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Hosted by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Louise Johnston
Director, Government Affairs & Policy
Mastercard
Louise leads on digital assets and blockchain in Mastercard's Global Policy team.
Before Mastercard, Louise lead project Aurora at the BIS innovation hub - using new tools and technologies to detect money laundering across institutions and borders. Prior to this she worked at the Bank of England for 12 years, most recently in the CBDC unit.
Speaking at
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12:00–1:30pmTue 23 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 3, Ground FloorOpen
Blueprint for Digital Assets
Agorá - How Moving Money Matters
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Andrei PustelnikovSenior Manager, Wholesale experiments and international projectsBank of England
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Audrey MetzgerDirector of Innovation & Financial Market InfrastructuresBanque de France
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Holger NeuhausHead of Market Innovation & IntegrationEuropean Central Bank
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Louise JohnstonDirector, Government Affairs & PolicyMastercard
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Marianne ZentriegenHead of Payment JourneysPostFinance AG
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Masashi WatanabeManaging Director, Head of Digital AssetsMUFG Bank, Ltd.
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Michael ZimmertHead of Banking Operations AnalysisSwiss National Bank
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Nick KeriganManaging Director, Head of InnovationSwift
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Rene MichauGlobal Head, Digital AssetsStandard Chartered
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Sabih BehzadHead of Digital Assets & Currencies TransformationDeutsche Bank AG London
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Tim MoncrieffManaging Director of Visa Payments & Currencycloud & VP, Strategic Initiatives & Execution, Visa DirectVisa
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Zou XiaonanExecutive Director, Group Digital Assets; Head of Digital Assets, Group TreasuryUBS
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Jessica RenierManaging Director & Head of Digital FinanceInstitute of International Finance (IIF)Moderator
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Morten BechCentre Head - SwitzerlandBIS Innovation HubModerator
About this session
Project Agorá tests the hypothesis that a multi-currency settlement mechanism that leverages tokenization and programmability could mitigate inefficiencies and frictions in cross-border payments, making them faster, more transparent and safer.
To examine this, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Institute of International Finance (IIF) combined forces to convene seven central banks and over 40 international financial institutions to test the tokenization of commercial bank deposits and central bank reserves on a unifying ledger. The roundtable will bring together Project Agorá public and private sector participants to reflect on the project and lessons learned.
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3:00–3:30pmWed 24 JunWorkshopWorkshop Room, Level 1Open
Others
AI and Blockchain: Powering Innovation, Managing Risk, Shaping the Future - Powered by TRM Labs
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Dr. Anika SchumannLead for AI RiskSwiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
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Prof. Chris BrummerChief Executive OfficerFintech Foundation
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Geraldine KraevGlobal Innovation ManagerFCA
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Louise JohnstonDirector, Government Affairs & PolicyMastercard
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Rene MichauGlobal Head, Digital AssetsStandard Chartered
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Steven McWhirterGlobal Policy LeadBinance
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Liam GlennonHead of North America Financial InstitutionsTRM LabsModerator
About this session
AI is driving progress across all sectors, including blockchain-powered financial services—accelerating efficiency and unlocking analytical capabilities that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. The same capabilities transforming financial services are equally critical in managing the risks that come with them—from financial crime and illicit flows to smart contract vulnerabilities, operational and custody failures, and emerging threats to market integrity.
In this interactive workshop, leaders from financial intelligence, digital infrastructure, and global regulation come together to share what AI-powered risk management looks like on the ground today—the wins, the lessons, and the open questions. Rather than debating frameworks, this session will allow for honest exchange: what's being built, how it's landing, and what the path to responsible, explainable AI adoption might need from policymakers tomorrow.
This session aims to define the urgent, concrete steps needed to make AI-powered risk management a foundation — not an afterthought — of the digital economy.
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