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February 11-12, 2025 - Jersey City

hosted by J.P. Morgan at

575 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ, 07310 US

Join us for the first ever LF Decentralized Trust Interoperability Workshop for Financial Services!

Connect and collaborate with your banking and financial services peers to voice your requirements and influence roadmaps. Hear directly from the experts on your pressing queries. Learn about our various technologies that enable interoperability and contribute to shaping the future of decentralized trust. This event offers a unique opportunity to explore the latest advancements in the field and have in-depth discussions that can impact your projects.

 

Topics you can expect to be covered:

Latest developments in interoperability tools and implementations across the industry

Hyperledger Cacti and Firefly Overview & Roadmap

Sessions

Session

Hyperledger Cacti: Connecting Private Networks to the EVM through Chainlink

Peter Somogyvari, Hyperledger Cacti Maintainer, Software Product Architect at Accenture

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Making Distributed Ledgers Interoperable: Hyperledger Cacti and Standardization Efforts

Rama Venkataraman, Senior Researcher, IBM

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Advancing Cross-Chain Interoperability for Regulated Institutions

Simon Baksys, VP, Business Development, LayerZero Labs

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Traditional System Connectivity and Cross-chain Interoperability With Hyperledger Besu

Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder, Chainlink

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Designing tokens for regulatory compliance and interoperability

Wee Kee Toh, Global Head of Business Architecture Kinexys Digital Payments, J.P. Morgan

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TOKI: A Light Client Bridge in Practice

Susumu Toriumi, COO, Datachain

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The Future of Cross-chain Interoperability for Regulated Financial Markets

Peter Munnings, Co-Founder and COO, Adhara

Austen Appleby, Sr. Product Manager, R3

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Connection Without Custody: Axelar and Multichain Security

Jason Rozovsky, Head of Legal, Interop Labs

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Swift’s Approach to Interoperability for Digital Assets

Jack Pouderoyen, Innovation Lead Digital Assets, Swift

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Bringing together Assets and Cash: Cross-chain Interoperability for Privacy-preserving Tokens

Peter Broadhurst, Co-Founder & Head of Engineering, and Steve Cerveny, Founder & CEO, Kaleido

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Connecting FIX to the World of Tokenized Assets

Ami Ben-David, Co-Founder & CEO, Ownera

Roy Ben-Hur, Managing Director, Deloitte USA

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The Interoperability Imperative: Core Infrastructure First, Product Second

Temujin Louie, CEO, Wanchain

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Dfns Wallet Technology: Unlocking Secure Blockchain Connectivity

Clarisse Hagège, Founder & CEO, Dfns

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Canton Network: Privacy and Interoperability

Simon Letort, Strategy and Wayne Collier, Product, Digital Asset

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Interoperability Design Principles for IETF SATP Protocol

Thomas Hardjono, CTO, MIT Connection Science

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Bridging Token Standards: Mapping Solana to EVM/ERC for Seamless Interoperability

Nick Duckoff, Head of Institutional Growth, and Solomon Ponomarev, Head of Technical Product, Solana Foundation

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Agglayer: Unified Settlement and ZK Security

Kyle Makinen, Head of Solutions Engineering, Polygon Labs

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Decentralized Data Layers: Enabling Interoperable and Safer Payment Experiences

Thomas Eapen, Executive Director, Blockchain Engineering, Robert Gossett, Commercial Manager, North America  and Gloria Wan, Executive Director, General Manager Confirm and Route Logic, J.P. Morgan

Session

Breaking Silos: Leveraging Token Interoperability for Unlocking Blockchain Potential

Biser Dimitrov, Global Head of DLT Center of Excellence, Citi

Sanjeev Birari, Co-Founder & CBO, Zoniqx 

Thomas Sullivan, Managing Director, Société Générale

Chang Jiao, Vice President, Sr. Lead Software Engineer, J.P. Morgan

Karen Ottoni, Senior Director of Ecosyste & Strategic Initiatives, LF Decentralized Trust

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Breaking Chains: How to Successfully Migrate Your Blockchain to the Cloud

Ramesh Babu Anandhan, Executive Director Head of Platform Product & Services, and
Jitendra Bhurat, Executive Director, Principal Software Engineer, J.P. Morgan

Panel

Open Discussion on Token Standards

Wee Kee Toh, Global Head of Business Architecture Kinexys Digital Payments, J.P. Morgan

Carlos Vivas Augier, Head of DLT Platform Engineering, Citi

Dennis O'Connell, President, ERC3643

Johnna Powell, Managing Director, Technology Research and Innovation, DTCC

Hart Montgomery, CTO, LF Decentralized Trust

Panel

Open Discussion on Protocols

Peter Somogyvari, Software Product Architect Manager, Accenture

Roger Brogan, Director of Solutions Architecture, Chainlink Labs

Jason Rozovsky, Head of Legal, Interop Labs

Nick Duckoff, Head of Institutional Growth, Solana Foundation

Simon Baksys, Business Development, Financial Services Lead, LayerZero Labs

Hart Montgomery, CTO, LF Decentralized Trust

 

Speakers

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Nick Duckoff

Head of Institutional Growth at Solana Foundation

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Oscar Duris

VP of Product Development | Blockchain/Digital Assets at Mastercard

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Rashi Goyal

Director - Blockchain & Digital Assets at Mastercard

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Thomas Hardjono

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Christopher Grilhault des Fontaines 

Co-CEO & Co-founder at Dfns

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Milena Kohlhofer

Head of Sales, U.S. & LATAM at Ownera

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Temujin Louie, CEO

CEO at Wanchain

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Simon Letort

Head of Strategic Initiatives at Digital Asset

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Peter Munnings

Co-Founder at Adhara

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Josh Mercer-Deadman

Business Development, Financial Services Lead at LayerZero Labs

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Sergey Nazarov

Co-Founder at Chainlink

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Solomon Ponomarev

Head of Technical Product at Solana Foundation

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Jack Pouderoyen

Digital Assets & Currencies at Swift

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Venkatraman Ramakrishna

Senior Researcher at IBM

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Jason Rozovsky

Head of Legal at Interop Labs

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Peter Somogyvari

Software Product Architect Manager at Accenture

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Susumu Toriumi

COO at Datachain

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Wee Kee Toh

Wee Kee Toh

Executive Director & Head of Business Architecture for Kinexys Digital Payments at JP Morgan

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Peter Broadhurst

Co-Founder & Head of Engineering at Kaleido

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Clarisse

Clarisse Hagège

CEO & Founder at Dfns

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Austen Appleby

Sr. Product Manager at R3

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Wayne

Wayne Collier

Principal Product Manager at Digital Asset

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Johnna

Johnna Powell

Managing Director, Technology Research and Innovation at DTCC

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Sudhir

Sudhir Upadhyay

Head of Engineering at Kinexys by J.P. Morgan

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Ami Ben David

Ami Ben-David

Co-Founder & CEO at Ownera

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Roy Ben-Hur

Managing Director at Deloitte USA

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Simon

Simon Baksys

VP, Business Development at LayerZero Labs

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Carlos

Carlos Vivas Augier

Head of DLT Platform Engineering at Citi

 

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Dennis

Dennis O'Connell

President at ERC3643

 

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Hart Montgomery

CTO at Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust

 

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Roger

Roger Brogan

Director of Solutions Architecture at Chainlink Labs

 

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Thomas Eapen

Executive Director - Blockchain Engineering at  J.P. Morgan 

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Robert Gossett

Commercial Manager, North America at J.P. Morgan 

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Gloria Wan

Gloria Wan 

General Manager Confirm and Route Logic at J.P. Morgan 

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Rajeev

Rajeev Sambyal

Head of Digital Assets Platform at BNY Mellon 

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Sanjeev

Sanjeev Birari

Co-Founder & CBO at Zoniqx

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Ramesh Babu Anandhan

Ramesh Babu Anandhan

Head of Platform Product & Services at J.P. Morgan

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Jitendra

Jitendra Bhurat

Executive Director, Principal Software Engineer at Kinexys by J.P. Morgan

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Biser

Biser Dimitrov

Global Head of DLT Center of Excellence at Citi

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Steve

Steve Cerveny

Founder and CEO at Kaleido

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Chang Jiao

Chang Jiao

Vice President, Sr. Lead Software Engineer, J.P. Morgan

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Interested in presenting on a topic?

please reach out to us at

ecosystem@lfdecentralizedtrust.org

(Please note: LF Decentralized Trust members are pre-approved. Attendance is by invitation only.)

 

DAY 1 - Tuesday, February 11th

8:00-9:00am - Registration & Networking Breakfast

9:00am-5:30pm - Main Sessions

5:30-7:30pm - Happy Hour, hosted by Chainlink 

 

DAY 2 - Wednesday, February 12th

8:00-9:00am - Registration & Networking Breakfast

9:00am-5:30pm - Main Sessions

5:30-7:30pm - Happy Hour, hosted by LayerZero 

Why attend? 

 

  • Collaborative Development: This workshop aims to bring industry experts together to debate, discuss, share, and contribute to the open-source codebases of LF Decentralized Trust. This is a golden opportunity to collaboratively define the requirements of interoperability in enterprise.

  • Open Development & Governance: We will follow the open development and governance process provided by the LF Decentralized Trust, a part of the Linux Foundation, ensuring transparency and efficiency in our endeavors.

  • Anti-trust & Chatham House Rules: To ensure a conducive and non-competitive environment for genuine discussions, the workshop will strictly adhere to the LF Decentralized anti-trust policy guidelines and operate under Chatham house rules.

Invite-only Event

Tickets are first come, first served. 

If you have not received an invitation to attend please contact us for approval. 

Email ecosystem@lfdecentralizedtrust.org for assistance

 

Code of Conduct

By attending or participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Linux Foundation Code of Conduct. Event is held under Chatham House Rule. No media.

Please contact Angela Brown, SVP & GM of Events, at angela@linuxfoundation.org if you believe you’ve observed or experienced a violation of the Code of Conduct.