Dubai Tech Tuesdays No. 115 - Block & Chill Dubai: Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 X World Token Summit 4.0 Global Mixer
โ*** PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU REGISTER FOR EASIER ACCESS ***
โ๐ DATE: Our 115th Dubai Tech Tuesdays event will be held on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, from 6:00 - 11:30 PM.
โFor this Special Edition, Dubai Tech Tuesdays is honored to collaborate with...
โ๐ค EVENT PARTNER: BLOCK & CHILL GLOBAL MIXER SERIES. This roadshow of the iconic World Token Summit 4.0 X Africa Blockchain Festival 2026 activates at major cities around the world to promote the summit and festival taking place 15 to 17 of October, 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. Follow the global roadshow mixers on luma.comblocknchill. Register for WTS 4.0 X ABF 26 on WorldTokenSummit.net or Africablockchainfestival.com. And, huge gratitude Tech Tuesdays friends Ahmed Rafaie rafaelloangel and Olubunmi Fabanwo /olubxnmi for making this happen.
โ๐ญ VENUE: Come mingle with fellow technologists at our lovely venue - the amazing BELCANTO RESTAURANT AT THE DUBAI OPERA. belcantodxb
โ๐นDRINK SPECIALS: FREE entrance for women ๐ . Men - 150 AED gets you 3 beverages (mandatory, but note that venue's mocktails are very nice).
โ๐ 6:00 - 8:00 pm GATHER and SOCIALIZE. We know traffic and parking is crazy! Do NOT stress. Take your time and get here.
๐ 8:00 - 9:00 pm SPEAKERS & PRESENTATIONS. Dubai Tech Tuesdays features the best tech projects and intellectual content. Think well-done TED or Davos talks. We are like that. For this Special Edition we are honored to feature top tier speakers selected by Block & Chill.
โ๐ FAEZEH GHAVIDEL, Multidisciplinary Artist, Author & Curator. Faezeh is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, digital media, motion, sound, and text. Her work explores emotional and psychological states through a visual language shaped by intimacy, vulnerability, transformation, and the complexities of human experience. She has created over 300 physical artworks alongside an extensive body of motion-based works, sometimes accompanied by her own music. Her work has been exhibited internationally across Dubai, Beijing, Paris, Istanbul, and the United States, including New Yorkโs Times Square and the Oculus at the World Trade Center, and is held in private collections internationally. She is also a writer and musician, allowing image, sound, and text to intersect within her artistic language. faa.videl & faavidel-faezeh-ghavidel-68843a144
โ๐ BAIBA BROKA, General Counsel at ZIGChain and ZIG Markets. Baiba is General Counsel at ZIGChain and ZIG Markets and founder of Grand Stream, a consultancy company providing legal and crypto licensing services in the UAE and Europe. In Web3 since 2014, she brings traditional capital markets on-chain within the ZIG ecosystem, including Zamanat, a Shariah-compliant RWA platform, and its Zamanat CEIG Fund in DIFC. She has over 20 years of academic and research experience, teaching financial law and international transactions. She advised ministers and served as Minister of Justice. Baiba is an ad honorem member of UNIDROIT, she contributed to its 2023 Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law. Passionate about democratizing capital markets and financial inclusion, she believes everyone deserves better ways to manage money, invest, and build their future. bbaiba1 & baiba-broka-b3b492a2
โ๐ NICOLE PURIN, Legal & Regulatory Advisor | Financial Services, Digital Assets & AI. Nicole is an international legal and regulatory advisor specialising in financial services, digital assets and emerging technologies. She is currently Head of Legal & Regulatory at a leading fintech company and has previously worked with top-tier cryptocurrency exchanges and financial institutions. A Solicitor of England & Wales, Nicole has extensive experience advising on complex regulatory, governance and compliance matters across multiple jurisdictions, with particular expertise in digital assets, payments, financial crime, cybersecurity and AI. contessa_lifestyle & nicole-purin-9a431
โ๐ BRYAN TOROMO, Senior Software Engineer | Financial Systems & AI. Bryan is a senior software engineer working across financial platforms and applied AI. He is currently helping build a neobank and crypto-to-card payment solutions. He is also co-founder of Waingoo, a conversational shopping platform serving the Kenyan market through WhatsApp and Telegram. His content explores emerging technology through an engineerโs lens: how systems work, what new tools can deliver, and how to test their limits. He is exploring how human specialists can retain the understanding needed to judge and direct AI-produced software as systems evolve, with the longer-term aim of preparing human expertise for the possibility of artificial superintelligence (ASI). bryan_toromo & bryantoromo
โ๐ 9:00 - 9:30 pm COMMUNITY INTRODUCTIONS. 15 or so guests will be invited to introduce themselves to the community for a minutes each, microphone in hand. Do not miss this opportunity for everyone to get to know you! Do not be shy... the shy eat alone.
โ๐ 9:30 pm - Midnight NETWORKING + DINNER. Now is the time to meet everyone else you might have missed before. Grab a (new) friend, grab a drink, and grab a table. Create and deepen your connections with good conversation. Everyone is friendly and open - so introduce yourself to someone new.
โ๐ MEDIA PARTNER: DUBAI.NEWS - UAEโs First News Network Run by AI and Amplified to the World. Founded by Sheeraz Hasan No.1 Fame Strategist in the World. dubai.newsnow
โ๐ MEDIA PARTNER: UR Dream Media (UDM) is the only full service studio in town. UDM in its state-of-the-art and extremely flexible setting studio offers Music Production and Recording, Podcast, Videography, Photography and Studio Rental all under one roof. udmdxb
โ๐ฅ PHOTOGRAPHY PARTNER: We are thrilled to be supported by TITUS PHOTOGRAPHY as our media/photography partner. /_titus_photography
โ๐ค COMMUNITY SUPPORT: Thanks to Web3 Future Space for their continued support. https://web3future.space
โAnd additional special thanks to our special event collaboration partners...
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โMedia www.Cryptonite.ae
โ๐๐ DRESSCODE: Please dress to impress - this is a high-level business and social event. *** NO caps/shorts NO open toe shoes / sneakers *** Be classy (please). Men - try wearing a suit or sports jacket. Don't wear some random T-shirt/raggedy jeans. Women - this is your chance to be elegant. The venue WILL block access in case of inappropriate, sloppy, or indecent attire.
โALSO we welcome the referral of other quality guests.