2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival Full Agenda Released

Written by: Wanxiang Blockchain

April 6-9, the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Lab and HashKey Group, and organized by W3ME, will once again join hands with over 160 global popular projects, more than 100 industry vertical media, and over 300 experts, scholars, and representatives of well-known projects to create a new myth of Web3 in Hong Kong. This year's carnival adopts a 1+3+1 format, setting up 1 main venue, 3 sub-venues, and 1 Open Stage area within nearly 9,000 square meters, showcasing a series of exciting speeches filled with valuable insights, quotable roundtable discussions, passionate esports competitions, and vibrant stage performances…

150+ Popular Projects Co-Creation

This carnival is strongly supported by the following projects (sponsors of the same level are listed in alphabetical order):

• Title Sponsors: DWF Labs, Internet Computer, MEET48, OKX Web3, TON Foundation, ZA Bank
• Strategic Partners: Hong Kong Cyberport, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, InvestHK
• Platinum Sponsors: Chainlink, Cregis, Deepcoin Labs, Gate.io, Gunzilla Games, NEAR Protocol, Neo, Polkadot, Qtum, Victory Securities, SlowMist, Telos Foundation, Zetrix, Zircuit
• Co-organisers: Arkreen, AWS, Bitcoin Magazine, Nervos CKB, PlatON, SNZ, Hong Kong Virtual Asset Industry Association, ZAN
• Side Event Partners: ABGA, Animoca Brands & Chromia, Aptos, DRK Lab, Filecoin Foundation, GoPlus, Hashkey Exchange, SlowMist, TON Foundation, UOVABOX
• Gold Sponsors: AltLayer, Cards Ahoy!, CESS, Kaspa, Kava, KUN, Mask Network, PortUS, Roam, Rollux, X-mint
• First-Level Booth Sponsors: Alfa1, Alibaba Cloud, Baidao Data, BNBChain, Certik, EMC, Google Cloud, Hotcoin, MicrovisionChain, OneKey, XT.com
• Second-Level Booth Sponsors: Alchemy Pay, Bitget Wallet, Bitroo, CE Innovation Capital, Cell Studio, Conflux, Digital Reserve, Initiate Capital, Japan Open Chain, Nervape, NovaX Finance, OceanFi, PIN Labs, TynmoSpace, VoiceStreet, W3SA-HK
• Third-Level Booth Sponsors: 100x, Akamai, Alaya AI, Bit.Store, Bullish, CHAINUP, Cloud Ace, Daling Research, dappOS, Dexpert.io, ELLIPAL, EngageLab, Hacken, ICG Trading, imToken, Keyblock Solutions, Landlord, MoreLogin, MuskEX, Notifi, OpenSand, PingCAP, PrivateAI, Shanhaiwu, StaFi, TaxDAO, Tencent Cloud, TokenPocket, TruBit, UD Blockchain, WatchX, ICL, zCloak Network
• Intellectual Support: Brevis, CoinMarketCap, Flow Traders
• Coffee Bar Sponsor: Zetrix
• Open Stage Partners: KongGold, Metaverse, MATR1X & GEDA Esports, NovaX Finance, NULINK, OceanFi, Sandbox
• Bag Materials Sponsors: d.id, VIP3
• Exclusive Video Sponsor: Spinor

Day 1 (April 6)

On the morning of April 6, the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival will grandly open at the FG main venue on the 3rd floor of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre! (The following guests are listed in no particular order) Xiao Feng, Chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain, Huang Weilun, Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the Hong Kong SAR, Deng Chao, Head of HashKey Singapore and CEO of HashKey Capital, Cathie Wood, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of ARK Invest, Kenneth Lau, Legislative Council Member (Technology and Innovation) of the Hong Kong SAR, Chan Sai Ming, Chairman of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company, Genki Oda, President of the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), Li Guoquan, Dean of the Global Fintech Academy, Yang Jinyan, Secretary-General of the Hong Kong Virtual Asset Industry Association, Dominic Williams, Founder and Chief Scientist of the DFINITY Foundation, Steve Yun, Chairman of the TON Foundation, John Hyman, Chief Investment Officer of Telegram APP, and other guests will deeply analyze the past and present of Web3 in Hong Kong and globally, and jointly open the infinite future of Web3.

In the afternoon, five venues (main venue, sub-venue 1, sub-venue 2, sub-venue 3, Open Stage) will fully launch exciting content.

The main venue's theme forum "The Road to Building Hong Kong's Digital Economy Center" will invite (the following guests are listed in no particular order) Wang Xiaoqi, Chief Operating Officer of HashKey Group and CEO of HashKey Exchange, Eugene Ng, Founding Partner of DWF Labs, Hong, President of OKX, Charlie Chen, Vice President and CEO of Archblock, Rita Liu, CEO of RD Technologies, Raagulan Pathy, Vice President of Circle Asia Pacific, Paul Kremsky, Head of Global Business Development at Cumberland, Jordan Dunne, DeFi Head of Telegram Ton Wallet, Sergey Nazarov, Co-founder of Chainlink, Alice Liu, Head of Research at CoinMarketCap, Xian Dihua, Acting CEO of ZA Bank, Frank Zhang, Executive Director of OKX Hong Kong, Paolo Chen, Chief Strategy Officer of VDX, Darshan Vaidya, Co-founder of Credora, Richard Teng, CEO of Binance, Liu Jia, General Manager of HashKey Group Tokenisation, Emily Parker, who has worked at CoinDesk and the U.S. State Department, Jupiter Zheng, Partner at HashKey Capital, Deborah FUHR, Managing Partner and Founder of ETFGI, Giovanni Vicioso, Head of Global Cryptocurrency Products at CME Group, Giselle Lai, Deputy Director of Digital Asset Investment at FIL Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited, Jean-Francois MESNARD-SENSE, Senior Vice President and Head of Exchange Products at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Derek Wang, Managing Director and Head of Sales and Client Services at Bosera Funds (International) Limited, Chen Yu, Chief Consultant of KUN, and other guests will serve as speakers at the forum, sharing new insights and providing reference suggestions for friends who want to invest, start businesses, or work in Hong Kong, focusing on how major Web3 projects can enter the Chinese market, seize the Asian development dividend, and share in the globally booming Web3 industry.

The theme forum "New Paradigm of Blockchain Gaming" will be co-hosted by Co-organizer Gunzilla Games and the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival organizers. The forum will invite (the following guests are listed in no particular order) Yat Siu, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands, Kevin Shao, Co-founder of Bitrise Capital / Executive Chairman of ABGA / Advisor of ICC Group, Jerry Liu of Gunzilla Games, Arron Goolsbey, COO of Mythical Games, Gu Feiyong, General Manager of NetEase Blockchain and Consultant for Cards Ahoy!, Duan Xi, Head of Hashkey Japan, Ryo Matsubara, Representative Director of Oasys Pte. Ltd., Seihaku Yoshida, CEO of HashPort, YASUSHI TERAMURA, Head of Blockchain Business at guimi Inc., Yoshiaki Harai, Director of Brilliantcrypto, Pär Helgosson, Head of Web3 and Metaverse at Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, Leo, CGO of CARV, Anthony Blackburn, Head of Growth at Gunzilla Games, Ellidan Cober, O-Principal at SMILECOBRA PTE. LTD., Ann Chien, Partner at IVC, Riccardo Sibani, CPO of "My Neighbor Alice", Michael Tong, Founder of Xterio / CSO of Funplus, and Viola Lee, COO of Metalist Game and Head of Operations for Cards Ahoy! will serve as forum guests, exploring how to bring games back to their original purpose—"fun"—while also satisfying Web3's Play to Earn, allowing more Web2 users to experience the joy and charm of Web3.

In the afternoon of April 6, Amazon Web Services will serve as a Co-organizer of the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, jointly hosting the "Web3+AI" theme forum at sub-venue two with the organizers. (The following guests are listed in no particular order) John Liu, Global Product Head of Blockchain and Web3 at AWS, Guo Yike, Chief Vice President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Du Yu, Head of Wanxiang Blockchain Lab and Initiator of Future3 Campus, Seth Ginns, Managing Partner and Head of Liquidity Investments at CoinFund, Hu Yilin, Associate Professor of the Department of History of Science at Tsinghua University and Initiator of HuawenDao, Su Zhiyin, Chief Scientist at ORA, SY Lee, CEO and Co-founder of Story Protocol, Ethan Sun, Co-founder of MyShell, Yu Hu, CEO of Kaito.ai, Saneel Sreeni, Founding Member of Ritual.net, Amber, Co-founder of No Capital, Akina Ho, Co-founder of AllStarsWomen DAO, Annie Hui, Co-founder and COO of Custonomy, Megan Li, CEO of Regtank, Tess Hau, Founder of Tess Ventures, and others will serve as forum guests, analyzing how to use AI to build Web3 infrastructure and how Web3 will react to the development of AI. Notably, Xiao Feng, Chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain, and John Liu, Head of Blockchain and Web3 Products at AWS, will officially announce the teams entering the Future3 Campus incubation camp's third phase "Web3+AI" track at this forum and declare the official opening of the incubation camp.

The theme forum "Digital Asset Custody and Blockchain Security" at sub-venue three will invite (the following guests are listed in no particular order) Fan Ying, Senior Vice President of Financial Technology at InvestHK, Li Kang, Chief Security Officer of CertiK, Anthony Chung, Chief Product Officer of Cregis, Keywolf, Partner and CPO of SlowMist, Eskil, Co-founder of Goplus, Xiao Pang, Product Head of imToken, Zhang Xiao, Founder of zCloak Network, Zack Yang, Co-founder of FOMO Pay, Boya Yang, Co-founder of SharkTeam, Christoph Simmchen, Co-founder of Safe Ecosystem Foundation, YQ, Founder of AltLayer, Chen Xiaonan, Head of HashKey Wealth, Lily Z. King, COO of Cobo, TRUNG BANH, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of HOLDSTATION, Michael Lau, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Sales at Bullish, Matthew Le Merle, Managing Partner and CEO of Blockchain Coinvestors, and other well-known experts and scholars in network information security and encryption will serve as speakers, sharing how to eliminate security risks for the rapid development of Web3.

The Open Stage will feature exciting keynote speeches from Yang Min, Founder and CEO of .bit, Charles, Co-founder of VIP3, Viola Lee, COO of Metalist Game and Head of Operations for Cards Ahoy!, Hu Yilin, Associate Professor of the Department of History of Science at Tsinghua University and Initiator of HuawenDao, and Chen Bo, CEO of Metaverse.

Day 2 (April 7)

Spring in Hong Kong is filled with the songs of birds and the dance of butterflies, and April's Web3 is colorful. On April 7, thematic forums and Web3 experiences, interactions, performances, and other exciting content will be held throughout the day in the five main venues (main venue, sub-venue 1, sub-venue 2, sub-venue 3, Open Stage).

On April 7, Co-organizer SNZ will focus on "Infrastructure: Layer1 & Layer2" in the main venue, inviting Avery Ching, Co-founder and CTO of Aptos Labs, Dato Fadzli Shah, Co-founder of Zetrix, Lily Liu, Chair of the Solana Foundation, Scott Stuart, Co-founder of Kava, Haseeb, Partner at Dragonfly Capital, Anthony Blackburn, Head of Growth at Gunzilla Games, Kai Xu, COO of GMEET48, Illia Polosukhin, Co-founder of NEAR Protocol, Amos Zhang, Early Contributor of NEAR and Founder of MetaWeb Ventures, Max Rebol, CEO and Managing Partner of Harbour Industrial Capital, Eli Ben Sasson, CEO and Co-founder of StarkWare, Smokey, Co-founder of Berachain, Sandeep Nailwal, Co-founder of Polygon, Ross Zhang, Managing Partner of SNZ Capital, Tom Ngo, Executive Director of Metis, Terence, Founder of Taiko, Sergei Medvedev, Chief Marketing Officer of IntMax, Leo Fan, Founder of Cysic, YQ, Founder of AltLayer, Angel Xu, Co-founder of Zircuit, Sam Seo, Representative Director of Klaytn Foundation, Sreeram Kannan, CEO of EigenLabs, Keith Chen, Managing Partner of SNZ Capital, Mo Dong, Co-founder of Brevis, Daniel Marin, CEO of Nexus, Georgi Koreli, Founder of Hinkal, Fubiao Xia, Co-founder of PADO Labs, Dennis Song, Chief Security Officer of Mind Network, Ryan Chen, Managing Partner of HashKey Capital, Lasse Clausen, Co-founder of 1kx, Rodney Yesep, Partner at HackVC, Vineet Budki, Managing Partner and CEO of Cypher Capital, Gavin Wang, Chief Investment Officer of SNZ Capital, Emma Cui, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Longhash Ventures, Rena Shah, Vice President of Products and Operations at Trust Machines Stack Ecosystem, Cipher, Co-founder of Cell Studio, Eason, CEO of TerpLayer, Blue, Partner and Chief Technology Officer of Slowmist, and Jan Camenisch, Chief Technology Officer of the DFINITY Foundation, among other global project leaders and investors, will engage in in-depth discussions on the development trends, application scenarios, and industry impacts of Layer1 and Layer2 technologies.

Arkreen will serve as a Co-organizer of the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, hosting a DePIN thematic forum all day on April 7 at sub-venue one. (The following guests are listed in no particular order) Abhay Kumar, CEO of Helium Foundation, Andy Chatham, Co-founder of DIMO, Sal Gala, Founder of EV3, Ivy Peng, Founder of Open Infra Capital, Du Yu, Initiator of Future3 Campus / Head of Wanxiang Blockchain Lab, Leo Lin, Founder of arkreen, Yuan Gao, Head of Growth at Helium Foundation, Kuleen Nimkar, Head of DePIN at Solana Foundation, Henrique Centieiro, Research Manager at Hashkey Capital, Adrian Cleven, Head of Digital Asset Market at PwC (Hong Kong), Yves La Rose, CEO of EOS Network Foundation, Richard Liu, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Huma Finance, Henry Zhang, Founder and CEO of DigiFT, Kazuhiro Sudo, COO of BOOSTRY, Abba Garba, Head of Product and Partnerships at arkreen Network, Fredrik Ahlgren, CEO and Co-founder of Srcful.io, Dayon Elings, Business Development at bloXmove, Ting, Founder of PowerPod, Sascha Kubisch, Co-founder and CTO of Penomo, Alex, Co-founder of EMC, Diana Biggs, Partner at 1kx, Kang Shen, Founder of Hash Global, Xiao Rui, Senior Director at IOSG Ventures, Eo Hao, Co-founder of Future Money Group, Graham Friedman, Head of Growth at Roam, Dexter Luo, General Manager of Ecosystem Partnerships at Fibocom Wireless, Jose Marcelino, Solutions Architect at RAKwireless, Joey Jiang, Vice President at Seeedstudio, Yiming Wang, Partner at JDI, Yuning Liang, Founder and CEO of Xcalibyte & DeepComputing, Daniel Andrade, CTO and Co-founder of Hotspotty, Nico Burkart, Partner and Business Development at Streamr Network, Luis Gruson, Co-founder and BD Head at Kwil, Chess, CEO of GMNetwork, and Andrew Law, Research Scientist at IoTeX, among other representatives of leading global DePIN and RWA projects, will gather to discuss core topics such as DePIN's hardware and software technology, development trends, investment heat, and the connection between DePIN and RWA.

On the morning of April 7, sub-venue two will gather well-known figures from the global Web3 community (the following guests are listed in no particular order): Chae Ho Shin, Chief Financial Officer of 1inch, Akif, Regional Growth Head of Deepcoin Labs, Kevin Lee, CEO of gate.hk, Jehan Chu, Founder of Kenetic Capital, Uri Ferruccio, CEO of Concordia, Augie, Head of CMT Asia, Stanley Huo, Partner and Head of Asia at Hivemind Capital, Steve Lee, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Neoclassic Capital, Balal Khan, Co-founder of ZKEX.com, Adrian Wang, Founder and CEO of Metalpha, Shawn Lim, Founder and Partner of Artichoke Capital, Paul Kim, CEO of Notifi, Smokey, Founder of Berachain, Tim Wang, COO of Elixir Network, Rushi Manche, CEO of Movement Labs, and other guests will focus on "The Future of Web3," sharing their visions for the future of Web3.

In the afternoon, sub-venue two will host the "Web3 Payment Re-imagined" theme forum co-organized by PlatON and the organizers. Abdallah Abu-Sheikh, Co-founder of Astra Tech & CEO of Botim, Charles Huang, Chairman of DCS Fintech Holdings, Anson Zeall, Chief Strategy Officer and Compliance Officer of dtcpay, Adam Farhat, Head of Partnerships at Alchemy Pay Asia Pacific, and Chen Yu, Chief Consultant of KUN will attend this forum. The forum will feature three roundtable discussions focusing on "Prospective Practices of Stablecoins," "Global Regulatory Focus Trends in Web3 Payments," and "How Web3 Innovation Accelerates the Digital Economy." Gu Feiyong, General Manager of NetEase Blockchain, and Li Hui, CEO of Fatpay will focus on the prospective practices of stablecoins, discussing their impact on the global financial system, monetary policy, cross-border payments, as well as the legal regulatory framework and innovative applications of stablecoins. Ceridwen Choo, CEO of DCS Innov, Laurence Yuan, Partner at Fangda Law Firm, Daniel Lee, Head of Web3 at Banking Circle, and Paul Li, President of the Hong Kong Fintech Industry Association will discuss the focus and trends of global regulation in Web3 payments, seeking a balance between innovation and compliance. Emil Chan, Co-chairman of the Hong Kong Digital Finance Association, Amor Maclang, Convener of the International Digital Economy Association, and other guests will focus on how Web3 can provide new momentum and opportunities for the growth of the digital economy.

On the morning of April 7, the "Web3 Infrastructure" theme forum will be held at sub-venue three of the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, featuring representatives from globally renowned Web3 infrastructure projects such as Qtum, Polygon Labs, Conflux, Neo, Google Cloud, Kaspa, Avail, ChainIDE, BNBChain, Astar, Ripple, and Manta, presenting a thrilling collision of ideas. (The following guests are listed in no particular order) Marc Boiron, CEO of Polygon Labs, Miguel Palencia, Co-founder of Qtum, Wu Ming, Co-founder and CTO of Conflux, Da Hongfei, Founder of Neo, Rishi Ramchandani, Head of Web3 at Google Cloud Asia Pacific, Jagdeep Sidhu, CEO and President of SYS Labs & SYS Foundation, Shai Wyborski, Core Developer of Kaspa and Co-author of GHOSTDAG, Anurag Arjun, Co-founder of Avail, Wu Xiao, Founder of ChainIDE and Ethereum Riyadh Executive Committee, Sarah, Business Head of BNBChain Asia Pacific, Mingshi Song, Strategic Head of Astar, Emi Yoshikawa, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Ripple, Kenny Li, Co-founder of Manta Network, Seun Lanlege, Founder and Chief Scientist of Polytope Labs, and other well-known project representatives will attend the forum, delivering keynote speeches and engaging in exciting roundtable discussions.

In the afternoon of April 7, Ant Group's Web3 brand ZAN will serve as a Co-Organizer of the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, jointly hosting the "Web3 Mass Adoption" theme forum at sub-venue three on the FG floor of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Chen Bin, General Manager of Wanxiang Blockchain, will first deliver the opening speech for the forum and extend a welcome. (The following guests are listed in no particular order) Victor Zhou, CEO of Namefi and Ethereum EIP Editor, Hui Zhang, CEO of ZAN, Yisi Liu, Co-founder and CTO of Mask Network, Dongliang Guo, Vice President of International Products and Solutions at Alibaba Cloud, Rich Rines, Early Contributor of Core DAO, Zheming Lin, Co-founder and CEO of Mempool and DotWallet, Cobe Zhang, Head of Web3+AI Products at ZAN, Cipher, Co-founder of Nervos and Cell Studio, Jerry Li, CEO of Artela Network, Peet, Co-founder of Trusta Labs, Kai Xu, COO of MEET48, Ken, Partner and Head of Asia Investment at Web3Port Foundation, Sam, Operations Manager at TokenPocket, Shier, Co-founder of NFTScan Labs, Charles, Co-founder of VIP3, Rene Z, Founder of CharacterX, Daniel Dai, Partner at LFG, Eva Beylin, Director at The Graph, Tegan Kline, CEO of Edge & Node, and other guests will explore "Innovation and Practice of Basic Technology Services" from diverse perspectives such as technological research and development and application innovation, aiming to accelerate the landing of transformative products and solidify the foundation for the large-scale adoption of Web3.

The Open Stage on April 7 will also be exciting, featuring not only keynote speeches from Jason Runyon, CEO of NovaX, Olaf Niggemann, CEO of OceanFi, Kathy Qu, Research Manager at HashKey Cloud, Jason Choi, Strategic Head at Cointelegraph, Sreeram Kannan, Founder of Eigenlayer, David Tse, Co-founder of BabylonChain, Dorothy Liu, Growth Head at Altlayer.io, Lucas Kozinski, Founding Contributor of Renzo Protocol, Ranvir Rana, Co-founder of WitnessChain, Erich Wong, Head of Business Growth at Sandbox Hong Kong, Liu Yang, Senior Manager of Digital Solutions at Payment Asia G+D, and other guests, but also a youthful performance by SNH48 GROUP. If you are on-site, don't miss it!

Day 3 (April 8)

Spring is destined to be a colorful season, and "distributed" and "co-construction" have always been characteristics of the Web3 industry. The 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival on April 8 will no longer be the "world" of the organizers, but the main stage for global popular projects, a microcosm of the entire Web3 world. Concurrent activities presented by Side Event partners including ABGA, Aptos, Filecoin Foundation, GoPlus, Hashkey Exchange, SlowMist, and TON Foundation will include:

• Main Venue: TON At Web3 Festival
• Sub-venue One (Morning): Only On Aptos
• Sub-venue One (Afternoon): Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2024 Official GameFi Side Event
• Sub-venue Two (Morning): HashKey Exchange: New Era for Compliant Trading
• Sub-venue Two (Afternoon): GoPlus User Security Summit Hong Kong
• Sub-venue Three (Morning): FIL Hong Kong
• Sub-venue Three (Afternoon): Hacking Time: Web3 Security And Compliance

Notably, the official website of the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival has further iterated and upgraded, embedding a Social Layer as the official event aggregation platform to showcase the rich and diverse network of activities at the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival. All organizers of concurrent events in Hong Kong can fill in their event information on the official website of the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, which will be displayed on the Side Event page of the event website, allowing more Web3 enthusiasts to enjoy exciting activities while letting Web3 shine in Hong Kong in April.

See more surrounding activities of the conference

https://en.web3festival.org/Side_Event.html

The exciting Matr1x & GEDA Esports competition will kick off on the Open Stage on the afternoons of April 8 and April 9, so come and pick your favorite team!

Day 4 (April 9)

April 9 is the last day of the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, and also the climax of the entire event; it is a bittersweet farewell after the joy of hosts and guests, and the first day of putting into practice after the excitement. On this day, in addition to thematic activities hosted by Side Event partners such as Animoca Brands & Chromia, DRK Labs, and UOVABOX, including:

• Sub-venue One (Afternoon): Animoca Brands & Chromia: Forging the Future of Web3
• Sub-venue Two (All Day): Web3 Scholars Summit 2024
• Sub-venue Three (Morning): CRYPTO PACKET Unthemed Web3 Market

In addition to the above activities, there will also be exciting thematic forums co-created by the organizers and Co-organizers.

On April 9, Nervos CKB and BTC Media will serve as Co-Organizers, hosting the "Development of Bitcoin Technology and Ecological Construction" theme forum in the main venue (morning) and sub-venue three (afternoon) together with the organizers of the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival, inviting global industry elites to discuss the current status and future trends of the Bitcoin ecosystem and crypto assets. In the morning, Jan, Architect of Nervos, John Lilic, Executive Director of Telos, John Riggins, Partner at BTC Inc, Jeff Ren, Partner at OKX Ventures, and other guests will deliver keynote speeches in the main venue, sharing their insights and perspectives. The morning's closing roundtable discussion "Fifteen Years of Bitcoin" will invite guests including Xingkong, Founder of Bixin Group, Shen Yu, Co-founder and CEO of Cobo, Jan, Architect of Nervos, and Du Jun, CEO of New Fire Technology, to summarize and share their experiences and keen insights accumulated over the years in the Bitcoin ecosystem, discussing the past development of the Bitcoin network and the potential risks and opportunities that may arise in the future; in the afternoon, Jeffery Hu, Head of Research at HashKey Capital, Ben, Founder of Discoco labs, Arthur, Author of Atomicals Protocol, Cipher, Co-founder of Nervos and Cell Studio, Rena Shah, Vice President of Products and Operations at Trust Machines, David Tse, Co-founder of Babylon, Jeff, Founder of Merlin Chain, and other heavyweight guests will interpret the latest dynamics of the Bitcoin ecosystem at sub-venue three. Tang Han, Founder of SeeDAO, Jeffery Hu, Head of Research at HashKey Capital, Yunwen, Researcher at Secret Technology, and Zhang Zhao, CTO of OneKey will focus on the prospects of the Lightning Network, bringing cutting-edge insights from the industry. In addition, during the roundtable discussion "The Wave of Bitcoin Layer 1 Asset Issuance," Shawn, Head of the SeeDAO Incubator, will serve as the moderator, discussing with guests including Forest, Founder of Foresight Ventures and Chairman of The Block, Kong Jianping, Founder of Nano Labs, Wang Feng, Founder of Blueport Interactive, and Brutoshi, Co-founder of Wizz Wallet, to interpret the latest dynamics of Bitcoin technological innovation and share the layout and opportunities of Bitcoin in the global market. Zhixiong Pan, Co-founder of ChainFeeds, Keith Chen, Managing Partner of SNZ Capital, Jerry Liu, Founding Partner of Waterdrip Capital, Audrey Tang, Founder of DRK Lab, and BMAN, Co-founder of ABCDE will focus on "The Bitcoin L2 Battle, Who is the King," engaging in exciting discussions and sharing popular applications and key development areas worth paying attention to in the current industry.

In the afternoon, HashKey Tokenization will serve as a Co-organizer, focusing on "Tokenization" in the main venue, inviting Guo Yike, Chief Vice President of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kenneth Lau, Legislative Council Member (Technology and Innovation) of the Hong Kong SAR, Xiao Feng, Chairman of Wanxiang Blockchain and HashKey Group, Leo Lin, Founder of Arkreen, Ph.D. Norbert Wei, Chief Energy Advisor of PROME Network, Aaron, Founder of Punk Code, Cao Meiying, Senior Manager of HashKey Group Tokenisation and Initiator of ThreeDAO, Leo, Co-founder and CEO of Moore Finance, Alex, Co-founder of VIP3, Patricia Ho, Chief Legal Officer of Scroll, Li Chen, CEO of HashKey Cloud, Li Siyao, Tokenization Economic and Legal Advisor of HashKey Tokenisation, Loong Pui Fung Andrew, Chief Advisor of Cascade Capital Limited, Derek Wang, Head of Sales and Client Services at Bosera Funds, Kennix Chan, Executive Director of Victory Securities Company Limited, Merida Pan, Chief Operating Officer of Magic Circle Technology Limited, Jonathan Gill, Senior Director of Tokenization at HashKey Tokenisation and Legal Advisor, Hannah Cassidy, Partner at Smithfield Law Firm and Head of Asia for the Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Jong-Goo Yi, Senior Foreign Lawyer at Kim & Chang Law Firm, Jay Lee, Partner at K&L Gates, Qiao Zheyuan, Partner at Jun He Law Office, and other guests will outline the future of tokenization while perfectly concluding the 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival.

In the morning of sub-venue one, the "Restaking & DeFi" theme forum will be held, featuring (the following guests are listed in no particular order) Arisa Toyosaki, Co-founder and CEO of Cega, Philip, CEO of Elixir, Charles d'Haussy, CEO of dYdX Foundation, Joseph Poon, CEO of Warp, Fiona Ma, Research Manager at DWF, Jacob Ko, General Partner at Superscrypt, Min Teo, Managing Partner and Co-founder of Ethereal, Adam, Founding Partner of Finality, Alan Curtis, CEO of Rio Network, and Tina Haibodi, External Strategy Head at Eigen Labs, focusing on the future development of Restaking and DeFi, exploring the applications of Web3 in the financial sector.

The 2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival not only gathers popular projects and well-known figures but has also attracted the attention of over a hundred media outlets worldwide, sending a signal to the world: Web3 is emerging, look here! What are you waiting for? Join us and become a witness to the new era of Web3!