The European Central Bank’s chief economist is spending this week talking about two things that would have gotten you laughed out of a central banking conference five years ago: artificial intelligence and tokenized money.
Philip R. Lane, who has served on the ECB Executive Board since June 2019, is a central figure at the 2026 ECB Forum on Central Banking, running June 29 to July 1 in Sintra, Portugal. The forum’s theme this year revolves around innovation and digitalization’s effects on monetary policy and financial stability.
AI meets monetary policy
Lane is scheduled to sit down on June 30 for a conversation about artificial intelligence with Aaron Chatterji, the chief economist at OpenAI.
On July 1, Lane shifts gears to chair a panel on Europe’s evolving role in the global trade landscape.
