21st Simulator Seminar
31 August–1 September 2023
Bank of Finland
Programme
Day 1, Thursday 31 August
| 9:30–10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00–10:10 |
Opening of the seminar Päivi Heikkinen (Head of Payment Systems Department), Bank of Finland |
| 10:10–10:50 |
Project Atlas and the Technology of Decentralised Finance Raphael Auer, BIS Innovation Hub |
| 10:50–11:30 |
BoF-PSS3 Simulator, current situation and recent developments Tatu Laine and Kasperi Korpinen, Simulator Development Team, Bank of Finland |
| 11:30–11:45 | Refreshments |
| 11:45–12:25 |
Identifying Deviations in Payment Behavior Using Participant Profiles in TARGET2 Alexander Müller, Deutsche Bundesbank |
| 12:25–13:05 |
The Hierarchy of Critical Participants: A Clustering Approach Utilizing Network-Based Indicators Anne Weber, Deutsche Bundesbank |
| 13:05–14:20 | Group photo and lunch |
| 14:20–15:00 |
Are Crypto Currencies Cryptic or a Source for Arbitrage: A Genetic Algorithm Approach Ellen van der Woerd and Ronald Heimans de Nederlandsche Bank |
| 15:00–15:40 |
Project Atlas – Cryptoanalytics for Central Banks Jan Paulick and Calin Simon, BIS Innovation Hub |
| 15:40–16:00 | Refreshments |
| 16:00–16:40 |
Macroeconomic Predictions using Payments Data and Machine Learning Ajit Desai, Bank of Canada |
| 16:40-17:20 |
Improving the Efficiency Of Payments Systems Using Quantum Computing Christopher McMahon, Goodlabs Studio |
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Social Event |
Day 2, Friday 1 September
| 9:00–9:40 |
Intraday Liquidity Around the World James Chapman, Bank of Canada |
| 9:40–10:20 |
The Impact of Monetary Policy Changes on the Liquidity of the Hungarian Financial Payment System Adrián Kollár, Central Bank of Hungary |
| 10:20–10:40 | Refreshments |
| 10:40–11:20 |
Detection of Bank Liquidity Stress using Recurrent Neural Networks Ron Triepels and Richard Heuver, De Nederlandsche Bank |
| 11:20–12:00 |
ABM Simulation of the Retail Payment Ecosystem and the Introduction of a Retail CBDC Jose Fernando Moreno, FNA |
| 12:00–12:50 | Lunch |
| 12:50–13:30 |
Measurement and Use of Cash by Half the World’s Population Tanai Khiaonarong, IMF |
| 13:30–14:10 |
Developments in Cashless Payments in the EU and the Introduction of a Digital Euro Jun Shirota, Japan Komazawa University |
| 14:10–14:30 |
Discussion and remarks Seminar closing |