✦  DESCI BELGRADE 2025 ✦

JUNE 6, BELGRADE

DeSci Belgrade is a conference exploring and showcasing the potential of blockchain technology and decentralisation within science. We’re hosting talks, discussions and workshops focused on decentralised science (DeSci) projects and ideas aiming to rethink and improve everything from science funding and publishing, to data and regulatory constraints.

Part of Belgrade Blockchain Week and affiliated with ETH Belgrade. Expect almost a thousand web3 geeks from all over the world enjoying Belgrade and collaborating at the most beautiful time of the year.

This year’s third conference edition.

The 2025 conference dives into the most transformative topics shaping the future of collaborative research.

Working with Pharma – Bridging DeSci and traditional drug development for real-world impact.

BIO DAOs – How decentralized organizations are revolutionizing biotech funding and governance.

Zero-Knowledge Tech – Privacy-preserving solutions for secure scientific collaboration.

Knowledge Infrastructure – Open frameworks accelerating global research sharing.

Gamified Science – Incentivizing breakthroughs through engagement and rewards.

Data & AI – The role of decentralized data and machine learning in scientific discovery.

Investing in DeSci – New models for funding the next wave of open science.

Rare Diseases – How decentralized research is unlocking treatments for underserved conditions.

*2025 Speakers are going be annouced soon.

Some of the

PREVIOUS SPEAKERS

LAURENCE ION

Founding steward @VitaDAO 

Co-initiator @Vitalia.city

 

JOHN LILIC

Crypto-Economic Builder, Seed Investor, Product Advisor and Executing Director at Telos Foundation

RICARDO GOLDONI

Director and VP of Business @ ResearchHub Foundation

 

CHRIS BYRNES

IP Legal @ Molecule

CATHIE SO

ZKML @ Ethereum Foundation

MORGAN RICHARDS

Product and Tokenomics Lead @ Valley DAO

SHELLIE BODREU

PhD and Scientific Advisor for NOBLEBLOCKS

IOSIF PETERFI

Ethernity CLOUD Founder & CEO

JOSHUA BATE

DeSci World

Founder & CEO

MILAN CIRKOVIC

Astronomer, Astrophysicist, Philosopher and science books Author 

MARIA GORETI FREITAS

Leader @ deScier

Chief Scientist @ MAXi.Science Group

 

alextnetto.eth

Executive Director @ blockful

 

FRANK LIU

Founder and CEO openbank.life

Co-Founder at DeSci Sino

 

Sandra Vengadasalam

Deputy Director at Max Planck Digital Library

Chairwoman at Bloxberg

 

Jovana Ilkic

Founder at Coalition for Global Health Innovation

 

Aleksandar Kokotovic

Co-founder @ Verification Lab

 

PREVIOUS SUPPORTERS

We are lucky to be supported by great people and organizations who care about moving science forward.

John Lilic

The crypto OG


NOBLEBLOCKS

DeSci for Scientific Publishing

DeSci.World

ResearchHub Foundation

“A growing number of scientists and entrepreneurs are using blockchain tools, including smart contracts and tokens, in an attempt to advance modern science.” Together, their work has become known as the decentralised science movement, or DeSci.”

Sarah Hamburg

Illustrations

NEW SCIENCE ORGS

FUNDING

DATA

We’re passionate about KNOWLADGE. WE BELIEVE IN OPEN SCIENCE

We believe that access to knowledge is of importance not just for advancement of science itself, but for the humanity as a whole.

That’s why we’re promoters of open access, open data, and open knowledge, in general.

OUR WORK

Our work is structured around several core initiatives

01. Conference
We launched with the international conference and plan to continue to organize them, every year.
02. Meetups
We love to gather and truly believe in the power of the community. We regularly organize and host events.
03. Special Initiatives
We craft tailored initiatives to promote DeSci ethics, tools and community, and enable opportunities for many. We do so by creating resources and doing targeted outreach campaigns.
04. Ideas and Products
More than just words and talks. We actively ideate and, ideally – build products.
05. Matchmaking
We help talent find the right opportunities by connecting our community members with best opportunities.

A list of previous partners:

Ethernity CLOUD, Web3 House, John Lilic, ReserachHub Foundation, SciNFT, NobleBlocks, Impact Hub Belgrade, DeSci World