Blockchain Summer Institute 2025 Schedule | Blockchain@UBC

Day	Topic	9:00 - 11:30	11:30 - 12:30	13:00 - 15:30	17:00-19:30	Notes
Day 1 (July 7th)	Introduction	Introduction to summer institute Introduction to blockchain/dlt & use cases (DeFi, DePin, DeSci) Reveal teams (Dr. Victoria Lemieux, Dr. Chen Feng & Dr. Tim Weingärtner)	Lunch	Three Layer Model Three Layer Model Group Exercise (Dr. Victoria Lemieux) Team Building Campus Tour 15:45-17:00
Day 2 (July 8th)	Layer 1 Protocols	Introduction to Bitcoin (Jarrett Vaughan)	Lunch	Introduction to Ethereum & Smart Contracts (Tim Weingärtner)
Day 3 (July 9th)	BTS '25	Blockchain Technology Symposium (BTS '25) (Various Speakers)	Lunch	Blockchain Technology Symposium (BTS '25) (Various Speakers)
Day 4 (July 10th)	BTS '25	Blockchain Technology Symposium (BTS '25) (Various Speakers)	Lunch	Blockchain Technology Symposium (BTS '25) (Various Speakers)
Day 5 (July 11th)	Blockchain Protocols Overview	Introduction to Ethereum & Smart Contracts cont'd (Dr. Tim Weingärtner)	Lunch	Overview of Solana (Solana Superteam) 1-2:15pm; overview of Polygon (Ibrahim Tariq Javed) 2:30-3:30pm
Saturday (July 12th)	Weekend	Field Trip to Whistler	Lunch	Field Trip to Whistler
Sunday (July 13th)	Weekend	Free day; activities on own	Lunch	Free day; activities on own
Day 6 (July 14th)	Decentralized Federated ML/Intro to Decentralized Identity	Decentralized Federated ML (ICP-Javier Arroyo Ferrer)	Lunch	Intro to Decentralized Identity (Matteo Cristino, Forkbomb)	LazAI Reception
Day 7 (July 15th)	Decentralized Identity/Intro to PontusX	Decentralized Identity Use Cases: BC Government (Nancy Norris); Dr. Tim Weingärtner (HSLU), Prof. Jong-Hyouk Lee (Sejong University)	Lunch	PontusX Deep Dive (Thomas Komeda, PontusX)
Day 8 (July 16th)	Blockchain Governance/Regulation & Tokenomics	Blockchain Governance (Trinh Nguyen)	Lunch	Tokenomics & Regulation (Virgo CX)
Day 9 (July 17th)	Start of Blockathon	Intro to Blockathon	Lunch	Start of Blockathon
Day 10 (July 18th)	Blockathon	Blockathon	Lunch	Blockathon	Social Event at the Swiss Consulate 5:30PM-7:30PM
Day 11 (July 19th)	Blockathon	Blockathon	Lunch	Blockathon Final Presentations & Judging	Announcement of Blockathon Winner & Final Celebration

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