4:00 PM
Registration Open /
Badge Pick Up
Rooftop

6:00 PM
Welcome Reception / Cocktail Hour
Conservatory Ballroom

7:00 AM
Registration Open / Badge Pick Up

 

7:15 AM
Breakfast

Gallery Grand (2nd Floor) • open press

 

8:00 AM 
Welcome 

• Kristin Smith, Executive Director, Blockchain Association

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

8:05 AM

New York State Update

• Assemblyman Clyde Vanel, New York State Assembly
Moderator: John Olsen, New York State Lead, Blockchain Association

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

8:30 AM

Partners in Policy
A discussion on how BA works together with other organizations to advance good public policy for crypto.

• Brett Quick, Head of Government Affairs, Crypto Council for Innovation
• Morva Rohani, Executive Director, Canadian Web3 Council
• Sarah Roth-Gaudette, Executive Director, Fight for the Future
Moderator: Sarah Milby, Senior Policy Manager, Blockchain Association

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

9:10 AM

Innovation, Inclusion, and Consumer Protection
• Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-04)

Moderator: Georgia Quinn, General Counsel, Anchorage Digital

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

9:35 AM

Democratizing Our Digital Future
• Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA-17)

Moderator: Julie Stitzel, Vice President of Public Policy, Digital Currency Group

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

10:00 AM

Break

 

10:30 AM 

State of the Industry

Blockchain Association’s year in review and the year ahead

• Kristin Smith, Executive Director, Blockchain Association

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

10:45 AM
Decentralization is the Point

• Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN-06)
Moderator: Marta Belcher, General Counsel and Head of Policy, Protocol Labs, President and Chair, Filecoin Foundation

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

11:15 AM
Post Midterms Political Outlook: What’s On Deck for the Next Congress?

• Francesco Castella, Senior Policy Advisor for Congressman Ted Budd (R-NC-13)

• Rashan A. Colbert, Legislative Assistant for Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)

• Emily German, Subcommittee Staff Director at U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture

• Tim Hite, Financial Services Counsel for Congressman Warren Davidson (R-OH-08)

Moderator: Ron Hammond, Director of Government Relations, Blockchain Association

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

 

11:45 PM
Blockchain Foundation’s Industry-Wide Education Movement
A re-introduction to BA’s new 501c3 arm and important ongoing initiatives.
• Cleve Mesidor, Executive Director, Blockchain Foundation

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

 

12:00 PM
Crypto: Too Big for Partisan Politics
• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Moderator: Marco Santori, Chief Legal Officer, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

 

12:30 PM
Networking Lunch

Gallery Grand

1:30 PM
A View from the U.S. Department of Justice

• Sanjeev Bhasker, U.S. Digital Currency Counsel, Digital Currency Initiative, U.S. Department of Justice

Moderator: Kristin Smith, Executive Director, Blockchain Association

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

2:00 PM
A Conversation on Privacy Policy

• Gabrielle Hibbert, Fellow, Decentralized Future Council

• Michael Mosier, General Counsel, Espresso Systems; former Acting Director, FinCEN, U.S. Department of Treasury

• Kurt Opsahl, Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Moderator: Lindsey Kelleher, Senior Policy Manager, Blockchain Association

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

 

2:30 PM
Beyond Washington: Global Outlook for Crypto Regulation
• Dr. Lisa Cameron, MP, UK Parliament
• Marina Markezic, Co-Founder, EU Crypto Initiative
• Alexis Pappas, Chief Innovation Officer, Canadian Blockchain Consortium

Moderator: Seth Hertlein, Global Head of Policy, Ledger

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

 

3:00 PM
A View from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

• Kristin Johnson, Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Moderator: Mary-Catherine Lader, Chief Operating Officer, Uniswap Labs

Grand Ballroom C/D • open press

 

3:50 PM
Break / BA Member-Only Discussions Begin

 

4:00 PM

A View from the U.S. Department of Treasury

• Jon Fishman, Assistant Director, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, U.S. Department of Treasury
Moderator: Ari Redbord, Head of Legal and Government Affairs, TRM Labs

Grand Ballroom C/D • BA members only • Closed to the media

4:30 PM 
Litigation Update
• Jerry Brito, Executive Director, Coin Center

• Jake Chervinsky, Head of Policy, Blockchain Association
• Miller Whitehouse-Levine, Policy Director, DeFi Education Fund

Moderator: Marisa Tashman Coppel, Policy Counsel, Blockchain Association

BA members only • Closed to the media

 

5:00 PM 
Policy Area Breakout Discussions

 

Legislation I: Spot Market Regulation

Grand Ballroom A/B • BA members only • Closed to the media

 

Legislation II: Stablecoins

Conservatory A • BA members only • Closed to the media

 

Litigation

Conservatory B • BA members only • Closed to the media

 

NFT Policy

Conservatory C • BA members only • Closed to the media

 

Energy / Mining Policy

Gallery Grand • BA members only • Closed to the media

 

5:30 PM

Adjourn

 

7:00 PM
Cocktail Reception

Gallery Grand

8:00 – 9:30 PM
BA Member Dinner / Gala

Sponsored by: NEAR Foundation
(cocktail attire recommended)

• Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA)
• Introduction: Mya Shofany, Regulatory Affairs, NEAR Foundation

Moderator: Kristin Smith, Executive Director, Blockchain Association

Grand Ballroom

 

9:30 PM
After Party, featuring entertainment by For The Win
Sponsored by: TRM Labs

Grand Ballroom

 

*Program subject to change