European Metaverse Summit & Awards 2022: Global Trends And Ukraine
Summit
During the day over 35 panelists and speakers presented the trends and insights about metaverse, discussing topics top-of-mind in the disruptive Metaverse/Web3 space.
Among keynoters were:
- Robert Gunther, Meta Inc., Head of Reality Labs Developer Partnerships, with presentation “World-builders – How the ecosystem of developers and creators is building the very foundation of the metaverse”
- Sebastien Borget, Co-Founder and COO at The Sandbox, with speech about “Why and when your brand should develop a metaverse presence, and how you can drive reputational and commercial success”
Featured discussions within the event:
- How web3 is a game-changer for sports, clubs and fans
- Blockchain Gaming: Predictions for 2023 (and the impact of digital asset ownership)
- Partnerships and CVC’s: Advantages and Disadvantages of Scaling with Large Corporates
Award
28 Jury members voted for 103 top Companies who were shortlisted at European Metaverse Summit & Awards.
Ukrainian SoftServe and PartySpace were featured in several categories:
- Softserve: Top Partner for establishing early-stage presence in Metaverse; Top XR/AR/VR firm
- Party.Space: Top European Metaverse Platform; Top Sports, or Events, Brand Initiative; Most-Exciting Early-Stage Company
In a tight competition among world-class firms and fast-growing Web3/Metaverse companies, votes from Jury were combined with the Popular Vote from all attendees via the Brella platform.
The combined voting distinguished the following winners:
- Top Debut in Metaverse: DEPT®
- Top European Metaverse Platform: Azerion / Sulake
- Top Blockchain Developer Services Provider: 4Soft.co
- Top Blockchain Game of the Year: WAM
- Top Corporate Partnership Project: Webhelp and The Sandbox
- Top Cloud, Enterprise, or Technology Partner: Hadean
- Top Partner for establishing early-stage presence in Metaverse: rooom.com
- Most Innovative NFT project: DecentWorld
- Top 3D Design Firm: YOONA.AI
- Top Fashion, or Consumer, Brand Initiative: DeepGears Ltd
- Top Sports, or Events, Brand Initiative: Metasport Arena
- Top CVC Partner for Web 3.0/Metaverse Development: Siemens and NVIDIA
- Top VC/Accelerator/Incubator for Metaverse/Web 3.0: Blueverse Ventures
- Top Avatar Design, Digital-Twin or Identity Company: Ready Player Me
- Top B2B or Industrial Initiative: Hadean
- Most-Exciting StartUp Company: Anymate Me
- Most-Exciting Early-Stage Company: METAV.RS
- Top XR/AR/VR firm: NeXR Technologies
- Top Legal Firm or Legal Services for Metaverse/Web 3.0 businesses: Gleiss Lutz
- Top Consumer Hardware or Interface for Metaverse/Web 3.0: LG plans TV for NFTs
This 1st annual event, European Metaverse Summit & Awards, was MC’ed by Thom Barnhardt, founder of CEE Business Media, and co-MC’ed by Klaudia Archimowicz of Disruption Banking (London), and organized by CEE Business Media.
