EBC12 Agenda

The agenda shaping institutional digital assets

From allocators and regulation to stablecoins, tokenisation, DeFi, risk, and infrastructure, this year’s agenda is built around the themes driving real market activity.

At a glance
13 agenda sessions, with further additions expected
7 core tracks
The European Deal Floor where operators, institutions and infrastructure leaders meet
Track

Institutional

2 sessions
Institutional

Family offices and allocators: moving from observation to allocation

Speakers
Filippo Bondurri
Filippo Bondurri SGMC Capital
Bijan Foroodian
Bijan Foroodian Single Family Office
Topics
family office allocators institutional asset management
Institutional

The asset manager’s playbook: tokenisation, distribution and on-chain rails

Speakers
Patrik Björklund
Patrik Björklund Janus Henderson
Christoph Hock
Christoph Hock Union Investment
Topics
asset management tokenization on-chain institutional
Track

Stablecoins & CBDCs

2 sessions
Stablecoins & CBDCs

Stablecoins vs tokenised deposits: what the banking system actually needs

Speakers
Immo Garlichs
Immo Garlichs Deutsche Bundesbank
Jerald David
Jerald David Lynq
Topics
stablecoins tokenization settlement institutional on-chain
Stablecoins & CBDCs

CBDCs and open finance: from pilot to production

Speakers
Varlam Ebanoidze
Varlam Ebanoidze National Bank of Georgia
Mohamad Zaraket
Mohamad Zaraket BNY
Topics
CBDC open finance stablecoins regulation on-chain
Track

RWA / Tokenization

1 session
RWA / Tokenization

Corporate treasury on-chain: programming money for the institutional age

Speakers
Christian Forma
Christian Forma WIBank
Kevin Riou
Kevin Riou Swissquote Bank
Topics
treasury stablecoins on-chain tokenization institutional
Track

Regulation

2 sessions
Regulation

Global crypto regulation: Europe, UK, US, Japan and beyond

Speakers
Viktor Maier
Viktor Maier Baader Bank
Keisuke Kimura
Keisuke Kimura JCBA, Japan
Nena Dokuzov
Nena Dokuzov Ministry of Economy, Slovenia
Topics
regulation global policy MiCAR compliance Japan
Regulation

MiCAR in practice: what the first year of compliance has taught us

Speakers
Marina Villalonga
Marina Villalonga Asensi Abogados
Topics
MiCAR regulation compliance institutional
Track

Risk & Security

2 sessions
Risk & Security

Risk management in the DeFi era: what institutional-grade actually means

Speakers
Jasmine Burgess
Jasmine Burgess Blockstream Capital
Topics
risk management DeFi institutional operational credibility benchmarking
Risk & Security

Cyber, fraud and the future of financial defence

Speakers
Jeff Lunglhofer
Jeff Lunglhofer Coinbase
Patrick Hennes
Patrick Hennes DZ PRIVATBANK
Topics
cyber security fraud risk management institutional AI
Track

Middle East

1 session
Middle East

The UAE as a digital asset hub: from regulation to sovereign capital

Speakers
Basil Al Askari
Basil Al Askari MidChains
Hadi Kabalan
Hadi Kabalan Diaspar Holdings
Topics
Middle East VARA sovereign capital regulation institutional
Track

Technology

3 sessions
Technology

Permissioned vs permissionless: which rails win for institutional adoption?

Speakers
Dr. Nick Almond
Dr. Nick Almond Jito Network
Stani Kulechov
Stani Kulechov Aave Labs
Topics
infrastructure permissionless MEV institutional DeFi
Technology

DeFi vaults, yield and the $15B institutional opportunity

Speakers
Armani Ferrante
Armani Ferrante Backpack
Brian McNulty
Brian McNulty Lingfeng Capital
Topics
vaults yield DeFi on-chain institutional
Technology

AI, compute and the physical layer of the blockchain economy

Speakers
Jascha Samadi
Jascha Samadi Greenfield Capital
Topics
AI compute mining infrastructure on-chain

One room. 48 hours. The European Deal Floor.

EBC12 brings together the institutions, infrastructure leaders, regulators, allocators and operators shaping digital assets in Europe and beyond.