CMU Secure Blockchain Summit
May 8-9, 2022
Simmons Auditorium, Tepper School of Business
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University's Secure Blockchain Summit will bring together experts from academia and industry to discuss the future of blockchain research, technology, and applications, focusing on a variety of topics, including crypto-economics, applied cryptography, programming languages, security and privacy, policy and usability, ethics, equity, and more.

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About
Despite advances, many research questions still need answering to ensure blockchain protocols and applications are ready for widespread use. As the industry continues to see more consumer applications, such as decentralized finance (DeFi), securing the fundamental research elements of the technology, especially from a security, privacy, ethics, and societal impact perspective, is of utmost importance.
Carnegie Mellon University's Secure Blockchain Summit will bring together experts from academia and industry to discuss the future of blockchain research, technology, and applications, focusing on a variety of topics, including crypto-economics, applied cryptography, programming languages, security and privacy, policy and usability, ethics, and equity.
Schedule
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Day 1
- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Dinner reception to follow
Day 2
- 9:00 AM to 4:15 PM
Sessions and topics (dates and times TBA):
- Cryptoeconomics
- Applied Cryptography
- Programming Language
- Policy and Usability
- Ethics and Equity
- Lightning Talks
Speakers
Jonathan Aldrich |
Fraser Brown |
Benedikt Bunz |
Hao Chung |
Sauvik Das |
Isil Dillig |
Hanan Hibshi |
Jan Hoffmann |
Tae Wan Kim |
Hugo Krawczyk |
Lisa Masserova |
Andrew Miller |
Andrew Myers |
Tal Rabin |
Martin Saint |
Robert Townsend |
Matt Weinberg |
Ke Wu |
Osman Yagan |
Mingxun Zhou |
Secure Blockchain Summit Committee
Elaine Shi |
Nicolas Christin |
Ariel Zetlin-Jones |
Fraser Brown |
Michael Lisanti |
Isabelle Glassmith |
Register
If you are interested in attending, please complete the Google form or contact CyLab's partnerships team at partnerships@cylab.cmu.edu'
Thank you to our inaugural Summit sponsors!
Secure Blockchain Institute Circle Sponsors

Secure Blockchain Sponsorship Opportunities
We are offering a limited number of sponsorship opportunities to companies and organizations seeking to support the CMU Secure Blockchain Initiative and Summit. For more information, please contact the CyLab partnerships team at partnerships@cylab.cmu.edu
CMU Secure Blockchain Initiative (Blockchain@CMU)
The CMU Secure Blockchain Initiative is supported by seed sponsorships from Algorand Foundation and Ripple. Our goal is to work together with industry partners to ensure that the research outputs are relevant and applicable to the challenges faced by the blockchain industry.
Learn more about partnering with Blockchain@CMU.