DAAA Annual Summit 2026

​DAAA Annual Summit 2026 - How Digital Assets Are Reshaping the Financial Industry

​The Digital Assets Association Austria convenes its Annual Summit 2026 – a high-level gathering at the intersection of finance, regulation, and digital transformation.

​At its core: how digital assets, tokenization, and next-generation market infrastructures are redefining global capital markets – and what role Europe, and Austria in particular, will play in this transformation.

​High-Level Agenda

​13:00 – 13:15 | Opening

​DAAA – Welcome & Introduction

​13:15 – 13:35 | Opening Keynote

​The Future of Austria’s Financial Center in the Age of Digital Assets
Michael Höllerer, CEO Raiffeisenbank International (RBI)

​Focus:

• ​Digital assets as strategic market infrastructure

• ​Tokenization as the next evolution of capital markets

• ​Austria’s position within the European financial ecosystem

• ​Opportunities, risks, and regulatory realities

​13:35 – 14:15 | Leadership Panel

​Austria as a Leading Hub for Digital Assets

​What will financial market infrastructure look like in 2030 – and what decisions must be made today?

​Participants

• ​Barbara Eibinger-Miedl
  State Secretary Federal Ministry of Finance

• ​Michael Höllerer
  CEO RBI

• ​Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad
  CEO Bitpanda

• ​Robert Hellwagner
  Head of Division Asset Management
  FMA Finanzmarktaufsicht Österreich)

• ​Helya Sadjadian
  Managing Director, Professional Association of Financial Service Provider bei WKÖ

​14:15 – 15:00 | The Client Perspective

​What the Market Actually Needs

​Between ambition and reality in institutional and retail adoption:

• ​Evolving client expectations

• ​Which digital asset products are actually scaling?

• ​Tokenization: structural shift or narrative cycle?

• ​Trust, regulation, and user experience as key success factors

• ​Market gaps and unmet demand

​15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee & Networking Break

​Industrial Transformation Tracks

​15:30 – 16:15 | Asset Management Reimagined

​Tokenization as the New Market Logic

• ​ETFs, ETPs, money market funds, alternatives, real assets

• ​Private markets: private equity & private credit on-chain

• ​The next generation of wealth management

• ​From pilot projects to institutional scale

​16:15 – 16:45 | The Power of Cooperation

​Banks × Exchanges × Market Infrastructure

• ​From competition to cooperative market architecture

• ​Rethinking liquidity, settlement, and custody

• ​Market making in the digital asset ecosystem

• ​Building institutional prime brokerage capabilities

​Mazurka Zeng, CEO Bybit EU

​Sabina Liu, CEO KuCoin EU

​Konstantin Kraus, Head of Institutional Partnerships EMEA at Kraken

​Martin Hanzl, Partner & Head of New Technologies @ EY Law

​Moderation by: Raffaela Langer, Accenture Austria Digital Asset Lead

​16:45 – 17:00 | Innovation Showcase

​Global Frontier Projects in Digital Assets

​A curated overview of the most relevant innovation initiatives worldwide

​Astrid Woollard
SMAPE Captial & DAAA Board Member

​17:00 – 17:15 | Closing Remarks

​DAAA

​Networking Reception