23rd Simulator Seminar
28-29 August 2025
Bank of Finland
PROGRAMME
Day 1, Thursday 28 August
| 8.30-9.00 | Registration |
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9.00-9.15 |
Opening introduction |
| 9.15-9.55 | Responsible Use of AI in FMI Jorge Cruz Lopez Journal of Financial Market Infrastructures |
| 9.55-10.35 |
Payment System Indicators as Early Warning Signals for Banking Liquidity Conditions: A Machine Learning Approach |
| 10.35-11.05 |
Coffee break |
| 11.05-11.45 | The Merchant’s Hand in the Consumer’s Choice of Payment Instruments: An Agent-Based Model Philip Bergmann, Anne Weber and Niklas Ego Deutsche Bundesbank |
| 11.45-12.25 | Rebates and Entry Deterrence in Payment Card Networks Vera Lubbersen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and De Nederlandsche Bank |
| 12.25-13.40 | Group photo and lunch |
| 13.40-14.20 |
DeFiying gravity? An Empirical Enalysis of Cross-border Bitcoin, Ether and Stablecoin Flows |
| 14.20-15.00 | The Geographic Origins of Blockchain Rransactions Simon Trimborn University of Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.30-16.10 | The Stability of Stable Coins: Are these Coins Stable, or is their Stability just a Flip of the Coin? Lala AlAsadi, Oluwasegun Bewaji, Aayush Gugnani, Tarush Gupta, Ronald Heijmans and Ellen van der Woerd De Nederlandsche Bank, Cognitive Macroeconomics, University of Ottawa |
| 16.10-16.50 |
Empowering Insights into DeFi: The Atlas-Mercurius Project |
| 16.50-17.00 |
Wrap-up / Announcements |
| Social Event |
Day 2, Friday 29 August
| 9.00-9.40 |
The Rise of Qaantum Competers and their Use Cases |
| 9.40-10.20 | Liquidity Optimization in Gross Settlement Systems with Quantum Reordering: Application to TARGET2 Valerio Astuti, Adriano Baldeschi, Luca Bastianelli, Giuseppe Bruno, Ajit Desai, Danica Marsden and Riccardo Russo Bank of Italy, Bank of Canada |
| 10.20-10.50 | Coffee break |
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10.50-11.30
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Stop and Go Queuing: Periods of Inactivity in RTGS Payment Systems and Central Queuing Arrangements Manuel Capel and Thomas Nellen Swiss National Bank |
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11.30-12.10 |
Using Simulations for Cyber Stress Testing Exercises Emran Islam, Tanai Khiaonarong, Kasperi Korpinen International Monetary Fund and Bank of Finland |
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12.10-13.10 |
Lunch break |
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13.10-13.50 |
Stress Testing Central Counterparties for Resolution Planning Katherine Brennan, Bo Young Chang, Alper Odabasioglu and Radoslav Raykov Bank of Canada |
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13.50-14.30 |
Financial Market Infrastructure and the Digita Era - Methodological Considerations Tatu Räsänen Bank of Finland |
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14.30-15.00 |
Coffee break |
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15.00-15.40 |
Project Keystone: Harnesing ISO 20022 for Enhanced Payments Data Analytics Micah Smith BIS Innovation Hub – London Centre |
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15.40-16.00 |
Monetary and Financial Sovereignty Bindseil, Senner Swiss National Bank |
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16.00-16.20 |
Closing remarks / networking |