Australian CBDC Pilot Conference 

Agenda

The conference is a collaboration between industry and pilot participants and is an invite only event.
8:00
Registration
8:45
Opening Remarks

Dr Brad Jones, Assistant Governor, RBA
9:00
Welcome

Dilip Rao, Program Director, CBDC, DFCRC
9:15
Demonstrations: Session #1
  • ANZ: Nature-based Asset Trading 
  • Imperium: Tokenised HQLA Settlement 
  • Australian Bond Exchange: bond sales/settlement 
  • Monoova: Cross-border settlement & custody 
  • CBA: Biodiversity Asset Trading 

 
10:30
Panel Discussion: CBDC in Tokenised Markets

Explore issues and opportunities for CBDC and atomic settlement in existing and emerging tokenised markets 

Moderator: Dr Talis Putnins, Chief Scientist, DFCRC

Panel members: 

  • Nigel Dobson, Banking Services Portfolio Lead, ANZ 
  • Sophie Gilder, Managing Director Blockchain & Digital Assets, CBA
  • Stu Burns, CEO, Imperium 
  • Nick Wiley, General Manager Payments, ASX 

 
11:15
Morning Tea  &  Networking Break 
11:45
Demonstrations: Session #2
  • NotCentralised: Construction Payments 
  • Mastercard: Web3 Commerce 
  • Fame: Livestock Auctions 
  • Novatti: Stablecoin Proof of Reserve 
  • Canvas: Tokenised FX Settlement 

 
13:00
Lunch & Networking  
13:45
Panel Discussion: CBDC vs Stablecoins

Explore whether CBDC is required if regulated stablecoins can solve for emerging market needs 

Moderator: Nghi Luu, Assistant Secretary, Capital Markets, Treasury

Panel members: 

  • Arturo Rodriguez, Co-Founder, NotCentralised & Australian DeFi Association
  • Peter Cook, CEO, Novatti 
  • David Lavecky, CEO, Canvas Digital 
  • Robert Waugh, Head of Wealth & Retirement Products, NAB 

 
14:30
Demonstrations: Session #3
  • CBA: GST Automation 
  • ANZ: Superstream payments 
  • Digi.Cash: CBDC Custodial Models
  • Unizon/Zerocap: Tokenised Bills 
  • ANZ: Offline Payments 

 
15:45
Panel Discussion: Retail vs Wholesale CBDC

Explore if CBDC holdings by individuals and SMEs can play any useful role or if CBDC may be relevant only to financial institutions and large corporates 

Moderator:  Dr Tony Richards, Chair CBDC Steering Committee, DFCRC

Panel members: 

  • Dr Andreas Furche, CEO, DFCRC
  • Kunal Limaye, Fintech Lead, Google Cloud 
  • Ashok Venkateswaran, VP Product Development, Mastercard 
  • Andy White, CEO, AusPayNet

 
16:30
Closing Remarks

Nghi Luu, Assistant Secretary, Capital Markets, Treasury
16:45
Thanks
17:00
Refreshments & Networking
18:30
Conference close

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