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Two-time venture-backed entrepreneur, AI expert, and accessibility champion awarded Forbes 40 Under 40 and Smithsonian’s Top Innovator to Watch awards Suman Kanuganti, pronouns he/him, is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Personal.ai. A creative entrepreneur who loves robots, technology, and humans, Suman is most known for founding Aira, where he scaled AI and AR technology to assist the blind and low-vision community. Today, as the CEO of Personal AI, Suman is focused on empowering every individual to own their intelligence and be their own thought leader with an AI extension of their memory. The recipient of many prestigious awards, including Forbes 40 Under 40 and the Smithsonian’s Top Innovator to Watch, Suman holds his BE degree in Engineering, MS in Robotics, MBA in Entrepreneurship, and seven patents in emerging technologies.

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Barry Mezey is the CEO of Mezey Holdings, DBA. a global recognized leader in branding/ partnerships/ holdings. Often referred to as the #1 young gun top brand management agent in the business by sports writers at publications such as Sports Illustrated, Brickell Magazine, and Tennis-Prose.Com. Barry is an icon as a social influencer on Instagram, LinkedIn, discord, KAF, CBS, and iHeart radio with over 10MM+ loyal followers and is the leading global marketer to the top stars in sports and influencers worldwide. Barry is also the founder of the Barry Mezey Foundation For Autism, Inc. and the cryptocurrency KWAN2 Token. KWAN2 is a new cryptocurrency token that focuses on creating mental health and autism jobs, advocacy and social impact awareness. Barry got his start as a marketing agent at SMWW agency in 2006 and quickly garnered a leading industry reputation for his strong people skills in the craft of negotiations, client relations, client recruitment, being a go-getter and a true hustler doing business deals for the clients he manages every day. In addition, Barry has successfully negotiated and procured many lucrative client valued royalty or monetary incentive: sponsorship, personal appearance, product line, content distribution and licensing contracts in only 14 years of being a athlete and entertainment marketer and has worked with an elite portfolio of over 1000+ global client's totaling a combined net worth of over $3 Billion. Barry is the first well-known upcoming leading athlete marketer to ever use facebook, myspace, instagram, twitter, linkedin, and other social media outlets as a way of innovation to market and brand client's as well as use such social media mediums for client recruitment since 2004 while a college student at UM. Barry is also a top upcoming digital tv superstar with his own hit comedy series on Roku and Vimeo channel B1GBTV. Barry is also the world's only autistic athlete marketer and is a global autism spokesman on social change. Barry is also a UN Ambassador At Large - DRO (BMFA.) Barry is a current and active UN volunteer on human rights and mental health issues for prison and police reform. In addition, Barry is endorsed by MTV co-founder and technology pioneer Nyhl Henson as an entertainment industry "wild card." Nyhl Henson was once called "the Edison of Pay-Per-View" by entertainment industry powerhouse agency CAA. Contact Barry for your sports and entertainment needs in public relations, content creation, and marketing as you will not regret it. In 2022 Barry formed long term media partnerships with Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoin Conferences in Miami Beach and Amsterdam, in addition to Crypto World Con, CoinAgenda, Pulse Con, North American Bitcoin Conference, Immerse Global Summit, Web3 Summits, Art Miami, Bit Basel/ Scope Art Fairs, Untitled Art Fairs, and much more for B1GBTV. Barry Mezey (CEO, Mezey Holdings, DBA.)Founder, (KWAN2) Token.CEO, Barry Mezey Foundation For Autism, Inc.The B1GBTV Management Team On The Roku Channel.Founding Member: American Academy Of Reality Television.Amb. At Large: BMFA To The United Nations - NGO Branch.Email: b1gbtv001@gmail.comDiscord: @bsrrymezey#4499LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/barrymezey Website: www.kwanexchange.comWebsite: www.b1gb.tvWebsite: www.mezeyholdingscorp.comWebsite: www.un.orgVendor: VimeoVendor: Roku Channel "B1GBTV" "We're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde -

Sean  Lee - Co-Founder of Odsy Network,  and Executive Director of the Odsy  Foundation Sean is an accomplished executive in Web3 innovation and FinTech.  He is currently the Co-Founder of Odsy Network, a secure and programmable decentralized access control layer to digital assets, and serves as the Executive Director of the Odsy Foundation. Previously Sean was the CEO of the Algorand  Foundation, a top layer-1 blockchain protocol and top-20 digital asset by market cap during his tenure. He is also currently  a senior advisor for the Crypto Council for Innovation, and a mentor with the MIT Entrepreneurship & FinTech Innovation Node.

Stefan Rust, CEO of Laguna Labs: Stefan  is the founder of Laguna Labs, a cutting-edge blockchain development house, under which he has launched trustednode.io, truflation.com, and nuon.fi. An entrepreneur, global leader, and avid crypto-investor, Stefan has held several executive positions, most notably as CEO of bitcoin.com. He first got into crypto in April 2012 and has since expanded his investment and advisory portfolio across the entire blockchain industry.

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Barney Mannerings, Co-Founder of Vega ProtocolBarney Mannerings is freeing the markets. He is the Co-Founder of Vega, one of the first blockchain networks purpose-built to support decentralized derivatives, backed by Coinbase and other prominent VCs. Barney sits at the intersection of institutional finance and crypto, having founded Vega after building two versions of the London stock exchange matching engine and working in capital markets in London for 15 years.Relevant links:Vega's Website: https://www.vega.xyz Vega's Twitter: https://twitter.com/vegaprotocol Barney's Twitter: https://twitter.com/barnabee

Shawn Cheng is a Partner at ConsenSys Mesh, one of the first web3 companies in the world. In working with early stage founders for over a decade, Shawn now specializes in leading Mesh experiments in both DAOs and NFTs. This often includes market insights, product, fundraising strategies and talent. He is a board director / DAO steward to Tribute Labs, Liquality, The LAO, Neon DAO and advises companies like Spatial, Emerging Impact and Progression Fund. Previously, Shawn helped Gary Vaynerchuk start his first venture firm, Vayner/RSE and has led growth, innovation and strategy at agencies like BBDO and Razorfish. He’s a proud supporter of various Asian American leadership groups and desires to see a more open, and decentralized future for all.

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