Peer-to-Peer Financial Systems 2019
When, where
Friday, 26 July 2019, 9:00 – 16:45
Press Room, ECB Main Building, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
For more information, please contact P2PFISY2019ECB@ecb.europa.eu.
- 8:30
- Registration
- 9:00
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Welcome address
Speaker: Helmut Wacket, ECB
- 09:10
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Keynote speech: Financial Market Transparency: the biological underpinnings of new business models for central banks, regulators and financial institutions in a decentralized world
Speaker: Paolo Sironi, FinTech Thought Leader and Author
- 9:40
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Paper: Regulation automata: efficient supervision of distributed-ledger based finance
Presenter: Raphael Auer, Bank for International Settlements
Discussant: Tarik Roukny, KU Leuven
- 10:10
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Paper: Vertically disintegrated platforms
Presenter: Tarik Roukny, KU Leuven
Discussant: Taojun Xie, Singapore Management University
- 10:40 – 11:00
- Coffee break
- 11:00
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Paper: Central bank digital currency with adjustable interest rate in small open economies
Presenter: Taojun Xie, Singapore Management University
- 11:30
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Paper: Overcoming economic stagnation in low-income communities with programmable money
Presenter: Yakko Majuri, BlockchainBH
Discussant: Patrick Osborne, University College London
- 12:00
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Panel discussion: “Decentralisation and the European regulatory framework: how to find the balance in a dynamic environment”
Innovative solutions are challenging today’s markets and services. In this dynamic scenario, what is the present and future role of regulators and competent authorities? How will the relevant stakeholders change the way they collaborate in order to foster innovation and to guarantee fair rules in the market?
Speakers:
- Marius Jurgilas, Bank of Lithuania
- Domenico Gammaldi, Bank of Italy
- Chiara Rossetti, London Stock Exchange Group
- Gilbert Verdian, Quant Network
Moderator: Dirk Bullmann, ECB
- 12:45
- Networking lunch
- 14:00
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Fireside chat with Dan Morgan, Head of Regulatory Relations in Europe, Ripple
Interviewer: Tom Wilson, Reuters
- 14:15
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Paper: A blockchain game in Eurasian energy trading
Presenter: Patrick Osborne, University College London
Discussant: Yakko Majuri, BlockchainBH
- 14:45
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Paper: A model for stablecoin cryptocurrency markets
Presenter: Ariah Klages-Mundt, Cornell University
Discussant: Akaki Mamageishvili, ETH Zurich
- 15:15
- Coffee break
- 15:30
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Paper: Optimal smart contracts with costly verification
Presenter: Akaki Mamageishvili, ETH Zurich
Discussant: Ariah Klages-Mundt, Cornell University
- 16:00
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Panel discussion: “Decentralised systems in the financial ecosystem: a market perspective”
Market developments can benefit competition in financial systems and ensure improvements in services and products. What risks and opportunities will market participants face from increasingly decentralised systems?
Speakers:
- Kathrin Gfall-Gapp, Erste Group
- Garrick Hileman, Blockchain.com
- Daniel Heller, Fnality
- Ioana Surpateanu, Citi
Moderator: Tom Wilson, Reuters
- 16:45
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Closing remarks
Speaker: Paolo Tasca, University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies