BGIN Block #8 Meeting
2023 May. 04 〜 2023 May. 07
Brač, Croatia
Goal
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
Location
Bluesun Hotel Elaphusa Bol, Brač, Croatia
Time Table
Day 1 Financial Applications (May 4)
| Time | Content | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 21:00~23:00 | Opening Planary | Shin'ichiro Matsuo, Andrea Bracciali |
| 21:00 - 21:30 | Opening Plenary | Shin’ichiro Matsuo, Andrea Bracciali |
| 21:30 - 22:15 | Keynote 1 | The Future of Private Digital Money and its Governance Massimo Morini (Algorand Foundation) |
| 22:15 - 23:00 | Round Table 1 (DTWG): Mitigating potential failure of Stablecoin and DeFi (for the issue raised by SVB) | Moderator Ali Nejadmalayeri (the University of Wyoming, remote) Main Discussants Caroline HIll (Cirle, remote) Yuko Kawai (Japan Digital Design, remote) Filip Saravanja (Aurcash ,online) Anamarija Staničić (Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency, online) Kaihua Qin (Imperial College London) |
Day 2 Financial Applications (May 5)
| Time | Content | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Joint Panel with WTSC and CoDecFin | Moderator Shin’ichiro Matsuo Andrea Bracciali |
| 21:00 - 23:00 | DTWG Interactive Workshop Session | Co-Chairs Ali Nejadmalayeri (University of Wyoming) Leon Molchanovsky (Galaxy Innovations Ltd) Acting Session-Co-Chair Michi Kakebayashi (UC Berkeley) |
Day 3 Financial Applications, and IKP (May 6)
| Time | Content | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:30 | Round Table 2 (DTWG): CBDC and Blockchain | Moderator Carole House (Executive in residence) Main Discussants Masaki Bessho (Bank of Japan, remote) Chloe White (Genesis block) Geoffrey Goodell (UCL) Linardo Martincevic (Croatian national bank) Daniel Eidan (BIS Innovation Hub) |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Keynote 2 Decentralised Identifiers and SSI in action - How to design a verifiable information exchange framework? |
Alen Horvat (Lead Architect of EBSI) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Round Table 3 (DTWG): DeFi and DAO Governance | Main Discussants Patrick McCorry (Arbitrum Foundation) Ivan Glava (Blockroad)Frane Šesnić (CEO at Zagreb Innovation Centre) Caroline Malcolm (Chainalysis, remote) |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | IKPWG Interactive Workshop Session Overview on works complete Soulbound Tokens (SBTs) Future Study Selective Disclosure Web5 Token Economy Compliance with SBT Smart Contract Literacy Future Works and AOB |
Co-Chairs Nat Sakimura (Nat Consulting) Mitchell Travers (Soulbis) Main Speakers Michi Kakebayashi(remote) /Joseph Beverley Daniel Buchner(remote) Masato Yamanaka /Ken Katayama(remote) Adam(remote) |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Round Table 4 (IKP): DID/SSI | Moderator Nat Sakimura (Nat Consulting) Main Discussants Christopher Allen (Blockchain Commons, LLC, remote) Alen Horvat, Lead Architect, EBSI Chris Were (verida.io, remote) |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | Round Table 5 (IKP): Wallet Governance and Key Management | Moderator Nat Sakimura (Nat Consulting) Main Discussants Shady El Damaty (Holonym, remote) Chris Were (verida.io, remote) Ash van der Spuy (Jubi DAO, remopte) Tommaso Gagliardoni (Kudelski Security, remote) Patrick McCorry (Arbitrum Foundation) Christopher Allen (Blockchain Commons, LLC, remote) |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | Reception | @Pool side |
Day 4 IKP and Industrial Session (May. 7)
| Time | Content | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Round Table 6 (IKP): SBTs/NFTs for real-life use cases | Moderator Mitchell Travers (Soulbis) Main Discussants Hal Seki (Japanese Digital Agency) Austin Zhu (DeSoul, remote) Boon-Hiong Chan (Deutsche Bank, remote) Yuki Uwaizumi (Founder/CEO, Unyte Inc., remote) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Invited talks by Special and Level 1 Sponsors | Soulbis ACTUS: Financial Contracts Framework, Mark Greensdale (Casper Network) |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Panel by event sponsors | Moderator Ralf Kubli (Casper Network) Main Discussants Soulbis Circle Hiromi Yamaoka (DeCurret DCP) Ken Katayama(NRI) |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Roadmap and Strategy | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Closing Plenary |
Invited Speaker/Panelists
Caroline Hill
Senior Director for Global Policy and Regulatory Strategy at Circle
Patrick McCorry
Research @ Arbitrum Foundation
Christopher Allen
Principal Architect & Executive Director, Blockchain Commons, LLC
Massimo Morini
Chief Economist at Algorand Foundation.
Mark A. Greenslad
Head Of Research And Development, Casper Network
Masaki Bessho
Head of FinTech Center, Payment and Settlement Systems Department, Bank of Japan
Yuko Kawai
CEO Japan Digital Design Inc./Managing Director MUFG
Yuki Uwaizumi
Founder/CEO, Unyte Inc. Admin of Rule Makers DAO. Engineer of WagumiDAO
Joseph Beverley
Partner & Co-Founder, Soulbis
Mitchell Travers
Co-Founder, Soulbis
Ash van der Spuy
Carole House
Executive in Residence at Terranet Ventures
Frane Šesnić
CEO of Zagreb Innovation Centre
Alen Horvat
SSI and decentralised solutions architect, Netis
Caroline Malcolm
Global Head of Public Policy, Chainalysis
Chloe White
Managing Director, Genesis Block
Chris Were
Founder, Verida
Filip Šaravanja
Head of Digital Assets at Aircash
Hiromi Yamaoka
Member of the Board at Future Corporation, Chairperson at Digital Currency Forum, Special Advisor for International Finance at Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Kaihua Qin
PhD Candidate @ Imperial College London
Tommaso Gagliardoni
Senior Expert in Cryptography and Global Practice Lead in Quantum Security, Kudelski Security
Boon-Hiong Chan
Director, Deutsche Bank AG Singapore
Ivan Glavaš
CEO, Blockroad, Croatia
Shady El Damaty
Co-founder, Holonym
Hal Seki
Senior Expert, Digital Agency Japan. Organizer of Web3.0 Research DAO
Event Sponsors (Level 1)
Event Sponsors (Level 2)
Program Committee
BGIN Co-Chairs
- Shin’ichiro Matsuo
- Mai Santamaria
Working Group/Task Force Co-Chairs
- Nat Sakimura
- Mitchell Travers
- Shigeya Suzuki
- Leon Molchanovsky
- Ali Nejadmalayeri
- Ryosuke Ushida
- Aaron Wright
Local organizers
- Andrea Bracciali
Co-chairs of the previous block (Block #7)
- Chang Lu
Chairs of the next block (Block #9)
- Mitchell Travers
Contact Info
bgin_admin@bg2x.org
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