• Event date 15 July 2021
  • Event location New York


15 July 2021

8:00-9:00AM

Registration

9:00-9:10AM

Welcome Remarks

Bonnie Brennan
President, Christie's Americas

9:10-9:55AM

NFTs @ Christie’s: Finding Value in the Unknown

Moderator:
Cara Walsh
Regional Managing Director, 20th/21st Century Art

Speakers:
Meghan Doyle
Cataloguer, Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Department

Justin Sun
Founder of TRON

Ronnie Pirovino
Art Collector and Curator

Mad Dog Jones
Multidisciplinary Artist

Micah Johnson
Artist

10:00-10:45AM

The New World: Creating, Collecting and Curating NFTs

Moderator:
Jason Pollack
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Americas at Christie's

Speakers:
Adam Levine
President, Director, and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art

Sarah Odenkirk
Partner at Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams, and Sheppard LLP

Jehan Chu
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Kenetic Capital

Matt Hall
Co-Founder of Larva Labs

10:50-11:20AM

Blockchain Trilemma

Moderator:
Devang Thakkar
Digital Advisor, Christie’s

Speakers:
Silvio Micali
Founder, Algorand

11:20-11:30PM

Short Break

11:30-12:10PM

NFTs and Sustainable Technology

Moderator:
Ian Bell
Director of Avieco

Speakers:
Dan Heyman
CEO of Palm NFT Studio

Kathleen Breitman
Co-Founder of Tezos and Coase

Martin Wainstein
Founder and Executive Director of the Open Earth Foundation

12:10-12:55PM

Brands and the Metaverse: A Strategic Approach to NFTs

Moderator:
Lexy Schmertz
Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships, Christie’s

Speakers:
Spencer Gordon
VP of Digital and draftLine, Anheuser-Busch

Nick Tran
Global Head of Marketing, TikTok

Paul Budnitz
Founder and CEO of Superplastic

12:55-1:00PM

Special Guest Presentation of CSR NFT Opportunity

1:00-2:00PM

Lunch Break

2:00-2:40PM

NFTs with Novo: A Fireside Chat with CEO of Galaxy Digital and Crypto-Evangelist, Mike Novogratz

Speakers:
Mike Novogratz
Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Galaxy Digital

Devang Thakkar
Digital Advisor, Christie’s

2:40-3:20

Expanding the Conversation: NFTs in Fashion, Music and Other Entertainment

Moderator:
Neda Whitney
Head of Marketing, Americas, Christie’s

Speakers:
Alissa Aulbekova and Paula Sello
Creative Director & Co-Founder of Auroboros

Amber Jae Slooten
Co-Founder and Creative Director of The Fabricant

Lin Dai
Co-founder and CEO, OneOf

Jamie Lewis
CEO & Co Founder, Ioconic

John Linden
CEO of Mythical

3:20-3:30PM

Short Break

3:30-4:10PM

The Ecstasy of NFTs: The Blank Wall Conundrum

Speakers:
Scott Gralnick
Co-Founder of Lago Frames

Coin Artist
Artist, Creative Technologist and Game Designer

Tim Kang
Digital Art Collector

Keith Grossman
President, TIME

4:10-4:50PM

Hybrid World: The Bridge Between Physical and Digital

Moderator:
Sam Margolis
Digital Marketing Director, Christie’s

Speakers:
Evin McMullen
Co-Founder of Serto

David Nussbaum
Founder and CEO of PORTL

Greg Cross
Co-Founder and CBO, Soul Machines

Refik Anadol
Media Artist and Director, Refik Anadol Studio

4:55-5:30PM

The Innovation Cycle

Moderator:
Matt Rubinger
Head of Corporate and Digital Marketing, Christie’s

Speakers:
Troy Batterberry
Vice President of Microsoft Teams Meetings and Calling Program Management, Microsoft

Scott Lawin
CEO and COO of Candy Digital, Inc.

Alex Atallah
Co-founder and CTO, Opensea