Previous Speakers
This workshop is proud to bring together exceptional experts and scholars from around the world in one renowned venue.
Esteemed speakers from the Swiss National Bank, the Bank for International Settlements, the IMF, the Bank of Lithuania, the Bank of Italy, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Federal Reserve Board have joined the workshop in previous years.


Janus Zhang
Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University

Paolo Sironi
FinTech Thought Leader and Author at IBM

Thomas Hardjono

Jason Chlipala
COO at Stellar Development Foundation

Mirko Zichichi
Research Scientist at IOTA Foundation - PhD in Philosophy at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Thomas Moser
Alternate Member of the Governing Board at Swiss National Bank

Yuki Ito
PhD in Philosophy at University of California, Berkeley

Aditya Turakhia
Senior Director at Ripple

Angela Walch
Research Associate at UCL - Professor of Law at St. Mary's University School of Law

Antony Welfare
CBDC Strategic Advisor at Ripple Labs

Arno Pernthaler
Co-Founder and Executive Board Member at DEC Institute

Brett Mollin
Technical Director and Partner Success at Ripple

David Andolfatto
Senior VP at Federal Reserve Bank of St. Luis - Professor of Economics at University of Miami Herbert Business School

Helene Oger Zaher
Senior Innovation Manager at Financial Conduct Authority

Jun Aoyagi
Assistant Professor of Finance at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Lewis Gudgeon
Co-founder of Gyroscope Protocol - PhD candidate at Imperial College London

Roman Kozhan
Professor of Finance at Warwick Business School

Xiaoran Ni
Associate Professor at Xiamen University

Xin Liu
Associate Professor at School of Finance, Renmin University of China

Zhigang Qiu
Doctor of Philosophy at Renmin University of China
