Korea Blockchain Week, August 9:

Metaverse talk dominated the final day of Korea Blockchain Week's main conference.

Event summary

Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) 2022 concluded its two-day Main Stage events tonight, which again saw a number of influential speakers take to the podium, including Everyrealm's Janine Yorio, Yat Siu from Animoca Brands and Jeffrey Zirlin from Sky Mavis. .

Held at the Grand Intercontinental Seoul Parnas, the second day conference brought together thousands of attendees across three conference tracks: Stage Seoul, Stage Busan, and Stage Jeju.

Most of the second day's discussions focused on the future of the metaverse and the strategies Web3 companies are adopting to grow the industry. Since the event was based in Korea, many were interested in the many exciting Web3 projects emerging from the Korean blockchain scene. The two-day event attracted a very large number of participants despite the fact that Seoul has experienced torrential rains in recent days.

But it's not quite over yet for KBW 2022 attendees, who will continue to network throughout the night and the rest of the week at countless side events. Starting at 7:00 p.m. KST, KBW and Upclub will hold an exclusive afterparty for KBW attendees at People The Terras in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

Later tonight, the “KBW Official After After Party” will kick off at Club Oriental Jack in Seoul, with festivities taking place from 11:00 p.m. KST to 6:00 a.m. KST for the brave.

For those unable to make it to Seoul for KBW 2022, the Cointelegraph team on the ground in Korea has highlighted some of the key discussions from day two of the conference.

Janine Yorio, CEO of Everyrealm, believes that Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One film presents a myriad of misconceptions about the metaverse, primarily due to the fact that "the protagonist wears a helmet VR".