Finance and Technology Conference 2021 on Crypto-assets and Asset Tokenization
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Featured Talks & Speakers

Dr. Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Taurus SA
13:40 – 14:05 Talk on Security of digital asset platforms

Prof. Alessandro Chiesa, EPFL
13:15 – 13:40 Talk on Privacy and scalability challenges of using digital assets

Biba Homsy, Homsy Legal
15:25 – 16:10 Panelist “Trust in Crypto-Assets and Asset Tokenization”

Fedor Poskriakov, Lenz & Staehelin
09:05 – 09:30 Talk on Swiss DLT Law
15:25 – 16:10 Panelist “Trust in Crypto-Assets and Asset Tokenization”

Mehmet Toral, id est avocats
09:30 – 09:55 Talk on Legal and Governance Challenges

Dr. Damien Ackerer, Covario Prime Brokerage
10:40 – 11:05 Talk on Digital assets trading
11:30 – 12:15 Panelist “Does Asset Tokenization Create or Destroy Value”

Dr. Christian Catalini, Diem Association & MIT
11:05 – 11:30 Talk on Stablecoins
11:30 – 12:15 Panelist “Does Asset Tokenization Create or Destroy Value”

Prof. Bryan Ford, EPFL
14:05 – 14:30 Talk on Democratizing digital assets and decentralized finance
15:25 – 16:10 Panelist “Trust in Crypto-Assets and Asset Tokenization”

Dr. Thomas Moser, SNB
15:00 – 15:25 Keynote on Central Bank Digital Currency
15:25 – 16:10 Panelist “Trust in Crypto-Assets and Asset Tokenization”

Prof. Fabian Schär, University Basel
10:15 – 10:40 Talk on Decentralized Finance
11:30 – 12:15 Panelist “Does Asset Tokenization Create or Destroy Value”
Schedule
Introduction
08:30 – 09:00
Foyer Garden Patio
Registration and welcome coffee
09:00 – 09:05
Salle Garden 5ABC
Welcoming words
By Damir Filipovic, Professor, Head of the Swiss Finance Institute, EPFL
Legal & regulatory session
09:05 – 09:30
Salle Garden 5ABC
DLT law and financial market infrastructure – a paradigm shift?
By Fedor Poskriakov, Partner at Lenz & Staehelin
Abstract
09:30 – 09:55
Salle Garden 5ABC
New ways of doing business, same old problems?
By Mehmet Toral, Partner at id est avocats
Abstract
09:55 – 10:15
Foyer Garden Patio
Coffee break
Finance & economics session
10:15 – 10:40
Salle Garden 5ABC
Decentralized Finance: On Blockchain- and Smart Contract-based Financial Markets
By Fabian Schär, Professor for DLT and Fintech, Managing Director of the University of Basel’s Center for Innovative Finance
Abstract
10:40 – 11:05
Salle Garden 5ABC
Digital assets trading and trends
By Damien Ackerer, Senior Quantitative Researcher at Covario Prime Brokerage
Abstract
11:05 – 11:30
Salle Garden 5ABC
From Cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and Diem to CBDCs
By Christian Catalini, Chief Economist, Diem Association at MIT
Abstract
11:30 – 12:15
Salle Garden 5ABC
Moderated panel discussion: Does asset tokenization create or destroy value?
Moderated by Damir Filipovic, Professor, Head of the Swiss Finance Institute, EPFL
Panelists
- Damien Ackerer, Senior Quantitative Researcher at Covario Prime Brokerage
- Christian Catalini, Chief Economist, Diem Association at MIT
- Fabian Schär, Professor for DLT and Fintech, Managing Director of the University’s Center for Innovative Finance
12:15 – 13:15
Foyer Garden Patio
Lunch break
Technology session
13:15 – 13:40
Salle Garden 5ABC
Privacy and scalability challenges of using digital assets
By Alessandro Chiesa, Professor and Head of the Laboratory for Computation Security, EPFL
Abstract
13:40 – 14:05
Salle Garden 5ABC
Security of digital asset platforms
By Jean-Philippe Aumasson, Co-Founder & CSO at Taurus SA
Abstract
14:05 – 14:30
Salle Garden 5ABC
Decentralized finance: for the few, the many, or everyone?
By Bryan Ford, Professor and Head of the Decentralized and Distributed Systems Lab, EPFL
Abstract
14:30 – 15:00
Foyer Garden Patio
Coffee break
Keynote
15:00 – 15:25
Salle Garden 5ABC
Is CBDC the New Kid On The Block?
By Thomas Moser, Alternate Member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank
Abstract
Closing panel discussion
15:25 – 16:10
Salle Garden 5ABC
Trust in Crypto-Assets and Asset Tokenization?
Moderated by Daniel Saraga, Scientific Writer and Founder of Saraga Communications
Panelists
- Bryan Ford, Professor and Head of the Decentralized and Distributed Systems Lab, EPFL
- Biba Homsy, Founder & Partner at Homsy Law Firm CH-LUX, Former Chief Compliance Officer at Credit Suisse and Former Regulator at FINMA
- Thomas Moser, Alternate Member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank
- Fedor Poskriakov, Partner at Lenz & Staehelin