Agenda

Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.

Monday, June 30, 2025
8:30 AM
Registration, networking and morning coffee
 
8:55 AM
Conference introduction

Maurice Button, CEO, City Week, and CEO, City & Financial Global

9:00 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE, CEO, GFI

9:05 AM
Opening Keynote

Alastair King, the Lord Mayor of the City of London

9:15 AM
Fireside chat

Harnessing innovation in the UK’s financial services sector to drive the UK’s growth strategy

Emma Reynolds MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, HM Treasury

9:30 AM
Keynote Address

Opportunities for international investors in the UK’s renewable energy sector – the UK’s proposition

Senior Minister, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero* tbc

9:45 AM
Keynote Address

The UK’s ambitions for COP 30

Rachel Kyte, UK Climate Envoy

10:00 AM
The role of the international capital markets in financing the energy transition

Panellists

Dame Julia Hoggett, DBE, CEO, London Stock Exchange plc

Eric Bramoullé, CEO, Amundi UK

Sandra Boss, UK Chair, Blackrock

10:40 AM
Networking and morning coffee
 
11:10 AM
Redefining ESG – do we need to develop a new paradigm for responsible sustainable investment?

Panellists

Sir Douglas Flint CBE, Chair, abrdn

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Morgan of Cotes, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, Santander UK

Ruth Leas, CEO, Investec

Cathy Shepherd, Global Head of Clean Energy Transition and UK Head of Natural Resources, Citi Bank

11:50 AM
Unlocking investment into new technologies for the energy transition

A series of keynote presentations

The case for investing in energy transition as a driver of economic growth

John Flint, CEO, National Wealth Fund

Identifying the key technologies of the future – what should the priorities be?

Juergen Maier, Chair, Great British Energy

Catalysing investment in cleantech – how can government policy support private sector investment?

Julia Reinaud, Senior Director, Breakthrough Energy Europe

12:35 PM
How can better corporate disclosure and data boost sustainable investment?

Panellists

Anna Dunn, UK CEO & EMEA CFO, JP Morgan

Alan Vallance, CEO, ICAEW

Fiona Bassett, CEO, FTSE Russell

1:15 PM
Networking and lunch
 
2:10 PM
Keynote Address

Delivering clean power in the UK by 2030

2:25 PM
Keynote Address

Accelerating climate action across the economy

Emma Pinchbeck, Chief Executive, The Climate Change Committee

2:40 PM
China’s strategy for investment in renewable energy infrastructure and technologies
 
2:55 PM
Developing the global market for transition finance: opportunities and the challenges

Panellists  

Rain Newton-Smith, Chief Executive, CBI

Tim Adams, President and CEO, The Institute of International Finance

Gillian Tan, Chief Sustainability Officer, Assistant Managing Director (Development and International), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

3:35 PM
Networking and afternoon tea
 
4:05 PM
The opportunity for financial institutions to drive the development of the international carbon markets

Panellists

Brett Orlando, Global Head of Commodity Transition, Bank of America

Claire Coustar, Global Head of ESG & Sustainable Finance, Deutsche Bank

Doris Honold, Board Member, ICVCM

Gianpiero Nacci, Managing Director of Climate Strategy and Delivery, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

4:45 PM
Nature as an investment opportunity: natural capital strategies, AI and new technologies

Panellists

Mary Creagh CBE MP, Minister for Nature, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity

Dr Tony Juniper CBE, Chair, Natural England

5:25 PM
Chair’s closing remarks

Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE, CEO, GFI

5:30 PM
Networking drinks reception and close of proceedings
 
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
8:30 AM
Registration, networking and morning coffee
 
8:55 AM
Conference introduction

Maurice Button, CEO, City Week, and CEO, City & Financial Global

9:00 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Julian David OBE, CEO, techUK

9:05 AM
Keynote address

The Industrial Strategy as a catalyst for the UK’s transformation into a high-tech economy

Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP, Secretary of State for Business and Trade

9:20 AM
Keynote address

Implementation of the new AI Opportunities Action Plan

Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

9:35 AM
Keynote address

Harnessing AI and technology to deliver the FCA’s 2025 strategic priorities

Jessica Rusu, Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer, FCA

9:50 AM
LLMs and GenAI: real-world applications for financial services

Panellists

Jamie Ovenden, CTO, Schroders

Gary Collier, CTO, Man Group

Aidan Gomez, CEO, Cohere

10:30 AM
Networking and morning coffee
 
11:00 AM
The AI leaders’ perspective: realising the full potential of AI

Panellists

Darren Hardman, CEO, Microsoft UK

Leon Butler, General Manager, UK and Ireland, IBM

Vishal Marria, CEO and Founder, Quantexa

Esther Wong, Founder and CEO, 3C AGI Partners, Hong Kong

Zahra Bahrololoumi CBE, CEO, Salesforce UK and Ireland

11:50 AM
The future of AI regulation: convergence or divergence?

Panellists

Christy Goldsmith Romero, Commissioner, CFTC

Emmanuel Givanakis, CEO - FSRA, Abu Dhabi Global Market

Tom Mutton, Director of Central Bank Digital Currency, Bank of England

12:30 PM
The acceleration of digitisation, automation & AI and the impact on financial markets

Panellists

Charlotte Wood, Global Head of Innovation, Fintech and AI Strategy, Schroders

Olga Pirog, Global Head of Data and AI Transformation, IG Group

Aman Thind, Executive Vice President, Global Chief Architect, State Steet

Speaker tbc, Euroclear

1:10 PM
Networking and lunch
 
2:00 PM
Keynote address

Global developments in AI and their implications for the UK

Jean Innes, CEO, The Alan Turing Institute

2:15 PM
Keynote address

Technological transformation: lessons from Neom

2:30 PM
Keynote address

UAE as an emerging AI Hub

2:45 PM
Delivering the required data centres and other AI infrastructure to underpin the UK’s AI ambitions

David Howson, President EMEA, Vantage Data Centres

Josh Payne, CEO, Nscale

Martin Schroeter, Founding Chairman and CEO, Kyndryl

3:25 PM
Navigating data issues in AI and machine learning

Panellists

Lyndon Subroyen, Group Chief Technology Officer, Investec

Oliver Barwell, Head of Applied AI Data Technology, HSBC

Dr Paul Dongha, Head of Responsible AI & AI Strategy, NatWest Group

4:05 PM
Networking and afternoon tea
 
4:35 PM
Keynote address

Victoria Cleland, Executive Director, Payments, Bank of England

Innovation in payments systems – impact of new and emerging technologies

Panellists

Janine Hirt, CEO, Innovate Finance

5:30 PM
Chair’s closing remarks

Julian David OBE, CEO, techUK

5:35 PM
Networking drinks reception and close of proceedings
 
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
8:30 AM
Registration, networking and morning coffee
 
9:00 AM
Conference introduction

Maurice Button, CEO, City Week, and CEO, City & Financial Global

9:05 AM
Chair’s opening remarks

Emma Joyce, Chief Revenue Officer, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)  

9:10 AM
Keynote address

UK's commitment to remain at the forefront of technological development in digital assets

9:25 AM
Keynote address

The Bank of England’s approach to innovation in digital assets and payments

Sasha Mills, Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure, Bank of England

9:40 AM
Keynote address

Digital Assets: the legislation, their regulation, innovation, investment- the UK opportunity

Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE

9:55 AM
Examining global regulatory approaches - international regulators on their individual approaches to domestic and cross border regulations

Panellists

Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director Supervision, Policy and Competition and Executive Director International, Financial Conduct Authority

Matthew White, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), VARA

Morten Bech, Head of the BIS Innovation Hub Switzerland

Dr. Max Bernt, Managing Director for Europe, TaxBit

10:35 AM
Asset allocation - Digital asset strategies in 2025 and beyond: the future of institutional adoption

Moderator

Senior representative, Finance Malta

Panellists

Bradley Duke, European Operations Lead, Bitwise Asset Management

David Reed, Director Capital Markets – Digital Assets & ESG, Invesco

Scott Lucas, Head of Markets Digital Assets, J.P. Morgan

11:15 AM
Fireside chat

Digital asset derivatives - Regulation, technology, risk management and capital

11:35 AM
Networking and morning coffee
 
12:05 PM
Overview of use cases in tokenisation - the need to prioritise commercial value over just technological allure - aiming to accelerate institutional adoption and scalability

Moderator

Grace Wyatt, Partner, Addleshaw Goddard LLP

Panellists

Robert Crossley, Vice President of Industry Advisory Services EMEA & APAC, Franklin Templeton

King Leung, Global Head of Financial Services, Fintech, and Sustainability, Invest Hong Kong

Rowan Varrall, Regulatory Affairs Director, Digital Token Identifier Foundation (DTIF)

Sam Mudie, Founder & CEO, Savea

12:45 PM
Tokenizing the $10T+ private markets - money market funds, real estate and private equity

Panellists

Edouard Legrand, Chief Digital and Data Officer, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Xiao-Xiao Zhu, Digital Operating Partner, KKR

Satjeet Sahota, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Fasanara Capital

Lim Say Cheong, CEO, Saudi Venture Capital

1:25 PM
Networking and lunch
 
2:25 PM
Chair’s welcome remarks

Lawrence Wintermeyer, Executive Co-Chair, Global Digital Finance (GDF)

2:30 PM
Fireside chat

US’s new digital asset framework

Hester Peirce, Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission

2:45 PM
Fireside chat

A view from over the pond: the CFTC’s role in regulating digital assets

In conversation with:  

The Honorable Caroline D. Pham, Acting Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

3:00 PM
Tokenising collateral – achieving enhanced liquidity, operational efficiency, transparency and flexibility

Sabih Behzad, Head of Digital Assets and Currencies Transformation, Deutsche Bank

Nick Viney, Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, Blackrock

3:35 PM
Networking and afternoon tea
 
4:05 PM
Market liquidity, interoperability and resilient, institutional-grade market infrastructure as the catalyst for scaling

Moderator

Stephan Dreyer, Managing Director, ANNA – Association of National Numbering Agencies BV/SRL

Panellists

David Durouchoux, Deputy CEO, Societe Generale-FORGE

Ryan Hayward, Head of Digital Assets and Strategic Investments, Barclays

Andrea Vianelli, COO, Asset Management & Structuring Advisory, Laser Digital Holdings AG

4:45 PM
The future of financial transactions? Crypto payments, stablecoins, CBDCs

Moderator

Diego Ballon Ossio, Partner, Clifford Chance

Panellists

Basak Toprak, EMEA Head of Kinexys Digital Payments, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan

Xiaonan Zou, Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, UBS Group Treasury

Dr Robert Oleschak, Advisor and Member of the Management Board, Swiss National Bank

5:25 PM
Keynote address

Economic security and national prosperity

Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman, City of London Corporation

5:40 PM
Chair’s closing remarks

Lawrence Wintermeyer, Executive Co-Chair, Global Digital Finance (GDF)

5:45 PM
Networking drinks reception and close of proceedings