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, Princeton University
9:15 am
10:30 am
Panel 1: Foundational Technologies
Andrew Chignell, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor in Religion, Philosophy, and the University Center for Human Values, 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
Carole House, Former National Security Council Special Advisor for Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Policy, The White House
Brian Brooks, Chairman and CEO, Meridian Capital Group
Chris Brummer, Professor of Financial Technology, Georgetown Law; Founder & CEO, Bluprynt
Scott Zoldi, Chief Analytics Officer, FICO
12:15 pm
1:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
2:30 pm
Panel 3: Applications
Jaswinder Pal Singh, Inaugural Professor of Computer Science, Technology, and Societal Change; and Co-Director of the DeCenter, Princeton University
Moderator
Luigi D’Onorio DeMeo, Chief Strategy Officer, Ava Labs
Kevin Tang, Director of Digital Assets, BlackRock
Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader, EY; Chairman, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
2:30 pm
2:45 pm
Coffee Break
2:45 pm
4:00 pm
Panel 4: Human Interest
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
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
Faculty Lightning Talks
5:00 pm
6:00 pm