Most well-known use cases of blockchain technology are cryptocurrencies. Nevertheless, the foundational technology enabling the cryptocurrencies, provides excellent opportunities way beyond. The most important feature of blockchain is cyber security, enabled by authenticity, transparency, immutable ledgers and the lack of a single point of failure.
Powered by Blockchain
In collaboration with partner Universities and OP Lab, University of Vaasa will host event days (9.2-10.2) + Online Hackathon (10.2-23.2).
The event will be arranged at the Oulu at BusinessAsema (Hallituskatu 36 B) and streamed online globally. The first day of the event (in Finnish) is organized by University of Oulu, and the second day (in English) by University of Vaasa. You are welcome to participate in one or both days of the event on-site, or online. The participation is free of charge.
Welcome to register to event days at Lyyti and to Hackathon at Ultrahack.
Program:
Thursday 9.2 Culture and Blockchain (Organized by University of Oulu)
Presentations are in Finnish
| Time | Program | Speakers |
| 9.00 | Welcoming words |
Jussi Leponiemi, BusinessOulu |
| 9.05 |
Keynote Stream and Live event: BusinessAsema Oulu |
Sasu Ristimäki, Founding partner, Smart Contract Company Oy and SRI Capital Oy |
| 9.40 |
Panel discussion: Experiences from Finnish National Gallery NFT-art exhibition Stream and Live event: BusinessAsema Oulu |
Moderator Pasi Karppinen, University of Oulu: – Helena Mustikainen, Sitra – Johanna Eiramo, Finnish National Gallery – Marja Konttinen, Decentraland – Juho Mattila, University of Oulu / Ikunelabs |
| 10.30 |
Presentation: Legal perspective to Art-NTF’s Stream and Live event: BusinessAsema Oulu |
Janne Kaisto, Eelis Paukku, Juhana Riekkinen, University of Lapland |
| 11.10 |
Presentation: Oulu – Culture capital of Europe 2026 Stream and Live event: BusinessAsema Oulu |
Henri Turunen, City of Oulu |
| 11.30 |
Presentation: Powered by blockchain-project Stream and Live event: BusinessAsema Oulu |
Tommi Kauppinen, University of applied sciences Kajaani |
| 11.45 | Lunch | |
| 12.30 |
Workshop: Spoken word-NFT-art workshop Live event: BusinessAsema Oulu |
Ainokaisa Huusko |
Friday 10.2 Blockchain technology and business (Organized by University of Vaasa)
Presentations are in English and will be streamed online
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| Time | Program | Speakers |
| 8.50 | Welcoming words |
Tomi Salo, University of Vaasa |
| 9.00 |
Keynote: Working with blockchain- and Web3-ecosystems, Web3 gaming. Stream |
Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin, Former head of business development at NEAR and served as a founding member of the team. Near Protocol. |
| 10.00 |
Presentation: Blockchain revolution in Lithuania Stream |
Andrius Bartminas, Co-founder of Superhow Superhow.com |
| 10.45 |
Presentation: Approaching blockchain adoption strategically Stream |
Aušrinė Šilenskytė, Researcher Uwasa |
| 11.15 | Lunch | |
| 12.00 |
Presentation: Building a Web3 World Powered by Cryptographic Truth Stream |
Andrej Rakic, developer advocate Chainlink Chain.link |
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Afternoon
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13:00-13:15 Welcoming words to afternoon and introduction to Powered by Blockchain -project
13.15- 13:35 Introduction to SSI 13:35-13:40 Digital Identity Hackathon – Challenge introduction
13.45-14.30 Panel discussion: Developing Blockchain and Crypto Projects – Mission Impossible
Stream and Live event: BusinessAsema Oulu |
Päivi Järvenpää, OP Lab Tomi Salo, University of Vaasa
Harri Lainio, OP Lab Päivi Järvenpää, OP Lab
Facilitated by OP Lab. Jani Partanen / Joisto
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| 14:30-15:30 | Drinks & Networking |
The Internet was built without a way to know who and what you are connecting to. This limits what we can do with it and exposes us to growing dangers. If we do nothing, we will face rapidly proliferating episodes of theft and deception that will cumulatively erode public trust in the Internet.
Kim Cameron, Chief Architecture of Identity, Microsoft
Hackathon: Digital identity hack
In collaboration with OP lab, powered by blockchain-project and Ultrahack
Decentralized finance allows for the creation of financial products and services that are transparent, open, and accessible to anyone on the internet. Now, these services are used outside the financial institutions for several reasons. One of the key reasons is the lack of verifiable identity in transactions. Identity information is crucial for the compliance of business transactions. The emergence of self-sovereign identity technologies opens new opportunities for decentralized identity verification with verifiable credentials.
More information and registration at Ultrahack website: Digital Identity Hack
Welcome!
This event is part of Powered by blockchain-project in collaboration with University of Oulu, University of Lapland and Kajaani University of Applied sciences. Project is funded by European Union and European Social Fund. More information about the project can be found from: Tehoa lohkoketjuista -koulutushanke | Vaasan yliopisto (uwasa.fi)
