Program
In contrast to the three successful Blockchain Summer Schools in 2016 to 2018, this year we will lift it to the next level by establishing three parallel tracks on Wednesday and Thursday:
- Basic: this track will be the continuation the successful format from previous years. In addition to this, students will work together with case organisations from industry and public sector on developing blockchain prototypes in a hackathon.
- Advanced: this track will offer the opportunity for students with prior experience around blockchain prototyping to work with organisations which have already prototypes developed. The intention in the included hackathon is to further improve demonstrators, or design them anew, to meet the more advanced requirements and level of know-how among participating students as well as organisations.
- Improving blockchain / DLT systems as a technology: this track is the protocol track where technical issues in existing blockchain / DLT systems are discussed and potential solutions are developed. This track will include a makerthon, where not necessarily code is written, but where potential solutions are developed conceptually.
All students will be encouraged to further improve their work in form of academic papers coached by the summer school organisers.
This is a draft program for the 2019 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 will be available soon.
Required reading
You can download the list of required readings HERE