AI X Data Summit by DeSci Seoul
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AI X Data Summit: DeSci Seoul 2025 brings together global leaders at the intersection of artificial intelligence, data, and decentralized science. The summit explores how AI-driven insights and blockchain-secured data can reshape research, collaboration, and innovation. From healthcare to open science, it highlights the next frontier where intelligent systems and decentralized networks converge to accelerate discovery.
Co-hosted by
Brought to you by
Avinasi Labs
Bio Protocol
Pundi AI
Accelerate Foundation
Gonka
Blockchain for Goods Alliance
Hetu Protocol
dLife
Media Partners
Panony Group
CoinEasy
TokenPost
Coin Gabbar
AMBCrypto
Blockstreet
Museigen
9CATGROUP
And Special Contribution from DeSci Asia
📅 DeSci Seoul 2025 — Event Schedule
9:00 – 10:00 (60 min)
☕ Registration & Welcome Coffee
10:00 – 10:10 (10 min)
Opening Remarks: Hippo Protocol — Ethan Chae
10:10 – 10:30 (20 min)
Keynote 1: AuraSci — Eva You
10:30 – 10:50 (20 min)
Keynote 2: PundiAI — Zac Cheah
10:50 – 11:25 (35 min)
Panel 1: DeSci × AI — How to leverage AI for Innovations and Research
Topics: AI agents for protocol design, lab automation in DeSci, real-time hypothesis generation with AI, use cases of AutoGPT in decentralized science, open lab robotics, and AI integration
Speakers: Yijing (Cindy) Shi (Kite AI), Yoon Seokbin (Prof. at Sogang Univ.), David Mueller (Theoriq AI), Francesco Andreoli (Metamask)
11:25 – 11:45 (20 min)
Keynote 3: Avinasi Labs — Winnie Qiu
11:45 – 12:05 (20 min)
Keynote 4: Blockchain for Good Alliance — Freya
12:05 – 12:40 (35 min)
Panel 2: Biohacking & Longevity
Topics: Advances in life extension research, open collaboration models in longevity studies, innovative funding models for longevity research
Speakers: Winnie Qiu (Avinasi Labs), Tommy Yan (Mesch), Ilbum Kim (Lulumedic), Caitlin (LEV Foundation)
12:40 – 13:00 (20 min)
Keynote 5: Hippo Protocol — Chris Cho & Ethan Chae
13:00 – 13:20 (20 min)
Keynote 6: accFDN — Jonathan Elton
13:20 – 14:20 (60 min)
🥗 Networking Lunch
14:20 – 14:40 (20 min)
Keynote 7: Gonka — John Long
14:40 – 15:15 (35 min)
Panel 3: Healthcare, AI, Web3 — Real Life Applications
Topics: Secure and privacy-preserving data sharing in healthcare, interoperability challenges and solutions with Web3, balancing openness of data with patient rights and consent
Speakers: Ethan Chae (Hippo Protocol), Walker Chen (dLife), Dirk (Cudis)
15:15 – 15:35 (20 min)
Keynote 8: Bio Protocol — Paul Kohlhaas
15:35 – 15:55 (20 min)
Keynote 9: dLife — Walker Chen
15:55 – 16:30 (35 min)
Panel 4: What Makes DeSci and DeAI Projects Fundable in Web3?
Topics: Comparing Web3.0 funding models vs traditional funding, mechanisms and impact of decentralized grants, IP-NFTs in funding scientific innovation, building revenue sustainability in DeSci and DeAI projects
Speakers: Paul Kohlhaas (Bio Protocol), Tykoo (Paramita Ventures), Yiting Shan (Animoca Brands), Jonathan Elton (accFDN)
16:30 – 17:05 (35 min)
Panel 5: Web3 Approach for AI Development and Infrastructure
Topics: Blockchain infrastructure for AI applications, DAO governance models supporting AI projects, on-chain data verification for trust and transparency, censorship resistance in AI development
Speakers: Jaihao Sun (Flock), John Long (Gonka), Mark Rhydon (Aethir), Zac Cheah (PundiAI)
17:05 – 17:15 (10 min)
Closing Remarks
17:15 – 17:35 (20 min)
✨ Wrap-up & Networking