Agenda
Agenda
Thursday, June 12
Conference Agenda
Welcome
Registration and Meet & Greet Breakfast
Welcome
8:00 AM - 8:50 AM
Welcome
Welcome Remarks and GBBC Announcements
- Sandra Ro – Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)
Welcome
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM
In Conversation
USA Leadership & AI – What Does ‘Winning’ Mean? Views from Congress
- Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL, 11th District) – U.S. House of Representatives
- Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-NC, 4th District) – U.S. House of Representatives
Moderated by: Diana Barrero Zalles – GBBC
In Conversation
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
In Conversation
In Conversation with Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson
- Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson – U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Moderated by: Yvette Valdez – Latham & Watkins
In Conversation
9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
In Conversation
Former CFTC Commissioners – The Next Chapter & Lessons Learned
- Fmr. Commissioner Summer E. Mersinger – U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Fmr. Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero – U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Moderated by: Joe Castelluccio – Mayer Brown
In Conversation
9:55 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
In Conversation
In Conversation with Senator Cynthia Lummis
- Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) – U.S. Senate
Moderated by: Sandra Ro – GBBC
In Conversation
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
Panel
Capital Markets Standards Risk Framework - Why Does This Matter?
- Nicolas Jacquemart – Cardano Foundation; Fmr. Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
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Fernando Vázquez – Chainlink -
Wee Kee Toh – Kinexys by J.P. Morgan - Rico Brandenburg – Oliver Wyman
Moderated by: Renée Berman – Fmr. Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
Panel
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Panel
Capital Markets Tokenization Use Cases – What’s Really Happening?
- Yuval Rooz – Digital Asset
- Irene Arias Hofman – IDB Lab (Inter-American Development Bank Group)
- Rajeev Bamra – Moody’s Ratings
- Bill Papp – Polymesh
- Patrick Cheng – The World Bank Treasury
Moderated by: Carole Biau – Milken Institute International
Panel
11:35 AM - 12:10 PM
In Conversation
How Can Private Sector Help Regulators? Responsible Innovation
- Takaya Sugino – Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA); Georgetown University
- Skyler Pinna – New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)
- Richard Gabbert – U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Crypto Task Force
Moderated by: Anne-Marie Kelley – GBBC; Former SEC
In Conversation
12:10 PM - 12:35 PM
Lunch
In Conversation
In Conversation with Senator Angela Alsobrooks
- Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) – U.S. Senate
Moderated by: Sandra Ro – GBBC
In Conversation
12:50 PM - 1:00 PM
In Conversation
In Conversation with Mr. Rodney E. Hood
- Rodney E. Hood – Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Moderated by: Jo Ann Barefoot – Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR)
In Conversation
1:45 PM - 2:10 PM
Panel
Combating Deepfakes & Data Verification
- Xiaochen Zhang – AI 2030
- Stuart Haber – Cryptography Pioneer
- W. Scott Stornetta – SureMark Digital
Moderated by: Heather Flannery – AI MINDSystems Foundation
Panel
2:15 PM - 2:40 PM
Panel
Crypto Investing and Trading: Balancing Business and Compliance
- Ambre Soubiran – Kaiko
- Raj Mukherjee – Fmr. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Roshan Robert – OKX USA
- Michelle O’Connor – Taxbit
Moderated by: Steve Vallas – BlockchainAPAC
Panel
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM
Panel
National Security, Crypto Cybersecurity, and Can We Really Fix KYC / AML?
- Hedi Navazan – 1inch Network
- Sarah Ward – Chainalysis
- Dr. Shlomit Wagman – Harvard University; Fmr. Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority (IMPA)
- Elsa Madrolle – VerifyVASP
Moderated by: Alan Cohn – Steptoe; Fmr. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Panel
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
Break
Panel
Supply Chains and Standards in the USA
- Dale Chrystie – FedEx; BITA Standards Council Chair
- Paul Rapino – Hedera Foundation
- Ian Clark – IOTA
- Annelise Osborne – Kadena
Moderated by: Vincent Tran – The Brookings Institution
Panel
4:00 PM - 4:25 PM
Panel
What About The States? Leaders Discuss USA Innovation at Grassroots
- Secretary Francisco Aguilar – Secretary of State, Nevada
- Rep. Keith Ammon (R-NH) – New Hampshire House of Representatives
- Rep. Vanessa Grossl (R-KY) – Kentucky General Assembly
- Debra Brookes – Wyoming Stable Token Commission
Moderated by: Ellen Ng – Hawaii Blockchain Summit; USBC Rep., Hawaii
Panel
4:30 PM - 4:55 PM
Panel
The Future of Digital Money and Infrastructure: How is This Going to Work?
- Ousmène Mandeng – Accenture
- Paul Brody – EY
- Nilmini Rubin – Hedera
- Alisa DiCaprio – Swift
Moderated by: Dimitrios Psarrakis – The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Fmr. European Parliament
Panel
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
In Conversation
In Conversation with Private Sector on AI: Where Do We Go from Here?
- Carole House – Atlantic Council
- Frederik Gregaard – Cardano Foundation
- Dino Dell’Accio – UN Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)
Moderated by: John deVadoss – Providentia Capital; Fmr. Microsoft
In Conversation
5:35 PM - 6:00 PM
Evening Celebration and Awards Ceremony
6:00pm: Evening Celebration
7:00pm: SureMark Digital P2P Digital Verififation Presentation
7:15pm: Awards Ceremony
7:30pm: Evening Celebration
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Friday, June 13
Roundtables
Welcome
Attendee Check In & Registration
Welcome
8:30 AM
Welcome
Welcome Remarks
- Chris Land – Staff Director, Subcommittee on Digital Assets; United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs