The digital euro

Elcano Royal Institute is pleased to invite you to “The digital euro. A conversation with Fabio Panetta, Member of the European Central Bank’s Executive Board”.

Moderated by
José Juan Ruiz, Chairman, Elcano Royal Institute

With the participation of

 Gonzalo García Andrés, Secretary of State for the Economy and Support to Businesses,
Ministry of Economy Affairs and Digital Transformation of Spain

 Margarita Delgado, Deputy Gobernor, Banco de España

 Santiago Fernández de Lis, Head of Regulation, BBVA

 Fanny Solano, Head of Digital, Retail and Markets Regulation and Implementation, CaixaBank

 Alejandra Kindelán ,Head of Research and Public Policy, Santander

 Charles Powell, Director, Elcano Royal Institute

 Andrés Ortega, Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute

 Miguel Otero-Iglesias, Senior Anlyst , Elcano Royal Institute

History shows that money has evolved with technological innovation. This pattern is likely to continue in the current digital age. The arrival of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, stable-coins like Facebook´s Libra/Diem, and the announcement by the People´s Bank of China that it will issue a digital yuan soon, have spurt other central banks to explore the possibility to issue their own digital currencies. The ECB published its first report on the digital euro in October 2020 and in July 2021 it decided that it will launch a digital euro project. Precisely this October starts a twoyear investigation phase to operationalise the initiative. In this public event the executive member of the ECB responsible for the digital euro, Fabio Panetta, will update us on the latest thinking within the ECB on this important topic in contemporary monetary affairs. 

Date: Friday, 5th November 2021

Hour: from 12:00 to 13:15 h. CEST (UTC+1)

Link: Youtube Live event