Agenda
Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.
| Monday, April 24, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:55 AM | Conference introduction Maurice Button, Chief Executive, City Week | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Ingrid Holmes, Executive Director, Green Finance Institute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:05 AM | Welcome address Baroness Penn, Treasury Lords Minister, HM Treasury; Co-Chair of the Transition Plan Taskforce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:20 AM | Opening keynote address The Rt Hon Lord Benyon, Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:35 AM | Keynote address - The role of central banks in the "macroeconomics of climate change" François Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the Banque de France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:50 AM | The future of sustainable finance and investment post-COP 27 Moderator Jan Putnis, Head of Financial Regulation Group and co-Head of Financial Institutions Group, Slaughter and May Panel Bruce Carnegie-Brown, Chairman, Lloyd’s of London Lord Browne of Madingley, Chairman, BeyondNetZero Elree Winnett Seelig, Global Head, ESG, Markets, Citi Lawrence Paramasivam, Senior Executive Director - Policy & Legal, Financial Services Regulatory Authority, ADGM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:30 AM | Networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 AM | Best practice climate and nature reporting: progress towards a unified approach Moderator Bridget Beals, Partner, Co-Head of Climate Risk and Decarbonisation Strategy, KPMG in the UK Panel Michael Izza, CEO, ICAEW Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) David Craig, Co-Chair, Taskforce on Nature-Related Disclosures Nezha Hayat, The President of the Moroccan Capital Market Authority Mary O’Connor, CEO HowdenCAP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:40 AM | The data challenge – sourcing accurate data to map to taxonomies and reporting Moderator Alice Carr, Executive Director for Public Policy, GFANZ Panel Jessica Alsford, Chief Sustainability Officer and CEO of the Institute for Sustainable Investing, Morgan Stanley Sherry Madera CFA, Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Mastercard; Chair, Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA) Wayne Sharpe, CEO & Founder, Carbon Trade eXchange (CTX) Paul Henninger, Partner, Head of UK Connected Technology & Global Lighthouse, KPMG in the UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:20 PM | Moving to best practice transition plans – The work of the Transition Plan Taskforce Moderator Daniel Hirschfield, Senior Knowledge Lawyer, Taylor Wessing Panel Dr Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Aviva Investors James Close, Head of Climate Change, NatWest Group Baroness Penn, Treasury Lords Minister, HM Treasury; Co-Chair of the Transition Plan Taskforce Sarah Breeden, Executive Director, Financial Stability Strategy and Risk and member of the Financial Policy Committee, Bank of England Tanya Steele CBE, CEO, WWF UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:00 PM | Networking and lunch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:00 PM | New economic agenda for future growth H.E. Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:15 PM | Fireside chat - Adapting the Moroccan Economy to meet the threat of climate change Moderator Maurice Button, CEO and Founder of City Week In conversation with H.E. Nadia Fettah Alaoui Minister of Economy and Finance, Kingdom of Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:30 PM | Keynote address - Climate finance in the developing world; funding sustainable growth Odile Françoise Renaud-Basso, President, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:45 PM | Evolution of nature markets and nature positive investments Moderator Roslyn Stein, Head of Climate and Biodiversity, AXA Group Sustainability Panel Dr Simon Zadek, Executive Director, NatureFinance; Secretariat Co-Lead, Taskforce on Nature Markets and Senior Advisor, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) Stephanie Maier, Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment, GAM Investments Rick Lacaille, EVP, Global Head of ESG, State Street Laura Mason, CEO, Legal & General Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:25 PM | Networking and afternoon tea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:55 PM | Voluntary carbon markets – regulation and legitimacy Moderator Joumanna Bercetche, Anchor, CNBC Panel Bill Winters, CEO, Standard Chartered Giulia Carbone, Director of the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Annette L. Nazareth, Chair of the Integrity Counsel for the Voluntary Carbon Market William Pazos, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, AirCarbon Exchange Sonja Gibbs CFA, Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance, The Institute of International Finance (IIF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:35 PM | Climate adaptation: what steps should financial institutions be taking now? Moderator Jonathan Herbst, Global Head of Financial Services, Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Panel Eva Cairns, Head of Sustainability Insights & Climate Strategy, abrdn Sacha Sadan, Director of ESG, Financial Conduct Authority Margot von Aesch, Head of Sustainable Investment, Schroders Emma Howard Boyd CBE, Chair, Green Finance Institute; Global Ambassador, Race to Resilience & Race to Zero John Keppel, Chief Sustainability Officer, Zurich Insurance UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:20 PM | Chair’s closing remarks Ingrid Holmes, Executive Director, Green Finance Institute | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:25 PM | Networking drinks reception, sponsored by Gowling WLG Guest speaker: Tom Pringle, Partner, Joint Head of Financial Institutions and Services Sector, Gowling WLG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6:45 PM | City of London Networking Dinner Tickets must be purchased separately | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:50 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Lawrence Wintermeyer, Chair of the Board, GBBC Digital Finance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:55 AM | Keynote address - Crypto winter, crypto crisis, crypto meltdown? In conversation with Kristin N. Johnson, Commissioner, CFTC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:10 AM | Fireside chat - Innovation and technology in financial services David Schwimmer, CEO, LSEG Scott Guthrie, Executive Vice President, Cloud + AI Group, Microsoft | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 AM | Fireside chat - Crypto trading today - a view form the market Moderator Eva Szalay, Cross-asset reporter, Bloomberg In conversation with David Mercer, CEO, LMAX Group | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:45 AM | The prerequisites for ‘Institutional grade’ digital assets - what will it take to catalyse institutional adoption? Moderator Eva Szalay, Cross-asset reporter, Bloomberg Panel Russell Barlow, Global Head of Alternatives, abrdn Xiaonan Zou, Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, UBS Group Treasury Katey Neate, Managing Director, Chief Risk Officer, Securities Servicing & Digital, BNY Mellon Jenna Wright, Managing Director, LMAX Digital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:25 AM | CBDC and Digital Payment – Trends and Developments in Hong Kong Moderator Dr King Au, Executive Director, Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council Panel Andrew Weir, Senior Partner, Hong Kong & Vice Chairman, KPMG China, KPMG Benedicte Nolens, Head of the BIS Innovation Hub Tim Bailey, Vice President of Global Sales, Red Date Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:05 AM | Fireside chat - The opportunity for institutions in Web3 Moderator Lawrence Wintermeyer, Chair of the Board, GBBC Digital Finance In conversation with Richard Muirhead, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Fabric Ventures Lex Sokolin, Chief Economist, ConsenSys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:20 AM | Networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:45 AM | Asset Tokenisation and Institutional Adoption Moderator Etay Katz, Partner in the Financial Services Regulation Practice, Ashurst Panel Xiao-Xiao Zhu, Digital Operating Partner & Blockchain Lead, KKR Xavier Leroy, Senior Funding Officer, European Investment Bank (EIB) Previn Singh, Head of Digital Assets and DLT Centre of Competency, Credit Suisse David Newns, Head, SIX, Digital Exchange Mathew McDermott, Global Head of Digital Assets, Goldman Sachs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:30 PM | Reimagining financial market infrastructure through blockchain technology Moderator Adam Farkas, Chief Executive, Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) Panel Ami Ben-David, Co-Founder and CEO, Ownera Swen Werner, Head of Digital Custody, State Street Digital Melvin Deng, CEO, QCP Capital Vasant Viswanathan, Co-Head, Digital Assets, Citi Global Markets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:10 PM | Networking and lunch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:05 PM | Keynote address - Regulation of Digital Assets in the UK Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director, Markets, Financial Conduct Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:20 PM | Keynote address - Understanding and managing the risks presented by digital assets from a regulatory perspective Christy Goldsmith Romero, Commissioner, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:35 PM | How to achieve internationally co-ordinated regulation of digital assets? Moderator Barnabas Reynolds, Head, Global Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Group, Shearman & Sterling Panel Ian Johnston, Chief Executive, The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) Brian Quintenz, Head of Policy, a16z crypto Emmanuel Givanakis, Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (ADGM) Linda Jeng, Chief Global Regulatory Officer and General Counsel, Crypto Council for Innovation John W. Schindler, Secretary General, Financial Stability Board (FSB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:15 PM | CBDCs – getting the design issues right Moderator Justin Cash, Online Editor, Financial News Panel Tracey McDermott CBE, Group Head of Conduct & Financial Crime, Standard Chartered Bank Professor Dr Sébastien Kraenzlin, Director and Head of the Banking Operations, Swiss National Bank Nicole Sandler, Head of Digital Policy, Barclays Francesca Hopwood Road, Centre Head, Innovation Hub, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:55 PM | Networking and afternoon tea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:25 PM | Regulation of stable coins Moderator Charlotte Hill, Partner, Taylor Wessing Panel Blair Halliday, Managing Director, UK, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange Candace Kelly, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Global Policy and Government Affairs, Stellar Development Foundation Patrick Hansen, Director of Policy & Strategy for Europe, Circle Sinchan Banerjee, Head of Digital Assets Consulting, KPMG in the UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:05 PM | Financial crime and digital assets: investigations and analytics Moderator Jemima Kelly, Columnist, Financial Times Panel Phil McInerney, Detective Chief Inspector, National Cybercrime & Dark Web Coordinator, National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) Emma Henshaw, Global Investigator, TRM Labs Commander Nik Adams, Economic Crime Portfolio Lead (National Coordination of Economic and Cyber Crime), City of London Police Adrian Searle, Director, The National Economic Crime Centre (NECC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:45 PM | Chair’s closing remarks Emma Joyce, CEO, GBBC Digital Finance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:50 PM | Networking drinks reception and end of Day Two | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wednesday, April 26, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:10 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Eric Van der Kleij, Co-founder, TechNation, Level39, EdenBase.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:15 AM | Welcome address Chris Hayward, Chairman of Policy and Resources, City of London Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:25 AM | Keynote address - The UK as a global leader in FinTech Earl of Minto, Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:40 AM | Keynote address - Creating a regulatory environment in which innovation can flourish Emily Shepperd, Chief Operations Officer, Financial Conduct Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:55 AM | Constant change and adaptation in digital transformation, including AI Moderator Rashee Pandey, Head of Membership and Growth, Innovate Finance Panel Pravina Ladva, Group Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Swiss Re Sam Everington, CEO of Engine, Starling Bank Mandy Lamb, UK Managing Director, Visa Prakash Pattni, Managing Director, Financial Services Digital Transformation, IBM Charlotte Crosswell OBE, Chair, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:35 AM | Keynote address - Risks to the financial system posed by new technologies Ángel Estrada, Member of the Board of the European Banking Authority (EBA); Director General, Financial Stability, Regulation and Resolution, Banco de España | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:50 AM | Networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:20 AM | Will innovative cross-border payment solutions lead to the disintermediation of banks? Moderator Bradley Rice, Partner, Financial Services Regulation, Ashurst Panel Tony McLaughlin, Managing Director, Emerging Payments and Business Development, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi Basak Toprak, Executive Director, EMEA Head of Coin Systems, Onyx by J.P. Morgan Victoria Cleland, Executive Director for Banking, Payments and Innovation, Bank of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:00 PM | Keynote address - Fulfilling banks’ mission to promote innovation in the UK Sir Bradley Fried, Chairman, Goldman Sachs International and Goldman Sachs International Bank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:20 PM | Networking and lunch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:20 PM | Rethinking trade and post-trade market infrastructure: moving from traditional to digital market models Moderator Feargal De Burca, Partner, Markets and Technology, KPMG in the UK Panel Dan Watkins, Head of Market and Wealth Infrastructure EMEA, BNY Mellon Dr Peter T. Golder, Managing Director, Head of Group Digital Assets, London Stock Exchange Group Scott A. Lucas, Managing Director, Head of Markets DLT, J.P. Morgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:00 PM | Fireside chat - Digitization of the Financial Sector in Qatar Moderator Bob Wigley, Chairman, UK Finance In conversation with Henk J. Hoogendoorn, Chief Financial Sector Officer, Qatar Financial Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:15 PM | Managing the latest cyber security risks Moderator Sean Curran, Partner, Arnold & Porter Keynote address - Managing the latest cyber-crime threats Robert Jones CBE, Director General, National Economic Crime Centre and Threat Leadership, National Crime Agency Panel Bob Wigley, Chairman, UK Finance Dr Marsha Quallo-Wright, Deputy Director for Critical National Infrastructure, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Tim Court, Senior Officer, NCA's National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) Professor Carsten Maple, Turing Fellow, The Alan Turing Institute; Professor of Cyber Systems Engineering, University of Warwick's Cyber Security Centre (CSC); Principal Investigator, NCSC-EPSRC Academic Centre of Excellence, Cyber Security Research | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:55 PM | Fireside chat - Disruptive Technologies that change everything: quantum computing, generative AI and quantum computing-powered AI Moderator Eric Van der Kleij, Co-founder, TechNation, Level39, EdenBase.com In conversation with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:10 PM | Digitalisation of regulatory reporting Moderator Murat Abur, CTO and Co-founder, Suade Labs Panel Scott O’Malia, CEO, ISDA Oscar Brennan, CRO, TechPassport Dr Damian Paul Cassar, Senior Legal Officer, Malta Business Registry Marcus Threadgold, Partner, Financial Services Consulting, KPMG UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:40 PM | Chair’s closing remarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:45 PM | Networking drinks reception and end of City Week 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
