The University of Manchester, Department of Law. In collaboration with the UK Endorsement Board
Programme
• 8.30am - 9am: Registration & Coffee
• 9am - 9.02am: Introduction - Dr Joseph Lee – Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, University of Manchester
• 9.02am - 10am: Economics Keynote - Ms Iota Nassr – Economist/Policy Analyst, OECD
“Crypto-assets and Decentralised Finance: Lessons from the Crypto-winter an DeFi-TradFi Interconnections”
• 10am -11.15am: Law and Regulation of the Cryptoassets Market
Chair: Dr Joseph Lee – Reader in Corporate and Commercial Law, The University of Manchester
Dr Abubakri Yekini – Lecturer in Law (conflict of laws), The University of Manchester
“Private International Law in the Cryptoassets Market and Emerging Technology”
Dr Aikaterini Florou – Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool
“Cryptoassets and International Investment”
Dr Fiona Lakareber – Lecturer in Law, University of Manchester
“Consumer Protection in the Era of Cryptoassets”
Mr Lukas Schu – Associate, Noerr, Frankfurt Germany
“Market Manipulations in the Cryptoassets Market”
Mr David Kemp – Group Head of Compliance, GAM Investments
“Cryptoassets and Asset Management Regulation”
• 11.15am - 11.30am: Coffee Break
• 11.30am - 1.30pm: Accounting for Cryptocurrencies: A Multidisciplinary Discussion
Chair: Prof Mike Wells – Board Member, UK Endorsement Board
Dr Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj – Assistant Professor of Finance, Warwick Business School
Ms Suzanne Moresfield – Global Head of Accounting Solutions, Lukka
Dr Joseph Lee – Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, The University of Manchester
Dr Matteo Aquilina – Senior Economist, Bank for International Settlements
• 1.30pm - 2.30pm: Lunch
• 2.30pm - 3.45pm: Afternoon Keynotes
• 2.30pm -3.15pm: Dr Matteo Aquilina – Senior Economist, Bank for International Settlements
“Ban, Contain or Regulate? Approaches to Tackling Risks from Crypto-Asset Activities?”
• 3.15pm - 3.45pm: Dr Nicola Borri – Assistant Professor of Economics, LUISS Guido Carli University Rome
“The Economics of Non-Fungible Tokens”
• 3.45pm - 4pm: Coffee Break
• 4pm - 5.15pm - The Future of the Cryptoassets Market
Chair: Dr Joseph Lee – Reader in Corporate and Financial Law, The University of Manchester
Mr Bart Garré – Legal Counsel, Euroclear
“CeFi or DeFi: is that really the question?”
Dr James Cunningham – Healthcare Research and Software Engineer, The University of Manchester
“Use of DAOs and DAO tokens”
Mr Michael Kennedy – Senior Manager (Innovation and Legal Technology), Addleshaw Goddard
Ms Vere Marie Khan – Attorney-at-Law, Queen Mary University of London
“Cybersecurity in the Cryptoassets Market”
• 5:15 pm End of Seminar
