From East to West: Global Perspectives on Stablecoins and Digital Finance

Agenda:

• We invite you to breakfast! (8:30-09:00)
  -Opening Remarks & Hosting
  Prof. Christian Piska, University of Vienna
  
• Short Keynotes (9:00-10:00)
  -Driving Innovation: Stablecoins in the Private Economy
  Prof. Alfred Taudes, Vienna University of Economics and Business
  
  -CBDCs: Public Money in a Digital Age
  Wolfgang Haunold, Head of Payment Strategy, Austrian National Bank (OeNB)
  
  -East Meets West: Stablecoins from a Chinese Viewpoint
  Prof. Qiang Qu, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  
  -Europe's Answer to the Stablecoin Challenge
  Oliver Völkel, Partner, CERHA HEMPEL Attorneys at law

• Breakfast & Networking Break (10:00-10:30)
  
• Panel Discussion "From Dollar Dominance to Euro Ambitions: The Geopolitics of Stablecoins" (10:30-12:00)
  -Prof. Qiang Qu, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  -Wolfgang Haunold, Head of Payment Strategy, Austrian National Bank (OeNB)
  -Herbert Kovar, Managing Partner, Deloitte Austria
  
• 12:00 We wish you a nice rest of the day!

This event is hosted by Cerha Hampel, in cooperation with Fintech Austria, Bankenverband, and Wirtschaftsagentur Wien.
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Event language: English