Event

Blockchain for Europe Summit 2022

25.10.2022 - 26.10.2022

Hybrid (Brussels, online)

The 2022 Summit took place on 25-26 October 2022 in hybrid modality (Brussels/Online) and reunited representatives from the different EU institutions, academia and industry players that are shaping the future of the sector. The two-day conference covered topics as the impact of MiCA and TFR on the industry, tokenized economy, Digital Euro, stablecoins, DeFi, data and blockchain, smart contracts and AI, and more.

Your chance to get insights from experts and decision-makers!

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You can also view last year's Summit Sessions

Programme

08:30 - 18:30

DAY 1 – 25 October 2022

09:30 - 09:40

Opening remarks

Hosted by: Blockchain for Europe

09:40 - 10:40

The impact of MiCA on the industry

Moderator: Robert Kopitsch

Secretary General, Blockchain for Europe

Speakers

Ondřej Kovařík

MEP - Renew Europe Group, European Parliament

Hugo Coelho

Director, EU Affairs, Binance

Gabriel Cumenge

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Banking and Financing of General interest, French Ministry of Economy

Caroline Malcolm

Vice President of Global Public Policy, Chainalysis

10:50 - 11:30

The impact of the AML package on the industry

Moderator: Bjarke Smith-Meyer

FinTech Correspondent, Politico

Speakers

Claude Bocqueraz

Deputy Head of Unit "Financial Crime D2", DG FISMA, European Commission

Isabella Chase

Senior Policy Advisor, TRM Labs

Grant Rabenn

Director - Financial Crimes Legal, Coinbase

Roeland Van der Stappen

Vice President for Policy and Engagement for EMEA, Crypto.com

11:30 - 12:00

Will the DAC8 reporting requirements standardize Europe’s approach to crypto taxation?

Moderator: Ian Taylor

Vice Chair of IDAXA, Board Advisor (former Executive Director) of Crypto UK

Speakers

Lídia Pereira

MEP - European People's Party, European Parliament

Astrid Van Mierlo

Deputy Head of Unit "Direct Tax Policy and Cooperation", DG TAXUD

Max Bernt

Chief Legal Officer, Blockpit

12:00 - 12:30

Fireside chat I – Stablecoins: key infrastructure for money on the internet

Hosted by: Circle

Moderator: Eva Szalay

Cross-Asset Reporter, Bloomberg

Speakers

Teana Baker-Taylor

VP of Policy & Regulatory Strategy, Circle

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 - 14:30

A digital Euro: will it ever happen?

Moderator: Bjarke Smith-Meyer

FinTech Correspondent, Politico

Speakers

Heike Winter

Principal - Retail Payments Policy, Deutsche Bundesbank

Alexander Bechtel

Head of Digital Asset & Currency Strategy, Deutsche Bank

Oriol Caudevilla

Co-Leader of the Financial Inclusion and CBDCs Working Groups, Global Impact FinTech Forum

Susan Friedman

Head of Public Policy & Vice-Chair of Blockchain for Europe, Ripple

14:30 - 15:00

A roadmap for euro-denominated stablecoins

Moderator: Jack Schickler

Regulatory Reporter, CoinDesk

Speakers

Jan Ceyssens

Head of Unit for Digital Finance, DG FISMA, European Commission

Patrick Hansen

Director, EU Strategy & Policy, Circle

Chris Hayes

Head of Government Relations, Celo Foundation

15:15 - 15:45

Bridging TradFi & DeFi

Moderator: Lavan Thasarathakumar

Senior Advisor, Digital Assets and Blockchain Practice - Hogan Lovells, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, GBBC Digital Finance

Speakers

Adrian Fritz

Research Associate, 21Shares

Eric Mitzel

Regional Business Director Europe, Intain

Jennifer O’Rourke

Director of Innovation Strategy & Design, DTCC

15:45 - 16:15

Fireside chat II: Compliance in the age of DeFi

Hosted by: TRM Labs

Moderator: Jack Schickler

Regulatory Reporter, CoinDesk

Speakers

Ari Redbord

Head of Legal and Governmental Affairs, TRM Labs

16:15 - 16:45

Global industry collaboration: views from the world of crypto

Moderator: Robert Kopitsch

Secretary General, Blockchain for Europe

Speakers

Faustine Fleuret

President and CEO, ADAN

Mark Foster

EU Policy Lead, Crypto Council for Innovation

Ian Taylor

Vice Chair of IDAXA, Board Advisor (former Executive Director) of Crypto UK

17:00 - 18:00

What rules are needed to unleash the potential of DeFi?

Moderator: Dimitrios Psarrakis

Co-Founder and President, Brussels Council

Speakers

Peter Kerstens

Senior Advisor to Director-General (Co-Head of FinTech Taskforce), DG FISMA, European Commission

Peter Grosskopf

Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Unstoppable Finance

Mathieu Hardy

Chief Development Officer, OSOM

Rebecca Rettig

Chief Legal and Policy Officer, Polygon Labs

18:00 - 18:30

Fireside chat III: The State of the Web 3.0 Union

Hosted by: Binance

Moderator: Silvana Koch-Mehrin

Founder & President, Women Political Leaders (WPL)

Speakers

Martin Bruncko

Executive Vice President for Europe, Binance

18:30 -

Networking drinks

Hosted by: Binance

08:30 -

DAY 2 – 26 October 2022

09:45 - 10:45

How NFTs can deliver on the promise of a tokenized economy

Moderator: Robert Kopitsch

Secretary General, Blockchain for Europe

Speakers

Peter Kerstens

Senior Advisor to Director-General (Co-Head of FinTech Taskforce), DG FISMA, European Commission

Thomas Dünser

Office for Financial Market Innovation and Digitalisation, Principality of Liechtenstein

Jeffrey Haas

Chief Revenue Officer, AtomicHub.io

John S. Lee

Head of Blockchain Programs, Shopify

11:00 - 11:30

Why we need self-sovereign identity to enable the Internet of Things

Moderator: Rob van Kranenburg

Founder, IoT Council

Speakers

Daniël Du Seuil

Convenor European Self Sovereign Identity Framework (EBSI), European Blockchain Partnership

Maria Minaricova

Director of Business Development, Fetch.ai

Carsten Stöcker

CEO & Founder, Spherity

11:30 - 12:00

Why DAOs are a key building block for the future economy

Moderator: Balázs Némethi

Founder, kycDAO

Speakers

Joachim Schwerin

Principal Economist, DG GROW, European Commission

Manuel Müller

Strategic Advisor, capneo DAO

Joni Pirovich

Founder, LawFi DAO

12:00 - 12:30

Fireside Chat IV: Digital Environmental Assets for sustainable economic development and climate action at scale

Hosted by: Climate Collective

Moderator: Raphaël Bloch

Cofounder, The Big Whale

Speakers

Anna Lerner Nesbitt

Chief Executive Officer, Climate Collective

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 - 14:35

Blockchain technology and sustainability – Doom or gloom?

Moderator: Faustine Fleuret

President and CEO, ADAN

Speakers

Pierre Marro

Digital Innovation and Blockchain Unit F.3, DG CNECT

Alex.Klima

Representative, KlimaDAO

Frédéric Montagnon

Founder & Chairman, Arianee

Anna Lerner Nesbitt

Chief Executive Officer, Climate Collective

14:35 - 15:00

Real-world adoption – An overview of European Blockchain initiatives

Moderator: Simon Polrot

Co-Founder, European Crypto Initiative

Speakers

Max Burger

Blockchain Ambassador, Nimiq

Parisa Ghodous-Shariat Torbaghan

Coordinator, Chaise - Blockchain Skills For Europe

15:00 - 15:10

Keynote Speech

Moderator: Robert Kopitsch

Secretary General, Blockchain for Europe

Speakers

Eva Kaili

MEP - S&D, European Parliament

15:15 - 15:45

Social impact: making financial inclusion a reality

Moderator: Victoria Gago

Co-Founder, European Blockchain Convention

Speakers

Gabriel Bizama

International Policy Lead, Stellar Development Foundation

Mariana de la Roche Wills

Regulatory Affairs Manager, IOTA Foundation

Roberto Sanlorenzo

Founder and CEO, Merits

15:45 - 16:15

Fireside chat V: From open source to open governance

Hosted by: Cardano Foundation

Moderator: Bjarke Smith-Meyer

FinTech Correspondent, Politico

Speakers

Frederik Gregaard

CEO, Cardano Foundation

16:15 - 16:45

Smart contracts & AI – Trust the code or do we need a kill switch?

Moderator: Jack Schickler

Regulatory Reporter, CoinDesk

Speakers

Dirk Staudenmayer

Head of Unit, Contract Law Unit A2, DG JUST, European Commission

Lee Schneider

General Counsel, Ava Labs

Thibault Schrepel

Associate Professor, Department of Transnational Legal Studies, VU Amsterdam

17:00 - 18:00

Data & blockchain – European initiatives and their impact on the industry

Moderator: Gian M. Volpicelli

Technology Reporter, Politico

Speakers

Federico Milani

Deputy Head of the Data Policy and Innovation Unit, European Commission

Anna-Liisa Pärnalaas

Counsellor for Digital and Cyber Policy, Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EU

Marta Belcher

Chair, Filecoin Foundation

Jeremy Rollison

Senior Director, EU Government Affairs, Microsoft

18:00 -