OMFIF”s upcoming Digital Money Summit (DMS) Conference in London next week offers attendees a rare opportunity to hear a variety of perspectives from Central Bankers, Fintechs, Analyst and Industry experts.
The Digital Money Summit conference brings together over 200 experts across government, central banking, financial services and technology will convene in London with representation from over 50 central banks from around the world. I attended the conference last year and I found it invaluable from both a networking and education perspective.
This is a must attend conference for anyone looking to stay abreast of regulatory developments, new technologies and best practices for Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs), Stablecoins and current projects and pilots in the digital currency space.
Following are a few of the current agenda highlights:
- The unified ledger: A ‘quantum leap’ for cross-border payments
- CBDCs – Does the payments industry need a new competitor?
- Where do digital identities fit into digital public infrastructure?
- What’s next for Project mBridge?
- Tokenisation and the future of digital financial market infrastructure
- The impact of geopolitics and new technologies on monetary hegemony
If you’re interested in the future of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), you’ll want to attend these sessions.
11:20 – 12:10 , May 15 Session II: CBDCs – Does the payments industry need a new competitor?
- Does the development of modern, efficient instant payment services negate the need for
CBDC? - Should the state become a competitor of the private sector in offering payment services?
- How might the proliferation of CBDCs affect the business models of payment service
providers? - Panel Speakers:
Jon Cunliffe, Deputy Governor for Financial Stability, Bank of England (2013 – 2023), Chair
of the Bank for International Settlements Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures
(2020 – 2023)
Mette Petry, Head of Innovation and Secretariat, Danmarks Nationalbank
Raoul-Thomas Herborg, Managing Director Digital Currencies, Giesecke+Devrient
Yoav Soffer, Advisor to the Deputy Governor and Project Manager of CBDC, Bank of Israel
Clement Jozwiak, Chief Product Officer, Worldline - Moderator: Philip Middleton, Chairman, Digital Monetary Institute
One of the leading payment projects for cross-border payments and CBDC interoperability, is Project mBridge. The Digital Money Summit offers attendees a rare opportunity to hear from innovative projects leaders working on mBridge. Speakers both the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) will be sharing updates on this ground-breaking project.
14:00 – 14:30, May 15, Presentation and Q&A: What’s next for Project mBridge?
- What are the strategic aims of the mBridge project?
- How could Project mBridge influence shifts in payment methods across different regions?
- Do you have plans to expand the functions or geographic scope of the mBridge platform?
Speakers:
Yvonne Tsui, Senior Fintech Director, Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Bénédicte Nolens, Head of the BIS Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre, Bank for International
Settlements
Moderator: Katie-Ann Wilson, Managing Director, Digital Monetary Institute, OMFIF
There are still a few tickets left for the Digital Money Summit 204 conference, so if you’re interested in attending, or learning more, visit the conference registration page.
One more important detail about the conference, the conference venue is fabulous. The conference will be held at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London (near Harrod’s.) Is there any better place to learn about the future of payments and digital currency?
Whether you are attending the conference in-person, or following it online, look for my real-time updates from the OMFIF Digital Money Summit on Twitter at Mary Hall @SystemsandTech.
