ETHBratislava | Ilkovičova 2, 841 04 Karlova Ves, Slovakia

About ETHBratislava

ETHBratislava 2025 is set to be Slovakia's flagship Ethereum event, taking place on May 23–24, 2025, at the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies, Slovak Technical University in Bratislava. This two-day conference and hackathon will unite developers, builders, and innovators to explore the future of Ethereum and Web3 technologies.

The event will feature deep dives into topics such as Layer 2 scalability, staking and restaking mechanisms, real-world asset tokenization, consumer applications powered by AI, and innovative governance models. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in workshops, panel discussions, and a hands-on hackathon, fostering collaboration and innovation within the Ethereum ecosystem.

ETHBratislava aims to strengthen Central and Eastern Europe's presence in the global blockchain community by providing a platform for knowledge sharing and networking. Whether you're a developer, entrepreneur, or enthusiast, this event offers a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and contribute to the advancement of decentralized technologies.

Speakers

Alexander Petoud

Head of Community at SwissBorg SwissBorg

Mateusz Rzeszowski

Head of Governance at Polygon Labs Polygon Labs

Marek Hric

Founder & CEO at altFINS altFINS

David Tilšer

CTO at CleevioX CleevioX

Rev Miller

Co-founder at Commit Commit Labs

Josef Gattermayer

CEO at Ackee Blockchain Security Ackee Blockchain Security

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Peter Laubert

Co-founder at Blockmate.io Blockmate

Teodor Polakovič

Project Manager at Ackee Blockchain Security Ackee Blockchain Security

Tibor Tribus

CEO & Co-founder at MAYA-ZK MAYA-ZK

Donato Pellegrino

Researcher at Zircuit Zircuit

Ivan Homoliak

Researcher in zk-SNARKs and Consensus Protocols Consensus Protocol

Michaela Malatín

Web3 Educator and NFT Ecosystem Advocate

Michael Wild

Co-founder at dEURO Association dEURO

Viki Val

Founder at KodaDot KodaDot

Tibor Csoka

Developer at Hopr HOPR

Christian Sauer

Co-founder at Soonami.io Soonami

Pavel Dzidukh

Smart Contract Developer at Protofire Protofire

Michal Horvath

Founder at Kvants.ai Kvants

Daniel Ďuriač

Blockchain Specialist at National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) National Bank of Slovakia

Ross Shemeliak

Chief Product Officer at Stobox Stobox

Bianca Andreea Buzea

Head of Communications at Chronicle Chronicle Labs | Protocol

Marcin Kazmierczak

Co-founder at RedStone RedStone Oracles

Yos Riady

Founder at Formo Formo

Dr. Matthias Hafner

Economist at Swiss Economics Swiss Economics

David Scheidl

Co-founder at Stereum Stereum Services FlexCo

Peter Grosskopf

CTO at AllUnity AllUnity

Max Sherwood

Founder at H2O Nodes H2O Nodes

Robert Remen

Principal Applied Cryptography Engineer at Matter Labs Matter Labs

Noah Jelich

Technical Lead at YieldBricks YieldBricks

Joao Alves

Co-founder at Bleap Bleap

Vladimir Gotra

Senior Software Engineer at Svitla Systems, Inc. Svitla Systems, Inc

Stanislaw Koper

PhD student & Co-founder of Weaving web3 Weaving web3

Yudi Xu

Co-founder at DeTrip DeTrip

Sacha Tanase

Web3 UXD and UXR (Design & Research) at Thesis, Mezo Network Thesis*

Oleh Korchynskyy

Community Success Manager | DAO Coordinator at Taiko Taiko Labs

Agenda

Mainnet Stage

09:00 – 09:30 – Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:30 – 09:45 – Opening Ceremony

09:45 – 10:10 – Based AI Agents: How Ethereum validators can drive the AI revolution – Alon Muroch

10:35 – 11:20 – RWA and the Future of On-Chain Finance – Matthias Hafner, Gene Deyev | Moderator: Lukasz Stoczinski

11:30 – 11:55 – Introduction to Swissborg – Alexander Petoud

12:00 – 12:45 – Lunch break

12:45 – 13:10 – How real estate, energy projects, and private equity are driving tokenization forward – Gene Deyev

13:15 – 14:00 – Stablecoins vs. Mastercard & Visa: Disruption or Integration – Matthias Hafner

14:05 – 14:30 – Building a Borderless Euro Economy – Matt Oksa

14:45 – 15:30 – Governance in a Decentralized World – Denys, Ester Shlain, Mateusz Rzesowski | Moderator: Martin Hergovic

15:15 – 15:40 – Self Regulation of DeFi & INATBA's Policy Proposal – Georg Brameshuber

15:45 – 16:00 – Bridging the Gap: Unlocking Institutional Capital Flow Through Custodians and Validators – Lorenzo Barbantini Scanni

16:05 – 16:20 – Building the World’s First Universal Reputation System – Zuzanna Jelska

16:25 – 16:40 – BoojumOS and Boojum2.0: ZKsync’s Elastic, EVM-ready Protocol – Robert Remen

16:40 – 17:00 – How to Use web3 Safely and Privately? – Roman

17:30 – Friday Programme End

Pectra Stage

09:00 – 09:30 – Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:30 – 09:45 – Opening Ceremony

09:45 – 10:10 – On the Security of Selected EIPs in PECTRA – Ivan Homoliak

10:35 – 11:00 – A DevRel’s Blueprint for Community Growth – Bianca Buzea

12:00 – 12:45 – Lunch break

12:45 – 13:10 – Orestes: A dynamic and targeted incentive model – Jean Demeusy

13:15 – 14:00 – Staking and the New Era of Ethereum – Ivan Homoliak, Mario Havel, Lorenzo Barbantini Scanni, Alon Muroch | Moderator: Slavomir Fabisk

14:05 – 14:30 – On eating your own dogfood – Bruno Skvorc

14:45 – 15:10 – Building the future of web3 with zkEVM Layer – Donato Pellegrino

15:15 – 15:40 – Every dApp Needs a Stateless Client – Steffen Kux

15:45 – 16:00 – Oracle Extractable Value – Jiri Herzan

16:25 – 16:40 – Leveling the Playing Field: How Lido’s CSM makes home validation fair – Vladimir Gorkavenko

16:40 – 17:00 – Running Ethereum validators: Hobby, or business? – Max Sherwood

17:30 – Friday Programme End

Consensus Corner

09:00 – 09:30 – Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:30 – 09:45 – Opening Ceremony

10:35 – 17:00 – Hackathon (all day)

14:05 – 14:45 – Workshop: HOPR & GnosisVPN – Tibor Csóka

16:25 – 17:05 – Workshop: Set up your first Ethereum Node with Stereum – David Schield

17:30 – Friday Programme End

Hackathon Den

09:00 – 09:30 – Registration & Welcome Coffee

09:30 – 09:45 – Opening Ceremony

09:45 – 17:00 – Hackathon

17:30 – Friday Programme End

Mainnet Stage

09:00 - 09:30 – Welcome Coffee

09:30 - 10:15 – On the Security of Selected EIPs in PECTRA – Ivan Homoliak

10:20 - 10:45 – Building a non-custodial bank with stablecoins – Joao Alves

10:50 - 11:15 – The Road to dEuro on-chain – Michael Wild

11:40 - 12:05 – What If Your Algorithms Could Trade $5bn In Crypto Per Day? – Michal Juhas

12:45 - 13:10 – Peter Grosskopf – AllUnity

13:15 - 14:00 – Successful Crypto Investigation – Albert Queheberger

14:15 - 14:30 – Enhancing Web3 Security Through Smart Contract Verification – Agustin Lavarello

14:35 - 14:50 – Ress: Stateless Ethereum Client – Roman Krasiuk

14:55 - 15:10 – Unifying Shared Security – Stanislaw Koper

15:15 - 15:30 – Community Building and DAO – Oleh Korchinkskiiy

15:45 - 16:00 – Trust Is the Product: How Web3 Users Decide Who to Believe – Sasha Tanase Luca

16:05 - 16:20 – Transition from Web2 to Web3 – Igor Plusa

16:25 - 16:40 – Quadratic Funding: Has It Delivered? – Rex

16:55 - 17:10 – Challenges in Zero-Knowledge Proofs – Tibor Tribus

17:30 - 18:00 – Hackathon Winner Announcement and Closing Ceremony

18:00 – Move to BratisRava Afterparty

Pectra Stage

09:00 - 09:30 – Welcome Coffee

09:30 - 10:15 – The Future of Euro Stablecoins – Matt Oksa, Michael Wild, Peter Grosskopf, Daniel Ďuriač | Moderator: Matthias Hafner

10:20 - 10:45 – Using Zero Knowledge Proof to Bring Back Traveler Privacy – Yudi

10:50 - 11:35 – Panel: ReStaking – Donato Pellegrino, XY, Max Sherwood | Moderator: Slavomir Fabisik

12:45 - 13:10 – Killing with Keyboards: How Your Digital Footprint Can Ruin You – Noah Jelich

13:15 - 14:00 – Panel: Next Three Years of Ethereum – Kyrylo Khomiakov, Marek Hric, Alexander Petoud | Moderator: Stanislaw Koper

14:15 - 14:55 – Panel: Building Slovak Crypto Community – Tisci, Martin Hergovic, Slavomir Fabisik | Moderator: Damian Vanco

14:55 - 15:40 – Panel: Crypto and AI - Perfect Match? – Michal Juhas, Radu Birta, Luca Bazzuro, Bruno Skvorc | Moderator: Teo Polakovic

16:05 - 16:50 – Panel: Security on Ethereum – Oleksandr Iurkin, Agustin Lavarello, Albert Queheberger | Moderator: Teo Polakovic

16:55 - 17:10 – Hacken Approach – Oleksandr Iurkin

17:30 - 18:00 – Hackathon Winner Announcement and Closing Ceremony

18:00 – Move to BratisRava Afterparty

Consensus Corner

09:00 - 09:30 – Welcome Coffee

11:40 - 12:05 – Workshop: VS Code Extension + Wake Framework – Lukas Rajnoha

12:45 - 13:25 – Workshop: Historia a najnovsie trendy v NFT smart kontraktoch – mOpO680.Ξth, Pausr

14:55 - 15:40 – Panel: Crypto and AI - Perfect Match? – Michal Juhas, Radu Birta, Luca Bazzuro, Bruno Skvorc | Moderator: Teo Polakovic (синхронно з Pectra Stage)

15:45 - 16:10 – Workshop: Beyond Hacking – Igor Plusa

16:25 - 16:50 – Workshop: Gamification as a Web3 Adoption Catalyst – Luca Bazzuro

17:30 - 18:00 – Hackathon Winner Announcement and Closing Ceremony

18:00 – Move to BratisRava Afterparty

Hackathon Den

09:00 - 17:00 – Hackathon (coding ends at 17:00)

17:30 – Judging ends

17:30 - 18:00 – Hackathon Winner Announcement and Closing Ceremony

18:00 – Move to BratisRava Afterparty