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Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland

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• Blueprint for Digital Assets
• Roadmap for AI and Quantum
• Next-Gen Transactions
• Securing the Future
• Empowering Entrepreneurship
• Bridging the Financial Gap

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• Dante Disparte Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy & Operations, Circle
• Marco Kessler Head Product and Business Development for Digital Assets, SIX Group
• Masashi Watanabe Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets, MUFG Bank, Ltd.
• Rene Michau Global Head, Digital Assets, Standard Chartered
• Tim Moncrieff Managing Director of Visa Payments & Currencycloud & VP, Strategic Initiatives & Execution, Visa Direct, Visa
• Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli Head of the Innovation Hub, Bank for International Settlements

• Dr. Abbas Albasha Senior Strategy Consultant CBDC, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D)
• Adam Gagen Global Head of Government Affairs, Revolut
• Alan Lim Director & Head, Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore
• Alex Gluchowski Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Matter Labs | ZKsync
• Dr. Alexander Thoma Head of Digital Assets, PostFinance
• Dr. Alexandra Hachmeister Director General Digital Euro, Deutsche Bundesbank
• Alexandre Kech Chief Executive Officer, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)
• Alisha Chhangani Associate Director, Future of Money, Atlantic Council
• Alvinder Singh Head, Innovation Acceleration Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore
• Amira Karim Head of International Public Policy, Payments & Financial Services, Amazon
• Andrea Luca Aerni Policy Advisor Digital Finance and Innovation, State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF)
• Andreas Kubli Managing Director Group Head of Digital Assets, UBS
• Andrei Pustelnikov Senior Manager, Wholesale experiments and international projects, Bank of England
• Andrew Brinson Chief Operating Officer, Pave Bank
• Dr. Anna-Naomi Bandi-Lang Executive Director, Digital Asset Structuring, UBS Investment Bank
• Aoife Houlihan Vice President, Government Affairs, Visa
• Aqsa Zubair Deputy Director, FinTech Supervision, Bermuda Monetary Authority
• Arena Fernandez Head of Digital Regulatory Initiatives, Amazon
• Ariadne Plaitakis Deputy Director, Regulation, Policy, & Research, Gates Foundation
• Arjun Vir Singh Partner, Global Head of Fintech & Digital Assets, Arthur D. Little
• Ashley Barnes Head of European Regional Treasury Centre Countries, HSBC
• Dr. Attilio Zanetti Alternate Member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank
• Audrey Metzger Director of Innovation & Financial Market Infrastructures, Banque de France
• Dr. Bernhard Gehra Managing Director & Senior Partner, New York, BCG
• Bilal Bin Saqib Chairman, Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
• Bridget Rose Mesina-Romero Director, Payments Policy and Development Department, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
• Calvin Cheng Chairman, Paymonade Tech
• Camilla Bullock Chief Executive Officer, Emerging Payments Association Asia
• Carine Chartouni Deputy Division Chief, Legal Department, International Monetary Fund
• Ceridwen Choo Chief Executive Officer, Cleanverse International Pte Ltd
• Chad Harper Head of Coinbase Institute, Coinbase
• Chengyi Ong Director of Policy and Regulatory Strategy, APAC, Circle
• Prof. Chris Brummer Chief Executive Officer, Fintech Foundation
• Dr. Christian Pirkner Chief Executive Officer, Blue Code International AG
• Christian Schmid Senior Partner & Global Leader | Global Banking & CIB, BCG
• Christina Wu Lead, Global Policy and Regulatory Strategy, EMEA, Circle
• Colin Payne Head of Innovation, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Daisuke Terayama Deputy Director-General, Head of Fintech Center, Bank of Japan
• Daniel Nagy Director, Forefront
• Daniela Barbosa General Manager, Decentralized Technologies, Linux Foundation & Executive Director, LF Decentralized Trust
• Danilo Deceglie Head of Product Operations, Schroders
• David Rieder Policy Advisor, Swiss State Secretariat for International Financial (SIF)
• David Riegelnig CEO, RULEMATCH
• Dean Sovolos Chief Legal Officer, B2C2
• Emily Slater Executive Director, Bretton Woods Committee
• Emma Butterworth Head of Innovation & Payments Policy, Bank of England
• Emma Joyce Chief Revenue Officer, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)
• Erwin Voloder Director, Research & Strategy, Blockchain For Europe
• Eszter Major Lawyer, State Secretariat for International Finance
• Evaldas Ruzgys Member of the Board, Bank of Lithuania
• Prof. Fabian Schär Professor of DLT & FinTech, University of Basel
• Felix Laufenberg Open Transaction Layer Lead, Fireblocks
• Frank Seibold Global Head of Banking & Capital Markets Sales, Chainlink
• Gary Liu Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Terminal 3
• Georgina Jarratt Managing Director, Head of FinTech & Digitalisation, International Capital Market Association
• Dr. Guerino Ardizzi Deputy Head of the Analysis & Database Division (Retail Payment Instruments & Services Directorate), Banca d'Italia
• Guillermo Galicia Rabadan Financial Sector Specialist - Payment Systems Development Group, The World Bank
• Holger Neuhaus Head of Market Innovation & Integration, European Central Bank
• Isadora Arredondo Vice President, Global Policy, Hedera
• Ivan Mortimer-Schutts Global Head of vLEI, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)
• Jael Tan Head of Government Programmes, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
• Jakub Lesniowski Head Digital Asset Platform and Risk, UBS
• Jannah Patchay Executive in Residence & Board Member, Global Digital Finance
• Jasper Bets Senior Supervision Officer MiCAR/Crypto, Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM)
• Jeannie Lim Co-Founder & Head of Growth, Xweave.io
• Jennifer Lassiter Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets for Europe & Americas, Standard Chartered
• Jesse McWaters EVP, Head of Global Policy, Mastercard
• Jessica Renier Managing Director & Head of Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance (IIF)
• Jo Yeo Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
• John O'Neill Managing Director, Digital Assets & Currencies, CIB, HSBC
• Juan López Carretero Head of Market Development Europe, Stellar Development Foundation
• Julie Guetta Managing Director, ThitsaWorks
• Karim Mouaffak Financial Sector Specialist, Arab Monetary Fund
• Karmela Holtgreve Deputy Head & Head of Operations, BIS Innovation Hub
• Keisuke Kimura Vice President, Japan Cryptoasset Business Association
• Kelvin Li General Manager of Platform Tech, Ant International
• Kevin Cowan Member of the Board, Central Bank of Chile
• Kevin Lim Director, Investment, Temasek
• Kwadwo Botwe Fintech Supervisor, Bank of Ghana
• Lamine Brahimi Co-founder & Managing Partner, Taurus
• Laura Loh Director, Portfolio Strategy & Risk Group Office; Director, Investment (Blockchain), Temasek
• Liam Glennon Head of North America Financial Institutions, TRM Labs
• Livia Benisty Chief External Affairs Officer, Banking Circle
• Louise Johnston Director, Government Affairs & Policy, Mastercard
• Lucas Bruggeman Boardmember, Boerse Stuttgart Group (Seturion, BX Swiss)
• Lucy Ingham Vice President of Research, FXC Intelligence
• Léonard Bôle Member of Executive Board, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
• Maha El Dimachki Chief Executive Officer, GFTN Solutions, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
• Mai Fujimoto Co-Founder, zERC20
• Mai Kaneko International Business Lead, DeCurret DCP Inc.
• Manuel Klein Head of Market Management Payments & Digital Currencies, Deutsche Bank
• Marcos Viriato Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Parfin
• Marianne Bechara Senior Counsel, International Monetary Fund
• Marianne Zentriegen Head of Payment Journeys, PostFinance AG
• Dr. Mark Staples Chief Technology Officer, Digital Finance CRC
• Marni McManus Country Officer & Banking Head, Citi
• Martin Bruncko Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Schuman Financial
• Mathias Imbach Co-founder & Group Chief Executive Officer, Sygnum
• Matilda Asante - Asiedu Second Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana
• Matthew Osborne Director of Policy for Europe, Ripple
• Matthias Obrecht Head Supervision New Technologies, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
• Matthias Wyss Chief Executive Officer, Obligate
• Melvin Seah Head of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships, StraitsX
• Merion Anggerek Director & Head of Capital Markets Policy Division, Markets Policy & Consumer Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore
• Dr. Michael Blaschke Co-Host, Head of Partnerships, Bitcoin, Fiat, & Rock'n'Roll (BFRR)
• Dr. Michael Huertas Partner, Global FS Legal Leader, PwC Legal
• Michael Manz Head of the Financial Systems & Financial Markets Department, State Secretariat for International Finance SIF
• Michael Maurer Research Engineer, MIT Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)
• Michael Zimmert Head of Banking Operations Analysis, Swiss National Bank
• Mo Jalil Head of Institutional Privacy, Ethereum Foundation
• Morten Bech Centre Head - Switzerland, BIS Innovation Hub
• Mykolas Majauskas Global Head of Policy, Bybit
• Nadia Filali Head of Innovation & Development, Caisse des Dépôts
• Natalya Thakur Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Knova
• Nick Gersh Senior Regulatory Counsel, Paxos
• Nick Kerigan Managing Director, Head of Innovation, Swift
• Nicola White Vice President, Institutional Crypto, Robinhood and General Manager, Bitstamp, Robinhood
• Dr. Nicolas Jacquemart Chief Legal Officer, Cardano Foundation
• Prof. Nina Reiser Associate Professor of Financial Market Law, Center for Financial Services Innovation, University of St Gallen
• Pallavi Thakur Director, Digital Assets Industry Engagement, Swift
• Pascale Bruderer Founder & Chairwoman, Swiss Stablecoin AG
• Pat Patel Chief Executive Officer, MEA, USA, LATAM & Forums, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
• Patrick Green Chief Compliance Officer, Banking Circle
• Patrick Hansen Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy, Circle
• Pavle Avramovic Director of Research & Policy, Financial Innovation for Impact
• Peter Goodrich Member of Secretariat, Financial Stability Board
• Peter Kerstens Advisor, DG FISMA, European Commission
• Rafael Mastroberardino Digital Assets Partnerships & Strategy, Franklin Templeton
• Rahul Advani Global Co-Head of Policy, Ripple
• Raunak Mittal Advisor, BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre
• Rebecca Mun Director, S&P Global
• Renee Berman Advisor, Global Blockchain Business Council
• Richard Gabbert Chief of Staff, Crypto Task Force, US SEC
• Richard van Rees Executive Director, Digital Money Products, UBS
• Prof. Rolf H. Weber Professor, Blockchain Center, University of Zurich
• Roy Choudhury Managing Director & Senior Partner New York, BCG
• Ryosuke Ushida Director for International Policy, International Affairs Office, Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA)
• Sabih Behzad Head of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation, Deutsche Bank AG London
• Sandra Blaga AI Industry Solutions Lead, Swift
• Sang Hyuk Lim Visiting Economist, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• Prof. Sarah Hammer Co-Chair, Bretton Woods Committee Working Group on AI
• Sarah Jungo Attorney-at-law / Senior policy advisor, State Secretariat of International Finance
• Scott Bauguess VP, International and Regulatory Policy, Coinbase
• Serena Sebastiani Group Chief Strategy & Venture Officer, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Fuze
• Simon Taylor GTM, Tempo
• Simone Cortese Chief Product Officer, Fnality
• Sopnendu Mohanty Group Chief Executive Officer, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
• Dr. Stefan Härtner Senior Legal & Policy Specialist, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
• Stephanie Cabossioras Chief Strategy & Global Policy Officer, Societe Generale-FORGE
• Steve Vallas Chief Executive Officer, Blockchain APAC
• Steven McWhirter Global Policy Lead, Binance
• Sunayna Tuteja Former Chief Innovation Officer, Federal Reserve System
• Prof. Susan Emmenegger Professor, University of Bern
• Sébastien Van Campenhoudt Director, Innovation & Digital Assets, Tokenized Cash Lead, Euroclear
• Takaya Sugino Deputy Director, Fintech Innovation Office, Financial Services Agency of Japan
• Tang Wei Head of Public Policy, Southeast Asia & Greater China, Stripe
• Tero Reuna Chief Executive Officer, Paxos Issuance Europe, Paxos
• Thomas Moser Alternate Member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank
• Thorsten Pauli Country Executive Switzerland, & Head Equity Capital Markets DACH, Bank of America
• Toh Wee Kee Global Head of Insights, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan
• Varun Paul Senior Director, Financial Markets, Fireblocks
• Vedran Lalic Senior Digital Identity and Trust Services Advisor, The United Nations University-EGOV
• Vid Hribar Head of Institutional Partnerships, Qivalis
• Wee Kiat Goh Open Innovation Lead, Julius Baer
• Wee Siang Lee Executive Director (PDS), Head of APAC Compliance, Paxos
• Yasuo Yamanaka Director, Strategic Innovation Lead, Euroclear
• Prof. Yesha Yadav Board Member & Professor, Fintech Foundation, Vanderbilt Law School
• Yoyee Wang Global Head of B2B, ByBit
• Zou Xiaonan Executive Director, Group Digital Assets; Head of Digital Assets, Group Treasury, UBS