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Welcome to Cardano Summit 2021: Live Opening Keynote

Charles Hoskinson delivers his vision for the future of Cardano

Keynote: Culture, governance, and leading the way with Cardano

How can decentralized technology create fairer conditions for everyone?

Keynote: Building great products on Cardano

Dynal Patel's vision for making Cardano the leading blockchain for innovative products

Keynote: Evolution of critical systems with blockchain technology

Why blockchain technology holds the key to setting standards for the next century

Keynote: Complexity, utility, and collaboration for a decentralized future

Jerry Fragiskatos presents his vision for expanding Cardano's commercial network

Keynote: IOHK building a better future for all

How do we build a more democratic, ethical, and inclusive society and bring fairness to finance?

Keynote: Decentralization for advancement in Africa

Cardano plans to enhance systems in Africa by building on ‘RealFi' and local collaboration

Keynote: An update from the Cardano Foundation

Frederik Gregaard sets out some significant updates about the Cardano Foundation

Keynote: Evolving legacy finance with blockchain technology

CFO Jeff Pollack on connecting traditional finance with the emerging blockchain space

Closing Keynote

Charles Hoskinson closes the Summit and announces COTI as the official issuer of Djed, a new stablecoin for Cardano

The future of onchain governance

Insights from Project Catalyst, and why community collaboration is key to Cardano's future

DISH Announcement

Cardano partners with DISH, uniting global telecoms and blockchain for the first time

Atala PRISM and Acuant Announcement

New strategic partner Acuant brings valuable security options to Atala PRISM

Announcement: Building a new partnership ecosystem

New strategic collaboration with Chainlink Labs to help developers build smart contracts

Redefining DApp discovery: Bringing DApps to the mass market

How the dAppStore can be an open portal for developers to bring technology to a world of users

No longer a luxury: blockchain-backed product authentication

Luxury spirits brand Strait chooses Cardano for authentication using Atala Scan

Live Closing Panel

Cardano thought-leaders come together to discuss where decentralization is heading

Announcement: Bridging the gap – connecting people and capital

Discover the exciting new partnership with Oasis Pro to drive investment in developing nations

Regulated entities & Cardano stake pools

UBX fintech venture studio discuss being the first regulated institution to run a public stake pool

Planting a blockchain forest with the Cardano community

Cardano steps towards a carbon-positive future in a new partnership with Veritree

Announcement: Partnership with Rival Esports

Cardano Foundation and Rival partner on development of NFT Marketplaces for their gaming platforms

Taking outputs as inputs

Learn how Cardano and the UTXO alliance will drive innovation across blockchain ecosystems

Panel: RealFi – opening up opportunity for everyone

How does 'RealFi' drive real change and opportunity for those who need it?

Building the Cardano community

Athlete Fabrizio Shao shares insights from his role as a Cardano Brand Ambassador

Smart contract certification: the why and how

Discover how IO is working with experts to accelerate a formal certification process

Building the sociotechnical operating system of the world

Find out what's needed for a secure and successful smart contracts system

Light wallets: the path to accessibility for all

Learn about the value of light wallets and discover the new Cardano light wallet

NFTs and Cardano

Take a deep dive into the world of NFTs with Cardano

A commercial toolkit for ecosystem opportunity

Discover how Cardano offers opportunities for anyone to deliver services and products

IO Research: the why, the what and the who

Prof. Aggelos Kiayias presents the benefits of research for the Cardano blockchain and ecosystem

Charles & Billy Gibbons talk NFTs for good

Charles Hoskinson and rock legend Billy Gibbons talk decentralization, Africa, NFTs, and more

Governance of the blockchain revolution: Introducing the DCF

Digital thinker and author Don Tapscott discusses the state of the union in the digital asset space

How exchanges enable adoption

Explore why exchanges are vital to cryptocurrencies, and in supporting blockchain ecosystems

Blockchain for climate, environment and social impact

Discover four projects harnessing social innovation to address the climate crisis

Security on Cardano and industry trends

How can business risks be reduced to drive regulated market adoption?

The ultimate payment power grid

COTI CEO Shahaf Bar-Geffen joins IO's Josh Miller to share insights

Anti-maximalism: collaboration for industry growth

Interoperability is crucial for blockchain innovation. Is collaboration the answer?

Research and university collaboration

Cardano collaborates on exciting research with two major universities

Marlowe: the future of finance

Dive into how the Marlowe suite of products is making finance more accessible

Social media: redefined on blockchain?

Can blockchain technologies solve the problems facing centralized social media?

Hydra: a new era for scalability in Cardano

What scalability benefits does Hydra bring to the Cardano blockchain?

Wolfram: the art of science

Reviewing an NFT auction site with Wolfram, with custodial payments by COTI

Building brighter futures in Rwanda with Blockchain

What Save the Children has learned so far in its partnership with Cardano Foundation

Research update: Stake pool ranking

The latest thinking on reward sharing schemes and what that means for Cardano

Babel fees: paying transaction fees with custom currencies

Discover a new model for paying fees on Cardano

DCF development process: Boston Consulting Group

Joel Telpner & Kaj Burchardi discuss Decentralized Consortium Funding and its growing importance

Connecting the world to Cardano with Blockfrost's API

Built for the community, by the community, Blockfrost means developers can build DApps on Cardano

The future of wallets on Cardano

Learn about the innovations inspiring the consumer wallets of the future

Building decentralized ecosystems on Cardano

What is Cardano's utility and why should decentralized ecosystems be built on the protocol?

Smart contracts: the Plutus developer experience

Plutus developers discuss Cardano's evolution in the smart contract age

Are NFTs the future of creative pursuit?

Thought-leaders discuss the transformational potential for NFTs in the art world

Exploring models for creating a Cardano 'nation'

Imagining decentralized, people-first governance and the possibilities for a Cardano nation

Bootstrapping a DeFi Stack on Cardano

How Plutus is uniquely positioned to deliver on the longer-term promise of DeFi

From grape to glass: how to track and trace wine shipped across continents

Blockchain technology and a traditional winery: a natural combination

Treasury and governance: enabling collaborative intelligence

The latest advances to the treasury system and governance for Cardano's Voltaire development stage

Bridging the multichain world

Learn more about multichains, and how Cardano is creating a blockchain of blockchains

Voltaire: on the path to decentralized governance

Dor Garbash summarizes our progress towards decentralized governance and the road ahead

Atala PRISM: powering the trust economy

Atala PRISM: what it can do, announcing a new partnership, and the PRISM Pioneer program

Implementing and operating the DCF

A high-level primer on features and considerations of Decentralized Consortium Funding

Mithril: Linking Together a Stronger and Lighter Blockchain

What is the Mithril protocol, what are its benefits, and how can it be used effectively?

Building community in Africa

Cardano and IceAddis partner to distribute a $6m fund to African entrepreneurs

Hydra: the multi-headed scalability protocol

The Hydra team take us through their latest work, and its benefits for Cardano

What is the Professional Services Group and how can we help?

How Professional Services Group is driving enterprise and government engagement, and adoption of Cardano

Building virtual worlds for the IO Summit

Dive into the virtual world specially created for Cardano Summit 2021

EMURGO: investing in Cardano's future

Learn about EMURGO's vision and its plans to invest in Cardano's decentralized future

The importance of education for blockchain adoption

Education in blockchain technology will improve the lives of billions of people

A singular vision: Ben Goertzel

Discover the future of AI in the Cardano ecosystem

Meeting of the Minds with Charles Hoskinson, Alon Shulman & Paul Oakenfold

Dance music pioneers discuss the role of blockchain in the music industry with IO CEO

Cardano CIPs: emerging standards

What does the emergence of standards mean for the Cardano ecosystem?

The Power of Catalyst

Discover the power of Project Catalyst and how it's changing lives in the Cardano community

Decentralized software updates

How can Cardano achieve secure, efficient updates and decentralize software updates?

Wall Street & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Can we achieve real-world social impact and return on investment at the same time?

Building DApps with Plutus

Discover the Plutus programming platform, and its future for secure DApp development

The Ouroboros family

Ouroboros is at the heart of Cardano, and it will only get stronger and better

Bridging conscious compliance, decentralization and sovereignty to Cardano

Discover why Iagon is building a service around user rights and sovereignty on Cardano

Alonzo and beyond: optimizing smart contracts on Cardano

From scripting in the Shelley era, to our Alonzo accomplishments, and what lies ahead

Mobilizing communities to create, build, and educate

Community members are driving the Cardano ecosystem forward—and so can you. Find out how

What's in store for Yoroi wallet users?

Discover the new features coming to Yoroi thanks to smart contracts on Cardano

How regulated capital is adopting cryptocurrencies

Blockchain leaders discuss adoption, trends, and how to overcome global hurdles

Walking the chain: data analytics for Cardano

Find out how the IO data analytics team assists with the integration of Cardano with customers

The design & minds behind Plutus

Final outcomes, robustness, and correctness: why these have to be our focus

Introducing the DCF concept

With decentralized consortium funding, we can better direct and govern decentralized networks

Bitpoint: ada and the Japanese exchange future

Cardano Foundation, IOG, and Bitpoint unite to unlock the potential for ada in Japan

Marlowe Run: prototype demo

Watch this demo and see how a smart contract is set up on Marlowe Run, and how it functions

MUKN: Lighting the way for smart contracts using Glow

MUKN co-founders Francois-Rene Rideau and Alexander Smart take us on a deep dive of Glow

CryptoBisons: gaming with Cardano NFTs

Meet the CryptoBisons: a game where you can acquire NFT bisons linked to the real world

The anatomy of the DCF

Rodney Prescott presents an overview of the Decentralized Consortium Funding concept

Overview of the Decentralized Consortium Fund (DCF)

Joel Telpner explains the what, the why and the how of Decentralized Consortium Funding

LIVE: AI & Robots: Charles & Ben talk past, present and future

What does the future hold for AI and how can blockchain be part of it?

Growing the Cardano ecosystem with cFund

Take a deep dive into the cFund and how to get funding for your business

World Mobile – Stronger connected

World Mobile partners with IO to create a more sustainable future, with everyone connected

How Cardano blockchain education benefits societies and individuals

EMURGO Academy is building a global Cardano workforce, empowering the public and improving societies

Cardano Foundation & SDGs: Giving Identities to the unidentified

AID:Tech and the Cardano Foundation come together to support sustainable development

DApps & Integrations

What applications will provide the most value for end users in 2021?

Distributed decision making

How can we help the Catalyst community get better at distributed decision making?

Catalyst

Discover three Project Catalyst-funded projects currently in development

Disaster: When all is at stake

How can we incentivize stake pool participation in decentralized disaster recovery tests?

Multilingual resources

How to motivate non-English speakers to learn about and grow the Cardano ecosystem?

Community

Meet our vibrant community and discover their projects, from NFTs to dApps, wallets and more

Fund7 challenge setting

What challenges should the community prioritize for Fund7?

Plutus Partners

Meet our partners and discover the DApps they're building with Plutus to test the network

Certification Partners

Discover demos from our partners, certifcation experts TWEAG and QuviQ

DeFi and Microlending for Africa

Enabling micro-lending and DeFi DApp solutions for the African landscape

Scale-UP Cardano’s DeFi Ecosystem

Encouraging DeFi teams to build and deploy open finance solutions on Cardano

Partnerships for Global Adoption

Partnering with United Nations Development Programme and World Bank Group for mass adoption

Scale-UP Cardano’s Community Hubs

Encouraging Local Community Hubs to drive adoption and awareness of Cardano

Catalyst value onboarding

"How can we encourage our community to meaningfully participate in Project Catalyst? "

Proposer outreach

Attracting entrepreneurs from outside the Cardano ecosystem to submit Catalyst fund proposals

Developer ecosystem

Creating a positive developer experience to help them focus on building successful apps

Improve and Grow Auditability

How to make auditing funded proposals efficient, distributed, and transparent?

Metadata challenge

How can we utilize transaction metadata to solve real-world problems?

DLT Entrepreneurship Toolbox

How can early stage entrepreneurs develop their skills to win voter backing?

NFT Business models

Becoming the blockchain of choice for NFT-based businesses with non-art use cases

Atala PRISM DID Mass-Scale Adoption

What will drive mass-scale adoption of decentralized IDs on Cardano?

Cardano Emerging Threat Alarm

How can we identify threats to the Cardano blockchain before it overcomes the system?

Grow Africa, Grow Cardano

How do we seed and grow Cardano in Africa?

Stake Pools

Meet some of the stake pools running the decentralized Cardano network, and learn more about missions