Since 2006 the Deutsche Bundesbank's research centre has organised its spring conference, often jointly with other institutions like the Banque de France.

To mark its 60th anniversary, the Bundesbank held a high-level symposium in Frankfurt am Main on the future of central banking. During the course of the event, participants highlighted the benefits and constraints associated with non-standard monetary policy measures, the economic consequences of interaction between central banks and governments and the impact of new financial technologies.

Concluding remarks by Otmar Issing, Center for Financial Studies.

Welcome address by Dr Jens Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Discussion panel with Claudia M Buch, Deutsche Bundesbank, Blythe Masters, Digital Asset Holdings, Ravi Menon, Monetary Authority of Singapore, and Cecilia Skingsley, Sveriges Riksbank.

Moderator: Stephen Cecchetti, Brandeis International Business School.

Discussion panel with Jaime Caruana, Bank for International Settlements, Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund, and Mario Monti, Bocconi University. Moderator: Barry Eichengreen, Berkeley University.

Discussion panel with Masaaki Shirakawa, Governor of the Bank of Japan from 2008-2013, Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank from 2003-2011, and Axel A Weber, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank from 2004–2011. Moderator: Volker Wieland, Goethe University Frankfurt.