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SmartCon brings together the world’s leading voices in finance, Web3, and government to share firsthand insights on how blockchain and onchain technologies are transforming industries, institutions, and the global economy—sparking critical conversations that chart the course of an onchain future.

Fiona Ma
Protocol Strategy Lead, Falcon Finance
Eliezer Ndinga
Head of Strategy, 21.co
Johannes Göttsch
Head of Strategy & Business Development, LinkPool and stake.link (SDL)
Austin Arnold
Founder, Altcoin Daily
Aaron Arnold
Host/Founder, Altcoin Daily
Isaac Zarb
Co-Founder and CTO, Simply Staking
Hyung Lee
CEO, B-Harvest
Serena Leung
Head of RWA Tokenization, Polygon Labs
Zale Reeves
Founder, NorthWest Nodes
Clayton Lowery
Co-Founder & CSO, The Network Firm
Johnny Reinsch
Executive Director, Tokenized Asset Coalition
Lou Kerner
Founder, CryptoMondays
Ben Sherwin
General Counsel, Chainlink Labs
Andrew McFarlane
CTO, Validation Cloud
Sam Fagin
Director, Payments, Polygon Labs
Robbie Morris
Founder, Contract Level
Dr. Axel U. J. Lode
Head of Decentralized Finance, Blocksize
Kevin Zhang
Contributor, DFX
Zubin Pratap
DevRel Engineering Manager, Chainlink Labs
Kenneth Shek
Moca Network Lead, Animoca Brands
Frank Seibold
Global Head Banking & Cap Markets Sales, Chainlink Labs
Zayi Reyes
Head of Partner Marketing, Chainlink Labs
Jake Denny
Chief Commercial Officer, Pier Two
Sam Elfarra
Community Spokesperson, TRON DAO
Ryan Lovell
Director of Capital Markets, Chainlink Labs
Gregory Neven
Research Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Kostis Karantias
Research Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Edward Woddford
Founder & CEO, zerohash
Ben Forman
Founder & Managing Partner, ParaFi Capital

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Will Artingstall
Head of Digital Asset Payments and E-commerce Services, Citi
Will is the Head of Digital Assets Payments and eCommerce Services within the Services business at Citi. In this role, he is responsible for driving the global product strategy for eCommerce clients across all Services' product verticals, as well as the digital assets strategy for the Payments organization within Services. Before this, Will was the Global Co-head of Cross Border Payments at Citi where he co-led strategy for Citi's cross-border payments products, including WorldLink®, Cross Border Funds Transfer, Cross Border Receivables, and the industry-leading FX joint venture between the Services and Markets businesses at Citi.

Previously, he was based in San Francisco as an Emerging Payments and Business Development Director. His work focused on the future design of payments products and delivery of Citi's global ‘network of the future' for the firm's West Coast clients. Before joining the Payments team, he was the Head of Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) for South Africa, responsible for Citi's Cash Management and Trade Products in the country. There he held several leadership roles in the country, including Responsible Senior Officer with the Payments Association of South Africa (PASA), a Director of the Tier 2 banks holding company in the local clearinghouse (Bankserv), a member of the local Citi country committee, as well as served on numerous industry advisory boards around modernisation of payments infrastructure in Southern Africa.

Will started his career at Citi as a GTS analyst and has held prior roles in Liquidity Management Services and Client Sales management. He started his career in the engineering field, working in construction, project management, and mining. He holds an MBA from the University of Wales, a BCom Law Degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA), and a Diploma in project management. He is based in New York.