# News and Events | Bassel Assaad

> Conferences, panels, and speaking engagements by Bassel Assaad on regulated payments, digital assets, and AI, with new dates added as they are confirmed.

News and Events
# Where Bassel speaks.
Recent conferences, panels, and speaking engagements, with new dates added as they are confirmed.
Past events
## What happened.
Guest lecture June 8, 2026 · American University in Dubai (online)
### American University in Dubai, Blockchain Technology
Bassel delivered an online guest lecture in the MIS course at the School of Business, American University in Dubai. The session covered blockchain infrastructure, the differences between blockchain network types, and real-world applications across fintech, supply chain management, and healthcare, followed by a discussion of scalability, security, regulation, and the career paths opening in the blockchain ecosystem.
Speaker June 9 to 10, 2026 · One Monte-Carlo, Monaco
### WAIB Summit Monaco 2026
Bassel joined the panel *Building Trust, Regulation, and Jurisdiction in the Age of AI and Digital Assets* at WAIB Summit Monaco, moderated by Colby Mangels of Taxbit, alongside Ondrej Kovarik (former Member of the European Parliament), Dr. Clara Guerra (Liechtenstein Government), Beatrice Fares (European Commission), and Thomas Labenbacher (Assetera). The session examined how the always-on nature of digital asset markets is creating new regulatory and operational challenges, why fast-moving technology demands more adaptive legislation, and how AI is being adopted across the industry with trust, oversight, and human control remaining essential.
Speaker June 4, 2026 · Sciences Po, Paris
### Scaling Blockchain for Public Good, Session 2
Bassel joined Session 2 of *Scaling Blockchain for Public Good* at Sciences Po PSIA, hosted with UNDP AltFinLab. On the panel *Delivering Blockchain-Based Financial Tools in Last-Mile Contexts*, moderated by Ada Vaughan of the Stellar Development Foundation, alongside Jorge Fernandes (WFP Innovation Accelerator), Melyn McKay (Coala Pay), Alwin Tan (Solanax Foundation), and Freedom Pigott (FreedomPay Wallet), the discussion drew on practical deployment experience in Haiti and Kenya and examined what responsible implementation requires when conventional financial infrastructure is limited or compromised. [Event page](https://www.sciencespo.fr/psia-innovation-hub/events/scaling-blockchain-for-public-good/).
Conference April 2026 · Paris
### Paris Blockchain Week 2026
Bassel attended Paris Blockchain Week to meet execs and teams from banks, fintechs, and asset managers building or adopting payment and stablecoin infrastructure, cross-border settlement, tokenization in regulated environments, and AI inside financial systems.
Recognition 2025 · Paris
### Circle Impact, global winner
Tracee was recognized among the global winners of Circle's Impact competition in Paris, for a payment architecture designed to move funds reliably in operationally constrained environments. The recognition affirmed the reliability-first approach that now anchors the advisory practice.
Investment dinner May 2025 · Dubai
### Napkin Inc., De Bacci family dinner
Hosted by Anna L. De Bacci and the De Bacci family, the dinner brought together investors and decision-makers from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and regional family offices around Matthew De Bacci's vision for Napkin Inc., a $30M raise to acquire digital businesses bridging Web2 and Web3.
Conference April 30 to May 1, 2025 · Dubai
### Token2049 Dubai 2025
Bassel attended Token2049 Dubai, the region's anchor week for digital assets. Working conversations focused on payments and stablecoin infrastructure, fundraising, and asset management across institutional and family-office capital.
Speaker April 29, 2025 · Dubai, In5 Tech
### Invest Web3 Forum 2025 (IWF)
Bassel spoke at Invest Web3 Forum at In5 Tech, alongside Token2049 week. The session covered liquidity, stablecoins, and the crypto hedge-fund structure being built around the institutional cycle.
Guest lecture February 3, 2025 · Manama, Bahrain
### Royal University for Women, Bitcoin Basics, Regulations, and Legal Careers in Crypto
Bassel delivered a guest lecture at the Royal University for Women in Manama with Dr. Marwan Kayal (PhD in crypto law). The session covered Bitcoin fundamentals, the regulatory landscape practitioners need to navigate, and the career paths opening at the intersection of crypto and law.
Guest lecture 2025 · Paris
### Collège de Paris, blockchain fundamentals
A session at Collège de Paris on blockchain fundamentals for students entering finance and engineering tracks, building on a teaching practice that began in 2013 across Sorbonne Université, Mines ParisTech, and ENSMA Poitiers.
Speaker October 2024 · London
### Stellar Meridian, London
Bassel presented the Tracee payment system at Stellar Meridian in London, the Stellar Development Foundation's annual builder gathering, in the context of regulated stablecoin payments and last-mile disbursement.
Conference July 10, 2024 · Brussels
### Blockchain For Good Unconference #2, EthCC[7]
Bassel joined the second Blockchain For Good Unconference, held alongside EthCC[7] at BeCentral in Brussels. His session, *P2P Money for Good*, addressed bulk delivery of humanitarian aid at the last mile: payment architectures that move funds reliably into communities where banking infrastructure is fragmented or absent, and the operational design required to disburse at scale to people the conventional rails do not reach. [Event page](https://cryptoevents.global/blockchain-for-good-unconference-ethcc-7-brussels/).
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Interview November 2023 · Dubai
### Genesis XBT Conference, Dubai
Bassel, founder and CEO of Tracee, was interviewed at the Genesis XBT Conference in Dubai. The conversation covered Tracee's approach to payment services and the features that differentiate its architecture from conventional alternatives. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzOxoi4-0gE).

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