DeFi Summit 2021 Agenda

5 min readJun 13, 2021

Day 1 (Monday, June 14) — NFT DAY

DeFi Summit starts with a full day focused only on NFTs. Notable speakers include Erik Mendelson of Bondly, digital artists Pplpleasr and Matty Mo, Max Moore of Sotheby’s, and companies including Axie Infinity, Gala Games, Animoca Brands, The Morpheus Project, BAND Royalty, Carbonbase, Project Ark, DIGITALAX, and Aavegotchi.

View Day 1 Full Agenda & Talk Times — HERE

Subscribe to NFT Day YouTube Live — HERE

9:00am PDT —Opening Talk: DeFi Summit & NFT Day

DeFi Summit Team

9:15am PDT — Fireside Chat: Music NFTs - Strategy & Launches

Erik Mendelson, Advisor of Bondly Finance with Jeff Kelley, Co-Founder, Edge of NFT Podcast

9:35am PDT — Panel Discussion: Digital Art and NFTs in the Cultural and Creative Sectors — The Impact of NFTs for Artists

Moderator: Eathan Janney, Co-Founder, Edge of NFT Podcast

Pplpleaser, Digital Artist

Matty Mo, The Most Famous Artist (Creator of Monolith Project)

Frances Liddell, PhD Researcher Blockchain (NFTs) & Museum Practices, The University of Manchester

10:10am PDT — Panel Discussion: What do NFTs mean for the Art World?

Moderator: Vivienne Chow, Arts Writer

Max Moore, Director, Sotheby’s Hong Kong / Head of Contemporary Art Auctions and NFTs

Henrietta Tsui-Leung, Founder & CEO, Galerie Ora-Ora / Founder and Honorary Chair, Hong Kong Art Gallery Association

Dr. Sirisilp Kongsilp, Founder, The Morpheus Project / Founder & CEO, Perception

10:45am PDT — Panel Discussion: Creating an NFT Economy through Play-To-Earn Blockchain Games

Moderator: Leah Callon-Butler, Director, Emfarsis

Jeffrey Zirlin, Co-Founder, Axie Infinity / Co-Founder & Growth Lead, Sky Mavis

Beryl Chavez Li, Co-Founder, Yield Guild Games

Sebastien Borget, Co-Founder & COO, The Sandbox / President, Blockchain Game Alliance

11:20am PDT — Panel Discussion: How Will Gaming Drive the Mass Adoption of NFTs and Blockchain Technology?

Moderator: Bowie Lau, VC, True Global Ventures

James Ho, Senior Business Strategist, Animoca Brands

Stephen, COO, Lepricon

Jason Brink, CMO, Gala Games

11:55am PDT — Panel Discussion: Building NFT Marketplaces & Ecosystems

Moderator: Alexis Johnson, President, Lightnode Media / Founder, Legends Investment Network

Tushar Aggarwal, Founder & CEO, Persistence

Nikita Nguyen, Co-Founder & CEO, NFTify

Oscar Y., Co-Founder, Convergence Finance

12:30pm PDT — Panel Discussion: NFT x Music: Creating New Experiences Through NFTs

Moderator: Scottie Siu, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Orichal Partners

Alessandro Vinai & Andrea Vinai, Co-Founders, VINAI

Barnaby Anderson & Noble A. Drakoln, Co-Founders, BAND Royalty

Vasja Veber, Co-Founder & Business Development Director, Viberate

1:05pm PDT — Panel Discussion: NFT x Fashion: The Evolution of Culture and Fashion in a digital-first world

Moderator: Shira Lazar, Co-Founder & CEO, What’s Trending

Emma-Jane MacKinnon-Lee, Founder & CEO, DIGITALAX

Eugene Kan, Co-Founder, Matter / Co-Founder, Adam Studios

Drew Harding, Co-Founder, MetaFactory / Enforcer, MetaCartel DAO

1:40pm PDT — Panel Discussion: The Value of Crypto Collectables and Non-fungible Tokens — What does DeFi have to do with it?

Moderator: Michael Huynh, Co-Founder, DeFi Summit

Jesse Johnson, Co-Founder, Aavegotchi

LK Shelley, Venture Builder and Capitalist , Affiniti Ventures / AV(M)

2:15pm PDT — Panel Discussion: Is it Legal? The World of NFT Copyright and Ownership issues

Moderator: Ira Liss, COO, Managing Artistic Concepts

Tonya Evans, CEO, Advantage Evans, LLC / Professor at Penn State Dickinson Law

Harsch Khandelwal, CEO, UREEQA

Guy Maevsky, NFT & Crypto Lawyer

2:50pm PDT — Panel Discussion: Leveraging Blockchain for Social Impact - How NFTs, DeFi and Bitcoin Can Contribute to a More Sustainable World

Moderator: Max Song, CEO, Carbonbase

Jon O’Sullivan, Head of Business Development, Project Ark

Ali Sabet, Artist & Designer, Sabet Brands

Matthew Twomey, The Sustainable Bitcoin Standard Initiative

3:30pm PDT — Panel Discussion: The Future of NFTs

Joshua Kriger, Co-Founder, Edge of NFTs Podcast

Jeff Kelley, Co-Founder, Edge of NFT Podcast

Eathan Janney, Co-Founder, Edge of NFT Podcast

Scottie Siu, Co-Founder, Orichal Partners

Toufi Saliba, Author TODA/IP / Global Chair — International Protocols for AI Security IEEE / CEO Toda.Network

Juergen Hoebarth, Co-Founder, Fortuna Digital Custody / Founder, Tokenization Limited

4:20pm PDT — Closing Talk: What to Expect for DeFi Summit Day 1

DeFi Summit Team

DeFi Conference — Day 1 (Tuesday, June 15) —
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban is the special guest joining the Polygon Power Panel alongside Stani Kulechov from Aave, Sandeep Nailwal from Polygon and Roc Zacharias from Quickswap. Stay tuned for Coinbase, Unicrypt, Finance.Vote, and YFDAI, plus an exciting panel featuring OG DeFi VCs Leslie Tam of GBV Capital, Miko Matsumura of Gumi Cryptos Capital, and Adrian Lai of Liquefy Labs.

View Full Agenda & Talk times — HERE

Subscribe to Conference Day 1 Youtube Live — HERE

DeFi Conference — Day 2 (Wednesday, June 16) —
More experts from Chainlink, Cosmos, Luna, Stacks and OpenOcean speak on the second day. The DeFi trader roundtable features Boxmining, Cryptonauts & more.

View Full Agenda & Talk times — HERE

Subscribe to Conference Day 2 Youtube Live — HERE

Day 4 (Thursday, June 17) — Presented by Launchpool
DeFi Demo Day is a dedicated day- long event where startups demo their product or protocol, pitch their ideas, and share with the community.

There will be projects across different chains presenting from Solana, Cardano, Ethereum, Polkadot, Cosmos, Binance Smart Chain & more.

View DeFi Demo Day Agenda & Talk times — HERE

Subscribe to DeFi Demo Day Youtube Live — HERE

Day 5 (Friday, June 18) — #DeFiWeek wraps up with a Decentralized Afterparty and networking event in Decentraland.