How to (and not to) Regulate Crypto

Save the date to join GIC in Montréal on September 29, 2023! The Global Interdependence Center is partnering with the Desmarais Global Finance Research Centre at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University for the upcoming Desmarais Global Finance Lecture.

This conference aims to bring together thought leaders and decision-makers from academia, public policy circles, and the business world, with the goal to promote thought exchange, dialogue, and the exploration of solutions to global challenges in finance and economics. For this year, Professor Christine Parlour, Sylvan C. Coleman Chair of Finance and Accounting at Berkeley Haas, is confirmed as a Keynote speaker. Watch this page for updates as GIC is building an exciting one-day program that includes additional speakers from academia, the policy/regulatory environment, as well as the business community.

We are pleased to offer Continuing Education (CE) credits for this program. Please email slevant@interdependence.org for more information on how attendees can receive credit from the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (4.5 CE credit hours).

8:30 | Registration and Coffee 

9:00 | Welcoming Remarks

• Yolande E. Chan, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management
• Kathleen Stephansen, GIC Chair Emeritus

9:15 | Opening Presentations

“The State of Crypto Regulations Around The World”

• Ananya Kumar, Associate Director, The Atlantic Council

“Systemic Risk and Financial Stability in the Age of Crypto”

• Nobuyasu Sugimoto, Deputy Division Chief, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, IMF

10:00 | Coffee Break

10:15 | Paper Session 1: “On the Fragility of DeFi Lending”

• Presenter: Kathy Yuan, London School of Economics and Political Science
• Discussant: Thomas Rivera, Desautels Faculty of Management
• Moderator: Katrin Tinn, Desautels Faculty of Management

11:00| Paper Session 2: “Learning from DeFi: Would Automated Market Makers Improve Equity Trading?”

• Presenter: Katya Malinova, McMaster University
• Discussant: Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary
• Moderator: Katrin Tinn, Desautels Faculty of Management

11:45 | Lunch at the McGill Faculty Club

1:00: Keynote Address: “The Future of Tokenization”

• Christine Parlour, Sylvan C. Coleman Chair of Finance and Accounting, University of California at Berkeley

1:45 | Coffee Break

2:00 | Panel Session: Approaches in Canada & Beyond

• Laurent Féral-Pierssens, Managing Partner, BlockZero Advisors
• Pascale Toupin, Director, Oversight of Intermediaries, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
• Elizabeth Côté, Director, Digital Innovation Impact Hub at Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)
• David Adler, Partner, McCarter & English, LLP
• Moderator: Kathleen Stephansen, GIC Chair Emeritus

2:45 | Coffee Break

3:00 | Panel Session: Global Perspectives on Regulating Crypto

• Nobuyasu Sugimoto, Deputy Division Chief, Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, IMF
• Franca Ciambella, Senior Consultant, Global Law Alliance
• Miguel Diaz, Director, BIS Innovation Hub Toronto
• Shaun Martinak, Portfolio Manager, Coinbase Asset Management
• Moderator: Ananya Kumar, Associate Director, The Atlantic Council

3:30 | Closing Remarks

• David Schumacher, Associate Professor, Director of the DGFRC
  
• Peter Guay, PWL Capita