EDMTo - June 21st Meetup (IRL at ChainSafe's Office) at 6:30 PM

Hey y'all!

EDMTo is BACK IRL! :D

Join us for for pizza and drinks while listening to some of the most brilliant and innovative minds in the web3 space.

Exclusive event before ETHGlobal Waterloo!

Agenda:

6:30 pm: Doors open (2nd floor, ChainSafe Office)
7:00 pm: Event Starts

1. Welcome Remarks
2. Speaker 1: David Ansermino, CTO at ChainSafe
   "Intro to web3.js v4" + Demo
3. Speaker 2: Lucas Manuel, Smart Contracts Engineer at Spark Protocol
   "MakerDAO’s Endgame and Spark Protocol" + Demo
4. Community announcements (5 minutes)
5. Social & Networking

9:00 pm: Finish

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What to expect:

This session is going to be a mix of different developers from the Ethereum ecosystem talking about the projects they are working on.

All developers are welcome, from beginners to advanced coders alike.
What to bring:

• laptop if you want to follow along with the coding component; this is optional though.
• that friend who’s on the fence about blockchain but you know is secretly curious and wants to know more :)

*EDMTo is not an electronic dance music event.

This event is sponsored by ChainSafe

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Speaker Bios:

David Ansermino is the Chief Technology Officer at ChainSafe, one of the leading blockchain R&D firms. ChainSafe’s multi-chain perspective, with a commitment to open-source software and a specialization in infrastructure development has allowed them to cement themselves as leaders in the web3 movement.

ChainSafe is a global remote-first organization that partners with major ecosystems such as Ethereum, Filecoin & Polkadot to build core infrastructure components. ChainSafe’s mission is to onboard the next 1 million builders into the web3 space by providing them with the groundwork, tools, and experience they’ll need to build the next iteration of the internet.

ChainSafe is building a portfolio of products designed to serve web3 builders— web3.unity, Storage, and Files, to name a few.

Over the last 5 years David has built his team from 0 to 70+ software engineers, while simultaneously contributing to critical infrastructure development for several major networks. He has a passion for utilizing technology to empower individuals, improve human coordination. and democratize the internet

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Lucas Manuel is a senior smart contracts engineer at Phoenix Labs, working on Spark Protocol and RWA integration modules under MakerDAO’s endgame architecture. Previously he worked as a smart contracts tech lead at Maple Finance, doing 5 mainnet deployments and facilitating over $2 billion in loans. Before that he worked at MakerDAO as a smart contract engineer and EY as a smart contract engineer, starting in 2018.

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ChainSafe

ChainSafe is a blockchain research and development firm specializing in infrastructure development and web3 gaming. We’re well-known for protocol-level contributions to Ethereum, Polkadot, Filecoin, and more, alongside bleeding-edge solutions in gaming, cross-chain bridging, and decentralized storage.
Our open-source and community-driven ethos serves both organizations and developers. With our years of experience, diverse expertise, and global team of more than 120+ skilled individuals, we’re making it our mission to onboard the next 1 million builders into the web3 space by providing them with the groundwork, tools, and experience they’ll need to build the next iteration of the internet.