Solana Summit in Chicago: Washington x Wall Street

​Hosted by Solana Policy Institute, Solana Summit: Washington x Wall Street convenes policymakers, regulators, institutional investors, and developers to explore why Solana serves as foundational infrastructure for modern finance and how sound, forward-looking policy can enable broader institutional adoption of blockchain technology.

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​Event Schedule

​10 AM
Coffee & Coworking

11 AM
Digital Commodities and the Regulatory Landscape
- Michael Passalacqua, CFTC
- Miller Whitehouse-Levine, Solana Policy Institute

​11:30 AM
All In: Institutions and Digital Assets
-John Svolos, Skybridge
- Larry Wade, Paypal
- Sara Krople, Crowe

12 PM
Drawing the Lines: Compliance, Clarity, and What the New Rules Actually Demand
- Craig Salm, Grayscale
- Jeff Steiner, Gibson Dunn
- Tiffany Smith, WilmerHale
- Dan Gerhardstein, Jump
- Patrick Wilson, Solana Policy Institute

12:30 PM
Lunch

​1:30 PM
Solana: Built for Modern Finance
- Kristin Smith, Solana Policy Institute

​1:40 PM
Heartland on Chain: An Illinois Policymakers
Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-IL)

2:10 PM
Fireside Chat with Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD)

2:40 PM
Networking Break

3 PM
Building the Right Ecosystem: An exploration of Futures, Swaps and ETPs
- Jennifer Ilkiw, NYSE
- Dave LaValle, CoinDesk Indices & Data

3:30 PM
Building On-Chain Infrastructure on Solana
- Emmett Hollyer, Solana Labs
- Bartosz Lipinski, Cube
- Hue Rhodes, Ari Networks
- Stephen Gardner, Zerohash
- Jenn Rosenthal, DeFi Education Fund

4 PM
Networking Break

4:20 PM
The Crypto Vote: 2026 and Beyond

​4:50 PM
Closing Keynote

5:30 PM
Networking Reception