Agenda
Agenda
Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.
| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00 AM | Conference introduction Maurice Button, CEO, City Week, and CEO, City & Financial Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:05 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Emma Joyce, Chief Revenue Officer, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:10 AM | Keynote address - UK's commitment to remain at the forefront of technological development in digital assets Lucy Rigby KC MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, HM Treasury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:25 AM | Keynote address - Tokenization, Regulation and Resilience: Shaping the UK’s Digital Financial Future Sasha Mills,Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure, Bank of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:40 AM | Global State of RWA Tokenisation - Breakthroughs, Challenges & Opportunities - Overcoming liquidity, standardisation, and interoperability hurdles Moderator: Joe Castelluccio, Partner and Co-Leader, Fintech and Digital Assets Groups, Mayer Brown Panellists: Nikhil Sharma,Director, Digital Assets, BlackRock Angus Fletcher,SVP Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions, State Street Simon Keefe, Managing Director and Head of Digital Solutions, Calastone Cristiano Ventricelli,Vice President, Digital Economy, Moody’s Xiaonan Zou, Head of Digital Assets, Group Treasury, UBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:25 AM | Institutional Use Cases – From Experimentation to Adoption - Asset types gaining traction across institutional portfolios Moderator: Ian Taylor, COO, ht.digital and Board Advisor, CryptoUK Panellists: Robert Crossley, Head of Digital and Industry Advisory Services EMEA/APAC, Franklin Templeton Ryan Hayward, Head of Digital Assets and Strategic Investments, Barclays Sophia Bantanidis, Director, Future of Finance, Citi Institute Hemant Pandit, Chief Revenue Officer, Cryptio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:05 AM | Networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:30 AM | Fireside chat - The Future of Finance: How Tokenisation, Stablecoins and DeFi Are Converging Host Joe Castelluccio, Partner and Co-Leader, Fintech and Digital Assets Groups, Mayer Brown In conversation with Tom Duff Gordon, Vice President of International Policy, Coinbase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:45 AM | Fireside chat - Scaling on-chain market infrastructure Ben Brophy, Head of Institutional Growth, Europe, Solana Foundation Thomas Sullivan, Managing Director, DTCC Digital Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:05 PM | Digital Asset Exchanges, Next-Generation Settlement and Trade Automation, 24/7 trading, Collateral tokenization Moderator: Christopher Collins, Partner, Finance and Financial Markets, Katten Panellists: Scott A Lucas, Managing Director, Head of Markets Digital Assets, J.P. Morgan Nadine Chakar, Managing Director, Global Head of DTCC Digital Assets, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Bradley Duke, Managing Director, Head of Europe, Bitwise Doug Bambrick, Head of Custody Product – Securities Services UK & Middle East, BNP Paribas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:45 PM | Networking and lunch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:45 PM | Afternoon Chair’s welcome Lawrence Wintermeyer, Chairman, Global Digital Finance (GDF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:50 PM | Keynote address – From Sandbox to Standards: The FCA’s Vision for Tokenisation and Digital Finance Michelle Beck, Director – Markets, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:10 PM | Fireside chat - Project Crypto: Leading America’s Future in Digital Asset Innovation Host: Maurice Button, CEO, City Week, and CEO, City & Financial Global In conversation with Sumeera Younis, Chief of Operations of the Crypto Task Force, SEC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:25 PM | Navigating International Regulation for Tokenised Assets - Global Coordination, Balancing innovation and regulation - Insights into the latest regulatory frameworks Moderator: Musonda Kapotwe, Partner, Banking & Finance, Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement, Mayer Brown Panellists: Emmanuel Givanakis, CEO – Financial Services Regulatory Authority, ADGM Hemant Pandit, Chief Revenue Officer, Cryptio Joy Adams, COO for Digital Assets & Currencies, Deutsche Bank John Allan, Director of Innovation & Operations Unit and Engine, the Investment Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:10 PM | Keynote address - What “Audit-Ready” Means for Tokenized Assets Thanos Bismpigiannis, Chief Product Officer, Cryptio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:30 PM | Networking and afternoon tea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:55 PM | Building the Global RWA Market Infrastructure, Custody & Interoperability Moderator: Martin Dowdall, Financial Services Regulatory Partner, Taylor Wessing Panellists: Olivier Dang, Head of Ventures, Laser Digital; Chief Operating Officer, KAIO Mohamad Zaraket, Head of Digital Assets Strategy, EMEA, BNY Mellon Thanos Bismpigiannis, Chief Product Officer, Cryptio Carlos Matilla, CEO, ioBuilders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:40 PM | Bridging Tokenised Real-World Assets and Money: Stablecoins, Tokenised Bank Deposits, Digital Payments, and On-Chain Settlement Moderator: Natalie Lewis, Partner and Head of Fintech, Market Infrastructure and Payments (FMIP), Travers Smith Panellists: Basak Toprak, EMEA Head of Kinexys Digital Payments, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan Sabih Behzad, Head of Digital Assets and Currencies Transformation, Deutsche Bank Katie Harries, Director & Head of Policy, Europe, Coinbase | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:20 PM | Chair’s closing remarks Lawrence Wintermeyer, Chairman, Global Digital Finance (GDF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:25 PM | Networking drinks reception and close of proceedings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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