Lord Chris Holmes of Richmond MBE

Emma Butterworth

Nike Trost

Andy Do Tuan

Angie Walker

Prasanth Kalangi

Emma Lovett

Nisha Surendran

Alex Dunn

Poonam Ahuja

Soren Mortensen

Marcy Dumitrescu

Sean Mullins

Lucas Bruggeman

Martin Watkins

Barnali Biswal

Victor Jung

Bruce Jackson

Prab Bajwa

Tokenisation 2025 - Where and When Will it Scale

Working with innovators transforming financial markets with digital money, assets, custody and exchanges.

Future of Finance

Get ready to dive into the future of tokenisation at Tokenisation 2025 - it's going to be a game-changer!

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Topics:<ol><li>Are use-cases useless?</li><li>Are Sandboxes for play or for real?</li><li>Must legacy mean inertia?</li><li>Is jurisdictional competition just a race to the bottom?</li><li>Which can deliver: market forces or the State?</li></ol>Audience: Sell-side: Banks and Broker-Dealers; Buy-side: Asset Managers, Fund Platforms and Private Banks; FMIs: CSDs, CCPs, ICSDs; Regulators and Policymakers; Tokenisation Technology Providers; Legal and Compliance Professionals.For more information, <a href="https://futureoffinance.biz/tokenisation-2025/" title="https://futureoffinance.biz/tokenisation-2025/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">click here</a>. ALL TICKETS ARE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL. IF YOU ARE NOT APPROVED, YOU WILL BE ISSUED A FULL REFUND WITHOUT ANY DEDUCTIONS.

Start the Day with a Fireside Chat featuring:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lord-chris-holmes/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lord-chris-holmes/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lord Chris Holmes of Richmond MBE - Member of UK House of Lords</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-butterworth-41a0ba1ab/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-butterworth-41a0ba1ab/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Emma Butterworth - Head of FMI Innovation and Payments Policy at the Bank of England</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nike-trost-4731214/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nike-trost-4731214/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nike Trost - Interim Director Buy-Side at the FCA</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-hobson-49b8222/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominic-hobson-49b8222/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dominic Hobson - Co-founder and Editorial Director at Future of Finance</a> Hear from Speakers and an Esteemed Panel of Experts:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anhdotuan/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anhdotuan/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Andy Do Tuan - Senior Manager, Business Development at 21X</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-walker-12190210/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-walker-12190210/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Angie Walker - Commercial Head of Apex Digital</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalangi/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalangi/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prasanth Kalangi - Founder and CEO of Zoniqx</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-lovett-60414222/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-lovett-60414222/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Emma Lovett - Executive Director; Markets Distributed Ledger Technology at J.P.Morgan</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nisha-surendran-961a215/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nisha-surendran-961a215/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Nisha Surendran - Head of Digital Asset Custody at Citi Investor Services</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/prab-bajwa/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/prab-bajwa/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Prab Bajwa - Managing Director, Senior Digital Asset Risk Officer at State Street</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexjohndunn/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexjohndunn/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alex Dunn - Director for Innovation &amp; Strategic Initiatives at Visa</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/poonamahuja/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/poonamahuja/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Poonam Ahuja - Director Digital Assets at Commerzbank</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sorenfmortensen/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sorenfmortensen/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Soren Mortensen - Director Global Financial Markets at IBM</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-martin-doncel-7ab37319/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-martin-doncel-7ab37319/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carlos Martin Doncel - Head of digital assets at Swissquote</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcy-dumitrescu-386a6812a/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcy-dumitrescu-386a6812a/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Marcy Dumitrescu - Senior Product Manager at R3</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanmullinsinnovation/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanmullinsinnovation/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sean Mullins - Head of Digital Asset Product Execution – Digital Assets and Financial Markets at Northern Trust</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasbruggeman/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasbruggeman/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lucas Bruggeman - CEO at BX Swiss Exchange and Chairman BX Digital</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinwatkins1/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinwatkins1/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Martin Watkins - CEO at Montis</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/barnali-biswal-331726/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/barnali-biswal-331726/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Barnali Biswal - CEO at Hilbert Group</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-ji-woong-jung-1a5a1516/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-ji-woong-jung-1a5a1516/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Victor Jung - Managing Director / Head of Digital Assets at Hamilton Lane</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiaswohlfarth/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiaswohlfarth/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Tobias Wohlfarth - Chief Business Officer and Deputy CEO at Obligate</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-j-3873b3230/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-j-3873b3230/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bruce Jackson - Chief Capital Officer and Senior Partner at MembersCap</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephandreyer71/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephandreyer71/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Stephan Dreyer - Managing Director at (ANNA) Association of National Numbering Agencies</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-dillet/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-dillet/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ray Dillet - Head of Financial Institutions – Europe at Bitwise Asset Management</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennhmorgan/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/glennhmorgan/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Glenn Morgan – Global Digital Assets Lead at Aon</a>

Panel 1

Registration Opens with coffee and biscuits

Welcome Address:  Future of Finance and Gold Sponsor

FIRESIDE CHAT with the House of Lords, Bank of England, and the FCA

Topics and Questions:
– Are use-cases failing to communicate success or exaggerating (e.g., massive transaction cost savings or increases in liquidity or distribution) what can be achieved?
– Is there a scalable use-case we have overlooked (e.g., the global syndicated loan market is reported to be heading for US$1 trillion by the end of the decade)?
– Does the limited adoption of tokenisation mean use-cases are failing to reduce uncertainty (e.g., failing to demonstrate superiority over the status quo)?
– Are use-cases failing to distinguish between features (e.g., fractionalisation) and benefits (e.g., liquidity)?
– Do use-cases over-emphasise technical success at the expense of “socialising” blockchain-based innovation?
– Adoption is most likely to be driven by persuasive peer example. Are the number and status of the firms involved in use-case experiments too narrow?

Panel 1 - Are use-cases useless?

Topics and Questions:
– Globally, regulatory sandboxes were all the rage five years ago – in 2020 the World Bank identified 73 in 57 jurisdictions – but nobody is counting them now. What has changed?
– Is it possible that Sandboxes retard innovation?
– Is it too soon to declare the EU DLT Pilot Regime a failure?
– What has the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN), achieved in the last seven years?
– The track record of sandboxes in producing fast-growing tokenisation businesses is not stellar. Is this due to poor design or poor conception (e.g., they are an ill-conceived compromise by regulators fearful of innovation)?
– Do sandboxes fulfil the same role for regulators as Proofs of Concept and Pilot Tests do for regulated financial institutions, i.e., they provide evidence of “doing something” without any intent to get something done?

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Panel 2 - Are Sandboxes for play or for real?

Lunch and networking

Topics and Questions:
– Must progress in tokenisation wait for the value of the existing systems to be written off?
– Can a process be improved incrementally or must it be total?
– Can standard designs – most obviously, single or common programmable platforms that put, as Larry Fink of BlackRock says, “every stock, every bond…on one general ledger,” accelerate the pace of innovation?
– Regulated firms continue to be shy of public blockchains. Is a regulatory intervention required and, if so, what form should it take?
– Regulators are unwilling to take the risk of authorising innovations that are compliant with existing regulations?
– How confident should we be about the way the English common law is developing in the sphere of digital assets?
– Is English law now readier than EU or German or French or Swiss law to host tokenised digital assets?

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Panel 3 - Must legacy mean inertia?

Topics and Questions:
– Is there any discernible “first mover” advantage in building a legal and regulatory framework for tokenised assets?
– Is regulation of tokens in different jurisdictions around the world converging on a single model – or are wider “de-globalisation” trends hampering cross-border legal and regulatory alignment?
– Is the UAE model working in terms of attracting business?
– Is it right to admire Singapore for integrating regulation and technical innovation?
– As a pioneer, has Switzerland now fallen behind practice elsewhere?
– Can Hong Kong become a regional hub for tokenised digital assets?
– Is the EU falling behind legal and regulatory regimes in other jurisdictions – and in particular the United States and UAE?
– Is the United Kingdom moving too slowly?
– Is it too soon to declare the United States a token regulation-free jurisdiction?

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Panel 4 - Is jurisdictional competition just a race to the bottom?

Coffee break and networking

Topics and Questions:

– Should governments fund the creation of an open token infrastructure, i.e. a common programmable platform for digital money and digital assets?
– Is the plethora of blockchain protocols an instance of market failure?
– Would central banks be the right organisations to build a token infrastructure?
– What shape should a pro-tokenisation legislative and/or regulatory initiative take?
– What are the obstacles to getting government bonds issued in tokenised form done at scale?
– What misguided policy might inadvertently cause tokenisation of equities and bonds to take off?
– Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) were once seen as the “killer app” for tokenisation because they would put fiat currencies on-chain. Enthusiasm for CBDCs has declined, but does the argument about their impact on tokenisation still hold?
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Panel 5 - Which can deliver: market forces or the State?

Networking drinks and canapes

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