Blockchain World Abu Dhabi, featuring The Global Distributed Cloud Storage Summit (DCS 2021) and Helicon Studio, will take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Center from December 15-17. 

In a series of events and discussions featuring keynote speeches, TedTalk-style presentations, short-form presentations, and on-stage discussions, the summit aims to engage its audience of 20,000+ invitees from 2,000 global enterprises in current topics influencing this rapidly growing digital space.

Speakers will include Oscar Clark, Chief of Curiosity at Fundamentally Games, bringing games to life and enjoying a fireside chat with Jason Brink, President of Blockchain and Gala Games. Topics will include “Networking and Authentic Leadership” (with Isaac Serwanga, inspirational speaker and author) and “The Matrix vs The Metaverse” (with Vesa, digital artist  and speaker). 

Panel discussions will cover real-world application of blockchain technology such as:

• Conscious Cities with Niko De Jonghe, President of Blockchain Valley; Yael Tamar, Co-CEO and Founder of SolidBlock; Rico Pang, Co-Founder and Global CEO of Sanctum Global Ventures; Daven Michaels, Executive Chairman of CurrentC Power; Dereck Hoogenkamp, CEO & Founding Partner of Sanctum Assets.
• NFTs with Crypto Sheikhs Anas Bhurtun and Danosch Zahedi; Giuseppe Moscatello, Cultural Producer and Founder of Evolve DXB; Kristel Bechara, NFT artist.
• The Technology of Trust and A Governed Future with Gustavo Montero, Principal at GAM Advisory LLC; Jorge Sebastiao, technology thought-leader and influencer; Kirill Mishanin, Co-Founder of Infodriver Capital; Dr. Jane Thomason, Co-Founder of British Blockchain and Frontier Tech Association.

Adam Geri, Head of the DCS Organizing Committee, said in a statement, “Interest in the blockchain space has been growing rapidly for startups, entrepreneurs, and legacy organizations. However, for governments and large multinationals, the situation is more challenging, hence the importance of DCS. Such events are the ideal platforms to launch discussions on ways to stir these organizations into action by identifying specific opportunities and the technical, organizational, cultural, and talent changes necessary to realize new benefits.”

“Abu Dhabi is on the forefront of international cities that realize the future of blockchain and digital currencies. With DCS, we are taking the discussions to a more global level with a live and on-demand format targeting 100 million online followers and 50 million+ online visitors to the event”, he added.

The core focus of this event ranges from enterprise and government adoption of blockchain to its diversity and social impact in a fast-changing world. The discussions will also focus on how Abu Dhabi can build a multi-billion-dollar blockchain economy or what is poised to become the new digital oil of the Middle East. 

The Helicon Studio will present HeliconNFT Heroes: The Futurist, Brett King, Founder of neo bank Moven, implementing conversations about pioneers in innovation and technology; The Helicon Prince, the face of HeliconNFT himself, Tom Palmer, providing an overview of the future of play-to-earn in the Helicon World; The Investigator, Natalie Brunell, taking an up, close and personal look at three of the best lessons to be learnt from crypto leaders.

Structured in a way that supports meaningful interactions between speakers, experts, participants, and entrepreneurs, the main conference, which will be streamed live from DCS's studio, will bring together influencers, speakers, experts, and panellists from all industries breaking into the blockchain space. The blockchain line-up includes Nobel Prize winner Dr Finn Kydland, Nicole Purin (Founder & CEO of Nikna Doda Films), Dr Saifedean Ammous (economist, educator, writer), Mark Van Rijmenam (future tech strategist), Sacha Jafri (NFT artist), Yael Tamer (Co-CEO and Founder), among others.

Guests can look forward to live demonstrations, NFT artist 'meet & greet' events at the NFT art gallery, live 'play & earn' competitions and gaming activations at Gaming Zone, and crypto live-trading and giveaways at Crypto Zone. They will also meet crypto companies at DeFi Zone and get first-hand experiences at masterclass workshops with prominent blockchain and bitcoin experts and consultants on several topics such as 'Money vs Bitcoin,' 'Bitcoin for Women,' 'How to Use an Exchange,' and more.

Register for DCS 2021 here.