[projectvrm] Call for participation: Blockstack Summit 2015 - September 12 @ NYU

[John Light < >]

Blockstack (http://blockstack.org) is a community of developers coming
together to work on common infrastructure for decentralized
applications. We've discussed before on this list how the blockchain and
similar decentralized technology can be used to promote user autonomy
and give users control of their digital identity and personal data -
Blockstack is where that rubber meets the road. If you're in or plan on
being around the NYC area on September 12th, this is an event you will
not want to miss. The full CFP is shared below.

Best regards,

John Light

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Blockstack Summit 2015

http://www.blockstack.org/summit

September 12, 2015
D'Agostino Hall
New York University
108 W 3rd St
New York, NY

You are invited to participate in Blockstack Summit 2015, hosted by NYU
Professor Dr. Lakshmi Subramanian at New York University in New York
City on September 12, 2015. This is the first community event of
Blockstack, a community whose mission is to create a common
infrastructure stack for decentralized application development. This
event will bring together researchers and developers from industry,
academia, and open source projects to discuss topics such as:

Distributed hash tables
Blockchain scalability
Decentralized identity
Secure messaging
Smart contracts
Decentralized storage
Peer-to-peer reputation
Electronic voting
Blockstack governance
Peer-to-peer markets
Autonomous organizations

Event Overview

The first half of the day will be dedicated to five-minute Lightning
Talks. You can see the list of Lightning Talks that have been scheduled
at http://blockstack.org/summit.

The second half of the day will be spent in three workshop sessions with
five tracks each, for a total of fifteen workshop discussions. The
workshop agenda will be determined by attendees using an “unconference”
methodology the day of the event. Attendees will first propose topics
during an agenda planning session, and then vote on which topics they
wish to discuss. The top fifteen topics will be the ones which get
discussed.

To close out the day, Blockstack Summit 2015 will host a Q&A panel
moderated by Princeton Professor Dr. JP Singh and featuring Albert
Wenger of Union Square Ventures, Jalak Jobanputra of Future/Perfect
Ventures, Naval Ravikant of AngelList, and William Mougayar of Startup
Management.

Sponsorship

Bitseed
Chord
OB1
Onename
Tierion

Sponsorship opportunities are still available - please contact

 
 if you are interested in sponsoring Blockstack Summit
2015.

http://www.blockstack.org/summit