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Digital finance event

THE EU STRATEGY FOR CRYPTOASSETS

Nurture opportunities, Address Challenges

For People and for Companies

EU Delegation to the United Kingdom, 5th of December 2022

10:30 - 13:30 (London time)

 

Draft Programme

 

Venue: Churchill Room, EU Delegation to the United Kingdom, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3EU.

Attention: All attendants should bring government-issued ID. By invitation.

10:00 – 10:30  Registration and coffee
10:30 – 10:40

Welcome and Opening remarks

 Pedro Serrano, EU Ambassador to the United Kingdom

10:40 – 10:50

The big picture: cryptoassets as part of the broader EU financial services strategy

 Key Note address (pre-recorded)

  • Mairead McGuinness, EU Commissioner for Financial services, Financial stability and Capital Markets Union
10:50 – 11:20

Everything you always wanted to know about the EU crypto-framework

 Exchange of view followed by Q&A

  • Jan Ceyssens, Head of Digital Finance, European Commission
  • Rhian Lewis, Moderator, Author of The Cryptocurrency Revolution
11:20 – 12:00

Consumer at heart: consumer experience, consumer education and consumer protection

 Moderator: Rhian Lewis

 Panelists:

  • Mark Kepeneghian, President & Founder of Kriptown
  • Tram Anh Nguyen, co-founder of Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship
  • Per Nordkvist, Deputy Executive Director, Banking division, Financial Supervisory Authority, Sweden
12:00 –12:15 Coffee break
12:15 – 13:15

Entrepreneurship and wholesale user case

 Moderator: Rhian Lewis

 Panelists:

  • Ivan Odonnat, Deputy Director General for Financial Stability and Operations, Banque de France
  • David Durouchoux, Deputy CEO Société Générale Forge, on wholesale experience and the DLT pilot potential
  • Christian Steiner, Head of Regulatory at Bitpanda and Author of Cryptoassets and supervisory law
  • Christoph Hock, Head Multi-Asset Trading, Union Investment
13:15 – 13:30

 Main take-aways from the event and Closing remarks

  • Jan Ceyssens in discussion with Rhian Lewis

 

 

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