Agata Ferreira
Chief Legal Officer, Institute of Free Technology
Programme
09:00 – 09:15
WELCOME TO DAY 1
Robert Kopitsch, Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe
09:15 – 10:05
MiCA - It's finally coming
Matthias Bauer-Langgartner, Head of Policy Europe, Chainalysis
Marianne Jarlaud, Deputy Head of Digital finance and Innovation division, Regulatory and International affairs’ Directorate, AMF – Autorité des marchés financiers
Beata Sivak, Head of Government Relations & Policy, EMEA, Kraken
Moderator
Robert Kopitsch, Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe
10:05 – 10:45
CBDCs - A new frontier for Central Banks
Christian Steiner, Director, Regulatory Group Compliance, Bitpanda
Nikos Papandreou, Member of the European Parliament (S&D group)
Heike Winter, Principal, Bundesbank
Moderator
Bartolomeo Poggi, Policy Officer, Blockchain for Europe
10:45 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 11:25
Did MiCA solve everything and what lies ahead for 2025? - OWL EXPLAINS
Olta Andoni, General Counsel, AvaLabs/Markets Enclave
Moderator
Tommaso Astazi, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Blockchain for Europe
11:25 - 12:05
MiCA - A stablecoin's graveyard or the start of something great?
Ondrej Kovarik, Former Member of the European Parliament
Stéphanie Cabossioras, Secretary General, Societe Generale-Forge
Lesley Chavkin, Global Head of Public Policy, Paxos
Moderator
Gabriel Bizama, Researcher, University of Bern
12:05 - 12:30
Bridging Web2 and Web3 finance in a compliant way - SCALLOP
Raj Bagadi, CEO and founder, E Money Network (Scallop)
Dirk Hermans, Innovation Manager – Digital Assets Strategy, KBC
Moderator
Stefan Kromolicki, Legal Officer, Blockchain for Europe
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:10
MiCA - Perspectives from abroad
Lisa Cameron, Chair & Founder, Global Legislators Forum in Digital Assets
Steven McWhirter, Global Policy Lead, Binance
Matthew Osborne, Policy Director, Europe and UK, Ripple
Moderator
Mark Foster, EU Policy Lead, Crypto Council for Innovation
14:10 - 14:40
What will change with the AML Package in place?
Claude Boqueraz, Deputy Head of AML Unit, European Commission DG FISMA
Isabella Chase, Senior Policy Advisor, TRM Labs
Moderator
Marina Markezic, CEO, EUCI
14:40 - 15:20
Time to update the Travel Rule?
Madalena Catarino, MLRO, Scallop
Neal Christiansen, Associate General Counsel, Coinbase
Lana Schwartzman, Head of Regulatory and Compliance, Notabene
Moderator
Lavan Thasarathakumar, Senior Advisor, Hogan Lovells / GDF
15:20 - 15:35
Break
15:35 - 16:05
The impact of upcoming reporting requirements
Dorina Juhasz, Innovation manager – Blockchain, Bitvavo
Colby Mangels, Tax Policy Advisor, OECD
Moderator
Max Bernt, Managing Director & Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Taxbit
16:05 - 16:55
Does global digital assets regulation need to be financial?
Maha Al-Saadi, Head of Regulatory Affairs, QFC Authority
Nilmini Rubin, Chief Policy Officer, Hedera
Heinz Konzett, Senior Legal Expert, Office for Financial Market Innovation of Liechtenstein
Moderator
Lisa Cameron, Chair & Founder, Global Legislators Forum in Digital Assets
16:55 - 17:10
Break
17:10 - 17:40
Tokenisation beyond finance
Joachim Schwerin, Principal Economist, DG Grow
Alex Levine, General Counsel & Chief Regulatory Officer, Dapper Labs
Moderator
Eliza Gkritsi, Tech Editor, Euractiv
17:40 - 18:05
FIRESIDE CHAT - Tokenisation: Opportunities and Challenges Internationally - HEDERA
Assia Gardiner, Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group
Nilmini Rubin, Chief Policy Officer, Hedera
Moderator
Rebecca Park, Managing Director, Global Counsel
18:05
Networking Drinks
Speakers
Alex Levine
General Counsel & Chief Regulatory Officer, Dapper Labs
Alex Wu
Senior Policy Manager, Stellar Development Foundation
Andrei Kirilenko
Professor of Finance, Cambridge University Judge School
Ari Redbord
Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs
Arun Maharajan
Blockchain Lead, UNICEF
Asgeir Thor Oskarsson
Managing Director and CEO,BSV Association
Assia Gardiner
Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group
Bartolomeo Poggi
Policy Officer, Blockchain for Europe
Beata Sivak
Head of Government Relations & Policy, EMEA, Kraken
Bota Jardemalie
Human Rights Defender, Open Dialogue Foundation
Brian Gahan
Managing Director – Europe, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange
Bruno Pessoa
Country Manager Brazil, Chiliz/Socios
Christian Steiner
Director, Regulatory Group Compliance, Bitpanda
Claude Boqueraz
Deputy Head of AML Unit, European Commission DG FISMA
Colby Mangels
Tax Policy Advisor, OECD
Dimitris Psarrakis
Board Director, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)
Dirk Hermans
Innovation Manager – Digital Assets Strategy, KBC
Dorina Juhasz
Innovation manager – Blockchain, Bitvavo
Eliza Gkritsi
Tech Editor, Euractiv
Erwin Voloder
Director for Research & Strategy,Blockchain for Europe
Fatemeh Fannizadeh
General Counsel, Anoma Foundation
Frederic Meyer
Policy Officer Blockchain, Bitkom
Gabriel Bizama
Researcher, University of Bern
Gene Deyev
Co-Founder and CEO, Stobox
Heike Winter
Principal, Bundesbank
Heinz Konzett
Senior Legal Expert, Office for Financial Market Innovation of Liechtenstein
Isabella Chase
Senior Policy Advisor, TRM Labs
Jacob Hample
Head of U.S. Government Affairs, Filecoin Foundation
Joachim Schwerin
Principal Economist, DG Grow
Jon Isaksen
Head of Policy, EMEA, Uniswap Labs
Juan Ignacio Ibañez
General Secretary, MiCA Crypto Alliance
Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr
Global Head of Strategy and Partnerships,Exponential Science
Lana Schwartzman
Head of Regulatory and Compliance, Notabene
Lavan Thasarathakumar
Senior Advisor, Hogan Lovells / GDF
Lee A. Schneider
General Counsel, Ava Labs, Inc.
Lesley Chavkin
Global Head of Public Policy, Paxos
Lisa Cameron
Chair & Founder, Global Legislators Forum in Digital Assets
Madalena Catarino
MLRO, Scallop
Maha Al-Saadi
Head of Regulatory Affairs, QFC Authority
Marcin Zarakowski
CEO, Token Recovery
Marianne Jarlaud
Deputy Head of Digital finance and Innovation division, Regulatory and International affairs’ Directorate, AMF – Autorité des marchés financiers
Marina Markezic
CEO, EUCI
Mark Foster
EU Policy Lead, Crypto Council for Innovation
Matthew Gravelle
Managing Director Digital Assets, Forefront Advisers
Matthew Osborne
Policy Director, Europe and UK, Ripple
Matthias Bauer-Langgartner
Head of Policy Europe, Chainalysis
Max Bernt
Managing Director & Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Taxbit
Nathalie Boyke
Ambassador Blockchain for Europe & Founder, nucleus42
Neal Christiansen
Associate General Counsel,Coinbase
Nikos Papandreou
Member of the European Parliament (S&D group)
Nilmini Rubin
Chief Policy Officer, Hedera
Olta Andoni
General Counsel, AvaLabs/Markets Enclave
Ondrej Kovarik
Former Member of the European Parliament
Patrick Hansen
Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy, Circle
Peter Grosskopf
CTO and COO, AllUnity
Peter Kerstens
Advisor, DG FISMA
Pierre Marro
Policy Officer, DG CNECT
Raj Bagadi
CEO and founder, E Money Network (Scallop)
Rebecca Park
Managing Director, Global Counsel
Robert Kopitsch
Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe
Roeland Van der Stappen
Head of EU Policy,Coinbase
Sotirios Kanellopoulos
Policy Officer, DG ENV
Stefan Kromolicki
Legal Officer, Blockchain for Europe
Stéphanie Cabossioras
Secretary General, Societe Generale-Forge
Steven McWhirter
Global Policy Lead, Binance
Tom Duff Gordon
VP, International Policy, Coinbase
Tommaso Astazi
Head of Regulatory Affairs, Blockchain for Europe