Experts Musheer Ahmed Founder and managing director of FinStep Asia Jo Ann Barefoot CEO & Co-founder of the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR) Shigeru Ariizumi Vice minister for international affairs of the Japan Financial Services Agency Douglas Arner Kerry Holdings Professor in Law, an RGC Senior Fellow, and Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law at The University of Hong Kong Umar Ashfaq Research Director at MSCI Sustainability Institute Lisa Bechtold Financial services executive bridging data, AI & law Oscar Borgogno Research officer at Banca d’Italia and a senior fellow at George Washington University’s Competition & Innovation Lab Alexander Braun Director at the Institute of Insurance Economics of the University of St. Gallen (HSG) Manu Chopra Co-founder and CEO of Karya Cassie Craddock Vice president and managing director of UK and Europe at Ripple Dize Dinckol Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation Bruno Diniz Managing Partner at Spiralem Innovation Consulting and a professor at the University of Sao Paulo Dante Disparte Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy and Operations at Circle Barry Eichengreen Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley Santiago Fernández de Lis Global Head of Regulation at BBVA Andrea Fritschi Managing partner and chief investment officer at Tenity Alan Futerman Co-founder and CFO at Lulubit Joshua Gans Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Rotman School of Management Urs Gasser Professor at the Technical University of Munich Sangita Gazi Final year Ph.D. candidate in law at the University of Hong Kong Ronit Ghose Author and head of the Future of Finance & Digital team in Citi GlobalInsights J. Christopher Giancarlo Senior counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher Nick Gogerty Author and strategist with experience in finance, technology, and research Frederik Gregaard CEO of the Cardano Foundation Iris H-Y Chiu Professor of Corporate Law and Financial Regulation at the Faculty of Laws, University College London Adrienne A. Harris Superintendent at the New York State Department of Financial Services Thorsten Hens Professor of Financial Economics at the University of Zurich Rob Heyvaert Founder and Managing Partner of Motive Partners Mathias Imbach Co-founder and group CEO of Sygnum Bank Johannes Kern Managing director of the Frankencoin Association Peter Kerstens Adviser at European Commission Bernhard Koye Futurist, coach, and founder of the Swiss NextGen Finance Institute Matthias Kröner Fintech entrepreneur and former CEO/co-founder of two fully licensed digital banks in Europe Lukasz Kubicki Head of the Supervisory Technology Section at the European Central Bank Stani Kulechov Founder and CEO of Avara Linda-Eling Lee Founding director and head of the MSCI Sustainability Institute Valerio Lemma Full professor of law and economics Prince Michael of Liechtenstein Executive Chairman of Industrie- und Finanzkontor Etablissement Alexander Lipton Global head of research and development at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Isabella Loaiza Postdoctoral researcher at the MIT Sloan School of Management Andreas Lutz Head of Operations at Frankencoin Michael Mainelli Chairman of Z/Yen Group Fabienne Marco Doctoral candidate, Technical University of Munich Jesse McWaters Head of Global Policy at Mastercard Paul Meeusen Vice President of Partnerships at DFINITY Luzius Meisser Board member at Bitcoin Suisse and Frankencoin Association. Cofounder of Aktionariat Jacob Mendel Co-chief technology officer at Parfin Ralph Mogicato Fintech enthusiast with over 25 years working in finance across Europe and Asia Thomas Moser Alternate member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank Luka Müller Co-founder of the Swiss law firm MME Legal Tax and Compliance David Newns Head of SIX Digital Exchange Trine Nordlie Master’s student at the Norwegian School of Economics Alexis Normand CEO and co-founder of Greenly Anna Omarani Researcher with tenure in the Department of Finance at Bocconi University in Milan Pinar Ozcan Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Oxford Peterson K. Ozili Excerpt for Peterson K. Ozili Kevin Parker Science and business advisor to Z/ Yen Group Colin Payne Head of innovation at the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and chair of the Global Financial Innovation Network Hester Peirce Commissioner on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Alex Pentland Stanford HAI Fellow, Toshiba Professor MIT, Member US National Academies Alessandra Perrazzelli Deputy governor of Banca d’Italia and visiting professor at the Politecnico University in Milan Valeria Portale Director of tech observatories and lecturer at Politecnico di Milano Thomas Puschmann Founder and Executive Director of the Global Center for Sustainable Digital Finance at Stanford University Raghavendra Rau Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School Filippo Renga Director of fintech observatory and digital innovation researcher at Politecnico di Milano. Roberto Rigobon Society of Sloan Fellows Professor of Management and a professor of applied economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management Reto Ringger Founder and CEO of Globalance Bank Mathias Ruch Founder and CEO of CV VC and CV Labs Daniela Schackis Deputy Director General in Banking Supervision at the European Central Bank Steven L. Schwarcz The Stanley A. Star Distinguished Professor of Law & Business at the Duke University School of Law Siddharth Shetty Co-creator of the Finternet and the CEO of Finternet Labs Chris Skinner Globally recognized fintech expert, best-selling author and commentator Alex Tapscott Entrepreneur, business author and capital markets professional Lauren Thorbjornsen Chief of staff and vice president at the Stellar Development Foundation Milton Vega Deputy manager of payments and financial infrastructures at the Central Reserve Bank of Peru Giacomo Vella Director of the Blockchain & Web3 Observatory and researcher at Politecnico di Milano Joy Wann Director in the global regulatory advocacy team at Mastercard Sheila Warren CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation Kevin Werbach Wharton Professor and Chair of Legal Studies & Business Ethics Mathias Wikström Sustainability business leader and creative strategist Jon Wong Head of engineering at the Solana Foundation Gavin Wood Free-trust technologist and founder of Polkadot Eddie Yue Chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Paul Yuen General Counsel at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Simon Zadek Founder and managing partner of Morphosis