DAAA Annual Summit 2026

DAAA Annual Summit 2026 - How Digital Assets Are Reshaping the Financial Industry

The Digital Assets Association Austria convenes its Annual Summit 2026 – a high-level gathering at the intersection of finance, regulation, and digital transformation.

At its core: how digital assets, tokenization, and next-generation market infrastructures are redefining global capital markets – and what role Europe, and Austria in particular, will play in this transformation.

High-Level Agenda

13:00 – 13:15 | Opening, Walter Mösenbacher, MD DAAA

DAAA – Welcome & Introduction

13:15 – 13:35 | Opening Keynote

The Future of Austria’s Financial Center in the Age of Digital Assets

Michael Höllerer, CEO Raiffeisenbank International (RBI)

Focus:

Digital assets as strategic market infrastructure

Tokenization as the next evolution of capital markets

Austria’s position within the European financial ecosystem

Opportunities, risks, and regulatory realities

13:35 – 14:15 | Leadership Panel

Austria as a Leading Hub for Digital Assets

What will financial market infrastructure look like in 2030 – and what decisions must be made today?

Participants

Barbara Eibinger-Miedl

State Secretary Federal Ministry of Finance

Michael Höllerer

CEO RBI

Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad

CEO Bitpanda

Robert Hellwagner

Head of Division Asset Management

FMA Finanzmarktaufsicht Österreich)

Helya Sadjadian

Managing Director, Professional Association of Financial Service Provider bei WKÖ

Moderation by:

Paul Pöltner

President DAAA, CEO & Co Founder GEMx AG

14:15 – 15:00 | The Client Perspective

What the Market Actually Needs

Between ambition and reality in institutional and retail adoption:

Evolving client expectations

Which digital asset products are actually scaling?

Tokenization: structural shift or narrative cycle?

Trust, regulation, and user experience as key success factors

Market gaps and unmet demand

Participants

Kevin Hillebrand

Manager Bearingpoint

Amparo Garcia Flores

CEO Securitize Europe

Johannes Edlbacher

Partner PWC

Alexander Rapatz

CEO Black Manta Capital Partners, Board DAAA

15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee & Networking Break

Industrial Transformation Tracks

15:30 – 16:15 | Asset Management Reimagined

Tokenization as the New Market Logic

ETFs, ETPs, money market funds, alternatives, real assets

Private markets: private equity & private credit on-chain

The next generation of wealth management

From pilot projects to institutional scale

Participants

Christian Niedermüller

CEO - LDC EU (member of LianLian LDC), Board DAAA

Thorsten Heymann

Partner | Strategy, Risk & Transactions Asset Management

Deloitte Consulting GmbH

Alexander Rapatz

CEO Black Manta Capital Partners, Board DAAA

16:15 – 16:45 | The Power of Cooperation

Banks × Exchanges × Market Infrastructure

From competition to cooperative market architecture

Rethinking liquidity, settlement, and custody

Market making in the digital asset ecosystem

Building institutional prime brokerage capabilities

Participants

Mazurka Zeng

CEO Bybit EU

Sabina Liu

CEO KuCoin EU

Konstantin Kraus

Head of Institutional Partnerships EMEA at Kraken

Martin Hanzl

Partner & Head of New Technologies @ EY Law

Moderation by:

Raffaela Langer

Accenture Austria Digital Asset Lead

16:45 – 17:00 | Innovation Showcase

Global Frontier Projects in Digital Assets

A curated overview of the most relevant innovation initiatives worldwide

Astrid Woollard

SMAPE Captial, Board DAAA

17:00 – 17:15 | Closing Remarks

Conference Moderator

Walter Mösenbacher

Managing Director DAAA

Networking Reception