No content found

No content found

Event Agenda


9:00 am – 9:15 am

Introduction and Program Overview
Institute and Task Force on Digital Technologies Co-Chairs:
Lorraine McGowen, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Edward So, White & Case, LLP
Jerome Walker, Jerome Walker PLLC

9:15 am – 10:00 am

Kickoff Fireside Chat with Federal Reserve and International Monetary Fund on Implementation of Emerging Payment Systems/Processes in Global Monetary Policy: Challenges & Opportunities

Moderator: Lorraine McGowen, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Panelists:
Marianne Bechara, Senior Legal Counsel, International Monetary Fund
Michel Bamani, Assistant Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

10:00 am – 10:10 am Break
10:10 am – 11:30 am Payment Services and Distributed Ledger Technology and Blockchain

Moderator and Lead Panelist: Jerome Walker, Partner at Jerome Walker PLLC.
Panelists:
Justin Levine, Davis Polk
Robert Schwinger, Norton Rose
Edwin Smith, Morgan Lewis
Pratin Vallabhaneni, White & Case, LLP

11:30 am – 11:45 am Break
11:45 am – 1:05 pm Paying for Mobility: Legal & Policy Issues in an Evolving Digital Multi-Modal World

Moderator and Lead Panelist: Matthew Daus, Windels Marx
Panelists:
Erin Abrams, Chief Legal Officer, Via Transportation, Inc.
Valerie Chianura, General Counsel & Head of People/Operations, nTopology

1:05 pm – 1:10 pm Break
1:10 pm - 1:55 pm Networking Luncheon and Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker TBD
1:55 pm – 2:05 pm Break
2:05 pm – 3:25 pm Tax Treatment of Transactions Involving Digital Assets

Moderator and Lead Panelist: Edward So, White & Case, LLP
Panelists:
Roger Brown, Global Head of Tax Strategy, Chainalysis, Inc.
Matthew Foreman, Falcon Rappaport & Berkman LLP
Erika Nijenhuis, Senior Counsel for Tax Policy, Treasury Department

3:25 pm – 3:35 pm Break
3:35 pm – 5:00 pm Business and Consumer Payment Products and Services in the Digital Age

Moderator and Lead Panelist: Melissa Baal Guidorizzi, Davis Wright Tremaine, (Former Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy, Office of Enforcement Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB))
Panelists:
Sumeet Chugani, General Counsel and CCO, Cloaked
Christopher D’Angelo, Chief Deputy Attorney General for Economic Justice at the Office of the New York State Attorney General (Former Associate Director, Supervision, Enforcement and Fair Lending, CFPB)
Michelle Gitlitz, Managing Partner, Arktouros

No content found

No content found

No content found

Not a Member?
Join Now and save on this program & more.

Sponsorship Opportunities are Available!

Please Contact:
Yelena Balashchenko, Manager, Business Development & Sponsorships
(212) 382-6608
ybalashchenko@nycbar.org