Techub News reported that Liam Karwan has been added to the GWDC 2026 Korea speaker lineup. Karwan, who serves as head of real-world assets (RWA) and stablecoins at Chainlink Labs, has confirmed his attendance at the event.
According to the event announcement, Karwan focuses on advancing RWA tokenization, the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), and the global rollout of compliant stablecoin ecosystems. The announcement describes Chainlink as a decentralized oracle network and Web3 infrastructure provider that supports traditional finance institutions and DeFi ecosystems with onchain data and cross-chain communication.
Techub News also said Karwan has experience in compliant digital assets, tokenized Treasuries and institutional onchain finance, with work centered on connecting traditional financial assets with decentralized ecosystems.
Event schedule and venue
GWDC 2026 Korea is set to take place on Sept. 29-30, 2026 at aT Center in Seoul, South Korea. The announcement said Karwan will join political and business leaders, industry practitioners and developers at the conference to share views on current developments.
Organizers and conference agenda
The conference is hosted by Web3Labs and co-organized by Techub News, HypaiLabs and TokenPost, with support from the Hong Kong-Korea Web3 Policy Promotion Alliance.
Organizers said the event is built around the theme “For Builders, By Builders,” with a focus on technological innovation and industry applications across Web3, AI, onchain infrastructure and the digital asset ecosystem. The agenda includes keynote speeches, technical forums, project showcases, business matchmaking and a hackathon.
Registration and hackathon details
Conference registration and hackathon registration are now open. According to the published plan, the hackathon is expected to attract more than 500 developers globally, center on real onchain tasks, provide guidance from industry mentors and include judging by institutional VCs. Organizers said they plan for the program to produce more than 100 innovative projects.
The conference will also include project showcase sessions and VC networking intended to support global launches, liquidity growth and ecosystem building for selected projects.
- Ticket application: https://luma.com/cp87au4f
- Official website: https://www.gwdc.net
- Sponsorship: https://gwdcseoul.carrd.co/