Point Zero Forum 2026 returns to Zurich for its fifth edition as the definitive gathering where the future of global finance and technology policy takes shape. Hosted by the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN), the three-day event brings together over 2,000 policymakers, central bankers, regulators, and industry leaders at a moment when the financial system is being fundamentally rewritten.
The stakes are real. AI agents are executing transactions without human intervention. Stablecoins are tracking toward a trillion-dollar market. Regulatory frameworks that spent years in draft form are now moving into enforcement. The questions on the table are no longer theoretical — and the people best positioned to answer them will be in the same room.
Across three days, Point Zero Forum 2026 creates the conditions for the conversations that actually move things forward: between those writing the rules and those building the systems those rules will govern. It is where the architecture of tomorrow’s financial infrastructure gets stress-tested, challenged, and — when the work is done well — agreed upon.
Speakers include:
- Dr. Adam Back, Co-Founder & CEO, Blockstream & BSTR
- Agustín Carstens, International Advisory Board Member, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
- Alvin Tan, Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of National Development
- Andréa M Maechler, Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
- Dr. Antoine Martin, Vice Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank
- Dr. Axel Weber, International Advisory Board Member, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
- Brian Quintenz, Advisor and Board Member, Ubyx, SUIG, KalshiEx
- Burkhard Balz, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank
- Carolyn Rogers, Senior Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada
- Christoph König, Deputy State Secretary, State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF)
- Daniela Stoffel, State Secretary, State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF)
- Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy & Operations, Circle
- Elif Bilgi Zapparoli, Head of International Client Strategy, Bank of America
- Emmanuelle Pecenicic, Head of Digital Assets Distribution, Fidelity International
- Giuliano Benjamin Clark, Head of Product, Agentic Payments, Amazon
- Ian Rogers, Chief Human Agency Officer, Ledger
- Januš Kizenevič, Vice-Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania
- Dr. Jochen Papenbrock, EMEA Head of Financial Technology, NVIDIA
- Justin Slaughter, VP, Regulatory Affairs, Paradigm
- Karin Keller-Sutter, Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
- Lawrence Calcano, Chairman & CEO, iCapital
- Leong Sing Chiong, Deputy Managing Director, Markets & Development, Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Marco Kessler, Head Product and Business Development for Digital Assets, SIX Group
- H.E. Maria Luis Albuquerque, Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union, European Commission
- Marlene Amstad, Chair, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)
- Martin Merz, President, Sovereign Cloud Solutions, SAP
- Masashi Watanabe, Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets, MUFG Bank, Ltd.
- Michael Jefferson, Head of Financial Services Public Policy EMEA, Amazon Web Services
- Mikkel Grønlykke, President, Banking Circle
- Hon. Natia Turnava, Governor, National Bank of Georgia
- Paolo Ardoino, CEO, Tether
- Dr. Philip Intallura, Head of Quantum Technologies, HSBC
- Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
- Rene Michau, Global Head, Digital Assets, Standard Chartered
- Dr. Roman Studer, CEO, Swiss Bankers Association
- Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor, Bank of England
- Sergio P. Ermotti, Group CEO, UBS Group AG
- Shriyanka Hore, Managing Director, Swift
- Simone Maini, CEO, Elliptic
- Steven Maijoor, Executive Board Member, De Nederlandsche Bank
- Stu Alderoty, Chief Legal Officer, Ripple
- Hon. Sunil Sabharwal, Board Member, Securitize.io
- Thiébaut Meyer, Director, Office of the CISO, Google Cloud
- Tim Moncrieff, Managing Director of Visa Payments & Currencycloud & VP, Strategic Initiatives & Execution, Visa Direct, Visa
- Todd Fox, President of Visa Economic Empowerment Institute, Visa
- Tom Mutton, Executive Director of Payments Innovation & Fintech, Bank of England
- Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, Head of the Innovation Hub, BIS Innovation Hub
- Ulrik Nødgaard, Governor, Danmarks Nationalbank
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