Following the huge success of the inaugural event in Hong Kong this February, the 2nd Global Web3 Developer Conference 2026 (Global Web3 Dev Con) is officially landing in Seoul, expanding its scale to an unprecedented milestone!
Hosted by Web3Labs, GWDC is Asia’s premier developer-focused Web3 summit. Taking place from September 29-30, 2026 (2 days) at the AT Center in Seoul, this mega-edition will champion the ethos of “For Builders, By Builders” on a much grander stage. This year, we are targeting 10,000+ Web3 enthusiasts, 200+ elite global developers, and 100+ tier-1 VCs for deep coding sessions, technical breakthroughs, and high-impact ecosystem exchange.
🌟 Agenda Focus Themes
🔥 AI Agents & Autonomous Payments: Exploring how AI agents utilize stablecoins for automated micro-payments to power a frictionless decentralized economy.
🌐 DePIN Commercialization: Driving real-world enterprise demand, revenue scaling, and sustainable token-burn mechanisms for hardware networks.
📈 Tokenomics 2.0: Shifting the paradigm from inflationary narratives to sustainable on-chain revenue models and fee-sharing mechanisms.
💼 RWA & Institutional Capital; Bringing traditional assets like T-bills and private credit on-chain to unlock deep liquidity and DeFi composability.
🧱 Modular Infra & Restaking: Advancing the frontiers of shared security, modular scalability, and seamless omnichain interoperability.
📊 Prediction Markets & Derivatives: Analyzing the structural growth of on-chain prediction aggregators and next-generation crypto derivatives.
Speakers include:
- Koo Yun-cheol, Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Finance, Korea
- Min Byoung-dug, Member, Korean National Assembly
- Dr. Johnny Ng, Member, National Political Consultative Committee; Chairman, Hong Kong Legislative Council Commerce & Innovation Technology Committee
- Yoon Suk-hun, Chairman, Asian Economic Development Committee — Hypai Labs
- Caspar Wong, CEO, Web3Labs
- Lee Jae-won, CEO, Bithumb
- Ryan Li, Deputy General Manager, Digital Native Business, Microsoft Great China
- Evan Auyang, Group President, Animoca Brands
- Justin Sun, Founder, TRON
- Jack Kong, Founder, Nano Labs
- Kwon Hyuk-il, Co-Founder, NAVER; Chairman, Happybean Foundation
- Shin Won-geun, CEO, Kakao Pay
- Ella Zhang, Managing Partner & Head, YZi Labs
- Vicky Wang, President, Amber Group
- Wish Wu, CEO & Co-Founder, Pharos Network
- Nina Rong, Executive Director of Growth, BNB Chain
- Andrew Kang, Head of Korea, Injective
- David Jiho Kim, CEO, TokenPost
- Lee Jung-hwa, Director, LG CNS
- Francesco Andreoli, Head of Developer Relations, MetaMask
✨ This is a side event for Korea Blockchain Week 2026
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