VeeCon 2023 announces another 30 speakers!

VeeCon 2023 today announced a lineup of 30 new speakers for this year’s event. The list includes Hollywood celebrities, NFT artists, and executives from major Web3 companies. Who’s on the list?

Who are the new 30 speakers added to VeeCon 2023?

The 30 new speakers added to VeeCon 2023 are:

• Nick Adler, founder of MNTGE

• Ed Balloon, Artist and Founder of Ed Balloon

• Drew Barrymore, talk show host, actress, and founder of Barrymore Brands

• Matthew Berry, NBC Sports Senior Fantasy Sports Analyst and Sports Betting

• Bryan Brinkman, Artist

• Peter Chun, VaynerX Global Platform Director

• Coldie, artist, collector and curator

• Danny Cole, artist and creator of Creature World

• Chris Denson, innovation advocate, presenter and author

• Dr. Shefali, Clinical Psychologist and 3-Time NYT Bestselling Author

• Javier “Chicharito” Hernández, Professional Athlete with LA Galaxy

• Melody Hildebrandt, President of Blockchain Creative Labs

• Melissa Hobley, Tinder Global CMO

• Shae Hong, Founder and CEO of Made By Gather

• Jesse Itzler, Serial Entrepreneur and NY Times Bestselling Author

• Andy Krainak, President of VeeFriends

• Marc Lasry, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Group

• Sunny Madra, Definitive Co-Founder and CEO

• Mary Kate McGrath, Brand Director, Gallery Media Group

• MIKA, Web3 Advisor and Seed Group

• Cesar Milan, artist, CEO and canine behaviorist

• Jim Mollica, Bose Marketing Director

• May Niu, VeeFriends Director of Media Operations

• OSF, Artist and Co-Founder of Canary Labs

• Nicole Parlapiano, CMO of Tubi

• Brennan Russo, Founder of MNTGE

• Constance Schwartz-Morini, Co-Founder and CEO of SMAC Entertainment

• Myles Shear, Co-Founder and CEO of Palm Tree Crew

• Max Siegelman, founder of Siegelman Stable

• Thanks, Artist

• Gail Tifford, Partner at True Search

• Danny Winer, CEO and Co-Founder of HexClad

• Sean Wotherspoon, founder of MNTGE

• Erik Zettersten, VeeFriends CTO

What is VeeCon 2023?

VeeCon 2023 is a multi-day conference taking place in Indianapolis from May 18-20. The event brings together business leaders, artists, pop culture icons and many others at the forefront of innovation. Entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk created the lecture series, and last year’s inaugural VeeCon was a huge hit with attendees.

VeeCon is also the first conference to use NFT technology for ticketing. Holders of VeeFriends, a collection of NFTs created by Vaynerchuk, have preferential access to purchase NFTs that work like tickets. After that, they can either attend the conference or choose to sell their tickets on NFT secondary markets. As of today, tickets are .125 eth or $230.

The instructions on the VeeCon website provide instructions for buyers on how to create a MetaMask wallet, buy Ethereum, and buy NFTs that work like tickets. This approach fits with Vaynerchuk’s broader vision of how NFT technology will disrupt our current technology. Before last year’s event, Vaynerchuk predicted: “We will all interact with NFTs because they will be our plane tickets. It will be our receipts, it will be our US Bank Stadium tickets, it will be our membership cards. Right now we use plastic, QR codes, and email confirmations for a lot of things. I think blockchain will be consumed because it’s a better technology.”

Using NFTs to sell tickets to VeeCon 2023, Vaynerchuk provides a real-life example of how NFTs can help simplify our lives. This year’s event includes more than 140 speakers and panelists and promises to be a rallying point for the Web3 community to drive widespread adoption of crypto and NFTs.