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UID:pretalx-ethereum-zurich-2026-RWAZGU@cfp.ducttape.events
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DESCRIPTION:Walk into almost any web3 event in Zurich and count the develop
 ers. Then count the salespeople\, the investors\, and the BD reps. The rat
 io will tell you everything you need to know about why Swiss builders feel
  alone in a country with nearly 900 blockchain companies.\n\nWe surveyed 7
 0+ Swiss web3 builders and the picture was sharper than we expected: 43% f
 eel isolated from their tech community\, 79% want to work alongside peers 
 regularly\, and 95% are frustrated with current events. The talent is here
 . The community is not.\n\nThis talk is about that gap\, and what it would
  take to close it. The argument is simple: communities don't just happen. 
 They have to be designed\, with deliberate choices about who's in the room
 \, what gets discussed\, who pays for it\, and who decides what comes next
 . I'll share what the survey revealed about how Swiss builders actually wa
 nt to spend time together\, and the principles we think any builder commun
 ity has to commit to in order to stay one: community-first\, curated\, aff
 ordable\, tech-agnostic.\n\nThen I'll show how we're putting those princip
 les into practice with Z3\, the non-profit community space we're opening i
 n Zurich in H2 2026\, and the honest trade-offs we're running into along t
 he way.
DTSTAMP:20261013T183001Z
LOCATION:Limmat (Y15-G-60)
SUMMARY:The Builders Are Here. The Community Isn't. - Adrian Kögl
URL:https://cfp.ducttape.events/ethereum-zurich-2026/talk/RWAZGU/
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