Blockchain Commons will be facilitating Silicon Salon 3 in mid-January,
tentatively on January 18th. We will have semiconductor designers, secure
hardware developers, and other experts present, and we are calling for
other contributors who are interested in making a presentation focused on
silicon-logic-based cryptographic acceleration or support for new
functionality such as Multi-Party Computation (MPC) leveraging hardened
semiconductor-based security.

Our Silicon Salons are an ongoing series of virtual salons intended to
bring together digital wallet developers, semiconductor manufacturers, and
academics. The objective:

   - *To ensure that the next generation of cryptographic semiconductors
   meets everyone’s needs, advancing the entire cryptography industry.*
   - *Reduce is a gap between wallet requirements and semiconductor
   development, between academic research and real-world practice; we want to
   bridge it.*

Some presentations lined up so far are:

   - In pursuit of an open Secure Element: What are the elements that make
   a semiconductor more or less “open”, and what is really important?
   - Architectural considerations in creating a semiconductor for the
   future of MPC.

See https://www.siliconsalon.info/ for our salons to date. Silicon Salon 3
will continue these topics.

If you are interested in making a presentation at Silicon Salon 3,
please contact
us with a proposal. Include the following:

   1. The title.
   2. A summary of what your presentation will be about.
   3. A summary of how that relates to silicon-logic-based cryptographic
   acceleration & new functionality and/or the general topic of integrating
   cryptography into new semiconductors. Note that this can be a discussion of
   capabilities from the point of view of a semiconductor manufacturer, of
   needs from a wallet manufacturer, or other discussions from someone in the
   broader decentralized community.
   4. The name of the presenter(s).
   5. A description of who they are and how they or their company have the
   expertise, capability, or reach to benefit the Silicon Salon conversation.

Final presentations should be about five minutes long, supported by a slide
deck or some equivalent, which you will present in our Zoom salon on the
date of the salon.

Please note the following deadlines for Silicon Salon 3 proposals and
contributions:

   - *December 23* - Final date for submission of proposals.
   - *January 4* — Blockchain Commons selection of proposals.
   - *January 11* — Submission of draft slide decks to Blockchain Commons
   for any comments.
   - *January 16* — Submission of final slide decks to Blockchain Commons
   for inclusion in post-event web pages.
   - *January 18* — Presentation at Silicon Salon 3.
   - *January 25* — Blockchain Commons finalization of website release of
   the video, selected Q&A, transcripts, and final presentations.

Also, please note that the January 18th date is tentative. We are checking
with likely participants for conflicts, and ensuring that the holidays
won’t cause too much conflict. If it moves, then the January deadlines will
move accordingly.

Thank you for your interest in Silicon Salon 3 and the future of
semiconductor integration with cryptography! If you have any questions or
want more information, please email us at team@blockchaincommons.com.

Even if you do not want to present, please Save the Date of January 18th,
2023, so that you can participate in the conversation. We’ll make an
announcement as soon as we’ve finalized the date and have an Eventbrite
page available for signups.

Thank you to our sustaining sponsors who make Silicon Salon possible:
Bitmark, Chia, Cramium Labs (a subsidiary of CrossBar), Foundation, Proxy,
and Unchained Capitol. We are also seeking additional sponsors. Mail us at
team@blockchaincommons.com or become a sponsor on GitHub
<https://github.com/sponsors/BlockchainCommons> and let us know it’s to
support Silicon Salon!

-- Christopher Allen, Principal Architect & Executive Director, Blockchain
Commons