Conference Programme
The financial crisis of 2008/2009 has spurred efforts to give money and financial intermediaries a proper place in macroeconomic thinking and models. It has also given a powerful impulse to the search for potential alternatives to the current monetary and financial architecture.
In the current system, the banknotes and coins issued by the central bank are the sole legal tender. Yet, most of the money is created by commercial banks. Only certain depository institutions – mostly commercial banks – are eligible to borrow reserves from the central bank, and these reserves are used to settle interbank liabilities.
Paired with new ways to transact and pay, which are enabled by digitalisation and encryption methods, several alternative architectures for money and banking are now being discussed in academic and in policy circles.
At this conference, we will review the core ideas underpinning these alternative architectures, and will assess their consistency, completeness, and prospects of adoption. We will draw on historical experience to assess whether these alternative architectures are merely a rehash of old ideas or whether they are truly new. We will also examine how central banks view digital currencies and new transaction technologies.
Keynote speakers are:
- Michael Kumhof (Bank of England): "Monetary Reform: The Chicago Plan and Central Bank Digital Currencies"
- Martin Hellwig (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods): "Geldtheorie, Bargeld und Giralgeld"
- Adi Shamir (Weizmann Institute in Rechovot, Israel) : "The Past, Present, and Future of Bitcoin"
- Albrecht Ritschl (London School of Economics): "Emergency funds, cigarettes, Bitcoins: About the rise and fall of alternative currencies"
For more details please refer to the online conference schedule.
Current Note
- Detailed information regarding the entire conference schedule can be found in the conference book. A printed version of the programme can be found in the conference documents that you will receive at the registration.
- An overview of the current room and time schedules can be found in the conference schedule. Since short-term changes might occur, we kindly ask you to check the online conference schedule. There you will also have the possibility to compose your individual schedule after your login and via the favourite functions. Simply select the lecture you find interesting and would like to attend. This enables an individual conference schedule.
- You can also find all current information in the conference-APP, which makes access easier using your smart phone. Again, via the favourite interface your individual schedule is accessible.
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