IMF Conference

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, IMF HQ2 Conference Hall 1 and 2

8:15–9:00 a.m.

Registration and Coffee

9:00–10:15 a.m.

Crypto-Economics

MODERATOR
Diego Zuluaga, Policy Analyst, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, Cato Institute*

PANELISTS

• Brian Brooks, Chief Legal Officer, Coinbase
• Nic Carter, Founder, Coinmetrics
• Gina Pieters, Research Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, University of Cambridge & Lecturer, Economics Department, University of Chicago
• Alessandra Shultz, Business Development, Gemini

10:30–11:45 a.m.

Emerging Financial Risks and Legal Issues in Crypto Assets

FLASH PRESENTATION: WHAT SHOULD BE DISCLOSED IN AN ICO?
Chris Brummer, Agnes N. Williams Research Professor, Georgetown Law & Faculty Director, Institute of International Economic Law and Founder, Fintech Week

Trevor Kiviat, Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

FLASH PRESENTATION: BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS AND RISK MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURES 

Petal Walker, Special Counsel, Wilmer Hale

MODERATOR
Aditya Narain, Deputy Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

PANELISTS

• Kristin Boggiano, Chief Legal Officer, Alphapoint
• Moad Fahmi, Senior Advisor - Fintech, Bermuda Monetary Authority
• Robert J. Jackson Jr., Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Peter Kerstens, Advisor on Financial Technology and Cybersecurity to the Director General FISMA and Co-Chair of European Commission Fintech Taskforce, European Commission

12:00–1:15 p.m.

Crypto Assets and Monetary Policy Transmission

MODERATOR
Vikram Haksar, Assistant Director, Strategy Policy and Review Department, International Monetary Fund

PANELISTS

• Mohammad Davoodalhosseini, Senior Economist, Bank of Canada
• Joseph Noss, Secondee, Financial Stability Board
• Francisco Rivadeneyra, Research Advisor, Bank of Canada
• Maria Soledad (Sole) Martinez Peria, Chief, Macro-Financial Division, Research Department, International Monetary Fund

1:30-2:45 p.m.

• Bryan Stirewalt, Chief Executive, Dubai Financial Services Authority

2:45-3:45 p.m.

Crypto Assets and Economic Development

MODERATOR
Abebe Aemro Selassie, Director, African Department, International Monetary Fund

PANELISTS

• Gerardo Hernández Correa, Member of the Board of Directors, Banco de la República, Colombia
• Uché Ewelukwa, Professor, School of Law, University of Arkansas
• Alfonso García Mora, Director, Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice, The Worldbank Group
• Nat Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, Leaf Global Fintech

3:45–4:30 p.m.

Fireside Chat 

David Lipton, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

INTERVIEWER: Anna Gelpern, Professor of Law & Faculty Member, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics

4:45 – 6:30 p.m.

Cocktail Conversation and Networking: Taxing Crypto Assets

Itai Grinberg, Professor of Law & Faculty Member, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law