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.

Sean Chung
Blockchain Partnerships, APAC Lead, Chainlink Labs
Shaz Jaleel
Head of MENA - BD, Chainlink Labs
Zachary Fallon
Global Co-Chair of the Digital Assets & Web3 Practice, Latham & Watkins
NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

Where Worlds Converge.

Joseph Lubin
Founder & CEO, Consensys
Joseph Lubin is co-founder of Ethereum, the founder and CEO of
Consensys and Chairman of SharpLink (Nasdaq: SBET). Since 2014,
Consensys has played a foundational role in Ethereum’s growth, from
pioneering products like MetaMask, Linea and Infura to shaping
protocol development and staking infrastructure.

Born and raised in Toronto, Lubin graduated from Princeton University
with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He
worked in the Princeton Robotics Lab, at tomandandy music
developing an autonomous music composition tool, and at private
research firm Vision Applications Inc. building autonomous mobile
robots.

As a software and AI consultant, Lubin worked with eMagine on the
Identrus project and was involved in the founding and operation of a
hedge fund with a partner. He held positions as Director of the New
York office of Blacksmith Software Consulting, and VP of Technology
in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs. Through these
posts, Joe focused on the intersection of cryptography, engineering,
and finance.

In 2014 he met Vitalik Buterin, a Canadian programmer, writer and
Founder of Ethereum and joined the Ethereum Project as a
co-founder. After the Project was launched, Joe established
Consensys. Since 2014 Joe and the Consensys team have been
working on the foundational software for web3, the next wave of the
internet for a decentralized future.