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Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Felix Laufenberg
Open Transaction Layer Lead
Fireblocks
Felix Laufenberg is Open Transaction Layer Lead at Fireblocks, working at the intersection of digital asset infrastructure and institutional adoption.
He previously worked at Bitcoin Suisse as Technical Lead for Custody, building secure infrastructure for one of Switzerland's leading digital asset firms. Alongside this work, Felix lectures in the MSc Digital Strategy program at HWZ Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich, and brings a computer science foundation from ETH Zürich.
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4:00–5:30pmTue 23 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 2, Ground FloorOpen
Bridging the Financial Gap
Solving for the Fundamentals: Identity Wallets, Trust Infrastructure, and Preparing for the Agentic Economy
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Aoife HoulihanVice President, Government AffairsVisa
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Bridget Rose Mesina-RomeroDirector, Payments Policy and Development DepartmentBangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
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Christina WuLead, Global Policy and Regulatory Strategy, EMEACircle
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Felix LaufenbergOpen Transaction Layer LeadFireblocks
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Gary LiuCo-Founder & Chief Executive OfficerTerminal 3
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Guillermo Galicia RabadanFinancial Sector Specialist - Payment Systems Development GroupThe World Bank
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Liam GlennonHead of North America Financial InstitutionsTRM Labs
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Livia BenistyChief External Affairs OfficerBanking Circle
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Mai FujimotoCo-FounderzERC20
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Dr. Nicolas JacquemartChief Legal OfficerCardano Foundation
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Vedran LalicSenior Digital Identity and Trust Services AdvisorThe United Nations University-EGOV
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Ivan Mortimer-SchuttsGlobal Head of vLEIGlobal Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)Moderator
About this session
By the end of 2026, all EU member states will be required to issue the European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI), with a goal of achieving 80% voluntary adoption by 2030.
While much of the current focus has been on user adoption and interoperability, a more fundamental shift in the economy is underway: the rise of AI agents capable of acting, transacting, and coordinating on behalf of individuals and businesses. This raises a critical question: how can these agents be trusted to act, transact, and take decisions safely across platforms and jurisdictions?
Identity-wallets and verifiable credentials hold the potential to become foundational trust infrastructure that unlocks this shift, by authenticating identity, delegating authority from human to agent, and resolving KYC and liability questions. With the right design choices today, the EUDI could evolve into a global benchmark not just for digital identity, but for programmable, interoperable trust.
Yet, critical questions remain around adoption, sustainable business models, and resilience to emerging technological risks. As the deadline draws closer, this roundtable will convene financial institutions, digital identity and verifiable credentials providers, technologists, and policymakers to examine key design and coordination challenges and trade-offs facing identity wallet ecosystems today. -
