- 4th Next Block Expo welcomes all founders, investors, and all Web3 enthusiasts
- The date is May 15-16th, and the place is Multikino Złote Tarasy in Warsaw
- The event is the central part of the Polish Blockchain Week
- The Expo will be complemented with master classes and talks at the Developer Stage and a web3 startup pitching competition
On May 15-16, the Polish capital will host the fourth edition of Next Block Expo (NBX) – Europe’s nomadic Blockchain Festival. This year’s NBX Warsaw has grown a whole new event around it – Polish Blockchain Week.
Poland’s reputation as a home to highly skilled developers inevitably draws the attention of global tech – including crypto/blockchain – brands. Striving to highlight Poland’s highly attractive potential to become a major crypto hub, the organizers prepared numerous active projects and communities that will be showcased during side events throughout Polish Blockchain Week. Thousands of Web3 enthusiasts will enjoy a whole week of conferences, meetups, workshops, and parties curated by dynamic communities and projects, making Warsaw into a real epicenter of crypto.
Speakers and Agenda
Next Block Expo Warsaw 2024 is Polish Blockchain Week’s honorary centerpiece, located in Warsaw’s Multikino Złote Tarasy. As a developer-focused event, it introduces a specialized developer stage prepared in collaboration with Degen House. To hold the most insightful workshops and talks, the organizers have managed to put together an impressive list of industry leaders, including:
- Alex Andriunin, Founder and CEO at Gotbit Hedge Fund
- Michal Bartczak, CEO and Co-Founder at metapro
- Aleksander Borowski, General Manager EMEA at Coinchange.io
- Paweł Chrobok, Business Developer at MintDAO
- Tomasz Cichocki, Founder and CEO at Revived Overworld
- Michał Dąbrowski, CEO and Co-Founder at Elympics
- Dr Konstantin Druker, Lead Sports Business & Web3@Sport at PwC Deutschland
- Sandra Grabowiec, Growth Manager at Cogito
- Laura K. Inamedinova, Founder and CEO at LKI Consulting
- Lana Ivina, Exploration Developer at StarkWare
- Katarzyna Jakubowska, Founder and CEO at Hi World!
- Gareth Jenkinson, Journalist at Cointelegraph
- Jonas Jünger, Regional Manager at Binance
- Tom Kopera, Co-Founder at Next Block Expo
- Chris Koronowski, Founder at Web3 Doers
- Tom Kowalczyk, CTO at GameSwift
- João Leite, Head of Business Development at Polkastarter
- Ulrike Lierow-Schad, Managing Director at Berlin CV Labs
- Tom Peplowski, Founder and CEO at The Hypera Group
- Vesna Petresin, Founder at CoralleUnlimited
- Marina Petrichenko, Founder of Crypto Marina Marketing
- Denis Petrovcic, CEO at Blocksquare
- Oleh Prots, Co-Founder of Memeverse.art
- Daniel Rood, Head of Startups EMEA at Google
- Svetlana Sailer, Institutional Relations and Solution Manager EMEA at Kraken
- Irena Satkeova, Founding Member at Beast DAO
- Jan Sell, Managing Directors at Coinbase Germany
- Yat Siu, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Animoca Brands Limited
- Nick Spanos, Founder of Bitcoin Center NYC
- Glib Udovychenko, Founder and CEO at Whitepay
- Slawek Zawadzki, Co-Founder and Executive Director at Kanga
- Dr Florian Zawodsky, Senior Manager at Ernst & Young
- and many more. Check out the full list here.
- if you feel like contributing to the lineup, you are welcome to apply as a speaker here.
Some of the highlighted theme tracks include:
- newest DeFi trends
- Web3 and metaverse marketing strategies
- scaling blockchain adoption
- blockchain gaming
- NFT use cases in the Metaverse
- Fundraising and investing in the cryptocurrency and NFT markets
Next Block Expo Warszaw 2024 will organize a special stage for all Web3 startups that want to pitch their projects to investors. 20 slots are available. A jury of investors will pick the top startups who will get an opportunity to pitch at NBX live in Berlin. You are welcome to apply here.
In a Nutshell
- Where: Multikino Złote Tarasy, Warsaw, Poland
- When: May 15-16, 2024
- More information on the event’s website
- Tickets cost USD 63 – 899, available here. The promo code ITKEYMEDIA10 gives you a 10% discount.
- For additional inquiries: [email protected]
Kostiantyn is a freelance writer from Crimea but based in Lviv. He loves writing about IT and high tech because those topics are always upbeat and he’s an inherent optimist!
