Building a Secure Digital Civilisation
- March 16, 2026 | 10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.
- KK 315, 3/F, K.K. Leung Building, HKU
- Face-to-face in English
- No registration required
SPEAKER
Prof. Bill Roscoe
Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford
Director, University College Oxford Blockchain Research Centre
Director, The Blockhouse Technology Ltd.
Mr. Franklin Wang
Vice President
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MAIN SPEAKER
Prof. Bill Roscoe
Professor Bill Roscoe is a world-renowned computer scientist, a senior scientist at Oxford University (with more than 40 years of service), former chairman of Mathematical Sciences and Head of the Department of Computer Science 2003-2014. Leader of the Blockchain Research Center of Oxford University College. Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and European Academy of Sciences. His main research directions include blockchain, information security, computer verification and parallel computing. Author of several books and over 200 papers.
ABSTRACT
As economies digitise, over‐centralised platforms create systemic cyber, operational and climate risks, while many blockchain experiments remain speculative and poorly governed. In this seminar, Bill Roscoe, the director of the University College Oxford Blockchain Research Centre, draws on his new book Understanding Decentralised Systems the work of his Digital Civilisation project. His work addresses the issues that can make blockchain inefficient and unattractive to the mainstream world. The same qualities that make it ideal as the basis of cryptocurrency make it the best way to organise decentralised mainstream societies. In this talk, Bill will summarise his efforts to Reinvent the Blockchain.
MODERATOR
Assistant Professor,
Innovation and Information Management,
HKU Business School
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