Note: This is a tentative agenda, subject to change. Final agenda and speakers will be posted closer to the event date.
All times are ET

 

8:00 BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION
Sponsored by Seward & Kissel LP

9:00 Opening remarks

  • Michelle Noyes
    Managing Director, Head of Americas, AIMA

  • John D'Agostino
    Chief Executive Officer, Dagger Consulting LLC (and Co-Chair of AIMA’s Digital Assets Working Group)

  

 

1-on-1 and small
group meetings

9:15 Panel: Where are we now? What comes next for institutional adoption of digital assets
Sponsored by Coinbase

    

10:00 Fireside chat: How to spot a fraud

  • Jim Eckles
    FBI

  • John D'Agostino
    Chief Executive Officer, Dagger Consulting LLC (and Co-Chair of AIMA’s Digital Assets Working Group)

    
10:20 COFFEE BREAK
Sponsored by Trident Trust
 
CHOOSE YOUR OWN AGENDA

10:50 Panel: When tradfi investment management meets digital assets
Sponsored by NAV Fund Administration Group

  • Michael Ashby
    Head of Digital Assets Strategic Implementation, Point72

  • Nemesh Bhatte
    Director of U.S. Compliance and Counsel, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC.

  • Leo Mizuhara
    Founder & CEO, Hashnote

  • Rajat Jain
    SVP – Fund Accounting & Digital Department, NAV Fund Administration Group

  • MODERATOR: Michelle Perry
    Head of Operational Due Diligence, Galaxy

Breakout sessions*

10:50 Getting Audit Ready
Sponsored by Withum

  • Joseph Cassano
    Partner, National Hedge and Digital Assets Leader, Withum

  • Romulad Beneche
    US Director, AIMA

 

 

11:20 Strategies and Insights for Fund Managers Entering and Investing in the Crypto Economy – Lessons learned from the front lines
Sponsored by Formidium

 

 

11:50 Guide to Digital Asset Trading
Sponsored by KPMG

 

11:35 Panel: Tokenization in the funds management industry
Sponsored by State Street
12:20 NETWORKING LUNCH
 

1:30 Quick Fire Presentations: What’s going to drive the next chapter of digital assets adoption 

Breakout sessions*
 

1:30 ODD Clinic

 

 

2:00 Counterparty Risk Management

2:15 Fireside chat: Finding opportunity in distress  
Sponsored by Galaxy

2:35 COFFEE BREAK
Sponsored by Winston & Strawn LLP

3:05 Panel: Digital assets in D.C.
Sponsored by Clifford Chance

Breakout sessions

3:05 Trading through times of market stress

 

3:35 Harnessing DeFi and other onchain data for accounting, tax and institutional reporting
Sponsored by NODE40

  • Anthony Aniello
    Financial Services Tax Partner, NE Tax Leader for Digital Assets, BDO

  • Norm Hannawa
    Head of Tax & Accounting Solutions, NODE40

 

 

4:05 Navigating the global regulatory landscape for digital asset funds
Sponsored by Simmons & Simmons

3:50 Panel: Building a future proof business as a digital assets investment manager
Sponsored by Polymath

4:40 Closing interview

  • Michael Casey
    Chief Content Officer, CoinDesk

  • Michelle Noyes
    Managing Director, Head of Americas, AIMA

  • John D'Agostino
    Chief Executive Officer, Dagger Consulting LLC (and Co-Chair of AIMA’s Digital Assets Working Group)
5:00 COCKTAIL RECEPTION