A new model for sustainable philanthropy: Blockchain for humanity
What if your investment could generate recurring contributions to humanitarian causes, while retaining your investment exposure and liquidity?
Join Switzerland for UNHCR, Colossus Digital, the Cardano Foundation, and Issuance.swiss for a presentation of Blockchain for Humanity, to explore the next phase of development on how digital financial infrastructure can support refugee assistance.
A new approach to impact investing. Private banks, asset managers and family offices can offer philanthropy to their clients and their own institutions without donating their investment principal, while maintaining investment exposure and liquidity. NGOs gain a recurring source of funding. We will explore three complementary pathways and how these mechanisms could help unlock new sources of recurring humanitarian funding, supported by responsible governance, transparency, and compliance practices.
One shared ambition: transforming financial innovation into meaningful humanitarian support.
Speakers
Introducer Remi Vallet, CEO of Switzerland for UNHCR
Florian Ducommun, Co-founder, CEO and Board Member at Colossus Digital
Alvaro Cosi, Head of Innovation for Switzerland for UNHCR
Andreas Pletscher, Chief Operating Officer at the Cardano Foundation
Pavel Izmaylov, Board Member and Advisor to the Issuance program
Moderator Biba Homsy, Regulatory & Crypto Lawyer, Board member, Former regulator.
Agenda
6:30 pm: Welcome
7:00 pm: Introduction
7:10 pm: Panel Talk with speakers (30 mins)
7:40 pm: Q&A with audience (15 mins)
8:00 pm: Apéritif
Who it is for
Private bankers, asset managers, family offices and NGOs. The evening is private. Seating is limited.
About hosts
Switzerland for UNHCR
Switzerland for UNHCR is the UN Refugee Agency’s National Partner for Switzerland and Liechtenstein. It leads and coordinates the initiative, bringing together financial institutions and technology partners to develop innovative funding solutions that generate sustainable support for humanitarian action.
https://unrefugees.ch/en
Colossus Digital
Colossus Digital specializes in institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure, enabling the generation of rewards through staking and decentralized finance (DeFi) strategies, and in this case, facilitating their allocation to humanitarian initiatives, turning digital asset yields into a sustainable source of philanthropic funding.
https://www.colossus.digital/
Cardano Foundation
The Cardano Foundation is an independent, Swiss-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing Cardano as a public digital infrastructure across industries. The Foundation develops infrastructure tooling, strengthens operational resilience, and drives real-world use cases and sound governance.
https://cardanofoundation.org
Issuance.swiss
Issuance explores investment products that enable traditional investors to support humanitarian causes through financial rewards, without directly holding digital assets.
https://issuance.swiss/