Aligning Technology with Policy: A look at the recent Oliver Wyman Forum and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Report
Wednesday 10th August 2022, 14:00 (BST)
Guests Larissa De Lima from the Oliver Wyman Forum and Erica Salinas from Amazon Web Services will join FNA for Session #8 of the CBDC Broadcast, discussing the guests’ joint report, ‘Retail Central Bank Digital Currency: From Vision to Design.’ The report sets a framework to support policymakers in evaluating the interdependencies between policy and technological choices and highlights the importance of ensuring CBDC motivations, design principles and policy decisions are properly aligned.
You can read the report ahead of the session here >
The session will cover:
- The importance of setting the CBDC vision first and the technical and operational parameters second
- The design principles that impact CBDC design choices and vice versa
- The benefits that including the private sector can have on CBDC design choices
- The three key policy trade-offs when designing a CBDC
- Ledger technologies and CBDCS- what should drive decisions
- The main risk of introducing a CBDC
- The integration of CBDCs and digital identity systems for citizens
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Agenda:
14:00 – 14:10: Intro: Our host Carlos León introduces the session
14:10 – 14:50: Guest speakers: Larissa De Lima and Erica Salinas
14:50 – 15:00 Q&A: Our host and speakers will answer questions from participants
Session #8 Guests
 | Larissa De Lima Senior Fellow, Oliver Wyman Forum Larissa is a Senior Fellow with the Oliver Wyman Forum and co-leads the Future of Money initiative. She leads the Forum’s research on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and their impact on the future of financial systems and meets regularly with policymakers of major central banks to discuss those issues. She previously managed the Forum’s Future of Data Initiative, where she led research on attitudes toward sharing data during the pandemic on how value/profit is created and shared across data ecosystems. Prior to joining the Forum, she worked as a consultant for Oliver Wyman, advising financial services clients on adapting to technological and regulatory change. Larissa has a Master’s in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA from Harvard Business School. While pursuing her BA in computer science, she conducted research in artificial intelligence and computational neuroscience. She is an avid reader across genres and enjoys writing speculative fiction short stories. | |
 | Erica Salinas Global Technical Leader-Blockchain, AWS Erica is a principal blockchain lead at Amazon. She serves to advise and accelerate web3 projects across the enterprise to meet emerging customer needs. Previously she led the digital assets initiative within the worldwide public sector at Amazon Web Services (AWS). She was part of the global team that supports central banks and international financial institutions as they seek to achieve their mandates amid rapidly changing technology. Prior to joining Amazon, Erica worked as an enterprise product manager for a blockchain start-up. She also spent time researching the intersection of technology and microfinance, in particular the impact of mobile money on financial inclusion. Erica has a Master’s in Finance and Development Economics from American University and a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Electrical Engineering from MIT. She finds joy in applying emerging tech to bend history gently in the right direction.
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Missed our previous sessions? Watch the series on-demand
 | 20th July 2022 CBDC Motivations and Challenges – A Perspective from Asia-Pacific With: Masaki Bessho & Dr Steven Hu
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 | 30th June 2022 Central Banks and Private Money: The Past, Present and Future With: John Kiff & Harish Natarajan
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 | 18th May 2022 CBDC Motivations and Challenges – A Perspective from Latin America With: Ludmilla Butueau Allien & Dr Adolfo Sarmiento |
 | 28th April 2022 CBDC Motivations and Challenges- A Perspective from the UK & Canada With: Dr Francisco Rivadeneyra & Mehregan Ameri |
 | 16th March 2022 HSBC & IBM’s Joint CBDC Project With: Mark Williamson & Soren Mortensen |
 | 15th February 2022 Critical policy issues & Lessons Learned from UK and China With: Jean-Michel Godeffroy & Keith Bear |
 | 11th January 2022 Quantifying the Impact of CBDCs With: Dr Kimmo Soramäki & Dr Carlos León |