Why does Ethereum matter?

Ethereum is the world's leading programmable blockchain. Today it is used to secure billions of dollars of value, powering thousands of smart-contract applications used by people all over the world.

In this special ETHWaterloo event, we bring some of the world's top experts to answer in clear terms: why does Ethereum matter? In a few hours, we'll cover cryptoeconomics, internet money, and decentralized finance.



Featuring speakers & panelists:

- Vitalik Buterin (Inventor, Ethereum)

- Joey Krug (Founder of the Augur prediction market protocol)

- Will Warren (Founder of the 0x exchange protocol)

- Michael Dunworth (Founder & CEO of Wyre, a fiat-to-crypto onramp)

- Marcelo Cortes (Founder of Faire, Creator of Square's Cash App)

- Peter Kieltyka, Founder of Horizon Games

- Dan Elitzer, Founder of MIT Bitcoin Club

- Jonathan Sampson, Sr Dev Evangelist at Brave

- Sean Li, Founder at Fortmatic

- Kartik Talwar, Partner at A.Capital

and more...

Agenda:

- Vitalik Buterin keynote on Cryptoeconomics at 12:00

- Michael Dunworth on Decentralized Finance at 13:00



- Panel with Michael, Marcelo, Will, and Joey at 13:15

- Peter Kieltyka on Web3 at 14:00

- Panel with Kartik, Sean, Peter, Dan, and Jonathan at 14:15

- Networking at 15:00