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) 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

Corello(Blockstream), Elaine Shi (UMD) Moderated by Tim Swanson (Author, Great Wall of Numbers)

11:30 - 11:50 Break

Alternative Economies

11:50 - 12:10 Presentation: Joyce Kim (Executive Director, Stellar) 12:10 - 12:30 Keynote: Michael Harte (Chief Operations & Technology Officer, Barclays)

12:30 - 13:30 Panel: Juan Llanos (Bitreserve), Joyce Kim (Stellar), Elizabeth

Rossiello (BitPesa), Rick Day ( iGot),John Bailon (Satoshi Citadel), Erik Voorhees (ShapeShift) Moderated by Constance Choi (Seven) Exploring alternative currencies: scaling, volatility, monetary policies, legal infrastructure, regulations. Empowering disenfranchised communities: 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), Tim Swanson (Author),

Bruce Cahan (Stanford Sustainable Banking Initiative), Haluk Kulin (Personal BlackBox) Moderated by Primavera Di Filippi (Harvard) Alternate economic structures and systems, including common equity instruments, and new ways of quantifying value and basis for shared prosperity

          

 

15:45 - 16:00 Presentation: Maurizio Rossi (Founder, H-Farm Ventures) 16:00 - 16:15 Presentation: Daniel Neis (Founder, KOINA (Switzerland) 16:15 - 16:40 Break

Cyber-security 16:40 - 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 ● Relationship between privacy and security ● Illicit usage of the blockchain: Silk Road, money laundering

18:15 - 19:15 Reception & Book Launch: “From Bitcoin to Burning Man”

Location: Stanford Alumni Center Panel: John Clippinger (ID3/MIT), Peter Hirshberg (RE:imagine),

Mihaela Ulieru (Impact Institute, WEF), Larry Harvey (Burning Man), Patrick Deegan (ID3)

          

 

Monday March 23

09:00 - 09:30 Keynote: Don Tapscott

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: Aaron Wright (Cardozo), Steve Omohundro, Ryan Singer

(Domus), Amir Behbehani (Serial Metrics), Mickey McManus (MAYA Institute), Henning Dietrich (IBM) Moderated by Primavera Di 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 Break

Autonomous Communities 11:45 - 12:00 Presentation: Jeremie Miller (Telehash)

12:00 - 12:30 Keynote: Larry Harvey & Stuart Mangrum (Burning Man) 12:30 - 13:30 Panel: Neal Gorenflo (Sharable), Peter Hirshberg (RE:imagine), Mihaela

Ulieru (Impact Institute, World Economic Forum) Moderated by Jenn Sanders Exploring autonomous, collaborative communities, democratic infrastructure, holonic systems

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) 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 & Governance

16:30 - 17:00 Keynote: Preeta Bansal (MIT) 17:00 - 18:00 Panel: Harald Stieber (EU Commission), Matthew Deiters (Assembly),

Paolo Tasca (Deutsche Bundesbank, eCurex), Bettina Warburg (IFTF) Moderated by Joshua Fairfield (Professor, W&L School of Law) ● Transparency & Auditability ● Corruption and codified rules ● Emerging voting mechanisms: real-time direct voting, futarchy,

and more

18:00 - 18:15 Artlery Restitution