Point Zero Forum 2026

23 June 2026 – 25 June 2026

Kongresshaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

114 sessions · 385 speakers

Organiser (1)

GFTN

Co-Organiser (1)

State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF)

Media Partners (18)

The Paypers · Financial IT · SwissDevJobs.ch · RegulationAsia · YARD · Financial Technology Frontiers · Times of Blockchain · Timepledge.org · Good Token Society · CryptoNewsZ · The Fintech Power 50 · Times of AI · Disruption Banking · finews.ch · Bitcoin, Fiat and Rock'n'Roll · Breaking Banks Africa · SPHERE · Finance X Magazine

Sponsors (39)

Cardano Foundation · Swift · Ripple · Amazon · Anorbank · Julius Baer · GCash · PostFinance · Steakhouse Financial · Societe Generale - FORGE · Paxos · Elliptic · Swiss Bankers Association · Robinhood · Bluecode · CLS · Ant International · Boston Consulting Group (BCG) · Binance · iCapital · Circle · Fireblocks · Visa · Groupe Caisse des Dépôts · Taurus SA · Anchorage Digital · UBS AG · Chainlink · Mastercard · Blockstream · Stellar Development Foundation · Temasek · Giesecke+Devrient · TRM Labs · Tether · Banking Circle Group · Apex Group · OKX · Kraken

Knowledge Partners (8)

Forefront Advisors · Global Digital Finance · Swiss Bankers Association · Milken Institute · Singapore Fintech Association · Bussmann Advisory · finance.swiss · International Capital Market Association

Supporting Partners (51)

Fintech Ukraine · European Women Payments Network · CryptoUK · OpenWealth Association · CV Labs · Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) · swissfintechinnovations · Swedish FinTech Association · Finance Loop · Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) · Switzerland Global Enterprise · Fintech Poland · Crypto Valley Association · FinTech Armenia · World Alliance of International Financial Centers · European Digital Finance Association · Digital Future · Digital Euro Association · Fintech Moldova · The Digital Assets Association · Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust · zeb consulting · MiCA Crypto Alliance · INATBA · Fintech Latvia Association · Blockchain for Europe · Trust Square · EMERGING PAYMENTS ASSOCIATION ASIA · UZH Blockchain Center · 6ONE · Digital Switzerland · Association for Women in Crypto · UN:BLOCK · BIS Innovation Hub · Copenhagen Fintech · Digital Invest Germany · DEC Institute · Blockchain Bundesverband · Crypto Council for Innovation · Open Finance Association · CFTE · Capital Markets and Technology Association · Home of Blockchain.swiss · ItaliaFintech · FIBE · ACCESS Singapore · Decentral House · Monetary Authority of Singapore · Fintech Istanbul · Swiss Finance + Technology Association · SCHWEIZERISCHE NATIONALBANK

Agenda

• Breakfast Reception Powered by Visa 23 June 2026 · F&B Area, Ground Floor
• Welcome to Point Zero Forum 2026 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Opening Fireside Chat: Karin Keller-Sutter, Federal Councillor, Switzerland & H.E. Maria Luis Albuquerque, Commissioner, European Commission 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Keynote Speech by Alvin Tan, Minister of State, Singapore 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Welcome Address by Agustín Carstens, International Advisory Board, GFTN 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Capital With Direction: How Smart Money is Reshaping the Map of Global Finance 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• The Global State of SupTech: Keynote by Marlene Amstad, Chair, FINMA 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Tokenizing Trust: Programmable Money as the Infrastructure of Inclusive Global Finance 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• The Governance of Agentic AI and Frontier Models in Financial Services 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Crypto Rails for Everyday Payments: Building the User, Regulatory, and Trust Layers That Make It Work! - Powered by Kraken (Payward) 23 June 2026 · Workshop Room, Level 1
• The Agentic Leap: Deploying AI at Scale in Financial Services 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• AI Pathfinders: Racing Ahead or Playing It Safe? 23 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 1, Ground Floor
• Agentic Commerce: Who Governs the Machine that Pays? 23 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 2, Ground Floor
• Agorá - How Moving Money Matters 23 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 3, Ground Floor
• [Invite-only] Lunch Briefing: Unlocking Stablecoin Payments at the Point of Sale - Powered by Bluecode 23 June 2026 · Boardroom, Level 00, Ground Floor
• The Corporate’s Drivers for Bank Collaborations in Digital Cash Settlement - Powered by Partior 23 June 2026 · Launchpad Room, Level 1
• Lunch Reception Powered by Societe Generale – FORGE 23 June 2026 · F&B Area, Ground Floor
• From Pilots to Plumbing: How Switzerland is Building the Infrastructure for Programmable Money 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Central Bank Perspectives on the Path to Production at Scale for Cross Border FX (PvP) Settlements - Powered by Partior 23 June 2026 · Launchpad Room, Level 1
• The Future of Commercial Bank Money On-Chain 23 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 2, Ground Floor
• [Invite-only] The Sovereignty Stakes: Navigating USD Dominance in the Tokenised Economy - Powered by BCG 23 June 2026 · Boardroom, Level 00, Ground Floor
• AI Pathfinders: The Agentic Frontier 23 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 1, Ground Floor
• Resilience Runs on Trust: Securing Payments in an Uncertain World - Powered by Visa 23 June 2026 · Workshop Room, Level 1
• Policymakers' Dialogue: Forging Europe's Strategic Autonomy in Finance 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Central Banking in the Age of AI: Cybersecurity, Resilience and Trusted Adoption 23 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 3, Ground Floor
• Unlocking a Cross-Border Multi-Moneyverse: From Fragmentation to Integration - Powered by Giesecke+Devrient 23 June 2026 · Launchpad Room, Level 1
• Industry Dialogue: Cloud, Control and Capital - What Digital Sovereignty Means for European Financial Institutions 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Tokenization 101 for Finance: What's Being Built, How, and Why it Matters 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Breaking the Speed Barrier: How to Address the Structural Frictions in Cross-border Payments - Powered by Swift 23 June 2026 · Workshop Room, Level 1
• Tokenized Equities: How the Stock Market Gets Rebuilt On-Chain 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Practical Settlement Options in Tokenized Markets 23 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 1, Ground Floor
• Solving for the Fundamentals: Identity Wallets, Trust Infrastructure, and Preparing for the Agentic Economy 23 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 2, Ground Floor
• The Future of Standard-Setting in Fintech Regulation 23 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 3, Ground Floor
• [Invite-only] Who Supervises a Global Stablecoin? Navigating the Multi-Issuance Frontier - Powered by Stripe 23 June 2026 · Boardroom, Level 00, Ground Floor
• In the Spotlight: Agentic AI in Institutional Finance 23 June 2026 · Launchpad Room, Level 1
• Tokenization, Stablecoins and DeFi: How Institutions are Going On-Chain 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• The New Crisis Architecture: Digital Platforms and the Future of Global Citizen Financial Protection - Powered by GCash 23 June 2026 · Workshop Room, Level 1
• On-Chain Settlement: The Infrastructure for Atomic Finality 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Transforming Global FX Markets 23 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Networking Drinks Powered by OKX 23 June 2026 · F&B Area, Ground Floor
• [Invite-only] Breakfast Briefing: The Interoperability Imperative: Navigating the Fragmented Global Stablecoin Map - Powered by Paxos 24 June 2026 · Boardroom, Level 00, Ground Floor
• Breakfast Reception Powered by Apex Group 24 June 2026 · F&B Area, Ground Floor
• Design Thinking Workshop: Forging P2M Interoperability 24 June 2026 · Workshop Room, Level 1
• Welcome to Point Zero Forum 2026 - Day 2 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Future-Proof Money in a Digitalised World 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• The Opportunity Imperative: UBS Group CEO Sergio P. Ermotti on AI and Switzerland's Moment 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• What Makes Money, Money? Ensuring Trust in the Next-Generation Financial System - Keynote by Andréa Maechler, Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Tokenized Financial Markets: Advancing Trust, Integrity and Compliance 24 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 2, Ground Floor
• A Blueprint for High Growth and Open Economies: From GEL₮ to Programmable Banking 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• The $320 Trillion Rewiring: Infrastructure, Rules and the Race to Move Money 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Europe’s Currency at a Crossroads: Digital Euro, Stablecoins, and the Mutiny of Money 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• The Exchange as Settlement Layer: How Tokenization Rewires the Role of a Crypto Platform 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• The Agentic Checkout: When AI Becomes the Buyer 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• [Invite-only] Lunch Briefing: Scaling Stablecoins for Institutional Adoption - Powered by Societe Generale – FORGE 24 June 2026 · Boardroom, Level 00, Ground Floor
• Building Regulatory Maturity: From Quantum Security to Quantum Advantage 24 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 3, Ground Floor
• Global Stablecoin Regulatory Frameworks: From Principles to Practice 24 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 1, Ground Floor
• Lunch Reception Powered by Mastercard 24 June 2026 · F&B Area, Ground Floor
• Bridging the Divide: Harnessing DeFi to Modernise Traditional Finance - Powered by Chainlink Labs 24 June 2026 · Workshop Room, Level 1
• The Future of Cross-Border Commerce in the Age of AI and Stablecoins - Are We Building Payments Infrastructure That Works for Merchants, Consumers, and Machines? - Powered by Amazon 24 June 2026 · Launchpad Room, Level 1
• The Infrastructure Gap: What it Actually Takes to Put Assets On-Chain at Scale 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• The SwissHacks Showcase: Demos from 2026 Finalists 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Rethinking Onboarding: How Veridian and vLEI are Reshaping Regulatory Compliance for the Digital Age - Powered by Veridian by Cardano Foundation 24 June 2026 · Workshop Room, Level 1
• GL1 Dialogue: Institutional-Grade Ledger Infrastructures 24 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 2, Ground Floor
• [Invite-only] After MiCA: The Next Phase of Cross-Border Crypto Supervision - Powered by Binance 24 June 2026 · Boardroom, Level 00, Ground Floor
• Digital Money Meets Traditional Finance: Treasury, Cash Management, and Liquidity 24 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 3, Ground Floor
• The Great Convergence: Building Tomorrow's Integrated Payments Networks 24 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 1, Ground Floor
• Fireside Chat with Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Building the Bank-Grade Backbone: How Pioneer Banks Are Anchoring the Digital Asset Ecosystem - Powered by Banking Circle 24 June 2026 · Launchpad Room, Level 1
• Quantum Tech in Financial Services: A Primer Keynote 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• The Quantum Horizon: Applications, Readiness and What Finance Must Do Next 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• AI and Blockchain: Powering Innovation, Managing Risk, Shaping the Future - Powered by TRM Labs 24 June 2026 · Workshop Room, Level 1
• Stocktake on the Digital Euro: A Virtual Fireside Chat with Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• What the Future Holds for Europe's Digital Currencies and Payments Landscape 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1
• Digital Capital Markets: Taking the Stack On-Chain 24 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 2, Ground Floor
• Investor Protection in the Age of Cryptocurrencies: Risk Management at Every Step of the Journey 24 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 1, Ground Floor
• Managing Enterprise Risk After OpenClaw: Identity, Privacy, and Governance - Powered by Terminal 3 24 June 2026 · Workshop Room, Level 1
• Agentic AI: From Automation to Autonomy: Is Liquidity About to Run Itself? 24 June 2026 · Roundtable Room 3, Ground Floor
• [Invite-only] Unlocking the Market: Tokenisation and the Retail Investment Opportunity - Powered by Robinhood 24 June 2026 · Boardroom, Level 00, Ground Floor
• [Invite-only] Spotlight: DLT in Financial Markets – Resilience Game-Changer or Risk Multiplier? - Powered by Swift 24 June 2026 · Launchpad Room, Level 1
• Towards Trusted Global Payment Infrastructure for a Multi-Asset Economy 24 June 2026 · Kongresssaal, Level 1