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| Thursday 19 May 2022 | ||
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| Time | Description | |
| 9am BST / 4am EDT / 10am CET / 4pm HKT | Money in a digital age – can CBDCs derisk the wholesale markets?In this panel, our speakers will examine the conditions needed for CBDCs to be a major benefit in wholesale markets (wCBDCs). We will discuss opportunities, challenges, and questions concerning the design, issuance, and legal status of a wCBDC while also addressing the scope for central banks to operate in collaboration with the private sector. We will consider how wCBDCs could contribute to innovation and improving settlement efficiencies in wholesale markets and we will discuss the timeline for their introduction, considering transition risks, potential impacts on safety and soundness, and financial stability. Finally, we will ask what the use cases might be for wCBDCs in capital markets. Speakers include: Diego Ballon Ossio - Clifford Chance Natasha de Teran - Author, The Pay Off, How changing the way we pay changes everything Anouk Gauthier - Euroclear Simon Gleeson - Clifford Chance Allison Parent - GFMA | |
| 10am BST / 5am EDT / 11am CET / 5pm HKT | **POSTPONED ** AI in Financial Services – exploring the emerging risks **POSTPONED**Due to speaker availability issues we have to postpone the session. We will reschedule for a later date and will be in touch with details of the rescheduled session. During this session we will consider the plethora of new AI regulations globally and discuss the emerging legal, ethical and reputational risks that financial institutions face when using AI. Speakers include: Jamal El-Hindi - Clifford Chance Kate Scott - Clifford Chance | |
| 11am BST / 6am EDT / 12pm CET / 6pm HKT | Talking Tech with…Daniel Roberts, CEO, Iris EnergyClifford Chance Partner, Reuben van Werkum, and Daniel Roberts, CEO of sustainable bitcoin miner, Iris Energy, get together to discuss what sustainable bitcoin mining looks like, Iris Energy's huge rapid growth and what its recent $1.5 Billion IPO means for the business.
Daniel and Reuben will also talk about the importance of ESG and fintech and why Iris Energy puts sustainability and social responsibility at the forefront of its business.
Speakers: Daniel Roberts - Iris Energy Reuben van Werkum - Clifford Chance | |
| 12pm BST / 7am EDT / 1pm CET / 7pm HKT | Quantum computing. The risks and opportunities for the financial services sectorEmerging quantum technologies could be worth at least $86 billion globally by 2040. This session will provide an overview of key benefits that quantum may bring to financial services, as well as examine issues that this powerful technology raises. Will quantum computing give us deeper analytics and predictive capabilities, and how will this impact market behaviour and products? How will cryptographic security be affected, and what ESG considerations might quantum technology raise? How might the regulatory landscape adapt, and what should firms focus on now to prepare?
Speakers include: Angelina Gomez - Clifford Chance Chris Grey - Clifford Chance Mark Jackson - Quantinuum Matthew Langione - BCG | |
| 2pm BST / 9am EDT / 3pm CET / 9pm HKT | Cryptoassets – does the nature of the asset matter?When classifying digital assets it is common to focus on the nature of the asset but is that the right approach or should the focus be on something else? In this session, our expert panel will consider the options from their professional standpoint as lawyer, trader, technologist and investor. This panel will be chaired by Lee Schneider, General Counsel at Ava Labs. Speakers include: Diego Ballon Ossio - Clifford Chance Josh Hecht - Blizzard the Avalanche Fund LP Bea O’Carroll - Radkl Lee A. Schneider - Ava Labs Chris Tse - Cardstack | |
| 3pm BST / 10am EDT / 4pm CET / 10pm HKT | ESG in financial services – the impact of tech and dataOur panel will discuss how the effective use of new technologies and harnessing of data underpin ESG-driven products, services and initiatives from sustainable finance to carbon trading. The speakers will also consider how ESG considerations are increasingly shaping the implementation, development and use of new technologies, such as distributed ledger technology and AI, and what this means in practice for financial services firms. Speakers include: David Adams - Clifford Chance Jamie Andrew - Clifford Chance David Alfrey - Clifford Chance Yaru Chia - Clifford Chance Laura Douglas - Clifford Chance Lena NG - Clifford Chance Alexander Tollast - Clifford Chance | |