Led by Vitalik Buterin, d/acc is his vision for a more thoughtful approach to technological acceleration—one that prioritizes decentralization, defense, and democracy. In recent years, he has emphasized the need to advance technology without concentrating power, pushing back against models that rely on centralized control.
d/acc is co-hosted by Berkeley RDI, a leading academic voice on safe, responsible and decentralized AI & blockchains since Fall 2021.
Following DevconSEA, this first d/acc gathering of the year focuses on expanding the movement and forging alliances, shaping a future where technology strengthens autonomy rather than erodes it.
Agenda:
10:00 Vitalik Buterin – d/acc: one year on
10:10 Rose Bloomin – A Pluralistic view on the d/acc future
10:20 Allison Duettman – d/acc x Foresight, catalysing the future
10:30 Veronica Schrenk – Pop-ups, d/acc and you
10:40 Jason Crawford – d/acc: The first 150 years
10:50 Aaron Collins – Healthy Indoor Air – why it matters
11:00 Tom Cirrito – Realtime aerosol pathogen detection
11:20 Soham Sankaran – Verifiable vaccines, saving millions without billions
11:30 Amy Proal – Transforming how we study and cure chronic disease and aging
11:40 Rohan Dixit – Curing unloved diseases: a d/acc model to fund trials
11:50 Break
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Jay Baxter – Community Notes: searing public epistemics
13:10 Colin Megill – pol.is: what are we really thinking?
13:20 Rachel Lambert – Bringing the fediverse and community notes to hyperscale
13:30 Michael Gao – Verifiable cryptographic hardware
13:40 Tim Ansell (Mithro) – So you wanna tape out a chip?
13:50 Aayush Gupta – zkemail: the future of identity onboarding
14:00 Vivek – Cryptography for human connection
14:10 Dawn Song, RDI and Vitalik Buterin [Panel] – d/acc and building responsible, decentralized AI
14:40 Vincent Weissernoa – a d/acc vision for decentralized AI
14:50 Nelson Rosario – Building the open AI economy
15:00 Davide Crapis – Personal AI Networks
15:10 Smitha Mili
15:30 Juan Benet – Neurotech – humanity’s next frontier
15:40 The intersection of neurotech, AI and open science
15:50 Niamh Peren – Whole brain emulation
16:00 Mike Johnson – Vascomputation
16:10 Mary Lou Jepsen – Openwater: an open source platform for fighting disease and BCI
16:20 Jan Lijhardt – AI architecture for smart, safe, governable robots
16:30 Nanographs – Open source full stack electron and ion beams
16:40 k-scale: open source humanoid robots
16:50 [Panel] Reflections and new connections
17:10 Networking
17:30 Closing
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