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⭐ 21base Crypto and AI Christmas Party
Event by: ⭐Web3 Hub Vienna · AI & Crypto
Location: DC Tower 3, Donau-City-Straße 3, Wien - Donaustadt
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⭐ 21base Crypto and AI Christmas Party
Panel Discussion and Networking
Join us on 19 December 2025 for the exclusive 21base Crypto and AI Christmas Party.
This event brings together leading voices from technology, finance and innovation to explore the latest developments in crypto assets, artificial intelligence and the key trends shaping 2026.
Crypto & AI Christmas Party
Panels, Insights and Networking
Date: 19 December 2025
Location: Web3 Hub Vienna
Agenda
15:00 – Doors Open
Arrival, registration and welcome drinks
15:30 – Opening & Introduction
Welcome and framing of the afternoon
Host: Ed Prinz, Founder & CEO, 21base.ai
AI Focus
15:40 – Emotional Intelligence in the Age of AI
Eliot Mannoia
Founder & CEO, BrandKarma
Why human judgment, emotions and trust remain critical as AI systems become more autonomous.
15:55 – AI Agents in Organizations
Gerald Dipplinger
Transformation Lead, PwC Austria / University of Vienna
How AI agents are moving from experimentation to real enterprise deployment and what organizations need to change.
16:10 – Panel: AI Agents & the Agentic Web
Autonomy, Governance and the Next Digital Infrastructure
A forward looking discussion on autonomous AI systems, governance models and enterprise readiness.
Panelists:
Gerald Dipplinger
Nesho Topalov
Additional speaker to be announced
16:50 – Short Break
Crypto Markets and Regulation
17:05 – Market Structure and the End of the Four Year Cycle
Lukas Leys
Legal Tech & Web3
How market infrastructure, ETFs, new buyer profiles and long term strategies are reshaping crypto markets.
17:20 – Crypto Tax Reality: CARF and DAC8
Johannes Edlbacher
Partner, Financial Services Tax, PwC Austria
What upcoming tax and reporting rules mean for companies, investors and institutions.
17:35 – Panel: Crypto Assets, Tax & Institutional Adoption
Tax, MiCAR, the GENIUS Act and the Path to Institutional Market Structure
An institutional perspective on regulation, compliance and the future market structure of crypto assets.
Panelists:
Christian Niedermüller
Igor Hadzihametovic
Johannes Edlbacher
18:20 – Short Break
Infrastructure and Utility
18:35 – AI as Utility for Crypto Asset Sentiment Analysis
Ed Prinz
Founder & CEO, 21base.ai
How AI driven analytics and sentiment models are becoming a practical utility layer for crypto markets.
18:50 – Panel: Tokenization, RWA & DePIN
From On Chain Assets to Real World Infrastructure
How tokenization and decentralized physical infrastructure move from pilots to scalable financial and enterprise use cases.
Panelists:
Alexander Rapatz
Stefan Kobrc
Oliver Schmitt
Dr Astrid Woollard
Dr Bernhard Kronfellner
19:40 – Panel: Stablecoins as Financial Infrastructure
Transparency, Analytics & Trust
How stablecoins evolve into payment and settlement infrastructure and why transparency and analytics are essential for trust.
Panelists:
Benjamin Levit
Krzysztof Paruch
Karl Zettl
20:20 – Christmas Networking Party
Drinks, conversations and informal networking
Open end