HederaCon 2026 will be taking place in sunny Miami Beach on May 4, 2026, at the iconic Faena Forum, gathering the Hedera community for a day of collaboration and connection.
Positioned between two of the most high-energy events of the year in Miami, the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix and Consensus 2026, this will be a one-of-a-kind experience where builders, Council members, enterprises, and industry leaders come together to explore the future of trust and real-world innovation in the digital economy.
HederaCon key themes
- Tokenization: Embedding trust into real-world assets.
- Interoperability: The importance of standards, interoperability and the growing convergence of private and public networks.
- AI + Web3: Responsible innovation powered by verifiable Web3 infrastructure.
- Sustainable Finance: Real-world examples of how DLT enables green investments and climate-related funds to be tracked and allocated with transparency, traceability and trust.
- Stablecoins & Compliance: The future of programmable money and trusted rails.
- Policy & Regulation: How recent U.S. and international developments are shaping the industry.
- Leadership, Real-world Utility & Vision: Insights from Hedera Council members, industry pioneers, and ecosystem builders.
Speakers include:
- Nadine Chakar, Managing Director, Global Head, DTCC Digital Assets
- Jorgen Ouaknine, Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, Euroclear
- Patrick Witt, Executive Director, White House Crypto Council, The White House
- Richard Widmann, Head of Strategy, Web3, Google Cloud, Google
- Jessica Renier, Managing Director, Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance
- Harry Jung, Deputy Director, President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, The White House
- Bryan Rich, Global Lead for Data and AI Public Sector, Accenture
- Rajeev Bamra, Global Head of Strategy, Digital Economy, Moody’s Ratings
- Seth Hertlein, Global Head of Policy, Ledger
- Allan Trimmer, Head of Product, Aberdeen
- Ryan Rugg, Global Head of Digital Assets, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi
- Matt Dennington, Chief Commercial Officer, McLaren Racing Ltd
- Neil Chopra, Financial Markets Economist, Fireblocks
- Dr. Leemon Baird, Co-Founder, Hedera
- Mance Harmon, Co-Founder, Hedera
- Cody Carbone, CEO, The Digital Chamber
- David Frattura, Vice President, Dell
- Rob Allen, Head of Hedera Enterprise Adoption Team, Hashgraph
- Harrison Fields, Senior Vice President, The CGCN Group
- Seth Wilks, Managing Director, Crypto Tax Group, Deloitte Tax LLP
- Duncan Moir, President, 21shares
- Simon Baksys, Chief Business Officer, LayerZero
- Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation, LF Decentralized Trust
- Summer Mersinger, CEO, Blockchain Association
- Eric Piscini, CEO, Hashgraph
- Frank Mwiti, CEO, Nairobi Securities Exchange PLC
- Tony McLaughlin, CEO, Ubyx Inc
- Steven McClurg, CEO and Founder, Canary Capital
- Sandra Ro, CEO, Global Blockchain Business Council
- Brandon Hargreaves, Head of Market Expansion, Saucerswap
- David Palmer, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder, Pairpoint by Vodafone
- Ambre Soubiran, CEO, Kaiko
- Bob Rutherford, CEO, Clear Street
- Michael Casey, Chairman, Advanced AI Society
- Kurt Bierbower, CRO, Hashgraph
- Tudor Holotescu, CEO, Buidler Labs
- Nilmini Rubin, Chief Policy Officer, Hedera
- Frank Wang, Managing Director, Head of Fintech Sales, BitGo
- Isadora Arredondo, Vice President, Global Policy, Hedera
- Dennis O’Connell, CEO, ERC-3643
- Stephanie Chan, Senior Business Project Manager, Wyoming Stable Token Commission
- Rebecca Hofmann, President & CEO, Blockchain For Energy
- Bobby Tinsley, Co-Founder & CEO, SKUx
- Mark Daly, Chief Business Officer, zerohash
- Sushil Prabhu, CEO, Dropp, Inc
- Raphael De Ry, CEO, Straatos Digital AG
- Kristi Swartz, Partner, DLA Piper
- Xiang Xu, Global COE Leader, Mondelez International
- Doug Jordan, Co-Founder, YieldFX
- David Vatchev, Head of Tokenization, Fasanara Capital
- Isabelle Corbett Sterling, Counsel, BakerHostetler
- Jonathan Dotan, Founder, EQTY Lab
- Vicky Pisetskaya, Finance Director, Sentora Digital
- Patrick Schmid, PhD, President, The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative
- Carlos Matilla, CEO, ioBuilders
- Nick Carmi, Head of Exchange, Figure Markets
- Jeffrey Tchui, Executive Director, APAC, Hashgraph
- Gregg Bell, Chief Investment Officer, Hashgraph
- May Chan, CEO, Hashpack
- Peter Freeman, Partner, FS Vector
- Andrew Stakiwicz, Head of Solutions, Hashgraph
- Tom Sylvester, President, Hedera Council
- Dale Chrystie, Business Fellow, Web3/Blockchain Strategist, FedEx
- Shyam Nagarajan, Chief Partnership Officer, Hashgraph
- Paul Rapino, SVP Hedera Council Partnerships, Hashgraph
- Ryan Solomon, Founder & CEO, Genfinity
- Tim Johnson, Head of Future Payments, Australian Payments Plus
- Manuel Cabrera, Co-Founder & CEO, Kabila
- Deborah Barta, President & CEO, Innovative Edge LLC
- Marc Baumann, Chief Growth Officer, DFNS
- Richard Bair, VP of Engineering, Hashgraph
- Justine Bone, Executive Director, Crypto ISAC
- Brady Gentile, Co-Founder & CEO, Bonzo Finance Labs
- Nate Parker, Manager of Government Relations, Americas, Kraken
- Ji Hun Kim, CEO, Crypto Council for Innovation
- Wes Geisenberger, Executive Director, Sustainability, Hashgraph
- Joe Blanchard, CIO & CSO, Hashgraph
- Rob Behnke, Co-Founder, Executive Chairman & President, Halborn
- Ed Marquez, Head of Developer Relations, Hashgraph
- Katie Evans, Chief Business Development and Communications Officer, Swarm
- Bruce Keith, Co-Chief Sustainability Officer, Regia Capital
- Sachin Narode, Founder & CEO, Xeni
- Anish Shivdasani, Head of Digital Assets, Roland Berger
- Natasha Benson, COO, Ownera
- James Morgan, General Counsel, Hashgraph
- Joe Dell’Orfano, CTO, Verra
- Dennis (Jun Seok) Lee, Global Blockchain Business Manager, Shinhan Bank
- Nick Percoco, Chief Security Officer, Kraken
- Don Oparah, Co-Founder and CTO, RedSwan Digital Real Estate
- Simon Barnby, CMO, Archax
- Colin Cunningham, Head of Tokenization & Alliances, Chainlink Labs
- Scott Bauguess, VP, Global Regulatory Policy, Coinbase
- Christopher Mensah, Director of Digital Assets Platforms, EMTECH
- Alisha Chhangani, Associate Director of Future of Money, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council
- Steven Walbroehl, Co-Founder and CTO, Halborn
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