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Data Is The New Oil
The development of any modern financial market requires high-quality data. What is the current state of data in crypto-markets and what tools and solutions are available today? Can getting a head start give you an edge?
Moderated By Brad Levy
Legal Matters
The rapid pace of crypto-market development has created numerous legal questions that remain unanswered. Our panel of experts will discuss which topics are most important to institutional market participants and why.
Exchanging Places
Exchanges will undoubtedly play a key role in the development of the institutional crypto-market. This session brings together leaders from new platforms and traditional exchanges to debate the proper path to institutional market evolution.
Moderated By Richard Kerschner
Future Funds
What's the long-term view on the digital asset landscape? This panel features representatives from incumbent platforms, investment banks and traditional VC firms to discuss themes in strategic investment that present the biggest opportunities.
Is It Safe?
Sound settlement and custody solutions are fundamental to a well-functioning market. Our panel of experts will debate the right approach for meeting the standards and requirements for financial market institutions.
Blurred Lines
Regulating a new industry is a complex endeavor, but without clarity on key rules the pace of crypto-market innovation will be compromised. This panel will combine industry experts with representatives from major regulators to discuss the way forward.
Moderated By Chris Brummer
You Down With OTC?
Reliable institutional liquidity is dependent on a well-functioning OTC market, and crypto-assets are no exception. This panel combines OTC market makers with solution providers to discuss the current and future state of OTC trading.
Moderated By Noelle Acheson
Link in the Chain
The dream of leveraging distributed ledger technology for financial products is now a reality. This session will gather proven innovators to discuss their respective approaches to issuing securities via blockchain technology.
Moderated By Mark Smith
Not So Old School
Traditional financial institutions are now showing definitive signs that they are embracing crypto-markets. What ideas are established firms pursuing and is there an edge in getting it right first?
Banker's Eye View
How does the traditional investment banking business view the digital asset landscape? This panel of representatives from major investment banks will discuss their perspectives on everything from ICOs to M&A.
Moderated By Kapil Mohindra
New Products on the Block
Institutional markets directly rely on alternative products for accessing liquidity and hedging risk. This panel of experts will discuss the outlook for development and growth of derivatives and crypto-ETFs.

25 June / Convene

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David
Mercer
CEO of LMAX Exchange Group
David Mercer is the Chief Executive Officer of LMAX Exchange Group – a leading independent financial services technology company that operates institutional execution venues for FX trading and crypto currencies.
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Timothy G.
Massad
CHAIRMAN OF THE U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION FROM 2014-2017
Timothy Massad is currently a Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown Law School. Mr. Massad served as Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2014-2017. Under his leadership, the agency implemented critical reforms.
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Mark
Smith
CEO and Co-Founder, Symbiont
Mark Shelby Smith is CEO and Co-Founder of Symbiont.io, Inc. Symbiont is the merger of MathMoney f(x) which was founded by Mr. Smith in September of 2013 and the founding team of Bitcoin 2.0 project Counterparty.io. As CEO Mark brings two decades of global experience in FinTech.
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Troy
Paredes
Founder, Paredes StrategiesLLC / SEC Commissioner(2008-2013)
Troy A. Paredes is the founder of Paredes Strategies LLC. From 2008-2013, Paredes was an SEC Commissioner, appointed by President George W. Bush.
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Colleen
Sullivan
CEO of CMT Digital Holdings LLC
Colleen Sullivan is the Chief Executive Officer of CMT Digital Holdings LLC and has been a partner with the broader CMT Group for five years. In her role as CEO, Ms. Sullivan oversees CMT Digital’s trading, investments, and regulatory initiatives in the crypto assets / blockchain technology space.
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Thomas
Chippas
CEO of ErisX
Thomas Chippas was Managing Director and Global Head of Quantitative Prime Brokerage at Citi and held the same position at Barclays. Quantitative Prime Brokerage is a combined execution and financing platform built for systematic investment managers.
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Kate
James
Director of Business Development at ChartIQ
Kate joined ChartIQ in 2014 to launch institutional sales operations, focused on building and scaling the adoption of HTML5 data-visualization at the enterprise level across top tier investment banks and asset managers - including leading ChartIQ's go-to-market strategy for partner collaborations with Symphony Communication Services and Refinitiv Eikon App Studio.
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Chris
Brummer
Founder of Fintech Week
Chris Brummer is the Agnes N. Williams Research Professor and Faculty Director of Georgetown’s Institute of International Economic Law. He is also the founder of Washington’s popular Fintech Week, the Co-Founder of Roll Call’s Fintech Beat, and an editor for fintechpolicy.org.
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Brad
Levy
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Loans at IHS Markit
Chief Executive Officer of MarkitSERV

Brad Levy is, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Loans at IHS Markit and Chief Executive Officer of MarkitSERV, the firm’s post trade service for OTC derivatives.
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Jill
Malandrino
Global Markets Reporter and Host of TradeTalks
Jill Malandrino, Global Markets Reporter, is the host of TradeTalks and regularly reports from the Nasdaq MarketSite, Nasdaq PHLX Trading Floor and industry conferences.
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Edward
Woodford
Co-Founder of Seed CX
Edward co-founded Seed Futures, which was acquired by Dough, Inc. in early 2017. Edward has led the development of multiple certified derivative products and is a specialist in market micro-structure. He has been named one of Chicago’s 20 in their 20s by Crain's.
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Matthew
Trudeau
Chief Strategy Officer of ErisX
Matt Trudeau is a serial entrepreneur and has participated in the successful launch of 10 electronic trading venues. Matt was most recently Co-Founder and President of Tradewind Markets, an electronic trading platform and blockchain-based post trade system for physical precious metals.
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Frank
Chaparro
Editor at The Block
Chaparro started his career at Business Insider, where he specialized in the intersection of digital assets and Wall Street, market structure, and financial technology. In 2018, he become a sought after reporter in the crypto world, interviewing luminaries such as Tyler Winklevoss, the cofounder of Gemini, Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of Circle, and Fundstrat head Tom Lee
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Vikas
Shah
Managing Director of Investment Banking at Rosenblatt Securities
Vikas Shah is the Managing Director of Investment Banking at Rosenblatt Securities. Earlier this year, Vikas was named to Institutional Investor’s 2018 and 2019 FinTech 40 List of most influential people in the FinTech space.
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Richard
Kerschner
Advisory Board Chair Of DrumG Technologies
Richard Kerschner is currently an active board member, advisor and mentor for early stage companies. He has held executive and board roles for market dominant as well as new players within the financial services and mobile communications sectors.
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David
Weisberger
CEO and Co-Founder of CoinRoutes
David Weisberger is the CEO and Co-Founder of CoinRoutes, which provides pan-exchange algorithmic trading software and consolidated data products for digital assets.
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Kapil
Mohindra
Managing Partner, Labrys Group
Kapil has spent 20+ years operating across various facets of institutional trading technology including most major asset classes (energy, fixed income, equities and derivatives). As a tech innovator in numerous markets, Kapil has a diverse perspective on market evolution and corporate development from early seed rounds through large public and private exits.
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Chris
White
Founder and CEO of ViableMkts
Chris White is the Founder and CEO of ViableMkts, a capital markets, FinTech focused strategic consulting firm. Mr. White has over 20 years of experience working in OTC market innovation, is a regular contributor to Bloomberg TV, a prolific author of articles covering financial market structure and technology.