DC Fintech Week

OCTOBER 11-12, 2022

2022 DC FINTECH WEEK AGENDA

► 8:45 - 9:00 a.m.

Welcome Remarks



Chris Brummer, Faculty Director, Institute of International Economic Law; Professor of Law & Founder DC Fintech Week

► 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Policy Address by Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu



Michael J Hsu, Acting Comptroller, U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

► 9:30 -10:10 a.m.

Building a Crypto Ecosystem: The Necessary Pieces



Panel
Jeremy D Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Circle
Hyun Song Shin, Economic Adviser and Head of Research, Bank of International Settlements
Sheila Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Crypto Council for Innovation

► 10:10 - 10:15 a.m.

Break

► 10:25 - 11:00 a.m.

Pricing Startups, Risk and Opportunity in Crypto Winter



Presentation
Robert Le, Fintech Analyst, PitchBook
Panel
Lily Francus, Chief Investment Officer, Novi Loren
Colleen Sullivan, Co-Head, Private Investments, Brevan Howard Digital

► 11:15 - 11:40 a.m.

The CFTC and Crypto: An Early Look into 2023 with CFTC Chairman Rostin Benham



Rostin Behnam, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

► 11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Community-Based Crypto



Panel
Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global Policy, Circle (Moderator)
Fennie Wang, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Humanity Cash
Tricia Wang, Co-Founder + Lead, Crypto Research and Design Lab's (CRADL)
Richie Torres, U.S. Representative, New York
Robert Greenfield IV, Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer, Umoja Labs

► 12:20 - 12:45 p.m.

Enterprise Crypto and the Regulatory Perimeter



Brad Garlinghouse, CEO, Ripple

► 12:45 - 1:45 p.m.

Networking Lunch

► 1:45 - 2:30 p.m.

Interconnectivity and Contagion in Crypto Markets



Panel
Fabian Astic, Managing Director - Global Head of DeFi and Digital Assets at Moody's Investors Service
Peter Kerstens, Advisor, European Commission
Caitlin Long, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Custodia Bank
Ryan Selkis, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Messari

► 2:30 - 3:00 p.m.

Liquidity in Distressed Markets: A Conversation with Sam Bankman-Fried



Sam Bankman-Fried, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, FTX

► 3:00 - 3:15 p.m.

Break

► 3:15 - 3:25 p.m.

A Conversation with Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Chair, House Financial Services Committee



Maxine Waters, U.S. Representative, California

► 3:25 - 4:00 p.m.

Crypto and Illicit Finance



Presentation
Esteban Castaño , Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, TRM Labs
Fireside Chat
Eun Young Choi, Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, U.S. Department of Justice

► 4:00 - 4:40 p.m.

What’s Next for Blockchains (And What Shouldn’t Be)?



Panel
Charles Hoskinson, CEO & Founder, Input Output Global, Inc. and Cardano; and co-founder of Ethereum
Stani Kulechovi, Founder and CEO, Aave
Kevin Sekniqi, Chief Operating Officer, Ava Labs

► 4:40 - 5:00 p.m.

Unlocking Value and Unblocking Inefficiencies: Reframing Crypto’s Role in Financial Services After the Crash



Panel
Brian Brooks, CEO, The Bitfury Group

► 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

DC Fintech Week Happy Hour!



Official DC Fintech Week Happy Hour in collaboration with FTI Consulting and FS Vector: Dauphine’s, 1100 15th St NW, Washington, DC

► 8:45 - 9:00 a.m.

Welcome Remarks



Chris Brummer, Faculty Director, Institute of International Economic Law; Professor of Law & Founder DC Fintech Week

► 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.

The State of the Fintech—and Housing Economies



Moderator
Gary A DeWaal, Special Counsel and Chair, Financial Markets & Regulation, Katten
Panel


Douglas Duncan , SVP & Chief Economist, Fannie Mae

Cindy Li, Fintech Risk & Policy Lead, Supervision + Credit Division, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Gordon Liao,Chief Economist, Circle

► 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Technology and the Housing Divide: A Conversation with Sandra Thompson



Sandra L Thompson, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

► 10:10 - 10:15 a.m.

Break

► 10:15 - 11:00 a.m.

From Mortgages to Insurance: Financial Tokenization and the Future of Everything



Moderator
Ramon Richards, Chief Information Officer, Fannie Mae
Panel

Nic Carter, Co-Founder, Castle Island Ventures
Jose Fernandez da Ponte, Senior Vice President & General Manager Blockchain, Crypto and Digital Currencies, Paypal
Fred Matera, Managing Director and Head of Redwood Residential, Redwood Trust
Rebecca Rettig, General Counsel, Aave Companies

► 11:15 - 11:45 a.m.

How Decentralized Identity Works



Presentation
Kim Hamilton, Director of Identity Standards, Centre
Panel
Justin Slaughter, Policy Director, Paradigm (moderator)
Michael Mosier, General Counsel, ESPRESSO Systems
Linda Jeng, Chief Global Regulatory Officer & General Counsel, Crypto Council for Innovation

► 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Innovating Financial Literacy



Moderator

Steve James, Sr. Vice President, Fannie Mae
Panel

Nicole A Elam, President & Chief Executive Officer, National Bankers Association
Keir Gumbs, Chief Legal Officer, Broadridge
Ben Miller, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Fundrise
Mae Grote Watson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Change Machine

► 12:45 - 1:45 p.m.

Networking Lunch

► 1:45 - 2:15 p.m.

New Technologies, the Fed and Inclusion: A Policy Address with Michael Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision, Federal Reserve



Michael Barr, Vice Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System

► 2:15 - 2:45 p.m.

A Conversation with EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness



Mairead McGuinness, Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, European Commission

► 2:45 - 3:15 p.m.

Fintech’s Post-Pandemic Scorecard



Patrick Collison, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Stripe, Inc.
Patrick McHenry, U.S. Representative, North Carolina, Ranking Member, House Financial Services Committee

► 3:15 - 3:50 p.m.

Democratizing Innovation and Opportunity



Panel
Sharon Bowen, Chair of the Board of Directors, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Ro Khanna, U.S. Representative, California
Gene Ludwig, Managing Partner, Canapi and Founder and Chairman, Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity

► 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Networking Reception



Hosted by Fannie Mae

Please note that this agenda is subject to change

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