Agenda
09:00 - 09:05
Welcome Speech: Web3 and Beyond
Chia Hock Lai | Co-Chairman, Blockchain Association Singapore
09:05 - 09:15
Opening Speech: Future of Work in Blockchain
Patrick Tay | Member of Parliament of Singapore & Assistant Secretary-General, NTUC
09:15 - 09:30
Opening Keynote: Globalization and Web3 Adoption
Raymond Yuan | Founder and Chairman, CTH Group
09:30 - 10:15
Panel: Unlocking Assets Through Tokenisation & DeFi
Alan Lim | Head of FinTech Infrastructure Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Chua Chek Ping | Executive Director and Head for Strategic Alliances and Fintech, Group Channels & Digitalisation, UOB
Roland Schwinn | Non-Executive Director, Sygnum
Dr Steven Hu | Head of Digital Assets, Trade & Working Capital, Standard Chartered Bank
Moderated by: Prof Annie Koh | Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice), Singapore Management University
10:15 - 10:30
Keynote: Esport 3.0; Riding on the Wave of Blockchain and Web3
Andy Koh | Chief Executive Officer, GEMS
10:30 - 11:15
Panel: Future of Digital Assets Infrastructure
Brooks Entwistle | SVP of Global Customer Success and MD of APAC and MENA, Ripple
Mahmoud Farouk | Global Client Manager, TinyTrader
Pamela Lee | Head of Sales, APAC, Talos Digital
Raks Sondhi | Managing Director, Independent Reserve Singapore
Moderated by: Martin Pickrodt | CEO Marketnode and Head of Fixed Income and Strategic Business Development, SGX Group
11:15 - 11:30
Keynote: How to Secure and Manage Your Business Digital Assets on the Blockchain?
Liam @ Qi Minfeng | Cyber Security Research Lab, HyperBC | Hyperlab
11:30 - 12:15
Panel: Taxation and Digital Assets
Aaron Kamath | Leader, Fin-Tech Law & Policy Practice, Nishith Desai Associates
Kwok Wai Lum | Senior Executive Director, Abu Dhabi Global Market
Manuel Jaeger | Co-Founder & Head of Digital Assets, ADDX
Zann Kwan | Board Member ACCESS
Moderated by: Shih Hui Lee | Principal (Tax Advisor), Baker McKenzie
12:15 - 13:15
Lunch Break
13:15 - 13:30
Keynote: The Future of Cryptocurrency Ecosystem and Blockchain
Firoz Multani | Director of Partner Relations, Panaroma Finance
13:30 - 14:15
Panel: Is Crypto Regulation Keeping Pace with Innovation?
Chua Tju Liang | Head of Blockchain & Digital Assets, Drew & Napier
Lim Tung Li | Senior Policy Advisor APAC, Elliptic
Nizam Ismail | Founder & CEO, Ethikom Consultancy
Varun Mittal | Chief Growth Officer, Singlife with Aviva, Investor of TripleA
Moderated by: Niranjan Arasaratnam | Corporate Partner and Co-Head of Technology Sector, Linklaters
14:15 - 15:00
Fireside Chat: Utility of Blockchain
Sopnendu Mohanty | Chief FinTech Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Moderated by: Joanna Ossinger | Markets Editor, Bloomberg
15:00 - 15:15
Keynote: Solving for Complexities in Crypto Operations
Stephen Richardson | Head of APAC and SVP Financial Markets Group, Fireblocks
15:15 - 16:00
Panel: Crypto Custody. Prudence vs Practicality
Ken Wong | Chief Executive Officer, BitDATA Exchange
Sagar Malhotra | Director, Regulatory Compliance and Law Enforcement, Chainalysis
Takatoshi Shibayama | Head of Sales APAC, Copper.co
Tang Hsin Jin | Head of Institutional Sales, RockX
Moderated by: Yin Cheng Lau | Strategic Advisor on Web3 and Blockchain
16:00: 16:45
Panel: Fit-for-purpose Blockchain: Multi-chain World
Glenn Woo | Head of Sales APAC, Blockdaemon
Katherine Ng | Managing Director, TZ APAC
KC Reddy | Founder & Chief Architect, Rubix Network
Phillip Liu | Partner of Asia, Atlas
Moderated by: Branson Lee | Board Member, Blockchain Association Singapore, Worldpay APAC
16:45 - 17:00
Keynote: Staking for Institutions
Andrew Vranjes | VP of Sales & General Manager, APAC, Blockdaemon
17:00 - 17:45
Panel: Crypto Payments: CBDC vs Stablecoin
Aviessa Khoo | Executive Director Sales, Mercuryo
Carney Mak | Head of Investment - Fintech, FXHB Asset Management
Catherine@Thin Nwe Nyein | Project Manager, HyperBC
Kunaal Patel | Head of Business Development, Partior
Moderated by: Tek Yew Chia | Vice Chairman, Singapore and Head of Insurance, Asia Pacific, Oliver Wyman