Central Bank Payment Conference (CBPC) 2022 | Currency Research | 25 February 2022 | Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel , 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA

CR’s Central Bank Payment Conference (CBPC) has been discussing CBDC and Digital Currency policy issues since its inauguration 5 years ago. The newly established Digital Currency Conference (DCC) will focus on technology and design aspects rather than policy and functionality issues. There is of course a close dependency between the two – the policymakers determine legal and compliance requirements and the technology & innovation experts develop the solutions.

The DCC will connect the policy discussion from CBPC with technology aspects by hosting and curating the ongoing debate. The conference will provide exclusive platforms for specialists, experts, and stakeholders to meet and shape the future of Digital Currencies. The inaugural Digital Currency Conference will be launched in conjunction with the Currency Conference, with an expected attendance of 700 delegates from more than 120 nations.

Who Should Attend?
All those interested and involved with Digital Currency Innovations:
• Central Bank Policy
• Technology Leaders
• Research Leaders
• Solution Providers
• Academics and Researchers
• Private Sector Digital Currencies

Topics:
• Privacy–Can CBDC and other Digital Currencies be Anonymous?
- Can Tokenisation provide complete Privacy?
- How much anonymity do Bitcoin and similar coin offerings really provide, and how robust is that?
- Biometrics - chance or threat?
- Include ECB's research showing that the most important feature to potential users was privacy

• Security
- Will Quantum computing threaten digital currencies? How and what countermeasures can be taken now?
- Lessons learnt from hacked exchanges and stolen wallets
- Biometrics which approaches promise the best security?
- How to manage / secure AML directives

• Compliance
- Crypto Assets and Crime – what technology solutions are available to identify illegal use of Digital Currency?
- eKYC solutions and Digital Currency – are they ready for each other?
- AI – how do Digital Currencies need to be designed to enable AI to identify fraud and crime patterns?
- Can cash show the way to a compromise between privacy and AML / CTF for digital currencies?

• Interoperability in a Global Economy
- How to design Digital Currencies to support global trade and capital markets
- Are CBDCs the better way to interoperability or are large private issuers better placed?
- Do we need to reinvent the wheel or can solutions like ISO 20022 show the way?
- The BIS m-CBDC Bridge initiative

• A Chance for Financial Inclusion
- What tech approach is best suited to further FI?
- Can Digital Currencies lower/remove the ID / KYC hurdle?

• Sustainability
- Energy consumption / Carbon Footprint – is Bitcoin the “black sheep” or indicative of an underlying design problem with most blockchains?
- How to design a Low Energy Consumption DLT
- Are central solutions the more sustainable way forward?

2022 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

George Gesek
Founder and CEO, NOVARION Systems

Aaron Klein
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution

Sunayna Tuteja
Chief Innovation Officer, Federal Reserve System

SPEAKERS:

Ezechiel Copic
Global Head, Public Sector Research & Development, cLabs, Inc.

Jim Cunha
Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Nilixa Devlukia
CEO, Payments Solved

Ben Dyson
Adviser, Bank of International Settlements Innovation Hub (BISIH)

Shaun Ferrari
Vice President / Director, Currency Research

Gerry Gaetz
Strategic/Executive Advisor & Former CEO of Payments Canada, Tata Consultancy Services & Mindbridge AI

Jonas Gross
Chair, Digital Euro Association

Hussein Jundi
CBDC Account Manager, ProgressSoft

John Kiff
Advisor, Kiffmeister Advisory

David Mills
Associate Director, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Tom Mutton
Director of Fintech, Bank of England

Nasreen Quibria
Vice President, Emerging Payments and Technology Policy, Independent Community Bankers of America®

Francisco Rivadeneyra
Director of CBDC and Fintech Policy and Research, Bank of Canada

Gonzalo Santamaria
Vice President - Payments, Currency Research

Jens Seidl
President / CEO, Currency Research

Jamiel Sheikh
Founder, CBDC Think Tank

Kimmo Soramaki
Founder and CEO, FNA

Nikki Strickland
Head of Marketing and Strategy, De La Rue

Herve Tourpe
Chief Digital Advisor, IMF

Jiaying Jiang
Hauser Global Fellow, NYU Law

James Wallis
VP of Central Bank Engagements, Ripple

Ashley Lannquist
Digital Expert, Digital Advisory Unit, IMF

Candace Kelly
General Counsel, Stellar Development Foundation

Xiaochen Zhang
Principal Manager, AWS

2022 Sponsors and Partners

SPONSORS:
• Celo
• FNA
• Progress Soft
• Ripple
• Stellar
• Tax Bit
• DeLaRue
• StoneX

COMMUNICATION PARTNERS:
• CBDC Thinktank
• Central Bank Payments News
• Digital Currency News
• Financial IT
• Kapronasia
• Payments Journal
• The Paypers
• Smart Insights

PRIMARY PARTNERS:
• Visa
• StoneX
• Mastercard
• OCLS
• RTGS Global

BRANDING PARTNERS:
• SIA
• CGI

COMMUNICATION PARTNER:
• Central Bank Payments News