2025 Panel Topics & Speakers
Innovation in Nebraska
This panel welcomes local innovators in fintech, banking, and financial services to explore what’s new, what’s next, and where things are headed.
AI and Banking
A timely and nuanced conversation, this panel brings together leaders from Zest AI, Synovus, FNBO, and Dynamo AI to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of financial services through innovation, customer empowerment, and compliance.
Bank-FinTech Partnerships
Featuring FinTech industry leaders from Square, Betterment, Mercury, and Chime, this panel discussion explores the complexity and nuance around FinTech and banking.
Stablecoins
Featuring key thought leaders from PayPal, Circle, and Telcoin, this panel delves into stablecoins as the basis of decentralized digital currency and the public policy around them.
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
This panel covers the NFTs from multiple angles with insights from key industry leaders from Phantom and Solana Policy Institute. They will discuss the function and utility of these unique digital assets.
Past Panel Topics
AI & Housing
Featuring industry leaders from Bilt Rewards, Rocket Mortgage, Zest AI, and Zillow, this timely panel discussion on AI and housing covers the future of homeownership and renting.
Innovation in Nebraska
This panel includes industry leaders from First National Bank of Omaha, the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, Nelnet, and Telcoin for a unique discussion about innovation.
Cybersecurity
This panel welcomes industry experts and innovators whose work helps secure our digital financial future and protect the broader fintech sector for an important discussion about the current state and future of cybersecurity.
Digital Asset ETFs
This timely panel follows the SEC’s approval of spot trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum ETPs, featuring leading change-makers who are helping connect Americans to this rapidly growing market.
Web 3.0 & DeFi
This panel features trailblazers from Multicoin and Galaxy Ventures, who intend to discuss their work in pioneering decentralized web technologies and decentralized finance.
The Promise and Potential of Blockchain
The role of blockchain and its place at the center of our collective digital future. This panel features industry leaders from Ava Labs, Circle Internet Financial, Krypton Labs, and Paradigm, showcasing current and future use cases and their implications.
Innovation in Nebraska
A panel discussion at the cutting edge of emerging digital technologies and the way they’re shaping the future of business in Nebraska and beyond.
Fintech Innovation and AI
Featuring thought leaders from some of the biggest names in fintech–Fiserv, Block, March, and Mastercard–this panel addresses the role of artificial intelligence as it emerges and evolves the way we spend, save, and invest.
The Current Regulatory Environment: How a Lack of Clarity Affects Digital Asset Retail Investing
Industry leaders from Coinbase, Crypto.com, Kraken, and Robinhood discuss important regulatory frameworks surrounding cryptocurrency and their role in promoting private sector innovation.
Clarity and Custody: Why the Lack of Clarity for Custodians Stifles Innovation
A diverse panel of accomplished industry leaders from Fireblocks, BitGo, Bain Capital Crypto, and Anchorage Digital explore innovation and the future of topics like crypto, Web3, NFTs, and Decentralized Finance.