Speakers
Introducing the UDC 2025 speakers
*In alphabetical order

Niki Ariyasinghe
Chainlink Labs・Head of Business Development, Asia-Pacific and Middle East

Tiago Assumpcao
Crypto ISAC・Technical Director

Paul Bances
Paxos・Head of Global Enterprise Growth

Kevin Batteh
Delta Strategy Group・Partner

Ido Ben-Natan
Blockaid・CEO & Co-Founder

Will Cai
Kaiko・Global Head of Indices

Dongseon Chang
Future Exploration Community・CEO

Eric Chen
Injective Foundation・CEO

Heewon Chung
Jeonbuk National University・Assistant Professor

Steve Chung
Azuki・COO

Gene Fang
Moody's Ratings・Associate Managing Director, Sovereign & Sub-sovereign Ratings Group

Amir Forouzani
Puffer・CEO & Co-Founder

Derik Han
Mysten Labs・Head of Asia-Pacific

Pär Helgosson
Paris Saint-Germain・Head of PSG Labs

Adam Jin
Solana Foundation・Advisor

Tommy Jung
Dunamu・CISO

Yuki Kamimoto
N.Avenue (CoinDesk JAPAN)・CEO

Peter Kerstens
European Commission・Advisor

Keith Kim
Nexpace・COO

Justin Kim
UPSide Academy's second batch・Majoring in Computer Science at Korea University (student)

Ran Ko
ALGORAN・CEO

Lucian Lee
UPSide Academy's second batch・Cyber Security Research Center at the National Police University

Pierre Le Guen
NEAR AI・Head of Engineering

Jason Li
Solayer・Co-Founder & Head of Engineering

Alice Liu
CoinMarketCap・Head of Research

Elsa Madrolle
VerifyVASP・General Manager

Pranav Maheshwari
The Graph・Director of Integrations

Patrick McHenry
Former) The House Financial Services Committee・Chair (2023-2025)

Kihoon Nam
Lambda256・CTO

Steve Nam
Ethereum Foundation・Policy & EcoDev

Brian Park
Theori CEO・ChainLight CEO

Sandy Peng
Scroll・Co-Founder

Deepa Raja Carbon
Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)・Managing Director & Vice Chairperson

Sandra Ro
GBBC・CEO

Gal Sagie
Hypernative・CEO & Co-Founder

Jensen Yap
Flipside Crypto・Senior Data Engineer

Jongwon Yoon
Korea Development Institute(KDI)・Visiting Senior Fellow

Chris Zhu
Sonic SVM・CEO
* Due to the personal circumstances of the speaker, the lineup may change.
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