The goal of the eighth general meeting (Block #8)

BGIN Block #8 continues to bring voice to individuals focused on governance for digital economic networks, digital identity and more applications based on blockchain technology. Major themes to include are (not limited to):

• governance of blockchain technology, applications and
• digital identity
• NFT/SBT
• social-economic design
• financial stability
• ethics. and
• BGIN community growth for all stakeholders

Who should attend?

• Developers
• Regulators
• Business entities
• Consumers
• Civil society
• Academia
• And anyone interested in blockchain ecosystems!

Date and Time

BGIN Block #8 meeting (in-person/online hybrid format) Thursday, May 4, 2023 to Sunday, May 7, 2023

Form of the Meeting

BGIN Block #8 will be held in hybrid (in-person/online) manner. This meeting is co-located with Financial Cryptography 2023. The meeting has joint session with The 4th workshop of Coordination of Decentralized Finance (CoDecFin) 2023 and 7th Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts (WTSC).

Day 1 (May 4, 2023)

Opening Plenary and Financial Applications

Night (21:00 - 23:00, after evening reception of the FC workshop)

• 21:00 - 21:30 Opening Plenary
  • Shin’ichiro Matsuo, Andrea Bracciali
• 21:30 - 22:15 Keynote 1:
  • Massimo Morini (Cheif Economist, Algorand Foundation)
• 21:15 - 23:00 Round Table 1: Mitigating potential failure of stablecoin and DeFi)
  • Moderator: Ali Nejadmalayeri (Univeristy of Wyoming)

Day 2 (May 5, 2023)

• 13:00 - 14:00 A joint panel session with WTSC and CoDecFin
• 21:00 - 23:00 Decentralized Treasury Working Group (DTWG) Session
  • Chairs:
    • Ali Nejadmalayeri (University of Wyoming)
    • Leon Molechanovski
  • Critical Questions on CBDCs
  • Potential Point of Failure on Stablecoin<
  • Future works

Day 3 (May 6, 2023)

• 9:00 - 10:00 Round Table 2: CBDC and Blockchain
  • Carole House (Executive in Residence)
  • Masaki Bessho (Bank of Japan )
  • Others
• 10:00 - 11:00 Round Table 3: DeFi and DAO Governance
  • Kaihua Qin (Imperial College London)
  • Others
• 11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
• 11:30 - 12:30 Keynote 2
• 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
• 14:00 - 15:00 Round Table 4: DID/SSI
• 15:00 - 16:00 Round Table 5: Wallet Governance and Key Management
  • Moderator: Nat Sakimura (Nat Consulting)
• 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break |
• 16:30 - 18:30 Identity, Key Management, and Privacy Working Group Editing Session
  • Co-Chairs
    • Nat Sakimura (Nat Consulting)
    • Mithell Travers (soulbis)
  • Soulbound Tokens (SBTs) Study Report Part 2
  • Study Report on Selective Disclosure: Overview and Classifications
  • Smart Contract Literacy
  • Future Works
• 18:30 - 20:30 Reception

Day 4 (May 7, 2023)

• 9:00 - 10:00 Round Table 6:SBTs/NFTs for real-life use cases
  • Austin Zhu
• 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
• 10:30 - 11:30 Industrial Invited Talks
• 11:30 - 12:30 Industrial Panel discussion
• 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
• 13:30 - 14:30 Roadmap and Strategy
• 14:30 - 15:00 Nomination (and appointment) of Chair of BGIN and groups
• 15:00 - 15:30 Closing Plenary

Location

Bluesun Hotel Elaphusa Bol, Brač, Croatia

Registration

The registration site will opne soon.

Accommodation

The conference hotel (the same as the Financial Cryptography 23) provides a special discount rate for BGIN Block #8 attendees. Details will come soon.

Call for agenda item

We call for agenda items to discuss at the Block #8.

Please send the contact email address any agenda item request.

(Reference) Past General Meetings

• BGIN Block #7 meeting (Virtual/in-person hybrid format hosted from Vancouver, Canada by the University of British Columbia) November 30 - December 2, 2022 [Details]
• BGIN Block #6 meeting (Virtual/in-person hybrid format hosted from Zurich, Switzerland by the University of Zurich) July 26-28, 2022 [Details]
• BGIN Block #5 meeting (Virtual Japan/Tokyo) 4-6 April, 2022 [Details]
• BGIN Block #4 meeting (Virtual Nairobi/Lome/Accra) 2-4 November, 2021 [Details]
• BGIN Block #3 meeting (Virtual DC/NY) 29 June - 1 July, 2021 [Details]
• BGIN Block #2 meeting (Virtual Paris/France) 13:00-16:00 UTC, 8-10 March, 2021 [Details]
• BGIN Block #1 meeting (Virtual Mumbai/India) 12:00 - 15:00 UTC, 23-25 November, 2020 [Details]

Event sponsors

To be announced