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SUMMARY:LPD showcase - digital assets and the future of financial service
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DESCRIPTION:Digital assets and the future of financial services\n\nThe ri
 se of the digital economy in the second decade of the 21st century is si
 gnificantly transforming the global financial markets. Innovative techno
 logies in the form of\, for instance\, blockchain and distributed ledger
 s and digital assets held and/or traded on them\, are offering fundament
 ally new ways to provide financial services\, disrupting traditional tra
 ding\, investment\, payments\, borrowing and saving\, with the potential
  for enhanced efficiency\, speed and accessibility. The panels in this s
 howcase session will aim to address the above issues\, key opportunities
  and risks and other key developments as outlined in the following topic
 s:\n\n\n\nIntroduction: Klaus Löber\, ESMA\, Paris (Banking and Financia
 l Law Committee)\n\n\n\nSession 1 [1430-1515] Digital assets – what are 
 they and how have they already become relevant?\n\n\n	\n	What are the ne
 w types of digital assets (crypto currencies and stablecoins\, digital a
 ssets (representing real world assets or entitlements)\, utility tokens 
 (intended to provide digital access to an application or service)\, NFTs
 ? What is their interplay with traditional financial instruments and com
 modities through digitisation (central bank digital currencies\, digital
  securities\, tokenised deposits\, crypto commodities)?\n	\n\n\n\n	\n	Ad
 apting private law to the digital asset ecosystem - how to reconcile dig
 ital ecosystems such as distributed ledgers\, DeFi or smart contracts wi
 th existing private law and conflicts of laws regimes?\n	\n\n\n\n	\n	Use
  of digital assets in financial transactions (custody\, collateral\, sec
 uritisation\, derivatives\, etc.)\n	\n\n\nQ &amp\; A interaction\n\nMode
 rator:\n- Benjamin Leisinger\, Homburger\, Zurich (Securities Law Commit
 tee)\n\nSpeakers:\n- Chris Brummer\, Georgetown University Law Center\, 
 Washington DC\n- Mario Hoessl-Neumann\, BitPanda/One Trading\, London\n-
  Linda Jeng\, Digital Self Labs LLC\, Washington DC\n- Miguel Gallardo G
 uerra\, BGBG\, Mexico City\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 2 [1515-1600] The impact o
 f digital assets on the financial system\n\n\n	\n	The impact of decentra
 lisation and distribution on the financial ecosystem: issues of fragment
 ation\, reliance on third party services\, governance\, responsibility o
 f identifiable entities\, etc.\n	\n\n\n\n	\n	Are traditional intermediar
 ies obsolete?\n	\n\n\n\n	\n	Digital currency or AI-powered digital marke
 tplaces (applications\, e.g. infrastructures\, insurance\, financial ser
 vices) and machine learning models (e.g. verifying integrity of credit s
 coring models or securing data processing)\n	\n\n\n\n	\n	The illicit use
  of digital assets through fundraisings to finance criminal and/or terro
 rist activities\n	\n\n\nQ &amp\; A interaction\n\nModerator:\n- Theodor 
 Härtsch\, WalderWyss\, Zurich (Capital Markets Forum)\n\nSpeakers:\n- Da
 n Konar\, Stellar Development Foundation\, Chicago\n- Christian Sabella\
 , DTCC\, New York\n- Nicole Dyskant\, Dyskant Avogados\, Rio de Janeiro 
 \n- Ben Aldersey\, FATF\, Paris\n- Lizette Neme\, InStrag Public Affairs
  &amp\; Law\, Mexico City\n\n\n\nBreak [1600-1620]\n\n\n\nKeynote interv
 ention [1620-1640]\n\nPolicy discussion: The future of digital finance (
 decentralisation vs centralisation\, public vs private sector\, central 
 bank digital currencies\, macroeconomic impact on “real” economy)\n\n\n	
 \n	Jon Frost\, Bank for International Settlement\, Mexico City\n	\n\n\n\
 n\nSession 3 [1640-1730] Regulatory responses and private law remedies\n
 \n\n	\n	Preventing systemic risk from crypto activities and regulatory r
 esponses (domestic and globally)\n	\n\n\n\n	\n	The importance of adaptin
 g and harmonising legal regimes\n	\n\n\n\n	\n	Application of insolvency 
 regimes to digital asset businesses\; segregation of digital assets held
  by custodians\, recovery of digital assets\n	\n\n\n\n	\n	Private litiga
 tion and criminal prosecution\n	\n\n\n\n	\n	The impact on legal professi
 onals and the wider legal profession (e.g. opinions on holding\, pledgin
 g\, payments and settlement of crypto and digital assets\, legal certain
 ty regarding privilege and confidentiality of communication on DLT) and 
 how lawyers can drive positive change for their clients\n	\n\n\nQ &amp\;
  A interaction\n\nModerator:\n- Giorgio Bovenzi\, Haynes Boone\, New Yor
 k (Banking and Financial Law Committee)\n\nSpeakers:\n- Luis Urrutia\, I
 nternational Monetary Fund\, Washington DC\n- Drew Hinkes\, K&amp\;L Gat
 es\, Miami\n- Lee Pascoe\, Norton Rose Fulbright\, Melbourne (Insolvency
  Section)\n- Mauro Wolfe\, Duane Morris\, New York (Criminal Law Committ
 ee)\n- Anurag Bana\, International Bar Association\, London\n\n\n\nWrap-
 up: Klaus Löber\, ESMA\, Paris (Banking and Financial Law Committee)\n
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