Crypto! Is it money, a revolution in financial services and asset management, a new investible asset class? Join us on Friday, February 10, 2023 as we pursue answers and insights with Christopher J. Waller, Ph.D., Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Patrick T. Harker, Ph.D., President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, and a powerful group of experts from Fidelity, Verus Consulting, WisdomTree, Coinbase and more.

GIC is delighted to once again partner with the University of California, San Diego Rady School of Management to bring our in person programming to our members and friends in California.

We are pleased to offer Continuing Education (CE) credits for this program. Please email Colleen Murphy at cmurphy@interdependence.org for more information on how attendees can receive credit from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (4 CE credit hours).

Agenda

8:45 a.m. | Registration and Coffee

9:15 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks

• Stephen Sexauer, Chief Investment Officer, San Diego County Employees Retirement Association and GIC Advisory Council Member

9:30 a.m. |  Session I: A Conversation with Governor Christopher Waller on Digital Assets

• Christopher J. Waller, Ph.D., Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Moderator: David E. Altig, Ph.D., Executive Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and GIC Advisory Council Member

10:15 a.m. | Break

10:30 a.m. | Session II: Decentralized Finance: What is Defi? Why does it matter?

• Will Peck, Head of Digital Assets, WisdomTree
• Anthony Bassili, Head of Asset Allocators, Coinbase
• Jim Bianco, President and Macro Strategist, Bianco Research, LLC
• Moderator: Donald Rissmiller, Founding Partner and Chief Economist, Strategas and GIC Board Member

11:15 a.m. | Session III: Crypto as an Investment: A new asset class? A speculative asset?

• William Kennedy, GIC Board Chair and CEO, RiskBridge Advisors, LLC
• Ian Toner, Chief Investment Officer, Verus Investments
• Tom Jessop, President, Fidelity Digital Assets
• Moderator: Michael Melvin, Ph.D., Executive Director, Master of Finance Program and Pacific Center for Asset Management, UCSD

12:00 p.m. | Networking Lunch in the Courtyard  

1:00 p.m. | Keynote Speech

• Patrick T. Harker, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• Moderator: William Kennedy, GIC Board Chair and CEO, RiskBridge Advisors, LLC

2:00 p.m. | Session IV: Productivity in the age of Crypto: “Everywhere but the productivity numbers”

• Holly Wade, Executive Director, NFIB Research Center and GIC Board Member
• Mark P. Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a Faculty Fellow at Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
• Laura Speake, Ph.D., Chief Economist, Caterpillar, Inc.
• Leland R. Miller, Chief Executive Officer, China Beige Book International and GIC Board Member
• Moderator: Kevin Kliesen, Business Economist and Research Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Saint Louis

3:00 p.m. | Conclusion

• Stephen Sexauer, Chief Investment Officer, San Diego County Employees Retirement Association and GIC Advisory Council Member

Registration fees are subject to a full refund until 72-hours in advance of the scheduled program.