Sidley Austin and Rutgers Law School Blockchain and Fintech Program are pleased to announce the Fintech and Blockchain Symposium. This program will include panel discussions and fireside chats featuring industry leaders, leading academics, and regulators discussing the latest trends impacting blockchain technology.
General Regulatory and Business Trends in Trading
- Andrew Blake (moderator), Partner, Sidley Austin
- Joel Hasbrouck, Kenneth G. Langone Professor of Business Administration, Stern School of Business, New York University
- Kose John, Charles William Gerstenberg Professor of Banking and Finance, Stern School of Business, New York University
- Rachel Barnett, Chief Legal Officer, IEX Exchange
- Dan Burstein, Principal Regulatory Counsel, Paxos
Digital Asset Disclosures: How Do You Know What and When to Disclose?
- Lilya Tessler (moderator), Partner, Sidley Austin
- Scott Bauguess, VP, Global Regulatory Policy, Coinbase
- Chris Brummer, Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Financial Technology, Georgetown Law; Founder & CEO, Bluprynt
- Renata Szkoda, Chief Financial Officer, INX
- J.W. Verret, Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School
- Greg Xethalis, Partner, General Counsel, Multicoin Capital Management LLC
Fireside Chat
- Featured Speaker: The Honorable Kristin N. Johnson, Commissioner, U.S. Commodity
Futures Trading Commission - Moderator: Yesha Yadav, Associate Dean and Robert Belton Director of Diversity, Equity &
Community, Milton R. Underwood Chair, Faculty Co-Director, L.L.M. Program, Vanderbilt
University Law School
Tokenization and Real Business Applications
- Andrew Sioson (moderator), Partner, Sidley Austin
- Sarah Aberg, General Counsel, Nova Labs
- Wee Ming Choon, Deputy General Counsel, Ava Labs
- Fahad Saleh, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Florida
- Cathy Yoon, General Counsel, Wormhole Foundation
The Role of SROs in FinTech: It’s Not Just About the SEC and the CFTC
- Lara Thyagarajan (moderator), Partner, Sidley Austin
- Dorothy D. DeWitt, Founder & CEO, Tölt Strategies
- Yuliya Guseva, Professor of Law and Director of the Fintech and Blockchain Research Program, Rutgers Law School
- Howell E. Jackson, James S. Reid, Jr., Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
- Jamie Udinson, Senior Director, Crypto Asset Investigations, Complex Investigations and Intelligence, FINRA
- Yesha Yadav, Associate Dean and Robert Belton Director of Diversity, Equity & Community, Milton R. Underwood Chair, Faculty Co-Director, L.L.M. Program, Vanderbilt University Law School
Keynote Fireside Chat
- Featured Speaker: The Honorable Caroline D. Pham, Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Moderator: Douglas Eakeley, Professor and Founder/Co-Director, Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance, Rutgers Law School
- Moderator: Yuliya Guseva, Professor of Law and Director of the Fintech and Blockchain Research Program, Rutgers Law School