Citi's 10th Annual Digital Money Symposium
March 2023
Citi's 10th Annual Digital Money Symposium took place in person in London on 30 March 2023.
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Agenda:
Agenda | Thursday 30th March 2023
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09:00 – 09:05
Welcome Remarks with Jane Fraser, CEO, Citi
- Jane Fraser, CEO, Citi
Citi’s CEO, Jane Fraser virtually opens Citi’s 10th Annual Digital Money Symposium.
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09:05 – 09:45
The Rise of ChatGPT: AI Gamechanger for Finance?
- Dara Tarkowski, Managing Partner, Actuate Law
- Florian Douetteau, CEO, Dataiku
- Stuart Riley, Global Head of Institutional Clients Group Technology, Citi
- Vishal Marria, CEO, Quantexa
- Host: Nimrod Barak, Global Head of Innovation Labs, Citi
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09:45 – 10:30
Money, Tokens, and Games: Blockchain’s Next Billion Users and Trillions in Value
- Aaron Powers, Co-Founder & CEO, Hunit
- Becks Perfect, Founder, Nifty World NFT
- Ronit Ghose, Global Head, Future of Finance & Digital, Citi Global Insights, Citi
- Dr Ruth Wandhofer, Partner, Gauss Ventures
- Host: Jelena Zec, Citi Ventures, Citi
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10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break
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11:00 – 11:20
Are Payment Systems Fit for the Digital Economy?
- Shahmir Khaliq, Global Head of Treasury & Trade Solutions, Citi
- Host: Catherine Martin, Chief Operating Officer, Business Development, Institutional Clients Group, Citi
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11:20 – 11:50
Reinventing Finance – Industry Leaders’ Fireside Chat
- Antony Jenkins, CEO & Founder, 10xBanking
- Jonathan Larsen, Chief Innovation Officer/ Chairman & CEO, Ping An Group/Ping An Global Voyager Fund
- Host: Emily Turner, Head of Business Development, Citi Institutional Clients Group, Citi
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11:50 – 12:30
Building the Institutional Digital Asset Infrastructure
- Adrien Treccani, Founder & CEO, Metaco
- Jens Hachmeister, Managing Director, Issuer Services & New Digital Markets, Deutsche Börse
- Isabella Chase, Senior Policy Advisor, TRM Labs
- Tongtong Gong, Chief Operating Officer, Amberdata
- Host: Puneet Singhvi, Head of ICG Digital Assets, Citi
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12:30 – 12:45
Join Us as We Explore the Metaverse – an Interactive Session
- Dave Starling, Head of Emerging Technologies, Citi Innovation Labs, Citi
- Jacob Loewenstein, SVP, BD & Strategy, Spatial
- Host: Nisha Surendran, ICG Lead for Tokenization, NFTs and Metaverse, Citi
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12:45 – 13:45
Lunch
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13:45 – 14:20
Kelvin Lecture Theatre Track
Tokenization of Finance
- Morgan Krupetsky, Director of Business Development, Institutions & Capital Markets, Ava Labs
- Lucas Vogelsang, Co-Founder, Centrifuge
- Morgan McKenney, CEO, Provenance Blockchain Foundation
- Host: Nisha Surendran, ICG Lead for Tokenization, NFTs and Metaverse, Citi
Turing Lecture Theatre Track
Fintech’s Role in Development and Sustainability
- Fabienne Babinsky, Head of Financial Sector Intelligence and Innovation, UN World Food Program
- Shane O’Connor, Innovation Manager, Ventures, UNICEF
- Sharmila Hardi, Senior Manager, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Host: Esther Chibesa, Co–Head Treasury & Trade Solutions EMEA Emerging Markets, Citi
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14:25 – 15:05
Kelvin Lecture Theatre Track
Digital Money 2.0 - CBDCs, Stablecoins & more
- David Rutter, CEO, R3
- Katie Fortune, Senior Manager, CBDC Unit, Bank of England
- Steve Pannifer, Managing Director, Consult Hyperion
- Host: Arjun Kharpal, Senior Technology Correspondent, CNBC
Turing Lecture Theatre Track
How to Create an Innovative Ecosystem
- Adam Jackson, Director of Policy, Innovate Finance
- Charlotte Crosswell OBE, Chair, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT)
- Charlotte Hill, Partner, Head of Financial Services Regulation, Taylor Wessing
- Deniz Guven, Managing Partner, Further Ventures
- Host: David Cunningham, Director of Strategy and Partnerships for Digital Assets, Treasury & Trade Solutions, Citi
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15:05 – 15:25
Coffee Break
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15:25 – 15:55
Kelvin Lecture Theatre Track
Payment Innovations & e-Commerce for the Next Decade
- Samina Hussain-Letch, Head of UK, Square
- Lynne Lagan, Head of Consumer Card Products, ClearPay
- Host: Ornit Shinar, Global Head of External Innovation & Venture Investing, Citi
Turing Lecture Theatre Track
The Regulated Internet of Value
- Alla Gancz, UK Payments Consulting Leader, EY
- Martin Etheridge, Senior Vice President – ProductManagement, Digital Assets & Blockchain, Mastercard
- Nick Kerigan, MD, Head of Innovation, SWIFT
- Tony McLaughlin, MD, Emerging Payments and Business Development, TTS, Citi
- Host: Ryan Rugg, Global Head of Digital Assets,TTS, Citi
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16:00 – 16:40
Turing Lecture Theatre Track
Regulating Digital Assets
- Ijeoma Okoli, Director, Digital Economy Initiative
- Professor Lawrence Deju-Wiseman, Director at PwC Forensic Services, PwC
- Monica Sah, Partner, Clifford Chance
- Nicole Sandler, Head of Digital Policy, Barclays
- Host: Sophia Bantanidis, Director, Future of Finance & Digital, Citi Global Insights, Citi
Kelvin Lecture Theatre Track
Is Embedded Finance the End of Traditional Banking?
- Jeff Tijssen, Expert Partner and Global Head of FinTech, Bain & Company
- Leda Glyptis, Chief Client Officer, 10xBanking
- Host: Gülru Atak, Head of Franchise Growth & Incubation, Citi
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16:45 – 17:15
Kelvin Lecture Theatre Track
The Quantum Frontier
- Daniel Doll Steinberg, Co-Founder, Edenbase
- Mike Keymer, Vice President, Quantum Computing Inc
- Pavle Avramovic, Manager, Emerging Tech & Research, FCA
- Ruti Ben-Shlomi, CEO, LightSolver
- Host: Jason Engelbrecht, Head of Innovation Lab, Citi
Turing Lecture Theatre Track
UK as a Crypto Hub – What Next?
- Nathalie Oestmann, Chief Operating Officer, Outlier Ventures
- Teana Baker-Taylor, Vice President, Circle
- Host: Ioana Surpateanu, Non-Executive Director & Chief Innovation Officer, CryptoUK & Swash
Kelvin Lecture Theatre Track
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