# AI# Web3# Panel
16:00
Registration and Networking
16:30
Welcome and Introduction
16:40
Uphold Session: Staking in the Institutional Digital-Asset Economy
Institutional staking, custody, risk management, compliance and the evolving role of staking infrastructure.
17:10
AI Session 1: Building the Infrastructure for Autonomous On-Chain Execution
—Wallet and key management
—Smart-contract interaction
—Agent permissions and spending controls
—Security and digital social engineering
17:50
Live Demonstration: AI Agents in Action
Practical examples of AI agents executing payments, managing digital assets and interacting across on-chain and off-chain systems.
18:20
Break
18:30
AI Session 2: Can Institutions Trust AI Agents with Money?
—Governance and human oversight
—Independent risk assessment
—Compliance and liability
—On-chain audit trails
19:10
Closing Discussion and Key Takeaways
19:30
Drinks, Food and Networking
20:00
Event Close
Speakers
Adi Ben-Ari
Founder & CEO · Applied Blockchain
Founder and CEO of Applied Blockchain, which builds Silent Data, an Ethereum layer 2 for programmable privacy, and has delivered for Shell, Barclays and Chainlink. Twenty years an enterprise architect before founding it.
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Eva Jovanova
Web3 Product & Policy · Enoda
Product Manager at Enoda for Ensemble, an energy trading and settlement DLT platform, and leading the company's web3 policy and regulatory work globally. Secured Enoda's place in the European Blockchain Regulatory…
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Avishay Yanai
Co-Founder & CEO · SodaLabs
Co-Founder and CEO of Soda Labs, which lets institutions transact privately on any blockchain without breaking compliance. A cryptographer: PhD from Bar-Ilan, five years at VMware Research, 50+ peer-reviewed papers.
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Lisa Cameron
MP 2015-24, First Crypto Parliamentary Group Chair · Global Digital Forum
MP for East Kilbride 2015–2024 and chair of the Crypto and Digital Assets APPG. A clinical psychologist by training. Now chairs the Digital Assets Global Forum and founded the UKUS Crypto Alliance.
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Marcos Santillana
VP, Digital Asset Services, Institutional · Uphold
VP, Digital Asset Services (Institutional) at Uphold, the FCA-registered platform. Works with foundations and protocol teams on listings, treasury and staking, having come to it from Uphold's legal side.
Kenneth Cowan
XDC Markets Team UK Head · XDC Network
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Atul Khekade
Co-Founder · XDC Network
Atul Khekade is Co-Founder of XDC Network, an enterprise-grade Layer 1 blockchain focused on global trade, tokenisation and real-world assets. With more than 14 years of technology experience, he helped conceptualise…
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Christoph Kletzer
Professor of Law · Kings College London
Professor of Law at Kings College London, working across Tokenization. Europe-based. Active in the STG-3 private channel and a 2026 London Summit participant.
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Anthony Woolley
Head of Business Development · Ownera
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Dr. Barry Childe
CISO · Datavault AI
CISO at Datavault AI, working on tokenisation and quantum-resistant security. Co-founder of the quantum encryption company Arqit, and before that a Distinguished Engineer at HSBC, with roles at Barclays, RBS and VMware.
Dr Bing Xu
Kodelab