Conference Schedule

9:00-9:30am Registration and coffee

9:30-45am Welcome by Alison Lui (Liverpool John Moores University, Daniele D’Alvia (Queen Mary University London)

9:45-10:15am Keynote Speech by Charles Randell CBE, Senior Consultant at Slaughter and May, and former Chairman of the Financial Conduct Authority and the Payment Systems Regulator

“Regulation or Growth? Why we need both”

10:15-11:45am Panel Session 1– Sustainable Finance and Transition Finance, Court Room

Chair: Douglas Arner (Queen Mary University London)

- Riccardo Sallustio (ADVANT Nctm) “Impact of Omnibus proposal on ESG risk metrics”

- Pierre Shammo (Durham University) “Is corporate offsetting a good idea?”

- David Brinkman (European Central Bank) “The Supervisory Prospective on Transition Planning. Does that work?”

11:45am-12:15noon Coffee Break

12:15pm – 1:30pm Panel Session 2 – International Monetary Law: Limits and Prospective, Court Room

Chair: Alison Lui

- Michael Salib (Bank of England) “The Bank of England’s Statutory Monetary Policy Objectives: a Historical and Legal Account”

- Dr. Daniele D’Alvia (Queen Mary University London) “From Decentralisation to Centralisation: The Convergence of Monetary Systems in the Era of Digital Finance”

- Pier Mario Lupinu, Alessio Azzutti (Glasgow University) “Financial Inclusion & the Digital Pound: Promise, Challenges, and Reality”

1:30-2:15pm Lunch and networking

2:15-4pm Parallel Panel Sessions

Panel Session 3– Financial Services, and Regulation of Financial Markets, Luncheon Room

Chair: Daniele D’Alvia

- Zhirou Li (Queen Mary University London) “Using artificial intelligence for ultra-fast loan approval: a double-edged sword for bank credit risk management”

- Ilias Kapsis (City University London) ““Anti-Money Laundering Authority and the Challenge of Effective, Proportionate, and Risk-Based AML Supervision in the EU”

- Rachel Phang (Singapore Management University) “The Death of the Post-Dated Cheque and the Rise of “Electronic Deferred Payment”: A Legal Perspective of Singapore’s Proposed Solution.

-Jonathan Willoughby (Liverpool John Moores University) ““A Legal Comparative Approach to the Regulation of Private Debt”

2:15-4pm Panel Session 4—Regulation of FinTech and AI, Court Room

Chair: Alison Lui

Ligia Catherine Arias-Barrera (Externado University) “Governing Synthetic Markets: Generative AI and the Reconfiguration of Financial Regulation”

Clara Martins Perera (University of Durham) “The United Kingdom’s Transition into Open Finance and Financial Inclusion: A Role for Reciprocity?

Samuel Law (University of Reading) “Preventing Bank Fraud with Digital-Only Banking Platform: Insight from the UK”

4:00-4:15pm Coffee Break

4:15pm-5pm- Lego Serious Play Workshop: Fostering creativity in solving problems. Court Room

5pm Closing address

Banking to the Future Conference: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges