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We invite you to join us for “The Great Debate: How to Modernize Financial Regulation and Create Economic Stability in a Digital Age,” April 17, 2025, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. at George Mason University and online
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The Program
The regulation of financial services in the U.S. is based on a bank-centric model established for the conditions that existed 90 years ago after the Great Depression. Today’s financial services world is far more diversified with less of it regulated. As a result, we continue to see events that seriously destabilize our financial system.
As the Administration considers the future of financial services regulation, it is time to evaluate how we can create a financial regulatory system that (i) reduces financial stability risks ignored by asymmetrical oversight, (ii) confronts known structural risks created by the digital economy and (iii) deploys and utilizes predictive artificial intelligence to deal with threats before they spiral out of control.
Join our distinguished group of experts on April 17, either in person or online. Attendance at the program is FREE.
NOTE: Bonus for attendees who attend in person: You will have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with faculty members at two Donut Networking sessions, and enjoy a buffet lunch.
The Great Debate:
How to Modernize Financial Regulation and Create Economic Stability
April 17, 2025, 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 pm (Eastern)
In-Person, Van Metre Hall, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia
and via Zoom Webinar
Join George Mason University’s (GMU) Center for Assurance Research and Engineering (CARE), the Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center (Center), the Donald G. Costello College of Business, and a host of experts for a wide ranging discussion of what a financial regulatory structure equipped to deal with the realities of today’s financial services sector should look like.
Hear experts discuss the following elements of a establishing a financial regulatory structure that can promote economic growth, U.S. global competitiveness, financial stability, and protects investors and consumers, including:
- Why Don’t We See Financial Sector Crises Coming & How Do We Make Supervision Work Better?
- Time to Regulate Cryptocurrency? Investments, Money or Both?
- Regulation of Nonbank Financial Institutions and FinTechs
- Building a New Regulatory Model
- Rethinking Deposit Insurance – Uninsured Deposits and other Threats to Financial Stability
- Leveraging AI to Improve Financial Regulation
Our faculty will be moderated by:
Dr. Jean-Pierre Auffret, Director, Research Partnerships, Costello College of Business, George Mason University; Director, Center for Assurance Research and Engineering (CARE), College of Engineering & Computing, George Mason
Thomas P. Vartanian, Executive Director of the Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center, Author, 200 Years of American Financial Panics, Crashes, Recessions and Depressions, And the Technology That Will Change It All
Faculty experts include:
- Michele Alt, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Klaros Group, Former District Counsel, OCC
- Greg Baer, President & CEO, Bank Policy Institute
- Jo Ann Barefoot, CEO & Cofounder, Alliance for Innovative Regulation, Author, The case for placing AI at the heart of digitally robust financial regulation
- Jon Danielsson, Director of the Systemic Risk Centre, London School of Economics, Author, The Illusion of Control: Why Financial Crises Happen and What We Can (and Can’t) Do About It
- Coy Garrison, Partner, Steptoe LLP, Former Counsel to SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
- Gary Gorton, Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management, Author, Misunderstanding Financial Crises: Why We Don’t See Them Coming
- William Isaac, Chairman, Secura/Isaac Group, Former Chairman FDIC, Author, Senseless Panic: How Washington Failed America
- Robert Ledig, Managing Director, Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center
- Caitlin Long, Chairman & Founder, The Cynosure Group, Former Vice Chair for Supervision, Federal Reserve Board
- Elizabeth McCaul, Former Member Supervisory Board, European Central Bank, Former Chair, New York State Banking Department and Superintendent of Banks
- Alex Pollock, Senior Fellow, Mises Institute, Author, Finance and Philosophy: Why We’re Always Surprised
- Randal Quarles, Chairman & Founder, The Cynosure Group, Former Vice Chair for Supervision, Federal Reserve Board
- John Reed Stark, John Reed Stark Consulting LLC, Former Chief, SEC Office of Internet Enforcement
- Dan Swislow, Director of Policy and Government Affairs, Mercury
- Alison Touhey, SVP, Bank Funding Policy, American Bankers Association
- Richard Wald, Vice Chairman, Emigrant Bank
- Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law, GMU Antonin Scalia Law School, Chair, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Task Force on Federal Consumer Financial Law
More event information:
- For more information about the event, speakers, agenda and updates, please go to: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/great-debate-how-to-modernize-financial-regulation or @MasonCyber on twitter.
- There is no charge to attend the program either in person or online via webinar.
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Registration information:
The College of Engineering and Computing at George Mason University hosts the Center for Assurance Research & Engineering (CARE). CARE’s multidisciplinary approach to cybersecurity encompasses the fields of technology, policy, business and leadership. Through partnerships with government and private industry, innovative research is translated into practices and policies used in real-world settings. Research includes security for distributed systems, mobile apps/devices, industrial control systems, and new technologies such as networked medical devices, as well as policies development for securing critical infrastructure and guidance for cybersecurity leadership/governance. For more information, please visit care.gmu.edu.
The Financial Technology & Cybersecurity Center is a non-profit organization that brings together financial services professionals, regulators, trade association representatives, consumer group representatives, counsel and advisors to discuss, debate, and advocate in regard to financial technology and cybersecurity issues and their regulation. It is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. For more information about the Center and to sign up to hear about future events and projects visit https://fintsc.org/.
For questions regarding the program, please contact Dr. J.P. Auffret at [email protected] or FTCC Managing Director Robert Ledig at [email protected]
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