2024 Summit Agenda
9.00 - 9.45
Registration & Coffee
9.45 - 9.50
Opening Statement
9.50- 10.00
Keynote
Wayne Huang
Co-founder & Board Member,
Unitas Foundation
10.00 - 10.20
Stablecoin Integration for SMEs: Overcoming Challenges and Leveraging the On-Chain Advantage
Paul Brody
Global Blockchain Leader,
Ernst & Young
10.20 - 10.30
May the Forex Be with You: Unlocking FX Pairs on Celo
Marek Olszewski
CEO,
cLabs
10.30 - 11.15
Panel 1 - Stablecoins: The Next Frontier of Cross-border Payments
Sanchit Mall
APAC Crypto Lead,
Worldpay
Shamus Noonan
Senior Manager, Business Development,
Circle
Rasoul Jalali
Co-Founder & CEO,
YODL
Devere Bryan
General Manager,
First Digital
Suvashree Ghosh
APAC Cryptocurrency Reporter,
Bloomberg
Moderator
11.15 - 11.40
Fireside Chat: From Free Banking to Stablecoins: Trust, Transparency and the Future of Money
Vincent Chok
Founder & CEO,
First Digital
Henri Arslanian
Co-founder and Managing partner,
Nine Blocks Capital Management
Moderator
11.40 - 12.25
Panel 2 - Emerging Markets: Stablecoins as a Catalyst for Growth, Connectivity and Opportunity
Markus Franke
CEO,
Mento Labs
Ashok Venkateswaran
Blockchain and Digital Assets Lead - APAC,
Mastercard
Isha Varshney
Head of Ecosystem,
Celo Foundation
Charles Jansen
Head of DeFi Transformation,
S&P Global
Rahul Bhargava
Founder/Director,
Avivate
Moderator
12.25 - 12.45
Case Study: Innovating Cross-Border Payments for Small and Mid-Sized Enterprises
Tushar Gulhane
Head of BD, Working Capital Management,
SAP Asia Pte Ltd
12.45 - 1.30
Panel 3 - Exploring the Impact of Stablecoins & CBDCs on Global Monetary Systems
Ad Cv
Co-founder & Chef,
Steakhouse Financial
Stefan Rust
CEO & Founder,
Truflation
Austin Campbell
Adjunct Professor,
NYU Stern
Sam Kazemian
Founder,
Frax
Wayne Huang
Co-founder & Group CEO,
XREX
Moderator
1.30 - 1.50
Fireside Chat: Beyond Borders; How Blockchain and Stablecoins Are Transforming Global Payments
Marco Mahrus
Head of Revenue,
Bridge
Arnaud Wenger
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer,
Tazapay
Moderator
1.50 - 2.10
Fireside Chat: Stablecoin Adoption in Emerging Markets: What the Data Tells Us
Nic Carter
General Partner,
Castle Island Ventures
Stuti Pandey
Partner,
Kraken Ventures
2.10 - 2.30
Fireside Chat: Endgame & Aave 2030
Stani Kulechov
Founder,
Aave Labs
Rune Christensen
Co-founder,
Sky
2.30 - 2.40
Future of Payments: VC Perspectives on Stablecoin Adoption and Infrastructure
Stuti Pandey
Partner,
Kraken Ventures
2.45 - 2.55
Driving Network Effects for Stablecoins - Activating Developers to Build with Stablecoins
Raj Parekh
CEO/Co-founder,
Portal
2.55 - 3.10
The Future of Stablecoin Infrastructure
Joao Reginatto
Chief Strategy Officer,
M^0
3.10 - 3.17
Bringing Real World Assets Onchain: What does it mean, and what do we need?
Niklas Kunkel
Founder,
Chronicle Labs
3.18 - 3.30
Crypto: Wild Wild West or a Law Enforcer's Dream?
Wayne Huang
Co-founder & Group CEO,
XREX
3.30 - 4.10
Panel 4: Building a Safer Stablecoin Ecosystem: The Role of Regulation & Compliance
Angela Ang
Senior Policy Advisor,
TRM Labs
Aaron Chua
Regional Head of Compliance,
StraitsX / Xfers Pte. Ltd.
Jeannie Lim
Deputy Director,
Grab
Payal Patel
VP Risk & Compliance APAC,
Circle
Wayne Huang
Co-founder & Group CEO,
XREX
Moderator
4.10 - 4.25
Underwriting Stablecoin Risks: Strategies for a More Secure and Stable Future
Omer Goldberg
Founder & CEO,
Chaos Labs
4.30 - 4.37
Could We Have Avoided the Billions Liquidated Last August?
Cyrille Brière
Contributor,
f(x) Protocol
4.38 - 4.45
The Role of L2s in Enabling Mass Adoption for Stablecoins
Raza Zaidi
Head of Growth,
Scroll
4.45 - 5.30
Panel 6 - Navigating Tokenisation: Real World Assets, Stablecoin Resilience and Institutional Engagement
Erin Kelly
Director of Partnerships,
Stellar Development Foundation
Hassan Ahmed
Country Director, Singapore,
Coinbase
Nick Robnett
Head of Asset Growth,
Paxos
Ilgiz Gimaltdinov
Product & Math,
Gearbox Protocol
Sonya Kim
Chef,
Steakhouse Financial
Moderator
5.30 - 5.37
Stablecoins in Prediction and Decision Markets
Nicholas Cannon
VP of Growth,
Gauntlet
5.38 - 5.45
New Design Approches and Use Cases for Stablecoins
Guy Young
Founder,
Ethena
5.45 - 6.05
Fireside Chat: Enhancing Stability and Liquidity in DeFi – The Role of Curve and the Future of Stablecoin Innovations
Michael Egorov
Founder,
Curve
Wayne Huang
Co-founder & Group CEO,
XREX
Moderator
6.05 - 6.45
Panel 7 - Stablecoins: A Catalyst for Institutional DeFi
Seraphim Czecker
Head of Growth,
Ethena
Soham Mishra
Head of Partnerships,
Reserve Protocol
Cyrille Brière
Contributor,
f(x) Protocol
Julien Bouteloup
Founder,
Stake Capital Group
