Ondřej Kovařík
MEP – Renew Europe Group, European Parliament
Programme
- 09:30 – 09:40
Opening remarks
Hosted by: Blockchain for Europe
- 09:40 – 10:40
The impact of MiCA on the industry
Moderator
Speakers
Hugo Coelho
Director, EU Affairs, Binance
Caroline Malcolm
Head, International Public Policy & Research, Chainalysis
Gabriel Cumenge
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Banking and Financing of General interest, French Ministry of Economy
- 10:40 – 10:50
Coffee Break
- 10:50 – 11:30
The impact of the AML package on the industry
Moderator
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
FinTech Correspondent, Politico
Speakers
Isabella Chase
Senior Policy Advisor, TRM Labs
Claude Bocqueraz
Deputy head of Unit “Financial Crime F.2”, DG FISMA
Roeland Van der Stappen
Vice President for Policy and Engagement for EMEA, Crypto.com
Grant Rabenn
Director – Financial Crimes Legal, Coinbase
- 11:30 – 12:00
Will the DAC8 reporting requirements standardize Europe’s approach to crypto taxation?
Moderator
Ian Taylor
Board Advisor (former Executive Director), CryptoUK
Speakers
Astrid Van Mierlo
Deputy Head of Unit “Direct Tax Policy and Cooperation”, DG TAXUD
Lídia Pereira
MEP – European People’s Party, European Parliament
Max Bernt
Chief Legal Officer, Blockpit
- 12:00 – 12:30
Fireside Chat I: Stablecoins: key infrastructure for money on the internet
Moderator
Eva Szalay
Cross-Asset Reporter, Bloomberg
Speakers
Teana Baker-Taylor
VP of Policy & Regulatory Strategy, Circle
- 12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Break
- 13:30 – 14:30
A Digital Euro: Will it ever happen?
Moderator
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
FinTech Correspondent, Politico
Speakers
Alexander Bechtel
Head of Digital Asset & Currency Strategy, Deutsche Bank
Oriol Caudevilla Parellada
Co-Leader of the Financial Inclusion and CBDCs Working Groups, Global Impact FinTech Forum
Susan Friedman
Head of Public Policy & Vice-Chair of Blockchain for Europe, Ripple
Heike Winter
Principal – Retail Payments Policy, Deutsche Bundesbank
- 14:30 – 15:00
A roadmap for euro-denominated stablecoins
Moderator
Speakers
Jan Ceyssens
Head of Unit for Digital Finance, DG FISMA, European Commission
Patrick Hansen
Director, EU Strategy & Policy, Circle
Chris Hayes
Head of Government Relations, Celo Foundation
- 15:00 – 15:15
Coffee Break
- 15:15 – 15:45
Bridging TradFi & DeFi
Moderator
Lavan Thasarathakumar
Director of Regulatory Affairs – EMEA, GBBC Digital Finance
Speakers
Adrian Fritz
Research Associate, 21Shares
Eric Mitzel
Regional Business Director Europe, Intain
Jennifer O’Rourke
Director of Innovation Strategy & Design, DTCC
- 15:45 – 16:15
Fireside chat II: Compliance in the age of DeFi
Moderator
Speakers
Ari Redbord
Head of Legal and Governmental Affairs, TRM Labs
Hosted by: TRM Labs
- 16:15 – 16:45
Global industry collaboration: Views from the world of crypto
Moderator
Speakers
Ian Taylor
Board Advisor (former Executive Director), CryptoUK
Faustine Fleuret
President and CEO, ADAN
Mark Foster
EU Policy Lead, Crypto Council for Innovation
- 16:45 – 17:00
Coffee Break
- 17:00 – 18:00
What rules are needed to unleash the potential of DeFi?
Moderator
Dimitrios Psarrakis
Co-Founder and President, Brussels Council
Speakers
Peter Kerstens
Senior Advisor to Director-General (Co-Head of FinTech Taskforce), DG FISMA, European Commission
Peter Grosskopf
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Unstoppable Finance
Mathieu Hardy
Chief Development Officer, OSOM
Rebecca Rettig
General Counsel, Aave
- 18:00 – 18:30
Fireside chat III: The State of the Web 3.0 Union
Moderator
Silvana Koch-Mehrin
Founder & President, Women Political Leaders (WPL)
Speakers
Martin Bruncko
Executive Vice President for Europe, Binance
Hosted by: Binance
- 18:30
Networking drinks
Hosted by: Binance
DAY 2 – 26 October 2022
- 09:30 – 09:45
- 09:45 – 10:45
How NFTs can deliver on the promise of a tokenized economy
Moderator
Speakers
Peter Kerstens
Senior Advisor to Director-General (Co-Head of FinTech Taskforce), DG FISMA, European Commission
Thomas Dünser
Office of Financial Market Innovation, Principality of Liechtenstein
John S. Lee
Head of Blockchain Programs, Shopify
Jeffrey Haas
Chief Revenue Officer, AtomicHub.io
- 10:45 – 11:00
Coffee Break
- 11:00 – 11:30
Why we need self-sovereign identity to enable the Internet of Things
Moderator
Rob van Kranenburg
Founder, IoT Council
Speakers
Carsten Stöcker
CEO & Founder, Spherity
Daniël Du Seuil
Convenor European Self Sovereign Identity Framework (EBSI), European Blockchain Partnership
Maria Minaricova
Director of Business Development, Fetch.ai
- 11:30 – 12:00
Why DAOs are a key building block for the future economy
Moderator
Balázs Némethi
Founder, kycDAO
Speakers
Dimitrios Psarrakis
Co-Founder and President, Brussels Council
Joachim Schwerin
Principal Economist, DG GROW, European Commission
Joni Pirovich
Founder, LawFi DAO
- 12:00 – 12:30
Fireside Chat IV: Digital Environmental Assets for sustainable economic development and climate action at scale
Moderator
Raphaël Bloch
Cofounder, The Big Whale
Speakers
Anna Lerner Nesbitt
Chief Executive Officer, Climate Collective
Hosted by: Climate Collective
- 12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Break
- 13:30 – 14:25
Blockchain technology and sustainability - Doom or Gloom?
Moderator
Faustine Fleuret
President and CEO, ADAN
Speakers
Alex.Klima
KlimaDAO
Frédéric Montagnon
Founder & Chairman, Arianee
Pierre Marro
Digital Innovation and Blockchain Unit F.3, DG CNECT
Shivam Kishore
Co-lead Digital Transformation, UN Environment Programme
- 14:25 – 14:35
- 14:35 – 15:00
Real-world adoption - An overview of European Blockchain initiatives
Moderator
Simon Polrot
Co-Founder, European Crypto Initiative
Speakers
Max Burger
Blockchain Ambassador, Nimiq
Parisa Ghodous-Shariat Torbaghan
Coordinator, Chaise – Blockchain Skills For Europe
- 15:00 – 15:15
Coffee Break
- 15:15 – 15:45
Social Impact: Making financial inclusion a reality
Moderator
Victoria Gago
Co-Founder, European Blockchain Convention
Speakers
Gabriel Bizama
International Policy Lead, Stellar Development Foundation
Mariana de la Roche Wills
Regulatory Affairs Manager – IOTA Foundation and Co-Chair of Social Impact and Sustainability Working Group of INATBA
Roberto Sanlorenzo
Founder and CEO, Merits
- 15:45 – 16:15
Fireside chat V: From open source to open governance
Moderator
Bjarke Smith-Meyer
FinTech Correspondent, Politico
Speakers
Frederik Gregaard
CEO, Cardano Foundation
Hosted by: Cardano Foundation
- 16:15 – 16:45
Smart contracts & AI - Trust the code or do we need a kill switch?
Moderator
Speakers
Dirk Staudenmayer
Head of Unit, Contract Law Unit A2, DG JUST, European Commission
Lee Schneider
General Counsel, Ava Labs
Thibault Schrepel
Associate Professor, Department of Transnational Legal Studies, VU Amsterdam
- 16:45 – 17:00
Coffee Break
- 17:00 – 18:00
Data & Blockchain - European initiatives and their impact on the industry
Moderator
Gian M. Volpicelli
Technology Reporter, Politico
Speakers
Anna-Liisa Pärnalaas
Counsellor for Digital and Cyber Policy, Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EU
Federico Milani
Deputy Head of the Data Policy and Innovation Unit, European Commission
Jeremy Rollison
Senior Director, EU Government Affairs, Microsoft
Marta Belcher
Chair, Filecoin Foundation
- 18:00
Closing remarks / Networking drinks
Hosted by: Blockchain for Europe
