ETHGlobal brings Pragma Summit to Lisbon on July 25

cointelegraphPublished on 2026-07-27Last updated on 2026-07-27

Abstract

ETHGlobal's Pragma summit series is coming to Lisbon on July 25, 2026, for a full day of talks on Ethereum infrastructure, applications, and institutional adoption. The event will be held at Pavilhão Carlos Lopes during Onchain Lisbon Week and alongside the ETHGlobal Lisbon hackathon (July 24-26). The summit will feature speakers from across the ecosystem, including founders and leaders from WalletConnect, 1inch, Haun Ventures, ENS, Human Protocol, Stake Capital, Pyth Data Association, Gnosis, and ETHGlobal itself, among others. Pragma is a single-track summit, ensuring attendees have access to all keynotes, presentations, and discussions. The concurrent hackathon offers over $125,000 in prizes, with partners like 1inch, The Graph, and Uniswap Foundation. Both events are part of the broader Onchain Lisbon Week (July 20-26). The Pragma series will continue later in 2026 with events in Tokyo (Sept. 26) and Mumbai (Nov. 5).

Lisbon, July 20, 2026 — ETHGlobal will bring its Pragma summit series to Lisbon on July 25 for a full day of talks and discussions with founders and industry leaders working on Ethereum infrastructure, applications and institutional adoption.

Pragma Lisbon will take place at Pavilhão Carlos Lopes during Onchain Lisbon Week and midway through the ETHGlobal Lisbon hackathon, which runs July 24-26 at the same venue.

The Pragma Lisbon lineup brings together founders and leaders working in payments, DeFi, infrastructure and data. Featured speakers include:

  • Pedro Gomes, founder of WalletConnect
  • Sergej Kunz, co-founder of 1inch
  • Diogo Mónica of Haun Ventures
  • Makoto Inoue of ENS
  • Simona Pop of Human Protocol
  • Julien Bouteloup, founder of Stake Capital
  • Marc Tillement, director of the Pyth Data Association
  • Philippe Schommers, head of infrastructure at Gnosis
  • Marius Smith of Ethereum Institutional
  • Alex McFarlane, co-founder and CEO of Keyring Network
  • João Alves, co-founder and CEO of Bleap
  • Angelo Min of Lighthouse.one
  • Holly Atkinson of 1inch
  • Kartik Talwar, co-founder of ETHGlobal

Pragma is ETHGlobal’s one-day, single-track summit series. Every session takes place on one stage, giving attendees access to the full program of keynotes, presentations, demos and discussions.

The Lisbon summit will run alongside ETHGlobal Lisbon, a 36-hour hackathon where accepted participants will compete for more than $125,000 in prizes. Partners include 1inch, The Graph, World, Sui, Hedera, Uniswap Foundation, ENS, Yellow and 0G.

Both events are part of Onchain Lisbon Week, a citywide program of conferences, meetups and community events taking place July 20-26.

Following Lisbon, the Pragma series will continue in Tokyo on Sept. 26 and Mumbai on Nov. 5 during the week of Devcon.

About Pragma

Pragma is ETHGlobal’s one-day, single-track summit series featuring talks and discussions with founders, protocol teams, developers and investors.

About ETHGlobal

ETHGlobal organizes hackathons and summits for the Ethereum community. Through more than 95 events, its community has created over 14,000 projects, with alumni companies raising more than $350 million. Learn more at ethglobal.com.

Media contact
Annelisa Moody
Marketing Lead, ETHGlobal
annelisa@ethglobal.com

Pragma Lisbon tickets are now available at the official website.

Related Questions

QWhat is the date and location of the Pragma Lisbon summit?

AThe Pragma Lisbon summit will take place on July 25, 2026, at the Pavilhão Carlos Lopes in Lisbon.

QName at least three featured speakers who will be presenting at the Pragma Lisbon event.

AFeatured speakers include Pedro Gomes (founder of WalletConnect), Sergej Kunz (co-founder of 1inch), Diogo Mónica (Haun Ventures), Makoto Inoue (ENS), Simona Pop (Human Protocol), and many others.

QWhat major ETHGlobal event is happening concurrently with the Pragma Lisbon summit at the same venue?

AThe ETHGlobal Lisbon hackathon, a 36-hour event running from July 24-26, is happening concurrently at the same venue (Pavilhão Carlos Lopes).

QWhat are the prize details for the ETHGlobal Lisbon hackathon mentioned in the article?

AParticipants in the ETHGlobal Lisbon hackathon will compete for more than $125,000 in prizes.

QAfter Lisbon, where and when are the next two Pragma summit events scheduled?

AFollowing Lisbon, the Pragma series will continue in Tokyo on September 26 and in Mumbai on November 5.

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