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DAY 1 – THE MAINSTREAM MOMENT
Monday 21st March 2022

SYDNEY

Day One – ASX

20 Bridge Street, Sydney CBD

Topics

A message for Government, TradFi and Industry. The mainstream moment has arrived. The digital asset sector has matured and historical industry narratives are outdated.

• Emerging tech trends
• Institutional capital and investment opportunities
• The superannuation sector
• Fintech disruption
• CeFi adoption
• New Payments Platform & Consumer Data Right
• Payments sector
• ESG

Events

5:30pm • End of Day Drinks
Sydney CBD, General Admission

9:00 AM AEDT • Senator Andrew Bragg - Blockchain Week Opening Address followed by a Q&A

SPEAKERS:
Senator Andrew Bragg – Liberal Senator from New South Wales

9:30AM AEDT • Opening Keynote by Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX

SPEAKERS:
Sam Bankman-Fried – CEO of FTX

10:00AM AEDT • Caitlin Long - The Custodia story and the lessons from afar. A fireside chat with Heath Behncke

SPEAKERS:
Caitlin Long – CEO of Custodia Bank
Heath Behncke – Managing Director of Holon Investments

10:25AM AEDT • Fit for Purpose: The current view of the future of digital assets

SPEAKERS:
MOD: Steve Vallas – CEO at Blockchain Australia

Scott Farrell – Partner at King & Wood Mallesons
Kate Pounder – CEO of Technology Council of Australia
Simon Cant – Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Reinventure
Amit Singh – Managing Director at Accenture

BREAK

11:15am aedt • A fireside chat with mike novogratz

SPEAKERS:
Mike Novogratz – CEO of Galaxy Digital
Ian Taylor – Managing Director at Goldman Sachs

11:40am AEDT • Industry views: DLT, crypto and digital value in the banking and payments sector

SPEAKERS:
Chloe White – Managing Director at Genesis Block

Sophie Gilder – Managing Director of Blockchain & Digital Assets at CBA
Andrew Gee – Executive Director at Macquarie Bank
Bianca Bates – Head of Payments, Australia & New Zealand at JP Morgan
Anthony Jones – Head of Innovation & Fintech at Visa AU

12:05pm AEDT • Senator The Hon. Jane Hume - Ministerial Address

SPEAKERS:
Senator The Hon. Jane Hume – Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy, Minister for Women’s Economic Security. Senator for Victoria.

12:20pm AEDT • Virtual Presentation: Brendon Howe from VMWare

SPEAKERS:
Brendon Howe – VP/GM at VMware

12:30pm AEDT • Joe Lubin: From genesis through Consensys - A fireside chat with Lisa Wade

SPEAKERS:
Lisa Wade – CEO of DigtalX
Joseph Lubin – Founder of ConsenSys

LUNCH BREAK

1:00pm AEDT • Brooks Entwistle from Ripple - Crypto: The New Normal in Finance

SPEAKERS:
Brooks Entwistle – SVP of Global Customer Success and Managing Director of APAC and MENA at Ripple

2:00pm AEDT • Paul Brody - EY Global Blockchain Leader: From San Fran to a New York Blockchain state of Mind

SPEAKERS:
Paul Brody – Global Blockchain Leader at Ernst & Young

2:15pm AEDT • Kris Marzalek, CEO @ Crypto.com - Building global, investing and growing locally - A Fireside chat with Susannah Wilkinson

SPEAKERS:
MOD: Susananh Wilkinson – Digital Law Lead APAC at Herbert Smith Freehills

Kris Marzalek – CEO of Crypto.com

2:40pm AEDT • Superannuation - The digital asset investment landscape

SPEAKERS:
MOD: Mark Bland – Financial Services Lawyer at Mills Oakley

Seamus Collins – CIO at Mine Super
Ryan McCall – CEO at Zerocap

3:05pm AEDT • Christian Wigstrom - Making money move from web2 to web3

SPEAKERS:
Christian Wigstrom – CEO at Monoova

3:15pm AEDT • Banking, payments and processing - The changing face of finance.

SPEAKERS:
MOD: Susan Brown – Deloitte Digital

Steve Weston – VOLT
Christian Wigstrom – CEO at Monoova
Cath Whitaker – Self Wealth

AFTERNOON TEA

4:00pm AEDT • Whats the use: Blockchain in Action

SPEAKERS:
MOD: Effie Dimitropoulos – Novatti

Howard Silby – NAB
Laszlo Peter – KPMG
Alex Vynokur – Betashares

4:25pm AEDT • Building Bridges from CeFi to DeFi

SPEAKERS:
MOD: Rob Allen – SVP, Ecosystem Acceleration at HBAR Foundation

Nigel Dobson – Banking Service, Portfolio Lead at ANZ
Stephen Richardson – Head of APAC & Vice President, Product Strategy and Business Solutions at Fireblocks
Danielle Gerace – Senior Vice President at Northern Trust