NFT.NYC 2024 Round 2 Speaker Announcement

Written by NFT.NYC | Nov 8, 2023 4:19:49 PM

Today we are announcing our Round 2 Approved Speakers who will take the stage to share their knowledge and experience at NFT.NYC 2024 (Times Square and Hudson Yards, April 3-5).

Tracks will be announced over multiple days. Monitor our Socials to see new Speakers as they are announced.

NFT.NYC has become known for giving the Community a voice. This year we have 8 Tracks for attendees to choose from covering a wide range of topics. Whether you are interested in the impact of AI or you want to learn how your favorite Brands are using NFTs to benefit you. There is truly a talk for everyone at NFT.NYC 2024.

Join us in April as our Speakers both old and new cover everything you want to know about NFTs:

AI
Art
Brands
Community
Entertianment
Future
Gaming
Legal

Here are a few Speakers across different tracks we know you won't want to miss!

Art Track

Jean Arnaud (Arno)

Founder - Nova

Jean Arnaud, also known as Arno, is the founder of Nova, a company specializing in AI and immersive technologies. He's a speaker at events like SXSW and Harvard University, where he shares insights into the transformative potential of AI and immersive tech. Arno is a writer with a collection of poetry titled 'Trophies,' philosophical aphorisms in 'Soliloquies,' and a philosophical tale set to be released in 2024, titled 'Ostanes: Thus Dreamed the Poet.' His digital art has been exhibited at the NFT Factory in Paris, showcasing his seamless fusion of technology and art.

"AI and immersive technologies open a new era of synesthetic and palimpsestic art—a totality of endless possibilities. This marks the end of modern art and heralds the time for a New Renaissance. Are you ready to shape the future?"

Brands Track

Karen Jouve

CEO/Co-founder - Doors Consulting Group

After starting her career in digital transformation consulting, Karen Jouve co-founded Doors Consulting Group as the first Web3 global partner for brands and organizations composed of : Doors3, an independant consulting firm specialized in Web3, Doors Sport, a Web3 agency dedicated to sport, Dive a creative studio and Metaverse/gaming hub of builders, Doors Lab a tech lab dedicated to POC, MVP, blockchain and cyber infrastructure. She assists leading players in their sector from strategic thinking to the implementation of their crypto, NFT and Metaverse projects. Passionate about technology and its use cases, she is also a speaker at many events, an editor for specialized and mainstream media, and teaches at many renowned institutions.

"The potential of dynamic NFTs can metamorphose the landscape of brand engagement and consumer experiences in the digital space to bring yet more value to the consumers."

Community Track

Gauthier

CEO & Founder - NFT18

Gauthier Zuppinger is the Co-Founder and COO of NonFungible.com. He previously worked as the Manager Conseil - Transformation Digitale at ASI and CEO and Founder at UFeel. Gauthier attended the School of Mines of Alès and CELSA Paris-Sorbonne.

An international speaker for several years, Gauthier is recognized in the industry as one of the thought leaders in terms of trend analysis.
He has been focused on providing transparency to the NFT markets since his first steps in the industry.

"Greed and promises of instant profit almost killed the entire NFT industry. How to build an ecosystem in a healthy way?"

Entertainment Track

Pan Lorattawut

CEO - VUCA Digital

Pan Lorattawut is the CEO of VUCA Digital, the company behind CROWN Token Project which is an affiliated company of T&B Media Global. CROWN works to give fans a say in the creative direction of animated films and more, through the sale of its tokens. It’s also part of a bigger movement to use blockchain to reimagine IP and the entertainment industry.

Pan joined T&B Media Global in 2019 as Chief Business Development Officer and now oversees T&B’s investments, fintech, digital assets, strategy, and business development. Prior to VUCA Digital, she was Senior Vice President at Meketa Investment Group, a full-service investment consulting and advisory firm with $1.4 trillion-plus in assets under advisement in the US. She has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry.

"NFTs are poised to redefine the entertainment industry, bring real-world solutions to its existential issues, and bring long-tail engagement into the mix."

Future Track

Ms. NFTy

Founder/CEO - LearnVille

Ms. NFTy - /'nifte/ particularly skillful & effective in Web3.
I am a Web3 Architect & Educator focused on social impact.

Carrie "Ms. NFTy" Lyn, Architects purposeful Web3 projects, to make a generational impact. She applies technology to bridge Web2 & Web3 organizations for innovative solutions to real world issues. She educates political organizations on how to better apply blockchain to serve the people.

Currently building LearnVille, a Learn to Earn App for High School Students and a College/University.

Associations & Clients: LAUSD; The Ladies of BAYC; ApeCoin DAO WG0; Magic E. Johnson, Beauty Blender; Anuel AA, advisor to California Senator Bob Hertzberg, a pioneer in pushing policy pertaining to blockchain and Congresswoman Maxine Waters.

"Through blockchain we are able to modernize the way we educate and incentivize youth to not only attend school, take core life skills courses and earn points to cash in for digital gift cards issued as NFTs along with soul bound NFT certifications of completion."

Gaming Track

Alun Evans

CEO - Freeverse

Alun is CEO and co-founder of Freeverse.io - the home of Living Assets. Alun has over 15 years' experience in the tech industry for entertainment, and has a strong passion for building teams with a strong collaborative culture, that are focused on creating products that solve genuine problems. He was previously CEO of Shar3d.io, CTO of Bodypal.com, and Director of Barcelona World Race - THE GAME. Alun has a Ph.D. in Medical Physics from University College London.

"By allowing any game to permissionlessly make a 'claim' of an asset in order to interpret its data, we open up the possibility of NFTs to become fully interoperable, and potentially unlock the full potential of NFTs in games.

Legal Track

Keith Miller

Partner - Perkins Coie

An accomplished and passionate securities enforcement and white-collar criminal defense lawyer, Keith Miller is recognized for his successful advocacy for his clients in a wide variety of federal and state forums across the country, particularly in the area of cryptocurrency and securities litigation. A former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement lawyer, Keith represents clients in high-stakes civil litigation and criminal and regulatory investigation matters, including those involving the SEC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and state authorities.

"Disgorgement should not be used as an additional penalty by the SEC to punish wrongdoers where no victims have been harmed. The Courts are sending a clear message to the SEC: cease the practice of piling on.."

NFTs and AI Track

Sandy Carter

COO of Unstoppable Domains

Sandy Carter is Chief Operating Officer and Head of Business Development at Unstoppable Domains, a platform for user-owned digital identity. As COO, she is responsible for driving growth and developing business strategies in pursuit of the company’s mission to provide user-owned identity for the world. She also drives partnerships and integrations for Web3 and the Metaverse. Prior to Unstoppable, Sandy was a VP at AWS where she created and grew businesses in emerging tech, leveraging AI, blockchain, and AR/VR. Before that, she was a General Manager at IBM and a Silicon Valley start-up founder.

"Web3 Digital Identities Put to Work in the Future of Employment Credentials"

Round 2 Speakers

View all approved NFT.NYC 2024 Round 2 Speakers at NFT.NYC/Speakers