Speakers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Locations	October 29: St. Gregory Hotel 2033 M St NW Washington, DC 20036. October 30: Washington Plaza Hotel 10 Thomas Cir NW, Washington, DC 20005
Point of Contacts	Mr. Bryant Nielson is the Master of Ceremonies for this event. He is assisted by Mr. Joshua Sorbel. They have primary responsibility for all speaker coordination. Please work with them on all programming and speaker-related questions & issues. They can be reached at: Bryant Nielson bryant.nielson@theblockchainacademy.com +1-212-335-0097 Josh Sorbel sorbel@edgeof.xyz Phone: Kathy Dache is the overall Event Director. You can reach her at kathy.dache@GBAglobal.org.
Travel	For a list of local hotels, please see the event Travel page.
Speakers Information	If you have not yet done so, please complete the Confirmed Speakers Information Collection Form. We need this information to assign your tickets and for promotional purposes.
Speakers Page	Please visit the Speakers Page to verify that you are listed correctly. If anything needs to be corrected, please contact Josh Sorbel.
Promotion	Please help us promote this event on a number of Social Media Platforms. Please use the hashtag #FoMGL2025 when posting about this event. And, please like, comment, and share posts by others that use the same hashtag. The event is listed on LinkedIn. Please visit the LinkedIn Event page and indicate that you are attending. To be listed as a speaker please connect with Gerard Dache and request to be added as a speaker. Once you are listed as an attendee or a speaker you can share the event with up to 1,000 of your first level contacts each week. Please follow the following social media accounts and amplify the posts there: GBA LinkedIn GBA X GBA Youtube The Edge of Show X The Edge of Company X
Tickets	All speakers are entitled to two free tickets to the conference and the reception. If you are bringing a guest, please email events@GBAglobal.org with the Name, Organization, Title, and Email of your guest.
Reception	The Cryptopoly Gala Reception will be the evening of October 29 at the elegant St. Gregory Hotel at 2033 M St NW Washington, DC 20036. The dress will be 1930s vintage elegant. Think Great Gatsby! It will include an immersive experience designed to facilitate an evening of fun-filled networking. All speakers and their guests will receive a complementary ticket to attend the Gala Reception.
Summit Dress Code (Oct 30)	The daytime event is not a typical crypto event. Business dress is expected of all speakers. Speakers should dress as if they were testifying before a congressional hearing or legislature. No jeans, T-shirts, polo shirts, short skirts, revealing/offensive clothing or informal attire are permitted on stage. Inappropriate dress may result in removal from the event.
Program Schedule	The Gala Reception will be the evening of October 29th and the conference will be on October 30th. Please see the Event Schedule to find out when your session is scheduled. To confirm your specific topic, please coordinate with Josh Sorbel. Moderators, you will be connected to the other members of your panel to solicit their talking points and consolidate a customized synopsis of your panel. Josh Sorbel will include it in the program and the MC will use it to introduce the speakers. It is important that the audience and speakers have a consistent understanding of your topic. Keynotes, Josh Sorbel will organize a kickoff call to discuss your day-of details and answer your questions. A more detailed Run of Show document will be made available to all speakers prior to the event sometime in October.
Recordings	Please be advised that your session will be recorded posted on the GBA YouTube Channel sometime in the future. For copyright reasons, please do not include any music in your presentation. We cannot guarantee that your session will be posted on the video channel because sometimes technical or other issues preclude it from being posted.
Speaking	GBA events are educational, they are not “pitch” events. Government leaders come to learn, not to hear a sales presentation. However, GBA is a business league, and our goal is to meet the business needs of our members. So, we promote the concept of value promotion. Presentations should be 80% educational and extremely high-quality. Speakers are encouraged to use their company, product, or service as an example of their teaching points. Please feel free to use no more than 20% of your time talking about your project after you have wowed them with great educational content. Panelists will not be showing separate presentations.
Keynotes Only
Video	If you intend to display a presentation, please remove any music from the presentation. Potential copyright violations are very problematic and at this point, we cannot allow music in videos.
Presentations	All speakers are expected to be in person. If you are a keynote speaker (5-25 minute solo presentation) and have a presentation that you would like to display during your talk, please use the FoMGL 2025 Presentation Template that will be provided to you by Josh Sorbel. Please send your presentation to Josh Sorbel no later than October 15th. Please include your name and the keynote title to which the presentation is related. The programming team will review them for suitability and may request modifications if the presentation is too overtly promotional.