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

Dame Susan Langley DBE, Lady Mayor of the City of London

Lucy Rigby KC MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister 

Navigating the shifting sands of geopolitical developments, trade flows and investment priorities

Moderator

Penny Miller, UK Country Head and Partner, FS Regulatory, Simmons & Simmons 

Panellists

Mark Bowman, Vice President Policy and Partnerships, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) 

Sir Simon Fraser, Chairman, Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)

Nitin Chadda, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors; Former Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Defense; Former Director, National Security Council 

Anna Rosenberg, Head of Geopolitics, Amundi 

Outlook for the global economy 

Indermit Gill, Chief Economist & Senior Vice President for Development Economics, World Bank Group 

Competition vs. collaboration between global financial centres to create economic growth

Moderator

George Marshall, Partner, Corporate Finance, Baker & McKenzie LLP

Panellists

Edward Knight, Executive Vice Chairman, Nasdaq

Charlie Walker, Deputy CEO, London Stock Exchange

Eng. Khalid Al Hussan, Chairman, Saudi Stock Exchange, and Group CEO, Saudi Tadawul Group

Dr. Yuan Duoran, Executive Vice President, Shanghai Stock Exchange

Delphine d’Amarzit, Chairman and CEO, Euronext Paris 

Towards smart regulation: getting the balance right between risk and growth 

Patrick Jenkins, Deputy Editor & Chair of the Financial Literacy & Inclusion Campaign, Financial Times

In conversation with

Nikhil Rathi, CEO, FCA 

The US regulatory reset: implications for global financial services 

Moderator

Sarah E. Lewis, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 

Panellists 

Hester Peirce, Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission

Hon. Caroline D. Pham, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, MoonPay and former Acting Chair of the CFTC

Carla Carriveau, Head of the Office of International Affairs and Senior Advisor to the Acting Superintendent, New York Department of Financial Services 

Sumeera Younis, Chief of Operations, Crypto Task Force, US Securities and Exchange Commission 

London as a leading international financial centre for investment in critical infrastructure, with reference to energy, defence, AI and other relevant sectors

Moderator

Paul Jarvis, Managing Editor, Haymarket Media Group 

Panellists 

Anupam Sharma, Head of Energy & Infrastructure Finance, UK & Europe, Investec 

Chuka Umunna, Managing Director; Global Head of Corporate Governance & Sustainable Solutions – Corporate Advisory; UK Head of the Security & Resiliency Initiative, J.P. Morgan 

Patrick Prange, Head of Infrastructure Finance; Europe & Americas, HSBC 

Matthew Vickerstaff, Deputy CEO, Head of Project Finance, National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) 

Themed lunch areas:

• Banking: capital, new entrants, technology and culture 
• Asset management: private markets, wealth management and sustainable investing
• Insurance: climate, AI and cyber risks

Themed lunch areas:

• Banking: capital, new entrants, technology and culture 
• Asset management: private markets, wealth management and sustainable investing
• Insurance: climate, AI and cyber risks

Bob Wigley, Chairman, UK Finance

How can the international capital markets best meet the requirements of growth companies?

Moderator

James Wootton, Partner, Global Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets, Linklaters 

Panellists

Justin Basini, CEO and Co-founder, The ClearScore Group

Richard Davies, CEO, Allica Bank

Declan Ferguson, Group CFO, Starling Group 

Lisa Jacobs, CEO, Funding Circle 

The ongoing reform of the UK’s capital markets: assessing progress to date and what remains to be done   

Moderator

Mark Austin CBE, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Panellists

John Wilkinson, Co-Head EMEA ECM, Goldman Sachs

Ann Prendergast, Head of EMEA, State Street Investment Management

Sian Hurrell, Head of RBC Capital Markets Europe

Dame Julia Hoggett, CEO, London Stock Exchange

The potential of the EU Savings & Investment Union to underpin Europe’s capital markets 

Moderator

Cécile Nagel, Global Head of Corporate Trust and Head of London Branch, BNY 

Panellists 

John Berrigan, Director General, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union

Vathany Vijayaratna, CEO, Deutsche Bank UK & Ireland

Thierry d’Argent, Chief Executive Officer, Societe Generale UK and Ireland

Sophie Mullenders, Head of Product Strategy & Innovation, Europe, UK and Data, Euroclear 

The explosive growth in private markets – opportunities and potential challenges 

Moderator

Leon de Bono, Managing Director, UK Private Capital 

Panellists 

Patrick Thomson, CEO, EMEA, J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Sandy Boss, Chair, Blackrock UK

Philip Noblet, Head of UK & Ireland Investment Banking, Jefferies 

Rebecca Gibson, Managing Partner, Oakley Capital 

Capital markets and the energy transition – London’s role as the global centre for transition finance 

Moderator

Linda Taylor, Counsel, Linklaters 

Panellists 

Daniel Hanna, Group Head of Sustainable & Transition Finance, Barclays

Emma Harvey-Smith, Managing Director, Partnerships, GFI

Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE, Chair, Policy Working Group, UK Transition Finance Council 

Bob Wigley, Chairman, UK Finance

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

Lawrence Wintermeyer, Chairman, Global Digital Finance (GDF) 

Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman, City of London Corporation

The Future of Money in a Digital World: A Central Banker's Perspective 

Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor, Bank of England 

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

Stephen Fishbourne, Addleshaw Goddard LLP 

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

Moderator

Diego Ballon Ossio, Partner, Clifford Chance 

Panellists

Dr. Prag Sharma, Director, Citi Institute’s Future of Finance, 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 

Project Crypto: Leading America’s Future in Digital Asset Innovation 

Constantin Cotzias, European Director, Bloomberg 

In conversation with

Michael S. Selig, Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) 

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

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

Benjamin Santos-Stephens, CEO, ClearToken 

Kate Lowe, Deputy Chief Business Officer, Euroclear UK and International, and Head of Data and ESG, Euroclear 

Digital Assets as a Growth Enabler for the UK: Diversification, Innovation, and Global Leadership

Host

Jan Putnis, Head of Financial Regulation Group & Chair, Financial Institutions Group, Slaughter and May 

In conversation with

Jordan Sinclair, President of Robinhood UK & GM of Bitstamp UK 

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 

Themed lunch areas:

• Banking: capital, new entrants, technology and culture
• Asset management: private markets, wealth management and sustainable investing
• Insurance: climate, AI and cyber risks

Themed lunch areas:

• Banking: capital, new entrants, technology and culture
• Asset management: private markets, wealth management and sustainable investing
• Insurance: climate, AI and cyber risks

Hayley Sedgwick, Chief Operations Officer, Innovate Finance 

The UK as Global Hub for AI 

The Rt Hon Peter Kyle MP, Secretary of State for Business and Trade 

From GenAI to Agentic AI and World Models in financial services

Moderator

Sophie Sheldon, Partner, Digital Business Group, Simmons & Simmons 

Panellists 

Dr. Rohit Dhawan, Executive Director and Group Head of Artificial Intelligence at Lloyds Banking Group, and HM Treasury Financial Services AI Champion

Christine Foster, General Manager, AI and Automation, Experian

Apoorv Kashyap, Head of Artificial Intelligence, Santander UK 

Jessica Rusu, Chief Data Officer, Financial Conduct Authority 

John Willett, Co-Founder and COO, Rogo 

Governing the Future: Building a Responsible AI Nation

David Schwimmer, CEO, London Stock Exchange 

International governance, regulation, and guiding principles for AI 

Panellists 

Tom Mutton, Executive Director, Payments Innovation & Fintech, Bank of England

Martin Moloney, Deputy Secretary General, Financial Stability Board; Former Secretary General, IOSCO

Niresh Rajah, Chair, Financial Services Working Group, UKAI

Archie Jones, Director of AI Governance & Controls, BNY 

The AI leaders’ perspective: future trends including technology convergence   

Moderator

Tim Hickman, Partner, Head of the Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice, White & Case LLP

Panellists

Leon Butler, Chief Executive, IBM UK and Ireland

Miriam Lloyd, Head of Banking and Capital Markets UK, Microsoft 

David Hogan, Vice President Enterprise EMEA, NVIDIA 

AI, Cybersecurity and operational resilience: A board-level imperative 

Panellists 

Senior representative, UK National Cyber Security Centre

Sue Grimmer MBE, Senior Manager, National Crime Agency

Commissioner Peter O’Doherty, City of London Police