Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe
Programme
- 09:00 – 09:15
WELCOME TO DAY 1
- 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
- 10:45 – 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
- 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
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!
Limited Capacity!
- 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.
Asgeir Thor Oskarsson
Public Policy Lead, BSV Association
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
Juan Ignacio Ibañez
Chief of Staff, Exponential Science
Moderator
Robert Kopitsch
Secretary-General, Blockchain for Europe
- 18:00
