2023 SCU Crypto Conference
The Finance Department of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University is pleased to host a one-day conference on cryptocurrencies. The focus of the conference lies on a discussion about what is next for cryptocurrency markets amidst market turmoil and increased oversight by regulators. It will include a series of talks from academic experts in the field, together with a panel discussion by industry experts. The conference will be held on the campus of Santa Clara University on Friday, May 19, 2023.
DATE:
Friday, May 19, 2023, 8:50 am - 6:30 pm.
LOCATION:
Lucas Hall (Santa Clara University)
738 Franklin St
Santa Clara, CA 95050
SCHEDULE:
8:50 am: Welcome
Morning session: Crypto exchanges & trading
9 am: Greg Zanotti (Stanford University)
Talk title: Cryptocurrency Market Microstructure: Human and Machine under the Microscope
10 am: Amin Shams (Ohio State University)
Talk title: Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Comovements of Cryptocurrency Returns
11 am: Will Cong (Cornell University)
Talk title: Future of CeFi: Regulation, Forensics, Interoperability, and Reputation
11:45 am: Lunch Break
Afternoon session : Decentralization
1 pm: Agostino Capponi (Columbia University)
Talk title: Price Discovery on Decentralized Exchanges
2 pm: Thomas Rivera (McGill University)
Talk title: Equilibrium in a DeFi Lending Market
3 pm: Ian Appel (University of Virginia)
Talk title: Decentralized Governance and Digital Asset Prices
4:15 pm: Panel: What’s next for crypto?
Jill Grennan (Santa Clara University)
Michael Li (ex Coinbase)
Rupam Shrivastava (Frontiers Fund)
Sebastian Spitzer (DuckDAO)
5:30 pm: Reception & Wine
ORGANIZERS:
Santa Clara University Professors Sanjiv Das, Seoyoung Kim, and Gustavo Schwenkler.