European Blockchain Convention

Europe’s Deal Floor for Digital Assets.
Join us in Barcelona on 16-17 September 2026.

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Early Bird pricing for EBC12 closes June 15.

Save on your ticket before regular pricing takes effect.

European Blockchain Convention is Europe's Digital Asset Marketplace.

Over two days, the founders, institutions, exchanges, investors, infrastructure providers, and policymakers shaping the next phase of the market will be in the same room.

Secure your ticket by June 15:
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EBC12 Speaker: Francesco Filia | Founder & CEO | Fasanara Capital

Francesco Filia was Managing Director and EMEA Head of the Midcaps and Principal Investors Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, with earlier experience as a research analyst at J.P. Morgan Securities. He founded Fasanara Capital in 2011.

Fasanara Capital is a London-based institutional asset manager with over $5 billion in AuM, investing across alternative credit, fintech lending, and digital assets, including through its dedicated crypto division Fasanara Digital.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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Caisse des Dépôts joins EBC12 as Silver Sponsor.

One of Europe’s most significant public financial institutions will be part of EBC12 in Barcelona.

Public capital.
Long-term infrastructure.
Digital asset markets.

September 16–17.

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EBC12 Speaker: Simona Pasero | Head of Innovation & COO Strategy | @GENERALI

Simona Pasero leads innovation and COO strategy at Generali Investments, driving strategic initiatives with a focus on transformation, operational excellence, and digital adoption. Her career spans over 25 years holding senior HR leadership roles at Fiat Group, ENI, UBS Wealth Management, Banca Profilo, and Generali.

Generali Investments is one of Europe's largest asset management platforms, with €661 billion in net AuM as of end 2025.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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EBC12 Speaker: Jonas Gantenbein | Managing Director, Head of Products and Solutions | Celsion Bank

Jonas Gantenbein brings expertise in institutional digital asset infrastructure spanning custody, trading, staking, and tokenisation. As former Head of Digital Assets at Bank Frick, one of Europe's early pioneers in blockchain banking, he led the bank's digital asset strategy, platform transformation, and MiCAR readiness initiatives.

He now serves as Managing Director and Head of Products and Solutions at Celsion Bank, a licensed Liechtenstein digital asset bank with MiCAR authorisation.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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Solana Foundation (@solana) joins EBC12 as Silver Sponsor.

One of the most active ecosystems in digital assets will be part of European Blockchain Convention 2026.

Builders, capital, infrastructure and institutions — in Barcelona, September 16–17.

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EBC12 Speaker: Marc de Kloe (@Marcdekloe1) | Partner | Theta Capital

Before joining Theta Capital Management in 2018, Marc de Kloe was Global Head of Funds and Alternatives at ABN AMRO Private Banking, responsible for over $60 billion in AuM, and COO of Adamas Asset Management in Hong Kong managing a joint venture fund with Ping-An, with earlier roles at Clifford Chance and Meyado International.

Theta is Europe's largest investor in blockchain venture capital, managing approximately $1.2 billion and having invested over $600 million in crypto-native venture capital funds since 2017.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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EBC12 Speaker: Heinz Konzett | Deputy Head Office for Digital Innovation | Liechtenstein Government

Heinz Konzett serves as Deputy Head of the Office for Digital Innovation, Liechtenstein's central competence centre for financial market innovation and digital policy. His background spans executive positions at several banks and the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority, bridging regulatory oversight and private sector practice.

Liechtenstein has built one of Europe's most comprehensive regulatory frameworks for digital assets, from its Blockchain Act to MiCAR implementation in February 2025.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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Some people come to EBC12 for the insights.

Some come for the meetings.

Most come for both.

Because the most valuable conversations often start with something you heard on stage.

A panel changes your perspective.

A roundtable challenges your assumptions.

A keynote sparks a discussion that continues long after the session ends.

That’s what makes EBC different.

The ideas, the people and the conversations all in one place.

⌛️Early Bird pricing ends June 15.

See you in Barcelona.

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EBC12 Speaker: Gernot Prettenthaler | RBI Blockchain Hub Lead | Raiffeisen Bank International

Gernot Prettenthaler leads the RBI Blockchain Hub, a group-wide competence centre responsible for DLT strategy, use case evaluation, and tokenisation initiatives across the RBI group. He has held the role since 2018, having joined RBI in 2010 after years in leasing and project finance across CEE markets.

Raiffeisen Bank International is a major Austrian banking group with €218 billion in total assets, operating across Central and Eastern Europe.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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EBC12 Speaker: Friederike Sofie Burckhardt | Head of Digital Assets Capital Markets | LBBW

Friederike Burckhardt leads the Digital Assets team in LBBW's Capital Markets division, focused on turning blockchain and DLT into scalable, balance-sheet-relevant use cases across digital bond issuances and wholesale CBDC experiments.

LBBW is one of Germany's largest banks with €356 billion in total assets, operating across Europe, Asia, and the US.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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Bitwise (@Bitwise_Europe) joins EBC12 as Gold Sponsor.

One of the world’s leading digital asset managers will be in Barcelona this September.

Institutional exposure. Regulated products. Capital-market relevance.

September 16–17.

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EBC12 Speaker: Maarten van der Noordaa | Transition Manager and Digital Assets Domain Lead | @Rabobank

Maarten van der Noordaa spent four years at KPMG building its digital assets proposition in the Netherlands before joining Rabobank as Transition Manager and Digital Assets Domain Lead, covering strategy, policy, and digital asset propositions within retail banking.

Rabobank is one of the Netherlands' largest banks with €635 billion in total assets, and has been actively building its blockchain and digital asset capabilities.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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EBC12 Speaker: Ramón Pájaro | Global Product Owner, Crypto Investment Solutions | @bancosantander

Ramon Pajaro leads the development and international expansion of regulated digital asset products at Banco Santander, with a background spanning blockchain platforms, payments, treasury solutions, and large-scale banking transformation initiatives.

Banco Santander holds €1.9 trillion in total assets and serves 176 million customers globally, and is actively building its digital asset capabilities across retail and institutional markets.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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EBC12 Speaker: Kathleen Wrynn | Global Head of Digital Assets | @InvescoUS

Over 13 years at Deutsche Bank, then Senior Global Digital Products Manager at DWS leading digital asset product strategy, then DLT strategy lead at JPMorganChase. Kathleen Wrynn joined Invesco in 2025 as Global Head of Digital Assets, where she leads global strategy across tokenised products, crypto-linked offerings in traditional wrappers, and blockchain applications.

Invesco manages $2.2 trillion in assets under management, with a growing suite of crypto ETPs developed in partnership with Galaxy covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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Digital asset yield is becoming an institutional conversation.

This week, our Co-founder & Co-CEO Victoria Gago joins the Nordic Blockchain Conference in Stockholm to moderate a panel on crypto yield strategies — covering staking, lending, and the risk frameworks institutions are now applying to digital asset returns.

It is an important conversation because yield in crypto is no longer only about headline APYs. For serious market participants, it is increasingly about infrastructure, counterparty risk, custody, transparency, liquidity, and regulation.

That is exactly the kind of discussion Europe needs more of.

Thank you to the @nordicblock for bringing the ecosystem together.

See you in Stockholm.

Speakers:

Victoria Gago (@Victoria_AGago) — Co-founder & Co-CEO, European Blockchain Convention
Graham Cooke — Founder, @bravaxyz
Danny Bailey — Head of EMEA Sales, @BlockdaemonHQ
Giovanni Ruggiero — EMEA Business Development, @Figment_io
Oskars J. — CEO, deploi

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EBC12 Speaker: Shawn Chan | CEO & Co-Founder | @SGB_app

Shawn Chan leads Singapore Gulf Bank as CEO, overseeing its corporate, retail, and digital assets banking divisions. A former lawyer, he advised and managed compliance, regulatory reporting, and listing obligations for prominent SGX-listed companies.

SGB is a Bahrain-licensed digital bank offering banking, payment, and custody solutions, bridging conventional and digital assets and providing financial connectivity between Asia and the MENA region.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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EBC 12 Speaker: Carl Szantyr (@carlszantyr) | Founder & Managing Partner | Blockstone Capital

Carl Szantyr launched one of France's first derivatives and structured products platforms before moving into private equity and cross-border M&A advisory across Europe and Asia. He has been active in blockchain and crypto markets since 2017.

He founded Blockstone Capital in 2021, an institutional digital asset investment platform focused on multi-manager and alternative crypto strategies.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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EBC12 Speaker: Lloyd Nelson | SVP, Head of U.S. Digital Assets | Howden

Lloyd Nelson spent 15 years launching and scaling tech startups before joining Howden as SVP and Head of U.S. Digital Assets. His focus is bringing risk transfer on-chain, building the trust infrastructure needed for institutional capital to enter digital assets at scale.

Howden has been one of the most active insurance intermediaries in digital assets, launching crypto theft insurance, recovery products, and a Web3 risk ecosystem covering prevention, resilience, and recovery.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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EBC12 Speaker: Krishna Omkar | Head of Global Sponsors and Institutional Investors | @LSEGplc

As Head of Product, Krishna Omkar grew LSEG's Digital Markets Infrastructure from launch to scale, the first end-to-end blockchain exchange solution from a major global stock exchange, covering the full lifecycle of digital assets from issuance and tokenisation through to post-trade settlement.

He now leads LSEG's capital markets relationships with global institutional capital across private equity, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and other asset owners.

Join the leaders shaping digital assets in Barcelona on September 16 - 17:
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