Lobna Helal

Mr. Mu Changchun, Director-General of the Digital Currency Institute at the People’s Bank of China, discusses eYuan, ANT financial, and China’s approach to digital currency with Dean Michael Barr of the Ford School of Public Policy.

Central banks serve many roles within the modern financial system, but as technology advances, there is a potential for these roles to change.

To combat the financial impacts of COVID-19, central banks have implemented a variety of emergency response programs. This session reviews how those programs are changing the role of the central bank and how they interact with inclusion.

Dr. Claire A. Nelson, Chief Futurist & Ideation Leader, The Futures Forum, opens the 2020 conference. 

The 2020 Central Bank of the Future Conference concludes with a discussion between Governor Patrick Njoroge of the Central Bank of Kenya and Christopher Calabia of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.