ZKP.NYC NY #TechWeek
Zero knowledge proofs are key to the future of web3 and decentralization.
Join us for a lively discussion about cutting-edge ZKP research and applications in privacy, verifiable compute, and scaling for AI, DePIN, gaming, and DeFi in web3 beyond.
ZKP.NYC is organized by NovaNet and co-hosted by the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and Microsoft.
Agenda:
10:00am - Welcome, Yorke Rhodes III, Co-Founder Blockchain, Microsoft
10:30am - ZKPs and Blockchain: Friends or Foes?, Houman Shadab, Cofounder, NovaNet, Fellow, Stanford CodeX
11:00am - Panel 1: Trends and Directions in Web3
*Moderator: Houman Shadab, Cofounder, NovaNet
*Mona Rassouli, Founder & CEO of Haptics DAO
*Jonathan Victor, CEO Ansa Research, ex-Protocol Labs
*Matthew Wang, Founder, Valence
*Jason Rozovsky, Head of Legal, Interop Labs
12pm - Lunch
12:45pm - Lighting Talk: Benchmarking ZKVMs: Results and Considerations by Kai Geffen
1:15pm - Lighting Talk: Dan Simerman, Trends in ZKP research
1:30pm - The Past and Future of ZK Performance: What is NovaNet?, by Wyatt Benno, Cofounder NovaNet
2pm - Panel 2: IVC and Space Efficient Proving Schemes
*Moderator: Wyatt Benno, Cofounder, NovaNet
*Benedikt Bünz, Assistant Professor, NYU Courant, Chief Scientist, Espresso Systems
*Matej Penciak, Software Engineer, Lurk Lab
*Muthu Venkitasubramaniam, Associate Professor, Georgetown University, CTO, Ligero
3pm - Lightning Talk: Payments and Privacy with Rollups, Calum Moore, CTO of Polybase
3:15pm - Lightning Talk: Global Policy Developments in Web3, Kristy Lam, Crypto Council on Innovation
3:30pm - Closing Remarks
This event is a part of NY #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem.