GW Law’s Business and Finance Law program and the GW Center for Law and Technology: The Bernard Center partnered with the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) to host a day-long symposium on June 9, focused on risk, compliance, and security.
The symposium convened 48 speakers to discuss implementation, cybersecurity, compliance innovation, RegTech/SupTech, GENIUS Act considerations, AML/KYC, supply chains standards, and more. GBBC is the largest leading non-profit association for the blockchain, digital assets, and emerging technologies community.
“It is our great honor to open our doors to the impressive group of public and private sector experts and policymakers who are gathered here at an important time and at an important summit to have conversations that can’t be had anywhere else,” GW Law Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew said in her opening remarks at the symposium.
Adrienne Fowler, Bernard Assistant Dean of the Privacy and Technology Law program and Deputy Director of the The Bernard Center, spoke at a panel entitled, “AI Implications for Digital Assets.” She was joined by Xiaochen Zhang, Executive Director and Chief Responsible AI Officer for AI 2030, Renjie Butalid, Vice President of Business Development at Metrika, and Michelle O’Connor, founder of Digital Future.
“Our panel was an excellent opportunity to highlight how regulatory developments in the blockchain space and those in the AI space affect one another,” Dean Fowler said. “The Bernard Center is proud to lead these types of conversations, which cut across traditional dividing lines and to help stakeholders come up with nuanced solutions that promote good governance across the tech ecosystem.”
Dr. Michael Rand, Assistant Dean of the Business and Finance Program at GW Law, moderated a conversation with Katlin Asrow, Acting Superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).
“It was my privilege to host the Acting Superintendent, Katlin Asrow, at GW Law. For many years, NYDFS has been at the forefront of crypto regulation in the United States, especially absent a federal framework for the same. With the passage of the GENIUS Act, states with substantially similar frameworks have an important role in regulating state-qualified payment stablecoin issuers. As the head of a premier regulator for this developing asset class, her perspective on the direction of implementation and enforcement at NYDFS is important, and it is especially instructive for industry participants and policymakers in this dialog.”
Dr. Rand emphasized further that, “hosting this sort of conversation is exactly the type of outside-the-classroom learning that we hope to provide for our students, as well as an opportunity for our alumni to continue to find GW Law as a lifelong intellectual home.” A livestream replay of the event and list of speakers can be found here.
A Conversation with Acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow, NYDFS
AI Implications for Digital Assets
The Global Business Blockchain Council Summit is one of many convenings hosted by the Business and Finance Law program and The Bernard Center at GW Law. Both programs frequently convene leaders in the business and finance and privacy and technology sectors for influential discussions about how emerging technologies and evolving policy impact society.
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