Tokenisation workshop – From experimentation to scale: building tokenised capital markets in Europe
Hybrid event: ESMA (201-203 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France) and online
Register by:
- for on-site participation → Friday, 9 October, at 23:59 CET
- for online participation → Tuesday, 25 October, at 23:59 CET
ESMA, national regulators, public authorities, market participants and academics will discuss the future of tokenisation in European financial markets.
The workshop will explore the current use of distributed ledger technology (DLT), the evolving regulatory landscape, and the opportunities and challenges shaping the wider adoption of tokenisation.
The programme will feature opening remarks by the ESMA Chair followed by four thematic panels covering:
- Market infrastructures
- Settlement, cash and interoperability
- Legal challenges for tokenised financial instruments
- Investor protection
Agenda
8:30 – 9:00 Registrations (for in-person participants only)
9:00 – 09:15 Conference opening and welcoming remarks, Verena Ross (ESMA)
09:15 – 10:30 Panel 1 - From trading to settlement: rethinking the market infrastructure chain for tokenised markets
10:45 – 12:00 Panel 2 - Settlement, cash and interoperability: what is needed for tokenisation to scale in Europe?
13:00 – 14:15 Panel 3 - Investor protection in tokenised markets: what really changes for the investor?
14:30 – 15:45 Panel 4 - Tokenised funds: ownership, registers and the fund lifecycle
16:00 –16:30 Closing remarks
* All timings are Paris time and subject to change.