Symposium

Central Bank Digital Currencies

May 9, 2023, 9:55–16:15

Meridian Hall, Collegium Helveticum

Organized by

Christos Gortsos
Senior Fellow 2022–2023

Informations

Venue & accessibility info: Meridian Hall, Collegium Helveticum

This is a public event. Participation is free of charge and registration is not required.

The colloquium is followed by a small reception.

The aim of this colloquium is an in-depth analysis of several issues relating to Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), such as the relationship between CBDCs and stablecoins, the global financial architecture and decentralized CBDC regimes, the perspective of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the European Central Bank (ECB) on CBDCs, as well as institutional and macroeconomic aspects relating to their introduction.

Program

09:55	Opening & welcome remarks Sebastian Bonhoeffer Director of the Collegium Helveticum
10:15	Panel I: Selected Legal Aspects of CBDCs
	The Relationship between CBDCs and Stablecoins–with an Emphasis on the Alternatives in Terms of Architecture Marco Dell’Erba University of Zurich, CH
	Global Financial Architecture and Decentralised CBDC Regimes Rolf H. Weber University of Zurich, CH
11:45	Lunch break
12:10	Panel II: The Perspective of Central Banks on CBDCs
	The Perspective of the Swiss National Bank Thomas Moser Swiss National Bank, CH
	The Perspective of the European Central Bank (ECB): Towards a Digital Euro Chiara Zilioli European Central Bank
14:30	Panel III: Institutional Aspects Relating to the Introduction of CBDCs
	CBDCs and Central Bank Independence/Accountability Seraina N. Grünewald Radboud University, NL
	The Shift from Private Money into “Unlimited” CBDCs An Unviable Development or a Chance for Reform and New Opportunities? Christian Hofmann National University of Singapore, SG
	A Macroeconomic Perspective on Retail CBDCs and the Digital Euro Dirk Niepelt University of Bern, CH
16:00	Concluding remarks