✦ 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
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“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
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NEW SCIENCE ORGS
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FUNDING
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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
02. Meetups
03. Special Initiatives
04. Ideas and Products
05. Matchmaking
A list of previous partners:
Ethernity CLOUD, Web3 House, John Lilic, ReserachHub Foundation, SciNFT, NobleBlocks, Impact Hub Belgrade, DeSci World