Schedule

DeSciDenver2023

February 27 - March 2, 2023

*all times are in the local time zone (MT)

Day 1

February 27, 2023
3:00pm - 5:10pm

The Future of Scientific Societies

Join this session to explore the emergence of digital science societies, the networks they create, and how their impact can be measured in ways that weren’t possible before.

DAODenver
The Catalyst Event Center
1881 35th Street, Denver, CO 80216
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3:00pm - 5:10pm
DAODenver
The Catalyst Event Center
1881 35th Street, Denver, CO 80216
3:05pm - 3:15pm

Lessons on Leading Decentralized Research

Speakers
Lisa Wocken, Ph.D.
TalentDAO
Pancho
TalentDAO
3:15pm - 3:45pm

Defining Impactful Science

Speakers
Jonathan Starr
Gridcoin
Shady El Damaty, Ph.D.
Holonym, OpSci
3:45pm - 4:25pm

Network State of Labs

Speakers
Aakash Meduri
LabDAO
Memebrains
CityDAO
Elijah Spina, Ph.D.
MedDAO
Thomas Landrain, Ph.D.
JOGL
4:25pm - 5:05pm

Empowering Patient Groups

Speakers
Alfred Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
WUSTL SoM, GRA
R Morgan Stuart, M.D.
MedDAO
Daniel Uribe
Genobank.io
Andrew Verbinnen
HairDAO

Day 2

February 28, 2023
9:50am - 12:00pm

DAOs in DeSci

This session is an exhibition of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) performing research and other scientific activities. The DAO exhibition includes communities working on social sciences, biotechnology, distributed compute, citizen science, and metascience.

DAODenver
The Catalyst Event Center
1881 35th Street, Denver, CO 80216
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9:50am - 12:00pm
DAODenver
The Catalyst Event Center
1881 35th Street, Denver, CO 80216
9:55am - 10:05am

An Introduction to DeSci

Speakers
Joshua Bate
DeSci World
10:05am - 10:15am

Funding high-impact cryopreservation research

Speakers
Kai Micah Mills
CryoDAO
10:15am - 10:25am

Collecting Data In DeSci with a Web3 Database

Speakers
Michael Fischer, Ph.D.
DBDAO
10:25am - 10:35am

Free Distributed Compute for Impactful Science

Speakers
Jonathan Starr
Gridcoin
10:35am - 10:45am

A Network State Solving Hair Loss

Speakers
Andrew Verbinnen
HairDAO
10:45am - 10:55am

Public Good powered by DeSci - The Reproductive Health Report

Speakers
Amy Zhen
Magic, AthenaDAO
10:55am - 11:05am

A Decentralized Identity and Reputation Framework for Professional Scientific Societies

Speakers
Shady El Damaty, Ph.D.
Holonym, OpSci
11:05am - 11:15am

The DAO Will See You Now

Speakers
R. Morgan Stuart, M.D.
MedDAO
11:15am - 11:25am

Growing The Future

Speakers
Zenos Thoreson
ValleyDAO
11:25am - 11:35am

To be or not to be forever

Speakers
Benji Leibowitz
vitaDAO
11:35am - 11:45am

Intellectual Mycelial Networks

Speakers
Jonathon Kung
Science Publishing DAO
11:45am - 11:55am

Secret Insights from the Vibrant BioXYZ Ecosystem with BioXYZ’s

Speakers
Johannes Weniger
BIOXYZ
11:55am - 12:05pm

LabDAO

Speakers
Josh McMenemy
LabDAO
1:00pm - 4:30pm
BUIDL-Hub
Great Divide Barrel Bar
1812 35th St, Denver, CO 80216
1:00pm - 4:30pm

Utilizing, Building, and Evaluating Digital Tools for Decentralized Science in DeSci

This session is a conversation between scientists, developers, and DeSci skeptics as they explore if and how Web3 can stabilize and accelerate the scientific process.

Attendees will hear from researchers of the challenges they face, be introduced to functioning tools developed to solve these challenges, and will be confronted by the outstanding issues facing the decentralized science movement.

BUIDL-Hub
Great Divide Barrel Bar
1812 35th St, Denver, CO 80216
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1:20pm - 2:00pm

Why DeSci? A Fireside with Post-Docs Navigating the Treacherous Path to Tenure and Intellectual Independence

Speakers
Lindsay Cameron, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Henri-Baptiste Marjault, Ph.D.
University of Missouri School of Medicine
2:00pm - 2:45pm

To De or not to De, Science

Speakers
Raymond Chang, Ph.D.
Protocol Labs
Laure Haak, Ph.D.
OpSci
Thomas Landrain, Ph.D.
JOGL
Allison Duettmann
Foresight Institute
Ariella Coler-Reilly
WUSTL
2:45pm - 3:10pm

Onboarding Scientists

Speakers
Dimitri De Jonghe, Ph.D.
Nevermined
Alfred Kim, M.D., Ph.D.
WUST SoM, GRA
3:10pm - 4:05pm

Macro Tooling in DeSci for Onboarding

Speakers
Carla Ostmann
DeSci Labs
Omar ElNaggar
Weavechain
Shady El Damaty, Ph.D.
Holonym, OpSci
Jonathan Starr
Gridcoin/BOINC
Michael Fischer, Ph.D.
DBDAO
David Aronchik
Bacalhau

Day 3

March 1, 2023

Day 4

March 2, 2023
3:00pm - 5:10pm

Schelling Point DeSci Track

The capstone to DeSci Denver will be held at Schelling Point in the National Western Complex from 10am till just prior to the ETHDenver kick-off at 6pm. Expect to hear systems design for DeSci public goods, including new funding mechanisms, culture, inclusion, and diversity in digital spaces, and decentralized compute for DeSci communities.

Schelling Point
National Western Complex
4655 Humboldt St, Denver CO 80216
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10:30am - 5:30pm
Schelling Point
National Western Complex
4655 Humboldt St, Denver CO 80216
10:30am - 11:00am

Open Science and Decentralized Science

Speakers
Shady El Damaty, Ph.D.
Holonym, OpSci
Jonathan Starr
The Science Commons Initiative, DeSci Labs
10:30am - 11:30am

Workshop: DEI in DeSci

Facilitator
Tammy Francis, Ph.D.
Catalyst 4 Change Global
11:00am - 11:15am

Funding far-out longevity research

Speakers
Emil Kendziorra
CryoDAO
11:30AM - 12:10pm

Workshop: Ethics in DeSci

Facilitators
Joshua Bate
DeSci World
Jelani Clarke, Ph.D.
DeSci World
11:15am - 11:30am

Prefigurative Self Infrastructuring

Speakers
Michael Zaghram, Ph.D.
Block Science
1:00pm - 1:40pm

Workshop: X-Community Bridges

Facilitators
Boris Dyakov
Gitcoin
Sage Shelton
Regen Network
11:30am - 12:00pm

Universities and the new world of accreditation and knowledge stewardship

Speakers
Jonathan Starr
DeSci Labs, The Science Commons Initiative
Jonathan Kung
Science Publishing DAO
Tammy Francis, Ph.D.
Catalyst 4 Change Global
1:40pm - 2:20pm

Workshop: Tech-Trees for DeSci

Speakers
Allison Duettmann
Foresight Institute
1:00pm - 1:30pm

Gitcoin Grants and DeSci

Speakers
Boris Dyakov
Gitcoin
Azeem Khan
Gitcoin
Jonathan Starr
The Science Commons Initiative
Shady El Damaty, Ph.D.
Holonym, OpSci
Allison Duettmann
Foresight Institute
Martin Karlsson
Lateral.io
Keith Comito
Lifespan.io
2:20pm - 3:00pm

Workshop: Incentivization Workshop, Build your own Nation

Speakers
Jonathan Starr
Gridcoin
1:30pm - 2:00pm

Digital Identity for Web Native Scientists

Speakers
Shady El Damaty, Ph.D.
Holonym, OpSci
Laure Haak, Ph.D.
OpSci
Joel Thorstensson
Ceramic
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Tools Tables: Live DeSci Tools and dapp Demos

Facilitators
Jonathan Starr
Gridcoin/BOINC
David Aronchik
Bacalhau
Don Gossen
Nevermined
Richard Blythman, Ph.D.
Algovera
Michael Fischer, Ph.D.
DBDAO
Omar ElNaggar
Weavechain
Allison Duettmann
Foresight Institute
Derek Anderson
Blockless
Carla Ostmann
DeSci Labs
2:00pm - 2:15pm

Science Movements, Collaboration, and Governance Sandboxes - A Call to Action

Speakers
Jonathan Kung
Science Publishing DAO
2:15pm - 2:35pm

Designing for your Users

Speakers
Phil Hedayatnia
Airfoil
2:35pm - 3:05pm

Tech Interoperability & Standards

Speakers
Omar ElNaggar
Weavechain
3:05pm - 3:45pm

Decentralized AI & Compute for Public Goods

Speakers
Don Gossen
Nevermined
Richard Blythman, Ph.D.
Algovera
Erik Allberg
DAO.xyz
David Aronchick
Bacalhau
3:45pm - 4:15pm

Alternative Ways to De-Risk Funding of Research

Speakers
Benji Leibowitz
Molecule
Jeffrey Joh
4:15pm - 4:45pm

New Funding Models for DeSci

Speakers
Keith Comito
Lifespan.io
4:00pm - 5:30pm

Workshop: Unconference

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