Program

Wednesday, April 17

8:15 am

9:00 am

Check-in and Continental 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: Frontiers in Layer 1 Blockchain Infrastructure

Jaswinder Pal Singh, Inaugural Professor of Computer Science, Technology, and Societal Change; and Co-Director of the DeCenter, Princeton University

Moderator

Joseph Lubin, CEO, ConsenSys

Dan Morehead, Founder and Managing Partner, Pantera Capital

Alberto Sonino, Research Scientist, Mysten Labs

Rena Shah, VP of Product & Operations, Trust Machines

Robin Linus, Independent Researcher, Creator of BitVM

10:30 am

11:00 am

Coffee Break

11:00 am

12:15 pm

Panel 2: Blockchain for AI Governance

Jacob N. Shapiro, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Moderator

Anas Ghazi, Board of Advisors, Alethea AI

Xiaochen Zhang, CEO, FinTech4Good , Executive Director, AI 2030

Ben Brooks, Head of Public Policy, Stability AI

Susan McGregor, Research Scholar, Data Science Institute

12:15 pm

1:15 pm

Lunch

1:15 pm

2:30 pm

Panel 3: Blockchain and Regulation: Key Developments and Unresolved Questions

Matt Weinberg, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Associate Director of the DeCenter, Princeton University

Moderator

Brian Quintenz, Head of Public Policy, Crypto, Andreessen Horowitz

Lindsay Lin, COO, Dragonfly Capital

Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs

2:30 pm

2:45 pm

Coffee Break

2:45 pm

4:00 pm

Panel 4: Blockchain for Social Good: Advancing Justice, Equity, & Public Interests

Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University

Moderator

Joshua Davila, Writer/Podcaster/Researcher, Breadchain Cooperative

Justin Rice, VP of Ecosystem, Stellar Development Foundation

Larry Williams, Founder, LaborDAO

Grayson Earle, Artist/Creator, Bail Bloc

Roya Mahboob, Co-founder and CEO, Digital Citizen Fund

4:00 pm

5:00 pm

Student Lightning Talks

5:00 pm

6:00 pm

Student Poster Session & Reception