DeSci Boston 2025
About the Event
DeSci Boston'25 is our third event uniting scientists, patients, pharma, funders, technologists, and other stakeholders to re-envision how science is done and shared. This year, DeSci Boston is joining forces with EthBoston, SolBoston and Boston Blockchain week to provide a greater intersection between the research needs centered in Boston's Academic center + the tools that can implement Open Science principles at the infrastructure level.
Event Details
Date
September 13th, 2025
Time
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
MIT Media Lab, Boston, Massachusetts
Speakers
James Sinka
Chief Scientific Officer @ BIO
Eva You
Co-founder @ AuraSci, Investment Specialist @ Paramita Ventures
Ellie DeSota
Open Source Community @ DeSci Labs
Jon Starr
Executive Director @ Open Source Endowment
Cody Feng
Ant Labs
Freya Chen
Executive Director of the Blockchain For Good Alliance
Jailin Li
Co-Founder @ Hetu Protocol
Richard T. Carback III
CTO @ QUIP Network
Erika Zhang
Project Lead @ AuraSci
Monica Tsang
Researcher @ University of Waterloo
Dr. Gianluca De Novi
Founder + CEO @ Circular Protocol
Fiona Bao
Founder + CEO @ GenPulse
Jerry Li
Business Development @ Solana Foundation
Virginie Lafage
Core Team @ SpineDAO
Abhishek Singh
Co-Founder + CTO @ EON Health
Winnie Qiu
Co-founder @ Avinasi Labs
Jeffery Joh
Independent Researcher
Tyler Diorio
Chief of Staff @ Research Hub
Dr. Guilherme Gatti
Researcher @ Harvard + Science and Dealflow contributor @AthenaDAO
Brian Magierski
Founder and Strategy Partner @ CerebrumDAO
Jorge Cortés
Advisor and Lecturer @ UF Blockchain Lab & Partner @ LDA Capital
Saturday, September 13th
Opening Networking & Community Highlights
10:00 – 10:20 AM
Speakers: Erica Zhang + Ellie DeSota
Opening Keynote: Why DeSci Matters for Web3
10:20 – 10:30 AM
Speakers: Eva You
Showcase: New Incentive Mechanisms for Science
10:30 – 11:30 AM
Speakers: Jailin Li, James Sinka, and Tyler Diebo. Moderator Jon Starr.
Showcase: AI in DeSci
11:30 – 12:30 PM
Speakers: Abhishek Singh, Winnie Qiu, and Fiona Bao. Panel moderated by Erica Zhang
Lunch Break
12:30 – 1:10 PM
Showcase: Open Infrastructure & Data Integrity
1:10 – 2:10 PM
Speakers: Ellie DeSota, Richard Carback, and Monica Tsang, Panel moderated by Cody Feng
Community Highlight: Blockchain For Good Alliance
2:10 – 2:25 PM
Speaker: Freya Chen
Coffee Break
2:25 PM – 2:40 PM
Showcase: DAOs in DeSci
2:40 PM – 3:40 PM
Speakers: Virginie Lafage, Brian Magierski, and Dr. Guilherme Gatti. Moderated by Jeffery Joh
Showcase: New Funding Models for Science
3:40 – 4:40 PM
Speakers: Gianluca De Novi, Jonathan Starr, and Jerry Li. Moderated by Jorge Cortes
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