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
NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

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E. David Burt
Premier of Bermuda, Government of Bermuda
Premier the Hon. E. David Burt, JP, MP, is Bermuda’s 13th and youngest Premier when he was elected to the Government of Bermuda’s highest office at the age of 38.

Premier Burt graduated from Florida Air Academy, where he earned his private pilot’s license as a teenager. He is also an alumnus of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated cum laude and received a Bachelor of Business Administration with a double major in Finance and Information Systems.

Premier Burt was initiated into the Nu Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated in the Spring of 1998. He was awarded the George Washington University Presidential Administrative Fellowship and received his Master of Science in Information Systems Development in 2003. Mr. Burt attained a Project Management Professional certification in 2009.

As an entrepreneur, in 2004, upon returning to Bermuda, Premier Burt started GMD Consulting Limited, an IT consulting company focusing on project management. He served as president from its inception until 2016, when he stepped down upon being appointed leader of the opposition. Premier Burt co-founded HITCH Limited and was the lead developer for the award-winning HITCH Mobile App, enabling Bermuda residents to hail taxis.

As the leader of the Bermuda Progressive Labour Party since 2016, he has led his party to three landslide election victories in 2017, 2020, and 2025.

Since winning his first election and becoming Premier of Bermuda, he has led a Government with a progressive agenda of fairness, opportunity, and innovation. Under his leadership, the Progressive Labour Party Government has implemented transformational reforms that include the establishment of Bermuda’s first-ever statutory minimum wage, decriminalizing cannabis for personal possession, reducing payroll taxes on hardworking Bermudians to the lowest levels in the island’s history, while increasing taxes for high earners.

His Government has taken measures to ensure that Bermudians are supported, including increasing funding for professional development for teachers and scholarships for students, making a record investment in affordable housing, launching a Mortgage Guarantee Programme, reducing down payment and interest costs for first-time homeowners, and increasing seniors’ pensions seven times in line with the rate of inflation.

This has all been done while Premier Burt has worked tirelessly to position Bermuda as a global leader in digital finance and delivered Bermuda’s first budget surplus in over two decades last year.

In the past, Premier Burt has served on the Bermuda Tourism Board, National Training Board, as a Director of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce and has been a Director of the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation.
Premier Burt and his wife Kristin have been married since 2012 and have two beautiful children, Nia and Edward.