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    November 6, 2018


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    CRYPTO ASSETS • DAY 2 AGENDA*

    Tuesday, November 6, 2018, IMF HQ2 Conference Hall 1 and 2

    8:15–9:00 a.m.

    Registration and Coffee

    9:00–10:15 a.m.

    Crypto-Economics


    MODERATOR
    Diego Zuluaga, Policy Analyst, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute*

    PANELISTS

    • Brian Brooks, Chief Legal Officer, Coinbase
    • Nic Carter, Founder, Coinmetrics
    • Gina Pieters, Research Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge & Lecturer, Economics Department, University of Chicago
    • Alessandra Shultz, Business Development, Gemini

    10:30–11:45 a.m.

    Emerging Financial Risks and Legal Issues in Crypto Assets


    FLASH PRESENTATION: WHAT SHOULD BE DISCLOSED IN AN ICO?
    Chris Brummer, Agnes N. Williams Research Professor, Georgetown Law & Faculty Director, Institute of International Economic Law and Founder, Fintech Week

    Trevor Kiviat, Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

    FLASH PRESENTATION: BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS AND RISK MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURES 

    Petal Walker, Special Counsel, Wilmer Hale

    MODERATOR
    Aditya Narain, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

    PANELISTS

    • Kristin Boggiano, Chief Legal Officer, Alphapoint
    • Moad Fahmi, Senior Advisor - Fintech, Bermuda Monetary Authority
    • Robert J. Jackson Jr., Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
    • Peter Kerstens, Advisor on Financial Technology and Cybersecurity to the Director General FISMA and Co-Chair of European Commission Fintech Taskforce, European Commission

    12:00–1:15 p.m.

    Crypto Assets and Monetary Policy Transmission


    MODERATOR
    Vikram Haksar, Assistant Director, Strategy Policy and Review Department, International Monetary Fund

    PANELISTS

    • Mohammad Davoodalhosseini, Senior Economist, Bank of Canada
    • Joseph Noss, Secondee, Financial Stability Board
    • Francisco Rivadeneyra, Research Advisor, Bank of Canada
    • Maria Soledad (Sole) Martinez Peria, Chief, Macro-Financial Division, Research Department, International Monetary Fund

    1:30-2:45 p.m.

    Lunch and Keynote
    • Bryan Stirewalt, Chief Executive, Dubai Financial Services Authority

    2:45-3:45 p.m.

    Crypto Assets and Economic Development


    MODERATOR
    Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund

    PANELISTS

    • Gerardo Hernández Correa, Member of the Board of Directors, Banco de la República, Colombia
    • Uché Ewelukwa, Professor, School of Law, University of Arkansas
    • Alfonso García Mora, Director, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice, The Worldbank Group
    • Nat Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, Leaf Global Fintech

    3:45–4:30 p.m.

    Fireside Chat 

    David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

    INTERVIEWER: Anna Gelpern, Professor of Law & Faculty Member, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics

    4:45 – 6:30 p.m.

    Cocktail Conversation and Networking: Taxing Crypto Assets

    Itai Grinberg, Professor of Law & Faculty Member, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law

    * program subject to change

    Cryptoassets and the History of Payments
    Benjamin Geva, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School York University; Torys

     

    Cryptocurrencies and the Evolution of Banking, Money and Payments
    Benjamin Geva, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School York University; Torys LLP

     

    The Effect That the Advent of Blockchain Could Have on Risk Management Infrastructure of the Derivatives Industry
    Petal P. Walker

     

    What is the Proper Disclosure for an ICO?
    Dr. Chris Brummer, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
    Trevor I. Kiviatt, Associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
    Jai Massari, Partner in the financial regulatory practice of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

     

    The Law and Finance of Initial Coin Offerings
    Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, Assistant Professor of Law at Singapore Management University
    Nydia Remolina León, Legal Advisor for Innovation, Regulation and Digital Transformation at Grupo Bancolombia

     

    Towards a Stable Tokenized Medium of Exchange
    Alexander Lipton, Chief Technical Officer, Sila Inc and Connection Science Fellow, MIT

     

    Cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and ICOs: Designing a Functional Policy and Regulatory Approach to Distributed Ledger Technology and Digital Assets
    Douglas Arner, Ross Buckley, Anton Didenko and Dirk Zetzsche

     

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