March 23-24, 2015

Stanford University

Arrillaga Alumni Center,

326 Galvez Street, Palo Alto, CA 94305

Monday March 23
09:00 - 09:15 Welcome Address
09:15 - 09:45 Keynote Speaker:
John Perry Barlow

Blockchain: Law, Regulation, Policy, & The Law of the Horse

09:45 - 10:30

Panel: Joshua Fairfield (W&L), Aaron Wright (Cardozo), John

Clippinger (ID3/MIT), Kathleen Moriarty (Katten Muchin),
Constance Choi (Seven Advisory)
Moderated by Primavera De Filippi (Harvard)

Technical Aspects of Blockchain-Based Applications

10:30 - 11:30

Panel: Peter Todd (Bitcoin core dev), Joe Bonneau (Stanford), Matt
Corallo (Blockstream), Elaine Shi (UMD), Juan Batiz-Benet
(IPFS, Filecoin)
Moderated by Tim Swanson (Author, Great Wall of Numbers)

11:30 - 11:50

Break

Alternative Economies
12:10 - 12:30

Keynote: M
ichael Harte (Chief Operations & Technology Officer,
Barclays)

11:50 - 12:10

Presentation: Joyce Kim (Executive Director, Stellar)

12:30 - 13:30

Panel: Juan Llanos (BitReserve), Joyce Kim (Stellar), Elizabeth

Rossiello (BitPesa), John Bailon (Satoshi Citadel), Erik Voorhees
(ShapeShift), Dominic Williams (Pebble), Tim Swanson (Author)
Moderated by Amor Sexton (Adroit Lawyers; iGot)
Exploring alternative currencies: scaling, volatility, monetary policies,
legal infrastructure, regulations. Empowering disenfranchised
communities: underbanked, unbanked, migrants, immigrant workers.

13:30 - 13:45

Artlery Presentation (David Thomson)

13:45 - 14:45

Lunch break

Alternative Economies
14:45 - 15:45

Panel: Akseli Vertanen (Robin Hood Coop), Bruce Cahan (Stanford

Sustainable Banking Initiative), Haluk Kulin (Personal
BlackBox), Caterina Rinaldi (Swarm), M
atthew Deiters
(
Assembly)
Moderated by Primavera De Filippi (Harvard)
Alternate economic structures and systems, including common equity
instruments, and new ways of quantifying value and basis for shared

prosperity. Going beyond the limits of GDP and current economic

paradigms, and finding new ways to measure value and wealth for
the information economy and the sharing economy, as we move
beyond the economy of scarcity.
15:45 - 16:00

Presentation: Maurizio Rossi (Founder, H-Farm Ventures)

16:00 - 16:15

Presentation: Daniel Neis (Founder,

KOINA)

16:15 - 16:45

Break

Cyber-Security
16:45 - 17:00

Presentation: Ben Chan (Senior Software Engineer, BitGo)

17:00 - 18:15

Panel: Susan Athey (Stanford), Adam Ludwin (Chain), Zooko

Wilcox-OHearn (ZeroCash), Jonathan Levin (blockchain
analytics), Martin Becze (Ethereum)
Moderated by Dan Boneh (Stanford)
Blockchain analytics & governmental responses
Master key, 51% attack, and other potential vulnerabilities
The relationship between privacy and security - binary,
interdependence or something else.
Illicit usage of the blockchain: Silk Road, money laundering

18:15 - 19:15

Reception & Book Launch: From Bitcoin to Burning Man

Panel: John Clippinger (ID3/MIT), Peter Hirshberg (RE:imagine),
Mihaela Ulieru (Impact Institute, WEF), Patrick Deegan (ID3)

Tuesday March 24
09:00 - 09:30

Keynote: Whats the Next Generation Internet? Surprise: Its All About The
Blockchain!
Don Tapscott (Global Solutions Network)

Internet of Things
09:30 - 10:00

Keynote:
Mickey McManus (Chairman & Principal, MAYA Design)

10:00 - 10:30

Keynote Presentation:
Henning Dietrich (IBM ADEPT)

10:30 - 11:30

Panel: Steve Omohundro, Amir Behbehani (Serial Metrics), Mickey

McManus (MAYA Institute), Henning Dietrich (IBM)
Moderated by Primavera De Filippi (Harvard)
Smart cities, trustless escrow, and other high value use cases
Machine-to-machine interaction, smart-contracts, and autonomous
devices (DAOs)

11:30 - 11:45

Presentation: Jeremie Miller (Telehash)

11:45 - 12:00

Break

Autonomous Communities
12:00 - 13:30

Fireside Chat: L
arry Harvey & Stuart Mangrum (Burning Man)
Peter Hirshberg (RE:imagine), Mihaela Ulieru (Impact
Institute, World Economic Forum)
Moderated by Jenn Sanders
Presentation:
Mihaela Ulieru (Impact Institute, World Economic Forum)
Exploring autonomous, collaborative communities, relationship between
hierarchy and participation, gift economy (moneyless society), democratic
infrastructure, holonic systems and their meaning for our evolving social
order in a global community.

13:30 - 14:30

Lunch break

Identity & Reputation

14:30 - 15:30

Panel: Casey Fenton (Resolve),Patrick Deegan (ID3/OMS), Primavera De

Filippi (LOVE), Muneeb Ali (Onename), Timothy Yim (UC
Hastings),
Harald Stieber (EU Commission)
Moderated by Marc Hochstein (Executive Director, American
Banker)

15:30 - 16:00

Presentation:
Uncertainty, Trust, Resilience & Money: Towards a
Holistic Cryptofinance
Flavia Cymbalista, PhD. (MarketFocusing)

16:00 - 16:30

Break

Voting & Distributed Governance

16:30 - 17:00

Keynote:
Preeta Bansal (MIT)

17:00 - 18:00

Panel: Paolo Tasca (Deutsche Bundesbank, ECUREX Research)

, Bettina
Warburg (IFTF),
Aaron Wright (Cardozo), Richard Levin (Bryan
Cave), Zaki Manian (Skuchain)
Moderated by Constance Choi (Seven Advisory)
Governance for distributed architecture
Transparency and auditability
Corruption and codified rules
Emerging voting mechanisms: real-time direct voting, futarchy,
and more

18:00 - 18:15

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