Digital Assets 2024 | Worldwide Business Research (WBR) | 13 May 2024 | Business Design Centre, 52 Upper St, London N1 0QH, UK

After a year of turmoil in the digital assets market, following the collapse of FTX, we are now seeing major institutions entering the market. Market experts from leading organisations predict that tokenised alternative assets are expected to become a trillion-dollar market opportunity by 2030. This burgeoning asset class can no longer be ignored.

Find out how to navigate this evolving landscape by joining the leading Institutional Digital Assets conference and gain practical insights on:

• Examining the latest ETF and ETP developments and how the emergence of new products will impact the wider market
• Exploring market infrastructure developments and how the industry is solving the connectivity and network interoperability challenge
• Hear from leading institutions as they walk you through the implementation process of their tokenised real-world asset pilots
• Establishing your post trade and infrastructure requirements, including trade reconciliation, custody and settlement solutions
• Gain first-hand clarity on the latest policy and regulatory developments in digital assets and DLT across key jurisdictions

2024 Speakers

BUY SIDE ADVISORY BOARD:

Krzysztof Wierzchowski
Vice President, Securities Services, Franklin Templeton

Victor Jung
Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets, Hamilton Lane

Michael Ashby
Former Head of Digital Assets Strategic Implementation, Point72

David Reed
Director, Emerging Technology Innovation, Invesco

Jasmine Burgess
COO/ CRO, Coinbase Asset Management

Valerie Noel
Head of Trading, Syz Group

Christoph Hock
Head of Tokenisation & Digital Assets, Union Investments

Barnali Biswal
CIO, Hilbert Capital

Jean-Marc Bonnefous
Managing Director, Tellurian Capital

BUY SIDE SPEAKERS- ASSET ALLOCATORS, ASSET MANAGERS, PRIVATE BANKS, VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS, HEDGE FUNDS:

Eric Peters
CEO & CIO, Coinbase Asset Management

Gautam Sharma
CEO & CIO, Brevan Howard Digital

Blue Macellari
Head of Digital Assets Strategy, T. Rowe Price

Tony Ashraf
Managing Director, Digital Asset Transformation, BlackRock

Altaf Kassam
Head of Investment Strategy and Research, EMEA, State Street Global Advisors

Russell Barlow
Global Head of Alternative Investment Strategies, abrdn

Henri Arslanian
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Nine Blocks Capital Management

Elliot Hentov
Head of Macro Policy Research, State Street Global Advisors

Andres Fondevila
Head of Digital Assets, BBVA Asset Management

Stuart Naples
Head of New Business, Brevan Howard Digital

Charles- Henry Monchau
Chief Investment Officer, Syz Group

Jakub Lesniowski
Lead Digital Assets Risk & Regulatory Management, UBS Emerging Technologies

Barbara Schlyter
Head of Digital Products and Solutions, DWS Group

Marc de Kloe
Partner, Theta Capital Management

Radek Krysztofiak
Strategic Consultant – FTS & Investment Data, Franklin Templeton

Jaime Baeza
Founder, ANB Investments

Carl Szantyr
Managing Partner, CEO, Blockstone Capital

Romain Braud
Director of Digital Assets, Arab Bank

Ankush Jain
CIO and Co-Founder, Aaro Capital

Olga Romanova
Independent Consultant, Vigillion Advisers

Samed Bouaynaya
Portfolio Manager Digital Assets Fund, Altana Wealth

Wilhelm Roth
Chief Executive Officer, Icoinic Capital

Admire Chatiza
Managing Director, Head of Operational Due Diligence, Forteus

Vladimir Vishnevskiy
Partner, Quonota Investments

Andrew Peel
Head of Digital Markets, Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Evgeny Gokhberg
Managing Partner, Re7 Capital

Matt Milsom
Digital Asset Portfolio Manager, MHC Digital

Edouard Hindi
Chief Investment Officer, Tyr Capital

Marcello Cavalcanti
Managing Partner, Tagus Capital

Hugo Langeen
Co-founder and CEO, ValidAlpha

Jonathan Bier
Chief Investment Officer, Farside Investors

Leo Mindyuk
CEO, ML Tech

Glenn Rosenberg
COO, ML Tech

Eric Pollackov
Global Head of ETF Capital Markets, Invesco

Vanessa Grellet
Board Member, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance

Anatoly Crachilov
Founding Partner & CEO, Nickel Digital Asset Management

Louis LaValle
Managing Director, 3iQ Digital Assets

Stephen Whyman
Director, Debt Capital Markets, Fidelity International

Laurent Bourquin
Managing Partner, MEV Capital

Nabanita Banerjee
Head of HR & Talent, Nickel Digital Asset Management

Samantha Bohbot
Chief Growth Officer, RockawayX

Bozena Adamczyk
Partner, Truffle Capital

Sunny Parikh
Co- Founder & Partner, Reflexive Capital

Kevin Ballard
Co-Founder & CCO, Block Asset Management

Stefan Brinaru
Head of Digital Strategy & Investment, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Alek Kloda
Founding & Co- CIO, Nickel Digital Asset Management

Tom Kluczek
Director, Digital Assets, Strategy & Innovation, ABN AMRO

CENTRAL BANKS, POLICYMAKERS & REGULATORS:

Bim Afolami
Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, UK Government

Dr Lisa Cameron
MP and Chair, Crypto and Digital Assets All Party Parliamentary Group, UK Parliament

Matthew Long
Director of Payments & Digital Assets, FCA

William Lovell
Head of Future Technology, Bank of England

Kushal Balluck
Senior Manager Digital Securities Sandbox & Post Trade Innovation, Bank of England

Adeline Bachellerie
Deputy Director of Innovation and Financial Market Infrastructures, Banque de France

Jerome Reboul
Managing Director of the Regulatory Policy and International Affairs, AMF

Matthew Osborne
Senior Manager for Payments Policy, Bank of England

Joachim Schwerin
Principal Economist, European Commission

Matthias Juttner
Head of Banking Operations Analysis, Swiss National Bank

CONSULTANTS, INDUSTRY BODIES, MEDIA & GUEST SPEAKERS:

Julia Streets
Founder & CEO, Streets Consulting

Jannah Patchay
Executive Director and Policy Lead, Digital Pound Foundation

Ramy Soliman
Co-founder & Policy Lead, Stablecoin Standard

Dr Ousmène Mandeng
Director and Founder, Economics Advisory Ltd

Keith Bear
Fellow, Centre for Alternative Finance, Cambridge Judge Business School

Ian Taylor
Head of Crypto and Digital Assets, KPMG UK & Board Advisor to CryptoUK, CryptoUK

Kenzy Goodwin
Managing Partner, Finceler8

Niki Beattie
Founder and Managing Director, Market Structure Partners

Elise Soucie
Director of Global Policy & Regulatory Affairs, Global Digital Finance

Lavan Thasarathakumar
Director, Global Digital Finance

Madeleine Boys
Head of Programmes and Innovation, Global Digital Finance

Asif Kamal
Founder, Artfi

John Allan
Head of Innovation & Operations Unit, Investment Association

Rutger Vijgen
Public Affairs Advisor, FIA European Principal Traders Association

Dominic Longman
Market Expert, Independent

Laura Navaratnam
UK Policy Lead, Crypto Council for Innovation

Amber Ghaddar
Founder & Co-founder, The 200 Bn Club and AllianceBlock

Clarissa Ralston- Boyle
Director, Jade City

James Hopegood
Director of Asset Management Regulation, AIMA

Teana Baker-Taylor
NED, CryptoUK

Stefania Barbaglio
Founder, Cassiopeia Services and Financial Fox

Eva Szalay
Head of Media Relations, HokkuPR

Virginie O’Shea
Founder, Firebrand Research

Stephan Dreyer
Managing Director, ANNA

Alan Scott
Chair, ACI FMA Digital Assets Committee

BANKS, CUSTODIANS, LIQUIDITY PROVIDERS, ISSUERS, EXCHANGES, PLATFORMS, PROVIDERS:

David Newns
CEO, SDX

David Mercer
CEO, LMAX Group

Sui Chung
Chief Executive Officer, CF Benchmarks

Michael Higgins
Partner, Global Head - Business Development, Hidden Road Partners

Arnab Sen
Co-founder, CEO, GFO-X

Jenna Wright
Managing Director, LMAX Digital

Graham Rodford
CEO & Co-founder, Archax

Leon Marshall
CEO of Galaxy Europe and Global Head of Sales, Galaxy

Anton Katz
Co-founder & CEO, Talos

Kevin Monserrat
CEO, Tokensphere

Emma Lovett
Credit Lead - Markets DLT team, J.P. Morgan

Stijn Vander Straeten
CEO, Crypto Finance Group

Greg Magadini
Director of Derivatives, Amberdata

Thomas Restout
Group CEO, B2C2

Joshua Deems
Institutional Business Development Lead, Figment

Theodore Rozencwajg
Co- Founder, D2X

Cassandra Cox
Director, Institutional Sales, LMAX Digital

Kok Kee Chong
Chief Executive Officer, AsiaNext

Mara Schmiedt
CEO and Co-Founder, Alluvial

Devina Paul
CFO & Deputy CEO, Zumo

Amelie Arras
Marketing Director, Zumo

Katryna Hanush
Managing Director of Business Development and Partnerships, Wintermute

Rafael Zanatta
Digital Assets Sales, Eurex

Matteo  Pandolfi
Co-founder and CEO, Idle Finance

Julien Clausse
Head of AssetFoundry (Digital Asset & Tokenization), BNP Paribas CIB

Tony McLaughlin
Emerging Payments & Business Development, Treasury & Trade Solutions, Citi

Reed Werbitt
US CEO, Flowdesk

Guillaume Chatain
Head of Sales, Societe Generale – Forge

Timothy Tan
Head of Sales and Partnerships, Cactus Custody

Tom Higgins
CEO & Founder, Gold-i

Chantal Bradford
Head of EMEA Institutional Sales, Deribit

Jennifer O'Rourke
Executive Director of DTCC Digital Assets, DTCC

Fatmire Bekiri
Head of Tokenization, Sygnum Bank

David Knowlton
Head of Product, Galaxy

Duncan Trenholme
Managing Director, Global Co-Head of Digital Assets, TP ICAP

Jose Fernandez
Partner, Finka Token

Isabella Chase
Senior Policy Advisor, TRM Labs

Emily Harris
EMEA Deployment Strategist, TRM Labs

2024 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSOR:
• LMAX Digital

SPONSORS:
• ACI Financial Markets Association
• Amberdata
• Archax
• AsiaNext
• B2C2
• Block Scholes
• Blockdaemon
• Cactus Custody
• CF Benchmarks
• Coinbase
• Crypto Finance Group
• D2X Group
• Deribit
• Deutsche Börse
• Digital Prime Exchange
• DTCC
• Eurex
• Fidelity Digital Assets
• Figment
• Flowdesk
• Forge - Societe Generale Group
• Galaxy
• Global Futures and Options Ltd (GFO-X)
• Gold-i
• Hidden Road
• SIX Digital Exchange AG (SDX)
• Talos
• TP ICAP
• TRM Labs
• Wintermute
• Zodia Custody