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

Qin En Looi

Partner,
Saison Capital

Moderator

7.00 - 9.00

VIP Dinner