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Spring Conference Agenda
Program
Thursday, April 13
8:15 am
9:00 am
Check-in and Continental Breakfast
All events will take place in the Maeder Hall Auditorium,, intersection of Olden and Prospect streets, unless otherwise noted.
9:00 am
9:15 am
Welcome
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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
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Jaswinder Pal Singh, Inaugural Professor of Computer Science, Technology, and Societal Change; and Co-Director of the DeCenter, Princeton University
9:15 am
10:00 am
Fireside Chat
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Rostin Behnam, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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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
10:00 am
10:30 am
Opening Remarks
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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
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Jaswinder Pal Singh, Inaugural Professor of Computer Science, Technology, and Societal Change; and Co-Director of the DeCenter, Princeton University
10:30 am
10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am
11:45 am
Panel 1 – Governance and the Blockchain
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Nolan McCarty, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs; Vice Dean for Strategic Planning, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Moderator![](https://decenter.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Douglas_Tony-scaled-e1679327914436.jpg)
Tony Douglas, Jr., Co-Founder & Chief DAO Officer, Convex Lab; Head of Strategy, DAO Research Collective
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M. Todd Henderson, Michael J. Marks Professor of Law, University of Chicago
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Porter Smith, Head of Network Operations, Deal Partner, a16z
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
Lunch and Keynote
The lunch and keynote will take place in the Friend Center Convocation Room, at the intersection of William and Olden streets.
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Roya Mahboob, Co-founder and CEO, Digital Citizen Fund
1:15 pm
2:15 pm
Panel 2 – Case Study: NFT and Digital Assets
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Matt Weinberg, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Associate Director of the DeCenter, Princeton University
Moderator![](https://decenter.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Durbin-e1680293910287.jpeg)
Charlie Durbin, Co-Founder and CEO, Decent
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Kevin Leyton-Brown, Professor of Computer Science, University of British Columbia
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Laura Rodriguez, Co-founder, The Miami Ape
2:15 pm
3:00 pm
Keynote
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Carole House, Executive in Residence, Terranet Ventures, Inc.; former Director for Cybersecurity and Secure Digital Innovation, White House
3:00 pm
3:20 pm
Coffee Break
3:20 pm
4:20 pm
Panel 3 – Power, Trust, Ethics: Is Bitcoin the answer (and if so, what is the question)?
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Andrew Chignell, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor in Religion, Philosophy, and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Moderator![](https://decenter.princeton.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cross-troy-e1677641754854.jpg)
Troy Cross, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Reed College
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Amit Levy, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
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Natalie Smolenski, Founder and Executive Director, Texas Bitcoin Foundation / Senior Fellow, Bitcoin Policy Institute
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Craig Warmke, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Northern Illinois University
4:20 pm
5:00 pm
Lightning Talks
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Maria Apostolaki, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University
Moderator5:00 pm
5:15 pm
Closing Remarks
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Jennifer Rexford, Provost; Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Princeton University
5:15 pm
6:15 pm
Poster Session and Reception
The poster session will take place in the Friend Center Convocation Room, at the intersection of William and Olden streets.