August 13 - 14, 2024
Istanbul Blockchain Week stands as a premier annual event, nestled in the vibrant heart of Istanbul — a city that bridges continents and cultures, where cryptocurrency and web3 already play a key part in the lives of its people.
IBW is a melting pot where the brightest minds in the web3 space — from founders to executives of leading companies and emerging projects — converge to share insights and shape the industry’s future.
THE MAIN EVENT
IstanBlock is the centerpiece of Istanbul Blockchain Week, uniting entrepreneurs, investors, developers, and industry insiders alongside global media. This environment cultivates unparalleled networking opportunities where thought-leaders converge to shape the web3 narrative through insightful talks, engaging panels, intimate fireside chats, and spirited debates led by industry trailblazers.
What you will experience
Being a part of the largest blockchain conference in Turkey
Distinguished government, business and blockchain speakers
Building relationships with the Turkish blockchain community
Meeting with premier media and influencers of the industry
Attending a week’s worth of side events from major projects
Exclusive networking opportunities focused on fostering new partnerships between projects and attendees.
Past Speakers
Past IBW Speakers
Ziya Altunyaldiz
Member of the Republic of Turkey Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Industry, Trade, Energy, Natural Resources, Information and Technology Commission
Sadullah UZUN
Vice President of Business Development
TÜBİTAK BİLGEM
Mr. Osman Çalışkan
Businessperson, NGO executive, Chairman of MÜSİAD Economic Security and Regulation Committee
Erol Ozguner
CIO
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi
Pär Helgosson
Head Of Web3 &
Metaverse at PSG
Vineet Budki
CEO & Managing Partner
Cypher Capital
Mariana Gospodinova
EVP, Operations
Crypto.com
Esra Özdemir
Senior Manager
EY Turkiye Blockchain Desk Leader
Gökhan Polat
Board Member
CSA Turkey
Mehmet Üner
Solutions Strategy Manager
Microsoft EMEA
Kıvılcım Harika Ertunç
Master of Ceremony - TV News Presenter
Mohammed AlKaff AlHashmi
Co-Founder
IslamicCoin and Haqq Network
Alexandre Chessé
Head of Sales France, Middle East & Africa
Fireblocks
Mehmet Buyukakarsu
Business Development Manager
BNB Chain
Weiwu Zhang
Co-Founder & CTO
Smart Token Labs
Kemal Hiçyılmaz
Founder
Ninja Traders / Ninja Squad NFT
Dyma Budorin
Co-Founder And CEO
Hacken Foundation
Paula Tavangar
Partner
Injaz Capital
Selim Yüksel
Innovation Center Vice President
AKBANK
Robert McCracken
Ecosystem Lead
Alchemy Pay
Aydın Cankat
Innovation and Ecosystem Development Manager
Yapıkredi
Erhan Korhaliller
Founder of Istanbul
Blockchain Week & EAK Digital / General Partner - MatterBlock
Eray Dengiz
CEO
Kriptomeda and Cointelegraph Turkey
Emanuel Erdem
Co-CEO
Virtuelle
May Michelson
Director of Global Sales
GK8
Selim Kender
Head of Turkish
Business Development
Ava Labs
Kamiran Halil
CEO
Gamma Cities
DK Sugiyama
Global Sales Manager
HORIZON
Barış Özus
CFA Head of product
Garanti BBVA Crypto
Ünal Gökçe Oskay
Head of Partnerships (Türkiye) & Global Partnerships Strategist
Socios.com
Leslie Lamb
Co-Founder and CEO
OPNX
Daria Chernozub
Co-Founder
ICP.Hub Turkey
Emilio Canessa
Global Adoption Programs
DFINITY Foundation (ICP)
Meliksah Eminoglu
Partnership Executive
EAK Digital
Aysegul Sensoy
Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer
XYZ Teknoloji
Uluç Yuca
Co founder
Curator Studios
Lior Zaks
Legal Counsel
Stake Capital Group
Nikita Sachdev
Founder of Luna Media Corp. Founder and CEO of Luna PR & Luna VC. CEO of Cointelegraph MENA
Mark Mayerfeld
CRO
GK8
Enes Yedikardes
CEO & Founder
AVIONEX Technology & Informatics
Sema Tuğçe Dikici
Corporate Communication Manager
Socios.com
Başak Burcu Yiğit
Co-Founder
Istanbul BlockDown Woman
Anıl Öz
Chief Technology Officer
DATS Project
Desi (Desdemona)
AI Robot
SingularityNET
Testimonials
Global Team
In the Web3 industry, distributed international teams are very common. The industry was originally a product of discussions and developments in geek forums. The entire Web3 can be said to be built on various office software and communication software.
The pandemic has also forced non-Web3 industries to implement remote work, and people are finding that this seems to keep companies running as well.
Collaboration Tools
The possibility of telecommuting is inseparable from the development of the Internet and the explosion of various online collaboration software as well as instant communication software such as Zoom, Google Meet, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Gather etc.
Subscription fees for these office software have gradually replaced offline office-related expenses as a major new expense for companies.
Existing Issues
If remote teams even DAOs become the norm for organizations in the future, there are still many specific issues to be resolved, which may include but not limited to:
- How to guarantee work efficiency?
- How to facilitate efficient collaboration?
- How to build trust within teams?
- How to build authority
- How to implement fair work assessments?
- How to capture more value via DAO?