Join us at Meridian 2026 Lisbon for two days of insights, connections, and opportunities shaping the future of global finance. October 28-29 at Convento do Beato, a stunning 16th-century landmark.
Meridian focuses on how the Stellar network is used in the real world. The program balances learning, collaboration, and product discovery, giving attendees direct access to the people and organizations actively building the ecosystem.
Speakers include:
- Alex Zinder, CPO, Blockdaemon
- Ali Erhat Nalbant, Co-Founder & CEO, Arf
- Ambre Soubiran, CEO, Kaiko
- Ameen Soleimani, CTO, 0xbow
- Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital
- Antonio Manuel Larriba Flor, SPP Tech Lead, Nethermind
- Anup Pani, Sr. Engineering Manager, SDF
- Arik Galansky, CPO, ZAMA
- Ashfaq Shaik, Executive Vice President – Digital Assets, Engineering, Broadridge
- Asiff Hirji, Founder, Inflekxion LLC
- Ben Lakoff, General Partner, Bankless Ventures
- Camila Russo, CEO, The Defiant
- Carlos Neira, CCO, R3mit Solutions Inc – Meru
- Courtenay Brown, Senior Economics Reporter, Axios
- Daniel Rowlands, General Manager, Wirex
- David Taylor, CEO, Etherfuse
- Dawuda Iddrisu, CEO, Seevcash
- Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director, Stellar Development Foundation
- Derek Chen, Associate Business Analyst, Stellar Development Foundation
- Edward Nwokedi, Founder and CEO, RedSwan Digital Real Estate
- Eleanor Terrett, Journalist, Host, Crypto In America
- Elton Shehdula, Head of Research, Allium
- Gemma Dobbs, Ecosystem Program Lead, Stellar Development Foundation
- Ginger Baker, VP, Product Management, Meta
- Ian Allison, Reporter, CoinDesk
- Jacquelyn Melinek, Founder & CEO, StrataMedia (Token Relations)
- Jake Urban, Senior Engineering Manager, Stellar Development Foundation
- Jamie Walker, Head of Digital Assets and Money Movement, U.S. Bank
- Jason Karsh, Chief Marketing Officer, Stellar Development Foundation
- Jay Geng, Senior Software Engineer, Stellar Development Foundation
- Jaya Baloo, COO & CISO, AISLE
- Jess Houlgrave, CEO, WalletConnect
- Jonathan Alexander, CTO, OpenZeppelin
- Julien Bouteloup, Founder, Stake Capital Group
- Justin Rice, VP of Ecosystem, SDF
- Karl Samsen, Principal, $YLDS, Figure
- KJ Owusu-Agyeam, CEO, Akuna Wallet
- Konstantin Richter, CEO & Founder, Blockdaemon
- Kurt Fields, Partner / Principal, Blockchain and Digital Assets Consulting, EY
- Leo Meng, Head of APAC, 57Blocks
- Marcin Kazmierczak, Co-Founder & COO, RedStone & Credora
- Marcos Fernandez, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Fiat Ventures
- Max Soul, Co-Founder, Arcane
- Maximilian Roszko, Business Development Lead, Curve Finance
- Michael Shaulov, CEO and Co-Founder, Fireblocks
- Monica Ramirez de Arellano, Managing Director – Head of International Banking, Anchorage Digital
- Nadine Chakar, Global Head of DTCC Digital Assets, DTCC
- Nicholas Gilbert, VP of Product, Stellar Development Foundation
- Nikhil Raghuveera, CEO, Predicate
- Nikolay Komarevskiy, Lead Rust Backend Engineer, Curve Finance
- Olubukola (Buki) Ogunsakin, Principal/Head Satoshi, BBO Solicitors
- Orbit Lens, Founder, StellarExpert
- Paul-Adrien Hyppolite, CEO, Spiko
- Peter Kerstens, Advisor, European Commission
- Rick Martin, Co-Founder & CEO, Decaf
- Robert Farquhar, CEO, MENA, Ctrl Alt
- Ronaldo Lemos, Founder, ITS Rio
- Simon Barnby, Founder, Archax
- Tanzeel Akhtar, Journalist, Morley Sterling LLC
- Tiago Piassum Theodoro, CEO and Founder, Rivool
- Tyler van der Hoeven, Director, Frontier Lab, Stellar Development Foundation
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