Beyond the Hype: Real Use Cases & the Future Of Blockchain
Have you ever wondered if the promise of Web3 and Blockchains matches the reality? Or questioned if there are sustainable applications for the technology beyond speculation?
Join the ETH Blockchain Club for our first major panel event open to public application. We are moving past the buzzwords to bridge the gap between academic theory, institutional capital, and protocol development. Hear from industry leaders, experts and academic pioneers as they dissect the actual future of distributed ledger technology.
Following the panel, join us for an Apéro to network with professionals, students, and our featured speakers. You’ll have the opportunity to connect directly with Theo from the Ethereum Foundation and Ben from GnosisVC.
Find out more about our panelists:
Bastian Wetzel, Chief Investment Officer, Cambrena
Bastian Wetzel is Chief Investment Officer at Cambrena Capital, which has a a strong focus on VC and PE. He previously worked as Head of Acceleration Investments at CV VC, where he led the investment strategy for early-stage blockchain startups. In this role, he oversaw the CV Labs Accelerator, identifying promising entrepreneurs and supporting them in building and scaling up their ventures. He holds a Master's degree in Finance and Data Science from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and UC Berkeley.
Theo Beutel, Ethereum Foundation, Academic Secretary
Theo Beutel works for the Ethereum Foundation’s Academic Secretariat which serves as a coordination layer for academia. He also contributes to the project “Decentralised Decision-Making in DAOs: Learnings for Digital Democracy” at the Centre for Democracy Studies Aarau (ZDA), University of Zurich. Previously, Theo worked as a DAO governance lead for Gnosis Safe and VitaDAO, in international development at GIZ Blockchain Lab, and in advocacy at Bundesblock.
Prof. Dr. Arthur Gervais, Professor of Information Security at University College London
Arthur Gervais is a Professor of Information Security at University College London (UCL). His research focuses on information security in Computer Science, advancing the intersection of AI and cybersecurity through autonomous agents that discover, validate, and remediate vulnerabilities. He also created the first DeFi MOOC with Stanford, UC Berkeley and UIUC, attended by thousands of students: https://defi-learning.org, which is a culmniation of over a decade of research in the security of decentralized systems.
Ben Senn, Investment Partner, GnosisVC
Ben Senn is an Investment Partner at GnosisVC, where he manages the GnosisDAO ecosystem venture fund. He focuses on executing the "Gnosis 3.0" thesis by deploying capital into early-stage projects within Real World Assets (RWA), decentralized infrastructure, and financial payment rails. With expertise in legal structuring and fund management, he serves on the investment committee and plays a key role in integrating portfolio companies into the broader Gnosis ecosystem to drive adoption and utility.
Prof. Dr. Roger Wattenhofer, Head of Research at Anza & Professor at ETH Zurich
Roger Wattenhofer is head of research at Anza (leading Solana-focused software development firm) and professor at ETH Zurich. He also worked multiple years at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. His work received multiple awards, e.g. the Prize for Innovation in Distributed Computing for his work in Distributed Approximation. He published the book “Blockchain Science: Distributed Ledger Technology“, which has been translated to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.
Please note:
This event features curated attendance. Admittance is selective and subject to prior screening.