Agenda

Tue, Apr 09

• 8:30 AM - 8:35 AM

  Welcome & Remarks from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

  Ballroom

  U.S. Government

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• 8:40 AM - 8:47 AM

  Opening Keynote (Natalie Smolenski)

  Ballroom

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• 8:50 AM - 9:25 AM

  Resistance Money: A Philosophical Examination of Bitcoin

  Ballroom

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• 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

  Fireside Chat with Rep. Patrick McHenry

  Ballroom

  U.S. Government

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• 9:50 AM - 10:00 AM

  What Makes Bitcoin Valuable? (Mike Brock)

  Ballroom

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• 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

  How I Resisted Three Dictators with Bitcoin

  Ballroom

  Activist Keynote

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• 10:22 AM - 10:32 AM

  Why Russian Dissidents Use Bitcoin: Lessons from Navalny's Foundation

  Ballroom

  Activist Keynote

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• 10:33 AM - 10:45 AM

  Bitcoin Against Autocracy: A Modern Tool for Freedom

  Ballroom

  Activist Keynote

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• 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

  Coffee Break

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• 11:05 AM - 11:25 AM

  Mining in America: A Fireside Chat with Senator Cynthia Lummis

  Ballroom

  U.S. Government

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• 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

  Bitcoin & US Competitiveness: A Fireside Chat with Paul Thanos, ITA

  Ballroom

  U.S. Government

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• 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

  Lunch

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• 12:30 PM - 3:55 PM

  Concurrent Programming Begins

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• 12:35 PM - 12:50 PM

  Bitcoin & Financial Inclusion: A Fireside Chat with Chastity Murphy, U.S. Treasury

  First Amendment Lounge

  Future of Money

  U.S. Government

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• 12:35 PM - 12:50 PM

  A Climate Scientist's Perspective on Bitcoin Mining

  Ballroom

  Mining & Energy

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• 12:35 PM - 12:50 PM

  Bitcoin's American Future

  Holeman Lounge

  Geopolitics

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• 12:50 PM - 1:10 PM

  Convergence & The Power of Bitcoin

  Ballroom

  Mining & Energy

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• 12:50 PM - 1:30 PM

  State & Local Digital Asset Policy: Examining the Current Landscape

  First Amendment Lounge

  Future of Money

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• 12:55 PM - 1:35 PM

  The State of Bitcoin's Global Adoption & Technology Ecosystem

  Holeman Lounge

  Geopolitics

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• 1:15 PM - 1:35 PM

  Fireside Chat with Troy Cross and Lauren Boyd, DOE

  Ballroom

  Mining & Energy

  U.S. Government

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• 1:35 PM - 2:15 PM

  The Political Economy of Bitcoin

  First Amendment Lounge

  Future of Money

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• 1:40 PM - 1:55 PM

  Fireside Chat with Congressman Wiley Nickel

  Ballroom

  Future of Money

  U.S. Government

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• 1:40 PM - 1:55 PM

  How Mining Incentivizes Efficient Energy Development (Ben Gagnon)

  Holeman Lounge

  Mining & Energy

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• 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

  Crypto & Illicit Finance

  Ballroom

  Geopolitics

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• 2:00 PM - 2:35 PM

  Mining & Regulation

  Holeman Lounge

  Mining & Energy

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• 2:20 PM - 3:00 PM

  Bitcoin L2s: Policy Lessons from Ethereum?

  First Amendment Lounge

  Future of Money

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• 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

  The Geopolitics of Bitcoin

  Ballroom

  Geopolitics

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• 2:40 PM - 3:15 PM

  Power, Policy, and Progress: The Impact of Next-Gen Computing

  Holeman Lounge

  Mining & Energy

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• 3:05 PM - 3:20 PM

  The Role of Bitcoin in the Dollar-Based System

  Ballroom

  Future of Money

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• 3:05 PM - 3:35 PM

  Countering Digital Authoritarianism

  First Amendment Lounge

  Geopolitics

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• 3:20 PM - 3:35 PM

  How Institutions Consider Bitcoin and Sustainability

  Holeman Lounge

  Mining & Energy

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• 3:25 PM - 4:00 PM

  The State of Bitcoin Policy

  Ballroom

  Future of Money

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• 3:40 PM - 3:55 PM

  Bitcoin & Nuclear Energy: A Fireside Chat with Benton Arnett, NEI

  Holeman Lounge

  Mining & Energy

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• 3:40 PM - 3:55 PM

  Bitcoin & Palestine

  First Amendment Lounge

  Activist Keynote

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• 3:55 PM - 3:56 PM

  Concurrent Programing Ends

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• 4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

  Fireside Chat with Senator Marsha Blackburn

  Ballroom

  U.S. Government

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• 4:25 PM - 4:40 PM

  Using Bitcoin To Power Underground Education In Afghanistan

  Ballroom

  Activist Keynote

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• 4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

  Jeff Booth Keynote - The Future is Watching: The Discovery of an Honest and Open Protocol Changes Everything

  Ballroom

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