We at DeFi Discussions are currently planning out networking events in multiple countries in South America. We are using these events to:

1. promote educational content currently in development for Universities in the region

2. Garner interest in Cardano and establish larger better connected community of Cardano investors and project catalyst community member

With the interest of cross-chain collaboration in mind, we would like to also invite members of other cryptocurrency communities to our events. This would create space for them to engage with our community and also contribute to the conversations we will host. Allowing guest speakers from other blockchains to present their thoughts at our events will encourage cooperation between our community and theirs and allow us access to the best ideas the greater DeFi community has to offer.

By inviting proponents of other projects to our Cardano based events we create the space for the collaboration and idea sharing that is necessary to move away from tribalism in the crypto world. We have the opportunity to set the gold standard for cross-chain collaboration. The more bridges are established between different projects at our events the more Cardano becomes the focal point of these connections and the ideas that pass through them. This is the ideal position for our community to take as we try to be among the first to establish Cross Chain Collaboration

One small challenge we will face is finding a plethora of speakers from other blockchain communities since we are primarily embedded in the Cardano network. However our network is large enough that it shouldn't be too difficult nor take too much time for us to expand.

The timeline for this project would be in tandem with "Networking/Education LATAM"'s timeline. As we get more students connected to the crypto world (via networking events/education) we will be able to further support them with getting integrated on this platform. We expect this project to take about one year.

Monthly events currently in planning phase for Ecuador and Paraguay: 24 events (at least)

marketing: 150

guest speaker outreach: 200

travel and payment for guest speakers: 400

Total per event (750) x 24 events

total for year: $20,000

Gavin Briggs Perez: Founder of Defi Discussions LLC Project Manager & F7 Fund Recipient

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-briggs-perez-163330a5/>

Jose Velazquez: CEO Defi Discussions LLC, Project Manager, Asset Acquisition Manager, F7 Fund Recipient

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-velazquez-809665186/>

Will Shelton: Film Director & Professional Theater Services

Richard Lago: International Logistics, Digital Marketing & Marketing Manager

Nathan Samson: Latte Swap Co-Founder & F5, F6, and F7 Project Manager

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-samson-419349135/>

Craig Tibber: Professional Film Director & 10 plus years of film experience

Humberto Bacquerizo: (Advisor) MentorU CEO. Educational Specialist at New Jersey Medical School. Hispanic Commissioner of the City of Newark. Author: "Hispanic Star Rising Volume II"

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/hxbed/>

Moto Oba: Fortune 500 Business Consultant, Merchify co-Founder, Cardano Community Ambassador

Mit Patel: Professional Coder, Project Manager, Digital Security, Multilingual

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitpatel717/>

Techademia team members (Ayllu)

The number of "foreign" project member participants that show up to/speak at our events.

The number of "foreign" project member participants that join Cardano oriented social media (Discord/Instagram/Twitter/etc…).

Contact information shared between members of different projects.

Establishing and growing a community of people from different projects at our events. Expanding the Cardano network into the the networks surrounding other blockchains.

The link below is of the current networking events taking or that will be taking place in LatAm. This funded F7 project has a lot of synergy with the goals of this new proposal.

<https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/384439>