Can Crypto Rebuild the Scientific Research Process and Protect Intellectual Assets?

Lessons from applying Decentralized Science to the research process DeSci, or Decentralized Science, which combines, blockchain, Web3, and decentralized technologies to rebuild the scientific research process, has emerged as a challenge to traditional middlemen (journals, grant bodies) in the research process. It also aims to enable researchers to tokenize their data, IP, and lab equipment, allowing them to retain ownership, monetize their intellectual assets, and secure, transparent credit for their work. But we still need the answer to the fundamental question:
Can the growing crypto-economy contribute to both greater accessibility and the protection of intellectual assets? In this talk, Dr. Victoria Lemieux, who leads the Clio-X.org initiative, an open-source project supporting cultural heritage institutions to enable AI for research without comprising privacy, security and data sovereignty, and Dr. Luis de la Torre Cubillo, who leads DecentralLabs, a project at the intersection of DeSci, blockchain technology, and crypto-economics enabling shared use of scientific laboratories, will share experiences and perspectives from their journeys in DeSci. The talk addresses not only the conceptual and academic challenge of designing decentralized science, but also the practical industry experience of negotiating with funders, industry partners, and stakeholder organisations to implement decentralized science solutions. Join us for the second in our ZIBR public talk series when we move from ReFi to DeSci in an insightful discussion at the crossroads of scientific research, technology, and data/intellectual property protection — and continue the conversation during the networking session.
Event Agenda
16.15

Welcome and coffee

16.30

Talk: Can Crypto Rebuild theScientific Research Process and Protect Intellectual Assets?

Prof. Dr. Victoria Lemieux is the Founder and Co-Lead ofBlockchain@UBC, Canada’s largest and most multidisciplinary blockchain researchand education center, and currently a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Zug Institutefor Blockchain Research

Dr. Luis de la Torre Cubillo is an Associate Professor atthe Computer Science and Automatic Control Department of the Spanish OpenUniversity (UNED). He has been a visiting scholar at EPFL (Switzerland),Stanford University (USA) and UBC (Canada), among others. He is also co-Founderof Nebulous Systems (https://www.nebsyst.com). His research topics includeCyber-Physical Systems, cybersecurity, Industry 4.0, remote experimentation andblockchain applications in these and other related areas.

18.00

Drinks, Snacks & Networking

Registration is free

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