Hong Kong Web3 Festival Announces Speaker line-up for “Digital Wallets and DID” session
Co-hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and HashKey Group, and organised by W3ME, the Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023 will take place from April 12 to 15.
Hong Kong, April 3, 2023 — Digital wallets are vital infrastructure for building the Web3 world, and decentralised identities (DID) are the primary gateway to that world. The Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023 will host a special session on “Web3 Financial Infrastructure — Digital Wallets and DID” on the afternoon of April 13, which will discuss the present and future developments of digital wallets and DID. This session is jointly organised by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, and HashKey Group, in collaboration with co-organiser imToken.
Experts to share insights covering infrastructure and UX/UI
The confirmed guest speakers for this session are as follows:
(Listed in the order of speakers’ keynote speeches)
· Ben HE, CEO of imToken
· Lianfeng ZHANG, Chief Security Officer of SlowMist Technology
· Zhen, CEO of Web3Auth
· Cipher, Researcher at Nervos Foundation
· Kai, Chief Architect of imToken
· Baron, Chief Scientist at ZKP Lab
· Tim Yeoh, Founder and CEO of .bit
· Xiang XIE, Co-founder of PADO Labs/Cryptographer
Global project leaders and technical experts will share their in-depth insights from the perspectives of digital wallets, DID infrastructure, security technology, application construction, and user experience. They will delve into the current problems and solutions of the field.
Future prospects and insights
Can digital wallets achieve both security and convenience? To address this key issue, Juno, Managing Director of SevenX Ventures (moderator), together with Ben HE, CEO of imToken, Zhen, CEO of Web3Auth, Cipher, Researcher at Nervos Foundation, Lianfeng ZHANG, Chief Security Officer of SlowMist, and the CEO of UniPass, will engage in an insightful discussion to explore the latest solutions for building a better Web3 world.
In addition, Feng CHI, Founding Partner of SevenX Ventures (moderator), Wendy, HashKey DID PMO, Liu Yisi, Co-founder and CTO of Mask Network/Next.ID sponsor, James WEN, Co-founder and CEO of Dmail Network, Xiaozhang, Founder of zCloak Network, and Leal Cheung, Co-founder of zkMe, will discuss on the topic of “Challenges and Opportunities for Future DID”, exploring the infinite potential of the future of DID.
Below is the agenda for the “Web3 Financial Infrastructure: Digital Wallets and DID” session.
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Contact the Organiser: w3@blockchain.org
About the Web3 Festival
The inaugural Hong Kong Web3 Festival (12–15 April) is a virtual asset-focused conference co-hosted by the HashKey Group and Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and organised by W3ME at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event will draw more than 10,000 offline attendees and will also feature over 100 crypto projects as exhibitors and 300 distinguished industry leaders, venture capitalists and senior executives from finance institutions as speakers. The Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2023 will be held in sync with the Hong Kong International Innovation and Technology Exhibition (InnoEX), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). Together, this series of events are branded as the Business Week of Innovation and Technology (BitWeek) hosted by HKTDC.
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About Wanxiang Blockchain Labs
Funded by China Wanxiang Holdings in Sep.2015, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs is a non-profit research institution with Vitalik Buterin, Founder of Ethereum as its Chief Scientist. Aiming to accelerate socioeconomic development with blockchain technologies, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs has been gathering global experts together to research such topics as blockchain technology R&D, commercial application, industrial strategies, etc. and providing practical instructions for startups and useful references for policy makers.
About HashKey Group
HashKey Group is an end-to-end virtual asset financial services group in Asia. The Group provides a complete ecosystem across the entire virtual asset landscape, ranging from trading, custody, venture investment, technologies to Web3 infrastructure. HashKey’s senior team has decades of investment and trading experience and deep market insights gained from tier-one banks, regulators and FinTech ventures. By bringing together the most advanced blockchain research and development and technologies, HashKey identifies potential opportunities and delivers end-to-end solutions that operate within regulatory frameworks with the highest compliance standards. The Group has operations in Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan, and extensive partnerships with FinTech and blockchain solutions providers, academic institutions and associations.
