Industry Lunch | Digital Money: What Comes Next? Unlocking Real-World Value from Tokenised Assets and Stablecoins (By Invitation)

Session: Industry Lunch | Digital Money: What Comes Next? Unlocking Real-World Value from Tokenised Assets and Stablecoins (By Invitation)

Date: Thursday 6 August 2026.

Time: 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Westpac Institutional Bank, in partnership with BlockchainAPAC, invites senior leaders to an executive lunch discussion on the future of digital money and what it means for Australian businesses. As stablecoins and tokenised assets move towards real-world adoption, this session examines where value is emerging today, what comes next and how Australia's regulatory landscape is evolving.

The discussion will cover:

Where value is emerging today: practical use cases for stablecoins and tokenised assets

What is enabling adoption: the infrastructure, standards and global market developments supporting scale

The Australian outlook: regulatory developments and their implications for business

Opportunities across payments, treasury and capital markets, and where digital money may create tangible value

What comes next: the future trajectory of digital money and how organisations can prepare

Speakers:

Steve Vallas, CEO, BlockchainAPAC

Richelle Cox, COO, BlockchainAPAC

Jeff Byrne, Managing Director, Global Transaction Services, Westpac

Danielle Johnson, Managing Director, International Payments and Digital Assets, Global Transaction Services, Westpac

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