OeNB | SUERF | Joint Vienna Institute | Yale Program on Financial Stability Conference

New challenges in safeguarding financial stability and managing financial crises in a world of digital finance and artificial intelligence: implications for central banks

This conference, jointly organised by the OeNB, SUERF, the JVI, and the Yale Program on Financial Stability, takes stock of key risks to financial stability in a rapidly changing global environment and focuses on the role of central banks in managing financial crises going forward. Topics include (i) which opportunities and challenges the new environment presents for financial institutions and central banks, (ii) how payment innovations and technological advances affect the role of central banks in safeguarding financial stability, (iii) the future of the lender of last resort function, and (iv) regulatory and supervisory consequences. The conference brings together speakers with extensive experience in policy making, crisis management or policy-oriented research in the respective areas.

Date
Monday, 5 October 2026, 9:00 CEST

Venue
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Otto-Wagner-Platz 3
1090 Vienna