UN Blockchain Week 2026 Speakers
Ordered by Importance (based on page position, announcement priority & profile prominence)
Event: September 10–19, 2026 • Times Square, New York City
Official Speakers Page: https://unblockchainweek.com/speakers/
The ranking follows the order speakers appear on the official page (priority/first-announced speakers at the top) combined with public prominence in blockchain, policy, AI, and institutional roles. There are approximately 100–147 speakers in total. The list below includes all extracted profile links.
Highest Importance
- Brock Pierce — Futurist, Philanthropist, Economist, Creator • Bitcoin OG • Blockchain Pioneer
- Vít Jedlička — President of Liberland
- Michael Terpin — Godfather of Crypto • Author, Bitcoin Supercycle • Crypto/AI Investor & Advisor
- Hugh Dugan — Diplomat & Author • Blockchain Diplomacy & the United Nations
- Bruce Porter Jr. — Master of Ceremonies, UN Blockchain Week • CEO at GlobalBoost
- Lou Kerner — Founder, DAIAA + CryptoMondays
- Karla Ballard — Future of Work – Blockchain – Cultural Architect • HUMN / Blockchain for Communities
- Alex Lightman — CEO, Inventor, Speaker, Author, Policy Advisor, Artist • Token Communities / Blockchain Education
- Nikita (Sachdev) Lord — Founder and CEO, Luna PR & Luna Media Corp
- Nisa Amoils — Managing Partner, A100x Ventures • AI & Blockchain
- Jimmy Nguyen — Founder, New Win Ventures – IP, Data & Tokenization
- Mihaela Ulieru — Professor of AI & Distributed Intelligence • SingularityNET / ASI Chain
- Bryan Talebi — CEO and Co-founder, Ahura AI
- Carsten Stöcker — Founder, Spherity – Legal Authority for AI Agents
- Luciana Miranda — Head of Institutional Growth, Sphere Labs (ex-Goldman, DB, BofA)
Next Tier
- Daniel Garrie — CEO & JAMS Arbitrator • AMS / Digital Forensics & AI Dispute Resolution
- Mark Elenowitz — CEO, Nant – Digital Securities Issuance
- Adam David Reiser — Founder & CEO, Verity One Ltd. / Made in USA Inc.
- Akhil Sharma — Sr SDE @ Meta • Genkit / Intent-Based to Reasoning Agents
- Abdoulaye NDIAYE — Economics Professor, NYU Stern School of Business
- Dr. Vin Menon — CEO, MindWave Innovations Inc
- Peter Smulovics — Morgan Stanley (AI Agents, Smart Contracts & Space Finance)
- Greg Vosper — Zodia Custody
- Mariya Spartalis — Seasoned Private Banking and FinTech Executive
- David Porter — Founder & COO
- Alan Avidan — Founder
- Kelly Zou — CEO
- Nicole Nguyen — Founder
- Jiasun Li — Academic & Researcher
- Joseph Caturay — Founder
Continuing List (Strong Builders, Founders & Specialists)
- Corey Kovnats — Founder @ Gatsby
- Michael R. Neece — Co-Panelist
- Kevin Barona — CyCEO
- David Doss — Partner & Board Director
- Olubunmi Fabanwo — Founder
- Gbenga Omosuyi — Head of
- Sarah Wimberley — Principal
- Glen Sorensen — Security & Privacy Expert
- Barry Mezey — UN NGO Goodwill Ambassador
- Brian J. Esposito — Founder & CEO
- Chairman Elijah John Bowdre — Chairman
- John “Randy” Schwarz — Partner & Bitcoin OG
- Kesem Frank — Founder & CEO
- Christian Levan — Co-Founder & CEO
- Enyo Sam — Founder & CTO
- Pascal van Knijff — Managing Partner & Founder
- Hunter Rogers — CEO
- Obinna Ukwuani — Product & Strategy Executive
- Marco Kowalewski — Web3 Strategist & Author
- Sunil Upadhye — Resilience Expert & Ambassador
- Elliot David — Director
- Janet Adams — Co-CEO
- Jorge Sebastiao — Founder
- Dr. Siegfried Isele — Founder, CTO & Author
- Dr. Tajah M. Gross, PhD — Intelligent Ethicist
- Kavitha Kanaparthi — Founder
- Ashley Wright — Founder
- Elizabeth Sullivan — Author & Strategist
- Emily Lazar — Recording Artist & Founder
- George Benson — Liquidity Expert
- Monika Proffitt — Advisor
- James Anthony Wolff — CEO
- Thao Dang — Avalanche Team1 – Vietnam official chapter; Co-founder
- Sonia Arenaza — Strategy Executive
- Cooper Squirrell — Founder
- Dan Saklakov — Founder
- Khoa Le — Founder
- Vinay Gurram — Founder & Director
- Mike Lingle — Early-stage Advisor
- Charles Brigham — CEO
- Maaz Memon — CEO
- Eva Wong — Legal Architect
- Gabriela Ivancu — Founder & Legal Engineer
- Ravi Teja Reddy Mandala — Senior Software Engineer
Later / Additional Confirmed Speakers
- Mr. Griffin — Founder
- Sravan Reddy Kathi — SAP Developer
- Mohammad Asad Hussain — Seasoned Technical Leader
- Birjan Crispin — Economic Development Consultant
- Anna Muheim — Co-Founder
- Bryant Nielson — Chief Founder
- Sreejith Kaimal — Healthcare Blockchain Specialist
- Pratik Thantharate — Principal Software Engineer
- Sudheer Kotilingala — Enterprise Security Leader
- Tiffany Hall — Business Analyst
- Sarah Perkins — Managing Partner & Principal
- Rajiv Jadhav — Speaker & Advocate
- Eric Henry — Founder
- Sary Qasim — The Governor
- Dr. Roxane Langlois — Physician & Executive Coach
- Michalina Brokos — PR Advisor
- Aliya Grig — Founder
- Milan Cheeks — Founder
- Viru Raparthi — Founder
- Ibrahim Afridi — Founder
- Irina Kanaeva — Founder
- Angele’ Doyne — Founder
- Mike Bass — Head of
- Venkata R. Vinjamuri — Distinguished Engineer
- Yaeunda Pou Williams — Founder
- Trish Kane — Founder & CEO
- Michelle Tan — Founder & CEO
- Dele Atanda — Founder
- Benjamin Smith — Chief Business Officer
- Yoon Auh — CEO
- Cordy Joseph — Head of Partnerships | Author
- Aaron Williams — Founder & Lead
- James Wambua — Founder
- Annelise Osborne — CEO, Advisor, Author, Professor
- Cody Burns — Americas Technical Lead
- Selva Ozelli — Author
- Todd Walls — Founder & Principal Consultant
- Ingamar Ramirez — Growth
- Rumee Singh — CEO and Co-founder
- Brandon Nebeker — US Growth Lead
- Mir Ali Asgary — CEO
- Harshitkumar Dineshkumar Prajapati — Senior Manager, IT Validation & Compliance
Note: The official roster continues to grow. For the absolute latest complete list and full bios, always check https://unblockchainweek.com/speakers/. Profile URLs generally follow the pattern
https://unblockchainweek.com/[name-slug]/.