​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, Walter Mösenbacher, MD DAAA

​DAAA – Welcome & Introduction

​13:15 – 13:35 | Opening Keynote

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

​Keynote
Curt Chadha
Head of Group Retail Banking Raiffeisen Bank International

• ​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

• ​Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad
  CEO Bitpanda

• ​Curt Chadha
  Head of Group Retail Banking Raiffeisen Bank International

• ​Robert Hellwagner
  Deputy Head of the Securities Supervision Division
  FMA Finanzmarktaufsicht Österreich)

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

​Moderation by:

• ​Paul Pöltner
  President DAAA, CEO & Co Founder GEMx AG

​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

​Participants

• ​Kevin Hillebrand
  Manager Bearingpoint

• ​Amparo Garcia Flores
  CEO Securitize Europe

• ​Johannes Edlbacher
  Partner PWC

• ​Martin Riess
  Teroxx

​Moderation by:

• ​Alexander Rapatz
  CEO Black Manta Capital Partners, Board DAAA

​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

​Participants

• ​Thorsten Heymann
  Partner & Business Leader Asset Management @ Deloitte

• ​Alexander Rapatz
  CEO Black Manta Capital Partners, Board DAAA

• ​Bernhard Wenger
  Head of Northern Europe @ 21Shares

• ​Lukas Helminger
  Co-Founder TACEO

​Moderation by:

• ​Christian Niedermüller
  CEO - LDC EU (member of LianLian LDC), Board DAAA

​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

​Participants

• ​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, Board DAAA

​17:00 – 17:15 | Closing Remarks

​Conference Moderator

​Walter Mösenbacher
Managing Director DAAA

​19:00 - 23:30 DAAA Annual Summit Official Afterparty

​Prisma | by Lumia

​Am Grünen Prater 2/Tribüne 2, 1020 Wien

​✨ WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN… THE PARTY COMES ALIVE.

​One day. One community.

​After a full day of ideas, conversations and connections, the DAAA Annual Summit continues in a completely different atmosphere.

​🎶 Feel the beat.

​✨ Meet the people.

​🥂 Raise a glass.

​🔥 Celebrate the moment.

​🎟️ GET YOUR TICKET NOW, € 49

​👉 PURCHASE TICKET

​https://portal.lumia.wien/register/89ab192a-922e-407f-a424-1e7d0d7707a9

​🍽️ Dinner included

​🍸 Drinks included

​🎧 DJ included

​🚌 Shuttle from WKO included