How web3 meets creative industries in Portugal: Interview

Our web3 PR and Advertising and marketing company, EAK Digital, was organizing the primary Istanbul Blockchain Week in 2019, we had an epic speaker lineup and the Hilton Resort booked within the heart of Istanbul. This was the primary occasion we had organized and issues had been going nice, after which covid-19 hit and every thing fell aside. In fact, we needed to cancel the occasion and refund all sponsors; this was devastating to me as I’d labored extraordinarily onerous on placing this collectively.

When the world shut down in March 2020, we had been all on the lookout for issues to take our minds off of the covid-19 pandemic. I used to be sitting in my childhood bed room at this level (as a result of lockdown!), questioning what we should always do. We had this nice speaker lineup however no convention, thus BlockDown was born.

BlockDown allowed me and my crew to laser concentrate on making a metaverse-inspired digital expertise that has by no means been completed earlier than in simply 6 weeks. The joy of bringing the entire blockchain group collectively for 12 hours per day dwell throughout 48 hours, taking within the greatest audio system and tasks from Beijing to Los Angeles, was an exhilarating expertise.

I used to be additionally impressed by having Akon with us as a speaker for 5 BlockDown editions. Again within the first version in April 2020, there was a variety of media consideration about Akon showing at BlockDown because it was the primary international blockchain occasion he had participated in.

As someone who spent his college days dancing to Akon on scholar nights late into the night time, I by no means thought we might find yourself working collectively like this. In order that was an enormous thrill.

Lastly, by tying the ‘lockdown into’ our title, we are going to always remember what impressed BlockDown and staying true to our DNA and core values of internet hosting occasions with interactivity, enjoyable, and engagement tied to the guts of the occasion.

As you rightly stated, BlockDown Competition focuses on the intersection of web3 and tradition, the crossover of the artistic industries similar to music, sports activities, arts, style, gaming and leisure.

For music, we’ve got partnered with web3 music platform TokenTraxx, in making a web3 music takeover stage within the secret backyard stage of the competition. We might be inviting 8 web3 musicians which have discovered success within the NFT area to talk and carry out on the competition. We’ve got a pleasant combine of various music genres, and It is going to give the competition nice power whereas giving everybody an opportunity to find new up-and-coming web3 music artists.

For Vogue, we’ve got partnered up with the Metaverse Vogue Council for our fashion-related content material. First up, on July eleventh, we could have a metaverse-inspired style present on the convention’s primary stage, catwalk included! In between every style talking content material, there might be a style present for style lovers and curious minds alike to benefit from the newest in the way forward for style.

As well as, one thing we’re very enthusiastic about is the world’s first style AI hackathon taking place at BlockDown Competition this 12 months. The Metaverse Vogue Council has simply launched Model AI, a first-of-its-kind style AI that may create style clothes based mostly in your prompts. In an America’s obtained expertise model competitors, opponents will take the stage to battle it out who can take advantage of trendy clothes and decide by skilled style judges, which might be very thrilling.

For Gaming, we’ve got partnered up with the Blockchain Sport Alliance to help us in bringing collectively one of the best gaming content material potential. We could have W3E with us, who could have a gaming zone and expertise internet hosting dwell web3 gaming tournaments all through the competition.

As web3 goes extra mainstream, increasingly more web3 tasks wish to associate with the world’s greatest manufacturers to onboard the subsequent era of individuals into web3. With that in thoughts, we’ve got some main manufacturers at BlockDown Competition this 12 months.

To call just a few, we’ve got Pär Helgosson, head of web3 and metaverse at PSG, one the world’s largest soccer golf equipment and types,

Retaining on the sports activities entrance, we’ve got John Wolfe, Web3 Lead at McLaren Racing. He might be internet hosting a keynote speech and becoming a member of an skilled panel of manufacturers discussing how Mclaren Racing has efficiently entered web3 and the place they see the long run trajectory of the trade.

Lastly, on the model entrance, we’ve got Julian O’Hayon, co-founder and CEO of BLVCK Paris. This luxurious way of life style model has completed wonderful issues in web3 and is a pioneering instance of different style manufacturers integrating web3 into their present enterprise fashions.

We even have the CEO of Animoca Manufacturers, Robby Yung, becoming a member of us for a fireplace chat dwell on our primary stage alongside some nice VCs like Bankless Ventures.

And the good factor is we nonetheless have a lot extra to announce. Examine again to our audio system’ web page on the BlockDown Competition to maintain up to date on the most recent speaker bulletins!

Sure, we’re trying ahead to this. As talked about earlier than, that is in collaboration with the Metaverse Vogue Council, advising us on one of the best designers and style homes to associate with for the Metaverse style present. The style present might be break up into 4 segments, with a fashion-related speech and panels in between every efficiency.

For these on the competition, We could have a ten ft catwalk for the fashions to take to the stage and showcase the totally different style designs, and the present might be dwell IRL and, after all, within the metaverse on July eleventh.

I met the Bored Ape guys in Dubai just lately and attended one among their reveals and knew immediately that we needed to deliver this to BlockDown Competition. I had a gathering with them the place we had been aligned with them relating to the content material and manufacturing of the social gathering, and they’re excited to return to Portugal for the primary time. 

They are going to be internet hosting two events, the Bored Ape Yacht Social gathering could be very unique, naturally, as it’s on a yacht, the numbers are restricted, and people on that boat will even be handled to journeys by way of the world-famous Benagil Cave and be with a cease at a non-public seashore for a Bored Ape BBQ!

On July Twelfth, on the competition’s primary stage, DJ Ape will deliver the Bored Ape expertise to the entire competition for a 2-hour DJ set that includes distinctive tracks and merchandise. I can’t wait to see it!

We wish to hold our doorways open to collaboration for so long as potential. Specifically, we might love to listen to from music artists, NFT artists, Digital Vogue Designers, and anybody or firm that may enrich the BlockDown Competition expertise for our company. The extra artistic the concept, the higher!

For extra data, see BlockDown Competition: Portugal.