Flavia just recently retired from her role as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Circle, a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of stablecoins and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications. Prior to her time at Circle, Flavia worked at different organizations in the SF Bay Area engaging with industries ranging from software licensing and copyrights to entertainment, e-commerce and payments.

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Born and raised in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Flavia is active in the local Brazilian community and provides mentoring to young attorneys. She was also a long-term Board member at Instituto Familiar de la Raza.

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Flavia obtained her legal degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais and a certificate of US legal studies from Widener University Commonwealth Law School. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and daughters, where they enjoy the beach, hiking, and the Tahoe mountains during the winter.

Gabriella Kusz is a Senior Fellow at AI 2030, the organization advancing responsible innovation in the AI space as well as Advisor - Operations to TCS which works to enhance freight financing terms for the trucking industry via AI and blockchain settlement. She is the former CEO of the Global Digital Asset Association (GDCA). In 2023, Gabby was named among the 'Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech' by the American Banker. She is a true ambassador for blockchain & Web3, and is regularly named as one of the top c-suiters in industry publications.

Gretchen Keller is on the Executive Search Team for Hamlyn Williams in New York, and is the Co Founder and Co-Host of a LinkedIn Live / podcast series titled "In Fintech We Build Trust."Gretchen works with seed-funded through to IPO and Fortune 500 companies in clarifying an organization's business strategy while translating it into an operating model, structure and processes through the use of executive-level talent within financial services, specifically the fintech, digital assets, and web3 sectors.Gretchen is skilled in building high-performing executive teams that can improve organizational performance while driving transformation, scaling organizational design through the use of analytics, and identifying and attracting niche talent capabilities across the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions.

Hanis Harmiles is redefining expert-knowledge ownership with Reinvent DAO. Known as NFT Queen Asia as her Virtual ID, she is also the Top 100 Women of The Future in Emerging Tech. Her credibility is recognised as a Public Speaker in areas of Real World Asset Tokenisation, progressive Creator’s Economy and Future of Work with DAOs. She has spent her corporate career in Consulting & Banking industry previously, where she has led Digital Banking & transformative projects in Fortune 100 Companies like HSBC, CommBank Australia and Accenture. Hanis is also an Advisor to DeFi StartUps and DAOs in the Web3.0 ecosystem.Hanis founded Reinvent DAO, that is organised as a Consulting Knowledge-Sharing DAO. They are building Experts Know-How to be tokenised as Intellectual Property (IP), by returning the value back to the creators of the Consulting DAO member and AI-powered solution to solve the business everyday needs.The uniqueness about Reinvent DAO is they allow their members to monetise and own their wealth via their best practices, expertise and know-how ~all enabled through the power of Reinvent DAO.

Hannah Glass is a senior associate at King & Wood Mallesons, specialising in payments, fintech, blockchain technology and regtech. She advises a broad range of clients from start-ups and digital asset exchanges, to ASX 50 companies and banks on current and emerging legal issues which arise from using innovative technologies in a complex regulatory environment. Hannah is sought after to provide strategic regulatory advice and to help clients bring new solutions to market.Hannah has long been at the forefront of the development of the legal framework for fintech in Australia. Since 2015, she has worked with industry bodies and government on issues ranging from regulatory sandboxes, to payments and digital asset regulatory reform. As part of this, Hannah advised the Reserve Bank of Australia and other consortium members on Project Atom, Australia's wholesale central bank digital currency pilot.  Hannah sat on the Australian Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources’ National Blockchain Roadmap Steering Committee from 2020-2023 and was chair of the Regtech Working Group which conducted a public inquiry into the use of blockchain to meet legal, regulatory and compliance obligations.Hannah is frequently invited to speak at prominent events and on podcasts. Highlights include delivering a keynote address for Blockchain APAC, moderating panels and speaking at FinTech Australia's Intersekt Conference and Blockchain Australia's Blockchain Week, and presenting on digital payment innovations to Australia's peak banking, payments and exchange associations and their members.  She has also hosted closed room roundtable discussions including for the ASX, Australia's Big 4 Banks, and payments companies exploring innovations in open banking, digital payments, tokenisation and DLT. Hannah has been recognised by her peers in the Chambers and Partners Fintech Legal Guide since 2019 and has been named as a "Rising Star" in the Legal500 for fintech and financial services regulatory. Hannah is a fellow of Blockchain Australia, a founding member and ambassador of the Association for Women in Cryptocurrency, and a member of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance.

I am a barrister in London specialising in digital asset disputes in the context of a broader commercial, company, fraud and insolvency practice. As a barrister I am a specialist advocate, regularly appearing on behalf of clients in High Court, and I also have a significant advisory practice providing clients with advises on the merits, on settlement parameters, and acting for them in settlement forums.

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I have been involved in some of the first cryptocurrency-related matters in England & Wales, acting in a bitcoin misappropriation case for a respondent to a worldwide freezing order which we successfully challenged, and advising liquidators on digital asset aspects of a company liquidation. 

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I have regularly been asked to speak on the topic of cryptocurrency, including this year at London International Disputes Week, at a CFAAR event on mis-selling cryptocurrencies and by the Tech Disputes Network in a podcast roundup of interesting recent cases in the area. I have been published in the Journal of International Banking and Finance Law on the topic of the bona fide purchaser of misappropriated cryptocurrencies and was cited by the Law Commission in their report on Digital Assets in 2023. I am also due to speak at an event organised by the Society of Computer Law on Artificial Intelligence and a joint event held by Tech Disputes Network and the Female Fraud Forum (of which I am a committee member).

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I am always happy to be contacted about opportunities and would love to be able to promote other women in the space as well.

Helen is an expert in crypto insurnace. A well-recognized leader in the international (re)insurance industry, Helen has almost 20 years of very successful experience across technical underwriting, risk management and management. Throughout her career, she is passionate about technology and always trying to bring innovative products and services to the industry. A frequent speaker in the insurance industry, Helen has recently started to broaden her scope to the digital asset industry. She spoke about crypto insurance at Token 2049 London in 2022.

Hillary is the Head of Business Development, Americas at Talos, based in New York. She joined Talos in September 2022 and is responsible for executing the firm's go-to-market strategy, building strategic partnerships with institutional clients, and driving future revenue growth. She spent the last five years in the crypto markets at Gemini as a Director of Business Development, where she was deeply involved in strategic business initiatives and fostering key institutional client relationships. She wore several hats on the institutional team throughout the years, most recently leading hedge fund sales and market maker partnerships across the organization. Prior to joining Gemini in 2017, she spent several years at Bloomberg LP in Sales and Marketing roles, and at Sterling Bank as a Credit Analyst.

Isabell Moessler is a Senior Vice President, Head of Distribution for 21Shares and part of the Executive Leadership Team of the parent company 21.co. Her focus is to grow the 21Shares investor base by geographic and client segment expansion. She and her team work closely with investors, regulators and other stakeholders to increase awareness and understanding of the rapidly changing digital asset space and explain how 21Shares’ innovative products provide access to this asset class.As a seasoned finance professional, she has over 15 years of leadership and management experience at several leading companies - including iShares, ETF Securities, Goldman Sachs and most recently at Euronext. Isabell holds an MBA from the University of Cambridge, a BSc Hons in business administration from City University, London and, and is involved in several volunteer organizations, including Women in ETFs and as an Advisory Board member of Equileap.

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Past Speaking

Engagements include:

- World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland (2024)
- International Trader Forum Barcelona (2023), Lisbon (2022)
- EY Annual ETF Roadshow, Dublin and London (2024)
- Irish Funds Symposium, London (2023)
- Warwick University, WWiE’s International Women’s Day Conference (2024)

Topics of Expertise include:
- Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) including Crypto ETFs
- Crypto Education
- Digital Asset Investing
- Building a bridge between TradFi and DeFi
- Tokenization
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Building high performing Sales Teams

Isabella Chase is a Senior Policy Advisor at TRM Labs where she focuses on UK and EU policy and regulatory affairs. Her specific expertise lies in building effective policy responses to combating financial crimes and ensuring financial integrity. 

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Prior to joining TRM Labs, Isabella was a senior research fellow at the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI where she remains an associate fellow. Her research at the CFCS focused on new technologies (including crypto), compliance and financial inclusion.

Isadora has dedicated her career to understanding the intricate relationship between technology, finance, and public policy. Her experience spans both the public and private sectors, where she has worked to develop, shape, and inform policy and regulation that enables safe, ethical, and resilient digital economies.As an advisor at Global Counsel, she assisted leading financial institutions, investors, and technology firms in navigating and anticipating a wide range of policy and regulatory challenges, with a sectoral focus on digital assets, payments, and fintech. Prior to that, she worked in regulation at the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), where she developed prudential and conduct standards for investment, payments, and digital assets firms.Isadora began her career at the OECD, where she supported the launch of the organization's Observatory for Public Sector Innovation (OPSI). She later served as a consultant at BCG and at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), designing, managing, and delivering policy-based thought leadership products across four different geographies (LATAM, MENA, EU, and US) for clients in the private, public, and multilateral sectors.Isadora is based in Zurich, Switzerland, she is fluent in Spanish, Italian, English, and French and is learning German. She is passionately committed to empowering emerging women leaders in the workplace, helping them find their voice, believe in their unique strengths, and build inclusive, compassionate, mission-driven, and resilient teams.

Jacqueline Escobar is a dynamic public speaker with expertise in fintech, blockchain, and financial regulation. She is known for her engaging presentations that blend deep industry knowledge with practical insights.Jacqueline's speaking experience includes being a mentor of the winning team in a competition set by PayPal and participating in the Global Fintech Internship organized by CFTE - Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship. She was the first Latin American Scholar in Financial Services at the International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference, where she presented her winning essay on blockchain in humanitarian crises.Jacqueline has spoken at various events and webinars, including "Towards the Implementation of the Regulatory Sandbox in Peru" at a financial innovation event organized by The Key Peru, and "Security Token Offering" at a webinar organized by the Commercial Law Group at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She has also presented on topics such as crowdfunding, digital payments, electronic signatures, and blockchain at conferences and seminars.

Jannah Patchay is the founder of Markets Evolution, a consultancy specialising in financial markets innovation and regulatory strategy in both traditional financial and digital asset markets. She is also an Executive Director and Policy Lead for the Digital Pound Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which she was instrumental in launching in 2021 to advocate for the introduction of a well-designed digital Pound in both publicly and privately-issued forms, and for an effective and diverse ecosystem for new forms of digital money in the UK and globally. Her passion lies in building the financial markets of the future, harnessing frontier technologies to create new and innovative financial services and products that can promote wider social and environmental benefit, and greater access to financial services. Her current focus areas include sustainable and green finance, and the development of digital asset markets and central bank digital currencies.Jannah is a regular speaker on a range of topics, including but not limited to digital money and digital currencies, tokenisation, digital assets, the convergence of tradfi and DeFi, digital asset regulation and policy and digital sustainable finance. She hosts the Digital Pound Foundation’s podcast, the Poundcast, and has spoken at numerous events such as: CryptoCompare’s Digital Assets Summit (CCDAS), the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) OPTIC conference, MoneyNext Summit, OECD Blockchain Global Policy Forum, CryptoAM Summit, the Digital Commonwealth’s Mansion House Series, Paris Blockchain Week, Blockchain for Europe Summit, Avalanche Summit, European Blockchain Convention, London Blockchain Conference, Blockchain Tech Expo, TradeTech DigiAssets, and many more.

Jennifer Lassiter, Executive Director of The Digital Dollar Project (DDP), shapes the future of money through collaboration with stakeholders. She brings together diverse groups to achieve shared outcomes and address complex regulatory and technology challenges. With former roles at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Jennifer is a trusted advisor in the financial sector. Additionally, she is actively involved in esteemed organizations such as the World Economic Forum’s Digital Currency Governance Consortium and the Progressive Policy Institute’s Mosaic Economic Project. Jennifer also holds the position of Salzburg Global Financial Forum Fellow.