Cryptocurrency and the Future of Global Finance
Date: Thursday, April 20, 2023 - Friday, April 21, 2023
Sarasota, FL
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Cryptocurrency and the Future of Global Finance
We invite you to join us for the upcoming two-day conference taking place April 20-21, 2023 at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee in Sarasota, FL. Our speakers will explore cryptocurrency in depth through two days of panel discussions including keynote remarks from Christopher J. Waller, Ph.D., Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Kevin Rudd, Ph.D., Australia’s Ambassador to the United States of America.
Agenda
Thursday, April 20, 2023 | Cryptocurrency and the Future of Global Finance – Day 1
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Book Sale
Hosted by Cumberland Advisors and RiskBridge Advisors, LLC
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks
- Karen Holbrook, Regional Chancellor, USFSM
- David R. Kotok, Chairman and CIO, Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
- Major General David Scott Gray, U.S. Air Force (Ret), Chair, President, and CEO of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge
8:45 – 9:45 a.m. | Session II: Cryptocurrency in Investments, Financial Markets, and Regulations
- Katie Stockton, Founder and Managing Partner, Fairlead Strategies LLC
- Dave Nadig, Financial Futurist, VettaFi
- Brent Donnelly, President, Spectra Markets
- Ian Katz, Managing Director, Capital Alpha Partners
- Moderator: Dr. Eddie Sanchez Jr., Assistant Professor of Instruction, Muma College of Business, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
9:45 – 10:30 a.m. | Session II: Cryptocurrency Outside the U.S.
- Nicholas Colas, Co-Founder, DataTrek Research
- Jessica Rabe, Co-Founder, DataTrek Research
- Paul O’Brien, Ph.D., Former CIO, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
- Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments and GIC Board Member
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Break and Book Signing with Brent Donnelly
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. | Special Report: Fiat Currencies during the last year and in response to the Russian invasion
- Brent Donnelly, President, Spectra Markets
- Moderator: David R. Kotok, Chairman and CIO, Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Session III: FTX Aftermath and Bankruptcy Laws
- David Adler, Partner, McCarter & English, LLP
- Moderator: Jaynee LaVecchia, Partner, McCarter & English
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. | Keynote: Cryptocurrency and Central Banks
- Introductory Remarks: Dr. Joni L. Jones, Campus Dean and Associate Professor, Muma College of Business, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
- Keynote: Dr. Christopher Waller, Governor, Federal Reserve System
- Moderator: David R. Kotok, Chairman and CIO, Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
12:30 p.m. | Concluding Remarks
- David R. Kotok, Chairman and CIO, Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
Friday, April 21, 2023 | Cryptocurrency and the Future of Global Finance – Day 2: Outlook on Asia
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Book Sale
Hosted by Cumberland Advisors and RiskBridge Advisors, LLC
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks
- Karen Holbrook, Regional Chancellor, USFSM
- David R. Kotok, Chairman and CIO, Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
- Major General David Scott Gray, U.S. Air Force (Ret), Chair, President, and CEO of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge
8:45 – 9:30 a.m. | Morning Keynote: Military National Security
- Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle, Commander, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. | Session I: Panel Discussion about China’s Economics
- Leland R. Miller, CEO, China Beige Book International
- Michael Drury, Chief Economist, McVean Trading & Investments, LLC
- Malcom Riddell, Founder, CHINADebate & Editor, CHINAMacroReporter, Associate in Research, Harvard Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
- Moderator: Alejandra Grindal, Chief Economist, Ned Davis Research Group
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.| Break and Book Signing with Jonathan Ward
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. | Special Report: Geopolitical View – Focus on China
- Jonathan Ward, Ph.D., Founder and President, Atlas Organization
- Moderator: Kelly Caldwell, CEO President, and Senior Trust Officer, Caldwell Trust Company
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Special Report: China, Russia, and Ukraine: Critical Minerals and Global Supply Chains
- Nayantara Hensel, Chief Economist and Senior Advisor, Seaborne Defense
- Moderator: David R. Kotok, Chairman and CIO, Cumberland Advisors
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Afternoon Keynote: Outlook on Asia, Global Risk, and Policy
- Kevin Rudd, Ph.D., Australia’s Ambassador to the United States of America
- Moderator: David R. Kotok, Chairman and CIO, Cumberland Advisors and GIC Board Member
12:30 | Concluding Remarks
- Major General David Scott Gray, U.S. Air Force (Ret), Chair, President, and CEO of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge
Event Location
University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
Address: Selby Auditorium, 8350 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34243
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Speakers
Christopher J. Waller, Ph.D.
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemChristopher J. Waller took office as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on December 18, 2020, to fill an unexpired term ending January 31, 2030.
Kevin Rudd, Ph.D.
Australia’s Ambassador to the United States of AmericaHE the Hon Dr. Kevin Rudd AC is Australia’s Ambassador to the United States of America, taking up his posting in Washington in March 2023.
Gen. Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle
Commander, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, VirginiaGen. Herbert J. "Hawk" Carlisle Commander, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. As the commander, he is responsible for organizing, training, equipping and maintaining combat-ready forces for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime defense.
David Adler
Partner, McCarter & English, LLPDavid Adler’s practice encompasses bankruptcy and other insolvency proceedings. He represents a broad range of clients, including debtors, creditors’ committees, trustees, secured creditors, indenture trustees, unsecured trade creditors, equipment lessors, landlords and purchasers of assets.
Kelly Caldwell
CEO and President, Caldwell Trust CompanyR. G. “Kelly” Caldwell Jr., Caldwell Trust Company CEO and president, began his professional career in 1988 when he returned to the Venice area after finishing college. A high-honors engineering graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology, Kelly had planned to attend law school but first wanted to learn more about his father business, Caldwell & Company.
Nicholas Colas
Co-Founder, DATATREK ResearchNick is a 30+ year veteran of Wall Street with experience in equity research, money management and investment banking.
Brent Donnelly
Author of Alpha Trader (2021) and The Art of Currency Trading (2019)Brent Donnelly has been trading currencies since 1995 and is currently a senior FX trader at HSBC New York. He is the author of Alpha Trader (2021) and The Art of Currency Trading (2019). He writes a widely-read and highly-respected macro and FX daily called AM/FX. Over the course of his career, he has been a market maker, trader, and senior manager at some of the top banks in foreign exchange.
Michael Drury
Chief Economist, McVean Trading & InvestmentsMichael Drury is the chief economist for McVean Trading & Investments, LLC. He joined the firm in 1992, after serving for five years as senior economist with Allen Sinai at Shearson Lehman Brothers and its successor firms. Michael began his career in New York in 1982 as senior economist at A. Gary Shilling and Company. He received his B.S. in economics from the Georgia Institute of Technology and did his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Major General Scott Gray
U.S. Air Force (Ret), Chair, President, and CEO of the Combat Wounded Veteran ChallengeMajor General Scott Gray, USAF, (Ret) has held numerous staff positions at the numbered air force, major command, Air Staff, Secretary of the Air Force and Joint Chiefs of Staff levels, and has commanded in support and operational organizations.
Alejandra Grindal
Senior International Economist, Ned Davis Research GroupAlejandra Grindal is the Senior International Economist for Ned Davis Research Group. She is the primary person in charge of the firm’s global economic outlook, and is responsible for identifying global economic trends and themes, particularly as they relate to developments in equity, fixed income, commodity, and currency markets.
Nayantara Hensel, Ph.D.
Chief Economist and Senior Advisor, Seaborne DefenseDr. Nayantara Hensel has done extensive work over the past two decades on the defense industrial base, the importance of critical materials (such as rare earths) on supply chains, national security budgeting and strategy, and energy markets, as well as the impact of economic forces and regulatory initiatives across a variety of industries, including housing.
Karen Holbrook, Ph.D.
Regional Chancellor, USF Sarasota-ManateeKaren A. Holbrook, Ph.D., is the Regional Chancellor at USF Sarasota-Manatee, following a year as the Interim President for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Before assuming the position at Embry-Riddle she worked as a higher education consultant and the Senior Advisor to the President at the University of South Florida, where she was, until recently, the Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation then Senior Vice President for Global Affairs and International Research.
Joni Jones, Ph.D.
Campus Dean and Associate Professor, Muma College of Business, University of South Florida Sarasota-ManateeJoni Jones is an associate professor in the School of Information Systems and Management. She also serves as campus dean for the Muma College of Business on the Sarasota-Manatee campus.
Ian Katz
Managing Director, Capital Alpha PartnersIan Katz is a managing director and oversees the financials practice at Capital Alpha Partners, an independent policy research firm based in Washington, D.C.
David Kotok
Chief Investment Officer of Cumberland AdvisorsDavid Kotok co-founded Cumberland Advisors in 1973 and has been its Chief Investment Officer since inception. David’s articles and financial market commentaries have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and other publications. He is a frequent contributor to Bloomberg TV and Bloomberg Radio, Yahoo Finance TV, and other media.
Jaynee LaVecchia
Former Senior Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme CourtJaynee LaVecchia was appointed an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, effective February 1, 2000. Having now served more than twenty-one years on the Court, she is currently the Senior Associate Justice and the author of more than 300 opinions while on the Court, including opinions on school financing, affordable housing, employment, environmental and administrative law, and state constitutional principles controlling the actions of the Branches and agencies of State government.
Leland R. Miller
Chief Executive Officer, China Beige Book InternationalLeland is the co-founder and CEO of China Beige Book, the world’s leading data analytics and economic-forecasting firm focused on China, as well as operator of the largest proprietary data-collection network ever developed to track a closed economy.
Dave Nadig
Financial Futurist, VettaFiDave Nadig is the Financial Futurist at VettaFi. He is former Chief Investment Officer and Director of Research of ETF Trends (ETFTrends.com) and ETF Database (ETFdb.com).
Paul F. O’Brien, Ph.D.
Former Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Strategy and Planning Department, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, ADIAPaul O’Brien was Head of Fixed Income Strategy and Deputy Chief Investment Officer at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, from 2009 through 2018.
Jessica Rabe
Co-Founder, DataTrek ResearchJessica started her career on Wall Street working as a research associate for a NYC brokerage firm when she was 19. She was Vice President of Market Strategy at Convergex Group prior to co-founding DataTrek Research. Jessica wrote economic and market commentary for the Morning Markets Briefing, a daily financial report widely followed by the investment community and media.
Eddie Sanchez, Jr.
Director, Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab, USF Sarasota-Manatee College of BusinessEddie Sanchez, Jr. is a finance professor at the University of Sarasota- Manatee. Currently, he is a Doctoral candidate in the DBA program at the University of Florida.
Katie Stockton
Founder and Managing Partner, Fairlead Strategies, LLCKatie Stockton, CMT is Founder and Managing Partner of Fairlead Strategies, LLC, an independent research firm and investment advisor focused on technical analysis. Prior to forming Fairlead Strategies, Katie spent more than 20 years on Wall Street providing technical research and advice to institutional investors.
Jonathan Ward, Ph.D.
Founder and President, Atlas OrganizationDr. Jonathan D. T. Ward is an internationally recognized expert on Chinese global strategy and US-China competition. He earned his PhD in China-India relations at the University of Oxford and his undergraduate degree at Columbia University where he studied Russian and Chinese language.
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