OCTOBER 11-12, 2022
2022 DC FINTECH WEEK AGENDA
Each session is packed with headlining participants. Here are a few.
Jeremy D Allaire
Co-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Circle
Michael Barr
Vice Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
Mairead McGuinness
Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Eun Young Choi
Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, U.S. Department of Justice
Patrick Collison
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Stripe, Inc.
Sam Bankman - Fried
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, FTX
Sandra Thompson
Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
Rostin Behnam
Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Charles Hoskinson
CEO, IOHK
Maxine Waters
U.S. Representative, California*
► 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 Risk and Opportunity in Crypto Winter
Presentation
Robert Le, Fintech Analyst, PitchBook
Panel
Lily Francus, Chief Investment Officer, Novi Loren
Mary-Catherine Lader, Chief Operating Officer, Uniswap Labs*
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 Behnam
Rostin Behnam, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
► 11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.
Community-Based Crypto
Panel
Ayana Murphy, Managing Director, Ankura (Moderator)
Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Global Policy, Circle
Fennie Wang, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Humanity Cash
Tricia Wang, Co-Founder + Lead, Crypto Research and Design Lab's (CRADL)
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*
Followed By a Post Interview Sidebar
What Happens to Crypto in Bankruptcy? Suzzanne Uhland, Partner, Latham & Watkins
► 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
Doug 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
Cara Newman, Head of Structured Finance, Redwood
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, Chief Marketing Officer, 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
ADDITIONAL EVENTS
IN CONJUNCTION WITH DC FINTECH WEEK
Please note that this agenda is subject to change
