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 

• ​4:15pm - Building the New Financial Services

  • ​Joaquin Sastre, Chief Revenue Officer at Boerse Stuttgart

  • ​Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad, Deputy CEO at Bitpanda

  • ​Johann Kerbrat, VP and General Manager at Robinhood Crypto

  • ​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 - Minister's speech

  • ​TBC at Ministry of Economy and Finance

• ​5:15pm - The Transformation of Finance

  • ​Caroline Butler, Head of Digital Assets at BNY

  • ​Christopher Jensen, Director of Digital Asset Research at Franklin Templeton

  • ​Marcus Robinson, Head of DigitalAssetClear at London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

  • ​Laurent Darmon, Director General in charge of New Activities at Credit Agricole SA

  • ​Mathew McDermott, Global Head of Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs

  • ​Moderated by Louis Tellier, Blockchain & Crypto Journalist 

• ​6pm - 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

  • ​Scott Bauguess, VP Global Regulatory Policy at Coinbase

  • ​Nick Philpott, Co-founder & Head of Partnerships at Zodia Markets

  • ​Carsten Ostermann, Head of Market and Digital Innovation at ESMA

  • ​Moderated by Elise Soucie, Executive Director at Global Digital Finance

• ​6:45pm - 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.