Date Time Content
Aug. 1 8:30-8:45 am Registration
8:45-9:00 am Session 0: Opening
Lecturer: Prof. Tei-Wei Kuo (City University of Hong Kong)
9:00-10:30 am Session 1: Blockchain and Bitcoin Fundamentals [slides]
Lecturer: Prof. Jonathan Katz (Univ. of Maryland, and Fractal Platform)
10:30-11:00 am Coffee break (Registration only)
11:00-12:00 pm Session 2: Scalability I
Lecturer: Prof. Sherman S. M. Chow (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
12:00-13:30 pm Lunch break (Registration only). Venue
13:30-15:00 pm Session 3: Scalability II and Proof of Stake
Lecturer: Prof. Hong-Sheng Zhou (Virginia Commonwealth University, and Fractal Platform)
15:00-16:00 pm Session 4: Governance [slides]
Lecturer: Prof. Bingsheng Zhang (Lancaster University)
16:00-16:30 pm Coffee break (Registration only)
16:30-17:30 pm Session 5: Technical panel "Scalability, Sustainability and Security: Searching for New Blockchain Solutions"
Panelist: Hong-Sheng Zhou (VCU/Fractal) [Host], Jonathan Katz (UMD/Fractal), Sherman S. M. Chow (CUHK), Xiang Xie (PlatON), Bingsheng Zhang (Lancaster U)
Aug. 2 9:00-10:30 am Session 6: Incentives and Game-Theoretic Considerations in Bitcoin [slides]
Lecturer: Prof. Jonathan Katz (Univ. of Maryland, and Fractal Platform)
10:30-11:00 am Coffee break (Registration only)
11:00-12:00 pm Session 7: Permissioned Blockchain and Enterprise Case Studies [slides]
Lecturer: Dr. Duncan Wong (CryptoBLK)
12:00-13:30 pm Lunch break (Registration only). Venue
13:30-14:30 pm Session 8: Smart Contracts and Security [slides]
Lecturer: Prof. Yajin Zhou (Zhejiang University)
14:30-15:30 pm Session 9: Zero Knowledge in Blockchain Applications [slides]
Lecturer: Dr. Tsz Hon Yuen (The University of Hong Kong)
15:30-16:00 pm Coffee break (Registration only)
16:00-17:30 pm Session 10: Technical panel "Blockchain in the Real World"
Panelist: Cong Wang (CityU) [Host], Duncan Wong (CryptoBLK), Yajin Zhou (Zhejiang U), Tsz Hon Yuen (HKU), Jupiter Zheng (HashKey), Hongmin Yan (Fractal)