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SUMMARY:Digital transformation and innovation at central banks
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DESCRIPTION:Duration\n\n5 days\n\nDeadline for application\n\n11 April 20
 25\n\nObjective\n\nDigitalisation is no longer merely a recent trend\, h
 aving grown to become the game changer of the decade. Central banks are 
 also increasingly turning their attention to understanding developments 
 and expanding their capabilities in this area.\n\nThis expert panel will
  touch upon the most important aspects of digitalisation\, giving partic
 ipants the chance to discuss their own experiences.\n\nContent\n\n1) Tra
 nsformation at central banks\nFostering successful transformation in tim
 es of extraordinary change\nTransformation at the Deutsche Bundesbank (“
 Wandel” programme): goals\, roadmap and organisational setup\nLearning e
 xperiences in the programme to date\n\n2) Fostering innovation through i
 nternational collaboration\nThe Bundesbank’s innovation networks BISIN a
 nd Innov8: how and why we collaborate\nSetting up the BIS Innovation Hub
  Eurosystem Centre\nTrending topics: insights into current innovation ac
 tivities\nInteraction: creating value for central banks through collabor
 ation\n\n3) Innovation management at the Bundesbank’s InnoWerk centre \n
 What the InnoWerk innovation centre does (objectives\, functions and ser
 vices) and how InnoWerk fits into the Bundesbank’s innovation network as
  a service unit\nPresentation of exemplary innovation activities and how
  we use our outreach in the fintech scene and research community for the
  purpose of innovation\nCollaboration with external partners and the eco
 system (start-ups)\nSpatial concept of InnoWerk\, which supports collabo
 ration within the Bundesbank with its hybrid setting in particular\n\n4)
  Strategic Foresight: Introduction to a future-oriented mindset \nSupple
 menting quantitative forecasts with long-term systemic analyses (360-deg
 ree view) to enhance strategic resilience and derive impulses for innova
 tion\nExploring dynamics of change through environmental scanning and bu
 ilding different futures with scenarios\nExamples of foresight use cases
  within the Bundesbank (e.g. the future of analysis\, biodiversity risks
 )\n\n5) Application of artificial intelligence in the financial sector f
 or central banks\nBuilding an AI-driven agent system with an extensible 
 toolbox\nPitfalls of generative AI: Explainability\, Hallucinations\, Co
 ntext window\nBBk Prototype: VolkerCTA - A Collaborative Tool Assistant 
 for Economics\n\nTarget group\n\nThis expert panel is aimed at central b
 ank managers and experts in the areas of innovation and digitalisation\,
  strategic offices and IT at their organisations\, as well as observers 
 of developments in fintech and anyone interested or involved in this fie
 ld.\n\nThe expert panel will serve as a platform for the exchange of exp
 eriences and knowledge. Participants will be asked to actively contribut
 e to the panel\, e.g. by giving a presentation.\n\nPlease note:\n\nA nom
 ination is required in order to participate in our in-person courses.
LOCATION:Frankfurt/Main
CONTACT:Deutsche Bundesbank – CIC\, tzk@bundesbank.de\, +49 69 9566-36605
 
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