Previous Edition's Speakers

This workshop is always proud to bring you exceptional engagement from experts and scholars around the world in one renowned venue.   

Esteemed speakers from the Swiss National Bank, the Bank for International Settlements, the IMF, the Bank of Lithuania, the Bank of Italy, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Federal Reserve Board have joined the workshop in previous years.

Alessandra Perrazzelli

Deputy Governor, Banca d'Italia

Alexander Lipton

Connection Science Fellow at MIT

Andreas Antonopoulos

Tech Entrepreneur at Bitcoin Expert

Claudio J. Tessone

Co-founder and Chairman of the University of Zurich (UZH) Blockchain Center

Daniel Heller

Research Fellow at UCL - CFO at Bitlumens

David Andolfatto

Senior VP at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Luis - Professor of Economics at University of Miami Herbert Business School

Gary Gensler

Chairperson at U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Helmut Wacket

Head of Division at ECB

Katrin Assenmacher

Head of Stress Test Modelling Division at ECB

Livio Tornetta

Director General for Currency Circulation and Retail Payments, Banca d'Italia

Marvin Zonis

Professor Emeritus of Business at University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Paolo Sironi

FinTech Thought Leader and Author at IBM

Raphael Auer

Head of the Eurosystem Centre at Bank for International Settlements

Robert C. Hockett

Edward Cornell Professor of Law at Cornell Law School

Ulrich Bindseil

Director General Market Infrastructure and Payments, European Central Bank

Victoria Cleland

Executive Director for Payments at Bank of England

Oliver Gajda

Executive Director at European Crowdfunding Network

Paolo Giudici

Professor of Statistics at University of Pavia

Patrick Osborne

Senior Associate Consultant at University College London

Patrizio Pagano

Head of the Secretariat to the Governing Board Directorate, Banca d'Italia

Peter Zimmerman

Research Economist at Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Petros Kavassalis

Associate Professor at University of the Aegean

Pinar Emirdag

Head of Digital Product Development and Innovation at State Street Panel Moderator

Primavera De Filippi

Researcher at Harvard University and CNRS

Raffaele Mauro

Head of Finance for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Intesa Sanpaolo

Rasa Karapandza

Professor of Finance at European Business School

Rebecca Rettig

Attorney at Dontzin Nagy & Fleissig LLP

Rhydian Lewis

CEO at RateSetter.com

Ricardo Henriquez

Professor of Strategic Management at EAE Business School

Richard B. Olsen

Founder & CEO at Lykke

Richard Kastelein

Founder of Blockchain News

Richard Porter

Vice President at Digital Coin Lab and former VP Federal Reserve Bank Chicago

Robert Sams

Founder & CEO at Clearmatics

Robleh Ali

Research Scientist at Bank of England

Rod Garratt

Senior Adviser, Bank of International Settlements

Roman Kozhan

Professor of Finance at Warwick Business School

Rosa Giovanna Barresi

Associate Member at BABEL, University of Florence

Ryan Zagone

Business Development & Director of Regulatory Relations at Ripple

Sandra Ro

CEO, Global Blockchain Business Council

Sergey Ivliev

Co-Founder & COO at Lykke

Shaowen Liu

Data Analyst at Deutsche Bundesbank

Silvano Cincotti

Professor at University of Genova

Silvia Bartolucci

Lecturer in Financial Computing at UCL

Sonja Davidovic

Economist, Digital Currency Expert at IMF

Spencer Martin

Professor of Finance at University of Melbourne

Stefan Dziewbowski

Professor of Computer Science at the University of Warsaw

Stefano Battiston

Associate Professor in Sustainable Finance and Networks at University of Zurich

Stefano Bertolo

Scientific Programme Officer at European Commission

Stefano Siviero

Deputy Director General for Markets and Payment Systems, Banca d'Italia

Stephan Tual

CCO at Ethereum

Stephanie Hurder

Partner and Founding Economist at Prysm Group

Steve Kirsch

Founder of Token

Talal Rahim

Centre for Research in Economics in Business

Taojun Xie

Research Fellow at Singapore Management University

Tarik Roukny

Associate Professor of Finance at KU Leuven

Teana Baker Taylor

Chief Operating Officer at Venice.ai - Ex-Circle

Thomas Bertani

CEO & Founder of Oraclize

Thomas Dasaklis

Doctor of Philosophy at University of Piraeus

Thomas F. Dapp

Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank

Thomas Hardjono

Thomas Moser

Alternate Member of the Governing Board at Swiss National Bank

Tirupam Goel

Economist, Bank for International Settlements

Tiziana Cimoli

Researcher at University of Cagliari

Tom Wilson

Correspondent at Reuters

Tomaso Aste

Professor, Scientific Director, University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies

Tullio Menga

Expert Software Solution Architect at ATS-Advanced Technology Solutions