Events
Dissecting DeFi – on Digital Assets, Decentralised Governance, and Digital Identities
[Lecture Series Spring’23] | [Hybrid]
Beyond Chains: the potential and challenges of DAG-based Distributed Ledgers
[Lecture Series Spring ’23] | [Hybrid]
ChainScience Conference 2023
EthereumZuri.ch Conference + Hackathon
Convex, a paradigm shift in convergent execution
[Industry Talk Spring ’23] | [Hybrid]
Robustness of the Tangle 2.0 Consensus
[Seminar Series Spring ’23] [Hybrid]
Grassroot Consensus: Foundations for Democratic Distributed Ledger Technology
[Seminar Series Spring ’23] | [Onsite | Brown-Bag]
Scaling Smart Contracts Via Layer-2 Technologies
[Lecture Series Spring’23]
NFT: Legal Developments Around the Globe
[Seminar Series Spring’23] [Hybrid | Brown-Bag]
On Scalable Implementation of Web3
[Lecture Series Spring’23]
Web3 Big Data, Blockchain Forensics, and Financial Inclusion
[Lecture Series Spring’23]
Three Vignettes from the Distributed Trust Paradigm of Computing
Seminar Series Autumn 22
Transaction Fee Mechanism Design
Lecture Series Autumn 22
DAO Symposium 2022
Julius Bär: A traditional private bank engaging in digital assets
Industry Talk Autumn 22
“Life-World” on Ledger: Insights from Exploring Blockchains through Archival and Social Theoretic Lenses
Lecture Series Autumn 22
NFT’s – Risk or opportunity? A simplified insight into the Legal & Compliance Dos and Don’ts
Industry Talk Autumn 22
Transparent, Trustworthy & Privacy-Preserving Supply Chains
Lecture Series Autumn 22
Cloud Empires and The Cryptographers’ Quest to Replace Politics with Technology
Lecture Series Autumn 22
Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (BGIN Block #6) @Zurich [Hybrid]
Details Blockchain Governance Initiative Network (BGIN) provides an open and neutral sphere for all stakeholders to deepen common understanding and to…
Swiss Blockchain Environment – new insights from projects at UZH
Details Participants will hear how the UZH Blockchain Center (BCC) supports start-ups in the development of future-oriented business models: (1)…
[Lecture Series FS22] Policies and Governance for Inclusive Crypto Protocols
Details Prof. Nathan Schneider (University of Colorado Boulder) Abstract As blockchain protocols become increasingly mainstream economic infrastructure, it matters what…
[Lecture Series FS22] Creating Digital Property Rights Using Blockchain
Details Prof. Dr. Co-Pierre Georg (University of Cape Town) Abstract Coded power is the ability to shape the behavior of…
[Seminar Series FS22] Abstraction Distributed Ledger Technology: A Service based Framework enabling Distributed Trust Application Design and Integration
Details Dr. Arbër Salihi(University of Geneva) Abstract By challenging the traditional approaches based on trusted third parties, distributed ledger technology…
[Lecture Series FS22] Towards a regenerative architecture through blockchain
Details Dr. Theo Dounas Abstract The AEC (architecture-engineering-construction) industry is one of the most fragmented and adversarial industries globally, while…
[Seminar Series FS22] One Bad Apple Spoils the Bunch: Transaction DoS in MimbleWimble Blockchains
Details Seyed Ali Tabatabaee(University of British Columbia) Abstract As adoption of blockchain-based systems grows, more attention is being given to…
[Lecture Series FS22] Transaction Dynamics of Blockchain and Predictable Bitcoin Bubbles
Details Prof. Didier Sornette (ETH Zurich) Abstract Prof. Didier Sornette will present empirical and theoretical results on: Literature [1] Spencer…
[Seminar Series FS22] DLT Network Risks
Details Asger Balle Pedersen Time Tuesday, 14 Feb. 2022 17:00 – 19:00 Online Via Zoom Zoom link will be visible…
[Lecture Series FS22] Economic Implications of Scaling Blockchains
Details Prof. Fahad Saleh (Wake Forest University) Abstract Leading blockchains (e.g., Bitcoin and Ethereum) involve prohibitive transaction costs, and those…
[Lecture Series HS21] Legally Recognizable DAOs: U.S. Legal Pathways, Personhood, and Open Questions
Details Prof. Carla Reyes (SMU Dedman School of Law) Abstract This lecture will consider the emerging pathways in the United…
[IOTA Workshop] IOTA: a Lightweight Alternative to Blockchain for the Internet of Things
Details Luigi Vigneri & Andreas Penzkofer & Olivia Saa Abstract IOTA has introduced a paradigm shift in the design of…
NFT-Symposium
Details Was steckt hinter dem Phänomen NFT? Dieser Frage wollen wir am 02. Dezember in der Aula in Winterthur im…
[Industry talk–Actus]Smart Financial Contracts – The Future of Capital Markets
Details Dr. oec. Willi Brammertz Abstract We will discuss the concept of smart contracts following the definition of Szabo and…
[Lecture Series HS21] Regulation of Digital Assets: Rulemaking, Crypto-Enforcement, and Market Impact
Details Prof. Yuliya Guseva Abstract Machiavelli famously said that actions of all men, particularly of regulators, should be judged by…
[Industry talk–Accenture] Central Bank Digital Currencies
Details Katrin Koller & Petar Zelic Abstract This industry talk will focus on central bank digital currencies and their application…
[Lecture Series HS21] Blockchain, Finance Industry
Details Prof. Monica Singer Abstract This lecture will cover the following: · The Art of the possible with Blockchain technology…
[Lecture Series HS21] Smart Contracts: Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Frameworks
Details Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber (UZH) & Prof. Dr. Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy (Bilkent University)& Prof. Dr. Marco Dell’Erba (UZH)…
[Lecture Series FS21] Two blockchain scenarios: Agriculture index insurance and supply chain finance
Details Prof. Dr. Fangfang Tang (Peking University) Abstract Case Study 1: Agriculture index insurance and Blockchain applicationChinese agriculture insurance market…
[Seminar Series FS21] Entscheidungshilfen für den Blockchaineinsatz in der Verwaltung
Details Dr. Liudmila Zavolokina, Florian Spychiger, Benjamin Lehmann Abstract Die Staatskanzlei des Kantons Zürich hat in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Blockchain…
[Lecture Series FS21] Smart Contracts in Construction
Details Prof. Dr. Daniel Hall & Jens Juri Hunhevicz (ETH) Abstract Blockchain provides an opportunity to integrate digital information, management,…
[Seminar Series FS21] New Legal Framework for DLT-Business Models
Details Prof. Dr. Rolf H. Weber (UZH) Abstract Switzerland wants to become a “Blockchain Nation”. Even if the current legal…
[Lecture Series FS21] Don’t forget the people! Self-organising communities and the crypto
Details Dr. Andrea Baronchelli (City University of London) Abstract In this talk, Andrea Baronchelli will present two examples of how…
[Lecture Series FS21] Decentralized Autonomous Risk Transfer on the Blockchain
Details Prof. Dr. Alexander Braun & Niklas Häusle Abstract The rise of blockchain technology enables a fully automated decentralized autonomous risk…
[Lecture Series FS21] Towards ethical machines – the AI contribution
Details Prof. Abrahan Bernstein (UZH) and Suzanne Tolmeijer Abstract Increasingly complex and autonomous systems require machines to reason about ethics to…
Overview: Lecture Series-Autumn 2020
Details The Lecture Series is an academic programme of the UZH Blockchain Center to delve into new research ideas and…
[Lecture Series HS20] Smart Contracts on Distributed Ledger: The End of Property?
Details Prof. Dr. Stefan Bechtold (ETH) Abstract Smart contracts and blockchain systems have put unprecedented powers in the hands of…
[Lecture Series HS20] The Limits of Smart Contracts
Details Dr. Jens Frankenreiter, Columbia Law School Abstract According to some observers, smart contracts based on blockchain technology have the potential…
[Lecture Series HS20] Central Bank Digital Currencies
Details Dr. Thomas Moser, Swiss National Bank Abstract With the emergence of Bitcoin and recently proposed stablecoins from BigTechs, such…
[Lecture Series HS20] Tokenization: From Crypto Assets to Euro-on-Blockchain
Abstract Once the financial infrastructure is created for more effective value transfers, many positive spill-over effects will follow. This lecture…
Auf dem Weg zu neuen digitalen Geldordnungen
Details UZH – URPP Financial Market Regulation – Public Events 2020 (in German) Meeting of the URPP Financial Market Regulation…
UZH Blockchain Center’s Academia meets Industry
Details The UZH Blockchain Center invites you to the first event in the new series in which leading practitioners in…
3rd UZH Blockchain Center Meet-up
Details We are happy to announce that we will host a 3rd UZH BC Center Meet-up. The goal of this…
Summer School: Deep Dive into Blockchain–Linking Economics, Technology and Law
Details This online summer school program will give you a complete immersion into the topic of blockchain from world-leading experts…
[Lecture Series FS2020] Shadow Central Banking
Details Prof. Dr. Marco Dell’Erba, University of Zurich Time Tuesday, 21 July, 2020 17:00 Online Lecture Open Google Maps and…
A network view of cryptocurrencies: the Bitcoin case-study [Lecture Series FS2020]
Details Prof. Dr. Tiziano Squartini (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca) Time 30, June, 2020 17:00 Online Lecture Open Google…
Digital money and central bank digital currency [Lecture Series FS2020]
Details Prof. Dr. Dirk Niepelt (University of Bern) Abstract Central banks already issue digital money, but only to a select…
Swiss Symposium Blockchain Research
Details A full-day scientific programme, with the widest representation of Swiss institutions. Our goal is to connect practitioners with cutting…
State of Cryptoeconomics Research[Lecture Series FS2019]
Details Dr Shermin Voshmgir (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Abstarct The talk will give an overview of the research…