Inaugural Law and Policy Research Workshop
The DeCenter’s Inaugural Law and Policy Research Workshop will bring together legal scholars, policymakers, and industry leaders, to examine key issues such as the balance between privacy and disclosure in decentralized systems, the evolving landscape of digital asset regulation, the social utility of blockchain, and the legal and economic considerations surrounding stablecoins. Through interdisciplinary discussions, participants will gain deeper insights into the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of blockchain and law.
Friend Center
65 Olden St, Princeton, NJ 08540
April 17, 2025
8:30 a.m.
Program
Thursday, April 17
8:30 am
9:00 am
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 am
9:15 am
Welcome Remarks
Nolan McCarty, Associate Dean of Academic Assessment in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, Princeton University
9:15 am
10:15 am
Session 1: Privacy and Disclosure in Decentralized Systems
Mihir Kshirsagar, Tech Policy Clinic Lead, Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy
Moderator
Chris Brummer, Professor of Financial Technology, Georgetown Law; Founder & CEO, Bluprynt
Yuliya Guseva, Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School
Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs
10:15 am
11:15 am
Session 2: Digital Asset Regulation
Nolan McCarty, Associate Dean of Academic Assessment in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, Princeton University
Moderator
Yuliya Guseva, Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School
Raúl Carrillo, Kellis E. Parker Teaching Fellow; Academic Fellow; Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School
Tiffany Smith, Partner, WilmerHale
Josh Fairfield, William D. Bain Professor of Law, Washington & Lee University School of Law
11:15 am
11:45 am
Coffee Break
11:45 am
12:45 pm
Session 3: Social Utility of Blockchain
Reilly S. Steel, Academic Fellow; Lecturer in Law, Columbia Law School
Moderator
Bill Hughes, Senior Counsel and Director of Global Regulatory Matters, ConsenSys
Kevin Werbach, Liem Sioe Liong / First Pacific Company Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Hillary Allen, Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law
12:45 pm
1:45 pm
Session 4: Stablecoins and the Future of Banking
Mike Maizels, Executive Director, DeCenter, Princeton University
Moderator
Charles Calomiris, Henry Kaufman Professor Emeritus of Financial Institutions, Columbia Business School
Monica T. Ramirez de Arellano, Advisory: Stablecoins & Payments, Stealth
Kevin Werbach, Liem Sioe Liong / First Pacific Company Professor, University of Pennsylvania
2:00 pm
3:30 pm
Lunch
Organizers
Mike Maizels
Nolan McCarty
Reilly S. Steel
Parking
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