Web3 Scholars Conference
Web3 Scholars Conference
The Web3 Scholars Conference primarily focuses on technical and organizational innovations within the blockchain ecosystem, including but not limited to security, MEV, cryptography, cryptoeconomics, DAOs, and organizational studies. We aim to drive the development of the Web3 industry and enhance collaboration and exchange among industry scholars, researchers, and practitioners.
Date:
November 4, 2023, from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Location:
CyberArena, 2 / F, The Arcade at Cyberport (Cyberport Shopping Mall), 100 Cyberport Road, Central and Western, Hong Kong
Agenda:
Check-in
8:30am - 9:00am
Welcome Remarks
9:00am - 9:10am
Opening Remarks
9:10am - 9:30am
The Hon. Duncan Chiu, HKSAR Legislative Council Member (Technology and Innovation)
Prof. Christopher Yu-hang CHAO, Board Member of Cyberport and Vice President (Research and Innovation) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Session 1: Cryptography
9:30am - 10:15am
The Role of Cryptography in Blockchain Technology
Man Ho Allen AU, Full Professor at the Department of Computing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
10:15am - 10:40am
Research on Web3 Standardization
Ming Li, Chair of IEEE Computer Society Blockchain And Distributed Ledger Standards Committee
10:40am - 11:00am
Recursive SNARKs: Incremental Verifiable Computation and Folding Scheme
Shang Gao, Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Computing at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
11:00am - 11:15am
Break
Session 2: Crypto-economics
11:15am - 11:45am
BlindHub: Bitcoin-Compatible Privacy-Preserving Payment Channel Hubs Supporting Variable Amounts
John Yuen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong
11:45am - 12:15pm
Blockchain Extractable Value: How dark is the forest (V2)
Liyi Zhou, Imperial College London and Co-Founder of Decentralized Intelligence AG
12:15pm - 12:45pm
Robust (Decentralized) Oracle Design
Leifu Zhang, Assistant Professor in the Thrust of Financial Technology at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (HKUST(GZ))
12:45pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
Session 3: Security
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Web3 Auditing Through Users' Eyes: Awareness of Security
Ye Wang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and the Asia-Pacific Academy of Economics and Management at the University of Macau
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Inside Mobile Wallet Security
Kang Li, Chief Security Officer of CertiK
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Detecting Blockchain (E)VM Flaws
Yajin Zhou, Professor of Zhejiang University and CEO of BlockSec
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Break
3:30pm - 4:00pm
AML Challenges & Solutions in the Web3 Ecosystem
Qifu Zhong, Partner & Product Lead of SlowMist
4:00pm - 4:20pm
Enhancing Smart Contract Security Analysis
Zihao Li, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
4:20pm - 4:40pm
Unmasking Role-Play Attack Strategies in Exploiting Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Systems
Weilin Li, University of Science and Technology of China
Session 4: Web3 Futures
4:40pm - 5:30pm
Web3 Futures: Academics and the Asian Opportunity
Moderator: Audrey Tang, Founder of DRK Lab
Panellists:
Roland Sun, General Counsel of Fenbushi Capital
Yi Tang, Principal, Qiming Venture Partners
Gavin Wang, Managing Partner at SNZ Capital
Jian Wang, Head of Amber Labs
Host:
DRK Lab is a boutique studio-like lab founded by Blockchain professionals that devoted in helping talented projects/teams, contributing as active builder to develop an organic Web3 world with long-termist.