Program
Tentative program for the 2018 Blockchain Summer School. Further details on speakers, locations, etc. will be added as we go along.
| Day 1 | Monday, August 12th - Opening intro lectures | Ver. 2019-03-28 |
| 08:00 | Registration and light breakfast | DR |
09:00
| Introduction to the summer school (ITU, CBS, KU) | DR Studio 2 |
| 09.15 | Presentation by Fritz Henglein (KU) and Peter Sestoft (ITU) about "the essence of blockchain" from a Computer Science perspective | DR Studio 2 |
| 10:15 | Blockchain Economics and Market Engineering by Roman Beck (ITU) | DR Studio 2 |
| 11.30 | Lunch break | DR |
| 13:30 | Blockchain key technical development trends by Boris Düder or Omri Ross (KU) | DR Studio 2 |
| 15:00 | Coffee break | DR |
| 15.30 | Blockchain Smart Contracts: Opportunities & Challenges by Boris Düder or Omri Ross (KU) | DR Studio 2 |
| 18:00 | Social Event (Sponsor Reception and Dinner) | ScrollBar at ITU |
| 19:00 | End of day 1 | |
| Day 2 | Tuesday, August 13th - Joined lectures | |
| 08:00 | Light breakfast | DR |
| 09:00 | Blockchain and Organizational Implications by Michel Avital (CBS) | DR Studio 2 |
| 10:00 | Introduction into the different use cases and challenges from track 1 to 3 by Roman Beck (ITU) | DR Studio 2 |
| 10:15 | Track 1 use cases presentation and discussion | DR Studio 2 |
| 11:30 | Lunch break | DR |
| 13:30 | Track 2 use cases presentation and discussion | DR Studio 2 |
| 14:45 | Track 3 blockchain challenges presentation and discussion | DR Studio 2 |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | DR |
| 16:30 | Group splits up into the three tracks. The mentors from the universities as well as the coaches from the participating organizations go into more details and discuss the tasks with the teams that are formed to work together. | ITU Group Rooms |
| 17:00 | Get together (Sponsor Reception and Dinner) | ScrollBar at ITU |
| Day 3 | Wednesday, August 14th - Track hackatons | |
| 08:00 | Light breakfast | ITU ScrollBar |
| 09:00 | Tracks 1 to 3 in parallel sessions | ITU Group Rooms |
| 12:00 | Lunch break | ITU ScrollBar |
| 13:30 | Tracks 1 to 3 in parallel sessions | ITU Group Rooms |
| Open end | Food and drinks will be provided, the rooms stay open during the hackathon night | ITU ScrollBar |
| Day 4 | Thursday, August 15th - Track hackatons | |
| 08:00 | Light breakfast | ITU ScrollBar |
| 09:00 | Tracks 1 to 3 in parallel sessions | ITU Group Rooms |
| 12:00 | Lunch break | ITU ScrollBar |
| 13:30 | Tracks 1 to 3 in parallel sessions | ITU Group Rooms |
| 17:00 | End of Day and time to socialize | ITU ScrollBar |
| Day 5 | Thursday, August 16th - Hackaton presentations, awards and Nordic Blockchain Summit | |
| 09:00 | The teams complete their development and work on the demonstrator / presentation | DR Studio 2 |
| 10:30 | Presentation of the results to the industrial and academic coaches | DR Studio 2 |
| 11:30 | Lunch break | DR |
| 13:00 | 4th Nordic Blockchain Summit (in cooperation with our sponsors) | DR Studio 2 |
| 2 International Top Keynote speakers | DR Studio 2 |
| Presentation of ITU, CBS, and KU speakers for the industry audience (same speakers and content as before, students still finalize their prototypes and presentations) | DR Studio 2 |
| 15:30 | Coffee break | DR |
| Top level panel with CXOs, discussing the potential of Blockchain | DR Studio 2 |
| Presentation of the prototypes by the student and audience voting | DR Studio 2 |
| Award ceremony for the best Blockchain Summer School ideas and winners | DR Studio 2 |
| 17:00 | End of Day | |
The program in PDF can be downloaded HERE
Required reading
You can download the list of required readings HERE
