Future-Proofing Financial Services

​Join an intimate, full-day workshop designed for financial leaders, technologists, and regulators shaping the future of digital finance. This interactive session goes beyond presentations — it’s a chance to engage directly with your peers, share real-world challenges, and collaborate on practical solutions.

​Together, we’ll explore the technologies redefining financial infrastructure, including decentralized networks, interoperability frameworks, digital assets, privacy and zero-knowledge proofs, verifiable credentials, AI integration, and post-quantum security.

​SUMMARY AGENDA

​8:30-9:00AM: NETWORKING BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION

​9:00-9:20AM: Welcome & Introductions

​9:20-10:20AM: Section 1: Besu Roadmap, Interoperability and Financial Services Case Studies

​10.20-10.40AM: BREAK

​10:40-12:20PM: Section 2: Privacy & Security in Financial Services - From Paladin & ZK Proofs to Post Quantum Cryptography

​12.20-1.30PM: NETWORKING LUNCH [Provided]

​1:30-2:10PM: Section 3: Verifiable Credentials

2:10-3:30PM: Section 4: Intersection of decentralized technologies and AI

​3:30-3.50PM: BREAK

​3:50-5:10PM: Section 5: Stablecoins, Digital Assets and CBDCs

​5:10-5:30PM: Closing & Next Steps

​Speakers:

​✅ Section 1: Besu - Roadmap, Interoperability and Financial Services Case Studies
- Besu Roadmap: Peter Broadhurst Kaleido
- Traditional System Connectivity and Cross-chain Interoperability With  Besu: Niki Ariyasinghe Chainlink Labs
- Fireside panel on Besu use cases: moderated by Julian Gordon and with Jorden Seet OCBC plus more!

✅ Section 2: Privacy & Security in Financial Services - From Paladin & ZK Proofs to Post Quantum Cryptography
- Real world applications of Paladin: Steve Cerveny and Javier Garcia Nonay Kaleido
- Privacy and Security at the Linux Foundation: Hart Montgomery
- Challenges and Solutions while building Privacy-Preserving Anti-Fraud Financial Consortium: Local and Cross-Border Nature Jay Prakash, PhD Silence Laboratories
- Panel: Challenges and developments in privacy & security in decentralized technology for financial services: Hart Montgomery moderator - with Mo Jalil Ethereum Foundation, Felix Eigelshoven Dfns and Pradeep Singh gateway.fm

✅ Section 3: Verifiable Credentials
- Verifiable Credentials for Financial services: Hart Montgomery,
- "Enhancing Trust and Compliance with Verifiable Credentials for Tokenized Real-World & Financial Assets"Gourav Sarkar Oracle
- The Decentralized Directory (DeDi): DDP - Decentralized Directory Protocol for Financial Services Vineet Nair Finternet Labs

✅ Section 4: Financial Services and AI
- OCBC and AI: Carlos Queiroz OCBC
- Future Proofing the Finance Sector through AI: Angela Chee and Sunshuo A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research for Science, Technology and Research)
- Empowering Financial Talent Through AI — Reskill. Upskill. Redefine the Future Amy Yau AIDF
- Agentic AI and Blockchain: Enabling the new Architecture for 24/7 Corporate Liquidity and Settlement Karthick Raghavan Block Majority

✅ Section 5: Stablecoins, Digital Assets and CBDCs
- Where Privacy and Compliance Meet Transparency and Resilience at Scale: Introducing Hyperledger Fabric-x Elli Androulaki IBM
- OCBC Digital assets case study - Nakul Kurup , OCBC
- Panel: The future of digital money: Developments, challenges and trends in digital assets, stablecoins and CBDCs Vincent Pek Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) , Andi Firmanata SDAX, Abhinav Goel Partior and Sophia Lopez, Kaleido and LF Decentralized Trust Board Member.

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