The 6th edition of the Blockchain & Digital Assets Forum will be held next Tuesday, 7 November. This event, organised by El Confidencial in conjunction with other organisations (Allfunds, Grant Thornton, LALIGA, Metrovacesa and Mastercard), aims to bring together different experts and people curious about Blockchain technology and digital assets to talk and discuss topics related to the use of Blockchain, tokenisation, Artificial Intelligence and crypto-assets.
This edition will feature Aurora Cuadros, Corporate Director of Securities Services at Cecabank, who will take part in one of the talks scheduled at the event. She will be accompanied by Carlos Salinas, Head of Digital Assets at Morabanc, and Sergio Fernández-Pacheco, Azvalor Asset Management - CFO and COO. Together they will discuss and reflect on the possibilities and evolution of blockchain in investment funds in Spain.
The event will be held at Zenit The Studio from 9 a.m. and will end with a closing speech at 2.30 p.m. Almost five hours where 40 sector experts will share their knowledge on the current state of Blockchain technology and its digitalisation process.
| 9.00am – 9.30am | Reception of attendees |
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| 9.30am – 9:35 | Welcome
Nacho Cardero, Director of El Confidencial |
| 9:35 – 9.45am | Opening
Montserrat Martínez, Deputy Chairwoman of the CNMV |
| 9.45am – 9:55 | Boosting innovation: The Public Administration and Blockchain Technology
Silvia Román, Vice-chancellor of Digitisation of the Community of Madrid |
| 9:55 – 10:05 | Blockchain in Europe: a holistic vision
Almudena de la Mata, Partner Director of the Blockchain Intelligence Center of Excellence (BICoE) |
| 10:05 – 10.15am | Blockchain: Driving Public-Private Partnerships
Miguel Ángel Domínguez Castellano, Chairman of Alastria Blockchain Ecosystem |
| 10.15am – 10:25 | Social impact of the blockchain: use cases
Marcos Carrera, Head of Blockchain & Web3 Iberia at Fujitsu |
| 10:25 – 10:35 | Tokenisation: are you ready for the future of financial markets?
Javier González, Chief Business Officer at Allfunds Blockchain Carol Lago, Director Innovation of the Blockchain & Crypto Lab at Grant Thornton |
| 10:35 – 10.45am | Creating an infrastructure for new capital markets
Joaquim Matinero, banking/financial and blockchain lawyer |
| 10.45am – 10:55 | Banking in response to the paradigm shift
Alfonso Gómez, CEO of BBVA Switzerland |
| 10:55 – 11:10 | Possibilities and the evolution of the blockchain in investment funds in Spain
Aurora Cuadros, Corporate Director of Securities Services at Cecabank Carlos Salinas, Head of Digital Assets at Morabanc Sergio Fernández-Pacheco, Azvalor Asset Management – CFO and COO |
| 11:10 – 11:25 | A new future for the European fund industry: blockchain and its opportunities
Carole Michel, BNP Paribas Luxembourg - Fund Distribution Senior Global Product Manager Romain Devai, Allfunds France - Blockchain Business Development Mariano Giralt, MD at BNY Mellon European Bank (Madrid Branch) |
| 11:25 – 11:35 | Bases of the digital identity and current status
Nacho Alamillo, advisor in the Logalty Group Raúl López, Director of the Blockhain & Crypto Lab at Grant Thornton |
| 11:35 – 11:50 | Break |
| 11:50 – 12.00pm | The future of money: a 360º outlook
Alberto López, Director of Cybersecurity and Digital Solutions at Mastercard |
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| 12.00pm – 12:10 | The tokenisation of money and its regulation
Gloria Hernández, co-founder and partner of finReg360 Cristina Carrascosa, lawyer and CEO of ATH21 |
| 12:10 – 12:20 | Tokenised deposits: the last chance for banking?
Alfredo Muñoz, professor of Commercial Law at UCM and of counsel at Grant Thornton |
| 12:20 – 12:35 | Why do we need a CBDC?
Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordoñez, former governor of the Bank of Spain |
| 12:35 – 12.45pm | CBDC: status and next steps
Mayte Arráez, Project Manager of the digital euro project at the European Central Bank |
| 12.45pm – 12:55 | What does a liberal economist think of all this?
Juan Ramón Rallo, Professor of Economics at Francisco Marroquín University |
| 12:55 – 13:05 | CBDC versus bitcoin
Luis Garvia, PhD in Finance from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE) Álvaro D. María, author of “The Philosophy of Bitcoin” |
| 13:05 – 1.15pm | Where did the crypto world end up?
Jorge Soriano, CEO of Criptan Pablo López, Head of Products at TTI Ventures Miguel Caballero, CEO of Tutellus |
| 1.15pm – 13:25 | Banks will finally understand the purpose of DeFi
Guillermo Abellán, founder of DeFi Lab and co-founder of La Ola Blockchain |
| 13:25 – 13:35 | Exploring the current impact of DAOs
María del Sagrario Navarro, professor of commercial law at UCLM |
| 13:35 – 1.45pm | What doors is Web3 opening?
Yaiza Rubio, Chief Metaverse Officer at Telefónica |
| 1.45pm – 13:55 | The Metaverse... has it died?
Edgar Martín-Blas, CEO and co-founder of Virtual Voyagers Ivo Cadenas, CBO at Evveland |
| 13:55 – 14:05 | The real estate sector in response to the new virtual frontier
Carmen Chicharro, Commercial, Marketing and Innovation Director at Metrovacesa Silvia Díaz, Head of Marketing and Communication at Metrovacesa |
| 14:05 – 2.15pm | And crypto-art... is there any left?
Javier Arrés, Spanish cryptoartist |
| 2.15pm – 14:25 | What brands should understand about branding and marketing in Web3
Sergio G. Gómez, co-founder of FLOC Germán Ramirez, Digital & Blockchain Pioneer The Relevance House |
| 14:25 – 2.30pm | Conclusions
Luis Pastor, co-founder of Tritemius and Senior Advisor at Grant Thornton |
