Wyoming Blockchain Stampede Event Agenda
Tentative 2026 Schedule
Wednesday, Sept. 30 in the Wyoming Union, second floor.
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 8:00 AM | Registration and Check-in | Doors open |
| 8:40 AM | Welcome | Caitlin Long, founder and CEO of Custodia Bank of Cheyenne; Tyler Lindholm, former legislator and Americans for Prosperity state director; UW President Shane Reeves; and Ben Cook, UW Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation interim director, and UW College of Business Senior Assistant Dean |
| 9:00 AM | Alumni Panel | Dalton Gregory, Plentitude co-founder; Rylan O'Bryan, Wyoming Business Council portfolio analyst and Wyoming Venture Capital Program senior associate; Nick Walton, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management financial advisor. |
| 10:00 AM | Digital Asset Policy | Chris Rothfuss, Wyoming State Senator, Albany County; Anthony Apollo, Wyoming Stable Token state director; Jeremiah Bishop, Wyoming State Banking Commissioner; Colin Crossman, Wyoming Deputy Secretary of State; |
| 11:00 AM | Blockchain and the Law | Julie Hill, University of Wyoming College of Law dean; Eric Alston, UW Assistant Professor of Law; Adam Rusch, teaching assistant professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. |
| 12:00 PM | Luncheon | Caitlin Long; Ben Cook |
| 1:00 PM | Featured Speaker | Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (video remarks) |
| 1:45 PM | Need-Aid | Tyler Gentry, Founder, NEED-AID |
| 2:30 PM | AI and Negotiations | Jacob Paul Hochard, Knobloch Associate Professor of Conservation Economics, UW Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources. |
| 3:00 PM | Real World Assets | J. Christian Barlow Sr., CSLO and founder, John C. Barlow, CSO and co-founder, and Marc Kenton, CBDI entrepreneur-in-residence and co-founder, RWAP. |
| 3:30 PM |
Closing Keynote Speaker
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U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming (video remarks). |
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The Four Blades of the Future: Blockchain, AI, Quantum, and 6G |
Dan Conway, chair of the US Blockchain National Body and leader of the Global Business Blockchain Council standards mapping initiative. | |
| 5:00 PM |
2026 Program
Proper-sized program(5.125 x 8.375 in)
Contact Us
Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation
University of Wyoming
College of Business Department 3275
1000 E. University Avenue | Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-6847
Email: blockchain@uwyo.edu
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