The BIG closing conference main goal is to showcase the main achievements of the BIG project while also providing a platform for all stakeholders working in Blockchain related areas (academia, industry, government, civil society) to present case studies, discuss the state of the art, and challenges of this field of study.
The BIG closing conference will take place on October 27th 2025, at Instituto Superior Técnico, Pavilhão de Minas, Sala IA.
Registration is free, although mandatory. More information below.
Agenda
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:15. Welcome (Introduction by Nuno Nunes, BIG ERA Chair Co-PI)
Rogério Colaço, President of Técnico Lisboa
09:15-10:00. Keynote I (Moderation by Nuno Nunes, BIG ERA Chair Co-PI)
Diogo Mónica, co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anchorage Digital
10:00-11:15. Roundtable – BIG Lab Research Highlights, by the BIG ERA Chair project research team members (Moderation by Luís Caires, BIG ERA Chair)
- 10:00-10:10. Scalability in Blockchain
- 10:10-10:20. Blockchain Application Infrastructures
- 10:20-10:30. Smart Contracts (Nuno Lopes, Christof Torres, and Luís Caires – IST/INESC-ID)
- 10:30-10:40. DApps, Blockchain interoperability, Wallet Security
- 10:40-10:50. DLT, Sustainability, and Design
- 10:50-11:00. Blockchain for Participation and Inclusion
- 11:00-11:15. Q&A
11:15-11:30. Coffee Break
11:30-12:00. Keynote II (Moderation by Rodrigo Rodrigues, BIG ERA Chair Co-PI)
Manuel Costa, Distinguished Engineer and Vice President at Microsoft
12:00-13:00. Industry and society panel (Moderation: Luís Caires, BIG ERA Chair)
Frederico Borges, Innovation Area Coordinator @ In-Store Tech & Automation – SONAE
Nuno Barbosa, Member of Technical Staff, Wealth and Asset Management Solutions – Anchorage Digital
Manuel Costa, Distinguished Engineer and Vice President – Microsoft
Rafael Belchior, Senior Engineer, R&D – Blockdaemon
Tiago Dias, Founder, Product & CEO – Unlockit
13:00-13:15. Closing
Luís Caires (BIG ERA Chair)
Organization
Nuno Nunes, BIG ERA Chair Co-PI
Rodrigo Rodrigues, BIG ERA Chair Co-PI
Luís Caires, BIG ERA Chair
João Fumega, Senior Project Manager
Susana Nóbrega, Project Manager
Important dates
- Registrations: 23 September 2025 – 27 October 2025
- BIG Closing Conference: 27 October 2025
Registration
- Registration is free but mandatory. To register, please fill in and submit the registration form available here which should take no more than 5 minutes.
Contacts and location
- The BIG Closing Conference will take place at Instituto Superior Técnico, Pavilhão de Minas, Sala IA.
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