The Crypto Leaders Symposium 2022 | City and Financial Global | 16 November 2022 | Millennium Gloucester Hotel London Kensington, 4-18 Harrington Gardens, South Kensington, London SW7 4LH, UK

Despite the significant drop in crypto's market capitalisation and some well-publicised coin failures, traditional financial institutions - banks, asset managers, insurers and others - are continuing to develop their digital asset and crypto strategies, since there is a widespread recognition that crypto, digital assets and blockchain are here to stay and offer a significant range of potential applications.

The sessions devoted to crypto issues, we have been asked by senior financiers from both the TradFi and crypto communities to organise a high-level gathering that brings the two sides together to discuss the future of crypto finance, the growing intersection between, and integration of, the two financial worlds and the impact of the coming wave of regulation, which is likely to redefine business models and practices.

A unique aspect of the symposium is that, in addition to the c-suite representatives from the TradFi and crypto sectors that will be attending, we are also inviting each of the leading regulators to send a team of representatives to attend and participate in the panel discussions on the critical issues being addressed. We believe that this will facilitate a more meaningful discussion and enhance mutual understanding. We will also be inviting parliamentarians from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords to attend and participate. Attendance for the VIP audience is by invitation only and without charge.

The symposium comprises four elements: plenary keynotes, panels on sub-topics of the two principal themes (regulation and institutional adoption of crypto finance), pre-organised one-to-one and group meetings, and social events for more informal networking.

2022 Speakers

Maurice Button
CEO, City & Financial Global, Founder and CEO of City Week

Kristin N. Johnson
Commissioner, CFTC

Steven Maijoor
Executive Board Member of Supervision, De Nederlandsche Bank, Chair, FSB’s working group on crypto assets

J. Christopher Giancarlo
Executive Chairman, Digital Dollar Project, Senior Counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher & Former Chairman, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Lex Sokolin
Head Economist, Decentralized Protocols and Global Fintech Co-Head, ConsenSys

Candace Kelly
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Global Policy and Government Affairs, Stellar Development Foundation

Teana Baker-Taylor
VP, Policy and Regulatory Strategy, EU/UK, Circle

Dr Peter T. Golder
Head of Group Digital Assets, London Stock Exchange Group

Thomas Uhm
Crypto Institutional Sales & Trading, Jane Street

Russell Barlow
Global Head of Alternatives, abrdn

Chris Tyrer
Head of Fidelity Digital Asset Management and Head of Europe, Fidelity Digital Assets

Swen Werner
Managing Director, State Street Digital

Paul Laffan
Head of Financial Crimes Compliance (Europe, Middle East, Africa), State Street

Steven Ashley
Chairman, Nomura’s Digital Assets

Xiaonan Zou
Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, UBS Group Treasury

Katey Neate
Managing Director, Chief Risk Officer, Securities Servicing and Digital, BNY Mellon

Tyrone Lobban
Head of Blockchain Launch & Onyx Digital Assets, Onyx by J.P. Morgan

Basak Toprak
Executive Director, EMEA Head of Coin Systems, Onyx by J.P. Morgan

Sendi Young
Managing Director, UK & Europe, Ripple

Brian Quintenz
Advisory Partner, Andreesen Horowitz

David Mercer
Chief Executive Officer, LMAX Group

Jenna Wright
Managing Director, LMAX Digital

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

Gene Hoffman
President & COO, Chia Network

David Carlisle
VP of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Elliptic

Marieke Flament
Chief Executive Officer, NEAR Foundation

Cyrill Tröndle
Founding Partner, Numeus Research AG

Bob Wigley
Chairman, UK Finance

Keith Bottomley
Deputy Policy Chairman, City of London Corporation

Lawrence Wintermeyer
Chair of the Board, GBBC Digital Finance

Eva Szalay
Cross-Asset Reporter, Bloomberg L.P

Emma Joyce
Chief Executive Officer, GBBC Digital Finance

Dr King Au
Executive Director, Hong Kong’s Financial Services Development Council (FSDC)

Ankush Jain
Chief Investments Officer, Aaro Capital

Rachael Herbert
Deputy Director, National Economic Crime Centre, National Crime Agency (NCA)

Kevin Newe
Assistant Director – Illicit Finances Strategy Lead, Fraud Investigation Service, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

Richard Metcalfe
Head of Regulatory Affairs, The World Federation of Exchanges

Anastasia Kinsky
Head of Programmes & Content, GBBC Digital Finance

Lavan Thasarathakumar
Government and Regulatory Affairs Director, EMEA, GBBC Digital Finance

Tim Bailey
Vice President, Global Sales, Red Date Technology

Jeanette C. Seng
Global Partnerships Managing Director Crypto and Emerging Business, FIS

Julia Leung
Deputy CEO and Executive Director of Intermediaries, Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong

James Delaney
Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)

Linda Jeng
Chief Global Regulatory Officer and General Counsel, Crypto Council for Innovation

Benjamin Quinlan
CEO & Managing Partner, Quinlan & Associates

Richard Dhuny
Senior Consultant, GFT Financial Ltd

Laurence Li
Chairman, FSDC

Vasant Viswanathan
Co-Head, Digital Assets, Citi

Shobhit Maini
Co-Head of Digital Assets, Global Markets, Citi

2022 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• LMAX Group

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Elliptic
• FSDC
• Red Date Technology