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With Joanna Zeng (Founder, SOON), Matt Sorg (VP, Solana Foundation), Max Resnick (Lead Economist, Anza), Andy (Founder, The Rollup), Jacob Everly (Product Lead, RiscZero), Keith Chen (SNZ Capital), Jack Kubinec (Blockworks), Alex Pack (Hack VC), James Chi (Founder, Camp Network).
Venue, 225 Liberty St
May 19 (Mon) , 2025 @ 12:00 PM
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Scale or Die: SOON Track Room

Powered by SOON | Solana Accelerate: Scale or Die Side Stage

Event Details

May 19, 2025, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
Location - 225 Liberty St, NYC (This is a ticketed event - Same venue as Scale or Die; SOON Track Room is next to main stage within Solana Accelerate)

Event Purpose

Foster alignment, collaboration, & innovation among developers building on or exploring extending Solana.
Demonstrate how the Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) is evolving into a multichain execution layer.
Highlight critical infrastructure topics: fraud proofs, decoupled vs. forked execution, & cross-chain composability.
What to Expect

SOON Track Room is SOON's builder-first hangout at Solana Accelerate.

Get an inside look at SOON's product, vision, & roadmap, & how it's extending Solana both horizontally & vertically across chains.
Explore how SOON & its partners are scaling beyond Solana, bringing high-performance execution to ecosystems.
Expect high-signal, dev-first content: interactive, practical, & rooted in real product stories.
Agenda

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Doors Open
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Blockworks Interview: Anza & SOON
Interviewer: Jack Kubinec, Journalist at Blockworks
Interviewees: Max Resnick, Lead Economist at Anza, Joanna Zeng, Co-founder & CEO of SOON
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Ecosystem Partner Spotlights
(5-min each Lightning demos from projects live on SOON Mainnet, svmBNB & soonBase)
OKX Wallet
IQ6900
Nara.AI
PolyQuest
Idolly
SendArcade
Puffy
1:45 PM - 2:05 PM
Dev Workshop: Deploy on SOON in 20 Minutes
A hands-on session to build with SOON Stack - no consensus code required
2:10 PM - 2:25 PM
Break
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
Panel 1: Native ZK Fraud Proof on SVM Rollup
Panel moderated by Keith Chen, Managing Partner at SNZ Capital, featuring Matt Sorg, VP of Tech at Solana Foundation, & Jacob Everly, Product Lead at RiscZero
2:55 PM - 3:15 PM
Panel 2: Bringing Real-World Assets On-Chain
Panel moderated by Andy, Co-founder of The Rollup, featuring Alex Pack, Managing Partner of Hack VC, Liam D, Research Partner at Anagram, & Naman Kapasi, Investor from Big Brain VC
3:20 PM - 3:40 PM
Panel 3: Infrastructure that Connects Everyone
Panel moderated by Dougie DeLuca, Managing Partner at Figment Capital, featuring James Chi, Co-founder of Camp Network, Yorke Rhodes, Protocol Engineer at Hyperlane, & Matt Murray, DevRel Engineer at EigenLayer
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM
Panel 4: Future Proofing Solana: Various Growth Opportunities
Panel moderated by Joanna Zeng, Co-founder & CEO of SOON, featuring Jiani Chen Growth at Solana Foundation, Alex Kehaya CEO of ABK Labs, & Z, Co-Founder of Drift Protocol
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Community AMA & Red Pill Fortunes
Builder-led open mic, feedback session, & future-surfacing
Win SOON hats. Unlock prophetic alpha.
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Happy Hours
How to Attend

This is SOON Track Room next to main stage at Solana Accelerate.

Attendance is limited to Solana Accelerate "Scale or Die" pass holders, please RSVP to secure your space, first come first serve!

Apply to Scale or Die for your Accelerate Pass

About SOON

SOON is the first true SVM rollup, delivering high performance to every blockchain, starting with Ethereum, BNB & Base. SOON's mission is to accelerate SVM adoption, bring costs down by 10x, & unlock use cases across ecosystems to extend Solana-level performance everywhere.
 
 
 
 
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