MAIN SCHEDULE
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• 09:30
  Aula 1 Welcome
  By Jan de Jeu Vice-Chair of the Board of the University of Groningen
• 09:40
  Aula 2 Ambitions of the Groningen Region
  By Joost van Keulen Alderman and Vice-Mayor Groningen City of Talent
• 09:50
  Aula 3 Student Data and the Human Capital Agenda
  By Hans Schutte Director-General, DUO
• 10:00
  Aula 4 Agenda Dutch Blockchain Coalition
  By Ad Kroft Programme Manager, Dutch Digital Delta
• 10:10
  Aula 5 Review of Submitted SBIR Blockchain Proposals and Awardees
  By Peter Schouwstra Programme Manager, Groningen Province
• 10:20
  Aula 6 Perspectives on the Blockchain Human Capital Agenda
  By Steven Dhondt Prof. K.U.Leuven, SenResearcher TNO
• 10:30
  Aula 7 Presentation of Initial Findings of JRC/IPTS Blockchain Report
  By Andreia Inamorato dos Santos European Commission: Scientific Project Officer, Joint Research Center
• 11:15
  Aula 8 Academic Credentials in an Era of Digital Decentralization
  By Natalie Smolenski Business Developer, LearningMachine, USA
• 11:30
  Aula 9 Blockchains and their potential for Higher Education
  By Allan Third Blockchain Research Group, KMI Open University (UK)
• 12:00
  Aula 10 Panel discussion: Synthesizing Keynotes, Setting New Challenges
  By Jan de Jeu Vice-Chair of the Board of the University of Groningen
• 12:20
  Aula 11 Announcing Dutch Hackathon April 2018
  By Rutger van Zuidam Organizer Dutch Blockchain Hackathon, DutchChain​
• 16:00
  Networking, Finger Food and Drinks to Accompany Public Debate
• 17:00
  Press Conference
  By Jan de Jeu Vice-Chair of the Board of the University of Groningen

DIALOG SESSION 1
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• 13:30
  1 Blockchain: Enhancing Learner Experience, Storing Learning Outcomes
  By Tim Janssen Blockchain Specialist at 216Lab , Hennie Bulstra Business Consultant DUO, Natalie Smolenski Business Developer, LearningMachine, USA , Andreia Inamorato dos Santos European Commission: Scientific Project Officer, Joint Research Center
• 13:30
  2 Self-Sovereign Identities and the Enabeling of Reliance on Third Party Data
  By Rieks Joosten Information security consultant at TNO, Andrew Tobin Managing Director, Europe Evernym
• 13:30
  3 Financing educational real estate: completely via blockchain.
  By Christian C. Schouten Senior Policy Advisor at Ministry of Finance
• 13:30
  4 Legal Aspects of Using Blockchain Technology in Education
  By Joost Linnemann TechLaw Partner Kennedy Van der Laan
• 13:30
  5 Credentialing, Open Badges and Blockchain: Why and How
  By Erik van den Broek Project Member Open Badge Network, DUO, Pim Otte Blockchain Developer at Quintor
• 13:30
  6 Paving the way from ePortfolio to Blockchain
  By Wim Pelgrim Teacher at Dr.-Knippenbergcollege, Maarten Boender Co-founder Sphereon
• 13:30
  7 Is Blockchain the Answer to your Question?
  By Arne Rutjes Blockchain Competence Lead at IBM CIC Benelux

DIALOG SESSIONS 2
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• 15:00
  9 Feasibility Study: Educational Certificates on the Blockchain
  By Jacco Spek Innovator Connected Business at TNO, Steven Dhondt Prof. K.U.Leuven, SenResearcher TNO
• 15:00
  10 Student Data, Privacy, Identity and the Blockchain
  By Steven Gort Datafluisteraar at ICTU, Jaap-Henk Hoepman Executive Director PI Lab, Radboud University
• 15:00
  11 Proof of Education: the Why, the How and the Who.
  By Henk Doornbos Co-founder Contracts11
• 15:00
  12 Blockchaintechnology in Education Curriculum
  By Herman Balsters Director at Integrand
• 15:00
  13 Gebruik Semantische Blockchain voor Diploma’s (Dutch)
  By Bram Gaakeer Senior Policy Advisor, MinOCW
• 15:00
  14 Experimenting with 3rd Party Attestations and Self-Sovereign Identities (SSIs)
  By Rieks Joosten Information security consultant at TNO