The CBDC Forum seeks to become an international platform to share knowledge and build collaborations on central bank digital currency.
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. In this Forum, we will share the Task Force's findings and recommendations followed by discussions on the landscape, risk and benefit framework and new trends of CBDC.
Topics to be covered:
The emerging citizen centric financial system defined in the UN SG Digital Financing for SDGs Task Force final report;
The landscape of CBDC Innovations around the world;
The risks and benefits of CBDC;
The implementation challenges of CBDC;
The public private collaboration on CBDC;
The future of CBDC
Featured speakers include
Sonja Davidovic, Economist, IMF
Francisco Rivadeneyra, Director for CBDC and FinTech Policy, Bank of Canada
Eleine Sun, Director, Huobi Tech
Ezechiel Copic, Partner, Head of Official Sector Engagement, Celo Foundation
Joel Telpner, Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Frances Coppola, Financial Writer
Dan Conner, Presient, Disledger
Marianne Haahr, Executive Director Green Digital Finance Alliance
Alexey Shadrin, Managing Partner, EverCity
Anna Stone, Commerical Lead, GoodDollar
Chris Ostrowski, Commercial director at OMFIF
Xiaochen Zhang, President, FinTech4Good
Event Site: https://thecbdcforum.eventbrite.com