SEED2019 - Blockchain for Collaborative Research

Davos , Switzerland

About SEED2019 - Blockchain for Collaborative Research

Interdisciplinary collaboration will open up new avenues on a much shorter time scale than operating in silos. SEED will thus connect individuals from academia and industry with leading developers of blockchain technology, who will openly exchange their knowledge and prototype actionable ideas for tools fostering more innovation in research.

Speakers

Prof. Paula Stephan
PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH emeritus
Dr. Michael Hill
Dany Vogel
SWISS AND EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEY PARTNER AT RENTSCH PARTNER AG
Dr. Joris van Rossum
DIGITAL SCIENCE. BLOCKCHAIN FOR PEER REVIEW PROJECT LEAD
Dr. Soenke Bartling
Daniel Fischmann
LEAD AUDITOR ChainSecurity
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Prof. Claudio Tessone
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF NETWORK SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH; STEERING COMMITTEE, UZH BLOCKCHAIN CENTER
Maximiliane Okonnek
MANAGING DIRECTOR ETH Library LAB
DR. JON TENNANT
ROGUE OPEN SCIENTIST, FOUNDER OF PALEORXIV Open Science MOOC

Partners

Validity Labs AG
Spin-offs  ETH Zürich
ETH Library LAB
ETH Zurich ETH Library

Agenda

Morning
Registration (8:30-9:30)

Problem-driven track (09:30)

9:30 (10’): Welcome & Intro (Dr. Aleksandra Sokolowska)

9:40 (30’+5’): Open Science (TBA)

10:25 (30’+5’): Economics of science (prof. Paula Stephan)

11:00 (30’+5’): Open Access & Funding in Research (Dr. Michael Hill)

11:35 (30’+5’): Reproducibility crisis (TBA)

12:10 (50’) – Lunch

13:00 (30+5’) New Standards for scholarly works and interactions (TBA)

13:35 (30’+5’) Patents and IP (Dany Vogel)

14:10 (20’) Panel Discussion: “Future of research”

Coffee break (20’): 14:30-14:50

Afternoon
Solution-driven track (14:50)

14:50 (90’): Intro to blockchain (Validity Labs)

Disintermediation – what’s the problem?
From Excel to Blockchain – a thought experiment
Smart Contracts – business process automation 2.0
Coffee break (30’): 16:20-16:50

16:50 (20’+5’): Blockchain for Science (Dr. Soenke Bartling)

17:15 (2o’+5’): Blockchain for peer review (Dr. Joris van Rossum)

17:40 (20’+5’): Marketplace for data (TBA)

18:05 (20’+5’): Blockchain-secured contributions science ecosystem (TBA)

18:30 (30’) 3 Quick Submitted Talks

Morning
Training track (9:00)

8:30 (30’) Crash course on cryptography (TBA)

9:30 (60’) Hands-on crypto-currencies and smart contracts (Validity Labs)

Wallet setup
Receive and secure your first own money
Getting in touch with a smart contract
Coffee break (30’): 10:30-11:00

11:00 (90’) Let’s buidl a SEED decentralized autonomous organization DAO (Validity Labs)

Overview of DAOs
Introduction to the SEED DAO
First interactions
12:30 (60’) – Lunch

13:30 (30’+5’) Blockchain mechanisms & governance (TBA)

14:05 (30’+5’) Blockchain and GDPR (TBA)

14:40 (30’+5) Blockchain security, privacy and scalability (Chain Security)

Coffee break (20’): 15:15-15:35

Afternoon
Training track (15:35)

15:35 (30’+5) Well-incentivized platforms and cryptoeconomics (TBA)

16:10 (20’+5’) Decentralized computing platform (TBA)

16:35 (20’ + 5’) Distributed storage (TBA)

17:00 (20’+5’) ICOs & why tokenize – investors point of view (TBA)

Coffee break (20’): 17:25-17:45

17:45 (45’) Sponsor talks

18:30 (30’) 3 Quic

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Start:
Feb 25, 2019, 8:30 AM , CET (UTC +1)
End:
Feb 28, 2019, 6:30 PM , CET (UTC +1)
Price:
CHF 250–900
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