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Babylon Project v1
By World Blockchain Hackathon
09-11 October, 2020
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2020 Hackathon Highlights
Babylon Project v1 was very energetic. Here is the summary
  • 1,000+ participants
  • 69 countries
  • 400+ publications
  • Cash Prizes
  • 30% Female participants
  • 2 yoga classes
Judges, Mentors & Speakers
Founder
Gideon Nweze
CoFounder @Village
Founder @World Blockchain Hackathon
Emily Slade
CoFounder & COO
@Valence
Stani Kulechov
Founder & CEO
@Aave
Krystal Gracier
Investment Banking Associate - Global Technology
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Posiedon Ho
General Partner @Outliers Fund
Yael Rozencwajg
Chair of the board @Blockchain Israel
Founder @Blockchain Academy, @Nevelab
Chris Hutchinson
Head of Global Community
@Web3 Foundation
Bruce Pon
Founder
@Ocean Protocol
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Naomi Freeman
Leadership Fellow
@Women Who Code
Stephen Alexander
Creator @Digital Value Capture®
Faculty Member @Hult
Karen Hsu
CEO @BlockchainIntel
CoFounder @Blockchain By Women
Contributor
Chukwudi Derek Uche
CoFounder & CEO @Village
Past @Google AI
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Francis Berwa
Head of Operations @Aves Lair
Co-Founder & COO
@Homebloc
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Andriy Saranenko
COO
@BTCU
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Yao Marian Tong
Venture Partner
@Aves Lair
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Nik Kalyani
CEO/Co-founder @Decentology

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Katie SanFillippo
CEO @ChickTech
Dr Chong Li
Venture Partner
@Aves Lair
Eric Benz
CEO
@Changelly
Eyal Hertzog
CoFounder @Bancor
Founder @DeWeb

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Charlene Hunter
Founder & CEO
@Coding Black Females
Freddy Rivera
Senior Manager - Diversity Programs @Oracle
On Yavin
Founder & CEO
@Cointelligence
Sapphire Duffy
Leadership Fellow
@Women Who Code
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Lucas Henning
CTO
@SUKU
Yonathan Lapchik
CEO
@SUKU
Ankit Bhatia
Co-Founder & CEO
@Sapien
Alex Fedosseev
Founder & CEO
@1 World
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Dr. Sichao Yang
Head of Technology
@Aves Lair
Jessica Smith
Business Development Director @Ethereum Classic Labs
Miko Matsumura
General Partner
@Gumi Ventures
Jillian Godsil
Founder of @Blockleaders
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Abdelfatah Mouttaqui
CoFounder
@Emerge Blockchain
Gerard Dache
Executive Director
@Government Blockchain Association
Chuck Nguyen
Director of Growth Marketing
@Hired
Adam Kila
Co-Founder & CEO
@Asterisk
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Tim Frost
CEO @Yield App
Channel Partner Director & Investor
@EQI Bank
Abhishek Joshi
Solution Architect
@M&G Investments
Genevieve Leveille
Founder & CEO
@AgriLedger
Lavina Ramkissoon
Founding Partner & Advisor
@tutti.ai
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Ahmad Manzoor
Founder & CEO
@Pakistan Blockchain Institute
Maria Urban
Unit Director Deep Tech @PIABO PR
Jolene Ho
Chapter Director LA @ChickTech
Manager @Fabric Staffing
Marco Munoz
Co-Founder & CEO
@Blockchain Academy Mexico
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Contributor
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Tamara Sanchez
Community Liaison @BurstCoin
Growth Manager
@GeeksForGeeks
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Ayushmaan Bansal
Partner
@Blue Ocean Digital Management
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Marten Lai
Speaker
Founder & CEO
@Stat Zero
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Marquis Cabrera
Speaker
Mentor
Gordon Einstein
Founding Partner at @CryptoLaw Partner
Belinda Noakes
@Digital Value Capture
Asif Iqbal
Director @StartUp Grind
Global Mentor @WBAF
Silver Ehiwario
CEO & Founder @ITExperience
Director @Women Who Code
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Kevin Owocki
CEO @Gitcoin
William H. Nguyen
Founder @Beowulf Blockchain
Ben Bartlett
Partner @Tackett Bartlett LLP
Member @Berkeley City Council
Joshua Armah
Partner @Wiase Capital
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Irene Fucile
Head of Business Development
@Aave
Neeraj Tyagi
Managing Partner @Venture Catalysts,
Angel Investor
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Lori Souza
Founder & Interviewer @Women in Crypto
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Maxim Silaev
Founder & CEO
@ Z-Pay
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Arpit Narain
Global Head of Financial Solutions @MathWorks
Shilpi Agarwal
Founder & CEO
@DataEthics4all
Dmitriy Berenzon
Research Partner @Bollinger Investment Group

Jack Shi
CIO & Founder @Skilligi
Tech Advisor @HackMakers
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Achia Nila
Founder @Women in Digital
Country Director @Women Who Code
Pavel Cherkashin
Managing Partner @MindRock Capital
Geoffrey Weli-Wosu
CEO & Founder @Domineum Blockchain Solutions
Nelli Orlova
Founder @InnMind
Co-Founder @Blockchain Leadership Summit
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Yaliwe Soko
Chairwoman
@United Africa Blockchain Association,
Devcon Alumni

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Pandwe Gibson
President & Founder @EcoTech Visions

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Doron Simhi
Strategic StartUps Advisor
for Business Models
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Surag U. Sheth
Collaborations/Technical Business Development Analyst
@Web 3 Foundation

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Andrew Voronkov
Founder @Voronkov Ventures
CoFounder @UniDAO
Linda Goetze
President @ Blockchain Chamber of Commerce
Zoe Meckbach
Manager Customer Success
@Cryptowerk Corp

Kayode Babarinde
Executive Director
@Africa Blockchain Institute
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Contributor
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Michael Williams
Educational Provocateur World Mentoring Academy, Founder of BadgeMap Smart City Initiative
Jalen Gildersleeve
Partner
@Wiase Capital
Haoyang Liu
Director
@Bit Temple San Francisco
Jason Butcher
CEO & Founder @CoinPayment
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Saugaat Allabadi
Senior Blockchain
Lab Technologist
@PwC
Jagdish Pandya
Chairman
@Block on Capital
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Raneem Muhammad
Emerging Tech Course
Instructor @Pearson
Blockchain Consultant
@Smart Chain
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Sean Burrowes
Co-founder
@Igressive for Good
COO
@Igressive
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Paul Gärtner
Senior Communications Consultant
@PIABO PR
Kenta Iwasaki
Founder
@Hyperia
Founder, CTO
@Perlin
Maurizio Raffone
Founder & CEO
@Finetiq
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Noman Haq
CTO
@Ijara Management Company
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Soumil Singh
CoFounder
@Bike path YCombinator S20
Cameron Dennis
President & Founder @Blockchain Acceleration Foundation
Fatemeh Pahlevan Aghababa
Technical Committee
Head
@RoboCup Federation
Christian Nunez
Business Development Manager @CyberVein
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John Kim
Strategic Advisor @Decentology
Mai Luong
Growth @Decentology
Chase Chapman
CXO/Co-founder @Decentology
Jacob Tucker
Business Development Manager @CyberVein
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Amirreza Kabiri
Technical Committee
Member
@RoboCup Federation,
Product Manager
@ Farakav
Jonathan Morgan
Founder & President
@Kobe International Blockchain
Research Center
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Paschal Offordum
International Partner & Member
@World Business Angels Investment Forum
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Narek Gevorgyan
Founder
@Coin Stats
Representative
@Nooor
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Thierry Rakotovao
Professor Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
@INSCAE
Jazmia Henry
Data Strategist
@Morgan Stanley
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Rishabh Banga
Founder
@Hacker's Tribe
Foundation
Gagandeep Rehaal
Founder & CEO
@Minus Zero
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Kevin McDonald
VP Solutions
@CryptoWerk
Nicholas Qi
Tech Lead
@Deloitte Australia
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Ravit Jain
Senior Content Marketing Manager
@Packt
Yash Patel
Hackathon Judge
@Ivy Hacks
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