Ethereum Research Funding Forum
Dive into the future of Ethereum research and innovation at Ethereum Research Funding Forum, a one-day forum brought to you by Blockchain Builders, the Initiative of CryptoCurrencies & Contracts (IC3), Ethereum Ecosystem Fund (EEF), Ethereum Foundation’s Academic Secretariat, and the Decentralization Research Center.
The forum is designed to facilitate conversations between Academia, Industry, and Research Funding Organizations.
We’re incredibly grateful for the generous support of our forum event sponsors:
Uniswap Foundation, Google Cloud, cyber•Fund, Bitmart, Vishwa, Pier Two
and our overall ETHNYC sponsors:
Nethermind, Zircuit, ZKSync, Chainlink, Securitize, Altlayer, Wormhole, DFG Group, Octant, Cambrian, Open Ledger, RockSolid, Self, Halliday, Inco, UXLink, 0G
(WIP) Live Agenda with Slides
Note: * denotes remote speaker or panelists
09:30-11:00 | Chapter 1. Ethereum R&D Frontier
Ethereum Past, Present and Future: Core Research Dependencies - Vitalik* (Researcher at Ethereum Foundation)
Applied Privacy in Ethereum - Jonathan Alexander (CTO at OpenZepplin)
Hardening Ethereum’s Security Stack with Formal Verification - Mooly Sagiv (CEO at Certora, Chair of Software Systems at Tel Aviv University)
Institutional Infrastructure Anchored on Ethereum's L2s - Krzysztof Urbanski (Head of Governance at L2BEAT)
Next-Gen Blockchain: Empowering Scalability and User Experience with L2s - Harry Kalodner (CTO & Co-Founder at Offchain Labs)
11:00-12:15 | Chapter 2. Ethereum Real World Impact
Policy and Impact on the Evolution of Ethereum and Blockchain - Connor Spelliscy (ED at Decentralization Research Center)
Ethereum Thesis - Artem Kotelskiy (Head of Crypto Research at Cyber Fund)
Geographical Diversity - Insights into Asia Market and User Base for Ethereum's Next Growth Wave - Eric Bai (Founding Partner at Cipholio Ventures)
Panel | Research Moonshots for Financial Markets
Tarun Chitra (CEO at Gauntlet, Robot Ventures)
Gordon Liao (Chief Economist & Head of Research at Circle)*
12:15-13:30 | Chapter 3. DeFi Mechanism Design
How AMMs compare to Limit Order Books as mechanisms for trading - Joel Hasbrouck (Kenneth G. Langone Professor of Business, Professor of Finance, NYU Stern)
Price improvement through OFAs (e.g., Uniswap X) - Brad Bachu (Research Scientist, Protocols Team, Uniswap Labs)
CEX-DEX Arb and Block Builder Centralization - Mallesh Pai (Lay Family Associate Professor, Sr. Director of Research, Rice University & Consensys)
The Economics of Decentralized Lending - Andreas Park (Professor of Finance, University of Toronto)
Open Problems in Cross-Chain Liquidity - Nathan Leung (Co-Founder at Vishwa)
14:00-15:00 | Townhall - Ecosystem R&D Coordination
Panel: Ecosystem Funding Challenges and Opportunities
Chris Haug (Director at PBS.Foundation, ZuBerlin)
Raffi Sapire (Founder of Tl;dr Conference)
Sarah Allen (Director at Flashbots Research)
Panel | Ecosystem R&D Best Practices
Noah Citron (a16zcrypto Research, Helios)
Kelvin Fichter (Co-founder at OP Labs)
Steve Ellis (CTO at Chainlink)
Tomasz K. Stańczak (ED at Ethereum Foundation, Founder of Nethermind)
Kartik Talwar (Co-founder of EthGlobal, GP at A_Capital, SV Angel)
15:00-16:15 | Chapter 4. Interdisciplinary Research on Protocol Economics
MEV, its early history (Flash Boys 2.0) and academic research approaches to mitigating it - Mahimna Kelkar (Research Scientist at Offchain Labs, Assistant Professor soon-to-be at Purdue University)
Multiple Concurrent Leader: Why and How - Pranav Garimidi (Research Analyst at a16z)
The Economics of Slashing - Andy Lewis-Pye (Professor at London School of Economics)
Revisiting the Primitives of Transaction Fee Mechanism Design - Matt Weinberg (Associate Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University)
MEV Research for the Next 10 Years: Why blockbuilding - Phil Daian (Steward & Co-founder at Flashbots)
16:15-18:00 | Chapter 5. Applications Design Pattern for the Next Billions
Oracles & privacy-preserving oracle systems - Fan Zhang (Assistant Professor at Yale University)
Incentives in DePIN Applications - Jason Milionis (PhD Student at Columbia University)
Build Unstoppable Verifiable Agents - Sreeram Kannan (CEO of Eigenlayer, Associate Professor at University of Washington)
Public Goods for Institutions - Devan Mitchem (Global Product & Partnerships, Web3 at Google Cloud)
Roast | Research Moonshot for Future of Technology
Gil Rosen (Blockchain Builders Fund, IC3 Accelerator)
Devan Mitchem (Global Product & Partnerships, Web3 at Google Cloud)
Sreeram Kannan (CEO of Eigenlayer, Associate Professor at University of Washington)*
Leighton Cusack (Ecosystem at Tools for Humanity, Co-founder at PoolTogether, PleasrDAO)
Moderator: Tina Zhen (Steward & Co-founder at Flashbots)
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We're super excited to create the coordination fabric around research that can weave together the best minds from academia and industry.