Digital Currencies Academy 2023

The course will be in a blended format:

• Ahead of the meeting in Florence (20 March-02 April) (3 hours): introductory online classes
  • Video lectures
  • Live session – Wed 22 March, 14.00 – 15.00 CET
• Sessions in Florence (03-05 April): face-to-face meeting
  • 3 April 2023
    Theme: Payments (5 hours)
    • Session 1 – A Primer on Cryptocurrency Technology
    • Session 2 – The Economics of Digital Currencies
    • Session 3 – Tokenomics / Empirical Facts
    • Session 4 – Case Studies / Payments

    4 April 2023
    Theme: Crypto-Assets Regulation in the EU and key global policy developments (6 hours)

    • Session 5 – Stablecoins – Market rationale and Use Cases
    • Session 6a – MiCA
    • Session 6b – Ramifications and boundaries of MiCA
    • Session 7 – MiCA Case Studies
    • Session 8 – Crypto Regulation: Global perspectives and the work of international standard-setters

    5 April 2023
    Theme: Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) (3 hours)

    • Session 9 – CBDC
    • Session 10 – Panel Discussion on CBDCs (public and private perspectives)

• € 2250: Private Sector
• € 1950: Public Authorities (e.g. National Competent Authorities, Central Banks) and European Institutions
• € 1150: Full-Time Professors, PhD Students, Research Associates

Please submit a certificate attesting your status of Professor, PhD Student or Research Associate to fbf@eui.eu before registering. FBF secretariat will provide you with a code to register.

* Seats for academics are limited

* Limited seats per institution

Please note that the payment must be settled two weeks before the start of the course.

The fee includes tuition, access to all course materials and pedagogic activities, coffee and lunch breaks and social activities. It does not include travel and accommodation expenses or other local transportation costs (taxis, private cars).

A certificate of attendance will be provided to all participants after the course.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

• In case you can no longer attend the course, you are required to inform the organisers by sending an email to fbf@eui.eu in order to free a seat for participants in the waiting list.
• In case of frequent cancellations, FBF reserves the right not to accept further registrations from the same person.

Accommodation 

Please notice that the course dinner, and most of the social activities, will take place downtown.

Recommended hotels nearby the EUI:

• Hotel Villa La Stella

Recommended hotels in downtown Florence:

• Hotel Cellai
• Hotel de La Pace
• Hotel Rosso 23

Suggested restaurants in Florence city centre

• Restaurant Accademia – Ph. +39  055 217343
• Restaurant Cucina Torcicoda – Ph. +39 055 265 4329
• Finisterrae – Ph. +39 0552638675
• Il Vezzo – Ph. +39 055 281096
• Osteria di Giovanni – Ph. + 39 055 284897

Wi-Fi

On arrival, participants will be provided with temporary wi-fi access for the whole duration of the course.

For general queries: fbf@eui.eu

GENERAL INFORMATION ON LOCAL TRANSPORT

From Florence airport:

Florence airport is located 8 km from the city centre, approximately 30 minutes by taxi. Taxis can be found at the taxi stand outside the arrivals terminal; no reservation is needed. A taxi ride from the airport costs about €20 and takes approximately 25/30 minutes.

A tramway (line T2) connects the airport to the city centre. Trams leave from the airport terminal and take 20 minutes to the main railway station. One-way tickets can be bought from vending machines at the tram stop for €1.50. Be sure to stamp (or “validate”) your ticket via the machines as soon as you board the tram.

From the central railway station:

Take bus n. 7 at the bus stop Stazione Nazionale in the direction “Fiesole Piazza Mino”, get off at the stop ‘San Domenico 01’. For bus routes and timetables consult the official timetable.

Bus tickets are sold outside the railway station, at Autolinee Toscane ticket kiosks and vending machines, tobacconists (tabacchi), newspaper kiosks (edicole), and most cafes (bar). They must be bought before boarding and stamped using the machine on the bus. A ticket costs €1.50 and it is valid for 90 minutes. Bus tickets can be purchased also on board (€ 2.50), but the driver is not obliged to give change.

Private car

From the A1 Milano-Napoli (Autostrada del Sole), take the Firenze Sud exit and follow directions to the city centre/Stadio. Follow the directions to the stadium (Stadio), then for Fiesole. San Domenico is on the main road to Fiesole.

The EUI has several free parking areas available all over the Campus, that can be used during the days of the event (not for the night/s).