Bio
Valeriia “Ria” Panina is a user experience and partnership specialist, immersed in the web3 space since 2017. Within Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation, she launched a nationwide course in blockchain and crypto literacy with industry leaders such as Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, WhiteBIT, Safe, Aragon, MetaMask Learn, Optimism, Zapper.xyz, WhiteBit, and others. Besides, Valeriia is a Research Fellow at Ethereum Foundation “Next Billion” initiative. Valeriia is Techstars alumna and a member of Protocol Labs Network. Among her other initiatives, she has worked on an accessibility trainings for government officials in association with UNDP and contributes to PRJCTR, the largest Ukrainian creative and tech online institute.