The first VON3 event will be a two-day virtual summit taking place January 25-26, 2022. Pre-Conference on January 24th.

14 years ago, back in March 2007 at Spring 2007 VON, I shared my perspective about the future evolution of communications and included a look at the pulver.com Metaverse. My talk was broadcast live in Second Life at a virtual conference facility we called Pulveria. For perspective, please watch the one minute original promotional video found below.

While a lot has changed over the past 14 years, many things have also stayed the same. It has taken this long for some of the underlying concepts of the Metaverse to become part of Pop Culture.

After watching NFTs cross over from an asset from the crypto world into becoming of the most over-hyped, misunderstood terms in 2021, I realized the time has come for bringing VON3 to life.

Historically my VON conferences helped accelerate the global growth of the Voice on the Net and Video on the Net worlds. VON helped usher in a new era in global communications. I envision similar opportunities at VON3. While elements of Web3 have been around for a few years, I believe now is the time to start pushing forward and explore the brave new opportunities available because of Web3.

SPEAKERS FOR THE VON3 SUMMIT

Adam Lindemann, Founder, Venus Over Manhattan

Alec Lazarescu, Founder, Versetech Metaverse

Benedict Hadley, Founder, The Hadley Broadcasting Company

Betsy Campbell, Asst Professor/Director of CAPE, Penn State University

Bob Frankston, Computer & Internet Pioneer

Bret Kinsella, Founder & CEO of Voicebot.ai

Carole Baskin, CEO, Big Cat Rescue

Chris Brogan, Supreme Leader, Chris Brogan Media

Chris Celeberti, Sr Product Manager, Cognizant Softvision

Chris Fine, Founder & CEO, Integrative Technologies

David Berkowitz, Founder, Seiral Marketers

David Chen, Co-Founder, AngelVest Group

Dean Tribble, CEO, Agoric

Debra Ecklerling, Goal-Setting Expert & Corporate Consultant, The D*E*B Method

Deidre Diamond, Founder/CEO, CyberSN & Oz Sultan, Board Member, XRSi

Dennis Crowley, Co-Founder/Co-Chair, Foursquare

Dmitry Shapiro, CEO, Koji

Ed Guy, CTO, Cen.ai

Emily Sangder, Singer & Songwriter

Francine Hardaway, Joseph Jaffe, Matt Alston, David Berkowitz, Carole Baskin

Francine Hardaway, Karma Entrepreneur

Gary Henderson, Founder, DigitalMarketing.org

Glenn Richards, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Heidi Rome, Founder, Moms Spectrum Oasis

Jacob Ner David, CEO, Vinsent

Jeff Pulver, Founder, pulver.com

Jeremiah Owyang, Founding Partner, Kaleido Insights

Jon Arnold, Tech Thought Leader, Analyst

Joseph Jaffe, Host of Joseph Jaffe is Not Famous

Kavya Pearlman, Founder & CEO, XR Safety Initiative - XRSI

Keith Spiro, Business Strategist, Community Builder, Keith Spiro Media

Kevin Werbach, First Pacific Company Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Matt Alston, CEO, Bonfire

Monty Sharma, Managing Director, Massdigi

Nir Simionovich, CEO, Cloudonix, Inc.

Orly Zeewy, Facilitator of Lightbulb Moments, Zeewy Brands

Paul Levitz, Former CEO of DC Comics

Philippe Kahn, Founder/CEO, Fullpower-AI

Rafael Cordon, CTO, IBEX Mercado

Robert LoCascio, CEO, LivePerson

Sam Glassenberg, Founder/CEO, Level Ex

Steve Greenberg, Founder/CEO, S-Curve Records

Tron Black, President, Ravencoin Foundation

Xtina Holder, Founder, womxnbiz.club

Yossi Vardi, Legendary Entrepreneur & Investor

All Times Eastern - January 24, 2022

PRE-CONFERENCE - VON3 SUMMIT

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Welcome to The VON3 Summit - Jeff Pulver, Founder, pulver.com

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM Introduction to Web3 | Web3 Basics | NFTs - Jeff Pulver

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM More Than a Marketplace: The Real Revolutionary Potential of the Metaverse - Betsy Campbell, Asst Professor/Director of CAPE, Penn State University

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM Karma, Clubhouse & Web3 Investing - Francine Hardaway, Karma Entrepreneur

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM Wine & NFTs - Jacob Ner David, CEO, Vinsent

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM Building a Web3 Company - Community First - Matt Alston, CEO, Bonfire

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM Niftorian Artist Accelerator - Fireside Chat with Creatorious REX - Bret Kinsella

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM Ravencoin Community UpdatE - Tron Black, President, Ravencoin Foundation

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM Big Cats & NFTs - Carole Baskin, CEO, Big Cat Rescue

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Womxn in Business Club - Xtina Holder, Founder, womxnbiz.club

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM Redefining Broadcasting for an Equitable Future - Benedict Hadley, Founder, The Hadley Broadcasting Company

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Bitcoin Payments Using the Lightning Network - Rafael Cordon, CTO, IBEX Mercado

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Web3 Storytelling - Orly Zeewy, Facilitator of Lightbulb Moments, Zeewy Brands

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Staying Productive in a Web3 World - Debra Ecklerling, Goal-Setting Expert & Corporate Consultant, The D*E*B Method

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Web3 - Reinvention - Joseph Jaffe

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Creator Economy Roundtable - Francine Hardaway, Joseph Jaffe, Matt Alston, David Berkowitz, Carole Baskin, Gary Henderson

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM Networking

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All Times Eastern - January 25, 2022

VON3 SUMMIT - DAY 1

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Introduction to The VON3 Summit - Jeff Pulver, Founder, pulver.com

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM What is Web 3? - Jeremiah Owyang

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM Where is Web3 Going? - Dennis Crowley, Co-Founder/Co-Chair, Foursquare

11:50 AM - 12:10 PM Web3 Regulatory Issues - Kevin Werbach, First Pacific Company Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

12:10 PM - 12:30 PM The Future of Art - NFTs - Adam Lindemann, Founder, Venus Over Manhattan

12:30PM - 12:50 PM Voice From Sound to Data - Monty Sharma, Managing Director, Massdigi

12:50 PM - 1:10 PM The AR Startup I Want to Make - Chris Brogan, Supreme Leader, Chris Brogan Media

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM Identity and Parasociality in the Metaverse - Dmitry Shapiro, CEO, Koji

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM Transforming Our Communities into 21st Century Centers of Opportunities - Keith Spiro, Business Strategist, Community Builder, Keith Spiro Media

1:50 PM - 2:30 PM Catching Up Since the Last VON Conference (Still Crazy After All These Years) - Jon Arnold, Chris Fine & Jeff Pulver

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM The Future of Java Script & Smart Contracts - Dean Tribble, CEO, Agoric

2:50 PM - 3:05 PM Public Packet Infrastructure - Bob Frankston

3:05 PM - 3:20 PM Farewell Phone Numbers? - Nir Simionovich, CEO, Cloudonix, Inc.

3:20 PM - 3:35 PM Why Marketers Should Care About Web3 - David Berkowitz, Founder, Serial Marketers

3:35 PM - 3:55 PM Privacy & Security in a Web3 World - Deidre Diamond, Founder/CEO, CyberSN & Oz Sultan, Board Member, XRSi

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Musical Interlude & Networking - Emily Sangder, Singer & Songwriter

5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Embracing Creativity & The Future of the Internet - Philippe Kahn, Founder/CEO, Fullpower-AI

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All Times Eastern - January 26, 2022

VON3 SUMMIT - DAY 2

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Welcome Back to Day 2 - Jeff Pulver, Founder, pulver.com

11:10 AM - 11:35 AM Does This All Make Sense? - Yossi Vardi & Jeff Pulver

11:35 AM - 11:55 AM Combining Messaging and NFTs - Robert LoCascio, CEO, LivePerson

11:55 AM - 12:25 PM Future of Music in a Web3 World - Steve Greenberg, Founder/CEO S-Curve Records

12:25 PM - 12:55 PM Let's Practice Surgery Over Zoom! Astronauts, 5G and the Future of Collaborative Training - Sam Glassenberg, Founder/CEO, Level Ex

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Comic Books, Storytelling & the Metaverse - Paul Levitz, Former CEO of DC Comics

1:30 PM - 1:55 PM Will Inter-Metaverse Communications Be Regulated? - Glenn Richards, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

1:55 PM - 2:15 PM Web3 Telephony - Ed Guy

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM Major Banks & Web3 - Chris Celeberti

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM The Metaverse Creator Economy Has Already Begun - Alec Lazarescu, Founder, Versetech Metaverse

2:25 PM - 3:00 PM Securing the Metaverse - Kavya Pearlman, Founder & CEO, XR Safety Initiative - XRSI

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM The Metaverse Land Rush Is an Illusion - Heidi Rome & David Chen

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Conference Wrap Up - Jeff Pulver