Seattle Devcon Agenda & Overview

Justin Wu

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5 min readJun 17, 2019

Join us at SeattleBlockchain.io for the largest conference in the Northwest.

Two Stages + One Expo Hackathon room.

BUIDL STAGE — The ‘Buidl’ stage will focus on dev workshops and talks. Ideal for developers and technology decision makers. Our 2nd “Industry” stage is designed for Blockchain professionals & learners.

INDUSTRY STAGE — The industry stage is designed for talks around the Blockchain implementations across industries & use cases. This is designed for Blockchain professionals & those learning about Blockchain technology.

EXPO & HACKATHON ROOM — Come meet the latest disruptive Blockchain startups and companies showcasing their projects. There will be 15+ tables in exhibition. There will also be a mini-hackathon hosted by the UW Blockchain team. Come learn with some workshop talks.

Event Details:

Date/Time: June 29th — Saturday Full day event.
Address:
Global Innovation Exchange (GIX)
12280 NE District Way, Bellevue, WA 98005

Conference 8:30am — 4:30pm
Doors will open at 8am. Coffee & LightBreakfast will be served.
First talks will start at 9:30am and the last talks will end at approximately ~4pm. We want to be conscious of your Saturday!

Lunch Break — 12–1pm
We will have several food trucks around for you to order food. Use this opportunity to network as well.

Post-Event Mixer — 4:30–7:30pm — Hosted by Bloq

There will be no kickoff event on Friday evening. Instead, we will have a post-event mixer & networking event from 4–7:30pm. It will be held at the GIX Commons. Join us for drinks & snacks! Great to connect with fellow blockchain professionals attending the event.

“Buidl” Stage Overview:

Digital Identity & Sovereign Identity
Panel: Vaughan Emery(DataFi Labs), Chris Spanton (T-Mobile), Drummond Reed (Evernym), Tony Little (Optum 360)
Privacy: Is your VPN lying to you? How decentralization can preserve internet privacy.
Speaker: Tegan Kline, Orchid Labs
Keynote: Jeff Garzick, Bloq.com
Fair Ordering in an Unfair World
Speaker: Cooper Kunz, Hedera Hashgraph
Resilient Wallets
Speaker: Munair Simpson, IoTrust
Multichain dApps and the Internet of Blockchains
Speaker: Steve Floyd, Fractal
Proof of Stake & Staking
Panelists: Emurgo/Cardano, Amer Justice (Tezos Commons), Mira (Ztake)
DeFi — Decentralized Finance & Trading
Panel: Chase Thompson (Shapeshift), Stably, Rami (7 Gate ventures)
Smart Contract Security
Speaker: Tom Lindeman, MythX / ConsenSys Diligence
Data: An effective design pattern for querying massive amounts of data from the ethereum blockchain
Speaker: Roman Storm, Peppersec

There will more events added shortly.

**Join us at** **SeattleBlockchain.io** **for the largest conference in the Northwest.**

Industry Stage Topics Overview:

Blockchain 101 & Resources
Speaker: Seth Goldfarb, Evernym & PNW Blockchain
Building and deploying your first Ethereum dApp
Speaker: Brendan Lee & Nodesmith
Blockchain in Healthcare
Panel: Rich Bloch (DigitalHealthcare.io), Davis Aites (Change Healthcare), David Hazel (HealthFlow), Anderson Nascimento, Ph.D (UW)
Accelerating Blockchain Adoption: Don’t be afraid of enterprises and their scale.
Speaker: Frank Martinez, BlockxStudio
Blockchain in Entertainment & Music
Speaker: Vezt
Supply Chain & Impact
Speaker: TBD
Blockchain Gaming, NFTs & Digital Assets
Panelists: Rahul Sood (Unikrn), Andrew Wagner (BlockchainGaming.com), James Mayo (8 Circuit Studios), Douglas Horn (GoodBlock), Enjin coin
Enterprise Implementation & Use Cases
Panel: Kurt Wedgewood (IBM), Cooper Kunz (Hashgraph), Danny Wolf (Orbs), Mahoney Turnbull (BlockDaemon)
Marketing & Design Thinking for Mass Adoption
Panel: Keisha DePaz (Emurgo/Cardano), Anisa Khoshbakhtian (Rabbit Hole Network
Trading & Algorithmic Trading
Speaker: TBD

There will more events added shortly.

Hackathon Stage Topic Overview:

Schedule will be shared soon on the workshops and talks. Announcing this Thursday.

Talk Description & Overview

Here is more description of the some of the talks. Note: This isn’t all. This will get updated.

Digital Identity

Digital identities are one of the foundation technologies enabled by blockchain — we have a unique opportunity on this panel to move past the academic narrative with real-world examples of how digital identities can improve the lives of everyone, lower costs and reduce risks.

Panelists:

Chris Spanton, T-Mobile
Drummond Reed, Evernym
Vaughan Emery, DATAFi Labs
Tony Little, Optum 360

Fair Ordering in an Unfair World

In this talk, we’ll dive into the properties of fair ordering, why it’s paramount in a decentralized world, and how hashgraph uniquely delivers it. We’ll also cover some of the other unique qualities of Hedera, including: confirmation methods, variety of network services, and enterprise governing council.

Talk by Cooper Kunz, Hedera Hashgraph

Duration: 30 minutes + 10 minutes Q&A
Audience: Developers & Enterprise

Is your VPN lying to you? How decentralization can preserve internet privacy

How do we preserve the openness and accessibility of the internet while protecting our privacy? VPNs are one of the fastest, easiest solutions yet the industry has been fraught with pitfalls. Decentralization preserves privacy — by design — offering a radical solution to a growing, global problem.

Talk by Tegan Kline, Orchid Protocol

Duration: 15 minutes
Audience: For Everyone.

Resilient Wallets

Hardware wallets simplify the management of digital assets. However, the existing generation of hardware wallets all have a single point of failure. This single point of failure is the private key.
Secure multiparty computation (MPC) can be used to remove the dependency on a single key. This talk will explore the power that MPC brings to digital asset management.

Talk by Munair Simpson, IoTrust.KR

Duration: 15 minutes
Audience: IoT, Developers, Security