IC3's 10th Anniversary Day
IC3 is opening its annual Blockchain Camp to the public in celebration of its 10th Anniversary!
Join us for a full day of panels and presentations featuring the researchers and founders behind some of the most influential companies in the blockchain space.
We’ll reflect on foundational IC3 research, including the original whitepapers that introduced concepts like MEV, zkTLS, and Selfish Mining. The agenda will also highlight new IC3 initiatives and explore how the initiative's research has translated into real-world impact, bridging the gap between academia and industry.
Speakers include:
Ari Juels, Professor, Cornell Tech; Co-director, IC3; Chief Scientist, Chainlink Labs
Sarah Meiklejohn, Staff Research Scientist, Google; Professor, University College London
Emin Gün Sirer, Founder & CEO, Ava Labs
Elaine Shi, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Steven Goldfeder, Co-founder & CEO, Offchain Labs
Phil Daian, Co-founder, Flashbots
Dawn Song, Professor, UC Berkeley; Co-director, UC Berkeley RDI; Founder, Oasis Labs
Ittay Eyal, Professor, Technion; Associate Director, IC3
Fan Zhang, Professor, Yale University
Laura Shin, Journalist & Author of The Cryptopians
James Austgen, PhD Student, Cornell Tech & IC3
Agenda:
8:30-9:30am - Breakfast
9:30-11:00am - Session I
1. IC3-Cornell Blockchain Accelerator Demos
Lia Müller Peña - BitGPT
Justin Zhang - Sparsity
2. Ittay Eyal (Technion, IC3 Associate Director) - "Selfish Mining"
3. Fan Zhang (Yale University, IC3) - “DECO: Oracles, 'zkTLS', and Data Liberation”
11:00-11:30am - Break
11:30am-1:00pm - Session II
1. Phil Daian (Flashbots, IC3 alum) - "Flash Boys 2.0"
2. Sarah Meiklejohn (Google, IC3) - "A Fistful of Bitcoins"
3. Elaine Shi (CMU, IC3) - "Fast Oblivious Accesses to Blockchain Data"
1:00-2:00pm - Lunch
2:00-3:30pm - Session III
1. Fireside Chat - Ari Juels (Cornell Tech, IC3 Co-Director, Chainlink Labs) & Steven Goldfeder (Offchain Labs, IC3 alum)
2. Emin Gün Sirer (Ava Labs, IC3 former Co-Director) - "Building Things in Academia and Transitioning Them to Industry"
3. Dawn Song (UC Berkeley, IC3) - "TBD"
3:30-4:00pm - Break
4:00-5:30pm - Session IV
1. Panel: The DAO Hack & Hard Fork
Moderator: Patrick McCorry (Arbitrum Foundation, IC3 alum)
Panelists: Emin Gün Sirer (Ava Labs, IC3 former Co-Director), Phil Daian (Flashbots, IC3 alum), Laura Shin (Unchained)
2. James Austgen (Cornell Tech, IC3) - "Take My Ape" Demo
This is a free, public event. Registration is mandatory. Due to limited capacity and venue safety policy, only those approved will be able to attend.