Chainalysis
- 09:00 – 09:15
KEYNOTE: The new Commission ahead
- 09:15 – 10:05
MiCA - It's finally coming
Beata Sivak
Government Relations & Policy, Europe, Kraken
Moderator
Robert Kopitsch
Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe
- 10:05 – 10:35
CBDCs - A new frontier for Central Banks
Christian Steiner
BitPanda
Moderator
Bartolomeo Poggi
Policy Officer, Blockchain for Europe
- 10:35 – 10:50
Break
- 10:50 – 11:15
Owl Explains: Did MiCA solve everything and what lies ahead for 2025?
Olta Andoni
General Counsel, Ava Labs
Moderator
Tommaso Astazi
Head of Regulatory Affairs, Blockchain for Europe
- 11:15 - 12:05
MiCA - A stablecoin's graveyard or the start of something great?
Stéphanie Cabossioras
Societe Generale, Forge
Lesley Chavkin
Global Head of Public Policy, Paxos
Moderator
Gabriel Bizama
Digital Finance Specialist, University of Bern
- 12:05 - 12:35
MiCA - Perspectives from abroad
Matthew Osborne
Policy Director for EMEA, Ripple
Steven McWirther
Global Policy Lead, Binance
Moderator
Mark Foster
EU Policy Lead, Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI)
- 12:35 - 13:35
Lunch Break
- 13:35 - 14:00
FIRESIDE CHAT - SCALLOP
Raj Bagadi
Founder & CEO, Scallop
Moderator
Stefan Kromolicki
Legal Officer, Blockchain for Europe
- 14:00 - 14:50
What will change with the AML Package in place?
Claude Bocqueraz
Deputy Head of Unit – AML Unit, European Commission – DG FISMA
Isabella Chase
Senior Policy Advisor, TRM Labs
Moderator
Marina Markezic
Executive Director, EU Crypto Initiative
- 14:50 - 15:20
Time to update the Travel Rule?
Madalena Catarino
Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), E Money Network (Scallop)
Neal Christiansen
Associate General Counsel, Coinbase
Lana Schwartzman
Head of Regulatory and Compliance, Notabene
Moderator
Lavan Thasarathumar
Senior Advisor, Digital Assets and Blockchain Practice – Hogan Lovells, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Global Digital Finance (GDF)
- 15:20 - 15:35
Break
- 15:35 - 16:05
The impact of upcoming reporting requirements
Dorina Juhasz
Bitvavo
Colby Mangels
OECD
Moderator
Max Bernt
Managing Director, TaxBit
- 16:05 - 16:55
Does global crypto regulation need to be financial?
Maha Al-Saadi
Head of Regulatory Affairs, Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA)
Nilmini Rubin
Chief Policy Officer, Hedera
- 16:55 - 17:10
Break
- 17:10 - 17:40
Tokenisation beyond finance
Joachim Schwerin
Principal Economist, DG GROW, European Commission
Heinz-Günter Lux
Digital Strategist, Evonik
Alex Levine
General Counsel & Chief Regulatory Officer, Dapper Labs
- 17:40 - 18:05
FIRESIDE CHAT - Tokenisation: Opportunities and Challenges Internationally - HEDERA
Assia Gardiner
Boston Consulting Group
Moderator
Nilmini Rubin
- 18:05
Networking Drinks
- 07:30 – 08:15
TRM x BC4EU Summit Run Club
Get ready for day two of the Blockchain for Europe Summit with TRM Run Club at Parc du Bruxelles! Join speakers and attendees for a bracing start to a productive day of policy discussions.
This will be a conversationally paced run and runners of all fitness levels are welcome.
Put your running shoes on, and prepare to be energised!
- 09:00 – 09:15
KEYNOTE / WELCOME TO DAY 2
Moderator
Robert Kopitsch
- 09:15 – 10:00
Tokenisation - Can Europe lead the way?
Peter Kerstens
Senior Adviser to Director-General (Co-Head of FinTech Taaskforce), European Commission – DG FISMA
Alex Wu
Policy and Government Relations Manager, Stellar Development Foundation
Coen Ter Wal
Director, Head of Technology & Operations, AFME
Moderator
Robert Kopitsch
- 10:00 – 10:30
Tokenisation - Smart Assets vs. Dumb Liabilities
Andrei Kirilenko
Cambridge Judge Business School
Gene Deyev
Stobox
Moderator
Dimitris Psarrakis
Wharton Business School
- 10:30 – 10:45
Break
- 10:45 – 11:10
FIRESIDE CHAT - How does a good regulation of NFTs look like? - DAPPER LABS
Alex Levine
Moderator
Dimitris Psarrakis
- 11:10 - 11:55
Will DeFi have a future in Europe?
Jon Isaksen
Head of Policy, EMEA, Uniswap Labs
Peter Kerstens
Nathalie Boyke
Director Government Affairs and Public Policy, Web 3 Foundation
Moderator
Stefan Kromolicki
- 11:55 - 12:20
FIRESIDE CHAT - The current landscape of crypto-related crimes - BSV ASSOCIATION
Marcin Zarakowski
Executive Committee Member, BSV Association
Moderator
Ari Redbord
Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs
- 12:20 - 13:20
Lunch Break
- 13:20 - 13:45
Why Europe Does not need MiCA 2.0 - KRAKEN
Brian Gahan
Managing Director, Europe Kraken
Moderator
Matthew Gravelle
Forefront Advisers
- 13:45 - 14:30
Sustainability & Social Impact - Blockchain's underestimated value
Lee Schneider
General Counsel, Ava Labs
Laurence Lewandowska
BSV Association
Moderator
Arun Maharajan
UNICEF
- 14:30 - 14:45
FIRESIDE CHAT - COINBASE
Tom Duff Gordon
Vice President, International Policy, Coinbase
- 15:55 - 15:10
Break
- 15:10 - 15:55
The next evolution of privacy - Is the world ready?
Agata Ferreira
Chief Legal Officer, Status
Bota Jardemalie
Open Dialogue Foundation
- 15:55 - 16:25
Web 3 use cases changing the world
Jacob Hample
Head of U.S. Government Affairs, Filecoin Foundation
Bruno Pessoa
Country Manager Brazil, Chiliz
- 16:25 - 16:40
Break
- 16:40 - 17:25
Is Europe losing on the Web 3 front?
Roeland Van der Stappen
Head of EU Policy, Coinbase
Peter Grosskopf
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Unstoppable Finance
Moderator
Tommaso Astazi
- 17:25 - 17:55
A new EU Agenda for a truly digital economy
Moderator
Robert Kopitsch
- 17:55