In this edition of the TSIUC, the state of the art and use cases of the blockchain will be presented and current and future needs in the university and research community will be discussed.

Day: 1 of December of 2022

Time: from 10 a.m. to 16:30 p.m

place: Universitat de Vic – Central University of Catalonia. Torre del Frares Campus, Aula Magna. Carrer de la Laura, 13, 08500 Vic

Program
10.00 Delivery of documentation and coffee

10.30 Welcome by M. Angels Pinyana, vice-rector of Academic Planning of the UVic-UCC and Olga Lanau, director general of the CSUC

10.50 Session 1. Moderator: John Busquiel, UVic-UCC

• Because Blockchain, a social approach rather than a technique, by Genís Roca, Foundation .cat
• EBSI and education: value of EBSI and new paradigm in the educational environment, by Lluís Ariño, URV
• State of the art blockchain in the public sector and digital identity pilot, by Miquel Estape, Consortium AOC
• Blockchain as a technological enabler to globalize educational and research communities, by Sergio Piorno, Telefónica Tech

13.00 Rest

14.30 Session 2. Moderator: Gonçal Badenes, UAB

• CIRCULUM as a solution for the accreditation of unofficial degrees using blockchain technology, by John Busquiel (UVic-UCC) and Baptista Borrell (Seider)
• European regulation of distributed ledger technology and self-sovereign identity, by Nacho Alamillo, Astrea

15.30 Round table – Blockchain: where we are, what we have and where we are going. Moderator: Gonçal Badenes, UAB

• Lluís Ariño, URV
• Miquel Estape, Consortium AOC
• John Busquiel (UVic-UCC)
• Baptista Borrell (Seider)
• Nacho Alamillo, Astrea

16.30 Closing

16.45 Guided tour of the old town of Vic (duration: 1 hour)