In November 2023 during Devconnect and Protocol Labs’ Labweek23 in Istanbul, Ingonyama hosted ZK Accelerate, a technical conference-cum-celebration of ZK engineering innovation, collaboration, and the blazingly bright future of Zero-Knowledge technology.
Motivations
Our motivations for hosting ZK Accelerate were threefold:
- Filling a Gap: There is a low number of technical-focused ZK events, despite the many innovations taking place in the space.
- Building a Community Atmosphere: The event was both educational and a welcoming space for builders and enthusiasts to connect and share ideas.
- Cultivating Partnerships and Growth: ZK Accelerate was the first ever participation in a ZK event by AMD and AWS, two of the largest technology infrastructure companies on Earth. Our mission was to create a unique and educational space for meaningful connections, partnerships, and encourage growth in the ZK ecosystem.
ZKA consisted of talks, demos, and panels, interspersed.
18 Technical Talks & Demos
- Standardizing ZK-EVM acceleration API Mamy Ratsimbazafy | Taiko
- Cost optimizing your ZKPs on AWS Emile Baizel | AWS
- Demo: Cairo Timothée Delabrouille | Starkware
- Electron Labs: Into Electron’s ZK Engine and Use Cases Garvit Goel | Electron Labs
- Hardware Acceleration Enabling Efficient Zero Knowledge Proof Generation Hamid Salehi | AMD
- FHE vs. ZK Morten Dahl | ZAMA
- Enhancing Encrypted Mempool Security with ZK: Resilience Against Attacks AJ Park | Radius
- ZK by Design Joanna Zeng | Aleo
- Secure type-1 zkEVM & Placeholder Alisa Cherniava | Nil Foundation
- Orion: Vision, Benchmarks, and Future Francisco Algaba | Giza Tech
- Improving Current STARK Provers Diego Kingston | Lambdaclass
- Kalypso: A Circuit-Agnostic ZK proof market Roshan Raghupathy | Marlin
- Programming ZK with EZKL Jason Morton | EZKL
- Zero-Knowledge Proofs for MapReduce Computation Ismael Hishon-Rezaizadeh \ Lagrange
- Ola: Bringing Compliant Privacy to ZKVM Rollups Philip Eriksson | Ola
- Security and Circuit Anatomy Porter Adams | Matter Labs
- ZK Security: An Automated Approach Andreea Buterchi | Veridise
- Recursion in the Miden VM Augusto Hack | Polygon Miden
4 Illuminating Panels
Trailblazers with differing viewpoints engaged in fiery debates, shared insights, disagreements, and thought-provoking discussions.
- Moderated by Lance Davis | Giza Tech
- Mamy Ratsimbazafy | Taiko
- Andrija Novakovic | Geometry
- Misha Komarov | Nil foundation
- Diego Kingston | Lambdaclass
- Moderated by Hamid Salehi | AMD
- Evan Marshall | Demox Labs
- Rahul Maganti | Wormhole
3. ZK Killer Apps & Survival of ZK in the Future
- Moderated by Gökhan Er | IOSG Ventures
- Manasi Vora | Risc0
- Joanna Zeng | Aleo
- Garvit Goel | Electron Labs
- Carter Jack Feldman | QED
- Juan Benet CEO of Protocol Labs
- Omer Shlomovits CEO of Ingonyama
ZK Accelerate by the Numbers
- Total Sign-Ups: 1,609
- Estimated Peak Attendance: Over 450
- Estimated Total Attendance: Over 900
- Total Event Duration: 10 Hours & 30 Minutes
- Total Stage Time: 8 Hours & 25 Minutes
Breakdown of Sessions
- Total Talks Time: 6 Hours & 25 Minutes
- Number of Presenters: 18
- 20-Minute Talks: 16
- 30-Minute Demos: 2
- Total Panel Time: 1 Hour & 30 Minutes
- Number of Panelists & Panel Hosts: 14
- Number of Panels: 4
Conclusion
The success of ZK Accelerate was testament to the growing interest and development in the ZK space. As a hardware company, Ingonyama strives to set new benchmarks for the Zero-Knowledge community, and ZK Accelerate was no exception! See you at the next one 😉
