Digital Euro Conference 2025

AGENDA

March 27, 2025

07:30 → 08:50
Registration
Check-in Desk
08:50 → 09:00
Welcome Introduction
Opening
Main Stage & Online
Dr. Jonas Gross
DEA Chairman
09:00 → 09:30
Opening Keynote
Keynote
Main Stage & Online
09:30 → 09:50
Update on the Digital Euro (rCBDC & wCBDC)
Presentation
Main Stage & Online
Dr. Alexandra Hachmeister
Director General Digital Euro at Deutsche Bundesbank
09:50 → 10:30
Progress of Private Sector Alternatives: Stablecoins and Tokenized Deposits
Panel Discussion
Main Stage & Online
Joachim Wuermeling
Executive in Residence at the ESMT Berlin

10:30 → 11:00

Networking Break

Foyer
11:00 → 11:40
Advancing the Digital Euro: Building a Dynamic Ecosystem
Panel Discussion
Main Stage & Online
Menno Broos
Project Lead Digital Euro at De Nederlandsche Bank
11:40 → 12:20
Lessons from the ECB Wholesale CBDC Trials
Panel Discussion
Main Stage & Online

12:20 → 13:35

Lunch & Networking Break

Foyer
13:35 → 13:55
Sponsor Keynote
Keynote
Main Stage & Online
13:55 → 14:35
Tokenization Into the Mainstream
Panel Discussion
Main Stage & Online
Alessandro Fraga
Specialist at Banco Central do Brasil
14:35 → 15:15
Bridging Traditional Finance with Tokenized Deposits
Panel Discussion
Main Stage & Online

15:15 → 15:45

Networking Break

Foyer
15:45 → 16:25
The Golden Age of Stablecoins? Life after MiCAR
Panel Discussion
Main Stage & Online
Dr. Joachim Schwerin
Principal Economist at the European Commission
16:25 → 16:45
Sponsor Keynote
Keynote
Main Stage & Online
16:45 → 17:25
The European Digital Identity on the Horizon: Gamechanger or Flop?
Panel Discussion
Main Stage & Online
Alexandre Kech
CEO at GLEIF
Dr. Johannes Sedlmeir
Research Associate at SnT, University of Luxembourg
17:25 → 18:05
AI's Real Impact on Payments in Europe
Panel Discussion
Main Stage & Online
18:05 → 18:25
TBD
TBD
Main Stage & Online
18:25 → 18:35
Closing Remarks & Wrap-UP
Closing
Main Stage & Online
Dr. Jonas Gross
DEA Chairman
09:30 → 09:50
Partner/Sponsor Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
09:50 → 10:10
Partner/Sponsor Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
10:10 → 10:30
Partner/Sponsor Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online

10:30 → 11:00

Networking Break

Foyer
11:00 → 11:20
Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
11:20 → 12:20
Thesis Awards
Presentation & Award Ceremony
Innovation Room & Online

12:20 → 13:35

Lunch & Networking Break

Foyer
13:35 → 13:55
Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
13:55 → 14:15
Bank of Korea Research and Findings
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
Joonyi Sung
Digital Currency Tech. R&D Team Head at Bank of Korea
14:15 → 14:35
Central Bank Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
14:35 → 14:55
Central Bank Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
14:55 → 15:15
Central Bank Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online

15:15 → 15:45

Networking Break

Foyer
15:45 → 16:05
Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
16:05 → 16:25
Digital Innovation from the Central Bank of Brazil
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
Alessandro Fraga
Specialist at Banco Central do Brasil
16:25 → 16:45
Partner/Sponsor Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
16:45 → 17:05
Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
17:05 → 17:25
Partner/Sponsor Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
17:25 → 17:45
Partner/Sponsor Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
17:45 → 18:05
Partner/Sponsor Presentation
Presentation
Innovation Room & Online
10:30 → 11:30
MiCAR Licensing: Challenges and Opportunities
Roundtable Discussion
Roundtable Room
11:30 → 12:30
Building a Sound Stablecoin Ecosystem
Roundtable Discussion
Roundtable Room

12:30 → 13:35

Lunch & Networking Break

Foyer
13:35 → 14:35
The Unified Ledger: The Future Solution or Pure Hype?
Roundtable Discussion
Roundtable Room
14:35 → 15:15
The Future of Public Permissionless Blockchains
Roundtable Discussion
Roundtable Room

15:15 → 15:45

Networking Break

Foyer
15:45 → 16:45
Public Debt and Digital Finance
Roundtable Discussion
Roundtable Room
16:45 → 17:45
Rethinking CBDCs: Risks, Repercussions, and Alternatives
Roundtable Discussion
Roundtable Room