Dunamu has officially revealed the global speaker lineup for the ‘Upbit D Conference (UDC) 2024,’ which will take place at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul on November 14. The theme for UDC 2024 is “Blockchain: Powering Real World Change,” focusing on the impact of blockchain on the real-world economy from various perspectives.
This year’s event will analyze the changes driven by blockchain, including the activation of Real World Assets (RWA) and the approval of Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs, through lenses such as trends, finance, policy, technology, and culture.
The initial speaker lineup for UDC 2024 features major figures in the blockchain field. Notably, Keith Yeo, Director of Kaiko, will lead a deep discussion on the use cases of ETFs and RWAs in the global market. In the finance and business session, Jonny Fry of ClearBank and Ebi Tunes of DBS Bank will share how traditional financial institutions are utilizing blockchain.
In the content and culture session, Sasha Loworld, an executive advisor at Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH), will present case studies on managing product histories in the luxury goods industry, while Luca Schnetzler, CEO of Pudgy Penguins, will discuss the current state and vision of the NFT industry. In the industry and technology session, Muriel Médard, Professor of Software Engineering at MIT, IoTeX CEO Raullen Chai, and Cyber CEO Wilson Wei will discuss emerging trends in decentralized technology.
Particularly in the trends session, global blockchain projects such as Mantle, Taiko, and Gravity will explore topics like rollups, scalability, and infrastructure. In the global policy session, Jason Somensatto, former fintech and policy advisor at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Dimitris Sarakis, former expert at the European Parliament, and Clara Choo, head of fintech at the Hong Kong Futures Commission, will discuss the current state of global policies.
Online participants of UDC 2024 can register for free and will be able to watch the live broadcast and interact with the speakers in real time.
