Blockchain & Finance - Evolution or Revolution?
Join us for the 2nd edition of the Finance and Blockchain Series held at the French Ministry of Economy and Finance during Paris Blockchain Week. This event will take place on April 9th, 2025.
This event is organised by Societe Generale-FORGE and Adan, with the support of Bpifrance, Caisse des Dépôts, Paris Europlace, OCBF and Cube3.
Expect all-star panels involving the C-Suite from leading challenger banks and crypto-native broker-dealers, Heads of Digital Asset groups from some of the largest banks and asset managers globally, policy makers and stablecoin issuers.
Agenda below:
2:30pm - Welcome coffee (please arrive at least 45 minutes before the start of the event with your ID card for security formalities)
3:30pm - Opening remarks - Emmanuelle Assouan, Director General, Financial Stability & Operations at Banque de France
3:40pm - French Actors supporting the Blockchain Revolution
Arnaud Caudoux, Deputy CEO at Bpifrance
Nadia Filali, Head of Innovation and Development at Caisse des Dépots
Olivier Vigna, Deputy CEO at Paris Europlace
Laurent Ovion, President at ADAN
Joel-Alexis Bialkiewicz, Vice-President at OCBF
Moderated by Faustine Fleuret, Finance & Web3 Expert, Co-founder and ex-CEO Adan
4:10pm - Minister's Speech - Eric Lombard, Minister of Economy and Finance
4:30pm - Building New Financial Services
Joaquin Sastre, Chief Revenue Officer at Boerse Stuttgart
Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad, Deputy CEO at Bitpanda
Nicolas Louvet, CEO at Coinhouse
Peter Kerstens, Advisor at the Directorate-General for Financial Stability of the European Commission
Moderated by Stéphanie Cabossioras, General Secretary at Societe Generale - Forge
5pm - The Transformation of Finance
Caroline Butler, Global Head of Digital Assets at BNY
Mike Reed, Head of Digital Asset Partnership Development at Franklin Templeton
Marcus Robinson, Head of DigitalAssetClear at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
Saïd Bouaziz, Group Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Credit Agricole Group
Moderated by Louis Tellier, Blockchain & Crypto Journalist
5:45pm - Digital Euro, Stablecoins and other forms of Digital Money
Jean-Marc Stenger, CEO at Societe Generale - Forge
Umar Farooq, Co-Head of Global payments at J.P. Morgan
Dante Disparte, Chief strategy Officer at Circle
Daniel Seifert, Vice President & Regional Managing Director, EMEA at Coinbase
Adam Parnell, Head of Partnerships and Client solutions at Zodia Markets
Carsten Ostermann, Head of Market and Digital Innovation at ESMA
Moderated by Elise Soucie, Executive Director at Global Digital Finance
6:30pm - Closing Remarks
Alexandre Fleury, Co-Head of Global Banking and Investor Solutions at Societe Generale, and Chairman of the Board of Société Générale-Forge
These panels and keynotes will be followed by a networking event with drinks and canapes until 9pm.
Media partners: La Tribune, The Big Whale