NFT Lightning Talks & Free Pizzas Ethereum Vancouver
What Are NFTs, How To Make NFTs, & Launch NFTs?
NFTs can be GIFs, tweets, virtual cards, images of physical objects, video game skins, virtual real estate, avatars, songs, videos, and digital art. Each NFT is an authentication of the asset and ownership through a smart contract on the blockchain. Learn what is a non-fungible token (NFT), how to make NFTs, and how to launch them from several local speakers in Web3, blockchain, and NFTs. We can provide you with the most important resources to get started with our NFT cheatsheet 101 for creatives: https://theartparty.org/nft-cheatsheet/
We also have free pizzas! Stay afterwards to network with our community members.
NFT Lightning Talks Speakers
Crypto Ed has been in the crypto space since 2014 and has made all sorts of mistakes one could make in the crypto space. Despite being a non-developer, getting wiped out, and rebuilding from the ground up multiple times, his passion for blockchain technology has only grown stronger. Since 2018, he has been helping new users onramp to crypto and facilitating communities for fellow non-tech users through his Meetup, Vancouver Crypto Network. Crypto Ed works in marketing and project management, and has helped numerous artists and projects incubate and grow in the NFT space, with one of them doing a $400K launch on the Avalanche network. While not maxi for any token (more of an XRP minimalist), he is passionate about DeFi, blockchain gaming, metaverses, interchain operability, tokenomics, and NFTs. His favourite phrase is, “If we all put in the time to become informed in crypto, “we’re all gonna make it” #WAGMI. https://www.meetup.com/VanBlockchain/
Joy Case is an author, speaker and advisor in the blockchain space with over 15 years of experience as an educational leader in public schools and has taught K-12. She has received a Masters of Education from the University of British Columbia (2002) and a Real Estate License from the Sauder School of Business (2005). She has worked with clients across Canada and the US in commercial, development projects, residential, and private school real estate. She is on the board of advisors for blockchain companies to support the development of blockchain-based companies that are good for people and the planet. Her project is EVAWorld, a metaverse featuring companies that utilize new world technologies such as AI, XR, MR, VR, AR, and highlighting crypto and gaming communities. EVAWorld is a membership-based application bridging the physical and digital worlds in a campus setting to host NFT auctions and NFT galleries. https://evaworld.io/
USER is a sound creator who lives in Vancouver, Canada. He has been releasing albums independently since the 90s after graduating with a music degree from St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia. He is now also producing NFTs and promoting them with live streams. “The Rise of the Technocrats” will be the next album for USER, compiled of previously unreleased and new material. Expect a timeless collection of songs that hint at a glimpse of the unfolding Technocratic world through the musical mind and ears of USER this Fall 2022. USER is the NFT artist in collaboration with Liza J. Lee for The Art Party NFT roadmap to drop the first 10,000 NFTs of 50 original music mixes on MP4s with limited editions of 200 each. The Art Party nonprofit won the Avanade Shark Thank Award 2022 for their NFT roadmap to support local artists. https://theartparty.org/roadmap/
Kristopher Grunert is a photographer who creates compelling architectural, industrial, and landscape photographs serving advertising and design agencies, architects, corporations, and publications around the globe. His photography is driven by a deep appreciation for the structures and infrastructure we build, along with the technology and industrial processes we develop. His photographs have opened him to a multitude of dimensions. He considers his photography practice a spiritual practice. It connects him to the core of the Universe and the core of his being. His process is much like a ritual or meditation, one that is intuitive and allows him to capture an indelible energetic signature. These photographs are a conduit that channels wisdom and wonder; some are available as NFTs. https://www.grunertimaging.com/NFT-GALLERY/1
Socratrees is an NFT artist, DJ, and producer of bass music. After obtaining a fortune in the iron ore industry, he quickly whittled away his millions by investing in a variety of unsuccessful toy ideas including the infamous “Spaghetti Flavored Glue.” After picking himself up and learning from his mistakes, he entered the Crypto/NFT market with hopes of making it back. He currently resides in Canada, producing and spinning bass music to cure his “Spaghetti Flavored Glue” experience with his many gum-ball machines and his cat, Sir Steven the 4th. https://twitter.com/SocratreesMusic