Blockchain Technology Symposium

The Blockchain Technology Symposium (BTS), held annually in Canada, is a forum where academic researchers, industry professionals, and decision makers come together to present recent advancements, discuss adoption barriers, tackle common challenges, and explore future roadmaps surrounding blockchain and its related technologies such as consensus algorithms, smart contracts, cryptocurrencies, and distributed ledger technologies. The aim is to bring these communities closer to address the challenges and seize the opportunities brought forward by this promising technology.


BTS 2024

Virtually from Concordia University, Montreal. Website, Video

Keynote Speakers: Xiang Fu (Hofstra University), Joachim Neu (Stanford University / a16z crypto research)

Chairs: Jeremy Clark, Chen Feng


BTS 2023

Virtually from Concordia University, Montreal. Website, Video

Keynote Speakers: David Jao (University of Waterloo), Kostas Kryptos Chalkias (Mysten Labs), Jill Gunter (Espresso Systems)

Chairs: Jeremy Clark, Atefeh Mashatan


BTS 2022

Virtually from University of Calgary, Calgary. Website, Video

Keynote Speakers: Andrew Miller (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Ari Juels (Cornell Tech and IC3), Arthur Gervais (Imperial College London), Christian Cachin (University of Bern), Dinesh Shah (Bank of Canada), Geoffrey Goodell (University College London), Jason Teutsch (Truebit), Moti Yung (Columbia University and Google), Wendy Charles (BurstIQ)

Chairs: Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, Jeremy Clark


BTS 2021

Virtually from blockchain@UBC, Vancouver. Website, Video

Keynote Speakers: Rainer Bohme (Universität Innsbruck), Dinesh Shah (Bank of Canada), Jan Camenisch (Dfinity), Joni Brennan (Digital Identity and Authentication Council of Canada), Chandana Unnithan (Torrens University Australia and Lifeguard Digital Health), Wendy Charles (BurstIQ), Aggelos Kiayias (University of Edinburgh), Sergei Beliaev (DLT Labs)

Chairs: Victoria Lemieux, Reihaneh Safavi-Naini


BTS 2020

Fields Institute, Toronto. Website, Video

Keynote Speakers: Michele Mosca (University of Waterloo and Quantum-Safe Canada), Serge Vaudenay (EPFL), Rei Safavi-Naini (University of Calgary), Guang Gong (University of Waterloo), Florian Kerschbaum (University of Waterloo), Darrell O’Donnell (Continuum Loop Inc), Doug Heintzmann (Insolar), Tej Basi (Cyberium Consulting)

Chairs: Victoria Lemieux, Atefeh Mashatan, Pawel Pralat


BTS 2018

Fields Institute, Toronto. Website, Video

Keynote Speakers: Jeremy Clark (Concordia University), Giulia Fanti (Carnegie Mellon University), Pramod Viswanath (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Bryan Ford (EPFL), Sergey Gorbunov (University of Waterloo), Dann Toliver (Privacy Shell), Victoria L. Lemieux (UBC)

Chairs: Atefeh Mashatan, Pawel Pralat


Steering Committee
Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan

Atefeh (Atty) Mashatan

Toronto Metropolitan University

Rei Safavi-Naini

Rei Safavi-Naini

University of Calgary

Victoria Lemieux

Victoria Lemieux

University of British Columbia

Jeremy Clark

Jeremy Clark

Concordia University