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[Music] very good morning ladies and gentlemen and GM to the friends who have repeatedly come and joined us at these events welcome to Abu Dhabi Finance week day three here at the Venture stage my name is Maya zeni and I am the digital assets Community associate at 71 when I'm not here trying to interact with you on stage I am planning very fun and thought provoking events and roundtables at top 71 which we will restart in January I'm very excited to welcome you to the Venture stage brought to you by hub71 and hash today and before I tell you why I'm particularly excited about the day I would love to know with a show of fans who has visited the venture Park in the past two days has anyone met any of our startups amazing wonderful with another show of hands I would love to know who has had their morning coffee and is feeling energized for the day so far amazing maybe one or two coffees wonderful wonderful and now I'll tell you a little bit about what to expect for today and why I am extremely excited for what we're bringing to to you coined by adgm as blockchain Abu Dhabi or blockchain day um we will explore the latest Innovations in web 3 and how people are utilizing blockchain technology to solve real world problems we have an exciting lineup of speakers and experts who will share their insights and how they've scaled their businesses out of Abu Dhabi and achieved what they have come to today com curious but stay to learn we will also wrap up the day with the Hub 71 fundraising roacho which will give you the chance to learn more about our startups and who knows potentially invest in them and stick around we have a little surprise for you around noon and trust me when I say it's not something you expect and you will be pleasantly surprised all right who is excited for today I am very very keen to welcome Simon Kim founder and CEO of hashed who will discuss the coexistence of Two Worlds the government of the real world and um the blockchain of the Digital World um he will explore how these two governments and Technologies synergize and converge so with a round of applause please join me to welcome Simon Kim [Music] what