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forge i ETHDubai/v3
Installing the reference 
Middle East ETH Dev Conf
Organized by passionate
local builders
Gathering builders,
founders & educators.
Focus on L2s, experiments,
privacy, AA, DAO, UX &+
Both experts & novice 
welcome! 
With Hackathon, talks,
workshops, Pitch Demo Day
and parties! πŸŽ‰
Questions? Join the
community on Telegram!
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Some of our confirmed Speakers

Guillaume Ballet
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Guillaume Ballet

Ethereum core dev at the Ethereum Foundation.

Sina Mahmoodi
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Sina Mahmoodi

Ethereum core dev at the Ethereum Foundation working on go-ethereum

Sergey Nazarov
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Sergey Nazarov

Co-founder of @Chainlink

Lukas Schor
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Lukas Schor

Co-founder, Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe)

Max Resnick
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Max Resnick

Head of Research at Special Mechanisms Group

Solange Gueiros
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Solange Gueiros

Blockchain developer & advocate @ Chainlink

Guy Young
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Guy Young

Founder Ethena Labs

Mike Silagadze
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Mike Silagadze

CEO at ether.fi

Nader Dabit
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Nader Dabit

Director of DevRel @eigen_labs // founder @developer_dao

Nick White
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Nick White

COO, Celestia Labs

Nina Rong
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Nina Rong

Leading the ecosystem growth of Arbitrum in the APAC region

0xmikko.eth
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0xmikko.eth

CTO & Inventor of the Gearbox Protocol

Sarang Parikh
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Sarang Parikh

advisor @SushiSwap, problem solver, solidity hacker extraordinaire

Alex Vinyas
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Alex Vinyas

Product Marketing Manager at CoW Swap

Igor Barinov
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Igor Barinov

Igor is the founder of Blockscout.

Eric Bishard
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Eric Bishard

DevRel @MetaMask

Luis Schliesske
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Luis Schliesske

Co-founder and Legendary Member of Gelato Network and zkRaaS.

Akshat
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Akshat

Akshat is a TPM at QuillAudits, where he manages QuillAI.

Filipe
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Filipe

Founder @TagusLabs | Co-Founder @DavosProtocol

Valentin Quelquejay
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Valentin Quelquejay

Security Researcher @ Consensys Diligence

Vanshika Srivastava
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Vanshika Srivastava

Developer Relations Manager @ Gnosis

Pedro Gomes
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Pedro Gomes

Founder @ WalletConnect

Henry Bubert
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Henry Bubert

Lead Software Engineer @ Mass Labs

Xiao Wu(Ling)
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Xiao Wu(Ling)

Builder@Matrix Universe@ChainIDE @ ETH Shanghai

Mudit Gupta
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Mudit Gupta

CISO @0xPolygon. Tech Partner Delta Blockchain Fund. Security Researcher. Ethereum & Web3 dev. SushiSwap advisor.

Camila Ramos
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Camila Ramos

Lead developer evangelist at Berachain

Abril Zucchi
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Abril Zucchi

Developer Relations Engineer at Morph

Dave Rodman
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Dave Rodman

Lawyer, Not Yours | Degen| Investor

Ben Lakoff
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Ben Lakoff

General Partner at Bankless Ventures.

Momir Amidzic
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Momir Amidzic

Senior Director of IOSG Ventures

Jose Paul
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Jose Paul

PM@QuillAudits | BUIDLing QuillShield&QuillCheck

Toghrul Maharramov
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Toghrul Maharramov

rollup sorcerer at Scroll

Marcos  Maceo
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Marcos Maceo

DevOps at @NethermindEth

Farhaan Ali
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Farhaan Ali

Technical Lead @ Maple Finance

Josh Guha
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Josh Guha

Lead Frontend Engineer at Gyroscope

Josef Gattermayer
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Josef Gattermayer

Co-founder and CEO at Ackee Blockchain Security

Georges Chouchani
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Georges Chouchani

Founder and CEO @ Athena Consulting

Keone Hon
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Keone Hon

Cofounder at Monad

Alexander Seleznev
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Alexander Seleznev

CEO of Pessimistic Security

Sergej Kunz
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Sergej Kunz

Co-Founder of @1inch Network

Omar Zaki
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Omar Zaki

Founder & Research Director​ at Composable

Steffen Kux
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Steffen Kux

Steffen is CEO dm3, the web3 messaging protocol.

Kenny White
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Kenny White

Founder of Shell Protocol

Gajesh Naik
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Gajesh Naik

core eng @eigenlayer @eigen_labs / angel investor

Julia Zhou
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Julia Zhou

CCO @Alphalab Capital

Sam Jain
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Sam Jain

CEO at Intract

Palina Tolmach
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Palina Tolmach

Tech Lead @ Runtime Verification

You

You?

Expect many more speakers announcements. Want to be on the lineup? Submit a talk to our Call for Paper

Some of our 2023 Speakers

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Previous Edition in Numbers

Rewarded in hackathon

$85,500

Helping improving the growth of the Web3 ecosystem

Participants

+1600

+40% from past edition

Hackers

+393

+150% from past edition

Social Media Following

+8612

and +30k views on Youtube

What People Said

Tickets

As in our previous edition, all tickets come with hackathon included, you can also participate remotely to the hackathon. Just register here.

These are our regular tickets, our next round will get a 35% increase in price by April 1st or once regular are sold out.

Get notified about any new announcement here.

Regular Tickets

  • Two-day conference + workshops ($250 +15% tax)

    • - Full Access to Conference, Workshops, Exhibitions and Food area (April 20-21st)
    • - Access to in-person VC Speed Dating as founder (April 21st) and Demo Day (April 20th)
    • - Includes breakfast, lunch, many coffee breaks and a hackspace for the hackathon on April 20th and 21st
  • Two-day conference + workshops + Exclusive Networking Party ($400 +15% tax)

    • - Full Access to Conference, Workshops, Exhibitions and Food area (April 20-21st)
    • - Access to in-person VC Speed Dating as founder (April 21st) and Demo Day (April 20th)
    • - Access to Exclusive Networking Party on April 20th
    • - Includes breakfast, lunch, many coffee breaks and a hackspace for the hackathon on April 20th and 21st
  • VC Full Pass + Two-day conference + workshops ($600 +15% tax)

    • - Full Access to Conference, Workshops, Exhibitions and Food area (April 20-21st)
    • - Access to our VC app to book meetings with founders and builders in our private Speed Dating VC area on April 21st and Demo Day Pitching attending on April 20th
    • - Your VC firm logo will be displayed on the website and at the venue (if purchased before April 10th)
    • - Access to the workshop on intro to Web3 for investors and non-technical people on April 20th
    • - Includes breakfast, lunch, many coffee breaks, exclusive VC lounge and a hackspace for the hackathon on April 20th and 21st
  • VC Full Pass + Two-day conference + workshops + networking party ($1200 +15% tax)

    • - Full Access to Conference, Workshops, Exhibitions and Food area (April 20-21st)
    • - Access to Exclusive Networking Party on April 20th
    • - Access to our VC app to book meetings with founders and builders in our private Speed Dating VC area on April 21st and Demo Day Pitching attending on April 20th
    • - Your VC firm logo will be displayed on the website and at the venue (if purchased before April 10th)
    • - Access to the workshop on intro to Web3 for investors and non-technical people on April 20th
    • - Includes breakfast, lunch, many coffee breaks, exclusive VC lounge and a hackspace for the hackathon on April 20th and 21st
  • Total (with 5% VAT + 10% municipality fee): $0

Location

Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre - Airport Rd - Garhoud - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Le Meridien Conference Centre provides a wide space ideal for networking, learning, exhibition and entertainment. The 5-star hotel include many swimming pools, bars and restaurants.

Schedule

April 20, all in-person: workshops, talks, hackathon, pitch day and exhibitions

April 21, all in-person: talks, panels, VC speed dating and exhibitions

DayHourActivity
April 20-21all dayHackathon (starts online on April 19th and in-person at venue on April 20-21)
April 208:30am - 9:30amCheckin and Breakfast
April 209:30am - 12:30pmMorning Workshops and Talk Sessions
April 2012:30pm - 1:30pmLunch
April 2010:00am - 4:30pmDemo Day Pitching
April 202:00pm - 4:30pmAfternoon Workshops Sessions
April 218:30am - 10:00amCheckin and Breakfast
April 2110:00am - 12:30pmMorning Talks Sessions and Workshops
April 2110:00am - 6:30pmVC Speed Dating
April 2112:30pm - 2pmLunch
April 212pm - 7:30pmAfternoon Talks Sessions
April 16-222pm - 00:30amSide Events

Our Workshops

Demo Day Pitching and VC Speed Dating

We know how hard it is to get funding for builders and how exhausting scouting projects can be for investors in this bear market. This is why we will offer founders and builders at the conference a unique opportunity to present 5 minutes in front of a VC audience during our Pitch Day on the 20th of April. On the 21st, you will talk face to face with VCs that selected you using our custom booking app.

Pitch Day

  • Founders:
    • You get 5 minutes to pitch and
    • demo your project in front of a VC audience
  • VCs:
    • Sit down and relax while listening to founders pitching.
    • Book your favorite founders for a meeting using our app.
  • Schedule: April 20th, 10:00am-4:30pm
  • Includes breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks

VC Speed Dating

  • Founders and VCs:
    • - you get 5-10 minutes to talk face to face
    • - VCs only meet with pre-booked founders of interest
    • - zero commission: any deal that happens at ETHDubai is yours and goes 100% to founders, no middle man.
  • Schedule: April 21st, 10:00am-6:30pm
  • Includes breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks

We will send you a link to register your startup as a founder once you get a ticket.

If you do not have a ticket yet, here is how to register : if you are a founder, get any ticket, if you are a VC, get a VC pass.

Check our VC partners so far.

Sponsors

Our Past Sponsors

Want to sponsor the 2024 edition?