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I am doing my masters thesis on ZK in the EVM ecosystem. I also am a project founder that focuses on validating skills using AI and issuing credentials as SBTs on an EVM chain (Ethereum compatible). I hope to meet more builders to grow my team or users/angel investors so I can go into this project fulltime as soon as I graduate from school.
Priya Ganguly
New York University
I want to meet really cool people and see how the ecosystem is since the last Ethereum event I went to. I also want to hack along with others and expand my relationships with like-minded individuals in the industry.
Roberto Martinez
Florida International University
I am superrrr excited about this conference! As a dev, I'm excited for networking with the twitter anons that'll be there. As a founder I'm even more excited because I am looking for funding in two ventures. The first is a non-profit (@aztechkidzcode) I started that teaches students how to code blockchain. And the other for is for the growth of our defi start up called Superseed! (more about superseed in the startup-question section.)
Azteca Sirias
University of Texas at Austin
I attended ETHDenver last year and it was incredibly value for me in learning more about the newest technologies in web3 and blockchain. I also would like to hack on something related to public goods, lending protocols and would like to meet other builders and founders and hackers in the Ethereum ecosystem. I was a Devcon Scholar awarded by the Ethereum Foundation in October 2022 and this exposed me to so many cool projects in the ecosystem. Attending for ETHDenver would be super valuable for me and would provide an opportunity for in person networking and building.
Amrita Bhasin
University of California at Berkeley
Crypto has been a wonderful chance to hone my skills. When I'm doing things in Solidity, that means I'm honing my skills for Web 3 development.
Valkyrie Holmes
Las Vegas
I think BEN is fulfilling such an important mission as people my age are going to be building and innovating the future. BEN is making this possible!
Sohail Mohammed
Boston, Massachusetts
BEN is making it possible for students to gain the best education surrounding blockchain so that we can become the next generation of innovators in the space!
Sarah Roff
Most of my time is spent explaining the technology behind Blockchain and why it is genuinely going to be world-changing!
Anthony Ung
Toronto, Ontario
I have been intrigued by the creativity in the NFT and Metaverse space. My next major career goal is to transition to this blockchain industry and find my own niche in the space.
Chase Blakely
Dallas, Texas, SMU
Over the past year I've seriously fallen in love with the possibilities of blockchain! So much so that 2 months ago I started building a NFT project with my roommate. I spent a couple weeks diving into blockchain development using my computer science background and realized I could really build something with this!
Daniel Dogby
University of Texas
In my work to promote blockchain technology among my students, the relation with BEN (Blockchain Education Network) has been an invaluable resource. BEN provides support for students in a form of conference travel, tickets, organizes hackathons, and so much more.
Dr. Marko Suvajdzic
University of Florida
I believe that BEN helps me to actually have an experience and networking opportunity that furthers my interest & potential project ideas I'd be interested in!
Caleb Lo
Toronto, Canada
If everyone worked with top blockchain-based technology & finance, the world would change fundamentally.
Raymond Zhu
Canada
Huge thanks to BEN (Blockchain Education Network) for sponsoring us to attend this conference and their guidance as we build our blockchain ecosystem at Purdue University.
Timmy Hein
Purdue University
I plan to bring back all the knowledge I learn to the Northeastern Blockchain Club and The Gateway to Blockchain as we launch a second entrepreneurship program this summer and launch other immersive programs.
Drew Cousin
NEU Boston
I'm certain that as time goes by the masses will be able to see the advantages of having decentralized organizations and government, and knowing how to create/manage DAOs and make smart contracts will be a must. Being able to learn all this useful information through a conference in Miami that BEN was able to put together is amazing! I can't wait to go and learn as much as I can!
Lucas Moraes
Miami
Watch Alejandros video about his journey to the Blockchain Space and how BEN helped him get to DCentral Con Miami!
Alejandro Arias
BEN Students in India
India
BEN Students in Portugal
Portugal
BEN Students at Devcon
Prague
Group of Student from Sabanci University Blockchain Club attend a lecture from BEN team member.
BEN Students in Turkey
Turkey
BEN Studentns at San Francisco Blockchain Week
San Francisco
BEN Students in Africa
Africa
BEN Students in Colombia
Colombia
BEN Students in Italy
Italy
BEN at ETH Denver
Denver
BEN and Boys & Girls Club
Puerto Rico
BEN Students in Vietnam
Vietnam
BEN Students at Coinvention
Philadelphia
BEN Students at CUBS
Northwestern University
BEN Students at ETH Boston
Boston
BEN Students at La Conexion
Argentina
Thomas is a student from Sabanci University who travel from Turkey to Lisbon to attend Solana Breakpoint and Cosmoverse Conference. In this series of events he met people from outside of Turkey for the first time where he recorded podcast and met with potential leaders/employers in the industry.
Thomas
Solana breakpoint and Cosmosverse in Lisbon
Finally, I have never been to Miami and meeting with other students from BEN will enable me to connect and forge relationships with other like-minded individuals whole accelerating my career. In short, I look forward to leveraging this unique opportunity to expand my horizons. Having the ability to network with incredible people in the same space will enable me to hear more about the web3/defi community.
Kevin Choe
I started studying blockchain technology as a minor in 2019. Under my leadership, Blockchain@USC has grown to a total member of more than 300 students and has become the hub of Southern California's blockchain innovations.
Yuqi Ma
University of Southern California
Tracy Mourning Senior High School in Miami
Deandra Boosen
I was fortunate enough to hear about the BEN team. The BEN team educates the youth and demonstrates why blockchain is the future, and for that I am thankful to potentially have this opportunity.
Ryan Jones
University of Texas
I hope this conference will inspire new ideas for business models as I return to Duke to work on our capstone project, which tasks us with presenting a new blockchain venture to professors, students, and outside professionals. This is a great time to step back from learning autodidactically to open my ears to others' ideas, conceptualize the big picture of what is possible, and practice articulating to others why blockchain could be useful and even necessary to solve real-world problems.
William Blakeley
Duke University
I'm particularly excited to get insight to the world of NFTs and the industry that surrounds it. My colleagues and I at Purdue have a very technical experience with web3. The industry is much more broad than that and where the really exciting projects show up is at intersections between web3 and other industries.
Timothy Hein
Alex Kim
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