Global Leaders

Speakers

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.

Omar Azhar
VP of Business Development, Matter Labs
Adam Badrawi
Partner, Head of Investor Relations & Comms, Framework Ventures
Spencer Yang
Managing Partner, BlockSpaceForce
Arnaud Simeray
VP of Growth, Dune
Andy Boyan
Head of Growth, HypurrFi
Solange Gueiros
DevRel Education Manager, Chainlink Labs
Dr. Axel U. J. Lode
Head of Decentralized Finance, Blocksize
Stephen Wink
Global Co-Chair of Fintech Industry Group, Latham & Waktins
Luca Curan
Head of AI / DePIN, Base, Coinbase
Kevin Zhang
Contributor, DFX
Rob Stupay
Remix, Soundboard
Aakar Shroff
VP of Product, Chainlink Labs
Yuga Cohler
Head of Wallets, Coinbase
Will Waltrip
Senior Director of Product, AvaCloud
Mark Raynes
Head of Solutions, Chainlink Labs
Luke Lim
Head of CCIP GTM, Chainlink
Sam Fagin
Director, Payments, Polygon Labs
Gerald Gallagher
Host, Crypto in America
Theo Fields
GP, Bloccelerate VC
Matthew Fisher
Institutional Lead, Katana
Kenneth Shek
Moca Network Lead, Animoca Brands
Zeki Ulu
Technical Lead, Llama Risk
Will Nuelle
General Partner, Ventures, Galaxy
Sam Elfarra
Community Spokesperson, TRON DAO
Apurva Joshi
Chief Product Officer, Chainlink Labs
Richard Gottleber
DevRel Content Manager, Chainlink Labs
John Neufeld
Head of Legal & Policy, OpenZeppelin
Redwan Meslem
Executive Director, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Karina Du
CMO, Solv Protocol
Florent Sollier
Product Manager, Chainlink Labs
Matthew Horne
Head of Digital Asset Strategists, Fidelity
James Ward
Vice President, Data Science & Economics, Chainlink Labs
Ben Weiss
Crypto Reporter, Fortune
Halcyon Price
Head of Derivatives, Chainlink Labs
Vladimir Novakovski
Founder & CEO, Lighter
Shea Ketsdever
Product Lead, Flashbots
Serena Leung
Head of RWA Tokenization, Polygon Labs
Krzysztof Urbański
Governance & Partnerships Lead, L2BEAT
DavideFi
General Manager, LFJ
Fiona Ma
VP of Growth, Falcon Finance
Johannes Göttsch
Head of Strategy & Business Development, LinkPool and stake.link (SDL)
Zubin Pratap
DevRel Engineering Manager, Chainlink Labs
Artiona Bogo
Global Head of Solutions Architecture, Chainlink
Adam Minehardt
Head of Public Policy, Chainlink Labs
Ryan Lovell
Director of Capital Markets, Chainlink Labs
Gregory Neven
Research Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Kostis Karantias
Research Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Taylor Lindman
Deputy General Counsel, Chainlink Labs
Colin Cunningham
Head of Tokenized Asset Sales, Chainlink
Jimmy Haight
Head of Community, Chainlink Labs
Philipp Schindler
Research Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Jordan Kull
Chainlink Community Advocate, Chainlink Community Volunteer
Amy Hang
Chainlink Advocate, Chainlink Community Volunteer
Harry Papacharissiou
Head of Developer Relations, Chainlink Labs
Kostiantyn Dmitriiev
Principal Product Manager, Compliance, Chainlink Labs
William Reilly
Head of Strategic Initiatives, Chainlink Labs
Adele Ressa
Senior Sales Executive, Chainlink Labs
Darby Martinez
Developer Expert (Chainlink), Darbease
Danielle Tamasi
Product Manager, CCIP, Chainlink Labs
Eman Herawy
Founder, Arabs in Blockchain
Ash Nathan
Strategic Innovations Team, Chainlink
Lorenz Breidenbach
Head of Research, Chainlink Labs
Roman Tirone
Head of Build, Senior Manager, Chainlink
Frank Seibold
Global Head Banking & Cap Markets Sales, Chainlink Labs
Zayi Reyes
Head of Partner Marketing, Chainlink Labs
Dave Isbitski
Chief DevRel Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Ben Sherwin
General Counsel, Chainlink Labs
Johann Eid
CBO, Chainlink
Fernando Vazquez
President, Capital Markets, Chainlink
Ishan Vishnoi
VP - BCM Product & Operations, Chainlink Labs

More SmartCon speakers announced soon…

NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

Where Worlds Converge.

Summer Mersinger
CEO, Blockchain Association
Summer Mersinger is CEO of Blockchain Association, where she leads advocacy efforts to advance digital asset innovation and policy in Washington. She previously served as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, nominated by President Biden and unanimously confirmed by the Senate. With over 20 years of experience in public policy and government affairs, Summer has held senior roles at the CFTC, on Capitol Hill as Chief of Staff to Senator John Thune, and in the private sector.