Jason Chaskin will be leading the App Relations and Research segment.
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is co-hosting the inaugural App Town Hall in collaboration with decentralized application (dApp) teams and ecosystem partners. The Devconnect conference is hosting this event.
This marks the first time such a broad coalition of major app-layer projects has convened for an open-forum discussion on the future of the Ethereum application. The initiative aims for transparency and alignment across the dApp ecosystem.
The App Town Hall will be held on November 18 from 10:00 to 18:00 at the Amphitheater in La Rural, the central venue for Devconnect. Co-hosts include the Ethereum Foundation, Nouns, Octant, Aave, ENS, and POAP. The event is an open forum for the community. The objective is for leading application teams to “pull back the curtains” on their development pipelines, revealing their plans for shaping favorite dApps now, in 2026.
Attendees will hear from principals across the application landscape, including representatives from Aave, ENS, Farcaster, Lido, Safe, Uniswap (CEO Hayden Adams), and the Ethereum Foundation’s Jason Chaskin. Historically, public forums in the Ethereum ecosystem, like Devcon and Devconnect, have prioritized core protocol development and research.
While application-layer projects have always been integral to the success of the network, there has been a real need for a more formal, unified venue on the state of the apps. The new App Town Hall grows out of a growing recognition that there is so much value in having a place where the teams building consumer-facing dApps can communicate directly with users, developers, and fellow builders.
The setting of Devconnect, characterized by its more focused technical workshops and community-driven events, represents the ideal environment within which to bridge the gap between core protocol developers and the application teams driving real-world utility.
The event brings together diverse entities, from the Ethereum Foundation focused on research and ecosystem health to DeFi players like Aave, Uniswap, and Lido, identity and infrastructure projects like ENS and Safe, and DAOs like Nouns, to address common challenges and prevent fragmentation.
Jason Chaskin is the App Relations & Research lead. He aims to make sure that application development in the future aligns more with the basic principles and technical roadmaps of the Ethereum base layer.
The open question-and-answer format aims to create direct feedback loops, meaning community input collected here can directly affect product roadmaps for participating organizations, helping build more integrated and resilient applications on Ethereum.
The App Town Hall serves as a clear indication that the Ethereum community is focusing on collaborative, user-focused development to meet the vision for dApps in the coming years.
