0800 | Registration |
0850 | Welcome address from The Payments Association Tony Craddock, Director General, The Payments Association |
Chair: Matthew Key, Independent Advisor |
0900 | Global digital currencies – competing economic visions of the future of money and payments Alistair Milne, Professor, Loughborough School of Business and Economics Download the presentation here |
0920 | Panel session: A new era for money – Exploring the use cases for and the roadblocks against the development of a retail CBDC for the UK Video Opening by Lisa Cameron MP, Chair, Crypto and Digital Assets APPG Moderator: Robert Courtneidge, Syndicate Director, The Payments Association Paul Sisnett, CEO, paywith.glass Amit Sharma, Founder and CEO, FinClusive Alison Conway, Head of Strategic Development, Trust Payments Kunal Jhanji, Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group |
1020 | Presentation: Digital Currency: What, Why, How, Who, Where and When? Dave Birch, Director of Innovation & Global Ambassador, Consult Hyperion |
1040 | Keynote presentation: Integrating today and tomorrow: the importance of interoperability to support mainstream adoption. Martin Etheridge, SVP Product Development, Blockchain and Digital Asset Products, Mastercard |
1100 | Break |
1130 | Opening address: Regulatory Framework Conditions and Opportunities for Financial Innovation Marcus Rothen, Head of the Economic, Finance, Science & Innovation Department, Counsellor, Swiss Embassy London Download the presentation here |
1150 | Panel session: How to regulate for innovation in Crypto? Moderator: Peter Howitt, Managing Director, Ince Nilixa Devlukia, Founder, Payments Solved Austin Elwood, Manager – Payments Policy, UK Finance Helene Oger-Zaher, Payments Policy Manager, FCA Matthew Gravelle, Director of Group Public and Regulatory Affairs, Standard Chartered |
1230 | Fireside chat: Digital currencies – a real security risk for everyone or a threat to those who monopolise the current status quo? Moderator: Bob Blower, CEO designate, Clarency Tord Coucheron, CTO and Co-Founder, UNITE |
1250 | Networking lunch |
1400 | Opening address: Shiv Chowla, Senior Manager for CBDC, Bank of England |
1410 | Panel session: Are CBDCs and Stablecoins the catalyst to digital currency becoming a mainstream method of payment and wealth management? Moderator: Dave Birch, Director of Innovation & Global Ambassador, Consult Hyperion Lee McNabb, Head of Payments Strategy & Research, NatWest Richard Crook, Chief Operating Officer, BCB Group Shiv Chowla, Senior Manager for CBDC, Bank of England Martin Etheridge, SVP Product Development, Blockchain and Digital Asset Products, Mastercard Ciara Conway, Chief Architect, Aviva |
1510 | Networking coffee break |
1600 | Panel session: Are digital currencies the new opportunity for banks to differentiate their services? Moderator: Bob Blower, CEO designate, Clarency Elizabeth Rossiello, CEO and Founder, AZA Finance Steven Marshall, Chief Product & Network Officer , Crown Agents Bank Jannah Patchay, Policy Lead & Member of originating team, Digital Pound Foundation |
1650 | Closing remarks Tony Craddock, Director General, The Payments Association |
1700 | Networking drinks reception |
1800 | End of Digital Currencies 360 |
