Colleges across the country are capitalizing on the video gaming phenomenon. Several in Florida, including UF's Digital Words Institute, are providing the training ground for students.

Filippi, permanent researcher at the National Center of Scientific Research, will discuss how colleges and universities can use blockchain to support large-scale decentralized collaboration and participatory decision-making.

UB Tech® 2020 highlights include the Women in Technology pre-conference, during which attendees will come to better understand unconscious bias, recognize gender barriers contributing to bias for women in the workplace, share experiences of bias, and learn strategies to mitigate bias.