8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration, Breakfast, and Networking
9:00 – 9:05 a.m.
Welcome
9:05 – 9:30 a.m.
Virtual Fireside Chat: Chair Gary Gensler, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Moderator: Reena Aggarwal, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance and Founding Director, Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.
Fireside Chat: David Schwimmer, CEO, London Stock Exchange Group
Moderator: Gillian Tett, Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large, US of the Financial Times
10:15 – 11:00 a.m.
Panel Discussion: Market Structure
Jim Angel, Associate Professor of Finance, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
Hope Jarkowski, General Counsel, New York Stock Exchange
Brian Shroder, President and CEO, Binance
Nandini Sukumar, CEO, World Federation of Exchanges
Moderator: Stacey Cunningham, Board Member, New York Stock Exchange
11:00 – 11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion: ESG & Climate Disclosure
Joe Amato (B’84), President and CIO – Equities, Neuberger Berman
Sam Hodas, Managing Director, Head of Enterprise ESG Strategy, TIAA Nuveen
Ananth Madhavan, Managing Director, BlackRock
Moderator: Afsaneh M. Beschloss, Founder and CEO, RockCreek
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Fireside Chat: Robert Cook, President and CEO, FINRA
Moderator: Rohan Williamson, Vice Provost for Education, Professor of Finance, and the Bolton Sullivan and Thomas A. Dean Chair of International Business, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Regulatory & Policy Roundtable: CFTC and SEC Commissioners
Commissioners from the CFTC and SEC will share updates on topics including digital assets, ESG, and market structure from the policy-side.
Moderated by: Michael Piwowar (MBA’94), Executive Director, The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets; SEC Commissioner (former)
Panelists:
- Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero, CFTC Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Commissioner Mark Uyeda, SEC Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Digital Assets
Zoe Cruz, Founder and CEO, Menai Financial Group
Susan Friedman (L’04), Head of Policy, Ripple
Neal Kumar, Partner in Corporate & Financial Services Department, Willkie, Farr, & Gallagher LLP
Anna Paglia, Global Head of ETFs, Invesco
Moderator: Mark Makepeace, CEO, Wilshire
3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Break
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Fireside Chat: Chair Rostin Behnam, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Moderator: Reena Aggarwal, Robert E. McDonough Professor of Finance and Founding Director, Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Crypto Legislation Discussion: Senator Cynthia Lummis, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Moderator: Tim Massad (Pre-recorded)
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks and Networking Reception
