8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast

9:00 a.m.
Welcome Remarks

• Joao Gomes, Senior Vice Dean of Research, Centers, and Academic Initiatives, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

9:15 a.m.
Stablecoins after the GENIUS Act

• Michael Barr, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Timothy Massad, Senior Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and Former Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Corey Then, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Global Policy, Circle
• Moderator: Max Harris, Senior Fellow, Wharton Initiative on Financial Policy and Regulation, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

10:00 a.m.
The Path Ahead for the Federal Reserve

• Patrick Harker, Rowan Distinguished Professor, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
• Donald Kohn, Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics, Brookings Institution and Former Vice Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Randall Kroszner, Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Former Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Loretta Mester, Adjunct Full Professor of Finance, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; Senior Scholar, Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies, Princeton University and Former President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
• Moderator: David Wessel, Director, The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy and Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings

11:00 a.m.
U.S. Federal Debt and the Long-Term Fiscal Outlook

• Doug Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum and Former Director, Congressional Budget Office
• Maya MacGuineas, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
• Patrick Murphy, Executive Director – Geopolitical Advisors, Hilco Global and Former Acting Secretary of the Army and U.S. Representative
• Phillip Swagel, Director, Congressional Budget Office
• Moderator: Joao Gomes, Senior Vice Dean of Research, Centers, and Academic Initiatives, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

11:45 a.m.
Artificial Intelligence in Finance: Opportunities and Risks

• Kristin Johnson, Lyle T. Alverson Professor of Law, George Washington University and Former Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Nicholas Lin, Head of Product for Financial Services, Anthropic
• Apoorv Saxena, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, ObinAI
• Jonathan Sokobin, Chief Economist, FINRA
• Danny Tobey, Partner and Chair of AI & Data Analytics, DLA Piper
• Moderator: Itay Goldstein, Joel S. Ehrenkranz Family Professor and Chairperson, Finance Department, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

12:30 p.m.
Lunch Buffet

1:45 p.m.
Geopolitics and the Economic Impact of Conflict

• Josh Lipsky, Chair, International Economics and Senior Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council
• Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow for China Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
• Nazak Nikakhtar, Chair, National Security Practice, and Partner, Wiley Rein LLP
• Moderator: Celeste Wallander, Executive Director, Penn Washington and Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

2:45 p.m.
The Rise of Private Markets

• Vikas Keswani, Partner, HPS Investment Partners
• Lucas Moskowitz, General Counsel, Robinhood
• Anna Nekoranec, Chief Executive Officer, Align Private Capital
• Moderator: Nikolai Roussanov, Moise Y. Safra Professor, Professor of Finance, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

3:30 p.m.
Fireside Chat – Resilience and Reinvention: How Financial Leaders Navigate Change and Complexity

• Erika James, Dean, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
• Jacqueline Reses, CEO, Lead Bank

4:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks

• David Musto, Ronald O. Perelman Professor in Finance, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

4:05 p.m. Reception

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