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The Sandbox Shares Event Schedule for Korea Blockchain Week 2024


The Korean division of gaming metaverse The Sandbox has published the event schedule for 2024’s Korea Blockchain Week (KBW), an annual web3 festival founded and hosted by blockchain accelerator and consulting firm FACTBLOCK since 2018, with early stage venture fund Hashed co-hosting this year’s global event.

Korea Blockchain Week 2024 Schedule

KBW 2024 started this September 1st and will end on September 7th. You can look forward to a variety of events during this week, with The Sandbox revealing that one of the first events to take place was the biggest web3 gaming side event, W3G Korea, which featured standard free registration alongside a VIP ticket that provided first priority admission and access to all events and VIP room of W3G Korea.

If you missed out on that one, then you can look forward to The Sandbox 2024 Web3 Showcase, a special event taking place in the LOCO Complex venue (13 Apgujeong-ro 50-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul) on Wednesday, September 4th, from 4 PM to 8 PM GMT + 9. There will be an in-depth keynote speech focused on discussing the future plans and vision of The Sandbox, followed by presentations from various partners of this voxel-based metaverse, including from Otherworld, Paraverse, Saja Record, Dong Seoul University, and more, all set to share their success stories and experiences from working with The Sandbox. A panel discussion with The Sandbox partners and creators will also be held, after which the Experience Zone will kick off to give attendants the opportunity to enjoy various games from their partners. There will be a lucky draw to give attendees the chance to win special prizes, including AirPods Pro 2, iPad, Ledger, and the Complete manga series of Solo Leveling. After this main event, there will be a networking party featuring catering, a DJ party, and karaoke party. Registrations for this event can be made here.

Before this event though is KBW Impact, which will be focused on discussing the state of web3 gaming on September 3rd, from 1 PM to 1:30 PM KST, at Floating Island, 2085-14, Olympic-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul. Game developers will not only talk about where blockchain gaming is currently at, but they will also discuss what it takes for onchain games to become popular. This panel discussion will be moderated by Delphi Digital’s Head of Gaming Research, Joseph Lloyd, while the 3 speakers part of the discussion are the following: The Sandbox Co-Founder Sebastien Borget, Sky Mavis Co-Founder, Chairman, and COO Aleksander Larsen, and Wemade’s global gaming business executive Wonil Suh, the EVP of WEMIX Play Center.

The official thread also reveals that there will be an event focused on global anime and collector culture on September 3rd, while on September 5th will be marked by Futura Canvas, a global art and tech conference featuring pioneers carving the path to “revolutionizing the intersection of art and technology!”

More Events!

While these are all the events listed in TSB Korea’s official thread, due to The Sandbox COO and Co-Founder Sebastien Borget participating in them, you can find out even more happenings on the official KBW website.

When it comes to web3 gaming in particular, the official agenda reveals that Mysten Labs Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer Adeniyi Abiodun will be having a keynote speech titled “SuiPlay: The Next Era in Gaming” on September 3rd at 10:55 AM to 11:15 AM KST. This speech will talk about how gaming will drive web3 adoption while giving attendees insight into Sui’s “groundbreaking innovations” across games and hardware that is said to allow the network to revolutionize the gaming industry. On the same day, from 2:15 PM to 2:35 PM KST, there will be a panel discussion titled “Where’s the Alpha in Web3 Gaming?” in which attendees will listen to experts converse about creating sustainable web3 games while covering various strategies and placing emphasis on how new gaming hardware could propel the future of blockchain gaming.

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