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Robert Porter
Head of Digital Asset Services (Business)
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ)
Robert Porter is Head of Digital Asset Services (Business) at ANZ, where he is responsible for the strategic development of the bank’s enterprise capability for Digital Assets & Currencies (DA&C). His remit includes establishing strategic partnerships, regulatory engagement, and coordinating ANZ’s participation in regulator-led pilots across Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. With over 15 years’ experience in banking, strategy, and industry engagement roles, Robert has a strong focus on industry trends, policy and regulatory developments related to payments and digital assets.
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1:30–2:45pmTue 24 MarPublic-Private RoundtablesUniClub - Roundtable Room 1Invite-Only
Blueprint for Digital Assets
[Closed-Door Roundtable] Indo-Pacific Digital Money Infrastructures - Building the Next Wholesale Payment Rails
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Alvinder SinghHead, Innovation Acceleration OfficeMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Doulos LeeManagerBank Negara Malaysia
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Kylie StewartDigital Currencies Senior ManagerReserve Bank of Australia
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Dr. Mark StaplesChief Technology OfficerDigital Finance CRC
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Robert PorterHead of Digital Asset Services (Business)Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ)
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Steve VallasChief Executive OfficerBlockchain APAC
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Victoria RichardsonPartnerID Partners
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Maha El DimachkiChief Executive Officer, GFTN SolutionsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
Wholesale digital money is moving from experimentation to infrastructure. Across the Indo-Pacific & Europe, central banks, regulators & financial institutions are testing tokenised settlement models to improve cross-border payments, liquidity efficiency & risk management through initiatives such as Project Acacia (Australia), Project Guardian and BLOOM (Singapore).
This closed-door session convenes senior leaders from policy, banking, market infrastructure, and technology providers to compare takeaways from leading pilots and align on what it will take to move from proofs-of-concept to interoperable, secure, scalable wholesale settlement rails across jurisdictions.
The roundtable builds on GFTN’s recently launched Digital Money principles, emphasising interoperability, sovereignty, resilience, trust, and inclusion. Participants will also consider enabling foundations underpinning trusted digital markets. -
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10:35–11:15amWed 25 MarSummit StageWinthrop HallOpen
Blueprint for Digital Assets
Tokenizing Real-World Assets: Can Pilots Mature into Real Markets?
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Kassia KazmerChief Executive Officer and Co-founderProspEx Group
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Dr. Mark StaplesChief Technology OfficerDigital Finance CRC
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Rob AllenHead of Hedera Enterprise Adoption TeamHashgraph
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Robert PorterHead of Digital Asset Services (Business)Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ)
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Amy-Rose GoodeyChief Executive OfficerDigital Economy Council of Australia (DECA)Moderator
About this session
Tokenization is moving beyond experiments into economic infrastructure across trade, commodities, energy, carbon & finance - but only when it becomes institutional-grade in terms of custody, legal clarity, interoperability & governance. This session focuses on the leap from “interesting demo” to scalable market workflows that banks, industry & regulators can trust. Participants gain practical insight into how tokenized corridors can reduce friction, improve provenance, accelerate settlement & unlock new financing pathways.
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