Digital Assets & Tokenisation Summit, New York
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Digital Assets & Tokenisation Summit, New York
18 November, 2026
Agenda
8:15am
Registration & Networking with Sponsors
9:00am
Opening and Welcome
Pete Harris, Conference Chair & Editor, Digital Assets & Tokenisation Insight, A-Team Group
9:10am
Opening Keynote: Wall Street 2.0 and the Path to an $8 Trillion Tokenised Securities Ecosystem
Citi forecasts tokenised securities will be an $8 Trillion market by 2030. How will Wall Street’s business and technology evolve and innovate to make that happen?
9:40am
Opening Panel: The Tokenisation Report Card – A, C or F?
- BlackRock CEO Larry Fink predicted all assets would eventually be tokenised; based on market evidence in 2026, which asset classes are scaling and which are stalling?
- What are the best approaches to deliver successful tokenisation projects?
- How to align business drivers with technology best practices
- What’s the next killer asset class to tokenise?
- Who agrees with Larry?
10:20am
Application Case Study Keynote
10:40am
Morning break and networking with sponsors
11:10am
Application Case Study Keynote
11.30am
Panel: What’s New and Next with Stablecoins – for Humans and AI Agents
- How are institutions preparing for the implementation of the GENIUS Act in the US?
- As the number of stablecoins in production increases, how are institutions determining which to support?
- Given stablecoin payments are instant and irreversible, do institutions face increased fraud risk? Are there any facilities to freeze suspicious transfers?
- Are institutions ready to support stablecoins that are used by AI agents, and which might route thousands of sub-cent micro-payments per hour?
- Beyond supporting high volumes and throughput, what other issues are institutions expecting to address as AI usage of stablecoins increases?
12.15pm
Panel: Elevating DeFi Compliance to Bank-Grade Standards
- Given the overall industry embrace of tokenised assets, to what extent are TradFi institutions still drawn to unregulated DeFi markets?
- How are institutions approaching their exposure to DeFi markets and what processes are they implementing to counter risks?
- Which compliance processes are being implemented to address KYC, AML and OFAC exposures?
- To what extent are institutions turning to private/permissioned DLTs and identity solutions to solve their compliance issues, and does this approach negate the benefits of decentralisation?
- Are token standards like ERC-3643 and DS Token being adopted to automate compliance policies?
1:00pm
Lunch break and networking with sponsors
2:00pm
Technology Innovation Keynote
2:20pm
Panel: Choosing a Tokenisation Platform for Today’s Operational Imperatives and Tomorrow’s Opportunities
- When comparing tokenisation platforms what are the key functional aspects and metrics that should be top of an evaluator’s list?
- How important is multi-chain support, and which supported DLTs are must haves?
- What approaches might be pursued, and what tools are available, when assessing the performance and scalability of tokenisation platforms?
- How does an institution ensure that a tokenisation platform can support both current and future needs and future DLT networks? What kind of architecture is important in this regard?
- Are there strong arguments for buy vs build vs buy and customise approaches?
3:05pm
Panel: Can DLT Meet the Performance and Functionality Required by Tomorrow’s Tokenised Markets?
- What is the current typical throughput and finality latency stated by leading DLTs?
- In general is performance high enough to support tokenised assets in the near to mid term?
- What are the leading technology approaches being pursued to increase performance? And are they likely to meet market growth projections?
- What are the pros and cons of permissionless vs permissioned DLTs from the POV of access to liquidity and regulatory compliance?
- What are the essential token standards and smart contract support capabilities for DLTs that host tokenised finance?
3:50pm
Afternoon break and networking with sponsors
4:20pm
Deep-Dive Roundtables
Interactive, peer-to-peer breakouts under Chatham House rules to facilitate deep-dive discussions on specialist topics, such as:
- Roundtable 1: Tokenisation of alternative assets
- Roundtable 2: Tokenisation and DePIN
- Roundtable 3: Markets for native digital assets
- Roundtable 4: The future for digital asset treasuries
- Roundtable 5: Increasing institutional staking yield
5:00pm
Networking Reception
6:00pm
Summit Concludes
Note: This agenda is preliminary and will likely be updated as the Summit day approaches. Suggestions for changes and additions are welcome. Contact Pete Harris – pete@a-teamgroup.com – with your feedback.
“It was an excellent event and it was great to see some familiar faces and meet some new ones! I enjoyed all the sessions I saw: the panellists were excellent and all experts in their fields.”
“This is my second year attending A-Team events. A-Team Group pull together a good group of relevant panellists and speakers – backed up by a good show in the exhibitor section. These are the people who you want to meet and listen to.
I find myself able to agree with some information – but always with a learning aspect attached to that and the rest.
I look forward to the event next year.”
“It was very useful, lots of insight in a small package. Coming from a relatively unsophisticated market such events help for keeping track of global trends and potentially building our competitive advantage.”
“I found it a great opportunity to hear from and network with, many of the thought leaders in the trading technology space.”
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