The Centre for Financial Technology (CFT) and IBM 

IBM Innovation Studio, 20 York Road, Central London

Tuesday 8th October, 12:30 to 18:00

Agenda:

12:00 – 12:30:                  Registration desk opens, refreshments available

12:30 – 13:00:                  Buffet Lunch

13:00 – 13:10:                  Welcome and introductions 

                                          Prof Gilles Chemla, Co-Director of Imperial College Business                                             School Centre for Financial Technology 

13:10 – 14:00:                  Presentation: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Finance 

                                          How technology can create efficiencies in financial services

                                          Existing use-cases and potential for new ones

                                          Marco di Maggio, Professor of Finance, Imperial College                                                     Business School

14:00 – 15:00:                  Panel: Blockchain-based infrastructure

                                           Key considerations to support enterprise grade infrastructure

                                           Transparency, privacy, security, performance, usability,                                                        compliance, regulations, and more

                                           Chair: Ying-Ying Hsieh Hsieh, Associate Director, Centre for                                                Cryptocurrency Research, Imperial College

                                           Panelist: Elli Androulaki, Distinguished Eng, IBM Zurich                                                      Research

                                           Panelist: Paul Bark, Product Manager at Archax

                                           Panelist: Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki, CEO, Concordium

                                           Panelist: Waqar Chaudry, Head of Digital Assets, Standard                                                  Chartered Bank

15:00 – 15:30:                  Refreshments and networking

15:30 – 16:00:                  Presentation: One network to rule them all?

                                           Interoperability of blockchain networks, key considerations

                                           Presentation by Uri Lee, Imperial College

16:00 – 16:45:                  Panel: Interoperability, opportunities and challenges

                                            Use cases such as settlements and others

                                            Coping with different regulatory environments

                                            Role of Open Finance and SSIs

                                            Chair: Naveed Sultan, Co-Director CFT and Professor of                                                     Practice, Imperial College Business School

                                            Panelist: Ezechi Britton, MBE, CEO CFIT

                                            Panelist: Soren Mortensen, Director for Financial Markets,                                                   IBM 

                                            Panelist: Bhavin Kapadia, Consultant in AI/Cyber

                                            Panelist: Benjamin Wong, CEO & Co-Founder, TranSwap

                                            Panelist: Bivu Das - MD, Kraken UK

16:45 – 17:00:                  Closing Comments

17:00 – 18:00:                  Drinks Reception and Networking