Time

Event

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 10:30

Welcome & Session #1: Scalability & Interoperability
Session Chair: TBA

Mathematical Modelling of Dual-Layer Byzantine Fault-Tolerant Consensus Process for Optimal Sharding and Mitigation of Blockchain Trilemma
Akihiro Fujihara (Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan)

A Scalable State Sharing Protocol for Low-Resource Validator Nodes in Blockchain Networks
Ruben Hias, Weihong Wang and Jan Vanhoof (KU Leuven, Belgium); Tom Van Cutsem (KU Leuven & Nokia Bell Labs, Belgium)

Threshold Signature in Off-Chain Components to Manage Inter-chain Transactions
Alessandro Bigiotti (University of Camerino, Italy); Leonardo Mostarda (University of Perugia & University of Camerino, Italy); Alfredo Navarra (University of Perugia, Italy); Purav Shah and Ramona Trestian (Middlesex University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Verifiable Decentralized IPFS Cluster: Unlocking Trustworthy Data Permanency for Off-Chain Storage
Sid Lamichhane and Patrick Herbke (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00

Keynote #1: Further Decentralizing Decentralized Finance
Speaker: Sergio Rajsbaum (Professor at Instituto de matematicas, UNAM, Mexico city, Mexico)
Session Chair: TBA

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 – 15:00

Session #2: Machine Learning
Session Chair: TBA

Attention to Lightning Change: Utilizing BERTs to Detect Bitcoin Change Address with Lightning Network Information
Mikaeil Mayeli Feridani and Rodrigue Naha Tonga (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada); Oumayma Dekhil (École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Canada); Fatma Najjar (ÉTS, Canada); Kaiwen Zhang (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)

BlockFed: A Novel Federated Learning Framework Based On Hierarchical Aggregation
Reza Nourmohammadi (Ecole de Technologie Superieure, Canada); Mohammadreza Sabramooz, Kaiwen Zhang and Chamseddine Talhi (École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada)

Blockchain-based Approaches for Secure Federated Learning
Lucas Airam Castro de Souza (Inria, Brazil & Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, France); Gustavo F Camilo and Gabriel Rebello (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Lucas Guimarães (UFRJ, Brazil); Miguel Elias M. Campista (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro & GTA, Brazil); Luis Henrique M. K. Costa (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Benchmarking Large Language Models for Ethereum Smart Contract Development
Etienne Daspe, Mathis Durand and Julien Hatin (Orange Innovation, France); Salma Bradai (National School of Engineering of Sfax & ReDCAD, Tunisia)

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00

Session #3: DeFi & Cryptocurrencies I
Session Chair: TBA

A Purely Posted-Price Transaction Fee Mechanism for Leaderless Blockchains
Andrew Cullen (IOTA Foundation, Ireland); Darcy Camargo (IOTA Foundation, Brazil); Luigi Vigneri (IOTA Foundation, Spain)

On Tokenizing Securities in Contemporary Decentralized Finance Ecosystems
Reina K Li, Srisht Fateh Singh, Andreas Park and Andreas Veneris (University of Toronto, Canada)

AfriBit: A People-Oriented Wallet Fostering Financial Inclusion in Kibera
Marco Leder and Daria Schumm (University of Zürich, Switzerland); Bruno Rodrigues (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland); Burkhard Stiller (University of Zürich, Switzerland)

Developing Payment Channels on the Algorand Blockchain
Domenico Tortola, Andrea Pelosi, Alessandro Di Biase and Laura Emilia Maria Ricci (University of Pisa, Italy)

17:00 – 17:30

Coffee break

17:30 – 18:30

Session #4: Decentralized Credentials I
Session Chair: TBA

Using Blockchain to Secure Passenger Name Records and Effectively Protect Citizen Rights
Michal Koutenský (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Vladimír Veselý (Faculty of Information Technology – Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic); Martin Perešíni, Daniel Dolejška and Jan Pluskal (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)

Identities & Blockchain in Automotive: Trends and Challenges
Dr. Christian Prehofer (DENSO Automotive, Germany)

EU Battery Regulation and the Role of Blockchain in Creating Digital Battery Passports
Alberto Butera and Valentina Gatteschi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

Time

Event

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 10:30

Session #5: Cloud & Cellular Networks
Session Chair: TBA

A Blockchain-based Platform for Mobile Telcos for the Provision of Private Networks in the Context of Beyond-5G/6G
Meroua Moussaoui (Orange Innovation, France); Emmanuel Bertin (Orange Labs, France); Noel Crespi (Institut Mines-Télécom, Télécom SudParis, France)

Web3-Powered Service Provisioning in Cellular Networks using NFT and Self-Sovereign Identity
Nischal Aryal (Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France & Orange Innovation, France); Fariba Ghaffari (Institut Polytechnique de Paris, IRT B-COM, France); Emmanuel Bertin (Orange Labs, France); Noel Crespi (Institut Mines-Télécom, Télécom SudParis, France)

TEMBUV: Trust Ensuring Mechanism Based on Blockchain using UAVs and VANETs
İpek Motorcu, Emin Şahin Mektepli, Arda Hacifevzioglu and Kubra Kalkan (Ozyegin University, Turkey)

Blockchain-Based Implementation of Service Function Chains in Multicloud and Multitenant Environments Over Containerized Networks
Rui Kang and Mengfei Zhu (Kyoto University, Japan); Klaus-Tycho Foerster (TU Dortmund, Germany)

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00

Keynote #2: Building a decentralized infrastructure for Europe to support the EU Digital Identity and EU Digital Product Passport
Speaker: Daniël Du Seuil (Research coordinator Cyber3lab at Howest, Belgium)
Session Chair: TBA

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 – 15:00

Session #6: DeFi & Cryptocurrencies II
Session Chair: TBA

A Taxonomy of Anti-Fraud Measures within Token Economy: Insights from Rug Pull Schemes
Christian Rene Sechting and Philip Raschke (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)

Cross-Chain Non-Fungible Assets Sharing on Polkadot
Dušan Morháč, Viktor Valaštín, Kristián Košťál and Ivan Kotuliak (Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia)

An Anti-Money Laundering Approach for the Brazilian Smart Contract/Digital Currency (DREX) Platform
Jose Ricardo de Oliveira and Adriano Galindo Leal (Institute for Technological Research of the São Paulo State, Brazil)

Cost-aware Blockchain Mining Strategy: Dynamic Energy Pricing (DEP) Model
Daewoong Cho and Gowri Ramachandran (Queensland University of Technology, Australia); Raja Jurdak (Queensland University of Technology & CSIRO, Australia); Salil S Kanhere (UNSW Sydney, Australia)

15:00 – 15:15

Coffee break

15:15 – 16:15

Session #7: Simulations and Performances
Session Chair: TBA

“Which Blockchain is Best?”, Simulating IoT-MANET DLTs: Network Scalability, Confirmation Time, & Latency in Smart Cars
Nicholas D Troutman (University of Houston & Sandia National Labs, USA)

Performance Optimization of High-Conflict Transactions within the Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain
Alexandros Stoltidis, Kostas Choumas and Thanasis Korakis (University of Thessaly, Greece)

On the Design of Ethereum’s Data Availability Sampling: A Comprehensive Simulation Study
Arunima Chaudhuri (Status, India); Sudipta Basak (IIT Jammu, India); Csaba Kiraly (Codex Storage, Italy); Dmitriy Ryajov (Status, Costa Rica); Leonardo Bautista-Gomez (MigaLabs & Status. im, Spain)

16:15 – 16:30

Coffee break

16:30 – 17:30

Session #8: Secure Data Management
Session Chair: TBA

Blockchain-based Rental Documentation Management with Audit Support
João F. Santos (Unlockit.io, Portugal); Miguel Correia (INESC-ID & Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal); Tiago Dias (Unlockit.io, Portugal)

GeoBlocks: Trustless Geospatial Data Sharing with Accountability and Decentralized Access Control
Pankaj Kumar Agarwal and Amrit Chadha (IIT Kharagpur, India); Bishakh Chandra Ghosh, Soumya K Ghosh and Sandip Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)

17:30 – 17:45

Coffee break

17:45 – 18:45

Session #9: Decentralized Credentials II
Session Chair: TBA

SoK: Bridging Trust into the Blockchain. A Systematic Review on On-Chain Identity
Awid Vaziry (Technical University of Berlin, Germany); Kaustabh Barman and Patrick Herbke (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)

Decentralized Credential Status Management: A Paradigm Shift in Digital Trust
Patrick Herbke and Thomas Cory (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany); Mauro Migliardi (University of Padova, Italy)

On Addressing Governance Challenges in Blockchain Networks
Sokratis Vavilis (Inlecom Innovation, Greece); Harris Niavis (Inlecom Innovation, Greece & Konnecta Systems IKE, Greece); Lucia Recolons García-Mauriño (Verdia Legal S. L. P., Spain)

20:00

Gala Dinner

Time

Event

08:30 – 09:00

Registration

09:00 – 10:30

Session #10: Healthcare & DeSci
Session Chair: TBA

The Impact of Decentralized Science on Women’s Health Equity
Veronica Kirin (Asterisk Womxn’s Health, Germany)

MedTech Chain: Decentralised, Secure and Privacy-preserving Platform for Medical Device Data Research
Alin-Petru Roșu, Tamara Tataru, Jegor Zelenjak, Roland Kromes and Zeki Erkin (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Auditable Medical Data Sharing through Recoverable Key Agreement
Jorrit S van Assen, Roland Kromes and Zeki Erkin (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00

Keynote #3: Blockchain Application Design and Development: From Architecture to Analytics
Speaker: Ingo M. Weber, Full Professor at theTechnical University of Munich & Director for Digital Transformation and IT Infrastructure, Fraunhofer, Germany
Session Chair: TBA

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 – 15:00

Session #11: Fundamentals
Session Chair: TBA

A Deeper Grasp of Handshake: A Thorough Analysis of Blockchain-based DNS Records
Katsuki Isobe (Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan); Jean-Philippe Eisenbarth (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg); Daishi Kondo (Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan); Thibault Cholez (Universite de Lorraine, CNRS, Inria, LORIA, France); Hideki Tode (Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan)

Security threshold for FPCS on star graphs
Rafael Cizeski Nitchai (Universidade Do Porto, Portugal); Serguei Popov (IOTA, Portugal); Sebastian Müller (Aix Marseille University, France); Olivia Saa (IOTA Foundation, Germany)

The impact of block mining time distribution on the probability of forks
Thomas Lelièvre (ICUBE, University of Strasbourg, France); Quentin Bramas (University of Strasbourg, France)

A Review on Privacy in DAG-Based DLTs
Mayank Raikwar (University of Oslo, Norway)

15:00 – 15:30

Closing Ceremony + Awards