Leading market leaders, innovative companies, technology giants, regulators, startups and innovation pioneers will gather in the capital of Argentina at one of the key events of the Web3-industry — MERGE Buenos Aires.
The organizers have unveiled a full program that will cover topics such as cryptocurrency adoption, blockchain use cases, regulation, cybersecurity, digital identity and more.
The event will kick off on March 24 with an exclusive dinner at the Spanish Embassy, sponsored by Binance and payment solutions platform SmartPay.
On March 25 and 26, the Palacio Libertad will host the main event, including keynotes, workshops, an exhibition area and events.
Topics and guest speakers
Key conference topics include digital identity, the intersection of traditional finance and cryptoassets, tokenization, decentralization, artificial intelligence and the application of blockchain in the sports industry.
Speakers include Coty de Monteverde, head of cryptocurrency and blockchain at Banco Santander; Gabriel Campa, head of digital assets at Towerbank; Esteban Tresseras, general counsel at Banco Galicia; Sovieski Naut Fern?ndez, manager of digital economy and SMEs at the Association of Multibanks of the Dominican Republic; and Larissa Moreira, manager of digital assets at Ita? Unibanco.
International companies will also be represented, with speakers including Massimo Cervezato, director of blockchain and digital assets at Mastercard, Ant?nia Souza, director of blockchain and crypto at VISA, Manuel Beaudroit, co-founder and CEO of Belo, and Gladston Arantes Jr., blockchain specialist at BNDES.
Among the Web3 industry representatives attending the event will be SmartPay CEO Rocelo Lopez, General Manager for Argentina and the Southern Cone at Binance Andres Ondarra, BingX brand manager and spokesperson Pablo Monti, Bit2Me co-founder and CFO Pablo Casadio, LATAM COO at MEXC Jesus Carre?o, Managing Director at BitGo Ben Reynolds, Americas sales director at GK8 by Galaxy May Mickelson, management manager at Polkadot Raul Romanutti, Ripple Latin America CEO Silvio Pegado, and developer relations manager at World Foundation Ian Dilik.
Culture and technology: merging art and innovation
One of the features of MERGE Buenos Aires is the fusion of culture, art and technological experimentation. The event’s cultural program will include audiovisual performances, NFT art exhibitions and music concerts.
Regulatory discussions
Regulation will be a key theme of MERGE Buenos Aires, where government officials and institutional representatives will discuss current and future initiatives in this area. Among the participants:
- Pedro Inchauspe — Director of the Central Bank of Argentina;
- Roberto E. Silva — President of the Argentine National Securities Commission;
- Fabio Araujo — economist at the Central Bank of Brazil;
- Jaime Pradenas Baeza — Head of the Technological Observatory of the Central Bank of Chile;
- Juan Carlos Reyes — president of the National Commission on Digital Assets of El Salvador;
- Victor Rondon de Paula Moura — Senior Advisor to the Presidency of the Brazilian Securities Commission;
- Mario Adaro — Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mendoza.
Companies supporting the event
MERGE Buenos Aires will be supported by SmartPay, Blockchain Factory, Binance, BingX, Bit2Me, BitGo, GK8, Ikigii by Towerbank, MEXC, Polkadot, Ripple, World and many others.
Tickets are already available on the official event website.