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DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 1 – 3 December 2024

  • 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

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

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 – Blockchain, 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, 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, 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, European Commission – 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

DAY 2 – 4 December 2024

  • 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!

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  • 09:00 – 09:15

WELCOME REMARKS TO DAY 2

Robert Kopitsch

Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe

  • 09:15 – 10:00

Tokenisation - Can Europe lead the way?

Peter Kerstens

Advisor, 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

Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe

  • 10:00 – 10:30

Tokenisation - Smart Assets vs. Dumb Liabilities

Andrei Kirilenko

Professor of Finance, Cambridge University Judge School

Gene Deyev

Co-Founder and CEO, Stobox

Moderator

Dimitris Psarrakis

Board Director, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

  • 10:30 – 10:45

Break

  • 10:45 – 11:10

FIRESIDE CHAT - How does a good regulation of NFTs look like? - DAPPER LABS

Alex Levine

General Counsel & Chief Regulatory Officer, Dapper Labs

Moderator

Dimitris Psarrakis

Board Director, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

  • 11:10 - 11:55

Will DeFi have a future in Europe?

Jon Isaksen

Head of Policy, EMEA, Uniswap Labs

Peter Kerstens

Advisor, European Commission DG FISMA

Nathalie Boyke

Director Public Policy & Government Affairs, Web 3 Foundation

Moderator

Stefan Kromolicki

Legal Officer, Blockchain for Europe

  • 11:55 - 12:20

FIRESIDE CHAT - The current landscape of crypto-related crimes

Marcin Zarakowski

CEO, Token Recovery

Moderator

Ari Redbord

Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs

  • 12:20 - 13:20

Lunch Break

  • 13:20 - 14:20

DORA Readiness Workshop

Room 4

Join this breakout session hosted by Fireblocks to discuss how digital assets intermediaries are preparing themselves to comply with DORA!

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  • 13:20 - 13:45

Why Europe Does not need MiCA 2.0 - KRAKEN

Brian Gahan

Managing Director, Europe Kraken

Moderator

Matthew Gravelle

Managing Director Digital Assets, Forefront Advisers

  • 13:45 - 14:25

Sustainability & Social Impact - Blockchain's underestimated value

Sotirios Kanellopoulos

Policy Officer, DG ENV

Lee A. Schneider

General Counsel, Ava Labs, Inc.

Michaella Pettit

Research Director, nChain

Moderator

Arun Maharajan

Blockchain Lead, UNICEF

  • 14:25 - 14:50

How does MiCA compare in the international regulatory context? - COINBASE

Tom Duff Gordon

VP, International Policy, Coinbase

Moderator

Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr

Global Head of Strategy and Partnerships, Exponential Science

  • 14:50 - 15:05

Break

  • 15:05 - 15:45

The next evolution of privacy - Is the world ready?

Agata Ferreira

Chief Legal Officer, Institute of Free Technlogy

Bota Jardemalie

Human Rights Defender, Open Dialogue Foundation

Fatemeh Fannizadeh

General Counsel, Anoma Foundation

Moderator

Erwin Voloder

Head of Policy, European Blockchain Association

  • 15:45 - 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/Socios

Patrick Hansen

Director, EU Strategy & Policy, Circle

Moderator

Frederic Meyer

Policy Officer Blockchain, Bitkom

  • 16:25 - 16:40

Break

  • 16:40 - 17:20

Is Europe losing on the Web 3 front?

Peter Grosskopf

Managing Director Digital Assets , AllUnity

Roeland Van der Stappen

Head of EU Policy, Coinbase

Pierre Marro

Policy Officer, DG CNECT

Moderator

Tommaso Astazi

Head of Regulatory Affairs, Blockchain for Europe

  • 17:20 - 18:00

A new EU Agenda for a truly digital economy

Ondrej Kovarik

Member of the European Parliament

Paolo Tasca

Chairman, Exponential Science

Moderator

Robert Kopitsch

Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe

  • 18:00

CONCLUDING REMARKS