Event Details & Registration
DAMA Edmonton Meetup: April 24 (5-7pm)
Thu, Apr 24
|Edmonton Unlimited (downtown)
Imagine data management surpassing traditional centralized systems by combining blockchain’s security and transparency with modern cloud capabilities. Come and learn about identity management, autonomous consumer AI Agents and blockchain as a service (BaaS)
Time & Location
Apr 24, 2025, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. MDT
Edmonton Unlimited (downtown), 10107 Jasper Ave, Edmonton, AB T5J 1W8, Canada
About the event
Speaker: Xinyao(Alvin) Sun, Ph.D
Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer @ Matrix Labs Inc. | Adj. Professor @ University of Alberta
Title: Beyond the Cloud: Is Decentralization Truly Necessary?
WEB 3.0: advances in AI Consumer Agents, Decentralized Data Management, Identity Management and Providing Guardrails on AI Agents using Blockchain as a Service.
Abstract: Imagine data management surpassing traditional centralized systems by combining blockchain’s security and transparency with modern cloud capabilities. In this talk, we will explore how decentralized and conventional data models intersect, and discuss how blockchain with smart contracts can support automated governance, how hybrid infrastructure can balance security with scalability, and how AI systems benefit from transparent, verifiable protocols. We will also picture how decentralization could transform trust, ownership, privacy, and governance in future data ecosystems.
Web3 represents a paradigm shift, offering opportunities for investment, innovation, and the potential to reshape the internet from Autonomous AI Consumer Agents to the…