Web3 Futures

What are the barriers and challenges to Web3 adoption? In this event series, a partnership between w3.fund and JUST Open Source Stiftung, we invite Web3 players from across Berlin to discuss how we reach a Web3 Future.

April  25, 2024

Innovating in Web3: What are Web3’s current R&D needs and what obstacles block Web3 evolution?

May  22, 2024

Fueling Emerging Technologies: What role do institutions play in building digital futures?

From universal basic income to building revolutionary new chain infrastructure, Berlin is filled with blockchain projects. There's money pouring into the space for new technical projects. There are new initiatives popping up left and right. Yet, adoption and understanding is still niche at best. In this panel we'll discuss what's missing from the equation and what research and development needs actually exist for
the community?

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Innovation doesn't just happen. It takes an institutional mindset that facilitates new business creation, IP ownership, and talent acquisition. Berlin, with its thriving blockchain ecosystem, is doing something right. The question is: what can we teach teach the rest of the world? In this panel, we bring three of Berlin's biggest institutions (IHK, Berlin Senate, and Berlin Partner) together to discuss what role institutions play in building the future of the decentralized web - a mission that is famously anti-institution?

Our Panelists:
- Anna Borodenko, IHK Coordinator for Digitalization, IT Security and AI  
- Norbert Herrmann, Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises, Head of Startup Affairs
- Jakob Zwiers, Berlin Partner, Project Manager Innovation | Information and Communication Technology | Blockchain & IT-Security

Sound exciting? Registration opens soon.

April  25, 2024

Innovating in Web3: What are Web3’s current R&D needs and what obstacles block Web3 evolution?

From universal basic income to building revolutionary new chain infrastructure, Berlin is filled with blockchain projects. There's money pouring into the space for new technical projects. There are new initiatives popping up left and right. Yet, adoption and understanding is still niche at best. In this panel we'll discuss what's missing from the equation and what research and development needs actually exist for the community?

Our Panelists:
- ​Christine Mohan, Algorand Foundation​
- Marton Csernai, Research Scientist | Ex-Head of Research at KILT Protocol​
- Philip Raschke, TU Berlin & BRAINS Conference​
- Jonathan Heiß, TU Berlin & BRAINS Conference
- Moderated by: Vicky Klich, w3.fund

Sound exciting? Register for the talk here

May  22, 2024

Fueling Emerging Technologies: What role do institutions play in building digital futures?

Innovation doesn't just happen. It takes an institutional mindset that facilitates new business creation, IP ownership, and talent acquisition. Berlin, with its thriving blockchain ecosystem, is doing something right. The question is: what can we teach teach the rest of the world? In this panel, we bring three of Berlin's biggest institutions (IHK, Berlin Senate, and Berlin Partner) together to discuss what role institutions play in building the future of the decentralized web - a mission that is famously anti-institution?

Our Panelists:
- Anna Borodenko, IHK Coordinator for Digitalization, IT Security and AI  
- Norbert Herrmann, Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises, Head of Startup Affairs
- Jakob Zwiers, Berlin Partner, Project Manager Innovation | Information and Communication Technology | Blockchain & IT-Security

Sound exciting? Registration opens soon.

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