08:00-08:40am REGISTRATION
08:40-09:00amIntroduction To Conference
- Dr. Leon Perlman – Head, DFS Observatory, Columbia University
- F. Christopher Calabia – Senior Advisor for Supervisory & Regulatory Policy and Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
09:00-09:30amKeynote
- Linda Lacewell – Superintendent, New York State Department of Financial Services
09:30-10:20amBlockchain: The role of distributed ledger and blockchain technology in the financial ecosystem
- Moderator: Sandra Ro – CEO, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)
- Jeff Horowitz – Chief Compliance Officer, Coinbase
- Puneet Singhvi – Managing Director, Citi
- Donna Redel – Adjunct Professor, Fordham University, School of Law
- Dr. Michael Gronager – CEO and Co-Founder, Chainalysis
10:20-11:10amInnovators and Incubators: The state of fintech innovation
- Moderator: David True – Partner, PayGility Advisors
- Yossi Hasson – Managing Director, Techstars Blockchain Accelerator
- Bruce Lincoln – Co-Founder, Silicon Harlem
- Sunil Madhu – CEO and Founder, Instnt
- Samantha Roady – Chief Operating Officer, MoneyLion
- Kimberly Quinones – Director of Government Affairs, GBBC
11:10-11:25am COFFEE BREAK
11:25-12:15pmInvestors: Strategies in fintech and blockchain technologies
- Moderator: Christienne Genaro – Member, Board of Directors, NYPAY
- Bartek Ringwelski – Partner, Core Innovation Capital
- Michael Moro – CEO, Genesis
- Seth Masters – Member, NY Angels
- Monica Brand – Partner, Quona Capital
- Drew Propson – Lead, Financial Services, World Economic Forum
12:15-01:05pmPayment and Banking Innovations: Legacy and decentralized payment and banking innovations driving access to finance
- Moderator: Ulrike Guigui – Managing Director, Deloitte
- Ravi Aurora – SVP Global Policy Affairs & Community Relations, Mastercard
- Lesly Goh – Senior Technology Advisor, World Bank Group
- Yelena Reznikova – Partnerships, Plaid
- Ayeesha Sachedina – Head of Cross Product Solutions, Bank of America
- Sunayna Tuteja – Head of Digital Assets and DLT, TD Ameritrade
01:05-02:00pm LUNCH
02:00-02:50pmIdentity, AI and Privacy: The role of identity in securing access and ensuring privacy in financial ecosystems
- Moderator: Deborah Baxley – Chair, Mobile and Contactless Payments, US Payments Forum
- Elizabeth M. Renieris – Fellow, Berkman Klein Center, Harvard University
- Prof. Jeannette Wing – Avanessians Director, Data Science Institute, Columbia University
- Matthew Davie – Chief Strategy Officer, Kiva
- David Medine – Senior Financial Sector Specialist, CGAP
- Kinga Partyka – Strategic Accounts Lead and Client Facing Data Scientist, DataRobot
02:50-03:45pmLegal and Regulatory: Legal and regulatory developments in finance and blockchain technologies
- Moderator: Carol van Cleef – Blockchain & Digital Assets Practice, Co-Lead, Bradley LLP
- Joshua Klayman – U.S. Head of FinTech and Head of Blockchain and Digital Assets, Linklaters
- Prof. Aaron Wright – Associate Clinical Professor, Director of Cardozo Blockchain Project, Cardozo Law School
- Daphna A. Waxman – Senior Attorney, Cyber Unit of the Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Melissa Netram – Chief Innovation Officer and Director, LabCFTC, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Matthew Homer – Executive Deputy Superintendent of Research and Innovation Division, NYS Department of Finance Services
03:45-04:05pm COFFEE BREAK
04:05-04:55pmFinancial Inclusion: The role of digital financial services and blockchain technologies in enhancing financial inclusion globally
- Moderator: David Symington – Policy Advisor, Inclusive Finance for Development, UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development
- Dara Duguay – CEO, Creditbuilders Alliance
- Karen Miller – Global Head, Leadership and Diversity, Womens World Banking
- Amr Ahmad – Head of the Financial Inclusion Unit, Central Bank of Jordan
- Evelyn Stark – Assistant Vice President, Financial Inclusion, Metlife Foundation
- Stella Klemperer – Strategy Manager, Flourish
04:55-05:50pmCybersecurity: Cybersecurity and cyber-resilience initiatives and strategies in securing financial & telecom systems
- Moderator: Keith Bowie – Research Scholar, DFS Observatory, Columbia University
- Alex Schlager – Executive Director, Security Services, Verizon
- Amit Kachhia-Patel – Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
- Jason Healey – Senior Research Scholar, School of International Public Affairs, Columbia University
- Cassandra Lentchner – Senior Counsel, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Katheryn Rosen – Managing Director, Technology & Cybersecurity Policy and Partnerships, JP Morgan Chase
- Lesly Goh – Senior Technology Advisor, World Bank Group
05:50-06:00pm Conference Conclusion and Closing
- Michael M. Wechsler, Research Scholar, DFS Observatory, Columbia University
06:00-07:00pm NETWORKING RECEPTION
