Day 1 Thursday October 13th
7.00am
Registration
8.00am
Breakfast session: Building the blockchain–The promise and perils
Sponsored by Deloitte
Barry Silbert
Founder and chief executive, Digital Currency Group
Brad Peterson
Executive vice-president, chief technology officer, chief information officer, Nasdaq
Eric Piscini
Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Melanie Swan
Philosophy and economic theorist, New School for Social Research
Matthew Bishop 
Senior editor, The Economist Group
8.45am
Opening remarks
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-chief, The Economist
9.00am
Collaborate or die?
Fintech’s next evolution
Sheila Bair
Former chair, FDIC; Member of the board, Avant
Jeffrey McMillan
Chief analytics and data officer, Morgan Stanley
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-chief, The Economist
Jon Stein
Founder and chief executive, Betterment
9.45am
Unicorns and unicorpses
Fintech battles with the economic climate
Jonathan Korngold
Managing director, General Atlantic
Amy Nauiokas
Founder and chair, Archer Gray; Founder and president, Anthemis
Christian Angermayer
Founder and chief executive, Apeiron Investment Group
Pete Casella
Partner, Point 72 Ventures
Tom Easton
American finance editor, The Economist
10.20am
Case study in collaboration
The anatomy of a merger
Alexa von Tobel
Founder and chief executive, LearnVest.com
Tim Schaefer
Executive vice-president, client and digital experience, Northwestern Mutual
Matthew Bishop
Senior editor, The Economist Group
10.45am
Networking break
11.15am
Getting to really know your customer
Unlocking the value in big data
Nigel Morris
Managing partner of QED Investors and co-founder, Capital One
Usama Fayyad
Chief data officer, Barclays Bank; Chairman, Oasis500
Neil Hiltz
Head of financial services, global vertical strategy, Facebook
Tom Easton
American finance editor, The Economist
12.00pm
Quantum computing, the internet of things, AI and other potential game-changers
Igor Tulchinsky
Chief executive, WorldQuant
Hilary Mason
Founder and chief executive, Fast Forward Labs
Stephane Wyper
Global lead, MasterCard Start Path
Matthew Bishop
Senior editor, The Economist Group
12.45pm
Lunch
1.30pm
Blockchain versus blockchain
Michael Novogratz
Former president, Fortress Investment Group
Jeremy Allaire
Founder, chairman and chief executive, Circle
Todd McDonald
Co-founder and chief operating officer, R3
Matthew Bishop
Senior editor, The Economist Group
2.15pm
Regulating “finance’s Uber moment”
Thomas Curry
Comptroller of the currency, US Department of the Treasury
Adam Ludwin
Co-founder and chief executive, Chain
Tom Easton
American finance editor, The Economist
John Beccia
General counsel and chief compliance officer, Circle Internet Financial
3.00pm
Fintech at the bottom of the pyramid
Tilman Ehrback
Partner, Omidyar Network
Billy Alvarado
Chief business officer, Stripe
Michele Romanow
Co-founder, Clearbanc
Joseph Lake
Director of global forecasting, The Economist Intelligence Unit
3.45pm
Networking break
4.30pm
The Bagehot lecture
Vikram Pandit
Chairman and chief executive, The Orogen Group and former chief executive, Citigroup Inc.
Zanny Minton Beddoes
Editor-in-chief, The Economist
5.00pm
Oxford-style debate
Proposition: This house believes that China will win the fintech revolution
Benjamin Qiu
Partner, Loeb & Loeb
PRO: Gregory Gibb
Co-chairman and chief executive, Lufax
CON: Noor Menai
President and chief executive, CTBC Bank USA
PRO: Haiyan Wang
Co-founder and managing partner, China India Institute
Vijay Vaitheeswaran
China business editor, The Economist
5.45pm
Closing remarks and cocktail reception