
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 in JC
Join us to kick off Member Summit with drinks & bites!
Location: Battello 502 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07310
Sponsored by Dfns
DAY 1 - Wednesday, January 28th
8:00-9:00am - Networking Breakfast
9:00am-5:30pm - Presentations, Panels, Breakouts
6:00-8:00pm - Trust on Tap Evening Reception
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
9:00am-5:30pm - Presentations, Panels, Breakouts
Sessions
The Privacy Stack Explained
Adi Ben-Ari, Founder & CEO, Applied Blockchain
Yashvanth Kondi, R&D Lead, Silence Laboratories
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
Elli Androulaki, Distinguished Engineer, IBM
Michal Zajac, CSO, Nethermind
Trust Under Pressure: Security Best Practices in Real World Deployments
Clarisse Hagège, CEO & Founder, Dfns
Pradeep Singh, Co-Founder & CEO, gateway.fm
Michal Zajac, CSO, Nethermind
Advancing Interoperability: Lessons, Gaps, and What’s Next
Simon Baksys, VP, Business Development, LayerZero Labs
Nitin Gaur, Senior Advisor, DTCC Digital Assets, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
Joonyi Sung, Head of Digital Currency Tech R&D Team, Bank of Korea
Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao,
President, Banking and Capital Markets, Chainlink
Identity in the Age of AI: Trust, Verification, and Accountability
Shyam Nagarajan, COO, Hedera
Mrinal Manohar, CEO, Prove AI
Eran Haggiag, Founder and CEO, Glide Identity
Tokenization at Scale: Building Market-Ready Infrastructure
Lior Glass, Director of Product Management , Oracle
Rob Dawson, CTO, Consensys
Marcello Gracietti, CEO, Cheesecake 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
Different Paths to Scale: EVM, Fabric X, and L2 Approaches
Rob Dawson, CTO, Consensys
Elli Androulaki, Distinguished Engineer, IBM
Bringing Code to LF Decentralized Trust
Bob Blessing-Hartley, CTO, Shielded Technologies
Alejandro Dovale Padrón, Head of R&D, ioBuilders
Diane Mueller, Strategic Advisor, Hedera
Sophia Lopez, Founder & President, Kaleido
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
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
CBDC Design and Implementation: Lessons from Europe and Asia
Besfort Shala, Senior Technology Expert & Tech Lead, Bundesbank
Joonyi Sung, Head of Digital Currency Tech R&D Team, Bank of Korea
Thomas Martignon, Ingénieur blockchain, Banque de France
Trusted Identity for Payment Systems
Alexandre Kech, CEO, Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)
Sunil Madhu, Founder and CEO, Instnt Inc.
Nicholas Racz, Senior Partner, Key State Capital
Post-Quantum Readiness
Hart Montgomery, CTO, Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust
Fireside Chat with Martha Bennett
Martha Bennett, VP Principal Analyst, Forrester
Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, LF Decentralized Trust
Fireside Chat on Code Neutrality
Marta Szluinska, Chief of Staff, Shielded Technologies
Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, LF Decentralized Trust
Shyam Nagarajan, COO, Hedera
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
COO, 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
Senior Advisor, DTCC Digital Assets, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)
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
Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao
President, Banking and Capital Markets, Chainlink
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
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.

Hotel Information
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Event info
Visa letter request
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Health and safety
Check this page for updates about health and safety recommendations.
Our community’s well-being is extremely important to us, and creating a safe, worry-free event is our top priority. We will adjust our health and safety protocols as needed while updating this page with information about plans for our attendees onsite. We continue to look to local municipality guidelines to make the best and most informed decisions around onsite safety and requirements. All in-person attendance requirements are subject to change based on local guidelines.
Covid-19 masks and vaccinations
Masks are optional. There are no vaccine or testing requirements to attend this event. These are both subject to change based on local municipality requirements and any changes in COVID-19. If you are traveling from abroad, review the entry requirements from your country of origin here. Currently, there are no vaccination or testing requirements to enter the US. Requirements may change so check back regularly. We encourage all attendees to take a COVID-19 self-test prior to traveling to the event and when they return home. Remain at home if you test positive or feel ill.
- If you feel ill while at the event, please take a COVID-19 self-test and isolate as needed.
- Hand sanitizing stations will be available throughout the event venue and a limited supply of face masks will be available upon request at Registration.
- We respectfully remind all attendees, speakers, sponsors, and staff to: Stay home if you experience any cold or flu-like symptoms and wash your hands for at least 20 seconds.
Code of conduct
By attending or participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Linux Foundation Code of Conduct. Event is held under Chatham House Rule. No media.
Please contact Angela Brown, SVP & GM of Events, at angela@linuxfoundation.org if you believe you’ve observed or experienced a violation of the Code of Conduct.
Diversity and inclusion
Education and collaboration are vital to the future of the open source ecosystem, and it is imperative to us that everyone in the community that wants to participate feels welcome to do so regardless of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, age, religion or economic status. Our Code of Conduct outlines our expectations for all those who participate in our community, as well as the consequences for unacceptable behavior.
Venue accessibility
If you need any assistance locating an elevator, or have other questions about accessibility onsite, please speak to a member of the Linux Foundation event staff at any of the registration or information desks onsite. If you have questions prior to the event, please email events@linuxfoundation.org. If you have ideas on how we can create a more inclusive event, please do not hesitate to let us know. Any questions or concerns please contact ecosystem@lfdecentralizedtrust.org.
Thank you to our Premier Members
Our members are committed to the LF Decentralized Trust's principles of open development and open governance, and are recognized globally for their commitment to driving the development and adoption of open source LF Decentralized Trust technologies.









































