Dr. Ryan Clements is an assistant professor, chair in business law and regulation at the University of Calgary Faculty of Law. A former senior policy advisor at the Alberta Securities Commission, Ryan serves on the New Economy Advisory Committee at the ASC and the crypto-asset working group of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. His writing on the regulation of fintech (including decentralized finance), crypto-assets, securities, derivatives, systemic risk and new financial products have been published by numerous academic journals and international anthologies, including the Banking and Finance Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, the Virginia Law and Business Review, and the Routledge Handbook of Fintech. He has also presented on diverse topics in financial product and fintech regulatory policy formation to regulators and government agencies across Canada, the United States and the European Union.