Call for papers
SNB-CIF Conference on Cryptoassets and Financial Innovation ⁄ 4 June 2027 – Zurich, Switzerland
Submission deadline: 22 January 2027
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Center for Innovative Finance (CIF) of the University of Basel will hold their eighth annual conference on Cryptoassets and Financial Innovation in Zurich on 4 June 2027. A keynote lecture will be delivered by Neha Narula (Director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab).
The organising committee invites interested authors to submit papers related to the following – not exhaustive – topics:
• Impact of Cryptoassets, DLT and fintech on central bank policy and operations
• Impact of Cryptoassets, DLT and fintech on banking, financial markets and financial market infrastructures
• Central bank digital currencies, stablecoins, and tokenized deposits
• Trusted digital identities and financial innovation
Authors are asked to submit their paper (English; preliminary or full version, including abstract, JEL codes, keywords and references) including their full name and contact information, as well as an accompanying CV. Paper proposals are due by 22 January 2027, and should be sent to finance.research@snb.ch.
Scientific and Organising Committee
Romain Baeriswyl, Nina Hugelshofer and Thomas Moser (Swiss National Bank), Fabian Schär (Center for Innovative Finance (CIF), University of Basel), Wenqian Huang (Bank for International Settlements), and Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada)
We would also like to draw your attention to next year’s Economics of Payments Conference, which will be organised by the Swiss National Bank and will take place in Zurich on 2–3 June 2027. We encourage you to visit the conference website for further information.