March 4th at 4pm CET
On March 4th at 4pm CET, we will share our stage with some of the experts from the Esports scene.
The attraction between esports and NFTs is undeniable. As esports is gaining more and more traction, how can it benefit from the power of ownership made possible with NFTs, Free to Play, Defi, Staking? Will that change the way esports teams communicate to their audience?
Join this live panel conversation with Elyssa Goldberg, Strategic Partnership Lead of Powder, Andy Koh, CEO of GEMS, JD Salbego, Founder and CEO of AnRKey X, and Jeffrey Donnelley, Founder and CEO of Megafans Esports
Watch on our YouTube, Twitch and Twitter (@BGA channels)
Meet Our Speakers
Elyssa Goldberg, Strategic Partnerships Lead at Powder
Elyssa leads strategic partnerships at Powder, which is building the camera of the metaverse to empower any gamer across any platform and device to become a creator and showcase their best moments in the metaverse. Prior to joining Powder, Elyssa was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Bertelsmann, focused on building and investing in media startups, and worked on product and strategy for News+ at Apple. Elyssa began her career as a journalist at eMarketer and Conde Nast before co-founding an independent magazine publishing company. She received an MBA and BA from Columbia University.
J.D. Salbego, Founder and CEO at AnrKey
J.D. Salbego, Founder and CEO of gDEX Metaverse, an all-in-one Play to Earn platform powering gamers and creators in the Metaverse and AnRKey X, a multi-release GameFi studio, is a global leader in blockchain gaming, NFTs, DeFi, and the Metaverse, market influencer, speaker, published author, and internationally-recognized subject matter expert. J.D. is a featured contributor on Cointelegraph.com, frequently gives media interviews, has been quoted by leading blockchain and crypto news sites, and regularly speaks at leading conferences around the world like World Economic Forum, and many more.. His work has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance etc., including being linked to boosting Japan’s economy with blockchain.
Andy Koh is the CEO of GEMS and Co-Founder of GAME ONE PTE LTD. With 20 years of experience in the IT and Esports industry.
Andy is an experienced project leader who managed over $4B USD across South East Asia and Australia. He is also the youngest director in HP, award-winning on multiple projects under his leadership in managing over 5 government agencies’ IT teams.
Currently Andy is also advisor on providing Esports’s turn-key solutions and eco system platform across South East Asia.
Jeffrey Donnelley, Founder & CEO of Mega Fans Esports
Jeff Donnelley is the Founder & CEO of MegaFans has been a gaming executive since 1998, and has been a key growth strategist for some of the biggest brands in the industry including Ubisoft and Draft Kings. He is also using the MegaFans platform to promote women entrepreneurs across the world.