Summary
Newconomics brings together entrepreneurs founders and executives of leading Web2 & Web3 companies to share their views on the next economic hot spots to be ready for.
We shine a light on the global technological developments, while taking a unique and widening perspective on the ecosystem and its vast opportunities.
These highly curated events are situated in unique surroundings and are targeted at bringing together leading thinkers, builders and financiers.
The aim is to foster strong and long lasting relationships, faciliate deal-making and encourage technical experimentation.
The events feature unique talks, debates and experiences and are activated and sustained across the year through original media producton that integrates tightly into emerging technologies.
Appearances
Watch intiial introduction on AAG here.
History
Newconomics launched in 2023 with 2 day event in Lisbon that brought together established and emerging talent, organisations and platforms, Newconomics is now aiming to go global through an annual calendar of intimate events.
Attendees
Over 1000 people attended the two day event that featured keynotes and panels featuring senior executives from Google, Binance, Dubai Government, Adidas Web3 Studio, Consensys, Vivendi, Benfica FC, Animoca Brands, Github and Polygon Labs.
Funding
The first year was funded by Human Protocol - one of Web3’s leading projects focused on AI and distributed work.
Human was launched by Alex Newman who comes from a distributed systems and database background.
He has founded and sold several tech companies, most notably Ohmdata (sold to WANDisco) and is a seasoned technology leader who has built and led engineering teams for over two decades. He most recently helped launch hCaptcha.com at Intuition Machines.
Calendar
The below calendar is a work in progress.
| Bi Weekly Video Podcast | Online | Starting Feb 29th | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newconomics VIP Networking Dinner | Cape Town | Feb 8th | |
| Roadshow Newconomics - VIP Dinner - Dubai | Dubai | Feb 22nd | |
| Newconomics VIP Networking Dinner - Eth Denver | USA - Denver | 1st March | |
| Newconomics VIP Networking Dinner | USA - Los Angeles | March 4th | |
| Newconomics VIP Networking Dinner | USA - NYC | March 7th | |
| Newconomics - MetaFest - Cran Montana | Cran Montana - Switzerland | 3rd /4th April | |
| Roadshow Newconomics - VIP Dinner Blockchain Paris | Paris | 8th April | |
| Newconomics - Side Event Token 2049 Dubai | Dubai | 18th April | |
| Newconomics - VIP Networking Dinner | USA - NYC | 9th May | |
| Roadshow Newconomics - VIP Dinner - Consensus | Austin, Texas | 28th May | |
| Roadshow Newconomics - VIP Dinner - Eth Brussels | Brussels | 8th July | |
| Roadshow Newconomics - VIP Dinner - Token 2049 Singapore | Singapore | 18th Sept | |
| Roadshow Newconomics - VIP Dinner - London | London | 10th Oct | |
| Newconomics 2024 Main Event ( Web Summit) | Lisbon | 14th & 15th November |
Opportunity
We aim to bring Newconomics to the Polkadot ecosystem across 2024, tightly integrating the talent, tools and technology into the foundations of the initiative.
By delivering highly curated events and associated media consistently across the year we can foster deeper connections between top tier decision-makers, encouraging collaboration, cooperation and partnerships.