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DESCRIPTION:The Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science and IEEE Blockc
 hain Chapter are co-hosting an in-person debate and networking event in do
 wntown Vancouver on May 13th at 5:30PM! This event is supported by IEEE Vi
 ctoria Section\, IEEE Vancouver Section\, IEEE Toronto Blockchain Group\, 
 IEEE Victoria Student Branch and UVic Engineering and Computer Science Co-
 op Office. Creative AI is the industrial sponsor of this event. If you’r
 e in Vancouver for Web Summit or on co-op there\, we hope you’ll join us
  in person - but we will also be streaming the debate over Zoom.\n\nDebate
  Topic: Blockchain in the age of AI Agents: Increased Trust or Increased T
 hreat?\nDebaters: a mix of academics and industry perspectives\nLocation: 
 UBC Robson Campus\nTime: ~5:30-6:30PM (speaking portion\, in-person & onli
 ne)\, ~6:30-7:30PM (open networking\, in-person only)\nLight refreshments 
 will be served at the in-person Vancouver event.\n\nPlease register here f
 or in-person or online attendance: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/blockchain-
 in-the-age-of-ai-agents-increased-trust-or-increased-threat-tickets-198768
 8049463\n\nCo-sponsored by: Navneet Popli\n\nSpeaker(s): \, \, \, \n\nUBC 
 Robson Campus\, Downtown\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada\, V6Z 3B7
 \, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/559190
LOCATION:UBC Robson Campus\, Downtown\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Cana
 da\, V6Z 3B7\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/559190
ORGANIZER:npopli@uvic.ca
SEQUENCE:23
SUMMARY:Blockchain in the Age of AI Agents: Trust or Threat?
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/559190
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><div class="x_elementToProof" style="directio
 n: ltr\; font-family: Aptos\,Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\; font-size: 12p
 t\; color: rgb(0\,0\,0)\;" data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">The Faculty 
 of Engineering and Computer Science and IEEE Blockchain Chapter are co-hos
 ting an in-person debate and networking event in downtown Vancouver on May
  13<sup>th</sup> at 5:30PM! This event is supported by IEEE Victoria Secti
 on\, IEEE Vancouver Section\, IEEE Toronto Blockchain Group\, IEEE Victori
 a Student Branch and UVic Engineering and Computer Science Co-op Office. C
 reative AI is the industrial sponsor of this event. If you&rsquo\;re in Va
 ncouver for Web Summit or on co-op there\, we hope you&rsquo\;ll join us i
 n person - but we will also be streaming the debate over Zoom.</div>\n<div
  class="x_elementToProof" style="direction: ltr\; font-family: Aptos\,Aria
 l\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\; color: rgb(0\,0\,0)\;">&nbsp\
 ;</div>\n<div class="x_elementToProof" style="direction: ltr\; font-family
 : Aptos\,Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\; color: rgb(0\,0\
 ,0)\;"><strong>Debate Topic:</strong> Blockchain in the age of AI Agents: 
 Increased Trust or Increased Threat?</div>\n<div class="x_elementToProof" 
 style="direction: ltr\; font-family: Aptos\,Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\;
  font-size: 12pt\; color: rgb(0\,0\,0)\;"><strong>Debaters:</strong>&nbsp\
 ;a mix of academics and industry perspectives</div>\n<div class="x_element
 ToProof" style="direction: ltr\; font-family: Aptos\,Arial\,Helvetica\,san
 s-serif\; font-size: 12pt\; color: rgb(0\,0\,0)\;"><strong>Location:</stro
 ng>&nbsp\;UBC Robson Campus</div>\n<div class="x_elementToProof" style="di
 rection: ltr\; font-family: Aptos\,Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\; font-siz
 e: 12pt\; color: rgb(0\,0\,0)\;"><strong>Time:</strong>&nbsp\;~5:30-6:30PM
  (speaking portion\, in-person &amp\; online)\, ~6:30-7:30PM (open network
 ing\, in-person only)</div>\n<div class="x_elementToProof" style="directio
 n: ltr\; font-family: Aptos\,Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\; font-size: 12p
 t\; color: rgb(0\,0\,0)\;">Light refreshments will be served at the in-per
 son Vancouver event.</div>\n<div class="x_elementToProof" style="direction
 : ltr\; font-family: Aptos\,Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt
 \; color: rgb(0\,0\,0)\;">&nbsp\;</div>\n<div class="x_elementToProof" sty
 le="direction: ltr\; font-family: Aptos\,Arial\,Helvetica\,sans-serif\; fo
 nt-size: 12pt\; color: rgb(0\,0\,0)\;">Please register here for in-person 
 or online attendance: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/blockchain-in-t
 he-age-of-ai-agents-increased-trust-or-increased-threat-tickets-1987688049
 463">https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/blockchain-in-the-age-of-ai-agents-increa
 sed-trust-or-increased-threat-tickets-1987688049463</a></div>\n<div class=
 "x_elementToProof" style="direction: ltr\; font-family: Aptos\,Arial\,Helv
 etica\,sans-serif\; font-size: 12pt\; color: rgb(0\,0\,0)\;"><img src="htt
 ps://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/27102401-aa22-410a-97e
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