World Tokenization Summit Agenda (Prep Edition)
Date: 21st of November 2023
Venue: Melia Desert Palm, Al Awir Road, Warsan 2, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
08:00 to 10:00 am Networking and Registrations
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10:00 to 10:10 Welcome Address by VOSTAD
Speaker: Zahid Mir, CEO, VOSTAD
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10:10 to 10:20 Opening Keynote
Speaker: Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni, CEO, Dubai Blockchain Center
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10:20 to 10:30 Tokenization Is the Next Big Enterprise Revolution
Speaker: Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader E&Y
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10:30 to 10:40 RWA Tokenization Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker: Daniel Coheur, Co-Founder & CCO, Tokeny
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10:40 to 10:50 Fire Side Chat – Real Estate Tokenization
üMakram Hani, Founder and CEO of Arms & McGregor International Group
üClaus Skaaning, CEO, Digishares
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10:50 to 11:00 Keynote Speech
Speaker: Julian Sperring-Toy, Chief Development Officer, Unicoin
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11:00 to 11:30 Stakeholders Panel: Exploring the Impact of Tokenization of Real-World Assets
-Understanding the Tokenization market and what is the future
-Transitioning from crypto frenzy to synergizing RWAs on-chain via tokenization
-Leveraging assets and revolutionize traditional finance
Panel Chair: Vladimir NIkolenko, Global Exchange Value Associate Director, Accenture
üAjit Tripathi, Advisor at Polygon Labs
üAnndy Lian, Intergovernmental Blockchain Expert and Book Author
üFaraj Abutalibov, Chief Commercial Officer, Venom Foundation
üDarren Edmund, Founder and CEO, Cobi
üConor Gilmore, Co-Founder at Avantgarde Middle East
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11:30 to 11:45 Networking Coffee Break
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11:45 to 11:55 Tokenizing Invoices
Muhammad Salman Anjum, Chief Mate at Invoice Mate
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11:55 to 12:05 Hyper Exchange: Aconomy’s Path to Economic Transformations
Speaker: Pushkar Vohra, CEO, Aconomy
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12:05 to 12:10 Keynote Speech
Speaker: Jérôme Sonnet, Founder & CEO at Azel
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12:10 to 12:40 Investors Panel – Strengthening of the Tokenization Ecosystem & Democratizing Alternative Investing
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Understanding the opportunity of total addressable market for tokenization
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Evolving investors’ asset allocation model to embrace the possibility of allocating to real world assets
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The Web3 opportunity and the need for VC activity for optimizing their portfolios
Panel Chair: Walid Benothman, Head of Growth - 1inch Network
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Pranav Sharma, CEO, Woodstock Fund
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Sarah Abuagela, Head of Investment, Ceras Ventures
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Vineet Budki, CEO & Managing Partner at Cypher Capital UAE
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Eileen Kim, Chief Investment Officer, TVVIN
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12:40 – 12:45 Launch of RWATA and Announcing New Chairman of World Token Summit
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12:45 – 12:50 Keynote speech
Thomas Tallis, CEO, TVVIN
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12:50 to 13:00 Presentation by HSBC - Tokenising the Future: Our journey of building Digital Asset Tokenisation Platforms.
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Prashant Malik, Senior Technology Lead and Tech Strategy, Digital Assets and Currencies, MSS Technology, HSBC
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Ussrah Hussain, Digital Data & Innovation MSS MENA, HSBC
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13:00 to 13:45 Networking Lunch and Dhuhr Prayers
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13:45 to 14:00 Regulatory Fire Side Chat – Evolution of the regulatory and legal framework for RWA tokenization
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Discussing the broad adoption of tokenization and the need for a commercial law framework
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Developing market regulations to support effective proliferation of tokenization
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Defining regulatory clarity on obligations for service providers and key stakeholders while interacting with new technology
Panel Chair: Kokila Alagh, Founder, KARM Legal Consultants
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Gordon Einstein, Managing Partner, Crypto Law Partners
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Samir Hisham Kamal Safar-Aly, Senior Counsel-MENA Fintech Lead, Baker Mckenzie
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14:00 to 14:30 Technology Panel – Revolutionizing and redefining Web3 and Digital Assets
-How Web3 and Tokenization are Redefining Digital Value
-Innovating to democratize access and opening up opportunities for novel solutions
-Tokenization deep dive and the ever-evolving digital realm
Panel Chair: Dr Mohamed Al Hemairy, Head of Technology and Entrepreneurship Hub, University of Sharjah
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HAKAN SEZIKLI, CMO, BG TRADE, TURKEY
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Giovanni Miano, Chief Technology Officer, Zodia Markets
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Jermone Sonnet, CEO, Azel
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Matthias Mende, CEO, Bonuz
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Edy Haddad, Co-founder and CTO at PWR Labs
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14:30 to 15:00 Women in Web3 Tokenization
-Creating an equitable tokenization ecosystem with women at the forefront
-Discussing opportunities for women innovating in web3
-Fostering collaborations in the web3 ecosystem
Panel Chair: Dr. Sakshi Chauhan, Operations Lead, Aconomy
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Prof. Hoda Alkhzaimi, Director for EMARATSEC, Co-chair of the WEF Global Future Council
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Nicole Purin, Deputy General Counsel, OKX
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Lise Wessel, CMO, TVVIN
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Baiba Broka, Governing Council, Member, UNIDROIT
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Manal Rifki, Managing Partner, Klumi Ventures
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15:00 to 16:30 Digishares RWA Tokenization Masterclass
Masterclass Leader: Claus Skaaning, CEO, Digishares
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Sohail Zubairi, Senior Islamic Finance Expert
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Slava Artamonov, CEO, Diamonds Ledger
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Mohammed Khashogji, CEO, Mozaik
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Henzie Healley, Managing Partner TCS
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16:30 onwards Networking high Tea and Sundown on the terrace and enjoy the polo match