List of Sessions - BanklessDeSci Virtual Unconference 2023
Thursday, December 7th, 2023 from 3pm-7pm UTC
*All times and session durations are tentative.
Main Stage
3:00-3:30 PM UTC ~ Welcome Remarks: “Title TBD” Renée Davis & Elijah Spina (BanklessDeSci)
6:15-6:45 PM UTC ~ Keynote Address: “Title TBD”, Shady El Damaty (Holonym)
6:45-7:00 PM UTC ~ Closing Remarks: “Title TBD”, Michael Ferreyros (BanklessDeSci)
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Publish or Perish Stage (Breakout Room #1): Decentralized Publishing & Peer-Review (3:30-5:10 PM UTC)
- The Theory of Peer-to-Peer Scientific Publishing - JohnnyEnact (730-755 PST)
- A debate on the future of scientific publishing.
- Using Web3 Social to Disrupt Scientific Publishing - Elijah Spina (755-815min)
- A session introducing the disruptive potential of Web3 in science.
- Is Keeping Your Copyright Even a Dilemma? - Maria Goreti Freitas (25min)
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Publish or Perish Stage (Breakout Room #1): DeSci Funding (5:15-6:25 PM UTC)
- The next wave of web3 users can be onboarded through DeSci, Laura Minquini (15min)
- Salaries Science - Basic Science Grants on Micropayments - Victor Porton (15min)
- A quick pitch on a new funding model for science.
- Back to the Future: Preempting Pitfalls in Decentralized Science - Nishant Bhaskar (20min)
- An interactive session to explore and address the potential challenges in DeSci, learning from DAOs and art NFTs to shape a resilient future.
- Communicating DeSci with the scientific community: I pitched a DeSci project to Australia’s national science body and got a surprisingly warm reception - Max P (20min)
- Gain insights on communicating science to non-scientist stakeholders through a real-world case study.
Community Stage (Breakout Room #2): DeSci Community & Ecosystem Building (3:30-6:10 PM UTC)
- Synergy or Succession: Can DeSci Complement or Replace TradSci Paradigms? - Maria Marinova (20min)
- A discussion on the relationship between DeSci and traditional science.
- Ecosystem Design for DeSci - Morgan Richards (40min)
- A workshop to collaboratively design an efficient DeSci ecosystem.
- Etica Protocol - Breakdown - Kevin W (20min)
- A presentation on the Etica Protocol followed by an open-mic session.
- Building the microDAO Community - Varun K (30min)
- Interactive session on building microDAO's community, aimed at combating antimicrobial resistance
- Desci Showcase: Learning and Insights from Beginners to Industry Practitioners - Lauran (50min)
- Sharing of experiences and insights from new entrants and desci experts in the Uncommons Community.
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DeLifeSci Stage (Breakout Room #3): Decentralized Health & Biology (3:30-6:15 PM UTC)
- From Human to X-Men: The Quantified Self Hive Mind - M WalletChat.fun (20min)
- A talk exploring the intersection of quantified self and collective intelligence.
- Prototyping DeSci to Accelerate Cures for Rare Genetic Diseases - Chris Williams (20min)
- A presentation on applying DeSci principles to gene therapy research.
- DeSci Takes on Healthcare: Disrupting the Incumbents - Tom Gregorits (20min)
- A brainstorming session on how DeSci can revolutionize healthcare.
- MesoReefDAO: Regenerating Coral Reef Conservation - RodoTriton (15min)
- Insights into a DAO aimed at coral reef conservation.
- How can decentralization and Web3 technologies recenter the pharmaceutical industry on people, not profits? - Gennaro D’Urso (20min)
- Longevity: Longevist & TLDR, Tim Peterson, VitaDAO (15min)
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DeSci Tooling Stage (Breakout Room #4): DeSci Tooling and Infrastructure (3:30-6:15pm UTC)
- IPNFTs - Paul Kohlhaas (20min)
- A Journey Through Space - Rod Mamin (25min, hosted in the LunCo metaverse)
- DeSci World & NerdBrain, knowledge graphs - Carlos, At0x (20min)
- Molecular Docking Simulations on Decentralized Compute Networks - Niklas Rindtorff (40min, hands-on workshop)
- EIP-7265: Exploring Security Measures and Circuit Breakers (https://t.me/BanklessDeSci/51/648) - Valerio (15min) - A talk on the security infrastructure of Ethereum relevant to DeSci.
- Open Science Marketplaces & Decentralized Science Tooling - Manuel Olariu (30min)
- One Method That Changed the Way I Think Forever - 10KRotator (15min)
- An interactive session introducing Fermi estimation and its applications.
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A first draft of the event schedule is now ready for comments and feedback. @everyone
The schedule is jam-packed, but there are still a few sessions we're still waiting to get outlines for. If you want to make updates to your session outline please feel free to leave a comment in the Notion doc linked below.
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- If you are not listed on the schedule and would like to be, please dm me ASAP and fill out the above form. I added all sessions posted here in this channel but we haven’t gotten responses in our outreach from everyone who submitted the original registration form.
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