BGIN Block #8 meeting : May 2023

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
- Chairs:
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
- Co-Chairs
- 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