Speakers
Prof. Tālis Putniņš
Co-Chief Executive Officer & Chief Scientist
DFCRC
Tālis Putniņš is the Co-CEO and Chief Scientist at the at the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC), leading the research and education strategy for the Centre. Talis is an internationally recognised authority on digital finance, with over 15 years’ international research experience. He is a Professor of Finance at the University of Technology Sydney and has published widely in distinguished journals, including on market design, financial market microstructure and market integrity/misconduct.
His work focuses on leveraging technology to enhance financial market functionality and integrity. Tālis has served as an advisor to government agencies, stock exchanges, fintech startups, and financial institutions globally. Talis’ recent research focuses on digital finance tools, such as decentralised markets and the tokenisation of assets. He has also served as an expert witness in legal cases.
Tālis holds a Bachelor of Finance and a Bachelor of Engineering (Information Technology and Telecommunication) with First Class Honours and the University Medal from the University of Adelaide. In 2010, Tālis was awarded a PhD in Finance from the University of Sydney and was promoted to a professorship in 2015.
He has held visiting and honorary positions at Columbia University, New York university, the University of Edinburgh and Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.
Speaking At
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3:30–5:00pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
The Scaling Challenge in Tokenized Markets
Connecting Tokenized Capital Markets
Public-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
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Aaron SeabrookChief Operating OfficerMarketnode
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Andrea DoreGlobal Head of Treasury OperationsWorld Bank Group
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Audrey MetzgerDirector of Innovation & Financial Market InfrastructuresBanque de France
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Fernando VázquezPresident, Capital MarketsChainlink
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Gabriel CallsenSenior Director, Innovation & DigitalisationInternational Capital Market Association (ICMA)
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Gajia ParsonsVP, Financial PartnershipsCircle
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Magnus HaglindSenior Vice President & Head of Capital Markets TechnologyNasdaq
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Martin K. MüllerChairman of the Supervisory BoardRegulated Layer One
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Samuel RileyChief Executive OfficerClearstream Securities Services, Clearstream Holding AG
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Selene ChongGlobal Head of Digital Assets, CIBHSBC
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Prof. Tālis PutniņšCo-Chief Executive Officer & Chief ScientistDFCRC
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Tim WaySenior Director, Global BankingFireblocks
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Sandra RoChief Executive OfficerGlobal Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)Moderator
About this session
Tokenized bond and fund issuance is growing quickly, but secondary-market liquidity hasn't kept pace — largely because issuance still sits on separate, platform-specific systems that don't connect to each other.
Interoperability standards exist, but adoption remains voluntary, and what should carry the cash leg (stablecoins, tokenized deposits, or central bank money) is still unresolved. This session brings together issuance platforms, interoperability infrastructure, and standard-setters to discuss what it would take to converge on shared rails, so liquidity can catch up to issuance. -

