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Chainlink SmartCon is the convergence point for the worlds of blockchain and finance, bridging DeFi and TradFi by bringing experts from the top blockchain projects together with leaders from the world’s largest financial institutions and market infrastructures.
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HONG KONG
OCT 30-31
HONG KONG
OCT 30-31
HONG KONG
OCT 30-31
HONG KONG
OCT 30-31
HONG KONG
OCT 30-31
HONG KONG
OCT 30-31
Invent the Future of Global Finance
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Oct 30–31, 2024 • Hong Kong
Join us at this year’s Chainlink SmartCon, the industry-leading conference bringing together top blockchain founders and experts from the world’s largest financial institutions and market infrastructures to unlock the $867 trillion tokenization opportunity.
Oct 30–31, 2024 • Hong Kong
Join us at this year’s Chainlink SmartCon, the industry-leading conference bringing together top blockchain founders and experts from the world’s largest financial institutions and market infrastructures to unlock the $867 trillion tokenization opportunity.
Oct 30–31, 2024 • Hong Kong
Join us at this year’s Chainlink SmartCon, the industry-leading conference bringing together top blockchain founders and experts from the world’s largest financial institutions and market infrastructures to unlock the $867 trillion tokenization opportunity.
Joseph H. L. Chan, JP
Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
Dr. Wong Huei Ching
Executive Director, Digital Strategy and Innovation, Securities Commission Malaysia
Sergey Nazarov
Co-Founder, Chainlink
Balaji Srinivasan
Founder, Former CTO, Coinbase, and Author of The Network State
Jorgen Ouaknine
Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets , Euroclear
Stéphanie Lheureux
Head of Digital Assets, Euroclear
Italo Borssatto
Adviser, BIS
Sota Watanabe
CEO, Startale
Ronit Ghose
Global Head, Future of Finance, Citi Global Insights, Citi
Daniela Barbosa
General Manager of Decentralized Technologies, Linux Foundation
Duncan Chiu
Council Member (Technology and Innovation), HKSAR Legislative Council
Robert Porter
Director, Digital Asset Services, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ)
Andrew Crawford
Vice President, Digital Assets, Franklin Templeton
Mathias Imbach
Co-Founder and Group CEO, Sygnum AG
Whikie Liu
Capital Market Strategy Director, Swift
Tracking the Tokenization Transformation
Dive into the tokenization megatrend to explore the benefits that reformatting various assets into a blockchain-based format unlocks.
Panelists: Andrew Crawford (Franklin Templeton), Stéphanie Lheureux (Euroclear), Aaron Seabrook (MarketNode), Rajeev Tummala (HSBC)
Bridging Worlds: DeFi Meets Traditional Finance
Explore the convergence of decentralized finance and traditional financial systems, examining how crypto innovations are reshaping the financial landscape.
Panelists: Mike Kuehnel (Flow Traders), Emilio Frangella (Aave), Robert Porter (ANZ), Jeannie Lim (Paxos)
The Future of Financial Market Infrastructure
Watch an expert panel of CSDs, FMIs, and custodian banks discuss how their roles and responsibilities are evolving to accommodate the rise of digital asset ecosystems.
Panelists: Jørgen Ouaknine (Euroclear), Jennifer Peve (FMI Advisor), Kok Kee Chong (AsiaNext), Tom Menner (SBI)
Bringing Decentralized Infrastructure To Capital Markets
Discover opportunities to integrate DeFi into capital markets, with a focus on how decentralized finance can enhance trading, settlement, and asset management.
Panelists: Eddie Lau (Arta TechFin), Alexandre Kech (GLEIF), Julian Kwan (IX Swap)
First Movers: What RWA Innovators Can Teach TradFi
Meet the pioneers constructing a new financial paradigm directly onchain.
Panelists: Cynthia Wu (Matrixport), Henry Zhang (DigiFT), Kevin de Patoul (KeyRock), Conor Gilmore (Enzyme/Avantgarde)
Preparing for the Future of Finance — A Technical Perspective
Explore key opportunities for organizations to establish themselves as key leaders in a new era of finance.
Panelists: Ben Chodroff (HSBC), Tom Menner (SBI Digital Markets), Anurag Soin (ANZ), Matt Crooks (Mantra)
Under the Hood: What It Takes to Bring the World Onchain
Meet the node operators and infrastructure operators securing Web3 to help it scale to the mainstream.
Panelists: Zale Reeves (Northwest Nodes), Raffaele Ragini (0xScope), David Wei (NTT Data), Kevin Lepsoe (Eth Gas)
Building Tomorrow, Today
Discover how Chainlink Build projects are delivering novel solutions to usher in a new phase of Web3.
Panelists: Christian Harrington (QuantAMM), Michael Nowotny (Krypton Labs), Benedetto Biondi (Folks Finance), Joshua Gottlieb (Lendvest)