IBC Istanbul
While the rollup-centric roadmap continues to successfully scale Ethereum, other infrastructure considerations remain - interoperability chief among them. IBC Istanbul is an educational event featuring technical workshops, talks, and panels to empower Ethereum developers to achieve a greater degree of secure connectivity between Ethereum, its rollups, and other chains than previously possible.
📣 Agenda
The full IBC Istanbul agenda will be released soon! In the meantime, know that you can count on participation from leading engineers from Polymer Labs, the Interchain Foundation, and other teams working at the intersection of Ethereum, IBC, and adjacent technologies.
📍 Location
The Emek Stage at Grand Pera, a historical theater located in the heart of Istanbul’s historic Beyoğlu neighborhood, has highlighted the best of cinema and performing arts since 1924 and now hosts more than 1000 special events per year.
👉 Address
Hüseyinağa, İstiklal Cd. No:56, 34435 Beyoğlu
İstanbul, Türkiye
Agenda
11:00 am - Doors Open
11:00 am - 12:00 pm - Food and Mingling
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm - Welcome
Speaker: Peter Kim, Polymer Labs
12:05 pm - 12:40 pm - Investor Panel
Moderator: Peter Kim, Polymer Labs
Panelists:
Mathijs van Esch, Maven 11
Yuan Han Li, Blockchain Capital
Roy Lu, Longhash Ventures
Clayton Menzel, Figment Capital
12:40 pm - 1:05 pm - IBC Light Clients: The Lightsaber for the IBC Jedi
Speaker: Aditya Sripal, Interchain Foundation
1:05 pm - 1:30 pm - You Could’ve Invented Eigenlayer - How Does Eigenlayer Actually Work?
Speaker: Kydo, Eigenlayer
1:30 pm - 1:55 pm - Ethereum’s Interoperability Hub
Speaker: Bo Du, Polymer Labs
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm - Break
2:00 pm - 2:25 pm - Integration Paths for IBC on Rollups
Speaker: Serdar Turkmenafsar, Interchain Foundation
2:25 pm - 2:50 pm - IBC is Cool and All, But What Can You Do With It?
Speaker: Susannah Evans, Interchain Foundation
2:50 pm - 2:55 pm - Break
2:55 pm - 3:30 pm - IBC to Ethereum Panel
Moderator: Sebastien Couture, Interop Ventures
Panelists:
Bo Du, Polymer Labs
Karel Kaiser, Union
3:30 pm - 3:55 pm - Interoperability Between Proof and Committee Based Systems
Speaker: Callum Waters, Celestia
3:55 pm - 4:30 pm - Modular Infrastructure Panel
Moderator: Mads Mathiesen, Maven 11
Panelists:
Josh Bowen, Astria Labs
Cem Ozer, Sovereign Labs
Vaibhav Chellani, Socket
4:30 pm - 4:35 pm - Closing
Speaker: Peter Kim, Polymer Labs
🗓️ Workshop Room Agenda
1:00 pm - 1:55 pm - Deploy a ZK Tendermint Light Client on Ethereum in 15 Minutes
Presenter: Uma Roy, Succinct Labs
About Polymer
Polymer is revolutionizing interoperability by providing the most secure, neutral, and open protocol for deploying cross-chain applications. With our robust mesh network, developers can seamlessly integrate decentralized apps across chains.
Interested in crosschain development? Sign up to get early access to our testnet at http://www.polymerlabs.org.
About Interchain Foundation
The Interchain Foundation (ICF) is pushing the frontiers of blockchain-related infrastructure. As stewards of the interchain, we fund and advance the creation of an interoperable, sustainable, and community-owned decentralized ecosystem.
Among others, we help maintain the CometBFT, Cosmos SDK, CosmWasm, CosmJS, Cosmos Hub and the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) Protocol.
Interested in developing with the Interchain Stack? Join our Developer academy (https://academy.interchain.io/) or get support to launch your project (https://join.builders/).
Learn more about the ICF at https://www.interchain.io.
About OpenIBC
OpenIBC is an initiative focused on the growth, evolution, and development of the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol across all blockchain ecosystems.
To learn more about IBC, check out https://openibc.com/.
About node101
node101 is a validator based in Istanbul serving the Turkish crypto ecosystem by providing several services, including:
Events in Istanbul (https://cosmosphere.dev, https://cryptist.org, https://events.node101.io)
The Klein validator management application (https://klein.run)
Translations and educational content (https://library.node101.io, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEpdXdwnxNSrPwaufwPRXfA)
Trusted validation services on 14 Cosmos app chains (https://node101.io/stake)
Follow Us & Reach Out
IBC Summit
🖥 Website ~ https://www.ibcsummit.org
🐦 Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/IBC_Summit
Polymer Labs
🖥 Website ~ https://www.polymerlabs.org
🐦 Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/PolymerDAO
💬 Discord ~ https://discord.gg/HKrdCTPg
Interchain Foundation
🖥 Website ~ https://interchain.io/
🐦 Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/interchain_io
OpenIBC
🖥 Website ~ https://www.openibc.com
🐦 Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/OpenIBC
node101
🖥 Website ~ https://node101.io/
🐦 Twitter ~ https://twitter.com/node_101
