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The Fourth Annual DC Blockchain Summit brings together leading blockchain companies, enterprise executives and policymakers to discuss key policy issues impacting the industry. Chamber of Digital Commerce members from more than 20 countries will participate in the event and demonstrate how blockchain applications can serve as an engine for economic prosperity through trade finance, food supply chain management, health care, energy, digital identity solutions, tracking of ownership, and many others. Below is an overview of the Summit discussion topics.
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
John Jacobs, Executive Director, Center for Financial Markets & Policy, Georgetown University
Anoop Nannra, Head of Blockchain, Cisco
Matthew Roszak, Chairman & Co-Founder, Bloq
9:10 a.m.
Speakers:
Perianne Boring, Founder & President, Chamber of Digital Commerce
Amy Davine Kim, Chief Policy Officer, Chamber of Digital Commerce
9:30 a.m.
Financial services regulation has dominated the headlines as well as enforcement activity over the past year. Regulatory uncertainty is often identified as a key issue impacting business development in the United States. Join us for an in-depth discussion with the experts at the heart of balancing interpretations of the law and sound public policy.
Moderator:
Amy Davine Kim, Chief Policy Officer, Chamber of Digital Commerce
Speakers:
Daniel Gorfine, Chief Innovation Officer & Director, Lab CFTC
Kavita Jain, Director, Office of Emerging Regulatory Issues, FINRA
Jessica Renier, Senior Advisor, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury
Valerie Szczepanik, Senior Advisor for Digital Assets & Innovation, SEC
10:15 a.m.
Speaker:
Anoop Nannra, Head of Blockchain & DLT Business, Cisco
10:45 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
Speakers:
Brendan Blumer, CEO, Block.one
Frederick Bush, Chairman, Pavilion USA 2020
11:40 a.m.
11:45 a.m.
The proliferation of tokens is creating new ways in which to participate with services offered by software platforms. While many are intended to be associated with necessary uses of the platform, some have been found to be offerings of unregistered securities. Within this environment, enterprising companies are recognizing the value of creating a security and trading it on registered marketplaces. During this session we will discuss the difficulties in navigating securities laws, and the benefits of offering registered securities.
Moderator:
Matthew Comstock, Shareholder, Murphy & McGonigle
Speakers:
Chris Housser, Co-Founder & COO, Polymath
Alan Konevsky, Chief Legal Officer, tZERO
Colleen Sullivan, Partner & CEO, CMT Digital
12:20 p.m.
Use of blockchain, cryptocurrency and tokens is being evaluated in virtually every business model in today’s enterprise. In this panel, we will discuss a wide range of considerations inclusive of tax, accounting, KYC/AML, cyber security, technology and strategy. Participants will hear from Deloitte leaders and specialists in each competency as well as the CEO of Citizens Reserve as they build their tokenized business model.
Moderator:
Rob Massey, Partner, Deloitte
Speakers:
Wendy Henry, GPS Blockchain Lead & Managing Director, Deloitte
Alexi Von Keszycki, Managing Director, Deloitte
Ivan O’Donnell, Partner, Deloitte
Linda Pawczuk, Principal, Blockchain Lead, Deloitte
Eric Piscini, CEO, Citizens Reserve
1:00 – 2:10 p.m.
2:10 p.m.
Ripple provides one frictionless experience to send money globally using the power of blockchain. By joining Ripple’s growing, global network (RippleNet), financial institutions can process their customers’ payments anywhere in the world instantly, reliably and cost-effectively. Banks and payment providers can use the digital asset XRP to further reduce their costs and access new markets. With offices in San Francisco, New York, London, Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney, Ripple has more than 200 customers around the world.
Speakers:
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO, Ripple
Jill Malandrino, Global Markets Reporter, Trading & Market Services, Nasdaq
2:30 p.m.
Moderator:
Tiana Laurence, Managing Partner, Laurence Ventures
Speakers:
Era Anagnosti, Partner, White & Case
Paul Atkins, CEO, Patomak Global Partners
Joel Blom, Co-Founder, ABE Global
John Pigott, Principal & Co-Founder, ABE Global
3:15 p.m.
Saying blockchain in business is suddenly a term aligned with risk is not how it should be. We will discuss how blockchain can be better described to business and government, and share with you our thoughts on when these solutions make sense
Speaker:
Bernie Moreno, Chairman, Ownum
3:30 p.m.
Manisha Singh was designated Acting Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment and Privacy Shield Ombudsperson on September 28, 2018.
She was unanimously confirmed by the Senate and sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State on November 22, 2017. She leads a team of over 200 employees in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs which also serves as the home bureau for economic officers posted in embassies around the world. She is the first woman appointed to the role and is responsible for advancing American prosperity, entrepreneurship and innovation worldwide.
3:45 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
The multi-stakeholder governance approach is often referenced in conjunction with Internet governance and is viewed as an optimal way to make policy decisions for a globally distributed network. Key benefits of the multistakeholder governance model include its inclusiveness and its ability to evolve. This discussion brings together experts in Internet governance and blockchain researchers to discuss a multistakeholder governance approach for the blockchain ecosystem.
Moderator:
Shin’ichiro Matsuo, Research Professor, Georgetown University
Speakers:
Eric Burger, Research Professor, Georgetown University
Steve Crocker, Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer
Yuta Takanashi, Senior Fellow, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
4:50 p.m.
5:05 p.m.
Craig Phillips joined the Treasury in January 2017 and serves as Counselor to the Secretary. He assists the Secretary in a range of matters including domestic finance, domestic financial institution policy, housing finance policy, and regulatory reform. From 2008 to 2017, he served as a Managing Director and Member of the Global Operating Committee of BlackRock, Inc.
5:20 p.m.
5:35 p.m.
KPMG and Ownum are pleased to present and announce their joint working relationship to bring blockchain enabled digital platform and services primarily for state governments. Beginning with vehicle title management and extending to other forms of record management including birth and death registries as well as tax credit tracking, the firms will provide an overview of how blockchain is helping government agencies achieve their digital transformation objectives while accelerating value to citizens and reducing costs to taxpayers.
Arun Ghosh, U.S. Blockchain Lead, KPMG
Shane Bigelow, CEO, Ownum
6:00 p.m.
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Speakers:
John Jacobs, Executive Director, Center for Financial Markets & Policy, Georgetown University
Perianne Boring, Founder & President, Chamber of Digital Commerce
8:40 a.m.
9:20 a.m.
Moderator:
Frank Chaparro, Senior Correspondent, The Block
Speakers:
Matthew Roszak, Chairman & Co-Founder, Bloq
Manmeet Singh, Chief Investment Officer, EMURGO
9:40 a.m.
Blockchain will transform government and numerous industries. But what about the future of voting? Does blockchain have a place in federal, state, or local elections and do its immutable features offer the promise of greater security, accessibility and efficiency? Have voting pilots for overseas service members made an impact? Is a digital identity solution needed to make this effective?
Moderator:
Jonathan Johnson, President, Medici Ventures
Speakers:
Michael Allman, Founder & CEO, Voterfied
Joe Cutler, Partner, Perkins Coie
Pete Martin, CEO, Votem
Nimit Sawhney, Co-Founder and CEO, Voatz
10:20 a.m.
The transformative possibilities of blockchain technology and its tremendous positive impact for prosperity and security have been recognized by entrepreneurs, governments, and leaders around the world. Its ability to improve business processes, increase efficiency, and promote transparency in financial services is significantly enhancing the way financial institutions conduct business. This panel will explore how innovators are using blockchain in financial services such as payment processing, lending, custody, and investing.
Moderator:
Artem Korenyuk, Director Office of FinTech Strategy and Business Development, DTCC
Speakers:
Micah Kerr, Head Architect, Commercial Payments & Blockchain Guru, Discover Financial Services
Andrew Lom, Partner, Family Office and Investment Management, Norton Rose Fulbright
Puneet Singhvi, Managing Director, Citi
Alex Tapscott, Co-Founder, Blockchain Research Institute
10:55 a.m.
11:25 a.m.
Speaker:
Joe Bonefas, Vice President, Business Technology, Discover Financial Services
11:45 a.m.
Many blockchain discussions speculate on what the technology will be able to do in the future, but neglect to address what is already possible. This presentation will showcase solutions created by Dragonchain as proof of what businesses can already deploy and the capabilities available today.
Speaker:
Joe Roets, CEO, Dragonchain
12:00 p.m.
Blockchain has cast a spotlight on how smart contract code can execute transactions in highly efficient ways, but will broad adoption follow? This session will explore what constitutes a trusted environment for digital transactions, how semi- and/or fully-automated legal agreements can be implemented and enforced, the role standards will play—and how the public and private sectors can best prepare for the coming age of intelligent agreements.
Moderator:
Hal Marcus, Global Legal Evangelist, DocuSign
Speakers:
Peter Hunn, Founder, Accord Project
Olga Mack, VP of Strategy, Quantstamp
Heather Peterson, Head of Trust Strategy & Marketing, DocuSign
Margo Tank, Partner, DLA Piper
12:40 – 1:50 p.m.
1:50 p.m.
2:05 p.m.
2:25 p.m.
It’s not unusual for the earliest adopters of disruptive technology to be criminals and other bad actors. Nowhere is this phenomenon been more notorious than in cryptocurrency, where cases ranging from sanctions evasion to terrorism financing dominate the headlines. But this activity is only one part of the story. Today, cryptocurrency is far more than just a financial loophole exploited for nefarious purposes. In this session, Jesse Spiro, Global Head of Policy at Chainalysis, discusses how transparency into the blockchain can lead to unprecedented insight into how and why people move money across the world, the positive implications of regulation, and how financial institutions can safely and responsibly integrate cryptocurrency into their systems and bring the technology further into the mainstream.
Speaker:
Jesse Spiro, Global Head of Policy, Chainalysis
2:40 p.m.
Global financial institutions operate in a highly dynamic and competitive business environment. There are multiple sources of friction both within and across institutions such as fragmented data and work flow models, lack of a single source of truth, lack of real-time visibility and transparency, and cyber-security vulnerabilities. This presentation looks at the current state as well as discusses the new opportunities that can be envisioned using this disruption force of DLT.
Speaker:
Gangesh Ganesan, President & CEO, PeerNova
2:55 p.m.
3:25 p.m.
Speakers:
Valerie Dahiya, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
Kari Larsen, Partner, Perkins Coie, LLP
3:45 p.m.
Payment processing has served as an important function in facilitating financial transactions for decades. Cryptocurrencies have emerged as a way to enable merchants and even governments to receive payment in a quick and auditable manner. However, frictions in regulatory policies, from tax treatment to money transmitter licensing, continue to hinder its full potential. Join us as we discuss payment innovations and what needs to be done to enable future progress.
Speakers:
Stephen Pair, CEO, BitPay
John Beccia, Co-Founder & CEO, FS Vector
4:00 p.m.
When the SEC launched its guidance on the DAO in 2017, their analysis showed a new level of expertise for a regulatory agency that works with blockchain industry data sources. This expertise marked the start of the agency’s widespread application of the Howey Test to these data sources to determine the relative decentralization of a crypto network. This presentation looks at the current state of decentralization metrics and how to navigate these different data points, sources and indicators across the industry.
Speaker:
Nolan Bauerle, Head of Research, CoinDesk
4:35 p.m.
Mark Fisk will provide an update on Federal and State Government Blockchain initiatives that have progressed from investigating the technology into the early stages of production pilots. Focus will be on specific use cases that have provided value to business networks that government agencies have sponsored leveraging design thinking and demonstrating value through the successful execution of agile proof-of-concept sprints.
Speaker:
Mark Fisk, Partner, IBM, Digital – Public Service Blockchain Leader, IBM Global Business Services
4:45 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
Speaker:
Terry Culver, CEO, Digital Finance Group
5:10 p.m.
It’s been 10 years since Satoshi Nakamoto first published his seminal whitepaper launching a peer-to-peer electronic cash system. An extraordinary amount of development has occurred in that time, evolving into numerous applications for the technology beyond payments. Yet so much more remains to be accomplished. Join our panel of experts as they analyze key trends both in the technology and regulatory landscape, and offer their views on what to expect in 2019 and beyond.
Speakers:
Richard Levin, Chair, FinTech & Regulatory Practice, Polsinelli
Bernadette Kogler, Co-Founder & CEO, RiskSpan
Al Lynn, Vice President, Cisco
James Putra, Director of Product Strategy & Innovation, TradeStation Crypto
5:40 p.m.
5.55 p.m
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