confirmed Speakers
Standards: Rene Peralta (NIST) Academia: Shafi Goldwasser, Dan Boneh, Alessandro Chiesa, Yael Kalai, Amit Sahai, Jens Groth, Yuval Ishai, Nick Spooner, Howard Wu, Dario Fiore, Sean Bowe Industry: Shiri Lemel (QED-it), Josh Cincinnati (Zcash Foundation), Antonio Senatore (Deloitte), Shashank Agrawal (Visa), Eduardo Moraes de Morais (ING), Andrew Poelstra (Blockstream)
Event Schedule
The schedule is tentative and may be changed closer to the event date.
Registration & Light Breakfast
Plenary Session
Welcoming remarks and keynotes
Coffee Break.
Showcase Session 1
TBD
Lunch
Showcase Session 2
TBD
Coffe Break
Showcase Session 3
TBD
End of day 1
ZKProof Reception
Coffee & light Breakfast
ZKProof Standards Recap
TBD
Invited Speaker 1
TBD
Invited Speaker 2
TBD
Coffee Break.
Community Standard 1
Presentation and discussion.
Lunch
Panel Discussion
TBD
Invited Speaker 3
TBD
Coffee Break
Community Standard 2
Presentation and discussion.
End of day 2
Coffee & light Breakfast
Invited Speaker 4
TBD
Invited Speaker 5
TBD
ZKProof Open Discussion
TBD
Coffee Break.
Community Standard 3
Presentation and discussion.
Lunch
Panel Discussion
TBD
Invited Speaker 6
TBD
Coffee Break
Community Standard 4
Presentation and discussion.
Closing Remarks
End of 2nd ZKProof Workshop
See you next time!
2nd ZKProof Workshop
For the second workshop we are publishing a call for community standards and showcase session proposals.
To request an invite, see here.
The first day will be dedicated to an Research & Industry Showcase of existing work around zero knowledge proofs. During the last two days, there will be a Standards Workshop, where participants will discuss an initial set of community standards proposed by the community.
What
Drive standardization of ZKPs by creating a framework of collaboration between academia and industry.
Where
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Berkeley Marina, California.
When
Wednesday April 10th to Friday April 12th, 2019
Who
Top academics, researchers, developers, industry leaders and zero-knowledge experts.
Important Dates
Event Registration
Early bird ends March 19th
Standards Submission
March 1st, 2019, 23:59 (UTC)
Workshops Submission
February 15th, 2019, 23:59 (UTC)
Call for Standards Proposals
Click below for details on the call and submission.
Security Track
Theoretical security and benchmarks
Implementation Track
Interoperability of libraries and compilers
Applications Track
Use-cases, privacy and security requirements
Call for Showcase Workshop
Click below for details on the call and submission.
Mini-Course
Teach something zero-knowledgy
Hands-on Tutorial
Get others to use it too
Community Projects
Tell the community about your work
Recap of the 1st ZKProof Standards Workshop
Video recordings, see our Youtube channel.
Keynote: Ran Canetti
Keynote: Shafi Goldwasser
Interview: Jonathan Rouach
Interview: Josh Cincinnati
Interview: Eran Tromer
Interview: Muthu Venkitasubramaniam
Interview: Anuj Das Gupta
Summary first workshop
Picture gallery, see the full gallery.
Event Venue
Come to Berkeley, California
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Berkeley Marina
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F.A.Q
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What is ZKProof?
ZKProof is an academic and industry open initiative for standardizing Zero Knowledge Proofs, with a growing and active community.
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What is a Standard?
From Wikipedia: a technical standard is an established norm or requirement in regard to technical systems. It is usually a formal document that establishes uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, processes, and practices. A technical standard may be developed between relevant entities, increasing product safety and quality as well as fostering trust in the technology.
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Why do we need a ZKP standard? And why now?
A standard fosters trust in the technology within industry usage, removing the need to rely on a single company for the security of the system and the confidentiality of their data. There is a growing interest in this technology and we want to see the industry grow with a strong foundation.
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Where does ZKProof stand at the moment?
We held our first workshop back in May, which proved to be a success. We published three documents relating the discussions we had during the breakout sessions, as well as the state-of-the-art in each of the topics.
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I want to help, how can I join the effort?
There are several ways to get involved with ZKProof: join the ZKProof community group to receive the latest updates and stay in the loop; join the Interoperability WG to contribute to the open problems and standard proposals around library and compiler interoperability; become a sponsor of the effort by sending us an email; follow us on twitter @zkproof.