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.

Adele Ressa
Senior Sales Executive, Chainlink Labs
Arthur
CTO, Swapper Finance
Shyam Nagarajan
Chief Operating Officer, Hedera
Solomon Tesfaye
Chief Business Officer, Aptos
Ilya Brovin
Chief Growth Officer, Sumsub
Mona Tiesler
Venture Partner, Edge Capital
Brian Foster
Global Head - ETFs | Crypto-as-a-Service | Government, Coinbase
Jakob Palmstierna
President, GSR
Zarah Estermann
Partnerships Lead, Chainlink
Danny Nelson
Research Analyst, Bitwise
Xavier Liew
Head of Product and Strategy, Solv
Gopi Kannappan
CPO, bitsCrunch
Jason Windawi
Senior Solutions Architect, Jovay
Lorenz Breidenbach
Head of Research, Chainlink Labs
Mustafa Al Niama
Head of Capital Markets, Mysten Labs
Jason Chaskin
App Relations & Research Lead, Ethereum Foundation
Chaitanya Konda
Principal Product Manager, BCM, Chainlink
Raja Chakravorti
Chief Business Officer, Stellar Development Foundation
Lukas Hajdukiewicz
Chief Growth Officer, Blueprint Finance
Sergio Mello
Head of Stablecoins, Anchorage Digital
Alyssa Ponzo
Product Lead, Decibel by Aptos Labs
Jake Denny
Chief Commercial Officer, Pier Two
Cooper Emmons
Institutional Lead , Injective Foundation
Bryan Bodner
Head of Business & Corporate Development, Pointsville
Anna Wrobleska
Chief Business Officer, Dinari
Andrew Clews
Enterprise Strategy & Governance Lead, The Graph Foundation
Christian Pellegrino
Partner, Head of Digital Assets, Alpha FMC
Redwan Meslem
Executive Director, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Derek Meyer
Technical Advisor, The Graph Foundation
Cody Wood
Deputy General Counsel, World Foundation
David Carlucci
Managing Partner, Carlucci Consulting
Jacob Creech
Head of Developer Relations, Solana Foundation
Annabel Duan
Global Partnerships Head, PublicAI
John Neufeld
Head of Legal & Policy, OpenZeppelin
Lee Schneider
General Counsel, Ava Labs
Simon Goldberg
Web3/Blockchain Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
Mike de Melo
Head of Finance & Strategy, RAAC
Reid Simon
Head of Democratized Prime, Figure
Emilio Rivero Coello
Product, Payments Lead, Aptos
Ben Sherwin
General Counsel, Chainlink Labs
Jason Allegrante
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, Fireblocks
Ricky Vuong
Account Manager, Amazon Web Services
Jarryd Pretorius
Chief Technology Officer, Truf Network & Truflation
Luke Leasure
Senior Research Analyst, Blockworks
Jordan Bregman
Strategic Growth Director, Chainalysis
Rahat Chowdhury
Head of Developer Relations, Move Industries
Tao Wang
Core Contributor, f(x) Protocol
Ian Wallis
Business Development, Linea
Demetrios Skalkotos
Chief DeFi and Protocols Officer, Blockdaemon
Richard Widmann
Head of Crypto Strategy, Google Cloud
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
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
Krzysztof Urbański
Governance & Partnerships Lead, L2BEAT
Arun Chaudhuri
Business Development, B-Harvest
DavideFi
General Manager, LFJ
Johannes Göttsch
Head of Strategy & Business Development, LinkPool and stake.link (SDL)
Zubin Pratap
DevRel Engineering Manager, Chainlink Labs
James Ward
Vice President, Data Science & Economics, Chainlink Labs
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 Labs
Jimmy Haight
Head of Community, Chainlink Labs
Philipp Schindler
Research Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Jordan Kull
Chainlink Community 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
Darby Martinez
Developer Expert (Chainlink), Darbease
Ash Nathan
Strategic Innovations Team, Chainlink
Roman Tirone
Head of Build, Senior Manager, Chainlink
Frank Seibold
Global Head Banking & Cap Markets Sales, Chainlink Labs
Dave Isbitski
Chief DevRel Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Ishan Vishnoi
VP - BCM Product & Operations, Chainlink Labs
Halcyon Price
Head of Derivatives, Chainlink Labs
Richard Gottleber
DevRel Content Manager, Chainlink Labs
Florent Sollier
Product Manager, Chainlink Labs

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Sandra Ro
CEO, GBBC
Sandra is a proponent for ‘human-centric tech’. From investment banking and currency markets to blockchain technology, she is an early angel investor and advocate of cryptocurrencies and digital assets. She currently serves as the CEO of Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the trusted non-profit association for the blockchain, digital assets, and emerging technology community, with more than 500 institutional members, 284 ambassadors, across 124 jurisdictions and disciplines.

In 2023, she was appointed onto the CFTC Commissioner Caroline Pham’s Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC), Digital Asset Market Subcommittee (DAMS) and cochairs the Taxonomy and Tokenization Infrastructure workstreams within the subcommittee. She was previously appointed as the Senate representative of the New York State Digital Currency Task Force, and serves on the Japan Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Trade (METI) blockchain advisory group, the AIFC Fintech Council (Kazakhstan), World Economic Forum’s Digital Currencies Governance Consortium, International Securities Services Association’s DLT & ISO Standards, GI Trust FATF Travel Rule Standards Task Force (South Korea), GBBC’s Global Standards Mapping Initiative, Blockchain for Climate (BxC) Board, Salesforce’s AI Advisory Board, Filecoin Foundation Advisory Board, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator Advisory Council, and several government Convergence AI working groups and councils as well as Board director of several fintech start-ups.

Whilst at CME Group, she headed FX & Metals Research & Product Development and founded a new business unit, Digitization. Sandra and her team created the CME CF Bitcoin pricing index and reference rate, CME Bitcoin Futures, and post trade, clearing and settlement solutions.

Previously, she was a London-based derivatives banker at Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank in the foreign exchange and interest rate markets.

Sandra holds a M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from London Business School, studied Computer Science at Columbia University, School of Continuing Studies and earned a double B.A. degree from Yale University in History (Military) and Studies in the Environment.