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ORGANIZERS

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Bangdao Chen, DPhil

Co-Founder, University College Oxford Blockchain Research Centre

Ramesh Ramadoss, PhD

Chair, IEEE Blockchain Technical Community

Adaku Jennifer Agwunobi

President, Oxford Blockchain Society

Shubham Mukkawar

OBS Core Team Lead & MBA Student, Saïd Business School

SPEAKERS

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Rich Sutton

Founding Father, Computational Reinforcement Learning

Philip H.S. Torr

Professor, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford

Dawn Song

Professor, UC Berkeley

Paul Brody

Global Blockchain Leader, EY, and Chairman

John deVadoss

Co-Chair AI, GBBC

Denis Rothman

Generative AI Expert

Achim Struve

Token Engineering Lead, Outlier Ventures

Ramesh Raskar

Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab

Bangdao Chen

Co-Founder, Oxford Blockchain Research Centre

Tom Taulii

Author of Building Generative AI Agents

Simran Chana

Director, Frontier Technologies Lab, University of Cambridge

Guohao Li

Founder, CAMEL AI

Quanlong Wang

Senior Research Scientist, Quantinuum

Adaku Jennifer Agwunobi

President, Oxford Blockchain Society

Kisso Selvan

President, Cambridge Blockchain Society and BD & Growth, KRNL Labs

Joshua Bate

Founder, DeSci World

PANELIST

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Jasper De Maere

Head of Research, Outlier Ventures

David Tilšer

CTO, CleevioX

Dimo Dimov

Co-Founder, Blocksense

João Vasco Martins

Co-Founder, Degenmarkets

Lincoln Muir

Associate Product Manager, Coinbase

Vitalii Yatskiv

CTO, Boosty Labs

Ben Schiller

Managing Editor, CoinDesk

Alex Odagi

Investment Director, YZi Labs

Gengmo Qi

Partner, Dragonfly

Irene Wu

Venture Partner, Bain Capital

Richard Muirhead

Chairman & Managing Partner, Fabric Ventures

Tom Shaughnessy

Co-Founder, Delphi Ventures

Gui Silva

Managing Partner, Tagus Capital

AGENDA

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Description

The internet is on the brink of a profound transformation. The vision of AI agents—intelligent digital assistants acting autonomously on behalf of individuals and organizations—is becoming a reality. This “Agentic Internet” will soon be populated by trillions of AI agents making decisions, executing tasks, and engaging in commerce without direct human supervision. This transformation presents significant challenges that must be addressed to ensure a secure, fair, and trustworthy digital ecosystem. The goal of this forum is to bring together academic experts, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs to address the challenges and opportunities presented by this transformation.

Organizers

Speakers Agenda (Feb 7th, 2025 | 9:00-5:00 PM (GMT

Morning Session

9:00-9:05

AM

Welcome
Bangdao Chen, DPhil

Speaker

Co-Founder, University College Oxford Blockchain Research Centre (In-Person)
9:05-9:20

AM

Opening Remarks
Dawn Song, Professor

Speaker

UC Berkeley (Remote)
9:20-9:45

AM

Keynote
Paul Brody

Speaker

Global Blockchain Leader, EY, and Chairman, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (In-Person)
9:45-10:00

AM

Adaku Jennifer Agwunobi

Speaker

President, Oxford Blockchain Society (In-Person)
10:00-10:20

AM

Kisso Selvan

Speaker

President, Cambridge Blockchain Society and BD & Growth, KRNL Labs (In-Person)

10:20-10:40 AM Coffee Break

10:40-11:05

AM

Keynote
Quanlong Wang

Speaker

Senior Research Scientist, Quantinuum (In-Person)
11:05-11:20

AM

Simran Chana

Speaker

Director, Frontier Technologies Lab, University of Cambridge (In-Person)
11:20-11:35

AM

Achim Struve

Speaker

Token Engineering Lead, Outlier Ventures (In-Person)
11:35-11:45

AM

Joshua Bate

Speaker

Founder, DeSci World (In-Person)

11:45 AM -12:30 PM Panel: AI Agents on Blockchain

Moderator: Jasper De Maere, Head of Research, Outlier Ventures (In-person)
Panelists:
David Tilšer, CTO, CleevioX (In-person)
Dimo Dimov, Co-Founder, Blocksense (In-person)
João Vasco Martins, Co-Founder, Degenmarkets (In-person)
Lincoln Muir, Associate Product Manager, Coinbase (Remote)
Vitalii Yatskiv, CTO, Boosty Labs (Remote)

12:30-1:30 PM Lunch

Afternoon Session

1:30-1:55

PM

Keynote
Philip H.S. Torr, Professor

Speaker

Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford (In-Person)
1:55-2:10

PM

John deVadoss

Speaker

Co-Chair AI, GBBC (In-Person)
2:10-2:25

PM

Tom Taulii

Speaker

Author of Building Generative AI Agents (Remote)
2:25-2:40

PM

Denis Rothman

Speaker

Generative AI Expert (Remote)

2:40-3:00 PM Coffee Break

3:00-3:25

PM

Keynote
Guohao Li

Speaker

Founder, CAMEL AI (In-Person)
3:25-3:45

PM

Bangdao Chen

Speaker

Co-Founder, Oxford Blockchain Research Centre (In-Person)
3:45-4:00

PM

Rich Sutton

Speaker

Founding Father, Computational Reinforcement Learning (Remote)

4:10-5:00 PM VC Panel on AI Agent

Moderator: Ben Schiller, Managing Editor, CoinDesk
Panelists:
Alex Odagi, Investment Director, YZi Labs (in-person)
Gengmo Qi, Partner, Dragonfly (Remote)
Gui Silva, Managing Partner, Tagus Capital (in-person)
Irene Wu, Venture Partner, Bain Capital (Remote)
Richard Muirhead, Chairman & Managing Partner, Fabric Ventures (in-person)
Tom Shaughnessy, Co-Founder, Delphi Ventures (Remote)

5:00-5:15

PM

Ramesh Raskar

Speaker

Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab (Remote)
5:15-5:30

PM

Closing Remarks
Ramesh Ramadoss

Speaker

Chair, IEEE Blockchain Technical Community (In-Person)

Smart Agents on
An Enriched Blockchain

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