- 500+
- Attendees at VBW26
- 80%
- International
- 40+
- Countries
- 100+
- Speakers
- 2
- Days in Vienna
The Ecosystem Meets in Vienna
Banks. Asset Managers. Exchanges. Investors. Regulators. Builders.
Previous Attending Companies
Two Days. The People That Matter.
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Institutional Access
Meet banks, asset managers, regulators and digital asset decision makers from across Europe.
02
Curated Connections
Connect with relevant attendees through meetings, roundtables and selected networking formats.
03
European Perspective
Understand regulation, infrastructure and market developments shaping Europe’s digital asset economy.
04
Vienna
Meet in one of Europe’s most connected financial, political and cultural hubs.
Who You’ll Meet
More than 80% of the audience at the last edition travelled in from abroad. These are the groups it is made of.
Financial Institutions
- Banks
- Private Banks
- Asset Managers
- Custodians
- Payment Providers
Digital Assets
- Exchanges
- Protocols
- Stablecoin Providers
- Infrastructure
- Tokenization Platforms
Capital
- VCs
- Family Offices
- Institutional Investors
- Funds
Policy
- Regulators
- Government
- Associations
- Policy Makers
Technology
- AI
- Cybersecurity
- Cloud
- Infrastructure
- Enterprise Technology
- 1:1 Meetings
- Connect with relevant attendees and schedule meetings before the conference.
- Institutional Roundtables
- Closed door discussions with selected senior participants.
- Executive Introductions
- Selected introductions between partners, institutions and decision makers.
- VIP Dinner
- Private evening format for speakers, partners and selected guests.
- Investor Breakfast
- Networking for investors, asset managers, family offices and selected companies.
- VBW Connect App
- Search attendees by role — investor, founder, institutional, media — save the people you want to meet and arrive with a shortlist. Sign in with LinkedIn.
Speakers
Meet the Leaders Shaping Digital Assets in Europe
A selection from the VBW26 line-up. The VBW27 programme is announced on a rolling basis.
Program
The Six Themes of VBW27
Institutional Digital Assets
How banks, asset managers and custodians move digital assets into production.
Stablecoins & Payments
Euro stablecoins, settlement rails and what they mean for European payments.
Tokenization & RWA
Funds, bonds and real assets on-chain — beyond the pilot stage.
Regulation & MiCA
Licensing, supervision and what the next European rulebook will require.
Digital Asset Infrastructure
Custody, market structure, security and the plumbing institutions depend on.
AI × Finance
Where AI agents, compliance automation and financial infrastructure converge.
On stage
The Questions VBW27 Is Built Around
The questions the programme is built around. The full agenda with times and speakers follows once it is confirmed.
Stablecoins & Payments
Stablecoins vs CBDCs: Who Will Own Digital Money in Europe?
Tokenization & RWA
Tokenized Assets: From Pilot Projects to Institutional Markets
Institutional Digital Assets
Crypto ETFs: Has Institutional Adoption Reached the Point of No Return?
AI × Finance
AI Agents and Digital Assets: The Next Financial Infrastructure?
Regulation & MiCA
Europe After MiCA: Competitive Advantage or Regulatory Burden?
Digital Asset Infrastructure
Battle of the Custodians: Banks vs Crypto Native Providers
By application
VBW Institutional Access
Qualified institutional leaders can apply for hosted access to VBW27.
Applications are reviewed individually.
Who the programme is for
- Banks
- Asset Managers
- Family Offices
- Institutional Investors
- Private Banks
- Pension Funds
- Regulators
- Financial Institutions
- Corporate Treasury
- Digital Asset Leads
Approved applicants receive complimentary or preferred access, a seat at the institutional roundtables and curated introductions.
Partners
Put Your Brand in Front of Europe’s Digital Asset Leaders.
Visibility, thought leadership and qualified meetings — in front of an audience that decides.
Previous Partners · 2024–2026
… and 98 more partners across three editions.
The city
Why Vienna
A global financial centre at the intersection of Western, Central and Eastern Europe.
- Central Europe
- At the intersection of Western, Central and Eastern Europe — the reason delegations from three regions meet here.
- Global Connectivity
- Vienna International Airport connects to over 190 destinations, 16 minutes from the city centre.
- Financial Ecosystem
- Banks, insurers, regulators and international organisations sit within a few kilometres of the venue.
- Exceptional Quality of Life
- Repeatedly ranked among the world’s most liveable cities — which is why guests stay the extra day.
- One City. Everything Close.
- Venue, hotels, dinners and side events are minutes apart, not a taxi ride across town.
The last edition
VBW26 in Numbers
- 500+
- Attendees
- 100+
- Speakers
- 40+
- Countries
- 80%
- International
- 39
- Sessions
- 3
- Stages
What Participants Say
Vienna Blockchain Week uniquely brings together traditional banking, crypto exchanges, forensic players and advisors from multiple jurisdictions.
Alireza Siadat
Lead Blockchain & DLT · Deloitte Legal Germany
A great place to meet some of the biggest industry players — networking across exchanges and ecosystem builders is extremely efficient here.
Mariana de la Roche Wills
Founder · BlackVogel Consulting
It is fantastic to see such a vibrant blockchain community in Vienna. Events like this create real ecosystem network effects.
Alexander Neumüller
Digital Assets Research · Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance
An ecosystem that genuinely supports this transformation — we are proud to back it and look forward to continued collaboration.
Berthold Baurek-Karlic
Founder & CEO · Venionaire Capital
