Blockchain for Financial Markets: Infrastructure for Digital Assets

Which infrastructure is needed for digital assets and crypto currencies in order to drive the future of finance?

Most traditional banks and leading financial institutions have investigated blockchain technology and are currently making progress in tokenizing conventional financial asset classes. But highly secure technology and sophisticated processes will be needed to secure keys and automate both the handling of digital assets as well as audit and other governance processes. So it is undoubtedly right to say that regulatory compliant crypto custody and trading solutions, as well as the regulatory classification of tokens, are the missing pieces of the puzzle to kick-start this upcoming paradigm shift towards the token economy. Moreover, financial institutions now have to act and institutionalize crypto assets.

The blockchain conference hosted by Disrupt Network aims to broaden the discussion around digital assets, crypto assets and regulation around those and accelerate the adoption of digital assets by institutional clients. The event highlights how leading projects and institutions are using or plan to use blockchain infrastructure to bring about structural changes within the financial ecosystem. And – most importantly – how upcoming regulation is making it clear what the next how steps will look. Discussions like these could lead to a truly open global financial system as envisioned by blockchain and lead to greater innovation, and efficiency within the global financial system.

Deloitte is supporting the event, and will be represented on the day by Dr. Dirk Siegel and Jens Paulsen, the heads of the Deloitte Blockchain Institute in Germany. In their presentation, they will give insights on the changing regulatory landscape and how the financial industry in German-speaking countries is adopting blockchain.

Agenda

1.00 pm
Blockchain technology: The emergence of future capital markets?
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner, Frankfurt School Blockchain Center

1.25 pm
Digital asset custody: from storage to transaction monitoring
Dr. Matthias Hirtschulz, d-fine

1.50 pm
How Riddle&Code brings trust to the token economy: building custodial wallets and digital asset management solutions for Swiss banks, German car manufacturers and European utility companies
Alexander Koppel, Riddle&Code

2.15 pm
Setting the scene – the changing regulatory landscape and how the financial industry in the German-speaking countries is adopting blockchain
Dr. Dirk Siegel & Jens Hermann Paulsen, Deloitte Germany

2.40 pm
Coffee break

3.05 pm
How to drive innovation in Europe: Blockchain, A.I., Quantum Computing, Data Centers and the Cloud: Leveraging the future building blocks of the financial system.
Dominik Friedel, NTT

3.30 pm
Pitches of best-in-class blockchain startups
Benjamin Horvath, Blockrocket

3.55 pm
Asset Tokenization - building a digital marketplace for real estate investments
Ekaterina Bozoukova, RTX21

4.20 pm
Coffee break

4.45 pm
Panel discussion "Future infrastructure for exchange, trading and custody of digital assets"
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner, Head of the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center
Simon Seiter, Head of Digital Assets, Deutsche Börse Group
Dirk Sturz, CEO, Börse Stuttgart Digital Exchange
Felix Holtermann, Handelsblatt

5.10 pm
Networking and drinks

Informationen

Date
Monday, November 11, 2019,
1.00 pm – 8.00 pm with networking and drinks

Location
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Adickesallee 32-34
60322 Frankfurt am Main

Registration
Please register via Eventbrite.

Bei inhaltlichen Fragen wenden Sie sich gerne an unseren Kollegen Jens Paulsen:

Jens Paulsen
Manager | Consulting
Tel: +49 40 320804255
Mail: JPaulsen@deloitte.de