The Digital Assets Innovation Summit is taking place on 2 July in London, as part of City Week 2025.
As AREF is supporting this event, we are pleased to offer a 15% discount to our member firms (please see below for details).
About the Event
Over the last year, there has been an increasing acceptance of digital assets, tokenisation and cryptocurrencies. The new U.S. administration is very supportive of crypto, while the UK and other jurisdictions are establishing their own regimes as they seek to become international centres for this new world of finance. The tokenisation of financial assets through distributed ledgers and blockchain has the potential to shift the way that assets are managed and leveraged, while digital assets will transform the way that capital and financial markets work.
This international summit brings together innovators and traditional financial firms to map out the future of financial markets and the challenges ahead.
Topics to be covered include:
- Regulatory shifts: How macro conditions and governments in the U.S., Europe, and Asia are redefining crypto and digital asset policies.
- Asset allocation: Digital asset strategies in 2025 and beyond: the future of institutional adoption
- Tokenization: International use cases, collateral, money markets funds and real estate tokenisation
- The future of financial transactions: Crypto payments, stablecoins, CBDCs
Confirmed speakers for the Digital Assets Innovation Summit:
- The Honorable Caroline D. Pham, Acting Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Hester Peirce, Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission
- Sarah Pritchard, Executive Director, Markets, and Executive Director, International, Financial Conduct Authority
- Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE
- Vanessa Fernandes, Head of Digital Asset Solutions, State Street
- Xiao-Xiao Zhu, Digital Operating Partner, KKR
- Robert Crossley, Vice President of Industry Advisory Services EMEA & APAC, Franklin Templeton
- Scott Lucas, Head of Markets Digital Assets, J.P. Morgan
- Xiaonan Zou, Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, UBS Group Treasury
- Basak Toprak, EMEA Head of Kinexys Digital Payments, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan
- David Durouchoux, Deputy CEO, Societe Generale-FORGE
- Ryan Hayward, Head of Digital Assets and Strategic Investments, Barclays
- Edouard Legrand, Chief Digital and Data Officer, BNP Paribas Asset Management
- Bradley Duke, European Operations Lead, Bitwise Asset Management
- Matthew White, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), VARA Dubai
- Dr Robert Oleschak, Advisor and Member of the Management Board, Swiss National Bank
- Eric Pollackov, Global Head of ETF Capital Markets, Invesco
- Sabih Behzad, Head of Digital Assets and Currencies Transformation, Deutsche Bank
- Morten Bech, Head of the BIS Innovation Hub Switzerland
- Andrea Vianelli, COO, Asset Management & Structuring Advisory, Laser Digital Holdings AG
- Satjeet Sahota, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Fasanara Capital
- Lim Say Cheong, CEO, Saudi Venture Capital
- King Leung, Head of FinTech, Invest Hong Kong
- Chris Hayward, Policy Chairman, City of London Corporation
- Diego Ballon Ossio, Partner, Clifford Chance
- Dr. Max Bernt, Managing Director for Europe, TaxBit
- Sam Mudie, Founder & CEO, Savea
- Emma Joyce, Chief Revenue Officer, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)
- Lawrence Wintermeyer, Executive Co-Chair, Global Digital Finance (GDF)
- Rowan Varrall, Regulatory Affairs Director, Digital Token Identifier Foundation (DTIF)
- Stephan Dreyer, Managing Director, ANNA – Association of National Numbering Agencies BV/SRL
The Digital Assets Innovation Summit is one of the three separate summits that are at the core of City Week:
- The Net Zero Finance Innovation Summit (Day One, 30 June)
- The AI and Digital Innovation Summit (Day Two, 1 July)
- The Digital Assets Innovation Summit (Day Three, 2 July)
City Week brings together the senior management of financial institutions for a comprehensive programme of cutting-edge presentations, panel discussions, networking and social events. As in previous years, the forum will feature many well-known names from the global financial services industry, the world of politics and international regulation.
To Book
To view further information about this summit and City Week 2025, please visit www.cityweekuk.com.
To obtain a 15% discount, AREF members should email us at [email protected] for the discount code.
For any queries, please contact Paul Hooper at City & Financial Global on [email protected].