Ethereums native zkEVM expansion solution Scroll and Web3 technology venture capital firm Newman Group will host the ETH Hong Kong 2023 event at Hong Kong Cyberport from October 22 to 24, 2023. Focused on Ethereum and its growing ecosystem, the ETH Hong Kong event provides a unique platform to exchange ideas, promote innovation and engage in thought-provoking discussions. Over three exciting days, attendees can look forward to a variety of events, including insightful keynotes from industry leaders, interactive workshops, panel discussions and networking opportunities.

Odaily has compiled the conference schedule and related peripheral activities for readers and attendees (continuously updated):

Main venue schedule

Monday, October 23

【Welcome to EthHK】

Time: 9:45-10:00

Speakers:

• Sandy Peng，Co-founder of Scroll

• Adrian Lai，Founder of Newman Group

【Wallet: Redefining Web3 through Account Abstraction】

Time: 10:00-10:35

Moderator: Lea Schmitt, Partnerships lead of Scroll

Speakers:

• Frank Lou，Co-founder & COO of Account Labs

• Rymon，Co-founder of Versa

• Felix Fan，Head of OKX Wallet

• Mirko Garozzo，Devrel of Consensys

• Shiyu，Co-founder of CyberConnect

【Infrastructure: Scaling and Securing Ethereum, One Block at a Time】

Time: 10:35 - 11:15

Moderator: Tangyi, Principal of Qiming Venture Partners

Speakers:

• Denis Fadeev，Head of Developer Experience of ZetaChain

• Dorothy Liu，Head of Growth of Altlayer

• Qi Zhou，Founder of Ethstorage

• Stanley Wu，CTO & Co-Founder of Ankr

【Layer 2: Can a Real Rollup Please Stand Up】

Time: 11:15 - 11:55

Moderator: Gokhan Er, Managing Director of IOSG Ventures

Speakers:

• Arjun Kalsy，Head of Ecosystem of Mantle

• Ye Zhang，Co-founder of Scroll

• Marco Cora，Head of Business Development of ZKSync

• Victor Ji，Co-founder of Manta Network

• Laura Shi，Director of ConsenSys

【A Chat about Harmonizing AI with Web3】

Time: 11:55 - 12:15

Speakers:

• Yu Hu，CEO & Founder of kaito.ai

【Empowering Web3 Applications with Distributed Cloud Infrastructure】

Time: 12:15 - 12:45

Speakers:

• Fred Sun，General Manager of Strategy of Tencent Cloud

【Lunch Break】

Time: 13:00-14:00

【Virtual Keynote: The Future of Ethereum and its Development Roadmap】

Time: 14:00-14:30

Speakers:

• Vitalik Buterin，Co-founder of Ethereum

【Unlocking Ethereum’s Potential】

Time: 14:30 - 15:15

Moderator: Ciara Sun, Founder and Managing Partner of C² Ventures

Speakers:

• Isaac Zhang，Chief Architect of LayerZero Labs

• Pelle Larsen，Director of Strategic Partnerships of Chainlink Labs

• Dr. Yugart Song，Founder of Domicon Labs, Cryptography Doctor at Peking University

【Interoperability in a Cross-chain World】

Time: 15:15 - 15:45

Moderator: Rodney Yesep, Partner of Hack VC

Speakers:

• Georgios Vlachos，Co-founder of Axelar 

• Mo Dong，Co-founder of Celer & Brevis

• Dima Romanov，Co-founder of Layer N

【Hardware: Role of Hardware for Blockchain Performance Acceleration】

Time: 15:45 - 16:15

Moderator: James Wang, IMO

Speakers:

• Leo Fan，Founder of Cysic

• Husen，Team Leader of Accseal

• Daniel Lumi，zklumi

【A Chat about the Next Evolution of Open Web】

Time: 16:15 - 16:30

Moderator: Erica Kang, CEO Founder of KryptoSeoul

Speakers:

• Illia Polosukhin，Co-founder of NEAR Protocol

【Day 1 Closing Remarks by Polygon】

Time: 16:30 - 16:45

Speakers:

• Mihailo Bjelic，Co-Founder of Polygon Foundation

Tuesday, October 24

【Opening Remarks by Cyberport】

Time: 9:45-10:00

Speakers:

• Hendrick Sin，Board of Director of Cyberport

【Fireside Chat on Hong Kong Web3 and TechStartup community】

Time: 10:00-10:20

Moderator: Adrian Lai, Founder of Newman Group

Speakers:

• King Leung，Head of Financial Services and Fintech of InvestHK

• Duncan Chiu，Member of HK Legislative Council

【Regulatory Landscape for Blockchain, DigitalAssets and Decentralized Protocols】

Time: 10:20-11:00

Moderator: Patricia Ho, General Counsel of Scroll

Speakers:

• Vivien Khoo，Chair & Co-Founder of Asia Crypto Alliance

• Sean Lee，Senior Advisor of Crypto Council for Innovation

• Clara Chiu，CEO of Qreg

【On-Chain vs Off-Chain Investments and Key Web3 Investment Thesis】

Time: 11:00-11:40

Moderator: Lily Zhang, Executive Director of Sinohope Co-founder of D 11 Labs

Speakers:

• Shiau Sin YEN，Managing Partner & Co-founder of CMCC / Titan Fund

• Melody He，Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Spartan

• Will Wang，Managing Partner of Generative Ventures

• Lawrence Chu，Co-Founder & Chairman of Venture Smart

【Opportunities for RWA Tokenization andInstitutional Adoption】

Time: 11:40 - 12:20

Moderator: Patricia Ho, General Counsel of Scroll

Speakers:

• Cynthia Wu，COO of Matrixport

• Florian Spiegl，Founder & CEO of Evident

• Ben El-Baz，Head of Ecosystem of HashKey Group

• Nikhil Sharma，Head of Growth of Onyx Digital Assets by JP Morgan

【What's Next for CeFi and DeFi】

Time: 12:20-13:00

Moderator: Gary Wong, Managing Partner of Rebase

Speakers:

• Lennix Lai，Global Chief Commercial Officer of OKX

• Tadeo，DevRel of Phoenix Labs for Spark Protocol

• Ran Yi，Co-founder of Orderly

• Curtis Mak，Chief Business Officer of bloXroute Labs

• Jerry Zhou，Managing partner at puzzle venture & Senior advisor of DODO

【Lunch Break】

Time: 13:00-14:00

【Ethereum's Asia community projects andbuilders】

Time: 14:00-14:40

Moderator: Sunny Ng, Founder and CEO of Panony

Speakers:

• Thomas Yao，Co-Founder of Bewater

• Erica Kang，CEO & Founder of KryptoSeoul

• Chess Che，Founder of GM Labs & QuestN

【Tech Startups' Journey from Web2 to Web3】

Time: 14:40 - 15:20

Moderator: Simon Chan, Head of Technology of Edelman

Speakers:

• Devon，Deputy CE of ZA Bank

• Ray，CEO of Memeland / 9 GAG

• Alvin Kwock，Co-founder & CEO of OneDegree

• Justin Chan，Executive Vice President of RD Technologies

【Web3 Social, Gaming and Creator Economy】

Time: 15:20-16:00

Moderator: Derek Lam, Director of Finance of Mask Network

Speakers:

• Brian Lam，CMO of Phaver

• Lester，Founder of Degame

• Arnoldo Concepción，CEO of Gryfyn

• Mahoney Turnbull，Co-Founder of Frothy

【Hackathon Prize Presentation】

Time: 16:00 - 16:45

【Closing Remarks】

Time: 16:45-17:00

Surrounding activities

Thursday, October 19

【Coffee Meetup -- Greet HK Web3 community with morning coffee】

Time: 9:30 - 11:00

Sponsor: CoffeeDAO

Type: Networking

Location: twig Shop A 2, G/F, 4 Swatow St, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/z6sqh1l4

【HashKey Exchange Open Day For HK Crypto Community Leaders and HK Influencers】

Time: 13:00-17:00

Sponsor: Hashkey

Type: Networking

Location: 8 Connaught Pl Central, Hong Kong

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/82gyf793

Friday, October 20

【Web3@Poly: How to get into web3 as a student?】

Time: 13:00-15:00

Sponsor: Academy Blockchain

Type: Workshop

Location: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) 11 Yuk Choi Rd, Hung Hom, Hong Kong

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/685dgocl

Sunday, October 22

【ETH Hong Kong Opening Party】

Time: 20:00-23:00

Sponsor: ETH HK

Type: Party, Networking

Location: Padre

Fee: 90 HKD

Event link:https://bit.ly/3QhgJ2a

【CreatorCamp  AlphaDAY】

Time: 14:00-19:00

Type: Roadshow

Location: Hashkey 14th Floor, Three Exchange Square, , 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong

Fee: Free

Event link:https://docs.qq.com/form/page/DWkxIcGVZRG9OdVFq

Monday, October 23

【HotpotDAO HK Meetup (ETH HONG KONG)】

Time: 18:00 to late night

Sponsor: HotpotDAO

Type: Networking, Meetup

Location: Haidilao Hot Pot

Fee: 80 USDT

Event link: TBC

【OKLink x CertiK: Unlocking the Power of Web3 Security】

Time: 15:45-20:00

Sponsor: OKLink, Certik, InvestHK

Type: Panel Networking

Location: Causeway Bay

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/jroof429

【WTF Web3 Comedy】

Time: 19:00-21:00

Sponsor: FOMO Asia, 852 Web3

Type: Comedy Show

Location: Social Room

Fee: 190 HKD

Event link:https://bit.ly/46A2JpZ

【852 HK's Night】

Time: 20:30-23:00

Sponsor: 852 Web3

Type: Fireside Chat

Location: OSL

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/lx9qquz0

Tuesday, October 24

【Bitcoin Builders Hong Kong】

Time: 14:00 - 18:00

Organizer: Stacks, ALEX, Xverse, Spartan

Type: Panel Networking

Location: Please register to see the location of this event.

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/bbchongkong

【TON HK Workshop】

Time: 11:00 - 13:30

Sponsor: TON Foundation and TonXStudio, BlockTempo and 852

Type: Workshop

Location: Cyberport Cyberport 1, Cyberport Rd, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/brhuc1ud

【Navigating the impact of HK's revised virtual asset regulations】

Time: 18:00-20:00

Organizer: FinTech Association of Hong Kong

Type: Panel Networking

Location: 20/F, Soho House Hong Kong

Fee: Free

Event link:https://ftahk.glueup.com/event/90520/

【WEB3 INNOVATION NIGHT】

Time: 18:00 - 21:00

Sponsor: AWS, Future 3, zkLink, ZKEX

Type: Panel Networking

Location: AWS Office, Causeway Bay

Fee: Free

Event link:https://awsethhkweb3 inno.splashthat.com/

【BUIDL HK】

Time: 18:00-22:00

Sponsor: Krypto Seoul

Type: Fireside Chat

Location: Please register to see the location of this event.

Fee: Free

Event link:https://partiful.com/e/ KJrst 76 MIludtIeeFB 1 n 

【ETH Hong Kong Closing Party】

Time: 20:00-00:00

Sponsor: ETH HK, 852 Web3, FOMO Asia

Type: Networking

Location: Arcadia

Fee: 280 HKD - Free Flow

Event link:https://bit.ly/3rUgJvJ

Wednesday, October 25

【“Embracing the Future with Web 3.0" Conflux Hong Kong Office Opening Ceremony】

Time: 16:00

Organizer: Conflux Hong Kong Office

Type: Opening Ceremony

Location: 4th Floor, Poolside, Southside Bistro, Le Meridien Hotel, Cyberport, Hong Kong

Cost: Invitation notice

Event link: /

【Builder Nights Hong Kong v2】

Time: 17:00-21:00

Sponsored by: MetaMask, BUIDL, Linea, 1inch.io, Biconomy, AltLayer 4337 Mafia

Type: Panel Networking

Location: Please register to see the location of this event.

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/Buidlhk

【OKX HK Panel: Evolution of Gamefi and Socialfi】

Time: 18:30-21:00

Sponsor: OKX, Animoca, TON, Hashkey Capital

Type: Panel Networking

Location: Please register to see the location of this event. (HK Island)

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/OKXV_GSPanel

【Navigating the Web3 Frontier】

Time: 18:30 - 20:30

Sponsor: OKX, Animoca, TON, Hashkey Capital

Type: Panel Networking

Location: Please register to see the location of this event.

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/polyu-fb-osl?utm_campaign=polyu&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

October 31 - November 1 Tuesday - Wednesday

【Cyberport Venture Capital Forum (CVCF) 2023 】

Time: See event page

Sponsor: Cyberport

Type: Conference Exhibition

Location: Function Rooms, Core E, Level 3, Cyberport 3, 100 Cyberport Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong

Fee: Paid

Event link:https://cvcf.cyberport.hk/en/index

Thursday, November 2

【HKFINTECH Week Web3 Night】

Time: 18:30 - 22:00

Sponsor: RSS3, ZA Bank

Type: Panel Networking

Location: Grand Hyatt Hong Kong 1 Harbor Rd, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Chief Executive Suite

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/qzdacuwm

November 2-3

【Ahoy!】

Time: 12:00-00:30

Sponsor: Newman Group Memeland

Type: Carnival

Location: Aqua Luna / Faye

Fee: Free

Event link:https://www.ahoyhk.com/pitching-competition

Friday, November 3

【The Sandbox Creators Day - 2023 】

Time: 10:00-18:30

Sponsor: The Sandbox

Type: Networking

Location: Fringe Club

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/thesandboxhkcreatorday

Saturday, November 4

【Web3 Scholars Conference】

Time: 9:00-18:00

Sponsored by: Web3 Scholars

Type: Panel Networking

Location: CYBERARENA, 2/F, Cyberport Shopping Mall

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/7xx2g4u4

Monday, November 6

【Polkadot Hong Kong Day】

Time: 9:00-17:00

Sponsor: Polkadot

Type: Networking

Location: Hotel ICON

Fee: Free

Event link:https://lu.ma/cb78k6l1