ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE
AUSTRIAN BLOCKCHAIN CENTER

23.03.2021

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Conference will be streamed online

About the event

The Austrian Blockchain Center is an interdisciplinary research institute focused on Blockchain and related technologies. We are happy to invite you to the first edition of our Annual Conference.

In line with our research areas the conference will features talks ranging from technological aspects of blockchain technologies to legal topics related to virtual assets.

As a result of the current unclear situation we have to organize the conference in an online setting. 

The conference language is English. 

Attendance is free.

Our Schedule

Preliminary. Potentially subject to change.

9:00-9:40

Opening Remarks

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Welcome Adress

  • Alfred Taudes
  • WU Vienna, ABC Research

Opening Speech

  • Minister Margarethe Schramböck
  • Federal Ministry Republic of Austria - Digital and Economic Affairs

European Blockchain Observatory & Forum (EUBOF) on the State of the Blockchain ecosystem in Europe and the prospects for Austria

  • Lambis Dionysopoulos
  • Institute for the Future (IFF), University of Nicosia (UNIC)
  • European Blockchain Observatory & Forum (EUBOF)

Introduction to the Conference

  • Alexander Eisl
  • ABC Research - Austrian Blockchain Center

Session 1
9:40-11:30

Asset Tokenization, Virtual Assets and Financial Services Use Cases

Blockchain Interoperability

  • Vid Hribar
  • Raiffeisen International Blockchain Hub
  • Alexander Neulinger
  • Austrian Blockchain Center

Tokenize everything - How various assets are being tokenized in practice using Austrian law

  • Oliver Völkel
  • Stadler Völkel Rechtsanwälte GmbH
  • We thank Stadler Völkel for sponsoring our conference

Introduction: Digital Assets in Civil Law and Securities Law

  • Florian Ebner
  • Vienna University of Economics and Business
  • Andreas Ramprecht
  • Austrian Blockchain Center

Overview: EU Digital Finance Package

  • Ben-Benedict Hruby
  • Federal Ministry Republic of Austria - Finance
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Panel Discussion on Digital Assets and the EU Digital Finance Package

  • Susanne Kalss
  • Vienna University of Economic and Business
  • Christoph Krönke
  • Vienna University of Economic and Business
  • Matthias Schimka
  • WOLF THEISS Rechtsanwälte GmbH & Co KG
  • Ronald Frankl
  • Lansky, Ganzger & Partner Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Session 2
11:45-13:00

Identity and eGovernment

Austrian Public Service Blockchain

  • Christian Baumann
  • Austria Pro - Association for the promotion of electronic data transmission in business transactions
  • Gerhard Laga
  • Federal Austrian Economic Chamber
  • We thank the Federal Austrian Economic Chamber for sponsoring our conference.

Digital Identity

  • Daniel Gosterxeier
  • VID International

Integrating Europe: How Identification Will Help Building a Cross-Border E-Governance

  • Robert Krimmer
  • University of Tartu (Estland) Center of IT Impact Studies & Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies

Lunch Workshop by Federal Austrian Economic Chamber

Help us design the best framework conditions for a private sector Blockchain in Austria

Session 3
14:10-15:00

Machine Economy and Supply Chain Management

Traceability of food supply chains with distributed ledger technologies

  • Jamilya Nurgazina
  • FH St. Pölten

How do you know, what you are "really" buying?

  • Annemarie Monschein
  • Future Verification Technology
  • Michael Fend
  • Verein zur Förderung des Steirischen Vulkanlandes

Session 4
15:15-17:00

Analytics, Security and Trust

Automated Security Analysis of Ethereum Smart Contracts

  • Matteo Maffei
  • TU Wien

Pay to Win: Incentive attacks on Cryptocurrencies

  • Aljosha Judmayer
  • SBA Research
  • University of Vienna
  • Nicholas Stifter
  • SBA Research
  • University of Vienna

Decentralized Finance (DeFi): Understanding and Managing Risks in Emerging Financial Technologies and Paradigms

  • Bernhard Haslhofer
  • AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
  • Complexity Science Hub

Vulneralibity Management in Decentralized Systems

  • Rainer Böhme
  • University of Innsbruck

Closing Remarks

  • Harald Mahrer
  • President of the Federal Austrian Economic Chamber​

Our Partners and Sponsors

We would like to thank our partners for making this event possible

Research Funding

The Austrian Blockchain Center is funded partly by the national initiative
for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.

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HOW TO REACH US

by public transportation:

take the U1 to the station Reumannplatz, use the exit Quellenstraße, leave the exit on the right side, then you are almost at our entrance

by car: 

our office is in a pedestrian zone; there is an underground car park at Reumannplatz