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WHERE
Denver, CO
Number 38
WHEN
February 27th, 2025
10am-6:30pm
From conference to collective
What began as a simple conference has evolved into a movement exploring how access to capital can empower builders and help create a more decentralized, collaborative future.
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Speakers
Agenda
This year’s Schelling Point programming is split across two stages, each designed to foster impactful conversations and collaboration.
Summit Stage
Morning
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Intro by Jehana Vazifdar (Gitcoin); Keynote by Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin/Allo Labs) & Meg Lister (Gitcoin)
Scaling the World Computer: A Bet on Futarchy
Vaughn McKenzie-Landell (Butter)
Verifiable Impact: Measuring What Matters in Web3 Funding
Meg Lister (Gitcoin)
Retro Done Right: Evolving Impact-Based Funding
Jackie Bona (Divvi), Megan Klimen (Filecoin Foundation), Monty Bryant (Celo Public Goods), moderated by Carl Cervone (Open Source Observer)
Open-source Capitalism: More than Distribution
Prometheus (Powerhouse)
Afternoon
Accelerationism: Building Humanity's Coordination Engine
Sreeram Kannan (EigenLayer)
Lunch/Networking
The Role of AI in the Future of Web3 Funding
Kamesh (OpenLedger), Rohit Chauhan (Polygon), Alfonso Gómez-Jordana Mañas (Crossmint), Matt Pearring (Offchain Labs), moderated by Anna Shakola (Cointelegraph Accelerator)
Building a Grants Program That Scales
Mattie Fairchild (Polygon) & Sov (Gitcoin)
Successive Ecosystem Building: From Zero to Hero
Anke Liu (Stellar Development Foundation)
Conditional Funding Markets in Action: Demo & Discussion
Vaughn McKenzie-Landell (Butter), Brian Nistler (UF), moderated by Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin/Allo Labs)
Exploring Novel Mechanisms to Support Builders Across their Lifecycle
Juan Benet (Protocol Labs), Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin/Allo Labs)
Closing Remarks
Meg Lister (Gitcoin), moderated by Sov (Gitcoin)
Happy Hour
DJ Set by Annalisa
Spark Stage
Morning
Summit Stage: Welcome & Opening Remarks
Intro by Jehana Vazifdar (Gitcoin); Keynote by Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin/Allo Labs) & Meg Lister (Gitcoin)
Rethinking Government Funding: Lessons from On-chain Capital Allocation
David DAO (GainForest and Eval Science), Azeem Khan (MorphL2), Mike Cooper (Metagov), moderated by Disruption Joe (Mother DAO)
Making Funding More Efficient with Humanistic Technology
Shady El Damaty (Holonym)
Why Are We Still Funding This Way?
Denisse Halm (Divvi)
Afternoon
The Importance of Good UX in Mechanism Design
Ed (Gitcoin)
Lunch/Hot Ones
Host: Diana Chen (Rehash Podcast)
Human Distilled Judgement in Funding Decisions
Devansh Mehta (Ethereum Foundation), Anke Liu (Stellar Development Foundation), moderated by Sejal Rekhan (Gitcoin)
Meditation & Sound Bath
Host: Emily
Builder growth: Insights from Gitcoin Grants on Nurturing Innovation
3 GG Builders, moderated by Mathilda DV (Gitcoin) & Carl Cervone (Open Source Observer)
Summit Stage: Closing Remarks
Programming
This year’s Schelling Point programming is split across two stages, each designed to foster impactful conversations and collaboration.
Verifiable Impact: Measuring What Matters in Web3 Funding
Meg Lister, GM of Gitcoin, unpacks how on-chain metrics are reshaping grant funding—ensuring funding drives real, measurable outcomes in web3.
The Role of AI in the Future of Web3 Funding
Explore how AI is transforming Web3 funding by enhancing grant evaluations, optimizing capital allocation, and driving smarter, data-driven decisions.
Retro Done Right: Evolving Impact-Based Funding
Learn how retroactive funding drives impact-based grants, when it works best, and how it's evolving to reward meaningful contributions in Web3.
Fireside Chat: Building a Grants Program That Scales
Polygon and Gitcoin explore how to build scalable grants programs that enable democratic funding decisions, empower communities, and drive measurable impact.
Rethinking government funding: Lessons from on-chain capital allocation
Explore what on-chain funding can learn from traditional government programs, the benefits blockchain offers, and what it would take to make decentralized public funding a reality.
Human-Distilled Judgment: A New Era for Funding Decisions
Explore how human-distilled judgment is reshaping funding models. Deep Funding and Neural Quorum Governance leaders share approaches, principles, and real-world use cases.
Supporting Builder Growth: Lessons from 22 Rounds of Gitcoin Grants
Learn how Gitcoin Grants has supported builders through funding and beyond. Builders share their experiences, as well as feedback to program managers on how to best support their success.
Fireside Chat: Exploring Novel Mechanisms to Support Builders Across Their Lifecycle
Juan Benet and Kevin Owocki discuss emerging funding models that go beyond grants, exploring how ecosystems can provide sustained support for builders from ideation to scale.
Scaling the World Computer: A Bet on Futarchy
CEO & Cofounder of Butter, Vaughn (noturhandle), discusses how Conditional Funding Markets, and specifically Futarchy can address issues in funding public goods, ecosystem growth, and service providers.
The Venue
Number 38 is an expansive indoor-outdoor venue in the heart of Denver's RiNo Art District, offering the perfect setting for our community to connect, learn, and collaborate. The venue features multiple stages, state-of-the-art AV equipment, and comfortable spaces for both presentations and networking.
3560 Chestnut Pl,
Denver, CO
80216, United States
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