2026 Speakers
2026 Distinguished Speakers
Prof. Jingbo Wang
Professor, Founder and Director
Research Centre for Quantum Information, Simulation and Algorithms, The University of Western Australia
Ravi Menon
Ambassador (Climate Action), Singapore, Former Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
Scott Waller
Asia Pacific Assurance Blockchain Leader
EY
Scott Waller is a technology professional with over 20 years’ experience supporting businesses implementing digital strategies and carrying out transformation. Scott’s passion is in the use of technology to drive business model innovation and ensuring technology risk is effectively managed. Scott is the leader of the Assurance Technology Risk team in Perth, supporting the Perth market with technology risk advisory and audit services. Scott stays at the forefront of emerging technology and is EY’s APAC blockchain and digital assets leader.
Speaking at
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3:00–4:15pmWed 25 MarPublic-Private RoundtablesUniClub - Roundtable Room 2OpenModerator
Blueprint for Digital Assets
[Roundtable] Tokenized Trade & Investment Advantage - Making Real-World Assets Liquid & Trusted Across Borders
Public-Private RoundtablesUniClub - Roundtable Room 2OpenModerator
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Dr. Andy TingFounderHela Labs
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Prof. Bill RoscoeDirectorUniversity College Oxford Blockchain Research Centre
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Josh HuntDirector and General CounselProspEx Group
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Julia BuchholzChief Marketing OfficerBlocksquare
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IGP Rahman DesyantaChief Executive OfficerBaliola
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Steve VallasChief Executive OfficerBlockchain APAC
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Scott WallerAsia Pacific Assurance Blockchain LeaderEYModerator
About this session
Tokenisation is moving from experimentation to industrial advantage - but only for organisations that can translate pilots into real workflows and profitable business models, compliant structures & interoperable cross-border trade corridors. From critical minerals & energy to carbon credits, inventory, invoices & high-value goods like art, tokenized assets can reduce friction, accelerate settlement, improve provenance & unlock new financing models.
This roundtable focuses on execution: where tokenization truly beats current systems, how to start with the right use cases, how to design compliant structures & how to build pilots that scale across borders. Western Australia’s position in critical minerals, resources, agriculture, First Nations art & energy makes it a natural launchpad for Indo-Pacific tokenized trade corridors. -

