Summary
Digital assets, tokenisation and cryptoassets have finally achieved acceptance in mainstream finance, a process catalysed by a highly supportive U.S. administration. What has been the wider international impact of ‘Project Crypto: Leading America’s Future in Digital Asset Innovation’? How are other countries developing their regulatory regimes for cryptoassets? Here in the UK, what has been the response of the Bank of England and the FCA? What steps are necessary to realise the potential of tokenisation for real world assets (RWA)? What is the future of money with the advent of stablecoins, tokenised deposits, CBDCs and the latest payment innovations? And, finally, do digital assets meet the requirements of institutional investors?
Agenda
Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in BST.
| Tuesday, May 19, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8:15 AM | Registration, networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:50 AM | Conference introduction Maurice Button, CEO, City Week, and CEO, City & Financial Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:55 AM | Chair’s opening remarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00 AM | Opening Keynote Chris Hayward, Chairman of Policy and Resources, City of London Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:10 AM | Keynote address The Future of Money in a Digital World: A Central Banker's Perspective Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor, Bank of England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:25 AM | Panel Global Regulatory Path for Digital Assets and Tokenized Markets: Aligning Innovation, Stability and Market Integrity Panellists Jon Relleen, Director, Wholesale Markets, Financial Conduct Authority Emmanuel Givanakis, CEO – Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Steffen Kern, Chief Economist and Head of Risk Analysis, ESMA Tess Kelly, Partner, Financial Regulation, Addleshaw Goddard LLP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:05 AM | Panel From Pilot to Scale: The Institutionalisation of Real-World Asset Tokenisation Tokenised treasuries, private credit, collateral and real estate, funds and ETFs - what’s live, what’s scaling, and what still needs fixing Panellists Ronit Ghose, Global Head of Future of Finance, Citi Institute, Citi Chris Rayner-Cook, Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Brevan Howard Digital Xiaonan Zou, Executive Director, UBS Group Digital Assets; Head of Digital Assets, UBS Group Treasury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:45 AM | Fireside chat Project Crypto: Leading America’s Future in Digital Asset Innovation Michael S. Selig, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00 AM | Networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:25 AM | Panel Building the Tokenized Financial System: Infrastructure, Interoperability, Cross-Chain Standards, 24/7 Global Trading and Atomic Settlement Moderator Barnabas Reynolds, Partner, Financial Services Group, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Panellists Angus Fletcher, Global Head of Digital Solutions and Senior Vice President, State Street Previn Singh, Head of Tokenisation Strategy, Fidelity International Richard Baker, Founder & CEO, Tokenovate Kate Lowe, Deputy Chief Business Officer, Euroclear UK and International, and Head of Data and ESG, Euroclear | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:05 PM | Keynote address Digital Assets as a Growth Enabler for the UK: Diversification, Innovation, and Global Leadership Jordan Sinclair, President of Robinhood UK & GM of Bitstamp UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:20 PM | Panel The Future of Money: Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits, CBDCs and Agentic Payments Moderator Natalie Lewis, Partner and Head of Fintech, Market Infrastructure and Payments (FMIP), Travers Smith Panellists Sasha Mills, Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure, Bank of England Joy Adams, COO for Digital Assets & Currencies, Deutsche Bank Peter Left, Head of Digital and Market Innovation, Lloyds Banking Group Shaun O’keeffe, Senior Director, Enterprise Sales, zerohash | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:00 PM | Networking and lunch Themed lunch areas:
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