Financial Regulation and Technology in an Era of Uncertainty

09:00-09:30 Gathering and Light Refreshments

09:30-09:45 Opening Remarks

• Prof. Tal Zarsky, Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
• Prof. Irit Hadar, Director of the Center for Cyber, Law and Policy, University of Haifa
• Prof. Nizan Geslevich Packin & Prof. Moran Ofir, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa

09:45-10:00 Guest Lecture

• Adv. Ilit Ostrovich-Levi, Head of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terror Financing Authority

10:00-10:40 Regulators Panel

Moderator: Prof. Nizan Geslevich Packin, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa

• Adv. Offir Eyal, Director of International Affairs & Market Development Department, Israel Securities Authority
• Josef Gedalyahu, Director AI Policy and Regulation, Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology
• Adv. Yarden Hefer, Legal Counsel (Emerging Technologies), Ministry of Justice

10:40-11:10 Panel: RegTech, Enforcement, and Financial Crime

Moderator: Prof. Ruth Plato-Shinar, Faculty of Law, Netanya Academic College

• CPA Hanan Ehrenfeld, Bakertilly Israel
• Adv. Uri Volovelsky, Senior Legal Counsel at Asset Forfeiture Unit, Ministry of Justice
• Dr. Hadar Jabotinsky, The Hadar Jabotinsky Center for Interdisciplinary Research of Financial Markets, Crises and Technology

11:10-11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-11:45 Financial Lobbying & A Regulatory Push from the Other Side

• Prof. Moran Ofir, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
• Adv. & CPA Ela Tamir Shlomo, Financial Regulation Lead at Lobby 99

11:45-12:25 Panel: Privacy, Data, and Artificial Intelligence in Finance

Moderator: Prof. Eldar Haber, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa

• Adv. Amit Ashkenazi, Shamgar Center, Tel Aviv University
• Adv. Hofit Wasserman Rozen, PhD Candidate, Tel Aviv University
• Adv. Johnathan Iwry, Wharton Accountable AI Lab, University of Pennsylvania
• Dr. Dalit Ken-Dror Feldman, University of Haifa

12:25-12:50 Keynote Lecture: Consumers Protection in the Algorithmic Era

• Prof. Oren Bar-Gill, NYU Law School

12:50-13:30 Lunch Break

13:30-14:00 Panel: Regulation, Supervision and Ownership Structure of Generative AI Companies

• Prof. Michal Gal, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
• Dr. Ronit Levine-Schnur, Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University

14:00-14:45 Panel: Crypto, Blockchain, and Tokenization

Moderator: Adv. Michal Hod, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa

• Adv. Ziv Keinan, Tokenization and RWA Expert
• Adv. Gal Arad Cohen, S. Horowitz Law Firm
• Nir Hirschmann Rub, CEO at Crypto Companies Forum
• Dan Danay, Head of Blockchain Security, Check Point Software

14:45-15:00 Coffee Break

15:00-15:40 Panel: FinTech, Investments, Innovation, and Startups

Moderator: Haggai Porat, Harvard Law School and Tel Aviv School of Economics

• Prof. Seth Oranburg, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
• Prof. Mirit Eyal, University of Alabama School of Law
• Dr. Moran Koren, Ben-Gurion University

15:40-16:20 Panel: Corporate Law and Finance Trends

Moderator: Dr. Asaf Raz, College of Law and Science; Penn Carey Law

• Prof. Tomer Stein, Alabama Law School
• Dr. Israeli Klein, Department of Accounting, Ariel
  University
• Adv. Tamir Chagal, Sullivan & Worcester
• Adv. Tal Hefling, Shibolet & Co Law Firm

16:20-16:50 Accountability Gaps in Modern Institutions

Moderator: Dr. Yifat Aran, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa

• Prof. Jesse  Fried, Harvard Law School
• Prof. William Organek, Law Department, CUNY

16:50-17:00 Closing Remarks

• Prof. Nizan Geslevich Packin, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa

17:00 Chanukah Candle Lighting