Elizabeth Kay, an Associate Managing Director with Kroll, is an executive with extensive experience in compliance risk management programs. She has over 30 years of industry experience and has held senior compliance, audit, finance, and project management positions at prominent financial services organizations, including Citigroup, American Express, Commerzbank AG, Royal Bank of Scotland, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, and Lehman Brothers. Prior to joining Kroll, Elizabeth’s recent assignments included the design and implementation of key components of a compliance risk management program as required under Federal Reserve guidance SR 08-8. She has designed and implemented second-line-of-defense regulatory compliance and financial crime testing programs at financial institutions that were operating under public enforcement actions. In addition, Elizabeth has been responsible for the execution of regulatory compliance and financial crime risk assessments associated with banking, securities, derivatives, anti-money laundering, sanctions and fraud regulations. She has experience working with U.S. and European government agencies, including FRB, OCC, SEC, FINRA, NFA, NYDFS, Connecticut Department of Banking, European Central Bank, and BaFin. Her recent experience includes advising crypto clients on the efficacy of their compliance programs.

Elizabeth N. Pendleton (Liz) is a Chief Trial Attorney in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement. Based in the CFTC’s Chicago office, Liz supervises teams of trial attorneys, investigators and economists, and has represented the Commission in a broad range of matters including those involving cryptocurrency fraud and manipulation, failure to register, false reporting, trade practice violations, and Ponzi schemes. Liz recently concluded a three year tenure as a co-chair of the Division’s Digital Asset Task Force and currently serves on the Commission’s Digital Commodities Working Group where she advises on legal and policy issues in the digital asset space.

Elizabeth N. Pendleton (Liz) is a Chief Trial Attorney in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Division of Enforcement. Based in the CFTC’s Chicago office, Liz supervises teams of trial attorneys,  investigators and economists, and has represented the Commission in a broad range of matters including those involving cryptocurrency fraud and manipulation, false reporting, trade practice violations and Ponzi schemes. Liz recently concluded a three year tenure as a co-chair of the Division’s Digital Asset Task Force and currently serves on the Commission’s Digital Commodities Working Group where she advises on legal and policy issues in the digital asset space.

Elizabeth Severinovskaya is an associate managing director at K2 Integrity, where she leads the firm's emerging Virtual Asset Practice, advising both crypto natives and traditional finance (TradFi) clients on their financial crimes risk and compliance strategies. She has a broad range of industry experience across banking and financial services, fintechs, payments, and cryptocurrency platforms. Additionally, Elizabeth provides advisory services to regulatory clients in the UAE. In her past roles Elizabeth has advised regulatory bodies, international organizations, global systemically important banks (GSIBs), and industry-leading cryptocurrency firms.

Prior to joining K2 Integrity, Elizabeth worked as a senior consultant in the digital assets practice at Promontory Financial Group, a business unit of IBM Consulting, where she performed a number of industry standard-setting engagements, including leading the development of the Nebraska Digital Asset Depository Institution (DDI) BSA/AML and OFAC Examination Manual and the Nebraska DDI Supervisory Handbook to support implementation of the Nebraska Financial Innovation Act, as well as training a federal supervisory agency on BSA/AML and sanctions risks unique to cryptocurrency. In her time at Promontory, Elizabeth advised several leading virtual asset service providers, including exchanges, prime brokerages, and digital asset custodians, on their licensing, chartering, and remediation strategies, and has developed an expertise in building and implementing BSA/AML compliance programs tailored to the virtual asset industry from the ground up.

Elizabeth previously worked at two leading fintechs, Coinbase and Stripe, where she held several risk and compliance roles involving policy development, program development and implementation, and process optimization. At Coinbase, Elizabeth also headed up the compliance partnerships function for Coinbase’s fiat partners and developed Coinbase’s BSA/AML program governance. At Stripe, Elizabeth developed the Fintech user supportability strategy through a cross-functional partnership with legal, product, engineering, and credit for Stripe’s fastest-growing user segment.

Prior to her foray into the Fintech space, Elizabeth served as the BSA/AML head of governance and strategy at Scotiabank, where she led Scotiabank’s BSA/AML remediation strategy for its public Written Agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the New York State Department of Financial Services, ultimately resulting in enforcement action closure.

Elizabeth earned a Masters in global affairs and a J.D. from the University of Toronto, during which time she advised the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units and interned with several leading UN-affiliated international organizations, including the Coalition for the International Criminal Court.

Midwest-raised and educated, Libby initially pursued Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. However, a transformative experience working for an Australian engineering firm designing pool parts led her to realize that this path wasn't for her. Subsequently, she shifted gears to Industrial and Operations Engineering, focusing on Financial Engineering. Drawn to the dynamic realm of finance, she naturally gravitated towards FinTech and most recently, crypto.

In her role as the Head of Revenue Operations at Talos, Libby has been immersed in managing strategies, data, infrastructure, and processes across Sales, Marketing, and Account Management. Before joining Talos, she dedicated ~8 years to Arcesium, a spin-off of D.E. Shaw. In this tenure, she played a pivotal role in launching the new business, wearing various hats across commercial strategy including Chief Operating Officer of Client and Partner Development.

Elsa is General Manager Europe for VerifyVASP, a leading global regtech that provides travel rule compliance solutions for the virtual assets industry. She has been involved in various blockchain and regtech projects for the last 5 years following many years in capital markets leading multicultural front office teams at CME Group and JPMorgan among others. She is an accomplished speaker on a multitude of topics both live and streamed - past engagement topics have included MiCA, evolution of payments and crypto regulation, travel rule implementation, tokenization but also macro-economic issues such as the global pension fund crisis and EMIR/Dodd-Frank in the context of derivatives regulation. Of particular interest are topics that span the convergence of tradfi and virtual assets and inclusion - financial and diversity.

Emily Ekshian specializes in crypto and blockchain for social good. She is passionate about leveraging emerging technologies like stablecoins, blockchain, and DeFi to promote financial inclusion and economic development in underserved regions. Emily's work integrates her expertise in policy, digital economy research, and global trends to advance sustainable and equitable solutions.

Emily Landis Walker brings her global financial experience and network to provide expert consulting services through Landis & Co. with a focus on blockchain and cryptocurrency regulatory and marketplace advisory.  She worked for a start-up block chain company in the supply chain space with a dual token system from 2017 - 2018, traveling globally to understand the regulatory space for start-ups, ICOs, and exchanges. She spoke at The Impact Summit in London 2019 and attended Fintech Week in London.   She led or spoke in 4 panels during Blockchain and Fintech Week in London 2020.  She spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2020 on regulatory aspects of cryptocurrencies and in 2024 she spoke on business continuity for Blockchain/crypto companies.  She has participated in Consensus 2018/2019/2020/2022 and led two tables at Consensus 2023. She led a panel on CBDC’s at London FinTech week in 2020 and participated in a post-COVID Thinkathon about the Future Economic System in 2020 sponsored by FintechTV.  She participated in the OECD blockchain forum in Paris in 2018 and the French Blockchain Summit in 2023. She attended the Malta Crypto Conference in 2019, the Gibraltar Conference in 2021 and spoke in 2023, and the Crypto AM Summit in 2019, 2021 and 2022.  She spoke on a panel at the Novum Insights London Blockchain Finance Summit in Nov. 2022 and on business continuity planning in 2023. She has held discussions with legal counsel, regulators, blockchain/crypto trade associations, think tanks, universities, and start-ups globally.  She has met with, followed closely, and attended meetings and conferences on the block chain space sponsored by international organizations including the IMF/World Bank, OECD, WEF, EBRD, and the UN.  Emily’s business continuity expertise stems from her development of the U.S. National Standards for Emergency Preparedness while on the 9-11 Commission and her participation in the US team for the ISO 22301:  Security and resilience – Business Continuity Management Systems Requirements. She won an award from the American National Standards Institute for her work developing the US Standards on the 9-11 Commission.

At FTI’s Consulting Technology practice, Emma focuses on blockchain and digital asset investigations and disputes. Her background in data science and mathematics drives her methodical investigation strategy and ability to identify patterns in complex data sets.

Emma has performed digital asset investigations, blockchain analysis, andcrypto-native compliance and Anti-Money Laundering program support. She brings expertise in cryptography, blockchain, smart contract technology implementation, and complex blockchain transaction obfuscation techniques.

Emma champions the pro bono work at her practice, and is a cryptocurrency subject matter expert for the high impact charity The Life You Can Save. She has also worked as an applied mathematician, developing machine learning components for a digital asset tracing tool.Emma has previously spoken at the Lesbians Who Tech Pride Event and STEM for Her Day.

Emma Thompson is a Director with Alvarez & Marsal's Restructuring practice in London. She is a contentious insolvency expert and brings 20 years of experience progressing from cashier to appointment taking insolvency practitioner.  Emma specializes in global asset tracing and working through complex, high profile disputes and litigation where there may have been wrongdoing, misfeasance/breach of duty and/or attempts to misplace assets with a primary focus on the recovery of assets for the benefit of creditors of an insolvent estate. She has worked with a range of clients including company directors, creditors and government departments across a range of industries to recover millions of pounds of diverted assets, taxes and funds into unregulated investments.Emma is a qualified accountant and licensed insolvency practitioner; a member of the ACCA, ICAEW, and R3; a founding member and former board member of the Eastern Fraud Forum; and former Chair of the R3 Women’s Networking committee. She is a regular public speaker having spoken most recently at the Asset Recovery Conference in Dublin in February 2024 and at London International Disputes Week with Covington & Burling LLP.

Chebet Kipingor is a trailblazing digital marketing leader and influential voice in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the technology landscape. With over 8  years of experience, she is driven by a passion for leveraging cutting-edge technologies to catalyze business growth while empowering underrepresented communities. As a Digital Media Specialist and Certified Google Professional, Chebet's expertise spans Advanced Programmatic Media Buying, Online Marketing, Digital Brand Development, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology, and more. Her extensive portfolio showcases successful content creation projects across South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Dubai, managing digital campaigns and online launch events for renowned clients such as Kim Faye, Microsoft, UNHCR, and DSTv Multichoice. Chebet's unwavering commitment to championing diversity in tech has made her a sought-after speaker and thought leader. She was the Keynote Speaker at the Women Tech Circles event at Zetech University, where she inspired attendees with her insights on AI, Personal Branding, and Career Growth for women in STEM fields. Additionally, Chebet was the only female panellist at the prestigious Connect Experience Future of Work Mixer, sharing her unique perspective on the evolving digital landscape. Passionate about empowering startups and SMEs, Chebet offers training services to help businesses leverage digital platforms for success. Her dedication to excellence was recognized with a nomination for Digital Trainer of the Year at the prestigious Digitally Fit Awards. As the Program Coordinator and Lead Trainer for Meta's #SheMeansBusiness digital skills training program, Chebet has made a significant impact by equipping over 12,000 African women SME owners with the knowledge and tools to thrive in the online space. Chebet is an active member of the Kenya Blockchain Ladies Association DAO and the Women in Web 3 African Chapter, advocating for greater representation and opportunities for women in emerging technologies.In addition to her professional endeavours, Chebet is the author of the "Science of Social" newsletter, where she shares insights and opinions on cutting-edge digital trends, with a particular focus on AI technology, underscoring her dedication to driving innovation and excellence in the digital marketing realm.

Erin Sowden is the General Counsel for Unciphered, a crypto asset recovery service business.  She works with people and estates locked out of self-custody crypto storage devices and on forensics cases to help find crypto on self-custody devices, hard drives, phones etc.  Erin lives in Southern California and has been a California licensed attorney for 25 years.  She previously worked in National Security for 20 years and focused on several issues including emerging technologies, counterproliferation, and illicit finance.  After law school, Erin initially worked as an attorney in the private sector focused on antitrust cases and mergers and acquisitions.  Erin lived overseas for several years, mostly in Spain and Mexico. In her current position, she develops industry-specific relationships with law firms with cryptocurrency rescue needs, assists individuals unlocking and rescuing their cryptocurrency when locked out, and establishes strategic partnerships with entities requiring cryptocurrency discovery/recovery skills, and manages outside counsel for corporate compliance.I can speak about crypto asset recovery and I do have a background in crypto asset litigation.**I do not have an extensive background in past public speaking.

Erin West has a passion for assisting victims and has served as a Deputy District Attorney in Santa Clara County, California for 25 years. She has worked for the past 8 years with the REACT high tech task force, nationally known for its arrests and prosecutions of SIM-swapping and recovery of cryptocurrency to victims of pig butchering scams. Ms. West leads the Crypto Coalition, a group of more than 1000 local, state, federal and international law enforcement agents who specialize in cryptocurrency investigation.

Ms. Eunjung Park is a regulatory and legal professional with extensive experience in financial services, including banking, fintech and payments. Ms. Park has a diverse set of experiences in compliance and legal, building out programs and supporting start ups. Ms. Park has previously spoken on panels related to the impact of AML regulations in emerging markets.

Evelyn B. Sheehan focuses her practice on advising high-net-worth individuals, institutional clients and their executives in cross-border investigations and enforcement actions. Ms. Sheehan also has an active international asset recovery practice, including the enforcement of judgments and arbitration awards and the representation of individual and institutional victims of crime. She regularly designs aggressive and creative strategies to increase leverage and monetize high-value claims and to plan and pursue global asset recovery campaigns. These bespoke strategies often include coordinating efforts across multiple international jurisdictions, analyzing litigation risks posed by different governing bodies, and leveraging her experience tracing digital assets and cryptocurrency to arrive at public and private remedies.