2020 Schedule of Events

Day 1 – October 19^th 2020

Block 1

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Evolution of Payments

Presenters:   Williams Roberds                 Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

                      Steve Quinn                          Texas Christian University

Moderator:   Barry Eichengreen               University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:   Brad DeLong                         University of California, Berkeley

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Technological Opportunities and Challenges

Presenter:     Bill Janeway                           Warburg Pincus

Moderator:   John Zysman                         University of California, Berkeley

Discussants:  Alexei Grym                          Bank of Finland

                      Mark Nitzberg                       University of California, Berkeley

Block 2

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Central Bank Digital Currency

Presenter:     Benoit Cœuré                        Bank for International Settlements

Moderator:   Olli Rehn                                 Bank of Finland

Discussant:   Zhu Min                                  Tsinghua University

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Implications for Banks and Financial Systems

Presenter:     Tobias Adrian                        International Monetary Fund

Moderator:   Richard Lyons                       University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:   David Schwartz                     Ripple

Day 2 – October 20^th 2020

Block 1

8:00 am – 9:00 am

Implications for Financial Inclusion

Presenter:     Paul Gertler                         University of California, Berkeley

Moderator:   Laura Tyson                         University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:   Joshua Blumenstock           University of California, Berkeley

9:00 am – 10:00 am

Implications for Regulation

Presenter:     Nicolas Véron                      Peterson Institute for International Economics

                                                                                            & Bruegel

Moderator:   Katharina Pistor                  Columbia University

Discussant:   Michael Barr                         University of Michigan

Block 2

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Implications for the International Monetary System

Presenter:     Barry Eichengreen                 University of California, Berkeley

Moderator:   Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas    University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:   Helene Rey                              London Business School

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Implications for International Relations

Presenters:    Abraham Newman                Georgetown University

                      Henry Farrell                           George Washington University

Moderator:   John Zysman                            University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:   Elizabeth Rosenberg               Center for New American Security