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[] The IEEE Blockchain Forum is returning for the fourth time as part of (https://www.torontotechweek.com/). The goal of this compact one-day event is to congregate BUIDLers, researchers, academics, and engineers building blockchain protocols, infrastructure, and decentralized software applications. Expect deep thought leadership, executive talks and panels, and academic presentations. We're talking about long-term engineering trends and innovation. You won't find marketing narratives, token launches, or promotions. Note: (https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/469545) counted with 200 participants and speakers from JP Morgan, the Bank of Canada, Mastercard, the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance, EY, Starknet, among others. Co-sponsored by: Government of Ontario, Invest Hong Kong (Canada), Moody's Ratings, Compass360 Consulting and Tetra Digital Group Agenda: First wave of speaker announcement Room 1: Seminar Room - for the Thought Leaders On the wake of Bill C-15 and the rapid digitisation of Canada's financial system, Canadian innovation leaders will give us a glimpse of what's to come this year and next. 9 am – Registration 9:30 am - Welcome and introduction - Conference Chair Marc Lijour, Secretary of the IEEE Blockchain Technical Community 9:40 am - Opening Keynote by Alex McDougall, CEO of The FUTR Corporation: The Missing Layer: Why Agentic Commerce Needs a Consumer Data Protocol 10 am - Short Keynote by Sheereen Khan, Founder and CEO of Regulativity: An update on the Canadian regulatory landscape 10:10 am - Panel #1 - Stablecoins: A New Era of Payments in Canada - Felipe Priuli, Program Director for CAD Digital (CADD) - Kesem Frank, CEO of Canada Stablecorp (QCAD) - Kevin Zhang, Founder and CEO of LOON 11 am - Short Keynote by Hilary Carter, SVP Research at The Linux Foundation: What's the Role of Open Source for Canadian Sovereignty? 11:10 am - Panel #2 - Sovereignty by Design - Ali Abou Daya, CEO of Transactix Financial Inc. - Thomas You, Associate Partner at Maverix Private Equity - Gaëlle Martin-Cocher, IEEE Canada === LUNCH BREAK === 1 pm - Short Keynote by Christopher Chen, Head of InvestHK Canada: Opportunities within the Hong Kong Fintech/Web3 eco-system 1:10 pm - Panel #3 - How does Canada compete on the global stage? - Rajeev Bamra, Global Head of Strategy, Digital Economy at Moody's Ratings - Stuart Davis, President of Surpass Insights Inc. - Torstein Braaten, Chief Compliance at Stablecorp 2 pm - Panel #4 - Gaining Momentum from Innovation to Adoption - Nisrine, Innovation Lead at Interac - Eric Richmond, General Counsel & Head of Business Development at Shakepay - Adam Cai, CEO at Virgo Group == SNACK BREAK == 3:30 pm - Short Keynote by Eyal Sivan, Principal Consultant / Podcast Host at Mr. Open Banking: Open Banking and AI - A Perfect Match 3:40 pm - Panel #5 - The New Frontier of Trust in Agentic AI & Blockchain - Michelle Beyo, CEO of FINAVATOR - Carlos Andres Delgado, Fintech, AI & Banking Expert - Diana Oreto, Blockchain & Digital Assets Expert Room 2: Main Theatre - for The Engineers Building the next generation of payments and Agentic AI Anil Nadiminti - When AI Agents Pay: Building x402 Apps for Agentic AI on AWS James Holler - Compliance by Design: Why Blockchain Systems Must Integrate Regulatory Frameworks from Day One Ken Timsit - Agentic Commerce and Payments Lawrence Ley - Agentic AI & Blockchain: The Autonomous Future of Decentralized Intelligence Rayan Sekhraoui - Sovereign Infrastructure for Web3 — Why Decentralized Apps Need Independent Cloud Simon Kubbinga - Solana, Superteam, and Agentic Commerce Vikas Malhotra - Building safer environments with control, decentralization and distribution Academic Talks Federico Gatta - Deviations from Tradition: Stylized Facts in the Era of DeFi Ignacy Nieweglowski - PoliFi Tokens and the Trump Effect Dr. Jia Kan - Stop Building Faster Chains: Start Building Blockchain Operating Systems Dr. Marina Flat - AI Governance in Distributed Ecosystems: Accountability by Design Ngozi Nora Agwu - Beyond Hype: Governance Barriers to Blockchain-Enabled Infrastructure Revanth Reddy Airre - From Reasoning to Settlement: A Five-Layer Architecture for Agent Payments on the Decentralized Network Srisht Fateh Singh - Modeling Loss-Versus-Rebalancing in Automated Market Makers via Continuous-Installment Options Emerging Ventures Shashank Motepalli, Founder of Ekai Labs: Auditable Context Handoff in the Agent-to-Agent Economy Tity Lyngdoh, Founder of Dolphinze: From Global Workforce to Global Payment Rails: Rebuilding Contractor Payments Infrastructure Vedant Harlalka, CEO and Co-Founder of Auditorium AI: Building Early Stage Startups in Canada - Blockchain, Data and Crypto More speakers to be announced soon. Stay tuned! Many thanks to our sponsors: the Government of Ontario (sponsoring the location), as well as Invest Hong Kong (Canada), Moody's Ratings, Compass360 Consulting and Tetra Digital Group! Ontario Investment and Trade Centre, 250 Yonge Street, 35th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 2L7

We are excited to continue the Orange County Computer Society (OCCS) Global Emerging Technologies and Artificial Intelligence (GET-AI) Series—a monthly platform focused on transformative innovations in computer science and technology. Hosted by the IEEE Orange County Computer Society Chapter, this series brings together professionals, students, and tech enthusiasts to explore the cutting edge of what’s possible. Following a highly engaging April session on Generative AI, where we explored LLMs, RAG, Agents, MCP, and hands-on AI application development, we are excited to bring you our May Tech Talk on “Security in AI.” --------------------------------------------------------------- 🔒 May Focus: Securing Generative AI As AI systems evolve—from traditional models to LLM-powered agents interacting with enterprise systems and real-world tools—they introduce powerful capabilities along with new security challenges, including: - Data leakage and prompt injection - Model misuse and unauthorized access - Risks in agent-driven automation - Governance and compliance concerns This session combines technical insights and practical demonstrations to explore how to build secure, trustworthy AI systems at scale. --------------------------------------------------------------- Session 1: Intelligent Attack Detection & Provenance (45 mins) Modern enterprises generate massive, fragmented logs, making it difficult to derive meaningful security insights. This session explores how AI enhances detection and forensic analysis: - Graph-Based Intrusion Detection Use unsupervised graph learning to uncover multi-step attacks in network activity - LLM-Powered Security Intelligence Convert low-level alerts into high-level, actionable insights for faster response 👉 Takeaway: Move from fragmented alerts to intelligent, end-to-end attack understanding --------------------------------------------------------------- Session 2: Securing AI Agents — MCP Threats & Defense (45 mins) As AI agents integrate with tools, APIs, and external systems, they introduce new attack surfaces. This session includes a live demo of how agents can be compromised—and secured: - Understanding MCP Architectures How agents invoke tools and why trust boundaries blur - Live Demo: Tool Poisoning & Agent Manipulation See how adversarial inputs can: - Manipulate agent behavior - Trigger unintended actions - Lead to data exfiltration - Layered Security Framework Practical defenses: - Tool authentication - Response sanitization - Schema validation - Context isolation - Real-Time Evaluation Prevent attacks without impacting performance 👉 Takeaway: Practical strategies to secure AI agents in enterprise environments --------------------------------------------------------------- About the Organizer Pradyumna Kodgi Principal Product Manager | Oracle Health & AI IEEE Senior Member | Vice Chair, IEEE EMBS – Orange County Member, IEEE AI Agentic Systems & AI Policy Committees 📍 California, USA 📧 pkodgi@ieee.org 🔗 linkedin.com/in/pkodgi Co-sponsored by: Pradyumna Kodgi Speaker(s): Zhou, Sreekanth Agenda: Securing AI: From Innovation to Resilience AI is rapidly transforming how we build intelligent systems—but as capabilities grow, so do security risks. From LLM-powered agents to tool-integrated architectures, the question is no longer just what AI can do—but how do we secure it? In this interactive session, we cut through the noise and break down AI security in practical, real-world terms—so you can understand not just the risks, but how to defend against them. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🔍 What You’ll Explore - How modern AI systems (LLMs, agents, MCP) introduce new attack surfaces - The shift from traditional security to AI-driven threat models - Key security concepts—explained clearly and practically - Real-world attack scenarios and emerging threat patterns --------------------------------------------------------------- 💡 What Makes This Session Different This isn’t just theory—you’ll see AI systems under attack and defense in action. Through a live, end-to-end demonstration, we’ll show how AI agents can be manipulated—and how layered security approaches can prevent these attacks in real time. --------------------------------------------------------------- 🛠️ Practical Takeaways You’ll walk away with actionable strategies and frameworks you can apply immediately, including: - Securing AI agents interacting with external tools - Validating and sanitizing untrusted inputs - Designing trust boundaries in AI-driven architectures --------------------------------------------------------------- 🎯 Who Should Attend - Security professionals and architects working with AI systems - Engineers and developers building AI/LLM-based applications - Product managers and leaders driving AI adoption - Anyone interested in understanding AI risks and defenses --------------------------------------------------------------- ✨ What You’ll Walk Away With - A clear understanding of emerging AI security risks - Practical knowledge of how to secure AI agents and systems - Real-world insights into attack prevention and defense strategies --------------------------------------------------------------- As AI systems become more autonomous and integrated into enterprise workflows, security becomes foundational—not optional. This session will equip you with the mindset and tools to build AI systems you can trust. 5270 California Ave , Irvine, California, United States, 92617, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/557806

IEEE WIE AG Schenectady is going to organize WIE Distinguished Lecture (virtual webinar) on "Human System Engineering Initiatives: From Human Views to Human Readiness Levels" on 5 June 2026, Friday, 12-1 pm EDT. The speaker is Holly A. H. Handley, PhD, PE, the Interim Dean of the Interdisciplinary Schools and a Professor in the Engineering Management and System Engineering Department of Old Dominion University (ODU). This talk discusses the role of Human System Engineering within the System Engineering discipline. It describes two initiatives that are enabling better integration of humans and systems. The Human Views comprise a system architecture viewpoint that provides a perspective on the human roles, activities, and information flows required by a complex system. The Human Readiness Levels assess the degree to which human-focused requirements are incorporated into design decisions and the readiness of a system to interact with its human operator. Together these two efforts encourage System Engineering for the total system by supporting a comprehensive integration of the human component into the systems engineering effort, which is critical to the design, development, and operation of successful systems. Current standards and applications of both initiatives will be included. Speaker(s): Holly Handley Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/550987

[] Co-Sponsored by the OEB/SCV SSIT Chapter and the SCV/OEB/SF EPS Chapter The semiconductor era has transformed modern life, yet, as electronic technologies become increasingly pervasive, their environmental footprint, short product lifecycles, and growing contribution to global e-waste present a critical challenge. In this context, biodegradable electronics is emerging as a complementary paradigm for specific classes of future devices where transient operation, material sustainability, and responsible end-of-life are essential. This talk will examine how biodegradable electronics can be positioned within the broader semiconductor ecosystem through innovations in functional materials, low-temperature processing, flexible device platforms, and sustainable integration strategies. Particular emphasis will be placed on biodegradable and bio-derived substrates, piezoelectric and conductive material systems, as well as their relevance to packaging, sensor platforms, and distributed electronic applications. The discussion will highlight how principles from semiconductor science and engineering can be extended beyond the chip toward greener system-level design, including interface materials, encapsulation, and degradation-aware architectures. Speaker(s): Shweta Agarwala, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/558051

Talk by Dr. Peter Fischer of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on how artificial intelligence is transforming magnetism research. The discussion covers AI fundamentals, data requirements, and key challenges. For full event details: (https://scvmag.org/event/ai-in-magnetism-impact-challenges-and-risks/) Quadrant Corp., 1120 Ringwood Ct., San Jose, California, United States, 95131, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/557434

We are thrilled to host LLNL’s 30th Center for Advanced Signal and Image Sciences (CASIS) workshop. The workshop returns with a full 2-day in-person schedule on Wednesday and Thursday, June 24-25, 2026. We encourage a broad range of technical topics at the workshop and being non-archival apart from original work, we are also considering intermediate results from ongoing efforts as well as recently published publications for presentation as a talk and/or a poster. The goal of the workshop is to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and network with peers across disciplines to foster collaboration and build community. Please submit your abstract by Friday, May 15, 2026. Authors will be notified of the review decisions one week later on May 22, 2026. Apart from the regular presentation track we will feature parallel tutorials, hands-on mini workshops and a dedicated student track to introduce career opportunities at LLNL. The workshop will be held in-person at the (https://uclcc.org/) and requires pre-registration until June 18, 2026. As this is a 2-day whole-day workshop, we will provide coffee and snacks in morning and afternoon breaks as well as a lunch on both days. As this is our 30th anniversary, we will also host a Happy Hour following the regular program on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (https://engineering.llnl.gov/centers/casis/workshops) This year’s workshop features presentations in the following tracks, moderated by the Program Chairs: - AI/Machine Learning (PhanNguyen, Kowshik Thopalli) - National Ignition Facility (Eugene Kur, Christopher Miller) - Non-Destructive Evaluation (Seemeen Karimi, Harry Martz) - Quantum Sensing & Quantum Computing (Kristi Beck) - Remote Sensing, Non-Invasive Imaging & Inverse Problems (Sean Lehman, Viacheslav Li) - Robotics & Automation (Aldair Gongora, Abhik Sarkar) - Student Track: All topics (Poster only) (Ted Bauman, Min Priest) Become part of this great experience and submit your talk proposal at https://engineering.llnl.gov/centers/casis/workshops before May 15, 2025! Check out (https://www.llnl.gov/article/53041/annual-workshop-brings-together-signal-image-science-community) for last year’s amazing event to see what to expect! The no-fee CASIS Workshop is sponsored by the (https://engineering.llnl.gov/) and held at the (https://uclcc.org/). It is organized by the (https://engineering.llnl.gov/centers/casis), and is a joint meeting with the local chapters of the (https://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/oeb/SigProc/sigproc.html) and (https://r6.ieee.org/sfoeb-cs/). supported by the (https://r6.ieee.org/oeb/). Co-sponsored by: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Center for Advanced Signal and Image Sciences Bldg: Building 661 L-794, University of California Livermore Collaboration Center, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, California, United States, 94550