🌐 Agentic AI & Web3 Amsterdam: Own Your Intelligence

​What if your AI agents worked for you — not Big Tech?

​As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly autonomous, a critical question emerges: who owns and controls these intelligent systems?

​Today, most AI agents live on the servers of a handful of large corporations. They learn from your data but ultimately work for platform shareholders. This event explores how Web3 infrastructure enables a fundamentally different future — one where users own their agents, their data, and their digital destinies.

​We're bringing together researchers, founders, and builders to talk specifics: how an agent can hold its own wallet, transact on your behalf, work across platforms, and leave a verifiable trail on-chain.

​Why crypto and AI are converging right now

​For a long time, crypto and AI evolved separately. Now those lines are intersecting — and here's why it matters for the evening:

​Agents need wallets. For an autonomous agent to buy something, pay for a subscription, or settle up with another agent, it needs a way to hold and move value without a human signing off at every step. Blockchain wallets with account abstraction provide this out of the box.

​Ownership instead of rental. In the Big Tech model, you rent access to an agent. In the Web3 model, the agent is an asset you own — configurable, transferable, monetizable, even sellable.

​Data under your control. Instead of your interactions automatically becoming training fuel for someone else's model, cryptographic approaches (TEEs, MPC, private shards) let an agent learn without exposing your data to third parties.

​Transparency and trust. When an agent acts autonomously with real funds, an immutable record of exactly what it did becomes essential. Blockchain provides an audit trail that can't be quietly rewritten.

​Interoperability instead of silos. Open standards let one agent work across many platforms rather than being locked into a single vendor's ecosystem.

​Key terms for the evening (for those new to the space): agentic AI — systems that independently plan and execute multi-step tasks; account abstraction — when an agent can hold a wallet and act without manually signing each transaction; cross-chain — the ability to operate across multiple blockchains at once; data sovereignty — the user's control over their own data.

​Venue

​The event is hosted at the Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam — one of the city's most iconic venues and a regular home for major Web3 and blockchain gatherings, including the Dutch Blockchain Week Summit. Its modern conference spaces, strong AV setup, and excellent transport links make it ideal for both in-person attendees and a high-quality livestream for the remote audience.

​Full program (≈4.5 hours, )

​17:30–18:00 | Registration & early networking Guests arrive, check in, and get settled. Remote attendees join the stream; a background feed shows industry stats and warm-up questions.

​18:00–18:15 | Opening & setting the tone Host welcome, housekeeping (how to ask questions, how the breakout rooms work), overview of the evening, and why this topic matters now.

​18:15–18:35 | Keynote: "The State of Agentic AI in 2026" An opening talk: what agents are, how they differ from chatbots, where they're already deployed, and where the ownership-and-control problem emerges.

​18:35–19:05 | 🔥 Fireside Chat (30 min) A one-on-one conversation with the headline speaker on the intersection of AI and digital ownership: why agents should belong to users, how blockchain becomes the "invisible backend," and what risks autonomy brings.

​19:05–19:15 | Break / quick networking round Random 5-minute pairings in breakout rooms — "who's here with you tonight."

​19:15–20:00 | Panel: "Monetizing Your AI — Agents as Digital Assets" 3–4 speakers. Topics:

• ​✨ True Ownership — agents work for you, not platform shareholders

• ​🔐 Data Sovereignty — you control what your agents learn and share

• ​💰 Value Capture — agents transact on your behalf with your assets

• ​🌐 Interoperability — agents that work across platforms, not locked in silos

• ​🔍 Transparency — verifiable AI behavior on immutable ledgers

​20:00–20:30 | Live demo session: "Agents in Action" 2–3 short demos (8–10 min each): teams show an agent owning its own wallet, executing a transaction, or operating cross-chain. Audience votes for the most compelling.

​20:30–20:50 | Q&A with all speakers Questions from chat and live audio; the moderator picks the sharpest ones.

​20:50–21:00 | Wrap-up & announcements Key takeaways, what to read/watch next, upcoming community events.

​21:00–22:00 | Open networking Themed rooms: "Founders," "Developers," "Investors," "Looking for a team." Informal discussions and contact exchange.

​Speakers:

​Illia Polosukhin — Co-founder and CEO of NEAR Protocol and a co-author of the 2017 paper "Attention Is All You Need," which kicked off the modern large-language-model era. A rare blend of deep AI background and leadership of a major L1 blockchain. He actively argues that AI agents will become the primary users of blockchain, with blockchain acting as the "invisible backend" of online transactions. Ideal for the keynote or fireside. Originally from Kharkiv, Ukraine — a useful angle for a Ukrainian audience.

​Yat Siu — Co-founder of Animoca Brands, one of the loudest voices on digital ownership and on the idea that users should own their digital assets, including AI agents. A strong fit for the monetization panel.

​Sandeep Nailwal — Co-founder of Polygon, the scalable Web3 infrastructure that agentic applications can run on. Useful for technical depth on the panel.

​Researchers from Fetch.ai / ASI Alliance — One of the leading teams specifically focused on autonomous agents on the blockchain; they cover the practical "how it works" side well.

​IOTA Foundation — A strong European angle, working on machine economy and infrastructure for devices and agents.