Program
Wednesday, April 16
8:15 am
9:00 am
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am
9:15 am
Welcome Remarks
Andrea Goldsmith, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering and Co-Director of the DeCenter,
9:15 am
10:30 am
Panel 1: Foundational Technologies
Jaswinder Pal Singh, Inaugural Professor of Computer Science, Technology, and Societal Change; and Co-Director of the DeCenter, Princeton University
Moderator
Jon Wong, Head of Engineering, Solana Foundation
Muneeb Ali, CEO, Trust Machines
Philip Daian, Co-Founder, Flashbots Ltd.
10:30 am
11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am
12:15 pm
Panel 2: Regulation/Governance
Nolan McCarty, Associate Dean of Academic Assessment in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, Princeton University
Moderator
Carole House, Former National Security Council Special Advisor for Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Policy, The White House
Scott Zoldi, Chief Analytics Officer, FICO
Tiffany Smith, Partner, WilmerHale
Rafael Cordón, Chief Technology Officer, Simple Proof
12:15 pm
1:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
2:30 pm
Panel 3: Applications
Andrew Chignell, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor in Religion, Philosophy, and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Moderator
Luigi D’Onorio DeMeo, Chief Strategy Officer, Ava Labs
Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader, EY; Chairman, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Tom Zschach, Chief Innovation Officer, SWIFT
Melanie McClain, Advisor, P00LS
Eric Wallach, Investment Analyst, Pantera Capital
2:30 pm
2:45 pm
Coffee Break
2:45 pm
4:00 pm
Panel 4: Human Rights
Matt Weinberg, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Associate Director of the DeCenter, Princeton University
Moderator
Anna Chekhovich, Financial Director, Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation
Fadi Elsalameen, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Bitcoin Policy Institute; Advocate for Democracy, American Security Project
Evan Mawarire, Founder, #ThisFlag Citizen’s Movement
4:00 pm
4:30 pm
Faculty Lightning Talks
4:30 pm
6:00 pm