In this session, we learn the basic principles of blockchain, the major protocols and their uses, layer 1 and layer 2 chains, and how blockchain can be implemented to optimise banking products and services for the customer’s benefit.

• Paul Ridley, CEO and Co-founder, Old Street Digital
• Pankhuri Bansal, Blockchain & IoT Expert, United Nations
• Bullish Dumpling, Cardano KOL / Influencer / Crypto Show Host, Cardano (moderator)
• Jay Bothra, Lead Development Specialist, HSBC
• Philippe Ho, Vice President, Catheon Gaming

This panel session explores how institutions and financial service providers embed crypto solutions into existing platforms to add revenue streams & win and retain customers in a Web 3.0 world.

• Tim Šabonov, CTO, Zumo Enterprise
• Liz Lumley, Deputy Editor, The Banker (moderator)

The convergence of smart contracts and AI presents the opportunity to overcome a number of data challenges and seamlessly connect workflows, whilst ensuring confidentiality. This panel explores how to implement smart contracts into financial services infrastructure, the opportunities and the challenges.  

• David Palmer, Blockchain Lead Vodafone Business IoT, Vodafone
• Michael Messele, CEO, The Pillar Project
• Michael Clark, VP – Global CTO, Mastercard Data & Services
• Melvyn Jones, Managing Director, Global Head of Corporate Development & Communications, DVB Bank SE (moderator)

As technology matures and regulation develops, we are seeing an acceleration in the infrastructure being built around digital assets. This panel will explore new forms of financing through the tokenisation of assets, stablecoins and the blockchain infrastructure to support digital asset adoption. 

• Raul Arribas, Chief Technology Officer, 11Onze
• Adam Bialy, Co-Founder and CEO, Fiat Republic
• François-Julien Alcaraz, Founder, CryptoSimple
• Pavel Matveev, CEO, Wirex
• Eloise Marchesoni, Cryptocurrency Contributing Writer, Crypto Daily
• Liz Lumley, Deputy Editor, The Banker (moderator)

Given their open and permissionless nature, decentralised exchanges have been one of the main drivers of DeFi. In this session, we explore how they work, both the key differences between, and convergence of traditional and decentralised exchanges, advantages and disadvantages, and the impact on wider market structures.

• Katia Banina, Head of Product, Bebop (moderator)
• Jamie Allsop, CEO, Clearpool.io
• Pavir Patel, Chief of Staff, Bitpanda Pro
• James Fick, Chief Commercial Officer & Co-Founder, Vaultavo
• Denis Seleznev, Founder, Deedy

Stellar Development Foundation’s recent study found that 45% of respondents from the UK, U.S., Singapore and Mexico have sent cryptocurrency across national borders. Cross-border payments represent a significant cryptocurrency use case for banks. In this panel we explore what the infrastructure looks like and what collaborations are being developed to reshape the future of payments.  

• Daniel Belda, Head of Product Strategy, OpenPayd
• Elizabeth Rossiello, CEO & Founder, AZA
• Manuela Sedvartaite, Innovation Manager, Banco Santander
• Liz Lumley, Deputy Editor, The Banker (moderator) 
• Jamie McNaught, Founder and CEO, Solidi

This session will explore how blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies can be leveraged to build self-sovereign identity (SSI). We will consider the technical and design differences between a blockchain and other traditional electronic identifiers.

• Chris Park, Co-Founder, DeFinity 
• David Palmer, Blockchain Lead Vodafone Business IoT, Vodafone 
• Nicky Hickman, Industry Advisor, Blockchain & Digital Identity Lab, University of Jyväskylä
  
• David Pollington, Head of Research, Bloc Ventures
• Steve Pannifer, Managing Director, Consult Hyperion (moderator)

Increased involvement of institutions in DeFi has enabled more integration between banks and the crypto world. One of the biggest boundaries to further integration revolves around technology – this panel will address the technical boundaries currently preventing institutions from entering Web3 and the metaverse, whilst also hearing from the institutions that have led the way into these new locations.

• Jehangir Byramji, Senior Fintech Lead, Lloyds Banking Group
• Antoine Loth, CEO & Co-Founder, VALK
• Shahar Zohar, Product Manager, DeFi and Web3, Fireblocks
• Caroline Hughes, CEO, Lifetise (moderator)
• Jacob George, Head of Product, Founders Factory

Explores some of the best DeFi propositions that are being brought to life through a network of partners who are enabling institutions to better serve their next generation of customers.

• Nick Holt, Senior Director, Solutions Engineering, Marqeta (moderator)
• Ash Bhatia, CEO, Shipyard Innovation
• Ana Maria Jipa, Co-Founder & CEO, Olyn
• Sean Kiernan, Chief Executive Officer, Greengage