BIS Innovation Summit 2022: Money, technology and innovation

Speakers discuss plans and challenges for the digital payments era and explore what the future might bring for money and payments from the perspectives of the private and public sectors.

Speakers

• Stefan Ingves (Governor, Sveriges Riksbank)
• Patrick Njoroge (Governor, Central Bank of Kenya)
• Gary Gorton (Professor, Yale University)
• Jose Antonio Alvarez (Chief Executive Officer, Santander Group)

Moderator
Stephanie Flanders (Head, Bloomberg Economics)

A conversation with Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, on the future of money in the Eurosystem and the potential role for a digital Euro.

Christine Lagarde (President, European Central Bank)

Moderator

Josh Lipsky (Director, The Atlantic Council's GeoEconomic Centre)

The session explores the cash settlement for DeFi transactions, and what role central bank money could and should play in this process.

Speakers

• Jill Gunter (Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Espresso Systems)
• Eddie Yue (Chief Executive, Hong Kong Money Authority)
• Brian P Brooks (Chief Executive Officer, Bitfury)

Moderator
Beju Shah (Nordic Centre Head, BIS Innovation Hub)

A dialogue with Central Bank Governors on the evolving role of private digital currencies in the financial system of the future and how central banks should respond to continue ensuring monetary and financial stability.

Speakers

• Cecilia Skingsley (First Deputy Governor, Sveriges Riksbank)
• John Williams (President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York)
• Perry Warjiyo (Governor, Bank Indonesia)

Moderator
Ross Leckow (Acting Head, BIS Innovation Hub)

The session sheds light on efforts to improve cross-border payments and the role of the public and the private sector in this process.

Speakers

• Thomas Jordan (Chairman of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank)
• Sir Jon Cunliffe (Deputy Governor, Bank of England)
• Tony McLaughlin (Managing Director, CITI)
• Catherine Gu (Head of CBDC, Digital Currency, Visa)

Moderator
Andrew McCormack (Singapore Centre Head, BIS Innovation Hub)

A conversation about emerging challenges for central banks in the face of rapid technological change. What implications do these challenges have for central bank mandates and for the way in which they engage with other stakeholders on issues such as competition, privacy, and climate change?

Speakers

• Andrew Bailey (Governor, Bank of England)
• Jerome Powell (Chairman of the Board of Governors, The Federal Reserve Board System)
• Joachim Nagel (President, Deutsche Bundesbank)
• Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus (Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia)

Moderator
Agustin Carstens (General Manager, BIS)

Speakers discuss new technologies that are gaining importance in the financial system and will examine the distinction between DeFi and CeFi. It will also explore the benefits that these technologies offer for the future of the financial system and what the public sector is doing to keep the financial system secure and stable. 

Speakers

• Jeremy Allaire (Chief Executive Officer, Circle)
• Michael Shaulov (Chief Executive Officer, Fireblocks)
• Sam Bankman-Fried (Chief Executive Officer, FTX)

Moderator
Morten Bech (Switzerland Centre Head, BIS Innovation Hub)

How are central banks and the private sector collaborating to develop more accurate and useful green data to facilitate investments in green finance and avoid greenwashing.

Speakers

• Darian McBain (Chief Sustainability Officer, Monetary Authority Singapore)
• Massamba Thioye (Project Executive, UNFCCC Global Innovation Hub)
• Rama Variankaval (Global Head of Centre for Carbon Transition, JPMorgan)

Moderator
Bénédicte Nolens (Hong Kong Centre Head, BIS Innovation Hub)

Payments innovations in Brazil

Speaker

Roberto de Oliveira Campos Neto (Governor, Central Bank of Brazil)

Moderator

Hyun Song Shin (Economic Adviser and Head of Research, BIS)

Speakers discuss how new technologies can deepen financial inclusions and the role of public private partnerships in this process. 

Speakers

• Elsie Addo Awadzi (Second Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana)
• Siritida Panomwon Na Ayudhya (Assistant Governor, Bank of Thailand)
• Tanja Heßdörfer (Director Business Development CBDC, Giesecke+Devrient)

Moderator
Fernando Restoy (Chair of the FSI, BIS)