Agenda

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Arrival and registration

 

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Welcome

 

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Concepts of money – theoretical paradigms

Chair: Dr Rhys Bidder (KBS/QCGBF)

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Speakers: Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada), Dirk Niepelt (University of Bern), Jean Barthelemy (Banque de France), Francesca Carapella (Federal Reserve - Board of Governors)

 

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Nuts and bolts – technical paradigms

Chair: Nilixa Devlukia (Payments Solved)

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Speakers: Oliver Carew (EY), Rhomaios Ram (Fnality), Wolfgang Berger (IBM), TBC. (Banca d’Italia)

 

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Coffee

 

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Fireside chat: Challenges for practitioners and policymakers

Interviewer: Jannah Patchay (Digital Pound Foundation)

Interviewee: Ruth Wandhofer (Bayes Business School)

 

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

 

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Privacy/Confidentiality vs Security/AML

Chair: Rhys Bidder (KBS/QCGBF)

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Speakers: David Birch (15mb), David Carlisle (Elliptic), Chaitanya Konda (Fireblocks), Victoria McLoughlin (FCA)

 

2:15 PM - 3:00 PM

Bringing stablecoins to life

Chair: Ijeoma Okoli (Digital Economy Institute)

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Speakers: Andrew O’Neil (S&P), Teana Baker-Taylor (CryptoUK), Anneke Kosse (BIS), Jon Egilsson (Monerium)

 

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Coffee

 

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Stablecoin vs tokenized deposits vs CBDC

Chair: Jack Meaning (Barclays)

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Speakers: Varun Paul (Fireblocks), Michael Lee (Federal Reserve Bank of New York), Masaki Bessho (Bank of Japan), Eva Lawrence (Figment)

 

4:30 PM - 5:15 PM

Fireside chat: Digital money – how does it fit into the future of finance?

Interviewer: Ian Taylor (KPMG/CryptoUK)

Interviewee: Basak Toprak (JP Morgan)

 

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Summary and thanks

 

5:45 PM - 8:00 PM

Drinks Reception