Announcement
Stablecon EMEA is assembling the boldest voices shaping the future of digital finance. We’re looking for speakers who aren’t just observing the transformation of global commerce—they’re building it. This is where the architects of programmable money, the regulators writing tomorrow’s rulebook, and the institutions bridging TradFi and DeFi converge. If you’re driving real adoption, navigating uncharted regulatory waters, or reinventing financial infrastructure at scale, we want you on our stage.
Application Deadline: Jan 30 at Midnight Eastern No extensions.
We review applications on a rolling basis—apply early. Your chances of selection decrease as the deadline approaches. We’ll notify all applicants by March 30. Don’t wait for our response to register for the event—ticket prices increase closer to Stablecon. If selected as a speaker, your registration will be refunded or transferred to a colleague.
About our theme for 2026
We are in a time of staggering and previously unimaginable technological shifts. As we launch Stablecon EMEA, it’s vital that we look at the forces that are shifting everything we know about money and what we can anticipate in tomorrow’s global economy. This is where the architects of programmable money, the regulators writing tomorrow’s rulebook, and the institutions bridging TradFi and DeFi converge. If you’re driving real adoption, navigating uncharted regulatory waters, or reinventing financial infrastructure at scale, we want you on our stage.
Convergence
The convergence of breakthrough technologies is reshaping finance as we know it. Stablecoins, once an experimental concept, have emerged as a transformative force redefining the very technology of money. At the same time, agentic AI is revolutionizing how information is created, processed, and deployed. Together, these forces are driving profound institutional change. Banks and payment processors are weaving stablecoins into legacy infrastructure, while cross-border payments and remittances are being reimagined through faster, more transparent rails. Enterprise adoption is accelerating global financial maturity, particularly across emerging markets. As money becomes programmable and liquidity more fluid, decentralized finance is unlocking new models for lending, yield, and capital efficiency. Legacy players are racing to lower costs through decentralized tools, while innovative challengers are scaling smarter, faster, and cheaper alternatives. This rapid adoption is redefining how risk, reserve transparency, and systemic stability are managed. Treasury & Risk Management Corporate treasuries, reserves transparency, and systemic risk. How issuers, banks, and enterprises are managing billions in stablecoin exposure. Emerging Markets & Financial Inclusion How stablecoins are solving real problems in regions with currency instability, limited banking access, and expensive remittance corridors. This is your place to talk Institutional Integration, Cross-Border Payments & Remittances, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & Programmable Money, Treasury & Risk Management, Emerging Markets & Financial Inclusion
Infrasructure built to bend
In this time of swift change, rebuilding infrastructure to anticipate greater efficiencies is vital. We want to go deep into the nature of blockchain infrastructure, bridge protocols, multi-chain strategies and the race to make stablecoins work everywhere. We are looking at how stablecoins solve long intransigent issues, and how they can help solve for currency instability, limited banking access, and expensive remittance corridors. This is your place to talk Infrastructure & Interoperability and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & Programmable Money.
Policy is product
Shaping the policies to create greater opportunities for innovation and safe use will be necessary to the future of money. The last year has made it very transparent to the entire DeFi community that policy can help make or break the system. To that end, we will be examining the effects of MiCA, UK stablecoin regulation, and the amazing movements in the Middle East and African governments around stablecoin policy. We will be looking to examine movements on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and the monetary policy implications, as we see the interplay between public and private digital finance. As we examine what’s coming next, we want to look at how operators are navigating compliance without killing innovation. If you are elbows deep into stablecoin policy, then this is the place to talk about Regulatory Frameworks & Compliance and Economic Policy & CBDCs.
FAQs
Who we're looking for
Stablecon isn’t interested in theory. We’re convening the operators, the builders, and the decision-makers who are making this technology real. We want speakers who:
- Are building at the frontier – Leading stablecoin issuance, cross-border payment rails, institutional custody, or regulatory frameworks
- Have skin in the game – CEOs, founders, CTOs, CFOs, Chief Compliance Officers, central bank officials, policymakers, and institutional investors
- Bring receipts – Real adoption metrics, live integrations, regulatory wins, or strategic deployments worth discussing
- Don’t hold back – The most valuable conversations happen when leaders share what worked, what didn’t, and what kept them up at night
- Tell us what you are passionate about: I don’t want to know what you can speak to. I want to know what you want to say.
This isn’t the place for product pitches or surface-level overviews. If you’re here to tell us stablecoins might be interesting someday, this isn’t your stage.
Speaker benefits
- Complimentary full conference pass for confirmed main stage speakers/moderators
- Access to 2,000+ senior leaders from fintech, crypto, financial institutions, and government
- Unparalleled networking with the exact people building the future of programmable money
- Visibility across Stablecon’s marketing channels and media partnerships
- Recording of your session (shared post-event; clips encouraged with credit to Stablecon)
- Preparation support – Prep calls will be scheduled the week of April 20-24 to coordinate with fellow speakers and finalize session details
Note: Only the selected speaker receives a complimentary pass. We do not provide additional guest passes for speakers’ teams, except for professional security personnel with advance notice.
Session formats
Main Stage:
The premier venue for transformational ideas, major announcements, and the industry’s most influential voices. Think gravitas, not platitudes.
Interviews: (1-2 speakers, 1 moderator, 20-25 mins)
Intimate, unfiltered conversations with operators who’ve been in the trenches. No slides. No fluff. Just candid insights from people uniquely positioned to tell the story.
Panel Discussions: (3 speakers, 1 moderator, 35-40 mins)
Sharp, evidence-driven discussions built for depth. We assemble panels internally to ensure diversity of perspective
-if you need control over who’s on stage with you, this isn’t the format.
Point/Counterpoint: (2 speakers, 1 moderator, 25 mins)
Nuanced, high-stakes disagreements on the issues that matter. If you’ve got a strong point of view and aren’t afraid to defend it, this is your moment.
Presentations: (1 speaker, 7 min or 12 min)
Reserved for genuinely transformational ideas and newsworthy announcements.
Not product demos. Not sales pitches.
Hot Seats: (1 speaker, 1 moderator, 20 mins)
Unscripted, one-on-one interviews with no prep. If you’re tired of rehearsed talking points and want to be pushed on the hard questions, apply here.
Important guidelines
Application Rules
- 1 submission per executive. Multiple submissions will not be reviewed.
- Maximum 4 applications per organization. We limit confirmed speakers from any single company to ensure diverse perspectives.
- All proposed executives must explicitly consent to their inclusion before applying.
- Limit 1 submission per speaker; 3 submissions per organization maximum.
Selection Process
- We review applications on a rolling basis—apply early for the best chance of selection.
- If we’re interested in your application, a member of the Stablecon Content Team will reach out to schedule a call.
- We require direct contact with the proposed speaker before final confirmation.
- Responses will be sent to all applicants by March 30.
Commitment & Cancellations
- We take confirmations seriously. Speakers who cancel at the last minute won’t be considered for future Stablecon events.
- We understand emergencies happen and will evaluate replacements on a case-by-case basis.
- Stablecon reserves the right to cancel a session if the speaker cannot deliver the proposed content or misses key deadlines.
- Any speaker replacements must be approved by the Content Team.
- Content submission deadline: April 20 – All required materials (presentation slides, bios, headshots, etc.) must be submitted by this date.
What We Don’t Provide
- Travel & accommodation costs are not covered.
- Speaker honorariums are not provided.
- Pay-to-play speaking slots do not exist at Stablecon. Speakers are selected on merit. Sponsorship opportunities are entirely separate—contact [sponsorship email] if interested.
Content Ownership
- Stablecon owns the rights to all event videos and images.
- We’ll share edited recording links with speakers post-event.
- Speakers may post clips or quotes with credit to Stablecon but may not post full sessions externally.
Key dates
Deadline for Submission
The deadline for speaker submissions is Jan 30, 2026
Receiving a Response
We will respond back to every application by March 30. Please limit any questions regarding the status of your application until after that date.
Deadline for Content
The deadline for content is April 20, 2026
Prep Calls
Preparation calls are an integral part of the planning process for this event. Calls will be scheduled as soon as possible to be held the week of April 20 – 24th.
Preliminary Agenda Announced
March
Full Agenda Announced
April 7, 2026