Welcome and opening remarks

Jennifer Lassiter, Executive Director, Digital Dollar Project

Josh Lipsky, Senior Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

A conversation with Hatice Karahan, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye

Hatice Karahan, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye

Charles Lichfield, Deputy Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

Session I – Evolving Currencies: What will money look like in the 2030s?

Minowa Tetsuharu, Consul, Consulate-General of Japan in New York

Ben Gray, Global General Counsel, Paxos

Carmelle Cadet, Chief Executive Officer, EMTECH

Olivier Dang, Head of Ventures and Board Member, Laser Digital – Nomura Group

Moderated by Yesha Yadav, Professor of Law and Associate Dean, Vanderbilt University

Session II – How can technology transform money for the better?

Michael Mosier, Co-Founder, Arktouros PLLC

Timothy Davis, Advisory Leader, Blockchain and Digital Asset Practice, Deloitte

Gayathri Mathala, Deputy General Manager, Department of Payment and Settlement Systems, Reserve Bank of India

Saema Somalya, Executive Vice President, Legal and Risk, Remitly

Noach Hacker, Minister of Economic Affairs, Embassy of Israel

Moderated by Daniel Gorfine, Founder and CEO, Gattaca Horizons & Co-founder, Digital Dollar Project

Coffee Break

Keynote: Shaping the future financial system in the public interest – with Cecilia Skingsley

Cecilia Skingsley, Head, BIS Innovation Hub, Bank for International Settlements

Moderated by Alice Fulwood, Wall Street Correspondent, Economist

Session III – Moving Money: Domestic and International Interoperability

Federico Grinberg, Senior Economist, IMF

Tony McLaughlin, Emerging Payments and Business Development, Citi

Tom Zschach, Chief Innovation Officer, SWIFT

Jennifer O’Rourke, Executive Director, Innovation Strategy, DTCC

Jordan Bleicher, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, US Department of the Treasury

Moderated by Ananya Kumar, Associate Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

Lunch and Networking

Session IV – Financial Innovation: Tokenization, New Rails, and Automation

David Treat, Senior Managing Director, Accenture/Digital Pound Foundation

Sheila Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Crypto Council for Innovation

Valla Vakili, Global Head of Innovation, Visa

Miguel Diaz, Centre Head, BIS Innovation Hub Toronto, Bank for International Settlements

Moderated by Carole House, Senior Fellow, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

Keynote: CBDCs and Multilateral Payment Platforms – with Tobias Adrian

Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor and Director, Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

Moderated by Allyson Versprill, Crypto and Regulation Reporter, Bloomberg

Coffee Break

Session V – From Concept to Reality: Building Digital Assets at Speed

Richard Nash, Vice President, Head of Global Government Relations, Paypal

Jim Zemlin, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation

Denelle Dixon, Executive Director and CEO, Stellar Development Foundation

Harish Natarajan, Practice Manager, Financial Inclusion and Infrastructure, Competitiveness & Innovation, The World Bank

Moderated by Michael Greenwald, Global Lead, Digital Assets and Financial Innovation, Amazon Web Services

Closing Session

Jennifer Lassiter, Executive Director, Digital Dollar Project

Josh Lipsky, Senior Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

Dinner Event – US Leadership on Digital Assets

Opening:
J. Christopher Giancarlo, Executive Chairman at the Digital Dollar Project, Senior Counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, & Former Chair US Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Panel:
Paul Ryan, Former Speaker of the House, Partner at Solamere Capital & Vice Chairman of Teneo
Angie Lau, Editor in Chief, Co-CEO, Forkast Labs
Yuval Rooz, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Asset 
Andres Wolberg-Stok, Global Head of Strategy, Office of the CTO, Citi
Cecilia Skingsley, Head, BIS Innovation Hub, Bank for International Settlements

Welcome and opening remarks

Jennifer Lassiter, Executive Director, Digital Dollar Project

Josh Lipsky, Senior Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

Session I – Next Steps in Central Bank Digital Currency Development

Evelien Witlox, Program Director Digital Euro, European Central Bank

Yoav Soffer, Advisor to the Deputy Governor, Bank of Israel 

Moderated by Josh Lipsky, Senior Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council)

Session II – Digital Assets and Illicit Finance: Separating Myth from Reality

Dara Daniels, Acting Associate Director, Research and Analysis Division, FinCEN

Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy and Government Affairs, TRM Labs

Lesley Chavkin, Head of Global Policy, Stellar Development Foundation

Moderated by Kimberly Donovan, Director, Economic Statecraft Initiative, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

Coffee Break

Workshop #1 – Bridging Divides: A Comprehensive Approach to Standards & Interoperability Frameworks

James Northey, Chair, ISO Technical Committee 68

Gerard Dache, Coalition Coordinator, United Nations Internet Governance Forum DC-BAS

Amit Sharma, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, FinClusive

Raisa Sheynberg, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs Advocacy, Mastercard

Moderated by Karen Ottoni, Senior Director of Ecosystem & Strategic Initiatives, Hyperledger Foundation

Workshop #2 – Defining Success: Achieving safe, efficient, connected networks

Kombe Kaponda, Bank of Zambia 

Varlam Ebanoidze, Head of FinTech and SupTech Department, National Bank of Georgia

Waleed Samarah, Advisor, German Agency for International Cooperation

Ludmilla Buteau Allien, Deputy Director II – Economic Policy and Digital Payments, Banque de la République d’Haiti

Hillal Hussein, Islamic Development Bank Institute

Moderated by Gabriella Kusz, Senior Director, Digital Dollar Project

Lunch and Networking

Workshop #3 – Trust by Design: How Stakeholder Trust is Vital for CBDC Adoption

Kyle Burgess, Chief Operating Officer, Advisory Blockchain & Digital Assets, Deloitte 

Agha Khan, Blockchain & Digital Assets Leader, Deloitte

Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

CGAP, World Bank

Workshop #4 – Exploring Wallet Infrastructure, Identity, and User Experience

Dave Treat, Senior Managing Director, Accenture

Sophia Lopez, Founder and President, Kaleido

Andrew Czupek, Senior Vice President, Head of Market Advocacy & Innovation Research (Northern Trust

Trevor Filter, Co-founder, President, and Chief Product Officer, Flexa

Moderator by John Lee, Managing Director, Global Lead Digital Assets, Digital Currency and Market Infrastructure, Accenture

Coffee Break

Workshop #5 – Why Open Source? Why Does It Matter? What is the Role and Value of Decentralization?

Karen Ottoni, Senior Director of Ecosystem & Strategic Initiatives, Hyperledger Foundation

Hart Montgomery, Chief Technical Officer, Hyperledger Foundation

Robert Bench, Senior Advisor, MIT Media Lab

Madars Virza, Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab

Workshop #6 – Building Resilient and Secure Systems: Protecting privacy, reliability, and cybersecurity

Katya Delak, Program Coordinator, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Carole House, Senior Fellow, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

William Zhang, Technology Adviser, BIS Innovation Hub, Bank for International Settlements

Closing Toast