THE CBDC FORUM
Central Bank Digital Currency and
the Future of a Citizen-centric Financial System
Washington DC
17- 18 November 2020
The CBDC Forum
The Future of Central Bank Digital Currency
17 November 2020
09:00 am
The UN Secretary General's Task Force on Digital Financing for SDGs launched its final report on August 26th, 2020. The report identifies opportunities for digitalization to deliver billions of dollars of financing to tackle problems such as lack of access to capital for small and medium sized enterprises, and for investments in sustainable infrastructure addressing climate change, biodiversity destruction. For more information, please go to the Task Force site:
Central Bank Digital Currency is one of the most impactful innovations which has the potential to remove several key barriers for individuals to contribute to SDGs financing. The CBDC Forum seeks to become an international platform to share knowledge and build collaborations on central bank digital currency.
Topics to be covered:
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The landscape of CBDC Innovations around the world;
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The risks and benefits of CBDC;
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Inclusive CBDC;
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CBDC capacity and readiness
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Digital financing for SDGs
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CBDC Technology: DLT and beyond;
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Governance of digital currencies ;
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The design principles of CBDC;
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The implementation challenges of CBDC;
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The public private collaboration on CBDC;
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The future of CBDC.
SCHEDULE
Nov.17, 2020 EST
Nov.18, 2020 EST
09:00
Welcome and Opening Remark
Xiaochen Zhang
President, FinTech4Good
09:00
9:05
Why central banks are Interested in Digital Currency?
Francisco Rivadeneyra
Director for CBDC and FinTech Policy, Bank of Canada
José Manuel Marques
Head of the Financial Innovation Division en Banco de España
9:35
CBDC Development in Asia: Country Studies
Vijak Sethaput
Deputy Director, Bank of Thailand
Henri Arslanian
Global Crypto Leader, Asia FinTech Leader, Partner, PwC
Yifeng Zhang
President, Zhongchao blockchain technology research Institute
Douglas Arner
Kerry Holdings Professor in Law at The University of Hong Kong
Cong He
Founder and Chairman, Probe Group
10:00
Welcome and Opening Remark
Dr Srinivas Yanamandra
Chief, New Development Bank
Ismail Erturk
Senior Lecturer in Banking at University of Manchester
Ousmène Jacques Mandeng
Senior Advisor Blockchain and Multiparty Systems, Accenture
Shaolun Liu,
Director, Deloitte
CBDC Technology: DLT and beyond
David Wen
Professor at Zhejiang University International Business School
Alon Goren
Founding Partner of Draper Goren Holm
Michael Sung
Co-Director of the Fudan Fanhai Fintech Research Center; Chairman CarbonBlue Innovations
Daniel Eidan
Global Solution Architect, Payments and CBDC, R3
10:35
CBDC Development in Africa: Country Studies
Michelle Chivunga N
CEO, Global Policy House, Senior Govt. Advisor
Monica Singer
Consensys South Africa lead, board member of SAICA and Vice Chair of GLEIF
Nolwazi Hlophe
Regulatory Program Lead | Digital Frontiers Institute
Vincent Molinari
Founder & Host, FINTECH.TV & TheIMPACT-Molinari Media
11:00
CBDC Development in Europe: country studies
Jonas Gross
project manager, the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (FSBC)
Ashley Lannquist
Project Lead, Blockchain & Digital Currency at World Economic Forum
Gabriel Abed
Founder, BITT
Juan Camilo Gutiérrez
independent CBDC expert
11:35
Digital Financing for SDGs
Simon Zadek
Sherpa of UN Secretary General's Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals
Zhijun Zhang
Lead, Security Architecture at The World Bank Group
Marianne Haahr
Director Green Digital Finance Alliance
Yonathan Parienti
Founder and CEO, Horyou