A New European Web3 Nexus.
Join Europe’s most knowledgeable blockchain and web3 builders, researchers and investors for two full days of conferencing, networking and learning. All against the backdrop of Slush — the most founder-focused event on Earth.
29th & 30th November. Helsinki, Finland.
The leading Nordic Web3 conference
Open Protocol unites hundreds of vetted builders, investors and customers from across the crypto ecosystem.
A two day programme of talks, debates and panels — from technical deep-dives to product demos to macro analysis. And tons of opportunities to build relationships with other key players in the ecosystem.
This year's topics include
- Autonomous Worlds
- Network Effects in On-chain Gaming Engines
- Modular vs. Monolithic
- Storage Proof
- Web3 Social
- Rollup-as-a-Service
- Scalability
- MEV
- Funding in the Current Market
- Crypto-Native User Experiences
- Orderflow
- ZK Acceleration
- And more
Who came last year:
Last year’s conference was attended by some of the leading web3 and blockchain companies, research organisations and investment firms.
- a16z
- Aave
- Accel
- Animoca Brands
- Artificial Intelligence Center Hamburg
- Atomico
- AWS for Games
- BACKED
- Bain & Company
- Bessemer Venture Partners
- Bitcoin Suisse AG
- BITKRAFT Ventures
- Binance
- Blossom Capital
- Cambridge Judge Business School
- Cherry Ventures
- CMT Digital
- Coinbase
- CoinDesk
- CoinTelegraph
- Cornerstone
- Decentraland
- Deloitte
- Empires Not Vampires
- Entrepreneur First
- EQT Ventures
- Ericsson
- Fabric Ventures
- Fifty Years
- firstminute
- Founders Factory
- Galaxy Interactive
- Heartcore
- Hedosophia
- IDEO
- King's College, London
- Kraken Ventures
- MakerDAO
- Makers Fund
- Northzone
- Orrick
- Outlier Ventures
- Planet A
- Play Ventures
- Revolut
- Sequoia
- Shopify
- Shell
- Sorare
- Stardust
- Startup Montréal
- Startup Norway
- Slush
- Stripe
- Supercell
- Tesseract
- Token Terminal
- UCB Biopharma
- Web Summit
Some of the things that previous attendees have said about Open Protocol
A lot of true believers and not many tourists. I’ll be returning.
It was a brilliantly run event - I’m grateful to have taken part.
The dynamic, the energy, the enthusiasm - it’s not something you can bring to a screen.
Previous Open Protocol Speakers
Open Protocol has featured some of most knowledgeable, visionary and engaging experts in the field today
Koh Kim
Mysten Labs
Suji Jan
MASK NETWORK
Stani Kulechov
AAVE / LENS
Aron Beierschmitt
LAGUNA GAMES
Canaan Linder
STARDUST
Hilmar Pétursson
CCP / EVE ONLINE
Janine Yurio
EVERYREALM
Richard Kim
GALAXY
Andrei Brasoveanu
ACCEL
Simon Jones
VOLTZ
Justin Glibert
0XParc
Aleks Larsen
SKY MAVIS
Sebastien Borget
THE SANDBOX
Marieke Flamete
NEAR FOUNDATION
Lucas Vogelsang
CENTRIFUGE
Alex Brunicki
BACKED VC
Richard Muirhead
FABRIC VENTURES
Tegan Kline
The Graph
Eddy Lazzarin
a16z
Where and when is it held?
Open Protocol takes place on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th November in Helsinki, Finland. It’s hosted at an incredible, state-of-the-art venue in the city.
FAQ
You can join Open Protocol as an attendee, speaker, sponsor or media representative. Please note, to ensure the highest quality event possible, all participation is by application-only. All spots are limited and in high demand.
To join us at Open Protocol click here.
Yes. Last year the event was sponsored by Google, Tezos Foundation, Near Foundation, AWS and others.
You can enquire about sponsorship here.
Yes. We attract a stellar line-up every year.
Last year’s speakers include Stani Kulechov (AAVE & Lens), Aleksander Larsen (Sky Mavis & Axie Infinity), Hilmar Veigar Pétursson (CCP / Eve Online), Andrei Brasoveanu (Accel) and Richard Kim (Galaxy Interactive).
You can submit your speaker papers here.
Open Protocol was spun out of the Slush technology conference in Helsinki as a standalone event. Last year it was the largest Web3 event in the Nordics to date with over 15% of the entire Slush population applying (1800 applicants) to attend. So we recommend applying early.
Yes. If you are actively involved in a relevant media publication you can join Open Protocol for free with a Media Pass.
Please apply for your Media Pass here.
Open Protocol is a Web3-only conference on 29th and 30th November 2023 and Slush is a general technology entrepreneurship conference on 30th and 31st November 2023.
A ticket for Slush does not given you access to Open Protocol and vice versa.
But both events are in Helsinki during overlapping dates, so you can enjoy both simultaneously as many attendees do.
Sadly we can’t help with visa invitation letters unless you are an Open Protocol speaker.