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The World of DeSci in Devconnect - Buenos Aires 2025

Summary:

The World of DeSci is an initiative aimed at introducing the decentralized science (DeSci) movement to Ethereum ecosystem communities, to showcase the potential of blockchain-based and decentralization-promoting technologies to transform science into a public good. We aim for The World of DeSci to become the go-to DeSci space at Devconnect, where participants can connect and collaborate with the Ethereum DeSci community, as well as with local academics and researchers.This participation in Devconnect will represent one of the key milestones in the Road to DeSci: ETH LATAM + Devconnect. Following the success of The World of DeSci Community Hub 2024 at Devcon, we are proud to count on a network of collaborators who will represent our region and contribute to this new initiative. This proposal has two main objectives:

  1. To onboard scientists and researchers from diverse academic backgrounds to web3 and DeSci.
  2. To introduce crypto native developers and the general Ethereum community to DeSci.

For achieving these goals, we will have:

  1. A dedicated space (booth) with DeSci referents where these different types of people can interact with each other. This space will focus specially on onboarding academics.
  2. Talks and workshops.
  3. A hackathon oriented to ethereum native developers to introduce them to DeSci problematics

Following the success of the The World of DeSci at Devcon Bangkok Hub organization, we propose to replicate the same at Devconnect. Motivation also relies on the fact that people attending DevConnect in Bs As most probably did not attend to DevCon. The Hub will be organized into thematic days, each addressing a different dimension of the decentralized science ecosystem.

https://x.com/DeSciLATAM/status/1857737997203939586/video/1

https://x.com/desciworld/status/1857107519568597076?s=46&t=eBtpjg5G-ouROJDgdMnhBQ

https://x.com/bioprotocol/status/1856174448359158147?s=46&t=eBtpjg5G-ouROJDgdMnhBQ

https://x.com/mesoreefdao/status/1857073575980618064?s=46&t=eBtpjg5G-ouROJDgdMnhBQ

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[Captions during DevCon 2025]

The days will be organized as follows:

  • Día 1: Body – focus on the human body, biohacking etc.

​Topics: Biotech, Aging, Rejuvenation

​Leaders: TBD

  • Día 2: Mind – focus on the ephemeral, mental and cosmic realms

​Topics: AI, Data, Space

​Leaders: TBD

  • Día 3: Heart – Heart - focus on Nature, the material world and its preservation

Topics: Climate, Microbiology, Biopreservation, Biodiversity

​Leaders: TBD

  • Día 4: Soul – Soul - focus on the community and interpersonal relationships with science and academia, facilitated by DeSci

Topics: Community, Developer Tooling, Academic Engagement

​Leaders: TBD

*These topics are open to modification openly and democratically.

Motivation and rationale:

While DeSci has gained visibility in some global hubs, it remains largely underrepresented in the global Ethereum community. Latin America, with its vibrant academic scene and growing Web3 adoption, is fertile ground for DeSci. Hosting a Community Hub during Devconnect in Argentina allows us to:

  • Introduce and onboard local academics to the Ethereum community and thus to the DeSci ecosystem.

  • Expose local developers and researchers to DeSci tools and frameworks.

  • Invite global DeSci referents to connect with the LATAM community.

  • Inspire new contributors to explore science as a field for Web3 innovation, beyond DeFi, NFTs, and infrastructure.

This Hub is a key opportunity to position DeSci as a collaborative, inclusive, and mission-driven field with real-world impact.

Implementation:

To realize this vision, we will set up a dedicated space during Devconnect Argentina that enables:

  • Global DeSci Community Interactions: Featuring voices from LATAM, Africa, Asia, and more, the Hub will host panels, discussions, and networking sessions for communities to share regional challenges, explore collaboration, and co-design solutions.

  • Education and Exposure: Project demos, onboarding stations, and thematic sessions will help researchers and developers learn about DeSci and find ways to contribute.

  • Decentralized Growth of DeSci DAY: After more than 8 months of continuous work following DevCon, multiple DeSci events have emerged around the world, many organized by those who participated in the original Hub. What began as a single initiative has now evolved into DeSci DAY, which is hosted in a decentralized manner by diverse projects and ecosystem actors, upholding the core values of decentralized science. In alignment with the Ethereum ethos, we open this proposal to anyone who wants to contribute and co-create a Hub that is even stronger and more impactful than last year.

List of equipment needs:

Audio-Visual Equipment: Media team for content production

Workspace Setup: Stage, booths with TV screens, chairs, whiteboards, and power outlets. Translation Services: Real-time translation services for non-English-speaking participants to ensure inclusivity.

Promotional Materials: Banners, flyers, and digital content to promote the event and participating organizations.

Team:

This initiative is organized by the teams from:

Carolina - DeSciWorld

Brenda - DeSci LATAM

Maria - DeSciers

Rodrigo - MesoReefDAO

Nate - Bio.xyz

Katya - MicrobiomeDAO

Eva - AuraSci

Something else!

We plan to organize a road trip to DeSci as a lead-up to the Hub. Our idea is to start with our participation in ETH LATAM, taking place in São Paulo from November 6 to 9. The DeSci presence at ETH LATAM will be led by María Goretti, who is the national representative of DeSci in Brazil and will be the Hub lead for this event.

Following ETH LATAM, we plan to travel to Buenos Aires and host a DeSci spot in the city to help facilitate the setup and organization of the Community Hub for Devconnect. This journey will allow us to build stronger regional collaboration and make it easier to coordinate logistics on the ground.

If this plan moves forward, we will also work to secure travel scholarships for students from universities in Argentina and neighboring countries, allowing them to attend the conference and engage with leading figures and projects in the DeSci ecosystem. This will strengthen regional participation, promote inclusion, and open doors for future contributors to decentralized science.

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Thanks for putting this together! Let’s expand DeSci in LATAM :fist:

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By bringing the World of DeSci to Buenos Aires, we will help onboarding more academics to DeSci and the whole Ethereum ecosystem. Lots to do in one of the latam cities that crypto has more impact and expansion. We can’t wait!

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Great proposal! Looking forward to spreading DeSci at Devconnect and onboarding more builders + researchers!!

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Fully in support of this proposal. I wasn’t present at Devcon but I kept tabs on the events and the DeSci Hub was one which had good buzz. I believe it should happen again at Devconnect and I look forward to being present there.

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Thank you for the opportunity to coordinate this incredible initiative. We’re confident that, together with our amazing collaborators and the broader Ethereum and academic communities, we’re going to make it a resounding success. We’re looking forward to connecting, creating, and advancing the DeSci movement in LatAm and beyond!

DeSci is so underrated. We need to change that perspective and onboard both developers and researchers to build new tools and take advantage of the growing stack available in our communities!

The World of DeSci v2 will be at Devconnect!

:ocean::earth_americas::microscope::coral::dna::tropical_fish::sparkles:

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Hi, thank you for sharing this initiative.
It’s great to see efforts emerging to build spaces for Decentralized Science.

I would like to share a reflection from DeSci México’s perspective. We were surprised not to have been contacted or invited to participate in shaping this proposal especially since we’re one of the most active DeSci communities in Latin America.

Over the past two years, we’ve worked hard on outreach, education, and ecosystem building, including organizing DeSci conferences, workshops and hackatons and actively onboarding traditional scientists. We believe efforts like this one could greatly benefit from more inclusive and collaborative input from communities already building on the ground.

I’d also like to contribute here with two observations:

  1. DeSci ≠ public goods.While many DeSci projects are public goods, the movement itself provides broader tools to rethink how science is produced, governed, and funded. Public goods are just one part of the whole.
  2. Onboarding traditional scientists requires public access. If the event requires paid entry, it may limit participation to those already in the blockchain space. Consider including public facing activities to reach new audiences.

I’m open to collaborating, discussing, and contributing with DeSci México in any way that adds value.

Warm regards,
Pamela Limón
DeSci México

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Looks great!

Thank you to Brenda, Carolina and the rest of the team for putting this together.

Cannot wait to see everyone again, to meet new faces and inspire more academics to join the DeSci movement!

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The World of DeSci in Devconnect - Buenos Aires 2025

Summary:

The World of DeSci is an initiative aimed at introducing the decentralized science (DeSci) movement to Ethereum ecosystem communities, to showcase the potential of blockchain-based and decentralization-promoting technologies to transform science into a public good. We aim for The World of DeSci to become the go-to DeSci space at Devconnect, where participants can connect and collaborate with the Ethereum DeSci community, as well as with local academics and researchers.This participation in Devconnect will represent one of the key milestones in the Road to DeSci: ETH LATAM + Devconnect. Following the success of The World of DeSci Community Hub 2024 at Devcon, we are proud to count on a network of collaborators who will represent our region and contribute to this new initiative. This proposal has two main objectives:

  1. To onboard scientists and researchers from diverse academic backgrounds to web3 and DeSci.
  2. To introduce crypto native developers and the general Ethereum community to DeSci.

For achieving these goals, we will have:

  1. A dedicated space (booth) with DeSci referents where these different types of people can interact with each other. This space will focus specially on onboarding academics.
  2. Talks and workshops.
  3. A hackathon oriented to ethereum native developers to introduce them to DeSci problematics [Image of the DeSci Hub in Bangkok]

Following the success of the The World of DeSci at Devcon Bangkok Hub organization, we propose to replicate the same at Devconnect. Motivation also relies on the fact that people attending DevConnect in Bs As most probably did not attend to DevCon. The Hub will be organized into thematic days, each addressing a different dimension of the decentralized science ecosystem.

https://x.com/DeSciLATAM/status/1857737997203939586/video/1

[Captions during DevCon 2025]

The days will be organized as follows:

  • Día 1: Body – focus on the human body, biohacking etc.

​Topics: Biotech, Aging, Rejuvenation

​Leaders: TBD

  • Día 2: Mind – focus on the ephemeral, mental and cosmic realms

​Topics: AI, Data, Space

​Leaders: TBD

  • Día 3: Heart – Heart - focus on Nature, the material world and its preservation

Topics: Climate, Microbiology, Biopreservation, Biodiversity

​Leaders: Rodrigo, Juan, TBD

  • Día 4: Soul – Soul - focus on the community and interpersonal relationships with science and academia, facilitated by DeSci

Topics: Community, Developer Tooling, Academic Engagement

​Leaders: Daniel, TBD

*These topics are open to modification openly and democratically.

Motivation and rationale:

While DeSci has gained visibility in some global hubs, it remains largely underrepresented in the global Ethereum community. Latin America, with its vibrant academic scene and growing Web3 adoption, is fertile ground for DeSci. Hosting a Community Hub during Devconnect in Argentina allows us to:

  • Introduce and onboard local academics to the Ethereum community and thus to the DeSci ecosystem.

  • Expose local developers and researchers to DeSci tools and frameworks.

  • Invite global DeSci referents to connect with the LATAM community.

  • Inspire new contributors to explore science as a field for Web3 innovation, beyond DeFi, NFTs, and infrastructure.

This Hub is a key opportunity to position DeSci as a collaborative, inclusive, and mission-driven field with real-world impact.

Implementation:

To realize this vision, we will set up a dedicated space during Devconnect Argentina that enables:

  • Global DeSci Community Interactions: Featuring voices from LATAM, Africa, Asia, and more, the Hub will host panels, discussions, and networking sessions for communities to share regional challenges, explore collaboration, and co-design solutions.

  • Education and Exposure: Project demos, onboarding stations, and thematic sessions will help researchers and developers learn about DeSci and find ways to contribute.

  • Decentralized Growth of DeSci DAY: After more than 8 months of continuous work following DevCon, multiple DeSci events have emerged around the world, many organized by those who participated in the original Hub. What began as a single initiative has now evolved into DeSci DAY, which is hosted in a decentralized manner by diverse projects and ecosystem actors, upholding the core values of decentralized science. In alignment with the Ethereum ethos, we open this proposal to anyone who wants to contribute and co-create a Hub that is even stronger and more impactful than last year.

List of equipment needs:

Audio-Visual Equipment: Media team for content production

Workspace Setup: Stage, booths with TV screens, chairs, whiteboards, and power outlets. Translation Services: Real-time translation services for non-English-speaking participants to ensure inclusivity.

Promotional Materials: Banners, flyers, and digital content to promote the event and participating organizations.

Team:

This initiative is organized by the teams from:

Brenda - DeSci LATAM

Carolina - DeSciWorld

Maria - DeSciers

Rodrigo - MesoReefDAO

Katya - MicrobiomeDAO

Eva - AuraSci

Nate - Bio.xyz

Juan - Biotexturas

Something else!

We plan to organize a road trip to DeSci as a lead-up to the Hub. Our idea is to start with our participation in ETH LATAM, taking place in São Paulo from November 6 to 9. The DeSci presence at ETH LATAM will be led by María Goretti, who is the national representative of DeSci in Brazil and will be the Hub lead for this event.

Following ETH LATAM, we plan to travel to Buenos Aires and host a DeSci spot in the city to help facilitate the setup and organization of the Community Hub for Devconnect. This journey will allow us to build stronger regional collaboration and make it easier to coordinate logistics on the ground.

If this plan moves forward, we will also work to secure travel scholarships for students from universities in Argentina and neighboring countries, allowing them to attend the conference and engage with leading figures and projects in the DeSci ecosystem. This will strengthen regional participation, promote inclusion, and open doors for future contributors to decentralized science.

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Hello @Brenda and co-organizers,

Thank you for applying to organize a Community Hub for Devconnect ARG! Your proposal has now entered the voting phase.

In the coming days, the Devconnect team will review all submissions and select the ones that best reflect the spirit of the first Ethereum World’s Fair. Selected proposals will be announced during the week of September 8. After that, we’ll move into a collaborative phase to refine each Hub’s concept, programming, and production needs.

We appreciate your contribution to shaping the first Ethereum World’s Fair.