The inaugural CtCe Conference is part of a larger initiative to generate practical and rigorous research on frontier blockchain topics.

The CBER Crafting the Cryptoeconomy (CtCe) Conference is an event to educate attendees on the most recent developments in the cryptoeconomy. Topics covered will include Maximal Extractable Value, Restaking, Layer 2s, Order Flow Auction Design, Uniswap v4 and DeFi Regulation. Speakers will include Alexander Nezlobin (London School of Economics), Alfred Lehar (University of Calgary), Andrea Canidio (CoW Protocol), Andreas Park (University of Toronto), Benedikt Bünz (NYU Courant), Brad Bachu (Uniswap Labs), Brett Falk (University of Pennsylvania), Brian Nistler (Uniswap Foundation), Bruno Biais (HEC Paris), Campbell Harvey (Duke University), Ciamac Moallemi (Columbia University), Ed Felten (Princeton University), Fabian Schär (University of Basel), Fahad Saleh (University of Florida), Jiasun Li (George Mason University), Joel Hasbrouck (NYU Stern), Julian Ma (Ethereum Foundation), Katya Malinova (McMaster University), Mallesh Pai (Rice University), Michael Junho Lee (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) and Tim Roughgarden (Columbia University).

The CBER CtCe Conference is part of a larger initiative to generate practical and rigorous research on frontier blockchain topics. In more detail, in parallel with the CBER CtCe conference, CBER Forum is releasing a Call for Research Proposals where winning grants will receive funding of up to $50,000 financed generously by the Uniswap Foundation. The content of the CtCe conference will be aimed at providing context on frontier blockchain research topics (see above) so as to provide the background necessary for potential applicants to form competitive research proposal applications. This context will be provided both through “Workshop Sessions” and “Research Sessions” where Workshop sessions will explain novel blockchain topics worthy of study whereas Research sessions will entail presentations of contemporary research.

The CBER CtCe Conference will be hosted by Columbia University’s Center for Digital Finance and Technologies on October 25 – 26 in New York City. The conference is sponsored by Avalanche Foundation and Uniswap Foundation. Moreover, the conference is a collaboration across Columbia University’s Center for Digital Finance and Technologies, Boston University’s Digital Business Institute at the Questrom School of Business, Ecole Polytechnique, FinTech at Cornell – an Initiative of the SC Johnson College of Business, the FinTech Research Center at the University of Florida, the NYU Stern School of Business, and the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management’s FinHub. For the latest details regarding the conference, please consult the conference website at https://ctce.cber-forum.org/ or contact CBER Forum at contact@cber-forum.org