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Paul Gadi
OPGames, Canada
Talk: Web 3 Gaming: What it is and Why it Matters
Paul has been in the gaming industry for the better part of two decades, and has always been interested in the intersection of game design and new tech. He is CTO / Co-founder of OPGames, an open-source game platform company building tools to help game developers navigate this new landscape called web3. Paul is also the co-founder of Altitude Games, a mobile and blockchain gaming company based in the Philippines. He currently leads the KERNEL Gaming Guild, a community of the most talented individuals in the blockchain space. He has been writing and coding on web3 since 2017, and most of his work can be found online at polats.com.

Nazar Hussain
ChainSafe Systems, Germany
Talk: Web3.js - Past, Present & Future
I am around the industry for quite a long time having experience spanning over multiple decades. Started coding with the procedural programming approach in Basic and C. Then witness the rise of Object Oriented paradigm and spent years developing in ActionScript and C# and Java and later Ruby and Javascript. Was part of the e-commerce boom and developed hundreds of web portals in PHP, ASP, .NET. The MVC era revolutionized the industry and I contributed through Yii, Zend, CI, CakePHP, Kohana, and later RoR. And now very enthusiastic about the rebirth of functional programming.

Russell Fustino
Algorand, USA
Talk: Build Blockchain dApps using JavaScript
Russ Fustino is a Developer Advocate on Blockchain for Algorand helping developers learn how to build Blockchain solutions. Russ is a Microsoft MVP reconnect in App Development and a former Developer Evangelist for Microsoft. Fustino has a passion for conveying relevant, current, and future software development technologies and tools. He shares that knowledge via live seminars, teachings, and internet video productions. Russ has enlightened, entertained and educated over one million developers over the course of his career. He is a recipient of the INETA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Rahat Chowdhury
Polygon, USA
Talk: How to Build UI's for Smart Contracts, A Frontend Developer’s Guide to Web3
Rahat is a hip hop artist turned web developer, indie hacker, and web3 enthusiast. Rahat's passions include advocating for mental health in tech, music, gaming, and mentoring new developers especially in the web3 space.

Jonathan Sheely
Decentology, United States, Lancaster PA
Talk: Reacting to Web3
Architect and full stack developer, jack of all Typescript, Web3, .NET Core, Flutter, Kubernetes, Dev Ops, Networking, Monitoring, Analytics, Databases, APIs and all the things! Specializing in web3 content management and developer experiences.

Shain Dholakiya
Decentology, USA
Talk: Build Web3 apps with Javascript, Build Web3 apps with React
Shain is a Developer Advocate at Decentology, where he teaches about topics in Web3 and how to build in Web3. He previously worked at NASA, The Boring Company, Microsoft, and Amazon, focusing mainly on web and mobile development. Shain spends most of his time building side projects, engaging with the Web3 community, playing poker, and working out!

Rafaela Azevedo
HMRC, UK
Talk: E2E Tests for Web3 Applications
SC Cleared Full Stack SDET with +15 years of Experience in QA, +13 years of Experience in Test Automation, and +8 years in Leadership, Delivering, and Releasing Software on different platforms (Mobile, Desktop, Web). Raised and born in Brazil with Portuguese grandparents moved to London in 2014 and now works as an independent contractor.
Became a STEM Ambassador and a STEM Women Member in 2020 making an impact and bringing more people to the STEM area. Contributes to TestProject and instructor of Test Automation University (Contract Tests with Pact and Introduction to Blockchain Testing) alongside a tech blog created in 2011 which is a collection of learnings and past experiences.