12:00 PM (US-PDT)
Opening Keynote: "Blockchain Explained"
Jason Griffey, Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
12:30 PM (US-PDT)
Blockchain Panel / Roundtable (1 Hour):
- "Legal Concerns about Blockchain That May Not Have Occurred to You"
Dan Blackaby, Head of Technologies Initiatives, Cornell University Law Library - "What Might Standards for Library Blockchain Systems Look Like?"
Todd A. Carpenter, Executive Director, National Information Standards Organization (NISO) - "Using Blockchains to Authenticate and Preserve Public Discourse"
Michael Della Bitta, Director of Technology, Digital Public Library of America - "Security in Libraries: A Case for Blockchain Technology"
Tonia San Nicolas-Rocca, Assistant Professor, School of Information at San Jose State University
1:30 PM (US-PDT)
"From Healthcare to Information Organizations: Translating Blockchain Practice Across Disciplines"
Frank Cervone, Director of Information Technology, School of Public Health at University of Illinois at Chicago
"Applying Blockchain to the Information Professions"
Christina Cornejo, Graduate Student, San Jose State University
Stacey Johnson, Technical Services Librarian at Chino Valley Public Library and MLIS Student, San Jose State University iSchool
"Blockchain Technology for Recordkeeping"
Patricia C. Franks, PhD, CA, CRM, IGP, MARA Program Coordinator, Professor, School of Information, San Jose State University
"Setting up a Blockchain for the Public Library"
Ravi Singh, Executive Director, Demco Inc.
2:00 PM (US-PDT)
"Community-based Collections - Extending the Library through Blockchain"
M Ryan Hess, Library Services Manager - Digital Initiatives, Palo Alto City Library
"Credentialing using Blockchain for Globally Mobile and Disaster Affected Populations"
Amy Jiang, Library Technology Coordinator
Heather A. McMorrow, Instructional Designer & Program Manager
"Blockchain and a Fair Art Market"
Eric Meyer, Professor of Social Informatics, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Robert Norton, CEO and co-founder of Verisart
"Strategies for Libraries to Provide Blockchain Education, Tools, and Training"
Link Swanson, Systems Engineer, Minitex, PhD Candidate Cognitive Science, University of Minnesota
2:30 PM (US-PDT)
Closing Keynote - Pros + Concerns
- Miguel Figueroa, Center for the Future of Libraries, American Library Association
- Toby Greenwalt, Director of Digital Strategy and Technology Implementation - Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
- Bohyun Kim, Chief Technology Officer and Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island Libraries
