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Sid Sanyal was most recently the Head of Engineering at EigenLabs, the creators of the EigenLayer restaking protocol on Ethereum. Sid built the engineering organization from scratch and led all product development and research engineering functions at EigenLabs. Within 15 months, Sid grew the engineering org from 8 to around 30 people, and they shipped 3 testnets and 3 mainnets including EigenLayer and EigenDA.

Sid's career spans leading organizations in the USA, Australia, and Singapore, including top-tier technology companies such as AWS, Facebook, and Protocol Labs. At AWS, he was integral to the EC2 Networking and NoSQL database engineering teams, where he launched the AWS Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) service, the first ledger database product built by AWS. At Facebook, Sid led teams that built the internal developer and data infrastructure tools to implement privacy controls across all products at Facebook.

In addition to his tech industry experience in the US, Sid worked as a technologist & Architect in the financial services industry in Australia and Singapore for major institutions such as ANZ Bank and Barclays.

Sid is dedicated to building engineering organizations that deliver key products to customers and the developer community while maintaining excellent operational health that helps build trust with users. He emphasizes meticulous design, rapid iteration, and a forward-thinking approach to engineering and security strategies.

Sid holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), where he was awarded the Gold Medal for Best Overall Student, and a graduate degree in Software Engineering from Macquarie University, Sydney. Outside of his professional endeavors, he enjoys playing competitive recreational tennis and traveling.

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Stacey-Ann is an engineer by training and a strategic business leader by experience. She is currently the Head of Web3 Business Development at AWS, where she works to scale web3 startups and VCs across Asia-Pacific & Japan.

Previously, she served as VP of BD, Head of Strategy, Product Researcher for metaverse, blockchain, and NFT startups in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Before Web3, Stacey worked in investment banking, fintech and innovation across New York City, New Zealand, Honduras, and Jamaica.

As an interdisciplinary leader, Stacey-Ann has experience building startups, partnerships and global initiatives that solve deep challenges. She utilizes her strengths in creative solutioning and cross-functional collaboration to develop go-to-market strategies. She also contributes to long-term strategy in Web3 through thought-leadership and engaging policy-makers and the startup ecosystem.

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Tiena Sekharan is currently an Insights Partner with EmergentX, a marketplace for Web3 experts among many other things. She’s collaborating with IPI, an Asset Management Education firm to build a course called “Managing Digital Assets”. Till recently, she was heading Business Development for Digital Asset Ecosystems at Onyx Coin Systems by JP Morgan.

Justin d'Anethan is the Head of Business Development (APAC) at Keyrock.

Prior to joining Keyrock, Justin d'Anethan held various leadership positions at prominent organisations including Diginex, where he managed exchanges sales, and Amber Group, where he managed institutional sales. Before that, he opened the crypto derivatives desk at Vantage Capital Markets, a large brokerage firm based in Hong Kong.

Invested in cryptocurrencies since 2015, Justin has been a passionate advocate for the adoption of blockchain technology and digital assets.

He’s also provided market commentary in various publications (Bloomberg, Reuters, Barron’s, Cointelegraph, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, and others.

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- Contrasting Work Cultures: European vs Chinese Companies

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Beatrice is the CEO & General Partner at True Global Ventures (TGV), a global venture capital firm investing in Artificial Intelligence and Web3 equity. TGV prides itself for its early investment in global market leaders like: The Sandbox, Animoca Brands, Forge Global and Ledger. TGV is now deploying in later-stage companies, Series B and beyond, through its Opportunity Fund. Beatrice is a board member and board observer on a number of TGV’s portfolio companies and has been with TGV since 2017.