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Miami 2022
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Overview
GEF-Miami is a peer-to-peer thought leadership conference that will bring together our core constituents in the hedge fund, private equity, private credit, digital asset, venture capital, and other industries with leaders of Miami’s fintech, healthcare, wealth management, real estate, and other investment communities.
Attendance is by invitation only. Purchase a pass or sponsor in order to attend.
March 14th, 2022
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Lauren Abendschein
Coinbase
Director, Institutional Sales, US & Americas
Matt Brown
CAIS
Founder & CEO
Anna Dinescu
LibertyRoad Capital
COO & Founder
Sinead Colton Grant
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Global Head of Investor Solutions
Michal Katz
Mizuho Americas
Head of Investment & Corporate Banking
Julia La Roche
Yahoo Finance
Correspondent
Chris Miller
Greenmantle
Eurasia Director
Brett Philbin
Edelman
Executive Vice President
Marco Santori
Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
Chief Legal Officer
Laura Turano
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Partner
Sarah Williamson
Coinbase
Director of Finance Trading
Jim Aiello
Greenwich Economic Forum
Co-Founder
Jake Brukhman
CoinFund
Founder & CEO
Carlos Domingo
Securitize
Co-founder and CEO
Adam Green
YieldX
Cofounder & CEO
Catherine Keating
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
CEO
Omeed Malik
Farvahar Partners
Founder & CEO
Howard Nifoussi
Apollo Global Management
US Head of Wealth Management
Andrew Pignanelli
Velvet
Founder & CEO
Arlen Shenkman
Citrix
CFO & EVP
Dimitris Valatsas, CFA
Aurora Macro Strategies
Founding Partner
Roger Bayston
Franklin Templeton
Director of Quant & FinTech Strategies
Michael Bucella
BlockTower Capital
Partner
Dmitri Galinov
24 Exchange
Founder & CEO
Colin Greenspon
Narya
Co-Founder
Rishi Khanna
Stocktwits
CEO
Bruce McGuire
Greenwich Economic Forum
Co-Founder
Ari Paul
BlockTower Capital
CIO, Co-founder
Ashraf Rizvi
Gilded
CEO
Russell Sherman
Prosek Partners
Partner
Karen Wawrzaszek
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Regional President
Morgan Blair Borer
Blair Reputation Management
Founder
Pierre Caramazza
Franklin Templeton
Head of U.S. Product & Specialty Sales
Laurence Goldberg
Onex
Managing Director
Vishal Gupta
Coinbase
Head of Exchange
Cormac Kinney
Diamond Standard
Founder & CEO
Dr. Vin Menon
CGCX Group of Companies and BGBF
Founder
Chris Pavlovski
Rumble
Founder & CEO
Alex Rodriguez
A-Rod Corp
Chairman & CEO
Maggie Sun
Alpha Square Group
Director
Michael Weisz
YieldStreet
Founder & President
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GLOBAL PARTNERS
DIAMOND
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GOLD
SILVER
OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
AMENITY
SUPPORTING
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NONPROFIT
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
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Monday, March 14, 2022
7:30 AM
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8:30 AM
REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST | Sponsored by Cambridge Associates
Monday, March 14, 2022
8:30 AM
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8:35 AM
GEF MIAMI WELCOME
Jim Aiello, Co-Founder, Greenwich Economic Forum
Monday, March 14, 2022
8:35 AM
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9:05 AM
OPENING KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: The Future of Cryptocurrency
Lauren Abendschein, Head US Institutional Sales, Coinbase
Roger Bayston, Director of Quant & FinTech Strategies, Franklin Templeton
Monday, March 14, 2022
9:05 AM
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9:50 AM
M&A Deal Making in 2022
Moderator: Michal Katz, Head of Investment & Corporate Banking, Mizuho Americas
Laurence Goldberg, Managing Director, ONEX
Arlen Shenkman, CFO and EVP, Citrix
Laura Turano, M&A Partner, Paul, Weiss
Monday, March 14, 2022
9:50 AM
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10:05 AM
Perspectives from the Mayor of Miami
Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami, FL
Monday, March 14, 2022
10:05 AM
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10:25 AM
Why Correlation is Unreliable in Finance
Interviewer: Dimitris Valatsas, Chief Economist, Greenmantle
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Distinguished Scientific Advisor, Universa Investments
Monday, March 14, 2022
10:25 AM
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10:45 AM
Networking Break
Monday, March 14, 2022
10:45 AM
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11:15 AM
Managing Your Portfolio Through Extraordinary Uncertainty
Catherine Keating, CEO, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Matt Brown, Founder & CEO, CAIS
Monday, March 14, 2022
11:15 AM
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12:00 PM
Old Assets in a New Way
Moderator: Morgan Borer, Partner, Bevel
Michael Weisz, Co-Founder & President, Yieldstreet
Cormac Kinney, Founder & CEO, Diamond Standard
Ashraf Rizvi, Founder & CEO, Gilded
Monday, March 14, 2022
12:00 PM
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1:00 PM
LUNCHEON KEYNOTE
Interviewer: Russell Sherman, Partner, Prosek Partners
Alex Rodriguez, Chairman & CEO, A Rod Corp.
Monday, March 14, 2022
1:00 PM
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1:50 PM
3 Roundtable Discussions
1. Introduction to Crypto Prime Brokerage
Lauren Abendschein, Head of US Institutional Sales, Coinbase
Sarah Williamson, Director of Financing Trading, Coinbase
2. Best Practices for Evolving ESG Strategies and Emerging Trends
Sinead Colton Grant, Global Head of Investor Solutions, BNY Mellon Wealth Managemnt
Karen Wawrzaszek, Regional President, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
3. Emerging Managers And Institutional Exposure To Cryptocurrency Funds
Host: Andrew Pignanelli, Founder & CEO, Velvet
Maggie Sun, Director, Alpha Square Group
Dr. Vin Menon, Founder, CGCX Group of Companies and BGBF
Anna Dinescu, COO & Founder, LibertyRoad Capital
Monday, March 14, 2022
1:50 PM
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2:20 PM
The New Age of Economic Warfare
Moderator: John Quelch, Dean, University of Miami Hebert School of Business
Chris Miller, Director, Eurasia, Greenmantle
Dimitris Valatsas, Chief Economist, Greenmantle
Monday, March 14, 2022
2:20 PM
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3:05 PM
Institutional Access to Cryptocurrencies: Conforming to Regulations
Moderator: Brett Philbin, Executive Vice President, Edelman
Carlos Domingo, Co-Founder & CEO, Securitize
Ari Paul, Founder & CIO, BlockTower
Jake Brukhman, Founder & CEO, CoinFund
Marco Santori, Chief Legal Officer, Kraken
Monday, March 14, 2022
3:05 PM
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3:25 PM
Networking Break
Monday, March 14, 2022
3:25 PM
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3:50 PM
Exchanges of the Future
Moderator: Michael Bucella, General Partner, BlockTower
Dmitri Galinov, Founder & CEO, 24 Exchange
Vishal Gupta, Head of Exchange, Coinbase
Monday, March 14, 2022
3:55 PM
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4:25 PM
Venture, SPACs and Why Building Alternatives to Big Tech is Important For Our Economy
Moderator: Omeed Malik, CEO, Farvahar Partners & Colombier Acquisition Corp
Colin Greenspon, Founder & Managing Partner, Narya
Chris Pavlovski, CEO, Rumble
Monday, March 14, 2022
4:25 PM
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5:05 PM
Democratizing Finance: The Future of Alternative Investments
Moderator: Matt Brown, Founder & CEO, CAIS
Pierre Caramazza, Head of US Product & Specialty Sales, Franklin Templeton
Howard Nifoussi, US Head of Wealth Management, Apollo Global Management
Adam Green, CEO, YieldX
Rishi Khanna, CEO, Stocktwits
Monday, March 14, 2022
5:05 PM
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5:10 PM
Closing Remarks
Bruce McGuire, Co-Founder, Greenwich Economic Forum
Monday, March 14, 2022
5:10 PM
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6:45 PM