The Australian Digital Economy Conference 2026 takes place June 15–17 at Sheraton Grand Sydney Hyde Park, bringing together Australia’s leading voices in blockchain, digital assets and emerging technologies under the banner of DECA, the nation’s peak industry body for the sector.
The conference serves as a national gathering of industry leaders, regulators and innovators, examining the infrastructure, policy frameworks and investment landscape required to build a world-leading digital economy.
Across three days, attendees engage with in-depth sessions covering blockchain, digital assets, artificial intelligence, digital identity, open data, privacy, cyber security, quantum computing, connectivity, payments and smart infrastructure — the technologies considered critical to a trusted and thriving digital future for Australia.
Speakers include:
- David Moncrieff MP, Australian Government
- Dr Rhys Bollen, ASIC
- Adrian Przelozny, Independent Reserve
- Erika Carnogoy, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Lucy Stan, Westpac
- Daniel Caruso, NAB
- Cathryn Lyall, Swyftx
- Moses Lee, Anchorage Digital
- Tim Wilks, Coinspot
- Sagar Desai, Coinbase
- Jessica Renden, Cointree
- Jaime Lumsden, Hamilton Locke
- Liam Hennessey, Thomas Geer
- Greg Oakford, Swyftx
- Rachael Jones, AUDD
- Mark Monfort, Madison Marcus
- Mandy Jiang, Cloudtech Group
- Luke Bresland, Nax Capital
- Sophie Bowler, Zodia Custody
- Dean Martin, Build BaaS
- Mike Meisels, Chainalysis
- Ryan Hodges, Zodia Custody
- Jonathan Kutner, Localcoin
- James Coombes, Block Earner
- Lucas Dobbins, BTC Markets
- Lisa Wade, Change Investment Management
- Maxwell Law, Fireblocks
- Warren Soo, BNY, Global Payments and Trade
- Delia Burrage, Macropod Global
- Belinda Brown, Financial Education Professionals
- Aaron Violi MP, Australian Government
- Tamas Szabo, Pepperstone Crypto
- Michael Prendiville, JellyC
- Alvin Chia, Northern Trust
- Katriona Lee, Reuben AI
- Rashu Jindel, Talos
- Helen Molloy, OKX
- Kirk Baird, Sigma Prime
- Cam Tran, EY
- Dianah Igati, Pepperstone
- Adam Judd, Coinbase Australia
- Vakul Talwar, Crypto.com
- Larry Simon, Know Your Solutions
- Ross Edwards, Ripple
- Glenn Woolley, Intrinsic AFSL Solutions
- Richard Schroder, Cubewire
- Marty Gray, Block Inc.
- Natalia Clack, Easy Super
- Mark Bailey, Hall Chadwick
- Jannat Maqbool, Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network
- David Martin, Professional Line Insurance Brokers
- Jack Deeb, Pier Two
- Tara Cooper, Cadena Legal
- Timothy Edwards, HopgoodGanim Lawyers
- David Bayon, World Mobile
- Matt Wichlinski, Hopgood Ganim Lawyers
- Rob Allen, Hedera
- Robbie Coleman, Litecoin
- Christopher Frankish, Madison Marcus
- Faranaz Alam, AUSTRAC
- Jisoo Kim, Clear AI
- Nicole Waaka, Bank of America
- Briar Francis, Thomson Geer
- Dennis Hoenig, Kaleido
- Kate Cooper, OKX Australia
- Bala Shanmugam, Cubewire
- Jonathon Miller, Kraken
- Geoff Rooney, BDO
- Jock Haslam, Hashlock
- Steven Pettigrove, Piper Alderman
- Ryan McCall, Zerocap
- Michael Bacina, NXT Law & Global Digital Finance
- Michelle Rizal, Chainalysis
- Karti Mahendran, Deloitte
- Anthony Rose, LNP Audit and Assurance
- Dr William Fong, Signafi Capital Management
- Drew Bradford, Macropod
- Michael Milmeister, Stormrake
- Thomas Tudehope, Stripe
- Hugh Hartigan, Hartigan & Associates
- Paula Gregory, Forte Tech Solutions & AUDF
- Alek Trpkoski, ByteFederal Australia
- Scott King, Zapme
- Alexander Maron, Stablecoin Standard
- Laura Dinneen, Zodia Custody
- Lisa Hornery, Kraken
- Andrea Yuen, Swyftx
- Shail Singh, AFCA
- Gourav Sarkar, Oracle Corporation
- Callum Glendenning, Visa
- Daniel Cher, BNY Mellon
- Lucia Uen, Macropod
- Fletcher Roberts, Hashlock
- Effie Dimitropoulos, AUDD
- Ida Mok, W3GG
- Richard Teng, Binance
- Sean White, XDC Network
- Greg Valles, Valles Accountants
- Helen Ye, Qubit Underwriting
- Kassia Kazmer, ProspEX Group
- Harrison Dell, Cadena Legal
- Amy-Rose Goodey, Digital Economy Council of Australia
- Paul Hewson, KordaMentha
- Patrick Murphy, Eightcap
- Blake Cassidy, Bamboo
- Gong Zhang, 73MT
- Katrina Sharman, Piper Alderman
- Judy Goh, Integral Development Corp.
- Aaron Lane, Victorian Bar and RMIT University
- Paul Derham, Holley Nethercote
- Karen Cohen, Emerging Tech Hub
- Nathan Ackarie, Chainalysis
- Paul Stonham, BTC Markets
- Sushmita Ruj, UNSW Sydney
- Trevor Topfer, Blockchain Forum NZ, Avatars Global
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