

Alain is a builder and proven domain expert on the national and international crypto and blockchain scene. After studying business at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), he worked for the investment banks UBS and Société Générale, the financial service providers Leonteq Securities as well as Source ETF. Later he founded various ventures, including TokenSuisse, PolarLab, Lantha Capital and SP-Lab (ACP). Alain consults and advises public and private institutions as well as political exponents and private individuals, focusing on the intersection of innovation, business & finance, technology and society. He is a speaker, involved with Universities as a guest lecturer, and has been invited by the OECD for it's Blockchain Forum in Paris, among others. He likes sharing his expertise and thoughts as a columnist for Finanz und Wirtschaft (FuW) and contributing in various media (including Financial Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, NZZ am Sonntag, NZZ The Market, SonntagsZeitung, Finanz and Wirtschaft, Handelszeitung) across a broad range of topics.

Alexandre Kech has been appointed by the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) Board of Directors as the CEO, effective June 26, 2024. Prior to joining GLEIF, Alexandre Kech was Head Digital Securities at the SIX Digital Exchange. As a member of the Executive Board, Alex had full executive responsibility for the Digital Securities business vertical, including sales and relationship management, digital asset product and blockchain-based service development, business design and ecosystem expansion. Over the past 25 years, Alex has constructed a unique career combining finance at BNY Mellon, payments/securities infrastructure and standards at SWIFT, and blockchain and digital assets at Onchain Custodian (ONC) and most recently Citi Ventures. As co-founder and CEO of ONC, Alex led the Singapore and Shanghai-based team that built from scratch a custody and prime brokerage service for crypto and other digital assets. As Blockchain & Digital Asset director at Citi Ventures, he built a team to engage the European ecosystem on emerging use cases for blockchain technologies and digital assets. Alex is also involved in industry and standardization initiatives. As the convenor of the ISO TC 68 / SC8 / WG3 which produced the ISO 24165 Digital Token Identifier (DTI), he is a member of the DTI Foundation Product Advisory Committee. He also recently served as co-chair of the Global Digital Finance (gdf.io) custody working group.

Andrea Abrams is a fashion and retail industry veteran and global executive. She is a retail technology and blockchain investor, participating in pre-seed rounds of notable startups for physical and digital commerce. Andrea is the founder and Chief Metaverse Officer of PHYGICODE, a consortium of industry founders and leaders looking to create a phygital approach to Web3 adoption. Andrea is also Chief of Strategy at Faith Tribe , a Web3 platform and ecosystem devoted to open-sourcing fashion talent and unlocking opportunities for fashion creators and independent fashion businesses, using a Web2 ecosystem enabled by Web3 technology for on-chain activities using its dual chain token $FTRB. Andrea is a Board Advisor to prominent blockchain protocols and Web3 businesses and a Strategic Advisor to blockchain investment fund Scytale Ventures, among others. She is an Ambassador at AllStar Women NFT Club and a featured female leader in Women of The Future.

Bertrand Perez has been involved in the software and telecom industry since 1993 and became interested in blockchain in 2014 while working as Senior Director at Paypal. With a background in Computer Software Engineering and Computer Applications, he has decades of experience in managing and guiding large technical teams, specializing in architecture and services with 24/7 constraints. Prior to moving to Web3 Foundation in 2021, Bertrand was COO of Diem, a blockchain-based payment system to enable universal access to financial services (formerly Libra). He also set up and was managing director of the Libra/Diem Association. Web3 Foundation’s mission to deliver an internet where users control their own data, identity, and destiny is in line with his long-standing professional goal to offer the best services using the technologies and networks of the present and future.

Came to Web3 as a rebel, stayed for the adoption

An experienced, innovative leader who is passionate about building and leading customer focussed businesses. From driving ETF adoption at iShares / BlackRock to applying advanced technology in wealth management at UBS and Barclays to support better client outcomes, Dirk acts as an architect of transformational processes. This has been exemplified through a diverse career in world leading asset and wealth management organisations backed by a unique combination of client-, market-, product-, technology- process- and regulatory knowhow. Leadership responsibilities have spanned to several 1000 FTEs and exceeding a billion USD annual budget and revenues.

Dr. Gökçe Phillips is the CEO and Co-founder of Crypto Index Series, a UK company providing institutional-grade, AI-driven data, trading and portfolio analytics for Crypto Markets. With an MSc and a PhD from University of York, she has worked in the IT and Finance industry as a Software Engineer, Project Manager and Team leader in Switzerland, the UK, Turkey and Dubai. She is a technology-enthusiast and has a passion for ever-evolving Crypto Assets and Token Economics. Having worked for and inspired by Thomson Reuters (now known as Refinitiv), she co-founded Crypto Index Series in 2019 to address the standardisation & aggregation need across data, trading & portfolio space for wealth managers, asset managers and technology providers in Crypto Markets. Fun fact: During the first years of motherhood, owned a mum-children blog with 18K followers. A good swimmer and an ambitious volleyball player.

Yaxin (Jason) Cao has held various senior leadership roles in IoT, semiconductor, and wireless technology companies in both U.S. and China. He was formerly the CEO of Shenzhen Biomedical Instruments, Vice President of Tsinghua Unigroup, and Director of Broadcom. He had close to 20 years of industry experience across multiple functions, including engineering, production management, strategic business development, and operations. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, MBA from NYU Stern School of Business, and B.S. from Tsinghua University.

Julien is a node collector, gamer at heart and avid alpinist! Curious by nature with a hands-on personality, Julien loves to learn, experiment, and build new exciting products in the web3 space!

Klaus leads the sales expansion of “Visa Direct” services in Central Europe and focusses on high growth opportunities in the Fintech/Financial industry. Prior to Visa, Klaus was working on digital business models for Content industries and E-Commerce before moving into the Fintech space and leading the European expansion of a payment Fintech. He connects the dots between Start-ups and Corporates as well as UX and business.

Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr currently works as the Editor-in-Chief of Cointelegraph, building an editorial strategy and ensuring content-quality for a leading media outlet dedicated to cryptocurrencies, blockchain and fintech. With an M.A. in political science and classical philology, she has been working in communication and journalism for over 10 years, covering energy, urban, green, information, financial technologies and other innovations aimed at a sustainable future.

Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr currently works as the Editor-in-Chief of Cointelegraph, building an editorial strategy and ensuring content-quality for a leading media outlet dedicated to cryptocurrencies, blockchain and fintech. With an M.A. in political science and classical philology, she has been working in communication and journalism for over 10 years, covering energy, urban, green, information, financial technologies and other innovations aimed at a sustainable future. A speaker and moderator at international events, she is a passionate advocate of environmental consciousness, diversity and humanistic management. She has received several awards as journalist, media leader and business facilitator. When offline, Kristina is a contemporary dancer, cat lover, melomaniac singer and polyglot reader.

Michael is an IoT, Smart City global industry thought leader who believes the solution to the root of our problems is to decentralize networks to ensure the individual is in control of their data and their destiny. He formed PraSaga to empower individuals across the globe through the power of blockchain. Michael has been involved in telecom, networking, and software development for decades.

Oliver Sigrist is an Adviser at the Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub (BISIH). He is working on the use of novel technologies in central banking and is an expert on CBDC. Oliver was involved in projects Helvetia and Jura, which were realised in cooperation with the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and additional partners. Before joining the BISIH, Oliver was a senior economist at the SNB and a visiting fellow at the Sveriges Riksbank. Oliver holds a PhD in economics from the University of Basel.

Salama is passionate about crypto, blockchain, and Web3, and their potential to create positive social and economic change. She founded Women in Web3 Switzerland, an association that aims to promote diversity and inclusion in the Web3 industry and to position Switzerland as a top destination for Web3 businesses. She is also a frequent speaker and panelist at various crypto and Web3 events, sharing her insights and knowledge with the global community. Salama is also Head of Business Development at BitMEX, a leading crypto trading platform and the inventor of the perpetual swap. She has close to 20 years of experience in derivatives structuring and sales, working for various Swiss traditional finance institutions. She holds a CFA charter and a master's degree in financial mathematics and computer science.

As Head of Institutional Sales at Crypto Finance AG, Stephanie Hurry works with institutional clients in implementing digital asset solutions. Previously, she worked in banking for 12 years in financial markets, strategy, M&A and debt advisory roles at top tier banks in South Africa. She has a depth of experience in B2B client service, strong strategic knowledge of the banking industry and a track-record in delivering high-value, cross functional projects. Her interest in the role of technology in creating innovative new value propositions pre-empted her transition into the digital asset space after completing her MBA at IMD Business School (Lausanne).

Teana is currently focused on digital assets and financial services strategy, regulatory/ governance advocacy and policy development. She was named the Regulatory & Governance Leader of the Year within the Women in Finance Awards 2020, recognised as one of the Standout 35 of the most influential women in Fintech globally within the Innovate Finance 2019 and 2018 Women in Fintech Powerlists and won the Blockchain Leaders category in the Women In Tech Awards 2019.

He started his career 20 years ago, in Japan’s largest investment company in the power sector. Expertise in M&A, business development, project management, strategic consulting, facing top government officials and executive of enterprises, in Korea, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines.Joined EMURGO, which is one of the founding entities of "Cardano" in 2018. Former CEO of EMURGO Japan Co., Ltd, as well as CBO of EMURGO Group. Currently Co-CEO of EMURGO Africa, responsible for overall Middle East and Africa region.Also, major shareholder of a pre-IPO startup selected as J-Start Up 2021, by Ministry of Economics in Japan.