15.00 – 18.00 CET | Registration & welcome coffee from 14.30, networking drinks from 17.00
SPA30 Studio, Rue de Spa 30, Brussels, 1000
Registration opening soon!
Discussion Points
What specific gaps in today’s euro payments will a digital euro fill, e.g. resilience, provider-agnostic access during outages, inclusion, cross-border retail?
Who should decide when to launch-and how should that governance balance democratic oversight with ECB independence over time?
What assurances would make people trust the digital euro’s privacy-especially for small, offline payments-while delivering proportionate AML/fraud controls and clear liability?
How do we ensure easy, voluntary access for all users, including vulnerable groups, and continuity/portability if a user is offboarded by a provider?
What is the right role for banks and payment providers, and what compensation/liability approach keeps services reliable and low-cost for end users and sustainable for merchants?
How should initial holding limits and their review cadence be set to encourage adoption while minimising financial-stability risks, including how “waterfalls” and “reverse waterfalls” work in practice?
What day-one expectations should we set for merchants and users in terms of end-to-end reliability,clear error messages/disputes, predictable settlement, no hidden fees, etc.?
How does the digital euro fit Europe’s competitiveness and sovereignty agenda vis-à-vis card schemes, stablecoins and MiCA?
How should legislative negotiations be sequenced with the ECB’s preparation work so industry can startbuilding without prejudging political choices?
