--- title: DEC | Agenda 2025 description: Plan your experience at DEC25! Explore 3 stages of expert talks on CBDCs, stablecoins & digital currency innovation. 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Invite only and will **not be streamed**. Register using the buttons for each roundtable session. Each room offers a unique experience with exclusive sessions and industry insights. Select a room below to explore the line-up! ## DEC25 Side Events [Check out the DEC25 Side Events (scroll to the bottom of the page)](https://digital-euro-conference.de/agenda) ![DEC25 Calendar](https://digital-euro-conference.de/hs-fs/hubfs/Images/DEC25%20Calendar.png?width=1500&height=1500&name=DEC25%20Calendar.png) - ##### Main Stage Audimax - ##### Innovation Room - ##### Roundtable Room 08:15 → 08:50 ##### Registration Check-in Desk 08:50 → 09:20 ##### Welcome Introduction Opening Main Stage & Online ###### Dr. Jonas Gross DEA Chairman ###### Anne-Sophie Gógl Manager at KPMG and Vice Chairwoman at DEA 09:20 → 09:50 ##### Opening Keynote Keynote Main Stage & Online ###### Dr. Alexandra Hachmeister Director General Digital Euro at Deutsche Bundesbank 09:50 → 10:30 ##### Progress of Private Sector Alternatives: Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits Panel Discussion Main Stage & Online ###### Sonja Davidovic Senior Digital Expert at International Monetary Fund ###### Jens Paulsen Director at Deloitte ###### Alexander Höptner CEO at AllUnity ###### Joachim Wuermeling Executive in Residence at the ESMT Berlin ###### Lena Grale Board Member at DEA Moderator 10:30 → 10:50 ##### Networking Break Foyer 10:50 → 11:40 ##### Advancing the Digital Euro: Building a Dynamic Ecosystem Panel Discussion Main Stage & Online ###### Clément Jozwiak Chief Product Officer at Worldline ###### Jan Haas Lead Business Consultant - Head of Digital Money at msg for banking ###### Dr. Jan Rosam EY Germany Financial Services Technology Consulting Leader ###### Menno Broos Project Lead Digital Euro at De Nederlandsche Bank ###### Atze Faas Payments Adviser at EuroCommerce ###### Anne-Sophie Gógl Manager at KPMG and Vice Chairwoman at DEA Moderator 11:40 → 12:00 ##### Switzerland’s Leading Role in the Digital Token Ecosystem - Exploring the Future Impact of wholesale CBDC Issuances Keynote Main Stage & Online ###### David Newns Head of SDX 12:00 → 12:40 ##### Lessons from the ECB Wholesale CBDC Trials & Experiments Panel Discussion Main Stage & Online ###### Holger Neuhaus Head of Division Market Innovation and Integration at the ECB ###### Johannes Duong Treasury Settlement at Oesterreichische Nationalbank ###### Maximilian Pfeifer Treasury at Oesterreichische Nationalbank ###### Adeline Bachellerie Deputy Director, Innovation and Financial Market Infrastructures at Banque de France ###### Philipp Köhler-Brinkmann Senior Manager | Management Consulting Banking at KPMG ###### Anne-Sophie Kappel Executive Director at DEA Moderator 12:40 → 13:55 ##### Lunch & Networking Break Foyer 13:55 → 14:15 ##### The Role of Central Banks for a Tokenized Economy Keynote Main Stage & Online ###### Nils Beier Managing Director at Accenture GmbH 14:15 → 15:05 ##### Tokenization Into the Mainstream Panel Discussion Main Stage & Online ###### Alessandro Fraga Specialist at Banco Central do Brasil ###### Humphrey Valenbreder CEO at Partior ###### John Ho Head, Legal, Financial Markets at Standard Chartered Bank ###### Nick Kerigan Managing Director, Head of Innovation at Swift ###### Tamara F. Schmidt Executive Director at DEA Moderator 15:05 → 15:35 ##### Stablecoins Under the Lens - Navigating Security, Interoperability, Regulation, and Market Adoption Fireside Chat Main Stage & Online ###### Clarisse Hagege Founder & CEO at Dfns ###### Jannah Patchay Executive in Residence at Global Digital Finance Moderator 15:35 → 16:15 ##### Bridging Traditional Finance with Tokenized Deposits Panel Discussion Main Stage & Online ###### Marcy Dumitrescu Senior Product Manager at R3 ###### Claus George Head of Digitalization and Innovation TxB at DZ BANK ###### Tony McLaughlin CEO at Ubyx Inc. ###### Manfred Richels Head of Corporate Payments at DSGV ###### Conrad Kraft Strategic Advisor at DEA Moderator 16:15 → 16:45 ##### Networking Break Foyer 16:45 → 17:25 ##### The Golden Age of Stablecoins? Life after MiCAR Panel Discussion Main Stage & Online ###### Clarisse Hagege Founder & CEO at Dfns ###### Michael Wild CEO at dEURO Association ###### Patrick Hansen Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy at Circle ###### Dr. Joachim Schwerin Principal Economist at the European Commission ###### Lena Grale Board Member at DEA Moderator 17:25 → 17:45 ##### Payment Regulation in Practice - What is relevant for Banks in 2025? Keynote Main Stage & Online ###### Clément Robert Senior Manager, Banking Regulatory Compliance, Ernst & Young Business Advisory Services ###### Jakob Bouchetob Manager, Financial Services, EY Consulting GmbH 17:45 → 18:25 ##### The European Digital Identity on the Horizon: Gamechanger or Flop? Panel Discussion Main Stage & Online ###### Steffen Schwalm Senior Manager Digital Identity & Trust at msg security advisors ###### Alexandre Kech CEO at GLEIF ###### Dr. Johannes Sedlmeir Research Associate at SnT, University of Luxembourg ###### Marcus Nasarek Solution Architect at SPRIN-D ###### Dr. Jonas Gross DEA Chairman Moderator 18:25 → 18:35 ##### Closing Remarks & Wrap-Up Closing Main Stage & Online ###### Dr. Jonas Gross DEA Chairman 09:50 → 10:10 ##### Ripple Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### Matthew Osborne Policy Director, Europe at Ripple 10:10 → 10:30 ##### Eurodollar Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### Allan Pedersen CEO at Eurodollar ###### Kam Dylan Deputy CEO at Eurodollar 10:30 → 11:00 ##### Networking Break Foyer 11:00 → 11:20 ##### Retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Landscape Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### John Kiff Research Director at Kiffmeister Consulting 11:20 → 12:40 ##### Thesis Awards Presentation & Award Ceremony Innovation Room & Online ###### Abdurrahman Aydinhan Finalist ###### Michael Dours Finalist ###### Willem Vincent Finalist ###### Conrad Kraft Strategic Advisor at DEA Ceremony Host 12:40 → 13:55 ##### Lunch & Networking Break Foyer 13:55 → 14:15 ##### Unlocking Production Blockchain with Paladin: Programmable Privacy for EVM Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### Javier Garcia Global Lead of Digital Assets & Tokenization at Kaleido 14:15 → 14:35 ##### Bank of Korea Research and Findings Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### Hyung Koo Lee Manager at Bank of Korea 14:35 → 14:55 ##### Digital Tenge Updates Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### John Velissarios Founder & Director at Otranto Limited 14:55 → 15:15 ##### Digital Innovation from the Central Bank of Turkey Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### Dr. Hatice Karahan Deputy Governor at Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye 15:15 → 15:35 ##### Digital Innovation from the National Bank of Georgia Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### Varlam Ebanoidze Head of FinTech at National Bank of Georgia 15:35 → 15:55 ##### Digital Innovation from the Central Bank of Brazil Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### Alessandro Fraga Specialist at Banco Central do Brasil 16:15 → 16:45 ##### Networking Break Foyer 16:45 → 17:05 ##### An Introduction to the Wyoming Stablecoin Presentation ###### Debra Brookes Chief Risk & Compliance Officer at the Wyoming Stable Token Commission 17:05 → 17:25 ##### Main Conclusions from the Central Bank of Hungary’s Retail CBDC Project Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### Anikó Szombati Chief Digital Officer, Executive Director at Magyar Nemzeti Bank 17:25 → 17:45 ##### First ever Granted License in Switzerland to Trade and Settle DLT Financial Instruments - How BXDigital will Shape the Future Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### Dirk Kruwinnus Tokenized securities at BX Digital; Börse Stuttgart Group 17:45 → 18:05 ##### How Rayls is solving privacy and scalability for the Central Bank of Brazil CBDC project? Presentation Innovation Room & Online ###### Alex Buelau CPTO and Co-founder at Parfin 18:05 → 18:25 ##### Partner/Sponsor Presentation Presentation Innovation Room & Online 10:30 → 11:30 ##### MiCAR Licensing: Challenges and Opportunities Roundtable Discussion Roundtable Room [Register Here](https://forms.gle/LeZDJrvGzQiRWU7v9) ###### Matthew Osborne Policy Director, Europe at Ripple ###### Patrick Hansen Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy at Circle ###### Michael Wild CEO at dEURO Association ###### Prof. Dr. Sebastian Omlor Professor of Law at the University of Marburg ###### Prof. Dr. Christoph Kreiterling Professor for Tech. Impact Assessment & Sustainability at Hochschule Trier Chair 11:35 → 12:35 ##### Tokenized Deposits, Tokenized MMFs, and Stablecoins: Risks and Opportunities Roundtable Discussion Roundtable Room [Register Here](https://www.kaleido.io/digital-euro-conference-2025) ###### Basak Toprak EMEA Head of Kinexys Digital Payments ###### John Ho Head, Legal, Financial Markets at Standard Chartered Bank ###### Dr. Vic Arulchandran Director, New Digital Markets at Deutsche Börse ###### Patrick Hansen Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy at Circle ###### Humphrey Valenbreder CEO at Partior ###### Javier Garcia Global Lead of Digital Assets & Tokenization at Kaleido Chair 12:40 → 13:55 ##### Lunch & Networking Break Foyer 14:00 → 15:00 ##### Building a Sound Stablecoin Ecosystem Roundtable Discussion Roundtable Room [Register Here](https://forms.gle/yftFB1rkQdvqF9tc9) ###### Bernhard Schweizer Head of SAP Digital Currency Hub at SAP ###### Dr. Jan Rosam EY Germany Financial Services Technology Consulting Leader ###### Alexander Höptner CEO at AllUnity ###### Elise Soucie Watts Executive Director at Global Digital Finance (GDF) Chair 15:05 → 16:05 ##### The Future of Public Permissionless Blockchains Roundtable Discussion Roundtable Room [Register Here](https://forms.gle/PN5Ld1fcKHBuhjTo6) ###### Basak Toprak EMEA Head of Kinexys Digital Payments ###### Joris Dekker Market Infrastructures Expert at ABN AMRO ###### Vid Hribar Blockchain Hub at Raiffeisen Bank International AG ###### Alex Buelau CPTO and Co-founder at Parfin ###### Stefan Grasmann Group Head of Thought Leadership & Chief of Blockchain at Zühlke Chair 16:10 → 17:10 ##### Public Debt and Digital Finance Roundtable Discussion Roundtable Room [Register Here](https://forms.gle/GswUs4wGhbA2onKUA) ###### Miguel Fernández Ordóñez Former Governor of Banco de España ###### Martijn van der Linden Professor of Practice in New Finance at The Hague University of Applied Sciences ###### Thomas Mayer Founding Director of the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute Chair 17:15 → 18:15 ##### Rethinking CBDCs: Risks, Repercussions, and Alternatives Roundtable Discussion Roundtable Room [Register Here](https://forms.gle/NmqrPEgy7EimLbMZ7) ###### Dr. Michael Salmony CEO at Payments Innovation Consulting ###### Prof. Dr. Peter Bofinger Senior Professor at University Würzburg ###### Dr. Wolfram Seidemann CEO Currency Technology at Giesecke+Devrient GmbH ###### Alexander Bechtel Global Head of Digital Strategy, Products and Solutions at DWS Chair --- ## DEC25 Side Events ### March 26, 2025 ![impowe VIP rooftop reception Frankfurt (1)](https://digital-euro-conference.de/hs-fs/hubfs/impowe%20VIP%20rooftop%20reception%20Frankfurt%20(1).png?width=750&height=421&name=impowe%20VIP%20rooftop%20reception%20Frankfurt%20(1).png) ### impowe VIP Rooftop Reception Frankfurt ​Enjoying a splendid night in Germany's highest rooftop bar with stunning 360-degree views of Frankfurt's skyline for everything about Crypto! **Organizer:** impowe powered by MaasVentures **Date/Time:** 26 March 20h30 - 00h30 **[Registration Here](https://lu.ma/ll2515g7)** [Back to the Top](https://digital-euro-conference.de/agenda) #### About **The Digital Euro Conference is an annual event organized by the Digital Euro Association e.V.** [Follow us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/DigiEuro) [Send us a message](mailto:info@digital-euro-association.de) [Visit our LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-euro-association/) Copyright © 2026 Digital Euro Association e.V. - [Impressum](https://digital-euro-conference.de/impressum) - [Privacy](https://digital-euro-conference.de/privacy)