2018-20508. Technology Advisory Committee; Meeting

AGENCY:

Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announces that on October 5, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) will hold a public meeting in the Conference Center at the CFTC's Washington, DC, headquarters. At this meeting, the TAC will hear presentations and actionable recommendations from select TAC subcommittees (potentially including Automated and Modern Trading Markets; Distributed Ledger Technology and Market Infrastructure; Virtual Currencies; and Cyber Security subcommittees); and discuss how RegTech is opening up the possibility of machine readable and executable regulatory rulebooks (i.e., Robo Rulebooks), as well as the potential role of regulators.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on October 5, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Members of the public who wish to submit written statements in connection with the meeting should submit them by October 12, 2018.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will take place in the Conference Center at the CFTC's headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581. You may submit public comments, identified by “Technology Advisory Committee,” by any of the following methods:

• CFTC website: https://comments.cftc.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments through the Comments Online process on the website.
• Mail: Christopher Kirkpatrick, Secretary of the Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Center, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Same as Mail, above.

Any statements submitted in connection with the committee meeting will be made available to the public, including publication on the CFTC website, http://www.cftc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel Gorfine, TAC Designated Federal Officer, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC 20581; [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The meeting will be open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public may also listen to the meeting by telephone by calling a domestic toll-free telephone or international toll or toll-free number to connect to a live, listen-only audio feed. Call-in participants should be prepared to provide their first name, last name, and affiliation.

Domestic Toll Free: 1-877-951-7311

International Toll and Toll Free: Will be posted on the CFTC's website, http://www.cftc.gov,, on the page for the meeting, under Related Links.

Pass Code/Pin Code: 5965976

The meeting agenda may change to accommodate other TAC priorities. For agenda updates, please visit the TAC committee site at: http://www.cftc.gov/​About/​CFTCCommittees/​TechnologyAdvisory/​tac_​meetings.

After the meeting, a transcript of the meeting will be published through a link on the CFTC's website, http://www.cftc.gov. All written submissions provided to the CFTC in any form will also be published on the CFTC's website. Persons requiring special accommodations to attend the meeting because of a disability should notify the contact person above.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. app. 2, sec. 10(a)(2).

Dated: September 17, 2018.

Christopher Kirkpatrick,

Secretary of the Commission.