Speaking
From university lecture halls to international institutions, I speak on decentralized justice and on redesigning the legal and governance infrastructure of the digital age.
Speaking Topics
Decentralized Justice & Kleros
How blockchain and collective intelligence are building the world's first decentralized arbitration protocol — and why it represents a new social contract for resolving disputes in the global digital economy.
Decentralized Justice & Kleros
How blockchain and collective intelligence are building the world's first decentralized arbitration protocol — and why it represents a new social contract for resolving disputes in the global digital economy.
The Future of Law
How AI and blockchain are rewriting the architecture of legal institutions (from smart contracts to algorithmic adjudication) creating new opportunities and challenges for lawyers, judges, and policymakers worldwide.
The Future of Law
How AI and blockchain are rewriting the architecture of legal institutions (from smart contracts to algorithmic adjudication) creating new opportunities and challenges for lawyers, judges, and policymakers worldwide.
Governance in the AI Age
Who governs the governors? Designing the oversight mechanisms for a world where AI systems make decisions at scale — and what new institutional frameworks are needed to hold them accountable.
Governance in the AI Age
Who governs the governors? Designing the oversight mechanisms for a world where AI systems make decisions at scale — and what new institutional frameworks are needed to hold them accountable.
Selected Talks
Decentralized Justice: A New Legal Paradigm
An exploration of how blockchain and game theory can reinvent arbitration, building a new legal infrastructure for the global digital economy.
King's College London, 2025
Decentralized Justice: A New Legal Paradigm
An exploration of how blockchain and game theory can reinvent arbitration, building a new legal infrastructure for the global digital economy.
King's College London, 2025
Decentralized Approaches to AI Alignment
How decentralized human judgment can keep AI aligned with human values in an increasingly agentic society.
Ethereum France, 2025
Decentralized Approaches to AI Alignment
How decentralized human judgment can keep AI aligned with human values in an increasingly agentic society.
Ethereum France, 2025
Prediction Markets and Decentralized Courts
An examination of how prediction markets and decentralized justice can be combined into a scalable architecture for resolving disputes in the new economy.
Ethereum France, 2026
![Federico Ast presenting at EthCC[9] on prediction markets and decentralized courts.](https://framerusercontent.com/images/4EofX2SsiS41NQJG8zfv687VXaY.jpeg?width=2016&height=2016)
Prediction Markets and Decentralized Courts
An examination of how prediction markets and decentralized justice can be combined into a scalable architecture for resolving disputes in the new economy.
Ethereum France, 2026
Justice Enters the Virtual Arena
How decentralized arbitration can handle player contracts, tournament conflicts, and digital asset ownership in esports.
University of Neuchâtel, 2024
Justice Enters the Virtual Arena
How decentralized arbitration can handle player contracts, tournament conflicts, and digital asset ownership in esports.
University of Neuchâtel, 2024
Political History and the Future of Governance
What centuries of political history can teach us about designing resilient decentralized organizations.
Ethereum France, 2023
Political History and the Future of Governance
What centuries of political history can teach us about designing resilient decentralized organizations.
Ethereum France, 2023
Who Moderates the Moderators?
How decentralized justice can tackle misinformation... without concentrating power in platforms or governments.
Ethereum France, 2021
![Federico Ast on stage at EthCC[4] presenting on decentralized justice and online free speech.](https://framerusercontent.com/images/mcHExJeIRCOS1g70c8nSZp28aE.png?width=2266&height=1488)
Who Moderates the Moderators?
How decentralized justice can tackle misinformation... without concentrating power in platforms or governments.
Ethereum France, 2021
Legal History and Digital Disruption
A long-run view of legal institutions. and blockchain and AI as the next chapter of that story. Talk delivered in Spanish.
Legis Colombia, 2018
Legal History and Digital Disruption
A long-run view of legal institutions. and blockchain and AI as the next chapter of that story. Talk delivered in Spanish.
Legis Colombia, 2018
Speaking Invitations
I occasionally accept speaking invitations on law, technology, and institutional design.
Speaking Invitations
I occasionally accept speaking invitations on law, technology, and institutional design.