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
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

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

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

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
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 & DAAA Board Member

17:00 – 17:15 | Closing Remarks
DAAA

Networking Reception