The exploration of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) has gained significant momentum worldwide, with over 130 countries, including Canada, actively engaged in CBDC research and development.
While CBDCs have the potential to transform the global payments landscape ? to improve its efficiency, lower transaction costs and increase financial inclusion ? concerns have been raised over privacy, cybersecurity, and government control.
In the U.S., the possibility of a U.S. CBDC has become a hot-button political issue.
Is a CBDC inevitable?
What is its true impact?
What influential role can and should the private sector play?
Join us on April 18 in Toronto for knowledgeable and provocative panel discussion that shines the spotlight on central banks' forays into digital currencies, tests the boundaries of our thinking, and prepares us for what may lie ahead.
Moderator:
Andreas Veneris, Connaught Scholar and Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, cross-appointed with Computer Science, University of Toronto
Speakers:
Yaya Fanusie, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Centre for a New American Security (CNAS); Director, Policy, AML & Cyber Risk, Crypto Council for Innovation (CCI); former CIA counterterrorism analyst
Jennifer Lassiter, Executive Director, Digital Dollar Project; Mosaic Fellow, Progressive Policy Institute
Andreas Park, Research Director, FinHub, Rotman School of Management; Professor of Finance, Department of Management, University of Toronto Mississauga & Rotman School of Management
Paul Samson, President, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
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