The Gateway
The Open Network Conference
hosted by TON Society
The Open Network Conference
hosted by TON Society
The Open Network Conference
hosted by TON Society
November 1-2,
The Gateway is the premier annual event for the TON Community. Our mission, powered by TON blockchain, is to put crypto in every pocket by acting as a gateway to Web3 for millions of Telegram users. The Gateway brings the TON ecosystem together to collaborate and drive this mission forward.
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Agenda
1 November
8:30
Registration and exploring the exhibition area
Main Gateway Building
10:15
Opening of the Gateway
Jack Booth, Co-Founder, TON Society
10:30
TON’s Multi-Directional Future
Steve Yun, President, TON Foundation
10:45
TON x Telegram
Andrew Rogozov, CEO, TOP
11:05
Quantum Leap of the Ecosystem
Anthony Tsivarev, Director of EcoDev, TON Foundation
11:20
TON Core: Сhallenges on the road to 500M users
Kirill Emelyanenko, TON Core
11:35
Panel: Path to Decentralization
TON Society, TON Foundation, TON Studio, TON Core
12:10
How TON GameFi is Changing the Game
Inal Kardan, TON Ventures, Partner
12:20
Notcoin & Beyond
Sasha Plotvinov, CEO, Open builders
12:30
Panel: Present and Future of Tap-to-Earn
Dogs, Yescoin, Blum, Gamee
12:50
Catizen: Why TON Games are the Future of GameFi
Tim Wong, Chairman of Catizen Foundation
13:00
Gaming on TON
Yat Siu, Co-Founder & Chairman, Animoca Brands
13:10
USDt on TON
Alessandro Giori, Senior strategic partnership manager, Tether
13:20
Gasless payments on TON
Oleg Andreev, CEO, Ton Apps
13:30
Stablecoin adoption on TON
Victor Mendes, Director of BD, TOP
13:40
How Visa is building a bridge between TON and buying a doughnut
Nikola Plecas, Senior Director, Global Head of GTM & Product Commercialization, Visa Crypto & Egor Avetisov, CBDO, Co-Founder Holders
14:00
Lunch break
Networking area
15:00
Overview of DeFi on TON in 2024
Vlad Degen, DeFi Lead, TON Foundation
15:20
DeDust keynote
Nick, CEO, DeDust
15:30
LayerZero x TON
Alex Chiocchi, Head of Product, LayerZero Labs
15:40
RFQ & DEX aggregation
Martin Masser, CBDO, STON.fi
15:50
Panel: DeFi on TON
Evaa, LayerZero, DeDust, StonFi, Tonstakers, Bemo
16:10
BTC on TON: Vision and Future
Roman Krutovoy, Infrastructure Lead, TON Foundation
16:20
TON Teleport BTC
Roman Nguyen, Chief Technical Officer, RSquad Blockchain Lab
16:30
Panel: BTC in Telegram
BTC Teleport, FBTC, Stacks, HexTrust
16:50
TON: Innovation drivers in 2025
Ian Wittkopp, TON Ventures, Partner
17:00
TON: A Thesis for The Community-Integrated Blockchain
Mason Nystrom, Partner, Pantera Capital
17:10
Perspective sectors on TON for VC and Exchanges
Binance Labs, Kenetic Capital, Pantera Capital, TON Ventures, KuCoin, Bitget
17:30
TON memecoins: the next big thing in crypto?
Alena Shmalko, Ecosystem Lead, TON Foundation
17:40
Panel: TONs of memes: how do memecoins help TON blockchain grow?
18:00
Сlosing of the Day 1
Show More
2 November
9:00
Networking and exploring the exhibition area
Main Gateway Building
11:00
TON Stablecoin Opportunity
Toe Bautista, Research Analyst, GSR
11:10
Phygital use cases for Web3 builders
Alyona Kuchynska, Head of Communications and Networking, Daos Hub
11:20
Embracing the Imminent Web3 Application Era: Why & How
Veronica Wong, CEO & Co-founder, SafePal
11:30
Collaborative Growth in the TON Ecosystem
Alessia Baumgartner, Business Partner-Ecosystems, DWF Labs
11:40
Tonscan.com: lessons learned from 1.5 years building on TON
Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes, CTO, Tonscan.com
11:50
Blum: Decentralized Crypto App in Telegram
Vlad Smerkis, Co-founder & CMO, Blum
12:00
App Ratings and Promotion: Community-Driven Catalog
Oleg Illarionov & Vladimir Makhov, founders, TON App
12:07
TON Diamonds: How an artist launches a successful project on TON
Pokras Lampas
12:12
How TON blockchain helps unite hearts
Vladimir Makhov, founder, TON Dating
12:15
TONX: SuperApp Platform Layer Empowering a 950M-User Ecosystem
Wego C, Co-Founder, TONX
12:25
Axelar: Onboard any asset and application to TON
Georgios Vlachos, Co-founder of Axelar Network and Director of Axelar Foundation
12:35
Raffle for the Gateway attendees from sponsors
12:45
TON Tech Roadmap 2025
Alex Melman, TON Core
12:55
New tools for developers
Andrey Pfau, TON Core
13:05
Talk about FunC. Or not FunC?
Aleksandr Kirsanov, TON Core
13:25
Tact & Dev Tools
Anton Trunov, Compiler & Smart Contracts Lead, TON Studio
13:35
Webhooks by TON API
Oleg Illarionov, CTO Tonkeeper
13:45
dTON: From Blockchain WTF to Asset OMG
Andrey Tvorozhkov, Сo-founder, dTON
14:00
Lunch break
Networking zone
15:15
Telegram Mini Apps Achievements and 2025 Plans
Gleb Vorontsov, Head of Telegram Mini Apps, TON Studio
15:25
Gatto: How to build GameFi on Telegram Mini Apps
Mariia Foikht, Community manager, PlayT
15:35
Insights from the TMA traffic: 600+ apps audience research
Vadim Sterlin, CEO&Founder, Adsgram
15:45
Sign: The biggest airdrop in Web3
Xin Yan, CEO, Sign
15:55
Web3 Gaming and Beyond: Cocos Meets TON and Telegram
Luna, CMO of Cocos Studio
16:05
TON as the best ecosystem for teams: support and incentive programs
Alena Shmalko, Ecosystem Lead, TON Foundation
16:20
Panel: The Open League Winners
Tradoor, Hipo, Torch, Crouton
16:40
Ton Accelerator: The Application Thesis
Sophia Rusconi, Head of Acceleration & Sami Al-Abed, Head of DeFi
16:47
The Future of CEXes for Smart Traders: HashKey Global and Asset Safety
Ben El-Baz, Managing Director at HashKey Global
17:00
Hackers League
Ekin Tuna, Co-founder, TON Society
17:10
How to make TON great: Lessons from a seed investor in Eth, Sol, and Dot
Jehan Chu, Founder, Kenetic
17:20
Raffle for the Gateway attendees from sponsors
17:30
Group photo and closing of the conference
17:40
Networking and exploring the exhibition area
19:30
The Gateway Official Afterparty
Networking and celebrating
Show More
1 November
8:30
Registration and exploring the exhibition area
Main Gateway Building
10:15
Opening of the Gateway
Jack Booth, Co-Founder, TON Society
10:30
TON’s Multi-Directional Future
Steve Yun, President, TON Foundation
10:45
TON x Telegram
Andrew Rogozov, CEO, TOP
11:05
Quantum Leap of the Ecosystem
Anthony Tsivarev, Director of EcoDev, TON Foundation
11:20
TON Core: Сhallenges on the road to 500M users
Kirill Emelyanenko, TON Core
11:35
Panel: Path to Decentralization
TON Society, TON Foundation, TON Studio, TON Core
12:10
How TON GameFi is Changing the Game
Inal Kardan, TON Ventures, Partner
12:20
Notcoin & Beyond
Sasha Plotvinov, CEO, Open builders
12:30
Panel: Present and Future of Tap-to-Earn
Dogs, Yescoin, Blum, Gamee
12:50
Catizen: Why TON Games are the Future of GameFi
Tim Wong, Chairman of Catizen Foundation
13:00
Gaming on TON
Yat Siu, Co-Founder & Chairman, Animoca Brands
13:10
USDt on TON
Alessandro Giori, Senior strategic partnership manager, Tether
13:20
Gasless payments on TON
Oleg Andreev, CEO, Ton Apps
13:30
Stablecoin adoption on TON
Victor Mendes, Director of BD, TOP
13:40
How Visa is building a bridge between TON and buying a doughnut
Nikola Plecas, Senior Director, Global Head of GTM & Product Commercialization, Visa Crypto & Egor Avetisov, CBDO, Co-Founder Holders
14:00
Lunch break
Networking area
15:00
Overview of DeFi on TON in 2024
Vlad Degen, DeFi Lead, TON Foundation
15:20
DeDust keynote
Nick, CEO, DeDust
15:30
LayerZero x TON
Alex Chiocchi, Head of Product, LayerZero Labs
15:40
RFQ & DEX aggregation
Martin Masser, CBDO, STON.fi
15:50
Panel: DeFi on TON
Evaa, LayerZero, DeDust, StonFi, Tonstakers, Bemo
16:10
BTC on TON: Vision and Future
Roman Krutovoy, Infrastructure Lead, TON Foundation
16:20
TON Teleport BTC
Roman Nguyen, Chief Technical Officer, RSquad Blockchain Lab
16:30
Panel: BTC in Telegram
BTC Teleport, FBTC, Stacks, HexTrust
16:50
TON: Innovation drivers in 2025
Ian Wittkopp, TON Ventures, Partner
17:00
TON: A Thesis for The Community-Integrated Blockchain
Mason Nystrom, Partner, Pantera Capital
17:10
Perspective sectors on TON for VC and Exchanges
Binance Labs, Kenetic Capital, Pantera Capital, TON Ventures, KuCoin, Bitget
17:30
TON memecoins: the next big thing in crypto?
Alena Shmalko, Ecosystem Lead, TON Foundation
17:40
Panel: TONs of memes: how do memecoins help TON blockchain grow?
18:00
Сlosing of the Day 1
Show More
2 November
9:00
Networking and exploring the exhibition area
Main Gateway Building
11:00
TON Stablecoin Opportunity
Toe Bautista, Research Analyst, GSR
11:10
Phygital use cases for Web3 builders
Alyona Kuchynska, Head of Communications and Networking, Daos Hub
11:20
Embracing the Imminent Web3 Application Era: Why & How
Veronica Wong, CEO & Co-founder, SafePal
11:30
Collaborative Growth in the TON Ecosystem
Alessia Baumgartner, Business Partner-Ecosystems, DWF Labs
11:40
Tonscan.com: lessons learned from 1.5 years building on TON
Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes, CTO, Tonscan.com
11:50
Blum: Decentralized Crypto App in Telegram
Vlad Smerkis, Co-founder & CMO, Blum
12:00
App Ratings and Promotion: Community-Driven Catalog
Oleg Illarionov & Vladimir Makhov, founders, TON App
12:07
TON Diamonds: How an artist launches a successful project on TON
Pokras Lampas
12:12
How TON blockchain helps unite hearts
Vladimir Makhov, founder, TON Dating
12:15
TONX: SuperApp Platform Layer Empowering a 950M-User Ecosystem
Wego C, Co-Founder, TONX
12:25
Axelar: Onboard any asset and application to TON
Georgios Vlachos, Co-founder of Axelar Network and Director of Axelar Foundation
12:35
Raffle for the Gateway attendees from sponsors
12:45
TON Tech Roadmap 2025
Alex Melman, TON Core
12:55
New tools for developers
Andrey Pfau, TON Core
13:05
Talk about FunC. Or not FunC?
Aleksandr Kirsanov, TON Core
13:25
Tact & Dev Tools
Anton Trunov, Compiler & Smart Contracts Lead, TON Studio
13:35
Webhooks by TON API
Oleg Illarionov, CTO Tonkeeper
13:45
dTON: From Blockchain WTF to Asset OMG
Andrey Tvorozhkov, Сo-founder, dTON
14:00
Lunch break
Networking zone
15:15
Telegram Mini Apps Achievements and 2025 Plans
Gleb Vorontsov, Head of Telegram Mini Apps, TON Studio
15:25
Gatto: How to build GameFi on Telegram Mini Apps
Mariia Foikht, Community manager, PlayT
15:35
Insights from the TMA traffic: 600+ apps audience research
Vadim Sterlin, CEO&Founder, Adsgram
15:45
Sign: The biggest airdrop in Web3
Xin Yan, CEO, Sign
15:55
Web3 Gaming and Beyond: Cocos Meets TON and Telegram
Luna, CMO of Cocos Studio
16:05
TON as the best ecosystem for teams: support and incentive programs
Alena Shmalko, Ecosystem Lead, TON Foundation
16:20
Panel: The Open League Winners
Tradoor, Hipo, Torch, Crouton
16:40
Ton Accelerator: The Application Thesis
Sophia Rusconi, Head of Acceleration & Sami Al-Abed, Head of DeFi
16:47
The Future of CEXes for Smart Traders: HashKey Global and Asset Safety
Ben El-Baz, Managing Director at HashKey Global
17:00
Hackers League
Ekin Tuna, Co-founder, TON Society
17:10
How to make TON great: Lessons from a seed investor in Eth, Sol, and Dot
Jehan Chu, Founder, Kenetic
17:20
Raffle for the Gateway attendees from sponsors
17:30
Group photo and closing of the conference
17:40
Networking and exploring the exhibition area
19:30
The Gateway Official Afterparty
Networking and celebrating
Show More
1 November
8:30
Registration and exploring the exhibition area
Main Gateway Building
10:15
Opening of the Gateway
Jack Booth, Co-Founder, TON Society
10:30
TON’s Multi-Directional Future
Steve Yun, President, TON Foundation
10:45
TON x Telegram
Andrew Rogozov, CEO, TOP
11:05
Quantum Leap of the Ecosystem
Anthony Tsivarev, Director of EcoDev, TON Foundation
11:20
TON Core: Сhallenges on the road to 500M users
Kirill Emelyanenko, TON Core
11:35
Panel: Path to Decentralization
TON Society, TON Foundation, TON Studio, TON Core
12:10
How TON GameFi is Changing the Game
Inal Kardan, TON Ventures, Partner
12:20
Notcoin & Beyond
Sasha Plotvinov, CEO, Open builders
12:30
Panel: Present and Future of Tap-to-Earn
Dogs, Yescoin, Blum, Gamee
12:50
Catizen: Why TON Games are the Future of GameFi
Tim Wong, Chairman of Catizen Foundation
13:00
Gaming on TON
Yat Siu, Co-Founder & Chairman, Animoca Brands
13:10
USDt on TON
Alessandro Giori, Senior strategic partnership manager, Tether
13:20
Gasless payments on TON
Oleg Andreev, CEO, Ton Apps
13:30
Stablecoin adoption on TON
Victor Mendes, Director of BD, TOP
13:40
How Visa is building a bridge between TON and buying a doughnut
Nikola Plecas, Senior Director, Global Head of GTM & Product Commercialization, Visa Crypto & Egor Avetisov, CBDO, Co-Founder Holders
14:00
Lunch break
Networking area
15:00
Overview of DeFi on TON in 2024
Vlad Degen, DeFi Lead, TON Foundation
15:20
DeDust keynote
Nick, CEO, DeDust
15:30
LayerZero x TON
Alex Chiocchi, Head of Product, LayerZero Labs
15:40
RFQ & DEX aggregation
Martin Masser, CBDO, STON.fi
15:50
Panel: DeFi on TON
Evaa, LayerZero, DeDust, StonFi, Tonstakers, Bemo
16:10
BTC on TON: Vision and Future
Roman Krutovoy, Infrastructure Lead, TON Foundation
16:20
TON Teleport BTC
Roman Nguyen, Chief Technical Officer, RSquad Blockchain Lab
16:30
Panel: BTC in Telegram
BTC Teleport, FBTC, Stacks, HexTrust
16:50
TON: Innovation drivers in 2025
Ian Wittkopp, TON Ventures, Partner
17:00
TON: A Thesis for The Community-Integrated Blockchain
Mason Nystrom, Partner, Pantera Capital
17:10
Perspective sectors on TON for VC and Exchanges
Binance Labs, Kenetic Capital, Pantera Capital, TON Ventures, KuCoin, Bitget
17:30
TON memecoins: the next big thing in crypto?
Alena Shmalko, Ecosystem Lead, TON Foundation
17:40
Panel: TONs of memes: how do memecoins help TON blockchain grow?
18:00
Сlosing of the Day 1
Show More
2 November
9:00
Networking and exploring the exhibition area
Main Gateway Building
11:00
TON Stablecoin Opportunity
Toe Bautista, Research Analyst, GSR
11:10
Phygital use cases for Web3 builders
Alyona Kuchynska, Head of Communications and Networking, Daos Hub
11:20
Embracing the Imminent Web3 Application Era: Why & How
Veronica Wong, CEO & Co-founder, SafePal
11:30
Collaborative Growth in the TON Ecosystem
Alessia Baumgartner, Business Partner-Ecosystems, DWF Labs
11:40
Tonscan.com: lessons learned from 1.5 years building on TON
Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes, CTO, Tonscan.com
11:50
Blum: Decentralized Crypto App in Telegram
Vlad Smerkis, Co-founder & CMO, Blum
12:00
App Ratings and Promotion: Community-Driven Catalog
Oleg Illarionov & Vladimir Makhov, founders, TON App
12:07
TON Diamonds: How an artist launches a successful project on TON
Pokras Lampas
12:12
How TON blockchain helps unite hearts
Vladimir Makhov, founder, TON Dating
12:15
TONX: SuperApp Platform Layer Empowering a 950M-User Ecosystem
Wego C, Co-Founder, TONX
12:25
Axelar: Onboard any asset and application to TON
Georgios Vlachos, Co-founder of Axelar Network and Director of Axelar Foundation
12:35
Raffle for the Gateway attendees from sponsors
12:45
TON Tech Roadmap 2025
Alex Melman, TON Core
12:55
New tools for developers
Andrey Pfau, TON Core
13:05
Talk about FunC. Or not FunC?
Aleksandr Kirsanov, TON Core
13:25
Tact & Dev Tools
Anton Trunov, Compiler & Smart Contracts Lead, TON Studio
13:35
Webhooks by TON API
Oleg Illarionov, CTO Tonkeeper
13:45
dTON: From Blockchain WTF to Asset OMG
Andrey Tvorozhkov, Сo-founder, dTON
14:00
Lunch break
Networking zone
15:15
Telegram Mini Apps Achievements and 2025 Plans
Gleb Vorontsov, Head of Telegram Mini Apps, TON Studio
15:25
Gatto: How to build GameFi on Telegram Mini Apps
Mariia Foikht, Community manager, PlayT
15:35
Insights from the TMA traffic: 600+ apps audience research
Vadim Sterlin, CEO&Founder, Adsgram
15:45
Sign: The biggest airdrop in Web3
Xin Yan, CEO, Sign
15:55
Web3 Gaming and Beyond: Cocos Meets TON and Telegram
Luna, CMO of Cocos Studio
16:05
TON as the best ecosystem for teams: support and incentive programs
Alena Shmalko, Ecosystem Lead, TON Foundation
16:20
Panel: The Open League Winners
Tradoor, Hipo, Torch, Crouton
16:40
Ton Accelerator: The Application Thesis
Sophia Rusconi, Head of Acceleration & Sami Al-Abed, Head of DeFi
16:47
The Future of CEXes for Smart Traders: HashKey Global and Asset Safety
Ben El-Baz, Managing Director at HashKey Global
17:00
Hackers League
Ekin Tuna, Co-founder, TON Society
17:10
How to make TON great: Lessons from a seed investor in Eth, Sol, and Dot
Jehan Chu, Founder, Kenetic
17:20
Raffle for the Gateway attendees from sponsors
17:30
Group photo and closing of the conference
17:40
Networking and exploring the exhibition area
19:30
The Gateway Official Afterparty
Networking and celebrating
Show More
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