
Member Summit 10th Anniversary
Celebrating a decade of building decentralized trust
Member summit is our annual members-only event to direct the activities of our community for the next year. This gathering brings together all community stakeholders to learn and collaborate across both technical and business topics.
Date: January 28-29, 2026
Time: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Location: DTCC Headquarters
570 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ
The Member Summit is free to attend for all member organizations. Each membership tier includes a designated number of complimentary tickets:
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Premier Members: 4 tickets
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General Members: 2 tickets
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Associate Members: 1 ticket
Please coordinate internally to determine which team members will attend. If additional spots become available closer to the event, we will open a waitlist.
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Check your member weekly email or reach out to ecosystem@lfdecentralizedtrust.org for the link to register.
Maintainer Days
Invite-only event for maintainers of LF Decentralized Trust projects to gather for two days and share knowledge, collaborate, and strategize project roadmaps.
Date: January 26-27
Location: 300 Kent Avenue, Suite 707, Brooklyn, NY
If you aren't yet a maintainer but are interested in becoming one, contact community-architects@lfdecentralizedtrust.org. We can help you with the process. Find more information here.
Member Summit
AGENDA Overview
Pre-event - Tuesday, January 27th
6:00-8:00pm - Welcome Happy Hour sponsored by Dfns
Join us to kick off Member Summit with drinks & bites!
Location: Battello 502 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07310
DAY 1 - Wednesday, January 28th
8:00-9:00am - Networking Breakfast
provided by OpenZeppelin
9:00am-5:30pm - Presentations, Panels, Breakouts
Proof of Caffeine breaks provided by Nethermind
Lunch provided by OpenAssets
6:00-8:00pm - Trust on Tap Evening Reception sponsored by Hedera
Location: Lokal Eatery & Bar 2 2nd St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
(5 min drive/15 min walk from DTCC)
DAY 2 - Thursday, January 29th
8:00-9:00am - Networking Breakfast
provided by OpenZeppelin
9:00am-5:30pm - Presentations, Panels, Breakouts
Proof of Caffeine breaks provided by Nethermind
Lunch provided by Kaleido
DETAILED AGENDA (Scroll Down for Speaker Details)
Sessions
Building on a Decade of Trust
Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, LF Decentralized Trust
Hart Montgomery, CTO, Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
LF Decentralized Trust Leadership Welcome: Governing Board Chair
Johnna Powell, Managing Director, Technology Research and Innovation, DTCC
LF Decentralized Trust Leadership Welcome: General Member Representatives to the Governing Board
Sophia Lopez, Founder & President, Kaleido
Rob Dawson, CTO, Consensys
Message from the TAC Chair
Post-Quantum Readiness
Hart Montgomery, CTO, Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
The Privacy Stack Explained
Adi Ben-Ari, Founder & CEO, Applied Blockchain
Yashvanth Kondi, R&D Lead, Silence Laboratories
Andy Guzman, PSE Lead, Ethereum Foundation
Designing Privacy for Regulation: Institutional Requirements and Real-World Constraints
Jay Prakash, Co-Founder & CEO, Silence Laboratories
Bob Blessing-Hartley, CTO, Shielded Technologies
Peter Broadhurst, Co-Founder & Head of Engineering, Kaleido
Angelo De Caro, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Research
Michal Zajac, CSO, Nethermind
Moderator: Hart Montgomery, CTO, Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
Trust Under Pressure: Security Best Practices in Real World Deployments
Clarisse Hagège, CEO & Founder, Dfns
Michal Zajac, CSO, Nethermind
John Neufeld, Head of Legal, Compliance & Policy, OpenZeppelin
Moderator: Eric Hazard, Lead Cyber Security Engineer, MITRE
Advancing Interoperability: Lessons, Gaps, and What’s Next
Simon Baksys, VP, Business Development, LayerZero Labs
Doug (Gimli) Silva, CTO and Partner, Cheesecake Labs
Joonyi Sung, Head of Digital Currency Tech R&D Team, Bank of Korea
Charles Durkin, Principal Solutions Lead, Chainlink Labs
Moderator: Karen Ottoni, Senior Director of Ecosystem & Strategic Initiatives, LFDT
Identity in the Age of AI: Trust, Verification, and Accountability
Shyam Nagarajan, Chief Partnership Officer, Hedera
Mrinal Manohar, CEO, Prove AI
Wenjing Chu, Senior Director Technology Strategy, Futurewei Technologies
Jason Aitchison, Senior Director, Launch by NTT DATA
Moderator: Genie Peshkova, President, DSR Corporation
Tokenization at Scale: Building Market-Ready Infrastructure
Rob Dawson, CTO, Consensys
Johnna Powell, Managing Director, Technology Research and Innovation, DTCC
Simon Letort, Head of Strategic Initiatives, Digital Asset
Surendra Kalidindi, Co-Founder, COO & CTO, OpenAssets
Moderator: Nitin Gaur, Head of Financial Institutions, Nethermind
The Expanding Horizon of Tokenization
Lior Glass, Director of Product Management , Oracle
Marcello Gracietti, CEO, Cheesecake Labs
Miguel Angel Calero Fernández, Board Member, Alastria and INATBA
DJ Kruitbosch, Director of Technology, Blockchain for Energy & Governing Council Member, Hedera
Moderator: Jennifer O'Rourke, Head of Financial Services Product Strategy GTM, LayerZero labs
Trust over IP and the Future of Digital Identity
Wenjing Chu, Senior Director Technology Strategy, Futurewei Technologies
Karla McKenna, Managing Director/Head of Standards, GLEIF
Nicholas Racz, Senior Partner, Key State Capital
Bringing Code to LF Decentralized Trust
Bob Blessing-Hartley, CTO, Shielded Technologies
Samuel Venzi, CTO, GoLedger
Sophia Lopez, Founder & President, Kaleido
Noah Cornwell, CTO, Dfns
Moderator: Hendrik Ebbers, Director of Open Source, Hashgraph and TAC Member, LF Decentralized Trust
The Evolving Role of Public Chains in Trust Infrastructure
Rob Dawson, CTO, Consensys
Raja Chakravorti, CBO, Stellar Development Foundation
Bob Blessing-Hartley, CTO, Shielded Technologies
Andrew Stakiwicz, Head of Solutions, Hashgraph
Andy Guzman, PSE Lead, Ethereum Foundation
Moderator: Sophie Bulloch, Maintainer and Contributor to the Python SDK and Hiero website
Production Deployments: Building and Operating Real Systems
Samuel Venzi, CTO, GoLedger
Gen Nakajima, Director, Strategic Planning for Clearing IT Innovation, JSCC
Juan José Miranda, Director Digital Technology Innovation Lab web3, NTT DATA
Lorenz Bez Rojas, CRO, Metasix Tecnologia, BrBPO
Moderator: Diana Barrero Zalles, Head of GSMI and Research, GBBC
CBDC Design and Implementation: Lessons from Europe and Asia
Joonyi Sung, Head of Digital Currency Tech R&D Team, Bank of Korea
Thomas Martignon, Ingénieur blockchain, Banque de France
Vincent Pek, Deputy Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Moderator: Karen Ottoni, Senior Director of Ecosystem & Strategic Initiatives, LFDT
Trusted Identity for Payment Systems
Alexandre Kech, CEO, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)
Justin Kamerman, Chief Product Officer, Instnt Inc.
Nicholas Racz, Senior Partner, Key State Capital
Andreza Lona, Gerente de Soluções Blockchain, CPQD
Moderator: Genie Peshkova, President, DSR Corporation
Open Standards for Decentralized Trust
Karla McKenna, Managing Director/Head of Standards, GLEIF
John Neufeld, Head of Legal, Compliance & Policy, OpenZeppelin
Gabor Gurbacs, Founder & CEO, OpenAssets
Dennis O'Connell, President, ERC-3643
Moderator: Redwan Meslem, Executive Director, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Standardizing the Next Generation of Capital Markets
Gabor Gurbacs, Founder & CEO, OpenAssets
Different Paths to Scale: EVM
Sophia Lopez, Founder & President, Kaleido
Different Paths to Scale: L2 Approaches
Rob Dawson, CTO, Consensys
Different Paths to Scale: Fabric X
Angelo De Caro, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Research
Different Paths to Scale: NTT DATA’s Approach to Virtualize and Grow Using EVVM
Juan José Miranda, Director Digital Technology Innovation Lab web3, NTT DATA
Different Paths to Scale: Scaling Ethereum with Nethermind
Ben Adams, Principal Engineer: Ethereum Core, Nethermind
Fireside Chat with Martha Bennett
Martha Bennett, VP Principal Analyst, Forrester
Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, LF Decentralized Trust
Fireside Chat on Code Neutrality
Bob Blessing-Hartley, CTO, Shielded Technologies
Shyam Nagarajan, Chief Partnership Officer, Hedera
Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, LF Decentralized Trust
Funding the Future: VC Perspectives on What’s Next
Bruno Batavia, Principal and Director of Emerging Tech, Valor Capital Group
Nicholas Racz, Senior Partner, Key State Capital
Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, LF Decentralized Trust
Reflections and the Road Ahead: Brian Steele & Joe Lubin in Conversation with Michael Casey
Joseph Lubin, CEO and Founder, Consensys
Brian Steele, President, Clearing & Securities Services, DTCC
Michael Casey, Chairman, Advanced AI Society
Project Update: Hyperledger Fabric & Fabric X
Yoav Tock, Research Staff Member, IBM
Marcus Brandenburger, Research Staff Member, IBM
Arne Rutjes, Blockchain Architect, IBM
Senthilnathan Natarajan, Senior Research Scientist, IBM
Project Update Hyperledger Cacti
Carlos Amaro, First Stage Researcher (R1), INESC-ID
André Augusto, Blockchain Researcher & Developer, INESC-ID
Project Update Hiero
Hendrik Ebbers, Director of Open Source, Hashgraph and TAC Member, LF Decentralized Trust
Andrew Brandt, Senior Platform Engineer, Hashgraph
Indy on Besu: Indy’s Project Evolution
Project Update: Besu
Peter Broadhurst, Co-Founder, Head of Engineering, Kaleido
Project Update Hyperledger FireFly
Peter Broadhurst, Co-Founder, Head of Engineering, Kaleido
Covering Custody Spectrum, breaking scalability and adoption barriers
Yashvanth Kondi, R&D Lead, Silence Laboratories
Jay Prakash, Co-Founder & CEO, Silence Laboratories
From Code to Clearing: Institution-Grade FX Infrastructure for Digital Assets
Jisu Park, CEO, Sooho
Deploy production-grade blockchain networks with GoChain
Samuel Venzi, CTO, GoLedger
Web of Trust
Nicholas Racz, Senior Partner, Key State Capital
Hyperledger Fabric in Production: Two Award-Winning Government Use Cases
Lorenz Bez Rojas, CRO, Metasix Tecnologia, BrBPO
Carlos Gurgulino, President, Metasix Tecnologia, BrBPO
Evaluating RWA Contract Standards for Institutions: Controls, Compliance, and Integration Fit
Andrew Levy, Senior Product Manager, OpenZeppelin
Assetrum: Institutional Blockchain Adoption in Korea & Asia
Iryoung Jeong, CTO, Fair Square Lab
Amp: AI Meets Real-Time Onchain Data
Rodrigo Coelho, CEO, Edge & Node
Speakers
Adi Ben-Ari
Founder & CEO, Applied Blockchain
Pradeep Singh
Co-Founder & CEO, gateway.fm
Bob Blessing-Hartley
CTO, Shielded Technologies
Elli Androulaki
Distinguished Engineer, IBM
Simon Baksys
VP, Business Development, LayerZero Labs
Martha Bennett
VP Principal Analyst, Forrester
Peter Broadhurst
Co-Founder & Head of Engineering, Kaleido
Jay Prakash
Co-Founder & CEO, Silence Laboratories
Wenjing Chu
Senior Director Technology Strategy , Futurewei Technologies
Clarisse Hagège
CEO & Founder, Dfns
Diane Mueller
Strategic Advisor, Hedera
Shyam Nagarajan
Chief Partnership Officer, Hedera
Jason Rozovsky
General Counsel Head of Policy, Interop Labs/Axelar
Besfort Shala
Senior Technology Expert & Tech Lead , Bundesbank
Alexander Shcherbakov
Head of Decentralized Systems, DSR
Joonyi Sung
Head of Digital Currency Tech R&D Team, Bank of Korea
Nicholas Racz
Senior Partner, Key State Capital
Karla McKenna
Managing Director/Head of Standards, GLEIF
Daniela Barbosa
General Manager of Decentralized Technologies at the Linux Foundation and Executive Director of LF Decentralized Trust
Nitin Gaur
Head of Financial Institutions, Nethermind
Mrinal Manohar
CEO, Prove AI
Eran Haggiag
Founder and CEO, Glide Identity
Lior Glass
Director of Product Management, Oracle
Rob Dawson
CTO, Consensys
Marcello Gracietti
CEO, Cheesecake Labs
Alejandro Dovale Padrón
Head of R&D, ioBuilders
Hendrik Ebbers
Director of Open Source, Hashgraph and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Member, LF Decentralized Trust
Raja Chakravorti
CBO, Stellar Development Foundation
Andrew Stakiwicz
Head of Solutions, Hashgraph
Thomas Martignon
Ingénieur blockchain, Banque de France
Sunil Madhu
Founder and CEO, Instnt Inc.
Alexandre Kech
CEO, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)
Michal Zajac
CSO, Nethermind
Yashvanth Kondi
Principal Scientist, Silence Laboratories
Sophia Lopez
Founder & President, Kaleido
Samuel Venzi
CTO, GoLedger
Juan José Miranda
Director Digital Technology Innovation Lab web3, NTT DATA
Gen Nakajima
Director, Strategic Planning for Clearing IT Innovation, JSCC
Hart Montgomery
CTO, Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
John Neufeld
Head of Legal, Compliance & Policy, OpenZeppelin
Lorenz Bez Rojas
CRO, Metasix Tecnologia, BrBPO
Diana Barrero Zalles
Head of GSMI and Research, GBBC
Vincent Pek
Deputy Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
Karen Ottoni
Senior Director of Ecosystem & Strategic Initiatives, LFDT
Carlos Amaro
First Stage Researcher (R1), INESC-ID
André Augusto
Blockchain Researcher & Developer, INESC-ID
Johnna Powell
Managing Director, Technology Research and Innovation, DTCC
Andreza Lona
Gerente de Soluções Blockchain, CPQD
Jennifer O'Rourke
Head of Financial Services Product Strategy GTM, LayerZero labs
Sophie Bulloch
Maintainer and Contributor to the Python SDK and Hiero website
Genie Peshkova
President, DSR Corporation
Arun S M
LFDT TAC Chair and Staff Software Engineer, Walmart Global Tech
Simon Letort
Simon Letort, Head of Strategic Initiatives, Digital Asset
Andrew Brandt
Senior Platform Engineer, Hashgraph
Gananand Kini
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer, MITRE
Doug (Gimli) Silva
CTO and Partner, Cheesecake Labs
Surendra Kalidindi
Co-Founder, COO & CTO, OpenAssets
Gabor Gurbacs
Founder & CEO, OpenAssets
Enrique Lacal
Software Engineer, Kaleido & TAC Member LF Decentralized Trust
Redwan Meslem
Executive Director, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Jisu Park
CEO, Sooho
Andy Guzman
PSE Lead, Ethereum Foundation
Joseph Lubin
CEO and Founder, Consensys
Brian Steele
President, Clearing & Securities Services, DTCC
Michael Casey
Chairman, Advanced AI Society
Andrew Levy
Senior Product Manager, OpenZeppelin
Jorge Lesmes
Global Head of Partnerships, Chainlink Labs
Miguel Angel Calero Fernández
Board Member, Alastria and INATBA
DJ Kruitbosch
Director of Technology, Blockchain for Energy & Governing Council Member, Hedera
Iryoung Jeong
CTO, Fair Square Lab
Justin Kamerman
Chief Product Officer, Instnt Inc.
Dennis O'Connell
President, ERC-3643
Liran Funaro
Research Scientist, IBM
Yoav Tock
Research Staff Member, IBM
Marcus Brandenburger
Research Staff Member, IBM
Steve Cerveny
Founder and CEO, Kaleido
Senthilnathan Natarajan
Senior Research Scientist, IBM
Eric Hazard
Lead Cyber Security Engineer, MITRE
Charles Durkin
Principal Solutions Lead, Chainlink Labs
Angelo De Caro
Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Research
Arne Rutjes
Blockchain Architect, IBM
Rodrigo Coelho
CEO, Edge & Node
Jason Aitchison
Senior Director, Launch by NTT DATA
Thank you to our Event Sponsors!
Sponsorship opportunities
Sponsoring LFDT's 10th Anniversary Member Summit gives you the opportunity to reach a diverse and multi-faceted global audience of open source practitioners who are supporting members of LFDT. All sponsorship packages are first come first serve, so please reach out to ecosystem@lfdecentralizedtrust.org. View the Sponsorship Prospectus for more details.
All sponsor packages include:
- Combined Sponsor stand up banner at SF Mint venue entrance
- Mention in pre-event and post-event communications
- Logo and link on conference website.
- Logo recognition on rotating slides before and after keynotes.

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Thank you to our Premier Members
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