Adrienne Muir, CEO, Avenir Technology, looks back on nearly 30 years of change in financial markets and what the move towards longer trading hours could mean for the next phase of market infrastructure.

Matthew Pilkington, Head of Sales EMEA, Beeks Group, explores the infrastructure challenges behind extended trading hours and why the shift towards always-on markets is strengthening the case for resilient, round-the-clock infrastructure.

Michael Winnike, Managing Director and Head of Strategy and Market Solutions, DTCC, discusses the significance of the organisation's use of tokenised DTC-held assets in real production trades.

Magnus Almqvist, CEO of Exberry, looks at the growth of perpetual contracts and what their rise could mean for exchanges and the infrastructure that supports them.

Julie Becker, CEO of LuxSE, explores how sustainable debt markets are evolving from financing green projects to supporting economy-wide transition strategies, and why transparency and credible disclosures are essential to mobilising capital towards a net-zero future.

Amarjeet Singh, Whole-time Member, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), explains how ISSB, IAASB and IESBA are a powerful trinity of standards.

Adrian Ip, Chief Strategy Officer at Aquis Exchange (A SIX Company) and Independent Chairman of Carbonfuture, explores why compliance and voluntary carbon markets must evolve together, and how trusted infrastructure, standardisation and transparent market mechanisms are essential to scaling carbon markets and achieving net zero.

Dr Maryam Alhalboni, School for Business and Society, University of York, explores how procedural policy clarity enables markets to act on climate-related information, showing why disclosure alone is not enough to support effective capital allocation.

Helena Viñes Fiestas, Chair of the European Commission's Platform on Sustainable Finance and Commissioner of the Spanish Financial Markets Authority, explores why where companies invest their capital matters more than the climate targets they set.