Blockchain Technology Symposium (BTS 2020)
Description
Blockchain Technology Symposium 2018 (BTS’ 18), a joint event of Ryerson University and the Fields Institute, was a forum where academic researchers, industry professionals, and decision makers came together to present recent advancements, discuss adoption barriers, tackle common challenges, and explore future roadmaps surrounding blockchain and its related technologies such as consensus algorithms, smart contracts, distributed ledger technologies.
As a followup to BTS’18 and by popular demand, BTS 2020 will gather a diverse set of audience from academia, industry and policy makers to engage in a dialogue around three main crucial topics in the adoption of blockchain technology. The aim is to bring these communities closer to address the challenges and seize the opportunities brought forward by this promising technology.
You could attend the entire event, one day, one session or just the session(s) that are of particular interest to you. Because we have been fortunate enough to have secured substantial sponsorship for the event, admission for the event is only $100 and it includes lunches and a reception.
This is a joint event between Ryerson University and the Fields Centre for Quantitative Analysis and Modelling
Themes
Each day of the Symposium is focused on a theme:
Tuesday, February 18: Security and Longevity (followed by a reception)
Wednesday February 19: Privacy and Digital Identity (followed by a social sponsored by Peer Social. Please register here)
Thursday February 20: Organizational Change
Additional Sponsors
Schedule
| 08:30 to 08:45 |
Coffee & Refreshment Break
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| 08:45 to 08:50 |
Opening Remarks
Dr. Atefeh Mashatan, Ryerson University |
| 08:50 to 08:55 |
Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Kumar Murty, Fields Institute |
| 08:55 to 09:00 |
Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Ozgur Turetken, Ryerson University |
| 09:00 to 09:45 |
Featured Speaker: Michele Mosca, University of Waterloo and Quantum-Safe Canada, Co-founder of Institute for Quantum Computing |
| 09:45 to 10:30 |
Sergey Gorbunov, University of Waterloo and Algorand |
| 10:30 to 10:45 |
Coffee Break
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| 10:45 to 11:30 |
Featured Speaker: Serge Vaudenay, Laboratory of Security and Cryptography, EPFL, Switzerland |
| 11:30 to 12:15 |
Keynote Speaker: Rei Safavi-Naini, Director of Institute for Security, Privacy and Information Assurance, University of Calgary |
| 12:15 to 13:15 |
Lunch
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| 13:15 to 13:45 |
Ho Sung, Digital Archivist, Korean National Archives |
| 13:45 to 14:30 |
Stephen Sawyer, Lead, Design Research & Business Analysis, Prescient Innovations |
| 14:30 to 15:15 |
Brandon Goodell, Research Associate, Monero Research Lab |
| 15:15 to 15:45 |
Coffee & Refreshment Break
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| 15:30 to 16:15 |
Danielle Batista, University of British Columbia |
| 16:15 to 17:00 |
Mahsa Mousavi & Didem Demirag, Concordia University |
| 17:00 to 18:00 |
Reception Sponsored by Ryerson's Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst
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| 08:30 to 08:45 |
Coffee & Refreshment Break
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| 08:45 to 09:30 |
Ira Goldstein, COO, Herjavec Group |
| 09:30 to 10:15 |
Featured Speaker: Guang Gong, University of Waterloo |
| 10:15 to 10:45 |
Paul Chafe, CTO, TrustWave |
| 10:45 to 11:15 |
Coffee Break
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| 11:15 to 12:00 |
Keynote Speaker: Florian Kerschbaum, Executive Director, Waterloo Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute, University of Waterloo |
| 12:00 to 13:00 |
Lunch
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| 13:00 to 13:45 |
Rakesh Gohel, VP of Engineering, Mavennet |
| 13:45 to 14:30 |
Keynote Speaker: Darrell O’Donnell, President & CEO, Continuum Loop Inc |
| 14:30 to 15:00 |
Dave McKay, Technology Lead, Cybersecurity Research Lab, Ryerson University |
| 15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee & Refreshment Break
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| 15:30 to 16:00 |
Mathieu Glaude, CEO, Northern Block |
| 16:00 to 16:30 |
Chetan Phull, Principal Lawyer, Smartblock Law P.C. |
| 16:30 to 17:00 |
Michael Cholod, CEO, Peer Social |
| 20:00 |
| 08:45 to 09:00 |
Coffee & Refreshment Break
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| 09:00 to 09:45 |
Featured Speaker: Doug Heintzmann, Strategic Advisor, Insolar |
| 09:45 to 10:30 |
Keynote Speaker: Tej Basi, Founder, Cyberium Consulting |
| 10:30 to 11:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 11:00 to 11:45 |
Uli Broedl, Country Medical Director, Vice President Medical and Regulatory Affairs, and Co-Chair of the BI Incubator |
| 11:45 to 12:45 |
Lunch
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| 12:45 to 13:30 |
Kesem Frank, President, Mavennet |
| 13:30 to 14:00 |
Marc Lijour, VP Capacity and Innovation Readiness, Information and Communications Technology Council |
| 14:00 to 14:30 |
Ryan Kennedy, Cybersecurity Research Lab, Ryerson University |
| 14:30 to 15:00 |
Chang Lu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of British Columbia |
| 15:00 to 15:30 |
Coffee & Refreshment Break
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| 15:30 to 16:45 |
Tej Basi, Founder, Cyberium Consulting, Chetan Phull, Principal Lawyer, Smartblock Law P.C., Doug Heintzmann, Strategic Advisor, Insolar, Henry Kim, Associate Professor York University, Schulich School of Business, Dave Vicary, Industrial Technology Advisor NRC-IRAP |
| 16:45 to 17:00 |
Closing Remarks
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