2nd Scientific School on Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technologies

Pula (Italy), 10-14 June 2019

Crypto economics is a new discipline born after the rise of virtual currencies and distributed ledger technologies, and is rapidly developing in a unique intersection between computing, cryptography, law, economics, and game theory. The school aims at disseminating knowledge about the foundations and the applications of these technologies to researchers, PhD students, scholars and technologists in industry and academia, not excluding under- or new graduates with strong technical drive and a sufficient background.

Important dates

• Application deadline: April 15, 2019
• Notification: April 31, 2019.
• School dates: June 10-14, 2019

Venue & accommodation

The school will be hosted at the Technology Park of Sardinia in Pula (Italy). Some travel information are available here.

Registration & selection

The school plans for a maximum of 30 attendees; the attendance to the school is FREE, while travel and accommodation expenses are to be paid by participants (there are several affordable accommodations in Pula or in Cagliari). The participants will be selected by the scientific committee on a CV best-match basis.

Registration link: (expired)

School programme

Introduction to blockchain technologies

Francesco Bruschi

Bitcoin Tutorial

Roberto Zunino

Hyperledger Fabric Tutorial

Andrea Margheri

Blockchains: decentralisation, incentives, disintermediation and governance

Andrea Bracciali.

Ethereum tutorial

Francesco Bruschi

Security auditing of smart contracts

Davide Carboni

Web3 Lab

Andrea Pinna, Roberto Tonelli

Blockchain-oriented software engineering

Michele Marchesi

Blockchain in industry

Chunming Rong

Blockchain and law

Primavera De Filippi

Blockchain governance for Public Administration

Marcella Atzori

Blockchain and the transformation of Financial Markets

Massimo Morini

The school will also feature several lab sessions covering dapps development with Bitcoin, Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric.

Scientific Committee

• Massimo Bartoletti, University of Cagliari, Italy (chair)
• Davide Carboni, Smart Valor AG, Switzerland
• Rocco De Nicola, IMT Lucca & CINI Cybersecurity National Lab, Italy
• Michele Marchesi, University of Cagliari, Italy
• Francesco Piras, Brightnode Sagl, Switzerland
• Roberto Tonelli, University of Cagliari, Italy

For additional information, please contact the Organization Chair: blockchainschool@unica.it

Past editions

• 2018

Acknowledgements

The school is organized thanks to the economic and organizing support of the regional agency Sardegna Ricerche and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (RAS), through the Scientific School 2018/19 funding.