Speakers
Chair
Burkhard Balz
Member of the Executive Board - Deutsche Bundesbank
Public Authorities
Stefano Cappiello
Director General of Regulation and Supervision - Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy
Gabriel Cumenge
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Banking and General Interest Financing - Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, France
Cosimo Pacciani
Head of Unit, Group Research Hub & Chief Economist - Poste Italiane
Evaldas Ruzgys
Director of Markets Infrastructure Department - Bank of Lithuania
Evelien Witlox
Programme Manager, Digital Euro Project - European Central Bank (ECB)
Industry Representative
Katharina Paust-Bokrezion
Head of Payments & Digital Policy, Government & Public Affairs Head of Payments & Digital Policy, Government & Public Affairs - Deutsche Bank AG
Objectives
This session aims to clarifying the main objectives of the digital euro the possibles impact on the financial sector, and at identifying the potential remaining issues related to the launching of the digital euro that should be addressed before the final decision to issue a digital euro is launched.
Points of discussion
- What are the digital euro objectives, use cases and accessibility challenges? What is the expected impact on the EU financial ecosystem?
- What are the main challenges for the digital euro to ensure financial stability, privacy, and trust?