Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe
Programme
08:30 - 09:00 AM
Registration & Welcome breakfast
09:00 - 09:20 AM
Keynote: The next wave of EU digital asset regulation
Introduction:
Speaker:
Maria Luis Albuquerque
Commissioner, DG FISMA
09:20 - 10:10 AM
P1: Tokenisation and the Savings & Investments Union - Match made in heaven?
Speakers:
Peter Kerstens
Advisor, European Commission DG FISMA
Stephan Mögelin
Lead Senior Officer, BaFin
Chair of the ESMA DLT Working Group
Roeland Van der Stappen
Head of EU Policy, Coinbase
Isadora Arredondo
Global Policy Director, Hedera Hashgraph
Moderator:
Robert Kopitsch
Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe
10:10 - 10:35 AM
MP1: Tokenisation and the views of Europe's regulators
Speakers:
Carsten Ostermann
Head of the Markets and Digital Innovation Department European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA
TBC
Kraken
Moderator:
Coen Ter Wal
Director, Head of Technology & Operations, AFME
10:35 - 10:50 AM
Break
10:50 - 11:10 AM
FIRESIDE CHAT 1: KRAKEN
11:10 - 12:00 AM
P2: MiCA's first year - Let's take stock!
Speakers:
Oliver Stauber
CEO, KuCoin EU
Philipp Bohrn
Managing Director, Bitpanda
Moderator:
Ondrej Kovarik
Member of the European Parliament
12:00 - 12:25 PM
MP2: Stablecoins - How relevant is the tokenised Euro today?
Speakers:
Peter Grosskopf
CTO and COO, AllUnity
Jens Hachmeister
Managing Director, Issuer Services & New Digital Markets, Deutsche Börse
Moderator:
Patrick Hansen
Director, EU Strategy & Policy, Circle
12:25 - 13:25 PM
Lunch Break
13:25 - 13:45 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT 2: COINBASE
Speakers:
Tom Duff Gordon
VP, International Policy, Coinbase
13:45 - 14:35 PM
P3: MiCA & global regulatory alignment - Perspectives
Speakers:
Gillian Lynch
Head of Europe and UK, Binance
Cynthia Yang
Deputy General Counsel, Head of Regulatory and Government Affairs, IOHK
14:35 - 15:00 PM
MP3: Bridging the gap between TradFi & Crypto - Financial compliance in 2026
Speakers:
Dr. Max Bernt
Managing Director and Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Taxbit
TBC
Crypto Tax Calculator
Moderator:
Georg Brameshuber
Co-founder and CEO, Validvent
15:00 - 15:15 PM
Break
15:15 - 16:05 PM
P4: Decentralised infrastructure as the next big leap in finance
Speakers:
Peter Kerstens
Advisor, European Commission DG FISMA
Stani Kulechov
Founder and CEO, Aave
Robert MacDonald
Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Bybit
Leonard Franken
Technology/Innovation and Tiber, AFM
16:05 - 16:35 PM
MP4: DeFi - Quo vadis in Europe vs. the rest of the world?
Speakers:
Sergiu Draganus
CEO, Ludo
Mark Wetjen
Global Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, OKX
Moderator:
Arno Laeven
Founder and Executive Director, European Decentralisation Institute
16:35 - 16:50 PM
Break
16:50 - 17:10 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT 3: NOTABENE
17:10 - 18:00 PM
P5: Stablecoins and their potential role as global reserves
Speakers:
Jan Sell
Matthew Osborne
Policy Director, Europe and UK, Ripple
Nick Gersh
Regulatory Counsel, Paxos
TBC
Notabene
18:00 PM
Networking Drinks
DAY 2
3 December 2025
08:30 - 09:00 AM
Registration & Welcome breakfast
09:00 - 09:20 AM
Keynote / Welcome to day 2
Introduction:
Robert Kopitsch
Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe
09:20 - 10:10 AM
P6: RWA Tokenisation - A game changer for EU's economy?
Speakers:
Joachim Schwerin
Principal Economist, European Commission, DG Grow
Lee A. Schneider
General Counsel, Ava Labs, Inc.
Alex Wu
Policy and Government Relations Manager, Stellar Development Foundation
Gene Deyev
Co-Founder and CEO, Stobox
Yalini Isweran
Head of Digital Launchpad, DTCC
Moderator:
Robert Kopitsch
Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe
10:10 - 10:35 AM
MP5: The impact of Web3 innovation beyond finance
Speakers:
James Newman
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Chiliz
Moderator:
Juan Ignacio Ibañez
General Secretary, MiCA Crypto Alliance
10:35 - 10:50 AM
Break
10:50 - 11:10 AM
FIRESIDE CHAT 4: BSV ASSOCIATION
11:10 - 11:35 AM
MP6: The implications of privacy for decentralised infrastructure
Speakers:
Izabela Kuprasz
Director of Legal and Compliance, Web 3.0 Technologies Foundation
Agata Ferreira
Chief Legal Officer, Institute of Free Technlogy
Moderator:
Joachim Schwerin
Principal Economist, European Commission, DG Grow
11:35 - 12:00 PM
MP7: Compliance Rewired: Agentic AI and the Future of Market Surveillance
Speakers:
Luke Dufour
Compliance Advisor, TRM Labs
Sol Cinosi
Prosecutor’s Office, Buenos Aires, Argentina
President, Association for Women In Cryptocurrency
Moderator:
Delphine Forma
Head of Policy Europe & UK, Solidus Labs
12:00 - 12:25 PM
MP8: DORA & Blockchain - Inevitable clash or smooth convergence?
Speakers:
Nicole Dyskant
Global Senior Advisor for Regulatory and Public Affairs, Fireblocks
12:25 - 13:25 PM
Lunch Break
13:25 - 13:45 PM
MP9: From Detection to Prevention: Advancing Cybersecurity and Fraud Controls
Speakers:
Johann Polecsak
Co-Founder and CTO, QANPlatform
Moderator:
Matthias Bauer-Langgartner
Head of Policy Europe, Chainalysis
13:45 - 14:10 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT 5: CARDANO FOUNDATION
Speakers:
Frederik Gregaard
CEO, Cardano Foundation
Thomas A. Mayfield
Head of Decentralized Trust and Identity Solutions, Cardano Foundation
14:10 - 15:00 PM
P7: Digital Product Passport - A game changer for the blockchain industry?
Speakers:
Asgeir Thor Oskarsson
Managing Director and CEO, BSV Association
Moderator:
Erwin Voloder
Head of Policy, European Blockchain Association
15:05 - 15:20 PM
Break
15:20 - 15:45 PM
MP10: The EU Data Union - An opportunity for the blockchain industry?
Speakers:
Nico Poggi
Chief Marketing Officer, Interchain Foundation
Moderator:
Tommaso Astazi
Head of Regulatory Affairs, Blockchain for Europe
15:45 - 16:05 PM
FIRESIDE CHAT 6: BYBIT
Speakers:
Ben Zhou
Co-Founder & CEO, Bybit
16:05 - 16:30 PM
MP11: Europe needs a clear economic vision beyond regulation to succeed
Moderator:
Ondrej Kovarik
Member of the European Parliament
