16 September 2019
8:00 Registration
8:30 Welcome to NIST
Charles Romine, Director, Information Technology Laboratory, NIST
8:45 Conference Program Overview
Brian Scriber, IEEE Blockchain Global Summit General Chair, Cable Labs
9:00 Government Keynote I: US Government Blockchain Initiatives
Tim Persons, Chief Scientist & Managing Director of Science, Technology Assessment & Analytics
US Government Accountability Office (GAO)
9:45 Fireside Chat Session I: US Congressman on Blockchain Policies and Regulations
Moderator: Jason Brett, President and CEO, Value Technology Foundation
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Panel Discussions I: Pulse of the Blockchain Industry
Moderator: Jason Rupe, Cable Labs
12:15 Lunch
13:15 Overview of Afternoon Sessions
James Irvine, IEEE Blockchain Global Summit Finance Chair, University of Strathclyde
13:30 State of Identity on the Blockchain
Anthony Nadalin, Partner, Architect, Microsoft
14:00 Decentralized Trusted Computing Base for Blockchain Infrastructure Security
Thomas Hardjono, Director, MIT Connection Science & Engineering
14:30 Blockchain Data Privacy: Where we are and What's Next
Theodore Waz, President, The Opinion Blockchain
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 Blockchain DLT Interoperability and Architecture
Claudio Lima
Co-Founder, Blockchain Engineering Council (BEC)
16:00 On Avoiding Blockchain Bitrot
Fred Douglis, Chief Research Scientist, Perspecta Labs
16:30 Panel II: Blockchain Government Projects and Activities
Moderator: Jason Brett, President and CEO, Value Technology Foundation
17:45 Wrap-Up
Michael Davidson, Senior Researcher, NIST
18:30 Welcome Cocktail Reception Holiday Inn Gaithersburg
17 September 2019
8:45 Overview of Day
Claudio Lima, IEEE Blockchain Global Summit TPC Chair, Blockchain Engineering Council
9:00 Government Keynote II: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Blockchain Program for Start-Ups
Anna Brady-Estevez, Director of Blockchain Initiative, National Science Foundation (NSF)
9:45 Blockchain Cybersecurity Trusted Environment (TE)
Mic Bowman, Intel
10:15 Coffee Break
10:45 Fireside Chat Session II: Blockchain-Enabled Next-Generation “Circular Economy” Supply Chain Models
Moderator: Michaela Ulieru, Co-Director, Endor
Joseph Francis, Principal Director, Accenture
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Overview of Afternoon Sessions
Ramesh Ramados, IEEE Blockchain Initiative Co-Chair
13:15 Industry Keynote: The Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protection, Safety and Security Imperative for IoT: Blockchain and Beyond
Florence D. Hudson
NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at Indiana University
13:45 Panel III: Blockchain in Energy
Moderator: Dane Christensen Team Lead, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Umit Cali, 2nd Vice-Chair, IEEE Energy Blockchain Standards P2418.5
Srinkhil Gourisetti, Grid Cybersecurity Research Engineer, Pacific Northwest National
Labs (PNNL)/DOE
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 Setting the Standard: Blockchain and the Coming Token-Powered Economy
Ron Resnick, Executive Director, Ethereum Enterprise Alliance (EEA)
17:00 Panel Discussions IV: Blockchain in Healthcare
Moderator: Heather Flannery, Co-Founder, Blockchain in Health Care Global
18:00 Close of Technical Sessions
18 September 2019
8:45 Overview of Day
Xavier Bellekens, Speakers Chair, University of Strathclyde
9:00 Blockchain Research: What are the Hot topics and What's Next
Peter Mell, NIST
9:30 Vertical Market Enterprise Blockchain Applications
Anant Kadiyala, Director Blockchain & IoT Industry Solutions, Oracle
10:00 Multi-Ledger Multi-Cloud: The First Step for Enterprise Blockchain Deployment Automation
Lino Quagliariello, CEO, Multiledger
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Blockchain in Emerging Economies: Institutional, Technological, Market and Infrastructural Challenges
Nir Kshetri, Nir Kshetri, Bryan School of Business and Economics
12:00 Lunch
13:15 Overview of Afternoon Sessions
Jason Rupe, Cable Labs
13:30 Blockchain in Government: A Playbook for Adoption
Frederic de Vaulx
VP, Prometheus Computing, LLC
14:00 Panel Discussions V: Advanced Blockchain Research
Moderator: Peter Mel, NIST
Sylvere Krima, Research Associate, NIST
James Shook, NIST
Loic Lesavre, NIST
15:15 Wrap-Up Adjournment
Brian Scriber, IEEE Blockchain Global Summit General Chair, Cable Labs
15:40-17:30 Developer Experience – Building Smart Contracts on the NEO Blockchain
(optional) Harry Pierson
Chief Architect Global Development, NEO
