FMA FinTech Day

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Agenda:

• Welcome remarks (09:00-09:10)
  -Mariana Kühnel, Member of the Executive Board, FMA
  
• Keynote: MiCAR as a catalyst for a "Crypto Hub Austria"? (09:10-09:20)
  -Martin Hanzl, Partner, Head of New Tech, EY Law Austria
  
• Expert Panel - "MiCAR in practice - Between regulation and innovation" (09:20-10:10)
  -Marianne Jarlaud, Deputy Head Innovation and Digital Finance Division, Autorité des Marchés Financiers
  -Philipp Bohrn, Managing Director, VP Regulatory Compliance and Public Affairs, Bitpanda
  -Georg Harer, Managing Director, Head of Legal & Compliance, Bybit EU
  -Elisabeth Reiner, Senior Manager, Attorney-at-law, EY Law Austria
  Moderation: Stefan Tomanek, Head of Financial Innovation Supervision Unit, FMA
  
• Networking corners on selected topics (10:10-10:45)
  
• Regulatory challenge: Token assesment (10:45-11:30)
  Presented by: Ralph Rirsch/Florian Pekler, Financial Innovation Supervision Unit, FMA
  

• Break (11:30-12:10)
  
• Keynote - Concepts for regulating financial innovations (12:10-12:20)
  -Clara Guerra, Director, Office for Digital Innovation, Liechtenstein Government
  
• Expert Panel - "AI, DeFi & Tokenization - Supervision in the age of financial innovation" 12:20-13:10
  -Özge Almasulu-Esatbeyoğlu, Advisor to the Minister, Federal Ministry of Finance
  -Clara Guerra, Director, Office for Digital Innovation, Liechtenstein Government
  -Stefan Härtner, Senior Legal & Policy Specialist, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority
  -Martin Miernicki, Professor for Business, Law and Digital Innovation, University of Graz
  -Christian Wolf, Head of Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystem, RBI
  Moderation: Ralph Rirsch, Fintech & Sandbox Point of Contact and AI Lead, FMA
  
• Closing & Networking until 14:00
  Closing remarks by Birgit Puck, Managing Director Securities Supervision, FMA
  

This event is hosted by FMA, in cooperation with Fintech Austria, Bankenverband, and Wirtschaftsagentur Wien.
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Event language: English